I thought I'd tell you about something I read in the paper the other day. Apparently Marche region is spending 12 million euro making sure that every comune is served by ADSL.
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Fri, 06/26/2009 - 09:34
Hi all, I am trying to get the Ascoli Piceno ASUR13 to clarify the position regarding healthcare rights for permanent residents who are EU citizens. Currently, their ruling is that we may only have registration for 12 months at a time and that thi
Fri, 06/26/2009 - 06:39
Hi, can someone tell me how the SSN system works for Italian please?
Tue, 06/23/2009 - 16:07
My final recommendation for mountain restaurants (at least for the moment) is La Cittadella, again in Montemonaco. A wonderful mountain retreat with a pool with probably the best view in Marche!
Mon, 06/22/2009 - 15:21
Another lovely restaurant in the mountains. For good, hearty mountain food this is really excellent. We ate some of the best prosciutto I have ever eaten here, followed by cinghiale in Vernaccia with pappardelle - delicious!
Mon, 06/22/2009 - 15:09
I know this was on the old forum but I thought it was worth mentioning again. The restaurant Il Tiglio in Isola San Biagio (just outside Montemonaco) is something very different to the other restaurants in this area.
Mon, 06/22/2009 - 11:10
Here is a zoomable map showing the results of the EU water quality report - click here
Sat, 06/13/2009 - 19:07
During my search for a document to take to the anagrafe office to shame the chap into giving me my permanent residency certificate, I found the state decree and subsequent circulars pertaining to the new (2007) residency laws.
Sat, 06/13/2009 - 18:14
Ronald,it says on our profiles that our full name and date of birth will only be visible to Italymag staff. That is not happening and it is showing publicly. Can you change that please?Thanks,
Wed, 06/10/2009 - 11:01
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Is this the same thing? My French is uselss so I can't tell... http://www.tifon.com/
Fillide - 50% of 0.76% and 0.38% of everything are the same. It said it in my local paper too. I'll give you an example: Original Total IMU @ 0,76% = €292.73 New Total IMU due for year @ 0.9% = €346.65 1st instalment - €146.36 (ie half of €292.73):
2nd instalment - €200.28 (ie remaining €146.36 plus extra 0.14% or €53.92 to bring it to 0.9%):
My mistake was to assume that in the second instalment I would give €100.14 to the Comune and €100.14 to the State. This is wrong. The extra bit goes to the Comune. Hope I've not confused anyone!
Hi Rachel, don't forget to take your residency before the 18 month deadline though (both of you if the name was bought in joint names) as the fines for failing to do so are large.
Rachel, the tools are just different that is all. In Italy they use long handled spades and a zappa instead of a fork althrough you can buy more English looking forks too. The stuff in the DIY stores isn't necessarily of great quality so find a local agricoltural supplier and they usually sell the handles and heads separately. The Post Office sell a great calendar for each year showing what should be planted when according to the phases of the moon etc. It's very informative and interesting to peruse but obviously not as good as local advice. In my experience of gardening in dry-old East Anglia, everything needs watering when first planted despite the time of year. It might be worth speaking to your neighbours and asking if they can do some watering for you if it looks like they need it.
I think you are asking all the right questions. I have had good and bad Italian accountants (more bad than good unfrotunately!). All charged what seems to me an extortionate amount of money - far more than I paid in the UK. However, it is very difficult to get accurate advice and information when you are still in the UK. Once you move here, I would ask around to find a good local Italian accountant who can deal with the Italian side for you. I have had excellent advice from one of the farmer's unions and if I were starting over, the very first thing I would do would be to join one of the Italian unions appropriate to my job and get advice from them. They are very helpful and an awful lot cheaper that employing your own accountant.
A 5,000 litre plastic drinking water tank costs around €400 if that helps. You can fit a UV treatment system for a couple of hundred euro.
If you plot it on Via Michelin they will work out both the fuel and toll costs for you.
Lots of properties here in Liguria don't have mains water and they get round it by having huge storage tanks and having their water delivered. Not a cheap solution though...
I found that the BBC radio station susing their iPlayer used lots of bandwidth and it dropped out often. You can use one of the internet radio sites and it is much better as Fillide says.
So if you bought with Prima casa and owned it for 20 years but only lived in it for 9 then you have to pay plusvalenza? Seems a bit harsh!