My place is between Lakes Orta and Maggiore, and I have used Flybe in the past to fly from Birmingham to Milan Malpensa.Looking for flights in Sept/Oct, I was disappointed at the high costs - so went to the Easyjet site to look at the Luton to Tur
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I have often advocated swinging up through Belgium when travelling from UK to Italy, on the grounds of the cheap petrol in Luxembourg and toll free motorways. I did this route again a couple of weeks ago, but found the roadworks on the Dunkirk-Lil
Tue, 07/28/2009 - 09:32
Tue, 07/14/2009 - 13:45
I thought it might help people not break the law [or get caught breaking it] to some info on speed cameras they might come across in driving down to Italy. [This really applies to people like me who don’t have a sat-nav that tells them all the in
Sat, 07/04/2009 - 11:03
When driving to Italy, [Lake Maggiore area], from Calais, I almost always drive up towards Dunkirk and then head East towards Luxembourg. The reasons for doing so is simple:-
Fri, 07/03/2009 - 12:52
If you are driving down to Italy, this regularly updated AA site gives you the latest info on fuel prices across Europe. Its useful for deciding where to fill up. Note - in Luxembourg, [where I always fill up - its worth the minor detour from Cal
Thu, 07/02/2009 - 05:32
Terrible accident in Viareggio. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8125644.stm
Tue, 06/30/2009 - 04:50
. I heard this today on Radio 4. I take it you already know of tough and bough and cough and dough?Others may stumble, but not you,On hiccough, thorough, lough** and through.Well done!
Sat, 06/20/2009 - 16:58
. I'm considering handing over ownership of my Italian Holiday Home to my kids. Does anyone know
- How easy this is to do, and how costly?
- Whether this can be done in the UK - or do I have to do it in Italy?
Fri, 06/19/2009 - 04:54
Egypt 1 - Italy 0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8103869.stm .
Thu, 06/18/2009 - 18:08
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Talk to people locally - they will know the best tradesmen to use. I've always been very pleased with tradesmen found this wayUsing local tradesmen also keeps everyone happy - locals don't like outsiders, [for my area thats anyone from more than about 3 or 4 Km away], doing work a local can do]
Stamp Duty - 2nd Property in UKNowadays, if you already own a property in UK, there is an automatic 3% addition to the rate of Stamp Duty payable on the purchase price on a second home.
Perhaps we should introduce it in the UK post Brexit?
Electricity - yes there is a higher rate for 'foreigners' - don't think so for water or gas.
[Things may have changed when they fiddled around with (increased) leccie prices recently, but I don't think so]
Try an email mail@angeloferoci.it
Italian Consulate has a list http://www.conslondra.esteri.it/consolato_londra/en/i_servizi/per_i_cittadini/notarile
Look at;-https://www.italymagazine.com/community/post/removing-sun-screen-stains-linen
Also - do you have Residency? If not, its probably not worth trying
would the water board give you a quote, including them doing everything including trenching? At least then you'll know the worst case scenario
If they don't like what is happening, complaints may well 'appear' at the Comune [and possibly the Tax people] Let them know what is happening, and 'keep them sweet' - never upset the locals