I have to say, how good TI are in responding to problems, twice now in the last few months, we have had problems (not of their making), and within 24/36 hrs they have been here fixing, photographing the poles, sorting things out etc.bravo TI,S
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Well...................it looks like this site's demise is imminent, it has slipped downwards rapidly over the last few days to the point of hardly any posts, we have gone (very) slow again and it is almost on its last legs ?S
Tue, 09/20/2011 - 04:20
AGI) Rome - Out of a total of 13,500 checks on receipts issued in Rome, Jan to Aug, tax police report fines in 51pc of cases.
Thu, 09/15/2011 - 01:57
Ryanair passengers must sign up for a new branded pre-paid card available from 4 October in order to avoid an administration fee of £6 per journey.Passengers using Mastercard pre-paid cards, which currently exempt them from the fee, will be charge
Wed, 09/14/2011 - 13:17
Not sure how relevant this is at this late stage ?Italy Italian General strike 6 September, 2011Update 1 September Italian airport operational personnel, technical maintenance personnel will also strike this day from 8am to 4pm utc.
Mon, 09/05/2011 - 13:43
Some good stuff in here !http://www.corriere.it/english/11_agosto_31/mayors-publish-everyone-retu...
Thu, 09/01/2011 - 13:55
Well, early July, well into the 30s................anybody TOO hot yet ??S
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 10:09
Hi Folks,I KNOW this is an odd one...............We are travelling from Le Marche to BAVARIA (yes) in December (yes DECEMBER)......We would like to stop off for a single night on the way, we ideally would like a small town, where we can spend an a
Wed, 07/06/2011 - 13:13
Should this be a concern to us here in Italy ? Shares in Italy's banks fell sharply after Moody's threatened to cut the country's sovereign debt rating, saying structural weaknesses such as a rigid labour market pose a challenge to gro
Mon, 06/20/2011 - 16:14
Is it me, or is this year starting off very well weather wise ?............ not a lot of long-lasting snow (for us) early on and now(we are only mid June) it's 'hot'................, I recall some weeks ago having to water the gar
Sat, 06/18/2011 - 10:11
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adriatica..................however am willing to be told differentley by someone that has got stuck by a six month rule which to be honest i have never heard of.......... This is indeed not correct, you can get residency much quicker than this (as I did), the taxes that you mention are also in line with my understanding............ S
Sorry about St Andrews' weather, great sunshine & 25 in the shade here...but gets cooler in the evening............must check for fireflies tonight ! S
Thanks for the feedback, We are in our 3rd spring here and certainly there seem to be more vole (holes). Re the moles, imagine a 2 metre long railway sleeper................. I have one here that was lifted at one end by 3-5cms and then the typical volcanic mound of earth appeared. They obviously are pretty fit ones here. Our (single, but has friends! ) male kittykat enjoys the odd WHOLE lizard, but seems a bit 'laissez-faire' (what is the Italian equivalent ?) about the vole and mole digging army. I'm hacking the 'lawn' (ha) in the next day or two so this may help. S
We are at 399 metres (yes!!), but not seen any fireflies yet this year, but I suspect the improvement in the weather will bring them out. I am VERY envious of the Storks in the sky..............wow...................any babies due ? (Ha!) S
Hi TheItalianLife, how much is the gas? I am expecting to get some soon and am sort of thinking it will be circa 95 centimi per litre (after reductions).............gulp!! S
With the greatest respect, we DEFINITELY see fireflies here (Penna San Giovanni) in May, certainly for the last three years we have, we usually have a few friends around here in the second week of May and they are all delighted to see them. I LOVE the idea that someone thought they were LED lights in the bushes HA!!! S
I agree TheItalianLife, life here AND the wildlife here is great, (not sure about the scorpions, grass snakes and vipers !!). All is well, as this year we have seen a 'pack' (?) of 6 cinghiale ambling in the fields 20 metres below our house, and we regularly see deer (not sure what type they are - white/cream stripe across their bums ?) and much less regularly porcupines. Havn't seen any fireflies yet? A few days ago I was having a cuppa on a bench that we have in the garden and heard this (sort of) barking type of noise behind me.............nervously looking around ...........it was a big deer 30 metres away, leaping through the grasses 'roaring' as it went............ Wow! Also, one of the birds that we get here (Le Marche)is the Hoopoe............what a beauty!!! S
elliven & Angie and Robert............ Thanks for your responses, me thinks you are correct...........we have a decent sized rockery, that explains the volume (probably the increased volume is due to that we now have a (as in one) cat, instead of in previous years a number of ferals. A few mole hills have appeared recently, one of which LIFTED (only by an inch or so), a two metre long railway sleeper ! I suppose I now need to find a way of reducing the vole population............ Thanks again, S
Well done and thanks adriatica, very full and thorough ...........great, we did have some (significant-ish) work done on the property a year after we bought, as part of the project I again requested and received an updated agibilata, complete with latest plans from the Comune. I shall rest !! S
adriatica, good to hear your thoughts, and thanks for the support. I think it was more luck than wise..........! As mentioned earlier, I wonder though how often one should (for want of a better word) 'update' it. I have this feeling that maybe in 5 years or so, if we were to sell, someone would say ah-ha............that certificate is out of date............it 's (8) YEARS OLD ? As Ram said earlier, once you have one it is ok and not time related ? S