Driving to Italy
Just driven down. No longer cheap petrol in Switzerland - fill up in France.
Even Italian petrol is appreciably cheaper than Switzerland
(There was no petrol available in Mulhouse for some reason)
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IMU Tax
Don't forget the first payment is due by 16th June
Sat, 05/14/2022 - 06:35
DRIVING TO ITALY FOR CHRISTMAS
You've got until Saturday to enter France, before the entry ban for UK citizens comes into place.
Thu, 12/16/2021 - 04:33
European PET Passport.
Anyone had experience of getting a European Pet Passport for a dog in Italy (or possibly France, when we drive down)
Thu, 08/26/2021 - 05:40
As a Brit with a holiday home in Northern Italy, its been over a year since I have been able to visit it. Last time was in February 2020, when the highlight was a meal out with Italian friends in a crowded restaurant in Bergamo! Luckily, no ill
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 04:55
IMU etc Due Soon
just a quick reminder to those not living in Italy, that the IMU etc on your Italian property requires paying this month.
Tue, 12/01/2020 - 14:48
Travelling through France - UK Quarantine
Looks like people travelling through France to the UK could well be soon required to quarantine themselves for 2 weeks on their entry into the UK.
Fri, 08/07/2020 - 03:27
Are there companies in Italy that just change kitchen units doors and worksurfaces, rather than a complete replacement of the units?
Thu, 12/05/2019 - 17:37
My house has a semi-underground store room that was nice and cool during the recent very hot weather - the dog and I spent a lot of time in it - me reading and him asleep on the floor.Floor is just old concrete slab - lots of dust, and the walls a
Wed, 07/03/2019 - 10:50
Car Driving to [and in] Italy on a UK Licence- post Brexit IF No Deal reached. I am driving down in March, and have had to plan for a 'No Deal' Brexit, just in case.If No Deal - all UK Driving Licence holders
Tue, 02/26/2019 - 10:34
Comments posted
Travelling with a dog is easy peasy - but not sure about a pet passport issued in France [should be OK] Best way to cross tha Channel is on Eurotunnel - quick and easy. You add the dog to the passenger list [charge about £18 each way] and thats all you need to do, going out from UK. No further checks are carried out. Coming back, they check the passsport and worming treatment at Calais [Follow the signs with the dog on it]Travelling through France - look at the Logis de France website - tells you if dogs are allowed in bedrooms, and alsi if they are allowed in the Hotel restaurant. Many hotels allow both. The IBIS chain also seem pretty OK with dogs, but its worth checking by email before booking.French motorway services are OK for walking dogs for 'needs breaks', as are the 'Aires'Switzerland - we use the IBIS at Sion Est - dogs allowed everywhere and there is a big walk through orchards nearbyHaven't needed a hotel in Italy, so can't help you there.We tend to limit driving to about 250 miles a day when we have the dog with us - seems fairer on him
"........... can anyone recommend a bank in Aulla ? which doesn't charge you extotiante bank charges !! ........." You'll be lucky! Chances are somewhere between Zero and Diddly Squat
As I understand it - non residents do not pay. See this discussion at another place http://italy.forumotion.com/t1010-tv-licence-news?highlight=TV+licence
".............. I also need to be able to buy, insure and register a car ........"No chance without gaining Residency - and you won't get that by visiting Italy for 4 or 5 months a year. And if you did get Residency, the tax implications could be horrendous.
Well ......................................"..... I dont plan to have a car in Italy so that's why I'm thinking I'd like to be a walkable distance to the train station. ...."Places close to train stations may not be in areas you want to buy into. As an example - Bergamo old town [beautiful, quaint etc etc] is nowhere near the station in Bergamo, which is in the new town - a 20th Century dormitory town [bit harsh, I know], although there is a bus service twixt the two. Reinforces the need to visit the area before choosing where to go, as well as a detailed web search prior to that
My advice is as follows;-
From personal experience the area to the North of Milan is [for me ] ideal. Coming from UK it has 3 Milan airports [we us Malpensa] plus Turin, and at a push Geneva. Our fall back option is we can drive home to UK in 15 hours - obviously not applicable to the US. Also, Italian kids learn English from the age of 6 - so the need for an English speaking es pat area is less than it used tpo be. Good luck
aside from the Trump joke.......Will you need to move much over to Italy, apart from clothes etc. Its often not worth moving furniture,as its cheaper to buy locally. Also - as electrics in Italy are 220 volts - you'll need to buy new anyway
I'm sure there's a company called 'Trump's Household Removals' - although they may just concentrate on moving people to Mexico
Utility Bills - I have direct debits set up with my Italian Bank for Gas, Water and Electrcity
I use the same calculator site as LargeLewis. I use it to print out the F24 form [for paying the tax], sign it and Scan it so I can email it to my Italian Bank with a request for it to be paid from my account. System works well - BUT, you do need an Italian Bank account to do it. Good Luck