Self Employed British Writer Wanting To Relocate To Italy
Oct 21st 2019, 7:31 pm
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What are the reasons that property is so cheap in Italy? And extremely cheap in certain regions?
Oct 21st 2019, 8:27 pm
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Further south, cheaper, more poverty and depletion of population after the war. Abruzzo is the size of Yorkshire with only a quarter of the population. There are a lot of empty properties...
Oct 22nd 2019, 8:00 am
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Oct 22nd 2019, 9:08 am
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Cheap properties where I am usually need a lot of work. A lot. The price of just fixing the roof could be higher than the price of the house and so they are left to rot.
Oct 22nd 2019, 3:53 pm
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Ditto that for Puglia. Empty properties everywhere.
Teree : if you have to install a kitchen in whatever rental you end up with, why not consider installing it yourself.. it's not that hard if you have a decent basic toolbox and a bit of common sense knowhow.. Might save you a fair bit of cash...
Oct 22nd 2019, 5:36 pm
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Ditto that for Puglia. Empty properties everywhere.
Teree : if you have to install a kitchen in whatever rental you end up with, why not consider installing it yourself.. it's not that hard if you have a decent basic toolbox and a bit of common sense knowhow.. Might save you a fair bit of cash...
Teree : if you have to install a kitchen in whatever rental you end up with, why not consider installing it yourself.. it's not that hard if you have a decent basic toolbox and a bit of common sense knowhow.. Might save you a fair bit of cash...
Oct 22nd 2019, 5:42 pm
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I am planning to travel at the end of next month to Italy for three months. And stay at an Airbnb. And explore to get a feel for different towns that resonate.
I will look at the rental properties whilst there via arranging viewings. I will have enough money to secure a rental.
With the long term goal of saving to purchase a home whilst renting.
Ideally I do not wish to return to the UK. I own very little possessions, so moving is no problem.
London is changing so rapidly in my opinion for the worse and I wish to relocate now, whilst my son is still very young in order to create a beautiful life for he avd I. Yet I realistic that Italy will bring a new set of challenges. But they will be no where close to the environment of London.
I will look at the rental properties whilst there via arranging viewings. I will have enough money to secure a rental.
With the long term goal of saving to purchase a home whilst renting.
Ideally I do not wish to return to the UK. I own very little possessions, so moving is no problem.
London is changing so rapidly in my opinion for the worse and I wish to relocate now, whilst my son is still very young in order to create a beautiful life for he avd I. Yet I realistic that Italy will bring a new set of challenges. But they will be no where close to the environment of London.
Oct 23rd 2019, 9:48 am
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Best of luck.
"Lorna at Vicenza", our moderator, has much experience of schooling her children in Italy and might be a useful sounding board.
"Lorna at Vicenza", our moderator, has much experience of schooling her children in Italy and might be a useful sounding board.
Oct 31st 2019, 12:45 am
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Best of Luck, sound exciting. Just remember that Italians are spoilt with a great climate, brilliant food and friendly people, it is sooo diverse and all the regions are interesting, in the end I think it will be difficult to decide where to live as it is all so attractive.
Oct 31st 2019, 10:38 pm
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Best of Luck, sound exciting. Just remember that Italians are spoilt with a great climate, brilliant food and friendly people, it is sooo diverse and all the regions are interesting, in the end I think it will be difficult to decide where to live as it is all so attractive.
Thank you Conor_0 even during the past few weeks that I have been researching the different regions there are so very many to choose from. As someone previous advised best to travel and experience the different locations in person, and see which resonate.
Nov 2nd 2019, 1:05 pm
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Apologies if this has been covered before, if you have a registered UK company - in my case due to my clients being all over Europe (I currently live in Cyprus) - and taxes are paid in the UK, if I were to live in Sicily, do I have to declare and pay tax on all income in Italy as well as in the UK?
Nov 2nd 2019, 1:30 pm
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Yes and no! You likely have to fill in your tax form if you get residency in Italy. If resident for tax purposes, then you could be liable for tax there. There is a double taxation agreement you can read here when wanting to sleep! So at worst you may pay the difference due to no allowance and different rates between the two.
Nov 2nd 2019, 1:35 pm
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Thank you for that, my income is literally pin money really, amounting to about €5000 pa, so it would seem best not to work at all and retire. Does that mean pensions also get taxed as income in Italy?
Nov 2nd 2019, 1:56 pm
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I've never been able to decide what the heck it is saying in the DTA in respect of private pensions and/or state pension. Or any other income for that matter. Only thing I did find out was certain private pensions for government ex-workers were only taxed in the state they were earned.
Nov 2nd 2019, 4:57 pm
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After the initial three months in Italy as a British Citizen, when I apply for residence in order to stay long term. Does this mean that I am classed as a permanent resident? As I would like to reside in Italy long term yet still pay my taxes in the UK, due to my contract work being based there as I work remotely.
Is that possible?
Is that possible?
