VillageLife
American looking for information about Bulgaria
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Bargain Hunting? by JimJ
I see that Mowlem Bulgaria are doing a "Three For £30k*" feature at the moment - might be worth a look for those members who are still looking for a cheap property....*That's £30k each, before anyone gets TOO excited.....😁
@janemulberry Hahaha yes - spot on! That's the only reason we found out. Read More
Bargain Hunting? by JimJ
I see that Mowlem Bulgaria are doing a "Three For £30k*" feature at the moment - might be worth a look for those members who are still looking for a cheap property....*That's £30k each, before anyone gets TOO excited.....😁
@janemulberryWell it was actually in really bad shape, but its in the ideal centre of a largish town so I guess it's appealing. Read More
External Staircase - Remove?
Hi All, I wondered what the general view here is about external staircases have most of you removed them and installed internal staircases?. Or have you learnt to live and embrace it?. Read More
Bargain Hunting? by JimJ
I see that Mowlem Bulgaria are doing a "Three For £30k*" feature at the moment - might be worth a look for those members who are still looking for a cheap property....*That's £30k each, before anyone gets TOO excited.....😁
@janemulberryWe had someone move themselves into our abandoned house but the neighbors alerted us and then we called and paid for SOT. Read More
Interesting Discussion about "Neighbours"... by JimJ
...on the Facebook group "Moving to Bulgaria". Not for the faint-hearted or those intending to leave their property unoccupied for any length of time.... 😱
Luckily us folk in the provinces dont have anything of value in our houses anyway. Read More
Interesting Discussion about "Neighbours"... by JimJ
...on the Facebook group "Moving to Bulgaria". Not for the faint-hearted or those intending to leave their property unoccupied for any length of time.... 😱
That's why everyone needs COT and a tall walls. Read More
Decision to buy made - the next step? by jeanmandredeix
Well, we came to see if we liked it and we did. Found a house after a few days of excellent travel agents help.We do plan to live here permanently but have a few months of things to do in UK.Would you recommend applying for retirement D Visa now or ...
Awesome!. Out of interest what made you decide on somewhere near Ruse?. Read More
Online jobs …. by Tessamy
Looking for a simple online job. I am based in Bulgaria. Only need to earn about 100/150 a week. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
I don't have any experience but have met a few people doing this.If your from the UK and still have an address (or can use one) + UK bank account, one option could be to apply for a fully remote job, as if your based in the UK. Try one of the big ... Read More
Baba Marta video live - for anyone interested by S25 - Sean
Dunno if this chat will allow link sharing. My last post spoke of Baba Marta and a few people were interested in the topic. Uploaded the YouTube video sharing my experience in Jambol. I'm not the best at doing videos, but I gave it a go. Future ...
30 or so mins drive to the dream city that is Yambol is perfect. Read More
Baba Marta video live - for anyone interested by S25 - Sean
Dunno if this chat will allow link sharing. My last post spoke of Baba Marta and a few people were interested in the topic. Uploaded the YouTube video sharing my experience in Jambol. I'm not the best at doing videos, but I gave it a go. Future ...
It was the 21st - 23rd of June last year in the park. It had music and BBQ and other events etc. It was called "BiriManjaro". I got the t-shirt!. Is you house not far from the town?. Read More
Baba Marta video live - for anyone interested by S25 - Sean
Dunno if this chat will allow link sharing. My last post spoke of Baba Marta and a few people were interested in the topic. Uploaded the YouTube video sharing my experience in Jambol. I'm not the best at doing videos, but I gave it a go. Future ...
Great video. Yambol had an epic craft beer festival last summer, really hoping they repeat it this year. Read More
Don't say you weren't warned.. by JimJ
There's an elephant in the room when it comes to people upping sticks and blithely heading to their new Shangri-la in Bulgaria, and I wonder just how much thought people have given to exactly what they might be letting themselves in for.There's an ...
Certainly going to continue to be a bumpy ride to adopting the euro in Bulgaria. Easy for third parties to stoke the divisive flames. Read More
Mild winters in the south BG?: camping -6 tonight by S25 - Sean
If you have read any of my recent posts (many offered great advice and help) all I can say right now is 🥶🥶🥶❄️☃️ brrr!Hot summers and milder winter in the south near Turkey "they" say... YouTube and ...
@S25 - Sean Ahh Yambol, I am Jealous. I think it has one of the best walking streets with bars and some great restaurants. If you haven't already been, go check out restaurant ponoti (comes up as kitchen and bar ponoti on Google maps). Read More
Question: Bulgarian citizenship? by OrientalPlovdiv
Has anyone successfully naturalised to become a Bulgarian citizen?I am planning to naturalise to become a Bulgarian citizen in future after obtaining the permanent residence in Bulgaria because it seems that UK is not planning to rejoin EU. Can ...
@janemulberry This was exactly my thoughts with the written test. A bit of targeted studying, based on the examples on the internet, and actually one could scrape a pass without proficiency in Bulgarian. Read More
Question: Bulgarian citizenship? by OrientalPlovdiv
Has anyone successfully naturalised to become a Bulgarian citizen?I am planning to naturalise to become a Bulgarian citizen in future after obtaining the permanent residence in Bulgaria because it seems that UK is not planning to rejoin EU. Can ...
@SimCityAT Agreed a really interesting point.Would be interesting to hear from an lawyer?. Read More