@Casaparadiso
Canadian expat in Italy
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Registration: 03 July 2024
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Property fees and taxes when buying. by marazzo
Hi I need advice on buying a €12000 2 bed flat in Matera.It's 65sqm and I think it's A/3 Cadastral.It will be my first property and used as a my own holiday home.Now the agent what's to charge €2500 + 22% vat then with registration fees/ ...
Unfortunately it sounds close to my experience. Doubling the asking price is about right to get a property in Italy when all is said and done. (I live just down the road in Pisticci and built a house 5 yrs ago.) The only thing I can advise you is to ... Read More
Permesso di Soggiorno, Not showing. Page reloaded. by Ahmer Syab
Hi, i applied for my permesso di soggiorno per lavoro six months ago. My finger prints were in october 2020. Now i was waiting and checking the status of my permit. Now i am checking and i can not see status of the permit. Infact, page reloads ...
Welcome to Italy! One of the bigger frustrations is dealing with online government sites. Kind of like Canada in that regard haha. We ended up getting a paper version of everything from the local questura. Hope this helps. Read More
Looking to retire to Ragusa, by morriskrysy
Hello, I'm practising my Italian but do you think I'll be able to get by with little Italian, English and a Google translator. I don't want to appear rude?
@morriskrysy . Ciao! I have retired to a little town in Basilicata and I have to say that I was in no way prepared for the complete lack of English in this region. I had used Duolingo for a year or so and thought I was more or less on top of it, but ... Read More
Salerno, Italy 60 day stay by johnvpinto
Looking for suggestions on where to stay thats near Centro Storico, Train Station and Ferry Terminals, in an area with relatively flat sidewalks. Furnished, with a lift. Thanks, in advance, for your suggestions.
@johnvpintoI go to Salerno quite often and can recommend the Plaza hotel. It is on the corner of the train station piazza, and at the beginning of the corso Vittorio Emanuelle-a pedestrian shopping zone that runs up to the Centro storico. The hotel ... Read More
Noise, regulations and rights by mark1121
We moved to a city centre flat in Italy 3 years ago. I love Italy and would like to remain, but the biggest problem we've had has been noise - in this building and in neighbouring ones.This includes in the neighbouring flat which had work which ...
I live in the country in a detached house and it's the same deal. About a year after I bought the place having VERY carefully checked for noise over a period of 2 weeks in the summer, the owners moved back in. They had a baby and bought a border ... Read More