Leo18
English expat in Italy
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English
Speaks English French and conversational Italian
Registration: 22 January 2020
Renovating in Tuscany by MyTuscany
I recently bought a house in Italy and will be going as soon as things calm down. It鈥檚 in Tuscany between Arezzo and Florence. Id love to connect to anyone else who is looking to renovate, is renovating or have renovated. Would be lovely to ...
@John Dillon not sure why you have replied to me my Eli teal and plumbing work has been done by professionals. We also received /asked for plans from the previous owners , I mean who wouldn鈥檛 ? Read More
Renovating in Tuscany by MyTuscany
I recently bought a house in Italy and will be going as soon as things calm down. It鈥檚 in Tuscany between Arezzo and Florence. Id love to connect to anyone else who is looking to renovate, is renovating or have renovated. Would be lovely to ...
@finacustechnology sorry visit where? Read More
Renovating in Tuscany by MyTuscany
I recently bought a house in Italy and will be going as soon as things calm down. It鈥檚 in Tuscany between Arezzo and Florence. Id love to connect to anyone else who is looking to renovate, is renovating or have renovated. Would be lovely to ...
Hi we had no building work - as in moving or rebuilding walls etc. However, we have had the house rewired and plumbing work done . We had excellent workmen and no problems . Read More
passing two exams for renewal my permesso di sogiorno by fatemehelahi94
Hi everybody my resident permit will be expired in 2022 April. but unfortunately, I could pass only one exam for this year. do you know if I could pass another exam in 2022 January, will the police accept to renew my resident permit? or I should ...
@fatemehelahi94 buongiorno I am confused what exams are these. My husband and I didn鈥檛 hVe to do exams for our residency , we just had to fill in forms in Italian and then have a face to face meeting with a member of staff at the Commune. ... Read More
passing two exams for renewal my permesso di sogiorno by fatemehelahi94
Hi everybody my resident permit will be expired in 2022 April. but unfortunately, I could pass only one exam for this year. do you know if I could pass another exam in 2022 January, will the police accept to renew my resident permit? or I should ...
hi what exams do you mean. My husband abd I didn鈥檛 have to take any . We had to fill in forms in Italian and then had a face to face meeting at the Commune (town hall) Read More
Permesso di Soggiorno Collection by sakshi_178
Hi everyone. Hope you're all doing well. In July I had submitted my documents at the Questura for my permesso di soggiorno attesa lavoro. I was patiently waiting to receive a message for with the collection date. Finally I ended up going to the ...
Hi Sorry to hear of your difficulties.We had no problem with ours . Had to go to Pisa initially in later November , but we鈥檙e able to pick our cards up early January in Volterra , which is only 25 minutes from us. Read More
All about taxes for expats in Italy by Diksha
Hi everyone, Taxation is an important subject, especially when you are an expatriate in Italy. We would like to know what you think about the tax system in your host country. This could be helpful to other people preparing for expatriation in ...
How do you go about completing a tax return in Italy Read More
Buying a car in Italy by Leo18
Hi Has anyone bought a car over in Italy yet? We now want to buy one out here as we feel it will be better and more cost effective than hiring. We have our own house in Tuscany and spend 7 months of the year in it and 3 months at our home in the ...
Aaah thanks Michelle Read More
Buying a car in Italy by Leo18
Hi Has anyone bought a car over in Italy yet? We now want to buy one out here as we feel it will be better and more cost effective than hiring. We have our own house in Tuscany and spend 7 months of the year in it and 3 months at our home in the ...
Hi Michelle Sorry what do you mean by go to link under review Regards Read More
Renovating in Tuscany by MyTuscany
I recently bought a house in Italy and will be going as soon as things calm down. It鈥檚 in Tuscany between Arezzo and Florence. Id love to connect to anyone else who is looking to renovate, is renovating or have renovated. Would be lovely to ...
Yes we are here in Tuscany now Read More
Buying a car in Italy by Leo18
Hi Has anyone bought a car over in Italy yet? We now want to buy one out here as we feel it will be better and more cost effective than hiring. We have our own house in Tuscany and spend 7 months of the year in it and 3 months at our home in the ...
The whole driving license thing is under review atm Read More
Buying a car in Italy by Leo18
Hi Has anyone bought a car over in Italy yet? We now want to buy one out here as we feel it will be better and more cost effective than hiring. We have our own house in Tuscany and spend 7 months of the year in it and 3 months at our home in the ...
We havean Italian bank account Read More
Buying a car in Italy by Leo18
Hi Has anyone bought a car over in Italy yet? We now want to buy one out here as we feel it will be better and more cost effective than hiring. We have our own house in Tuscany and spend 7 months of the year in it and 3 months at our home in the ...
We have been told that we just need our residency and identity cards in order to buy a car Read More
Renovating in Tuscany by MyTuscany
I recently bought a house in Italy and will be going as soon as things calm down. It鈥檚 in Tuscany between Arezzo and Florence. Id love to connect to anyone else who is looking to renovate, is renovating or have renovated. Would be lovely to ...
We have had a house in Tuscany since March 2019. First viewing 30 December 2018 - 2nd viewing to confirm we wanted it on NYE 2018. Have had many works done to date including complete rewiring . Lots of teething problems in the first 6 months but ... Read More
New members of the Italy forum, introduce yourselves here - 2020 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Italy forum? Don't know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on your ...
Hello What part of Manchester are you from ? Read More
Buying a car in Italy by Leo18
Hi Has anyone bought a car over in Italy yet? We now want to buy one out here as we feel it will be better and more cost effective than hiring. We have our own house in Tuscany and spend 7 months of the year in it and 3 months at our home in the ...
Hi Thanks for that info. How do you go about applying for an Italian driving license - is it straight forward? It makes sense why there are so many 1 litre pandas. We spend about 8 months a year here ( not consecutively) we here atrium 6/8 weeks ... Read More
Buying a car in Italy by Leo18
Hi Has anyone bought a car over in Italy yet? We now want to buy one out here as we feel it will be better and more cost effective than hiring. We have our own house in Tuscany and spend 7 months of the year in it and 3 months at our home in the ...
Hi Thanks for replying - we have got residency. So dies that make it pretty straightforward to buy then? What about insurance ? We are 20 mins from Volterra. Where are you? Read More
Buying a car in Italy by Leo18
Hi Has anyone bought a car over in Italy yet? We now want to buy one out here as we feel it will be better and more cost effective than hiring. We have our own house in Tuscany and spend 7 months of the year in it and 3 months at our home in the ...
Thank you we must have residence then we applied to the commune and we got a certificate Read More
Buying a car in Italy
Hi Has anyone bought a car over in Italy yet? We now want to buy one out here as we feel it will be better and more cost effective than hiring. We have our own house in Tuscany and spend 7 months of the year in it and 3 months at our home in the ... Read More
New members of the Italy forum, introduce yourselves here - 2020 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Italy forum? Don't know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on your ...
Do you have a car or do you need to rely on public transportation? Read More
New members of the Italy forum, introduce yourselves here - 2020 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Italy forum? Don't know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on your ...
Hi We are in Tuscany about a 20 minute drive from Volterra and just over an hour to Pisa airport. We鈥檝e been fine during lockdown- very impressed with how the locals have dealt with it so responsibly. Our town which is less than a five ... Read More
New members of the Italy forum, introduce yourselves here - 2020 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Italy forum? Don't know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on your ...
Good luck with the travelling . Read More
New members of the Italy forum, introduce yourselves here - 2020 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Italy forum? Don't know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on your ...
Hi - no real pitfalls to be wary of. Once the property is bought it is wise to take in the services of the property organiser fir a year to help with services etc. We had lots of teething problems but hey so does everyone anywhere buying a house ... Read More
New members of the Italy forum, introduce yourselves here - 2020 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Italy forum? Don't know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on your ...
Buonasera Hope you鈥檙e able to start looking at properties soon, possibly in a month ! Whereabouts are you lockdown, are you renting at the moment ? Read More
COVID-19 and expatriation in Italy by Lo茂c
Hello everybody, The COVID-19 crisis inevitably impacts Italy, between closed airports or periods of containment in some cities or even the entire country . We would like to hear from you during this unusual period, to find out what the ...
As it stands at the moment we are still out here for our planned time. This spell out here was from the beginning of March until the last day of April. Then we were to return to the UK for 3 weeks to see family and friends . However our flight back ... Read More
Lockdown by Leo18
Just wondered how everyone else is going on in these difficult times.
Same here only 3 cases tested positive. We鈥檙e not bored yet - we have loads to do because we have 121 olive trees and it鈥檚 pruning season. The local bakery, greengrocers, butchers and supermarket are fully stocked and adopting ... Read More
Lockdown
Just wondered how everyone else is going on in these difficult times. Read More
New members of the Italy forum, introduce yourselves here - 2020 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Italy forum? Don't know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on your ...
Hi husband and I bought a property in Tuscany in March last year. Very proud of the results as I was project manager for 6 months to find it and liaise with estate agents and solicitors etc. Have now got residency accepted. Enjoying the beautiful ... Read More