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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If the house was prima casa (in the world !), would that therefore mean the same if we went (back) to the UK ( primary residence), so therefore maybe also zero CGT ? Mr Osbourne is my 'local' MP back in blighty and, the way these MPs APPARENTLY work (ha !)...........I'm sure we can come to some arrangement. S
My memory is REALLY awful (and getting worse !!). S
Yes, should have made myself clear(er)....... I am referring to Italian CGT. so the 20% is good news indeed ! And it is our prima casa and yes we have lived in it for more than 2 1/2 years. That suggests therefore ZERO CGT (Wow!!)............So..... IF we bought a property at say 200k(as per the deeds), and sold at say 300k 2years 8months later (100k 'profit'), we would have ZERO CGT to pay?........ If we then left Italy completely we would take with us 300k in effect? I hadn't heard about the 2.5 years on the prima casa Super info as always! ciao, S
What a great post...............we can all talk about the costs of this and that, but I for one am happy sharing costs with each other (a la Badger)..............that way we can all maybe at least understand the variety of costs that we all need to undertake. It is ALL personal preference anyway, the more REAL info that we have at our disposal, the better informed decision making we are likely to make?! Well done, S
I don't have any problems with advertising as such.............. PERSONAL views..................... Three years actually here in Italy........... First year.......Open Fire (as central heatins as backup)......... HARD work.................receive a lorry load of wood, stack it............(hard work).............in and out, in and out, in and out, etc etc.............................. Second year........4,000 euros for two stufas(wood burning stoves). Again SLIGHTLY less HARD work.................receive a lorry load of wood, stack it............(hard work).............in and out, in and out, in and out, etc etc.............................. Third year (this year - oor-err!)................HARD work.................receive a lorry load of wood, stack it............(hard work...............but save it).............BUT.................focus on gas central heating..........expensive but EASY, ZERO smoke, flick of a switch for the boiler...............watch this space!(gulp!!) Caio e buona foruna, S
Mick.............. Great news for you...it is wonderful here and you will get LOTS of good (and some you may not welcome so much as it may be not necessarily through rose tinted spectacles! - but still valid) advice here.....I think that your main customers will be English as Italians tend not to travel quite so much as other nationalities and when they do go for it, they tend to lean towards their own nationalities services............ Good luck and keep us posted! Ciao ! S
Why oh why not use the Internet £5 per month at https://www.my-private-network.co.uk/ There are other suppliers...............BBC1,2 etc, ITV 1,2,3,4 etc Ch4, Ch5............ S
Listen.............three little words.....................DO THE LOT.......... another one................(ten little two letter words....................) "if it is to be, it is up to me.............." (an old golfing saying.................) just do it! S
We had similar issues 2 years ago, ended up getting a 'professional' in to do the whole house. We went off to Bologna and Numana for four days and left the professionals to it. When we came back, my gawd.............the fumes the fumes...........it probably took another three days to clear the house properly. They did a great job, every beam in the house hit hard with pressurised 'killer stuff' (!)'............no sign of anything since...........cost about 2,000euros if I recall. well worth it in my view. I suspect that we will have it done every 3 to 5 years..........the price of living here eh !? S
Toughen up folks.......have another glass of vino, and, (as I) drink Birra Moretti, that seems to help
Ha! S