Retiring to Ofena

[maisie21]

Hi
My husband and I are planning to re-locate to Abruzzo next year, hopefully towards the end of April.
We bought our house, as a renovation project, in Ofena in 2007 and had originally planned to move this year. However, our house was damaged in the earthquake and we are still waiting to receive authorisation from the authorities to start the repairs.
Regardless of whether the work has started by April next year we still plan to make the move then even if it means taking a caravan across with us to sleep in.
We have a garden of over 600sq.m which is full of olive trees, vines and fig trees to we will have plenty of work to keep us occupied until we can start on the house again.
If anyone has any constructive advice to offer it would be gratefully welcomed.
Judy

[pudd 2]

Originally Posted by maisie21

Hi
My husband and I are planning to re-locate to Abruzzo next year, hopefully towards the end of April.
We bought our house, as a renovation project, in Ofena in 2007 and had originally planned to move this year. However, our house was damaged in the earthquake and we are still waiting to receive authorisation from the authorities to start the repairs.
Regardless of whether the work has started by April next year we still plan to make the move then even if it means taking a caravan across with us to sleep in.
We have a garden of over 600sq.m which is full of olive trees, vines and fig trees to we will have plenty of work to keep us occupied until we can start on the house again.
If anyone has any constructive advice to offer it would be gratefully welcomed.
Judy

go for it you only live once we did and we have not looked back we have had bad times and good times but dont regret any thing . Perhaps by moving over it might just move things on .I am helping an english man renovate his house in Capistrano perhaps we whill meet some time good luck

[maisie21]

Originally Posted by pudd 2

go for it you only live once we did and we have not looked back we have had bad times and good times but dont regret any thing . Perhaps by moving over it might just move things on .I am helping an english man renovate his house in Capistrano perhaps we whill meet some time good luck

Hi Pleased to hear that you have no regrets.
We have heard from one of our Architects and she is hoping to have some more information for us this week.
It would be great if we could meet up some time,where do you live?
Judy

[pudd 2]

Originally Posted by maisie21

Hi Pleased to hear that you have no regrets.
We have heard from one of our Architects and she is hoping to have some more information for us this week.
It would be great if we could meet up some time,where do you live?
Judy

hi judy that would be nice we live in pretoro and the whife dosent se many englih here

[flawed]

Originally Posted by maisie21

Hi
My husband and I are planning to re-locate to Abruzzo next year, hopefully towards the end of April.
We bought our house, as a renovation project, in Ofena in 2007 and had originally planned to move this year. However, our house was damaged in the earthquake and we are still waiting to receive authorisation from the authorities to start the repairs.
Regardless of whether the work has started by April next year we still plan to make the move then even if it means taking a caravan across with us to sleep in.
We have a garden of over 600sq.m which is full of olive trees, vines and fig trees to we will have plenty of work to keep us occupied until we can start on the house again.
If anyone has any constructive advice to offer it would be gratefully welcomed.
Judy

Judy, you are back !!!! good work. I missed the thread. I see Barry has done something too. Something about an Ofena group??? all sounds good.

Still planning to be in Ofena end Oct ?Nov looking forward to it.
Are you there soon too?

Haven't heard from Gianni in a while. Hope he got his project started. My eldest daughter plans to marry here in Aus at home in the garden, I've been gardening madly. She is having a sunflower theme. Hope everyone finds your new thread,
I miss the news and info.

I am trying to get some stairs built to my garden soon, but the metal man wanted to build something sensible but soulless. I need to find a nice metal plate, galvanized maybe, that doesn't look too industrial, that will cope with the weather snow etc, not rust. Otherwise I might give up and price wood.

Any ideas for something suitable for a metre wide balcony, with stairs a small landing and another three steps. Not a yucky boxy grill. Flat plate with holes maybe ?

[italy]

Originally Posted by flawed

Judy, you are back !!!! good work. I missed the thread. I see Barry has done something too. Something about an Ofena group??? all sounds good.

Still planning to be in Ofena end Oct ?Nov looking forward to it.
Are you there soon too?

Haven't heard from Gianni in a while. Hope he got his project started. My eldest daughter plans to marry here in Aus at home in the garden, I've been gardening madly. She is having a sunflower theme. Hope everyone finds your new thread,
I miss the news and info.

I am trying to get some stairs built to my garden soon, but the metal man wanted to build something sensible but soulless. I need to find a nice metal plate, galvanized maybe, that doesn't look too industrial, that will cope with the weather snow etc, not rust. Otherwise I might give up and price wood.

Any ideas for something suitable for a metre wide balcony, with stairs a small landing and another three steps. Not a yucky boxy grill. Flat plate with holes maybe ?

read in the paper the other day that several families that returned to property that had been declared uninhabitable were evicted the other day.. by the carbineri... so be careful about staying in a place if its been declared structurally unsound after the quake... i believe these people have also been fined as well..

seismic activity in the province of L'Aquila is still common, the area around rieti has seen panic evacuations once more as their strength grows and people are understandably nervous that lived through the last one... centre of L'Aquila has once more been closed to the public

[ilonaandbill]

Originally Posted by pudd 2

go for it you only live once we did and we have not looked back we have had bad times and good times but dont regret any thing . Perhaps by moving over it might just move things on .I am helping an english man renovate his house in Capistrano perhaps we whill meet some time good luck

I agree with PUD2, you only live once. My husband and I are planning to visit Alghero in Sardinia this Christmas. We are planning to rent a furnished place for a week or so. Does anyone have any advice on markets being open during the holiday, and anything else we need to prepare for? We are flying in from the US.
Our first visit to Italy together. I know a few words only.
Any advice is greatly appreciated. We are near retirement age in great health.

[Celyn]

Hi Judy
I haven't been on the site for ages but it was good to see your name amongst the posts. Sorry to hear you still haven't been able to do anything to your house but it sounds as though you are still determined to make the move when you retire. Good luck with everything.
We have since bought a little place high in the mountains north of Lucca in the Garfagnana area, due to sign the final bits and bobs in November - all very exciting. We would still love to make a visit to Abruzzo so maybe one day will manage to see Ofena and the surrounding area.
All the best
Jan

[Barry]

Originally Posted by flawed

Judy, you are back !!!! good work. I missed the thread. I see Barry has done something too. Something about an Ofena group??? all sounds good.

Still planning to be in Ofena end Oct ?Nov looking forward to it.
Are you there soon too?

Haven't heard from Gianni in a while. Hope he got his project started. My eldest daughter plans to marry here in Aus at home in the garden, I've been gardening madly. She is having a sunflower theme. Hope everyone finds your new thread,
I miss the news and info.

I am trying to get some stairs built to my garden soon, but the metal man wanted to build something sensible but soulless. I need to find a nice metal plate, galvanized maybe, that doesn't look too industrial, that will cope with the weather snow etc, not rust. Otherwise I might give up and price wood.

Any ideas for something suitable for a metre wide balcony, with stairs a small landing and another three steps. Not a yucky boxy grill. Flat plate with holes maybe ?

Ron Celli from Florida is planning on being in Carrufo for november to make sure his father's house is repaired correctly if you need someone new to talk to.
Gianni's project was approved but haven't heard if they released any money yet.
There are some tentative plans for a bunch of Ofenese, Carrufese and Villa's from Canada and the US to have a picnic in the villages in 2011 instead of in Vancouver.

[flawed]

Originally Posted by Barry

Ron Celli from Florida is planning on being in Carrufo for november to make sure his father's house is repaired correctly if you need someone new to talk to.
Gianni's project was approved but haven't heard if they released any money yet.
There are some tentative plans for a bunch of Ofenese, Carrufese and Villa's from Canada and the US to have a picnic in the villages in 2011 instead of in Vancouver.

Hi Barry, I finally booked our tickets. we will be in Ofena 24th Oct to 3rd Nov
Happy to meet new people. Rod's sister and her husband are coming to stay with us should be fun.

Rod can't wait to get back to Ofena.... He is trying to get a job back in Dubai... that much closer ! I won't be back until it warms up . Trying to get to the Chelsea flower show 2011. So May/June