Hi everybody, pleased to join your Forum. I have been living off and on in Italy now for nearly 3 years and have decided to extend our stays to semi permanent, as I can work from Italy with the wonders of t'internet and mobile comms.Hope that the Winter will be tolerable as never spent a whole winter in Tuscany, although looking forward to getting some sking done this year. Looking forward to picking up some useful or not so useful tips en route.
Ciao a tutti.

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My father has recently passed away and there is some questions over whether his Italian will is valid (He left a share in a property in Le Marche and also an Italian bank account).  My husband and I are coming out to Montefiore dell Aso (where he lived) in October and would like to try and consult a Notary on what we have to do regarding his Italian estate however we speak no Italian.  We can probably rustle someone up to translate if we have to but it would be better if we could find someone who speaks some English.

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Can anyone recommend an English speaking Geometra who would be interested in doing some work in Ancona region (Monte San Vito)?

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We will be settling on our property in November after many years of dreaming of a house in Italy. We have a huge restoration task ahead of us - look at www.ozinitaly.com and will be moving over lock, stock , dog and may be cats next June.

We enjoy reading all your posts, particularly at present about geothermal heating as we try to work out the best form of heating a 450sq mtr house over 3 floors! Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Advice wanted.  We need to travel to Bagni di Lucca in November to sign the final bits and pieces for our house in Italy (very exciting!) but our usual flights, Bristol to Pias do not run in the winter.  We can get good flights to Rome however so I now need to work out the best way of travelling from Rome to Bagni di Lucca.  I could hire a car and drive the whole way?  Maybe get the train to Pisa and then hire a car?  Bearing in mind it will just be a few days, probably Wednesday to Saturday, we haven't got much time for messing about.  I'v

Am I right that CGT on the sale of a property is only payable if the property is sold within 5 years of  purchase AND another property isn't being bought? Also, the CGT amount is 40% of the profit made only?

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