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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