Don't forget - IMU 1st payment due 16th June
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Swiss Motorway Vignette - Online E-Purchase.
You can now buy a e-vignette online. All electronic, so no sticker issued. It work by using your car number plate.
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 04:17
We used to use Book Depository to get books for our Italian friends at Christmas.
Book Depository now closed. Does anyone know of an Italian (or EU) bookshop that will accept orders from the UK and deliver to an Italian address?
Sat, 12/02/2023 - 07:37
Train travel from UK to Italy
Wed, 11/22/2023 - 13:42
Open Log Fires in Piemonte [and other areas]
Tue, 09/19/2023 - 05:36
DRIVING THROUGH FRANCE - LOW EMISSION ZONES.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66449514
Bought mine - less than £5 all in. Took about a week to arrive.
Wed, 08/09/2023 - 09:25
EU Entry Permit Required From 2024
Mon, 06/26/2023 - 04:08
IMU DISCOUNT FOR UK PENSIONERS
I am aware that some posters on this site have got the IMU discount for UK Pensioners with a holiday home in Italy, that is not rented out at all.
Mon, 06/19/2023 - 10:17
Driving to Italy
Just driven down. No longer cheap petrol in Switzerland - fill up in France.
Even Italian petrol is appreciably cheaper than Switzerland
(There was no petrol available in Mulhouse for some reason)
Wed, 09/14/2022 - 06:49
IMU Tax
Don't forget the first payment is due by 16th June
Sat, 05/14/2022 - 06:35
Comments posted
She57
Which route are you taking? - I see Switzerland's borders are locked up pretty tight
You may need to check out whether you'll be stung for import taxes
Google gives details of firms that do this.
But what happens if you have an overnight stay in France on the way back?
Think that might not be "travelling through "
Clueless in Italy.
The problem I foresee is the test requirements before you get back into the UK. Current understanding of the rules for Green countries, (and Italy and France will probably be the stricter Amber rating), is:-
"People arriving in the UK from "green list" countries will need to take a pre-departure test in that country"
That obviously means getting a re-entry test in France because you will be entering UK from there. A recipe for disaster and bankruptcy if its anything like the charges Calais vets levied for giving required treatment to dogs returning to UK.
I just worry that driving back will be so fraught with unknowns.
I think your problem on deciding what the going rate is, is that you are not there to haggle the price down.
Is there anyone local that could do some "asking around" for you?
Good luck
Are you paying cash or doing it by receipts and cheques?
(The black economy is alive and kicking in Italy. Saving of about 20%-40%)
If all else fails, you could email the Comune (email address on its website) .
I'd do a very simple email in English/American can with no flowery prose - just very basic. I'd then add the translation into Italian (Google translate) and send it to the Comune.
You'll probably get a response - usually in Italian, but Google translate will translate back OK.
If you're lucky, you'll get a response from an English speaker.
I use the above process when talking to my Italian bank. The only thing I do is split the email into single sentences, with it's translation below it.
Good luck
Can your Caretaker recommend replacement? I'd expect him to have someone in mind.
Not sure what you are asking.
Setting up the Direct Debits is a simple form filling exercise. So that sorts out gas, water and electricity Bill's.
Don't have internet connection in Italy- just needed an email address for the bank, to send scanned,, signed documents to, from UK.
You can, of course, go the whole hog and get an on-line Italian bank account. It may be a bit cheaper.