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
If you drive down from Calais/Dunkirk, you could drop in at the Le Crueset Factory Shop near St Quentin. It is at a place called Fresnoy le Grand - about two and a half hours from the Ports Called in there this Summer. Instead of the usual Factory prices [20% - 30% lower than UK prices] they had a Sale on - average saving on UK prices was over 50%
"Apparently our water has at long last been connected" Really pleased that your water is now up and running, but is it just connected to the meter - or has it been turned on so the pipes in the house are full? If thats the case, someone will need to drain all the pipes before Winter sets in and they freeze. You Agent should be able to advise what has been 'filled' Good Luck
Only one way to eat them [like most veg] Raw with gravy - fantastic [better after a frost - it sweetens them up] My Mum would be putting the sprouts on the stove just about now - just to make sure they were cooked for Christmas - if they weren't of a consistency that would pass through a fine sieve, they weren't done!
You could post the photos on this forum - then anyone could have a look and comment Just go to 'Create Content' [at top of page] and follow the instructions for Photo Gallery Alan
If nobody responds - you could try this;- Click on "Map Of User Locations" [bottom right hand corner of page], then you can zoom in on your area and see who has shown their location as near you. Then, click on a 'person' to see their profile, then you can send them a message
When I set up a couple of Groups some time ago [for buying and selling things] it took a few days for the 'approval' to come through and the Groups to go live - so I should wait a bit before complaining too loudly Alan
"If you buy as a second home ...........you will pay ICI, but you will get a reduction on your rubbish collection taxes." How does one get the reduction on the rubbish tax?
"Perhaps, learning to live with the rat is not such a bad idea. Make it an official pet" Most Italians have done this for many years - he's called Silvio
When friends visit our place I email them directions. These consist of the usual road maps - increasing 'scale/detail' as they get nearer the house, plus photos of road junctions they will come to as they near our place. The photos have arrows showing which way they go. This seems to work Indeed, I keep a print out of the email at the house so that if I need anything delivered/serviced, I can give the company the print out [our place is in a tiny hamlet in the middle of nowhere]. The washing machine service man drove onto our drive waving the instructions and beaming like mad - so they really do work. It is the pictures that make the difference, so I'd recommend this method to anyone
I believe that a way around the residency is to pay a resident to buy, tax and insure the scooter, and leave it at your place. Then, as its the scooter that's insured and not a named driver, you and your family/friends could use all the time. [as long as they have an appropriate and valid driving licence from their home country] [I'm sure someone on this forum can confirm/deny this!] Good Luck