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This is slightly off thread, because it's about taking an Italian reg car off the database. Some people may have 'repatriated' their Italian reg car to the UK, without having told the Motorizzazione that they have permanently exported the car. Now this is a very bad idea. Unless you declare the Italian reg car either demolished, or permanently exported, you remain liable (in perpetuity!) to pay the bolla. 'Demolishing', or exporting the car involves returning the number plates, and may cost you the same money as a passaggio di proprietà. (Something around €500 on average).  Maybe the Italian authorities won't ever catch up with you, maybe you want to take that chance. It s up to you.

Queste agevolazioni vanno, naturalmente, estese anche alle pertinenze, cioè quegli immobili che l’art. 817 del Codice Civile definisce come le cose destinate in modo durevole a servizio o ad ornamento di un'altra cosa. La destinazione può essere effettuata dal proprietario della cosa principale o da chi ha un diritto reale sulla medesima.   That's from adriatica's post.

If you have inherited from your mother, you, and any siblings, have (as far as I understand) each of you an exemption of 1 million Euro. That (though I will happily be corrected by someone more expert) should exempt you from any liability to Italian taxation (on an inheritance of €50,000).

At Jap Yen more than 112/€ it's improving!

Thanks Poetica for hitting my radar with that article! The phrase wich captured me most is "La possibile applicazione della sburocratizzazione all’edilizia aveva però diviso esperti ed esponenti del settore costruzioni." It was the word 'sburocratizzazione' which struck me as quite wonderfully Italian, along with the 'font' of the article from the Minister for Simplifying life - but, in fact, nothing has been simplified because it all gets fudged up with regional legge and (as others have said) you just gotta trust your geometra (who is equally confused). Welcome to 'this is Italy'  

As adriatica suggests, whichever route you go you are unlikely to make your money back!  I'd say you will have a much better chance of re-selling a new build (looking traditional) to an Italian, than selling a restoration job, but if it is to appeal at all to an Italian it has to be in a 'convenient' location, (with schools and work nearby.) A new build, as sebastiano says, will also be a much more comfortable place to live in. In theory you should be able to get closer to a 'fixed price' on new build, but avoiding nasty surprises depends on you and your geometra being very precise when writing up (and understanding) the computo metrico, the equivalent of a bill of quantities.

In response to adriatica - it is good that he points out that you CAN sell your house without any certification (plumbing or electrical), which means you have the option to chase up the certification (or just forget about  it). If you can get the certification (often this involves only asking for it, frequently it isn't 'offered') then it is worthwhile having it, and you can 'demand' certification if one plumber or one electrician has done the whole job - but it is not the end of the world if (for whatever reason) you have not got your impianti certificati.

I think you DO have to 'fill in a form' these days to get the discount. I remember helping someone translate a letter last year, and my recollection is that it came from the GPL supplier, but I'm not 100% sure about that. The comune should be able to help point you in the right direction. If you go onto your comune website and search for "zone non metanizzate" you'll probably find something. Good luck! Regarding the re-wiring - it is sometimes difficult if you don't have a whole house installation done, because the electrician may well suggest that he'll do it without a certificate. The snag from his point of view is, if he agrees to certificate the work, he is in effect taking responsibility for everything - even though a different electrician has had a hand in it. Speak to the electrician who did the recent work and ask him if he will give you a certificate.

Sorry reme - your question has engendered a lot of sniping between people who use this site (and who are usually pretty helpful, and the helpful posters do not appreciate input from opinionated idiots) - but actually nobody has answered your questions. If you were to be considered to be entitled to use the Italian health service (by virtue of having lived in Italy for five years, or having taken out a not expensive insurance, or having attained the age of 65), then for sure medicines for chronic conditions are free - as they are for all Italian citizens. Your potential difficulty arises if you find yourself attempting to rely on an EHIC card. Despite what is says on the tin, this is NOT a carte blanche to free health cover (okay, it covers emergencies) and nobody on an emergency basis is going to deny you insulin or whatever, but in order to get yourself onto the 'free medicine' trail you are obliged to enrol yourself with an Itaian medico (after having established residency). Becoming a resident (maybe you do no wish to do this?) involves income assessment plus demonstrating health insurance. Nothing is impossible! Good luck

What is it about this user who chose the name 'Beeryspice'? Designed to be a troll! Ram (as usual) is giving pretty okay advice, but there are so many places that people are coming from (as in EU, US, resident etc etc), but the prophet Beery has got it all sussed - I think not. Beware false prophets is all I can say.