Hello my name is Conrad and I live in Nottingham, England. Way back in 1982 I was fortunate enough to be posted out to Sardinia with the RAF with my wife and two bambini.
Welcome to the communtity. I have just got back from my hols on the Isle of Wight so I am catching up. I am the same age as you. We have planned a weeks stay in Rome next June. We have rented an apartment in Capena. Quite reasonable price.We are off to Venice at the end of next month for a couple of nights. Not done Florence yet but definetly high on the list.I am getting to grips with the language. Hoping to retire somewhere in Italy if I reach 65 ! a presto !
Thank you Antonietta. I guess Naples has it's cross to bear as many of the inner cities in the UK. Certainly were I live in Nottingham we have very much the same scenairio. Yes you are right you have to tread cautiously in such places but I would still like to have the experience.Take care!
I have never been to Naples but plan to check it out on my travels. I appreciate it is the home of the Camorra but is it as deprived as this thread depicts? Sorry Antonietta for asking this in your thread. Good luck in your plans to live and work in Italy. Please keep us all informed on how you get on.
Thank you Jinty. I was not inferring that Scotland was a good model for a universal european system. I am an engineer and know little of current european laws but would be interested if anyone knows of any country be it within the EU or not that seems to have a fair and moral system. The start of this thread questions if an italian property retains it debts and it appears it does but surley that should never be allowed to happen. No more than should people anywhere end up out of pocket when someone without good cause pulls out of a legal process at the 11th hour.
Yes really! I am not saying we should all adopt the English way of doing things. Scotland has opted for the bid system although they also use fixed pricing. I believe the way we buy and sell houses in England and Wales is too stressful. You cannot be sure the house is yours until contracts have been exchanged and completion set. You could spend a small fortune on surveyor and legal fees only to have the vendor change their minds at the last moment. That can't be right!I would like to see a system where a price is legally agreed and should any of the parties default a penalty should be paid. This would hopefully make people think more carefully before entering into the agreement.
If we are all one in the European Union why don't we all start singing from the same hymn sheet and standardise all laws?I mean what's the point of having an EU if we are all going to retain our own legal anomolies?Yes every country should retain the right to it's own identity and form its own parliament but when it comes down to legal transactions such as buying houses and cars etc there should be a common understanding.Ah maybe one day!
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Welcome to the communtity. I have just got back from my hols on the Isle of Wight so I am catching up. I am the same age as you. We have planned a weeks stay in Rome next June. We have rented an apartment in Capena. Quite reasonable price.We are off to Venice at the end of next month for a couple of nights. Not done Florence yet but definetly high on the list.I am getting to grips with the language. Hoping to retire somewhere in Italy if I reach 65 !
a presto !
Thank you Antonietta. I guess Naples has it's cross to bear as many of the inner cities in the UK. Certainly were I live in Nottingham we have very much the same scenairio. Yes you are right you have to tread cautiously in such places but I would still like to have the experience.Take care!
I have never been to Naples but plan to check it out on my travels. I appreciate it is the home of the Camorra but is it as deprived as this thread depicts? Sorry Antonietta for asking this in your thread. Good luck in your plans to live and work in Italy. Please keep us all informed on how you get on.
You learn lots in this community about Italiana and much more besides.
Hi, welcome to community. Hope you make lots of new friends especially those lucky enough to have settled in Italy.
Welcome. Are you not tempted to move to Italy?Hope you enjoy the community.
Thank you Jinty. I was not inferring that Scotland was a good model for a universal european system. I am an engineer and know little of current european laws but would be interested if anyone knows of any country be it within the EU or not that seems to have a fair and moral system. The start of this thread questions if an italian property retains it debts and it appears it does but surley that should never be allowed to happen. No more than should people anywhere end up out of pocket when someone without good cause pulls out of a legal process at the 11th hour.
Yes really! I am not saying we should all adopt the English way of doing things. Scotland has opted for the bid system although they also use fixed pricing. I believe the way we buy and sell houses in England and Wales is too stressful. You cannot be sure the house is yours until contracts have been exchanged and completion set. You could spend a small fortune on surveyor and legal fees only to have the vendor change their minds at the last moment. That can't be right!I would like to see a system where a price is legally agreed and should any of the parties default a penalty should be paid. This would hopefully make people think more carefully before entering into the agreement.
If we are all one in the European Union why don't we all start singing from the same hymn sheet and standardise all laws?I mean what's the point of having an EU if we are all going to retain our own legal anomolies?Yes every country should retain the right to it's own identity and form its own parliament but when it comes down to legal transactions such as buying houses and cars etc there should be a common understanding.Ah maybe one day!
I think that's what McEnroe used to say !