Moving to Ofena

[flawed]

Hi Judy,

I'm so sorry to hear that you missed your flight.
You must have been so annoyed to be stuck in traffic.

I am surprised that you put your trip off now until March.

I am beginning to wonder if I will ever see a contract. Early this month they were hassling me to book flights, this week they came up with a story about how Australians can't buy without residency...... Now they have sent it to another notary.

I really thought we would be there, in fact I was looking at tickets for the 4th to 8th.
We held off funding so we would catch the rate drop, but the bank hasn't passed it on anyway. I will be glad when the money is there readyin Euro. The rate went down for a couple of days around the 9th Jan, we should have taken advantage of it.

Oh well.
keep in touch Lynda

I finally got in touch with first rate FX and set up an account. I just have to forward the id. Looks like the exchange might go our way a bit, fingers crossed.

At least the weather will be nice in March, and you might get more done

Again so sorry, I can imagine how disappointed you must be.

Lynda

[Barbara Summa]

Hi Lynda,

It's not just Australians, the residency part. And it is a sort of vicious circle, but first you must get residency. I know that a friend of my mom wants to sell her house, she has even found whom, but the residency issue has blocked everything, and the problem is that the officer that has to come and check said that he really needs to see "the wash hanging on the line" before he can certifie residency.

So I know my mom offered to rent these people our house until they got residency. Point is, I am not quite sure how long actually you are supposed to stay there before convincing the authorities.

So I would first ask whoever is taking care of your sale to inform about this, than plan a looooong holiday, where you can of course hang around in a temporary residence, hang the wash, go visit other places and come back etc. but give the impression you are going to stay there.

I will be there in a couple of weeks, so I will inform about this issue if you want.

Good luck,

Barbara

[Barry]

What is this residency? Did I miss something? We don't have residency and had no trouble.

[maisie21]

Originally Posted by flawed

Hi Judy,

I'm so sorry to hear that you missed your flight.
You must have been so annoyed to be stuck in traffic.

I am surprised that you put your trip off now until March.

I am beginning to wonder if I will ever see a contract. Early this month they were hassling me to book flights, this week they came up with a story about how Australians can't buy without residency...... Now they have sent it to another notary.

I really thought we would be there, in fact I was looking at tickets for the 4th to 8th.
We held off funding so we would catch the rate drop, but the bank hasn't passed it on anyway. I will be glad when the money is there readyin Euro. The rate went down for a couple of days around the 9th Jan, we should have taken advantage of it.

Oh well.
keep in touch Lynda

I finally got in touch with first rate FX and set up an account. I just have to forward the id. Looks like the exchange might go our way a bit, fingers crossed.

At least the weather will be nice in March, and you might get more done

Again so sorry, I can imagine how disappointed you must be.

Lynda

Hi Linda
We have left it until 7th March because the only other dates in February were priced at £100 +per person each way. On 7th March it is free apart from paying the airport taxes.
The Euro has gone up again today, which is always a good sign but it still remains fragile.
We have still not applied for residency and we have always been told that you do not need prior to a property purchase.It must seem as if you are taking one step forward and six back.
I am pleased to hear that you have set up your First ratefx account, we have found them very good and we get a daily email from them with the current business rate.
Hope everything goes well for you.
Judy.

[maisie21]

Originally Posted by Barbara Summa

Hi Lynda,

It's not just Australians, the residency part. And it is a sort of vicious circle, but first you must get residency. I know that a friend of my mom wants to sell her house, she has even found whom, but the residency issue has blocked everything, and the problem is that the officer that has to come and check said that he really needs to see "the wash hanging on the line" before he can certifie residency.

So I know my mom offered to rent these people our house until they got residency. Point is, I am not quite sure how long actually you are supposed to stay there before convincing the authorities.

So I would first ask whoever is taking care of your sale to inform about this, than plan a looooong holiday, where you can of course hang around in a temporary residence, hang the wash, go visit other places and come back etc. but give the impression you are going to stay there.

I will be there in a couple of weeks, so I will inform about this issue if you want.

Good luck,

Barbara

Hi Barbara
You do not need to have residency before you purchase but you need to be able to stay in Italy for about two months once you have applied for residency so that the authorities can verify the application. They like to do 'spot checks' to make sure that you are living there.
We have already bought our house and will be applying for residency shortly as it takes about nine months to get the paperwork sorted out.
Judy.

[flawed]

Originally Posted by maisie21

Hi Barbara
You do not need to have residency before you purchase but you need to be able to stay in Italy for about two months once you have applied for residency so that the authorities can verify the application. They like to do 'spot checks' to make sure that you are living there.
We have already bought our house and will be applying for residency shortly as it takes about nine months to get the paperwork sorted out.
Judy.

I may apply for residency in the future, but not planning to yet.

I agree with Barry, I thought there were no restrictions on foreign ownership, you just pay more tax on the purchase. 10 or 11% If it is your first home in Italy, you can pay less tax (3 or 4% )as long as you become resident within 18 months.

Maybe the laws have changed. Hope they sort it out soon.

The exchange is getting better yeah !!!!!!!!!

[flawed]

We are going to Italy!
looks like evrything is good to go. We fly into Rome 28th Feb, head to the notary on the 2nd March, and get to play at the house till Friday.....Yeah!!!!!!!

Still miss you again Judy, will be back in July though, 10th July for a month.

Lynda

[maisie21]

Originally Posted by flawed

We are going to Italy!
looks like evrything is good to go. We fly into Rome 28th Feb, head to the notary on the 2nd March, and get to play at the house till Friday.....Yeah!!!!!!!

Still miss you again Judy, will be back in July though, 10th July for a month.

Lynda

Hi Lynda

Pleased to hear that everything is now going ahead, what an exciting time for you.
Perhaps we will get to meet up later in the year as we go back again in May and August after our visit next month.
We are looking forward to our next trip although we have not got a lot planned. I want to try and get a rota vator for the garden as the soil is packed solid and we need to get it loosened so that the vines and olive trees produce a bigger crop for us.

Have a wonderful time.
Judy.

[flawed]

Originally Posted by maisie21

Hi Lynda

Pleased to hear that everything is now going ahead, what an exciting time for you.
Perhaps we will get to meet up later in the year as we go back again in May and August after our visit next month.
We are looking forward to our next trip although we have not got a lot planned. I want to try and get a rota vator for the garden as the soil is packed solid and we need to get it loosened so that the vines and olive trees produce a bigger crop for us.

Have a wonderful time.
Judy.

hey judy, yes it is exciting. we are going to stay for a while in july. so maybe i'll see you at barbaras cooking classes. I'd love to learn to cook great pasta...

appley's italian mamma made amazing zucchini pasta.

[maisie21]

Originally Posted by flawed

hey judy, yes it is exciting. we are going to stay for a while in july. so maybe i'll see you at barbaras cooking classes. I'd love to learn to cook great pasta...

appley's italian mamma made amazing zucchini pasta.

Hi Lynda
I am going to try and get my daughter in law to join in the cookery classes as my granddaughters favourite food is pasta.
I have to admit that I am not a great lover of pasta but I would like to have a go at making it I do make a great pizza and panna cotta though.
Judy