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Just a quick survey, for those who are currently buying or searching, when you are looking for a house what exactly are you looking for? and Why do you choose the area you are looking in?

Tue, 06/12/2012 - 12:56

Just to be clear this has nothing to do with a recent post by myself regarding a post that kept disappearing.I have a paid ad on the Italymag website for a house for sale by owner, in the past week I have had a coupke of obviously dodgy enquiries.

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 10:41

This is a post which I have now posted 4 times, and for some reason disappears without explaination!

Wed, 02/22/2012 - 06:53

Can anyone enlighten me as to what may be my mistake?! I have attempted on numerous occasions to post in the for sale section, only to find the item ( a house), censured a few hours later.

Tue, 02/21/2012 - 13:37

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Fri, 02/24/2012 - 06:05

I have house insurance with a local (marche ) insurance broker, it costs around €200/year, the house is 150m2.....maybe a local broker to you will have a good deal?

Fri, 02/24/2012 - 06:02

At the top of the page!

Thu, 02/23/2012 - 09:03

Don't want to speak too soon, but it seems to have been overlooked by the post poacher....!wink

Wed, 02/22/2012 - 08:35

No, I'm in Italy, not Uk, luckily!, As you will have no doubt noticed I have edited, its not that the 4th bedroom has reappeared, just that there is the possibility of the 4th bedroom, doing away with the study, or using it as a guest room with sofa bed....Haints eh? Of course you americans do have strange ways!smiley

Wed, 02/22/2012 - 07:12

I'm actually trying to pull the wool over whoevers eyes it is that is removing the post!!!Hence wording as above, the price anyone interested can contact me, the same for photos, because this above is OBVIOUSLY NOT an ad!!!

Answer to: Is it too much?
Wed, 02/22/2012 - 07:08

Being a builder, and having had some experience of similar situations, it sounds like a fair price to me, if my maths doesn't fail me, it is coming in at around €100/m2, considering the work involved, that seems in the ball park to me.

Answer to: censured posts
Wed, 02/22/2012 - 06:37

Ok the section is "selling" and is listed on the right hand side of the screen a couple of plcaes below the Property topic, there are a number of houses for sale amongst other things, I will try again, and see what happens.

Sun, 02/12/2012 - 06:46

Or the Guardia forestale (corpo forestale) or the local comune. You will probably find that they will come out to assess the situation, form which point they will give or not) permission to fell the tree.

Answer to: Roof repairs
Fri, 02/10/2012 - 06:05

Generally speaking you should have permission, it is in your case, just a formality, and can be done in a day, of course, if you are not in town, but in the countryside, I doubt anyone will notice.....

Tue, 01/24/2012 - 16:57

Thermal liner, is basically a thermally backed lining paper, relatively cheap, and very quick and very clean to use, no mess, and using a professional, an average house can be done in about 7 days. It works along the theory of stopping the heat being wasted on heating cold walls, the heat remains in the room, therefore bringing it to the desired temperature more quickly, hence with a roomstat, (wall mounted thermostat) cutting down on gas use. Its efficiency will vary in accordance with the type of existing insulation etc, double glazed windows, timber floors or rugs over tiled floors all help. As mick chick suggested, new builds in italy, from an insulation point of view are not to the same standard as british built houses, where there is more emphises on conserving heat, and reducing expenditure. Brit houses are built to withstand the cold, whereas italian houses seem to be more geared up to withstand the summer heat. I have lived and worked here for over 10 years, and the winters, ( I am in southern Marche) can be cold, albeit shorter than the Uk winters. The summers although they can reach into the high 30's and even the low 40's, it is for a relatively short period, central heating, and/or the simple need to raise the temperature in the house, is realistically still half of the year, october to april......  The good thing about the wallrock thermal liner is that it can be done without any dia or permission or expenditure to geometras or comune, it is a paper hanging job. And the money spent, is recovered with lower gas bills, and better living enviroment.