Bobbys Girl, I'm in Calitri (part-time anyway) and the furniture shop is Cestone (there's a showroom on the way into town and another up on the main street.) They sell mostly furniture, but I also bought my washing machine and I plan on buying some new shower doors soon - I do know of someone who had them do a full bathroom and kitchen. Antonio speaks English. Indirizzo: Via Circumvallazione, 157 CAP: 83045 Comune: Calitri (AV) Telefono: 0827 38154
I don't know of any online - "Progress" in Atripalda is good for little projects and supplies. Maybe someone there at the shop could give you other suggestions (they've always been very friendly to us - I don't think they see many foreigners in there!)? Only other places I've seen have been little independent hardware/paint shops. (what kinds of project, BTW? Our local furniture shop also fits kitchens and bathrooms, so somewhere like that may work for you.)
I have never been to Irsinia - so I have no idea what it is like...but I did purchase a property through Tricali (cost a tad more than that, but still very inexpensive) a few years ago and the transaction was fairly smooth and painless and I did get the house that was promised. Budget a bit extra for utilities connections as mine were not included (1200E+) and heating (again, it was not included with mine and we added a fireplace) or just make sure to ask A.&A. if they are extras or included. There also are not many choices you can make, so don't plan on customizing -you get what you get pretty much. The furniture...well...functional I guess maybe Ikea-ish? It's there...which is nice so you can move right in, but you would probably want to replace much of it eventually :-)The destinations they tend to be restoring in are NOT tourist destinations - that doesn't mean they don't make wonderful holiday homes (we love ours!) but, I think some people (at least a few years ago when we were purchasing) went into it thinking they would buy cheap and flip it for a profit or purchase it and hand it over to a management company and rental income would just flow in - that did not happen!! So...my advice would be to look into it if you are looking for an undiscovered spot for yourselves...but I don't think it would be the ideal investment if you are looking to grow your money.
In the NY area my property taxes alone are much higher than 10,000 euro/year. And if you were not a property owner? you could not rent a garage for that kind of money - even an hour or so away from the City you couldn't. ARE there still places where one can live on 10,000? hmmm...will have to look now ;-)
been so obsessed trying to figure everything out for Italy I almost forgot that Italy is Italy and most other countries do not have the same hoops to jump through to do the basics :-) (that said, I am still deciding if we will become residents or not - we know we do not want to become tax residents as we work more than 6 months/year in the US and and pay US taxes but we could stay longer than the three months in Italy if we need/wanted to...seems we could possiblly become Italian "residents" but still not be liable for income taxes in Italy since we will still have our house, etc. and all work will be done in the US...still reading though all the old posts! would surely solve the car thing though as we could just buy a second-hand one in Italy)
Thanks so much for the info. - I'm thinking of doing the same (almost). We live in the U.S. but are Irish citizens and have a family home there...thinking it may be easier (?) to either buy a car in Ireland and drive it down, or even pay the hefty import taxes and take one over from America to Ireland and then drive down...we are looking to have something to drive while we stay at our holiday home, so we are not Italian residents and, therefore (I think), can't buy a car in Italy anyway since we're not over for more than the three months at one time. (and I can't really think of another way for us to avoid the hefty rental car fees) p.s.hmmm...now that I'm thinking more about it though, that may be more trouble than t's worth as well...we both are driving on US Drivers Licenses and, I assume (?) we would have to go back and take our Irish Driver's tests to be able to buy and insure a car in Ireland :-( guess I will be stuck with renting forever!
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Bobbys Girl, I'm in Calitri (part-time anyway) and the furniture shop is Cestone (there's a showroom on the way into town and another up on the main street.) They sell mostly furniture, but I also bought my washing machine and I plan on buying some new shower doors soon - I do know of someone who had them do a full bathroom and kitchen. Antonio speaks English. Indirizzo: Via Circumvallazione, 157 CAP: 83045 Comune: Calitri (AV) Telefono: 0827 38154
I don't know of any online - "Progress" in Atripalda is good for little projects and supplies. Maybe someone there at the shop could give you other suggestions (they've always been very friendly to us - I don't think they see many foreigners in there!)? Only other places I've seen have been little independent hardware/paint shops. (what kinds of project, BTW? Our local furniture shop also fits kitchens and bathrooms, so somewhere like that may work for you.)
I have never been to Irsinia - so I have no idea what it is like...but I did purchase a property through Tricali (cost a tad more than that, but still very inexpensive) a few years ago and the transaction was fairly smooth and painless and I did get the house that was promised. Budget a bit extra for utilities connections as mine were not included (1200E+) and heating (again, it was not included with mine and we added a fireplace) or just make sure to ask A.&A. if they are extras or included. There also are not many choices you can make, so don't plan on customizing -you get what you get pretty much. The furniture...well...functional I guess maybe Ikea-ish? It's there...which is nice so you can move right in, but you would probably want to replace much of it eventually :-)The destinations they tend to be restoring in are NOT tourist destinations - that doesn't mean they don't make wonderful holiday homes (we love ours!) but, I think some people (at least a few years ago when we were purchasing) went into it thinking they would buy cheap and flip it for a profit or purchase it and hand it over to a management company and rental income would just flow in - that did not happen!! So...my advice would be to look into it if you are looking for an undiscovered spot for yourselves...but I don't think it would be the ideal investment if you are looking to grow your money.
In the NY area my property taxes alone are much higher than 10,000 euro/year. And if you were not a property owner? you could not rent a garage for that kind of money - even an hour or so away from the City you couldn't. ARE there still places where one can live on 10,000? hmmm...will have to look now ;-)
been so obsessed trying to figure everything out for Italy I almost forgot that Italy is Italy and most other countries do not have the same hoops to jump through to do the basics :-) (that said, I am still deciding if we will become residents or not - we know we do not want to become tax residents as we work more than 6 months/year in the US and and pay US taxes but we could stay longer than the three months in Italy if we need/wanted to...seems we could possiblly become Italian "residents" but still not be liable for income taxes in Italy since we will still have our house, etc. and all work will be done in the US...still reading though all the old posts! would surely solve the car thing though as we could just buy a second-hand one in Italy)
Thanks so much for the info. - I'm thinking of doing the same (almost). We live in the U.S. but are Irish citizens and have a family home there...thinking it may be easier (?) to either buy a car in Ireland and drive it down, or even pay the hefty import taxes and take one over from America to Ireland and then drive down...we are looking to have something to drive while we stay at our holiday home, so we are not Italian residents and, therefore (I think), can't buy a car in Italy anyway since we're not over for more than the three months at one time. (and I can't really think of another way for us to avoid the hefty rental car fees) p.s.hmmm...now that I'm thinking more about it though, that may be more trouble than t's worth as well...we both are driving on US Drivers Licenses and, I assume (?) we would have to go back and take our Irish Driver's tests to be able to buy and insure a car in Ireland :-( guess I will be stuck with renting forever!