Anyone with a clean UK driving license interested in driving my car from Umbria to the UK, and/or back, in July so I can get it MoT'd? It will have been serviced and it is fully insured with European breakdown cover. I am just not confident enou
If anyone is looking for a reliable, honest and hardworking guy to do any building, decorating or general renovation work in the south-west Umbria region (Citta Della Pieve), I know just the man. His work is good and his charges are reasonable. P
Travelling from Reims to Parrano, Umbria. Can anyone advise the best, shortest & cheapest route with minimal use of toll roads through France etc, accepting that we will use the autostrade through Italy. Thanks.
Can anyone help or know someone who can sort this out for me – cheaply!?I think I need to apply for residency in Italy. However, I will not be a ‘full-time’ resident, maybe up to or just over half the year for the time being.....
Recommendations please.... Where, other than Ikea, would you advise the best place to buy good second hand or new furniture in or near western Umbria. Anyone moving and hove some for sale? I need beds, sofas, kitchen cabinets, appliances etc.
Thanks Gala... I will certainly be visiting BDL again once the major work is finished on the property and I have time to trip around!. Debra's blogs are wonderful and she has been very helpful.... We stayed at Vettaglia (sp?) last year when I was house hunting and spent every evening at the little restaurant in San Cassiano... Just fantastic!
Love your responses Gala & I envy your home in BDL, I have always loved it and when I win the lottery... I'll be there! At the moment too expensive in the valley and the affordable propety in the surrounding hill towns are too inaccesible and too hard on the knees at my age!! Guess you may know Debra Kolkka?
Wow! €45 a day is a lot. This is why I guess you are always advised to hire from the UK prior to departure! Having said that, when I last used Avis at Chiusi, the guy did intimate that next time he could do me a better deal than from the UK! I will thoroughly check out this offer & hope it is as good as it sounded initially... Thanks again for the advice everyone.
This is an actual garage/Service station owner/manager(?) who also has a 'private' taxi service and who rents out cars. He is a friend of a guy who is doing some work for me, also of the estate agency I used, so will give me a better price..... How the insurance side will work I don't know, but he obviously hires out on a regular basis as part of his business.... My little 'man who does' has offered to pick me up from the airport/station... for a small fee of course. Also non-native
Probably Fabro then....... where I went to try & sort the IMU for last year.... I got the CF direct from the Consulate here in the UK actually. Thanks again for the advice, but again..... (you must think I am really thick!) Atto.... Deed/Contract? F23?
Thanks Gala, but please see my previous response to pass55. It all comes down to cost really & even if I was brave enough to drive to Umbria on my own from the UK (Yorkshire), it would be expensive & far more time consuming than my present chosen option of budget flight and hire car. I wish someone would advise on the offer I have had of hiring a car locally in Italy! Much cheaper as I do not do a lot of mileage yet... too busy doing the place up at the moment! The closest hilltop Borgo is a 2km walk and only has 4 shops, a bar & post office. The nearest larger town with supermarkets etc is 8km away & I am not cycling that journey!! So, 45 Euros for every 200km sounds good to me...... but?
Errrr? AGenzia dell'Entrate? How do I find that? I have now read some of the previous posts as suggested by chrisnotton and it is a relief to know that I will not be fined! However, I have just filled out all the forms for the rubbish tax, but I guess that will get sorted eventually after I advise them I will not be a resident? FYI, my time in Italy is on a 2-4 weeks here and 2-4 weeks there basis at the moment. Is the 3-month residence duration with or without breaks? You are correct when you say it is easier for non Europeans! I have an Australian friend who spends about 5 months of the year in Italy, on and off like me, she just had to get a Carta di Identita in order to buy a car!
Thanks... Good advice. I am sure I will enjoy it, always been my dream to return to Italy after living in Milan 40+ years ago. Just one step forward, two back at the moment!!
Yes, have thought about it, but not brave enough to drive all the way on my own every time, which could also be very expensive! Also I need a car here too, so was just thinking of an 'old runner', to do just that! What are the pitfalls of renting a car in Italy? I have just been offered a really good deal by a friend, just based on mileage. I do have a private annual excess insurance that I took out when I knew I would be hiring cars on a regular basis. Car rental is so expensive in the spring/summer months though, even those recommended by 'Money Saving Expert' here in the UK.
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Thanks Gala... I will certainly be visiting BDL again once the major work is finished on the property and I have time to trip around!. Debra's blogs are wonderful and she has been very helpful.... We stayed at Vettaglia (sp?) last year when I was house hunting and spent every evening at the little restaurant in San Cassiano... Just fantastic!
Love your responses Gala & I envy your home in BDL, I have always loved it and when I win the lottery... I'll be there! At the moment too expensive in the valley and the affordable propety in the surrounding hill towns are too inaccesible and too hard on the knees at my age!! Guess you may know Debra Kolkka?
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Wow! €45 a day is a lot. This is why I guess you are always advised to hire from the UK prior to departure! Having said that, when I last used Avis at Chiusi, the guy did intimate that next time he could do me a better deal than from the UK! I will thoroughly check out this offer & hope it is as good as it sounded initially... Thanks again for the advice everyone.
This is an actual garage/Service station owner/manager(?) who also has a 'private' taxi service and who rents out cars. He is a friend of a guy who is doing some work for me, also of the estate agency I used, so will give me a better price..... How the insurance side will work I don't know, but he obviously hires out on a regular basis as part of his business.... My little 'man who does' has offered to pick me up from the airport/station... for a small fee of course. Also non-native
Probably Fabro then....... where I went to try & sort the IMU for last year.... I got the CF direct from the Consulate here in the UK actually. Thanks again for the advice, but again..... (you must think I am really thick!) Atto.... Deed/Contract? F23?
Thanks Gala, but please see my previous response to pass55. It all comes down to cost really & even if I was brave enough to drive to Umbria on my own from the UK (Yorkshire), it would be expensive & far more time consuming than my present chosen option of budget flight and hire car. I wish someone would advise on the offer I have had of hiring a car locally in Italy! Much cheaper as I do not do a lot of mileage yet... too busy doing the place up at the moment! The closest hilltop Borgo is a 2km walk and only has 4 shops, a bar & post office. The nearest larger town with supermarkets etc is 8km away & I am not cycling that journey!! So, 45 Euros for every 200km sounds good to me...... but?
Errrr? AGenzia dell'Entrate? How do I find that? I have now read some of the previous posts as suggested by chrisnotton and it is a relief to know that I will not be fined! However, I have just filled out all the forms for the rubbish tax, but I guess that will get sorted eventually after I advise them I will not be a resident? FYI, my time in Italy is on a 2-4 weeks here and 2-4 weeks there basis at the moment. Is the 3-month residence duration with or without breaks? You are correct when you say it is easier for non Europeans! I have an Australian friend who spends about 5 months of the year in Italy, on and off like me, she just had to get a Carta di Identita in order to buy a car!
Thanks... Good advice. I am sure I will enjoy it, always been my dream to return to Italy after living in Milan 40+ years ago. Just one step forward, two back at the moment!!
Yes, have thought about it, but not brave enough to drive all the way on my own every time, which could also be very expensive! Also I need a car here too, so was just thinking of an 'old runner', to do just that! What are the pitfalls of renting a car in Italy? I have just been offered a really good deal by a friend, just based on mileage. I do have a private annual excess insurance that I took out when I knew I would be hiring cars on a regular basis. Car rental is so expensive in the spring/summer months though, even those recommended by 'Money Saving Expert' here in the UK.