So, once you have a piece of land in Bulgaria - what next?? Basically - paperwork paperwork paperwork...
And, the location of our land is apparently very close to one of the proposed sites for the new gondola in Dobrinishte, which is great news. But (there is always a 'but') this means that until all the plans for the gondola are finalised no one else is going to get any planning permission.
So, building is on hold and all we can do is stare longingly at our architects lovely drawings for our new chalet! (by the way, architects seem to be very pricey in Bulgaria - this is the only thing that we had a surprise over, they are more expensive than UK architects although there are rumours about that laws are going to be brought in regulating their prices - we'll believe that when we see it though).
So, in the meantime, we decided to rent a place out. There are a definitely a few pros and cons to this: in the short term it's cheaper and it means we can get the business going but how do we find something that is just right??
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
time for a rest?
Finally, the season is over.. no it wasnt bad, just hectic. we're shattered and after eating 4 course evening meals all season we need to get to the gym!
so, where was I - its been ages since I have written anything.
OK so we tried to buy 2 peices of land at the edge of the village but one of the owners decided to put the price up at the last minute so it was just too expensive... so we extended our trip and stayed for another couple of weeks, determined to find something, somewhere..
Eventually, driving past a dirt track our (very bored of us) estate agent remembered a field that we hadn't yet seen - we'd seen a lot. We went to have a look and found a good sized field near to the base of the mountain and the national forest border (fingers crossed that the town hall doesn't decide to build on that), its also on a road so access isnt too much of a probelm although we did have to cross a ford to get to it - all part of the experience!
It looked promising although it is hard to imagine a load of buildings surrounding the area, which is bound to happen, but we decided that the plot was big enough for us to create a nice 'haven' so that as the area gets built up we won't feel dwarfed by anything.
So we went for it - all the papers had to be checked - if an owner of some property in bulgaria cannot be found it is not worth the hassle of trying to buy, but luckily everything was in order and we soon became the owners of our own corn field. I say 'soon' but I am classing that in Bulgarian terms, we had to set up a business as foreigners cannot own land in Bulgaria yet - we can only buy it through a business, and because the Bulgarians love their paperwork and stamps that tkaes sometime in itself. Also our 1st solicitor turned out to be a bit useless so I would suggest always getting advice from other expats/buyers in bulgaria to help you to find a decent solicitor/accountant.
so, where was I - its been ages since I have written anything.
OK so we tried to buy 2 peices of land at the edge of the village but one of the owners decided to put the price up at the last minute so it was just too expensive... so we extended our trip and stayed for another couple of weeks, determined to find something, somewhere..
Eventually, driving past a dirt track our (very bored of us) estate agent remembered a field that we hadn't yet seen - we'd seen a lot. We went to have a look and found a good sized field near to the base of the mountain and the national forest border (fingers crossed that the town hall doesn't decide to build on that), its also on a road so access isnt too much of a probelm although we did have to cross a ford to get to it - all part of the experience!
It looked promising although it is hard to imagine a load of buildings surrounding the area, which is bound to happen, but we decided that the plot was big enough for us to create a nice 'haven' so that as the area gets built up we won't feel dwarfed by anything.
So we went for it - all the papers had to be checked - if an owner of some property in bulgaria cannot be found it is not worth the hassle of trying to buy, but luckily everything was in order and we soon became the owners of our own corn field. I say 'soon' but I am classing that in Bulgarian terms, we had to set up a business as foreigners cannot own land in Bulgaria yet - we can only buy it through a business, and because the Bulgarians love their paperwork and stamps that tkaes sometime in itself. Also our 1st solicitor turned out to be a bit useless so I would suggest always getting advice from other expats/buyers in bulgaria to help you to find a decent solicitor/accountant.
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