Hello, and welcome to our Fifth eBay auction this year from the sunny south of Bulgaria. As some of you may know we are a British owned Family run business with 14 Ltd Companies and are now in our 8th year of living and working here in sunny southern Bulgaria.
Generally we run a maximum of 10 eBay adverts throughout the year selling Bulgarian property. This is for the reason that we always get over 2500 hits on each one which gives us a large database to work from through the year. In 2008 we placed just 2 adverts, with all the other projects we are involved with (and trust me there are many!) we had enough work to keep us busy! We currently have over 25,000 existing clients on our database that have come from our 2 websites and eBay. Also in 2008 the boss went to Dubai, Sudan, UK and Venezuela on business. So 2008 became a very busy and successful year for us all here at cheap-bulgarian-properties.
So what's kept us so busy?
Where do I start! We have 14 Limited Companies that include a Winery & Vineyards, Double Glazing, Car Rental & Sales, Property Renovation, European Removal Service for your House & Contents, Caravan Park/Holiday Letting, Tour Guide, Outdoor Adventure/Activities, Mineral Spring Water Bottling/Sales, Import/Export, Eco Village along with an Animal Rescue Centre. We are also opening 6 more offices this year (2009, in Stara Zagora, Kazanlak, Plovdiv, Dimitrovgrad and a further 2 in Chirpan making 3 at our Head Office) We have also been very busy in Cyprus with a New Office opened in Nicosia the capital with a further 2 opening in 2010 in Larnaca and Paphos Cyprus. In 2010 we will have branches in the USA, UK, Malta, Tenerife, Italy with the latest one being Dubai, so very busy times here and ahead for us at cheap-bulgarian-properties and Staff needed.
Our very latest development is that we now have our own I.T Department at head office (Chirpan) with Matt and Kristy (brits) in charge of that (welcome aboard) who applied for the position via our website “Wanted, Jobs on offer” and guess what they love it here. Now if you Looked at our website you will see many properties with a SOLD or RESERVED sign on due to the fact of our success of being UNIQUE and British with over 8 years of living and working here (longer than anyone else). In fact 85% of the properties we sell never even get advertised online due to our large database of clients that are waiting to buy from us so please bear this in mind.
Due to eBay Rules we cannot publish our website address here.
So as you can see we are very busy indeed. Bulgaria really is a life changing experience (ask Matt and Kristy) and along with amazing job opportunities, so what are you waiting for! Email us at:
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cheapbulgarianproperties@yahoo.co.uk
Why so many people trust and buy from us:
We were the first British Owned Ltd Company living and working in Bulgaria way back in 2001 (way before Bulgaria joined the EU) and one of the first to advertise the selling of Bulgarian properties on eBay way back in 2004. We became a test case for eBay where by we had to submit documentation to eBay and to the London Freud Squad. This was to prove who we were and what we were doing was all legal and above board. We stated that we owned all of the properties that we had for sale outright, which is what we still do to this very day. We passed with flying colours and became the benchmark for eBay and the process of selling Bulgarian property.
Other's say they have advertised longer on eBay, they may have been registered longer but were not selling Bulgarian property. I could use my parents eBay account which they opened in 1999, change the name, then start selling Bulgarian properties claiming I have been "selling/established on eBay since 1999". So always keep this in mind when browsing other auctions. We are 100% genuine and have a genuine 100% feedback rating! click here to take a look. We are the Ltd Company that others aspire to; our track record is second to none with over 8 years of living and working in Bulgaria. We have many clients on our books that bought property elsewhere before coming to us that will tell you all about the bad experiences they have had with some of the other companies which advertise on eBay.
"Honesty is always the best policy"
We operate a Christian family run business with over 4000 happy clients from all over the world. From 8 years living and working in Bulgaria we know what goes on and what we are talking about. Hence we always tell the truth and want to protect you the best we can with our knowledge and experience. We want your dream Bulgarian property to be a dream come true, not a nightmare!
We have been voted for the 4th year running the number 1 Property/Estate Agent in the area we operate in. Bulgarianproperties who are the largest franchised property company here with 25 branches could not even compete with us and closed down their branch in Stara-Zagora, our nearest city.
Originally we called ourselves property2007 on eBay due to the anticipation of joining the EU in January 2007. We knew by joining the EU Bulgaria would then change for the better which it has and life is better than ever, with major expansions happening now and in 2010. Now its 2009 and we thought a change to our eBay name would be beneficial to us and you. So now in 3 simple words we can sum up what we have to offer........
For those of you that do not know us may I suggest you read all that we have written. We know it is a lot but we have done this to help you, maybe print it off and have a read over a cup of tea? The reason for it all is it’s your quality of life and your hard earned money we are trying to help you invest. We care about our clients not your money.
We operate in the southern central part of Bulgaria
Not in the North like many of the other people advertising here on eBay and elsewhere. We are telling you this for many reasons and listed below are a few of them that we feel you need to know. Ask those that we have helped already to come live or invest here why this is so important. We have many people who cannot wait to meet and talk to you and tell you of some of the horror stories they experienced before meeting and buying from us. The common problems have been Lost Money, No Property, Bad Area, Scammed, No Company set up, No Airport Collection, Having to pay lots of money just to be shown around properties for sale, Petrol Fee's, Commissions to pay on top, Documents having to be signed not yet translated into English(What are you signing!) the list goes on. Please be careful if going elsewhere for you and your hard earned money's sake.
One of our company motto's:
"We don’t want your money, but we do want your time"
We have put together a few of the most important points that define us apart from the others and to help you understand who we are and what we stand for. We also want to tell you what is entailed in buying property or land and the common pitfalls. After all with over 4000 happy clients to date in the 8+ years of living and working in Bulgaria we must be doing something right, along with knowing what we are talking about.
It is much poorer up in the North
Speak to Sarah, Colin, Andrew, Patricia, Ian, Derek, John, Steve and many others. They will tell you what they saw and what happened to them before they became clients of ours. They all thought they were buying their "dream" house but it turned out to be in one of the many polluted areas, or in one of the industrial areas, near the Romanian border, near the Danube which burst its banks in 2006, 2007 and 2008 during the worst winter since records began (it gets much colder in the North) this caused 9 villages to be totally under water! As some of you may have seen on UK TV recently, the Bulgarian government have hidden "the lost children" in orphanages around the bad areas of Bulgaria due to poverty, all in the North! There is hardly any infrastructure, the roads are bad, very poor electric and water supply, that’s if you have any and can drink it! Sorry but you need to know this, as one client said to us it looked like a war torn area where he went in the North.
Do not confuse us with this area
It is so cheap to buy property and land in the North you would not believe. This is because nobody wants to live in this area not even the Bulgarians themselves, many are coming to us here at cheap-bulgarian-properties asking us would we buy their properties/land. Of course we say politely NO (if they don’t want it why would we?) There is no work, the infrastructure is almost non-existent, and there are also many Gypsy villages around due to the poverty in this area. People and companies are buying up land and properties very very cheaply to sell on to unsuspecting people like you.
If you are going to buy in this area take our advice...
“Do not part with ANY money until you have SEEN what you are buying and WHO you are dealing with then decide”.
NEVER pay for any property/land in FULL WITHOUT SEEING IT, as you maybe sorry for doing so later.
Otherwise you may end up buying something you do not want and being stuck with it. Then you are left with the hard task of trying to sell it again, on your own. You will not know the process of how to do it, let alone the costs that will be involved and if you didn’t want it in the first place what makes you think someone else will? If you get it right then you will be as happy as us and all our clients who wished they had done it sooner.
Almost every day now people who have bought from someone else have been contacting us asking if we would buy their property from them. Most of the properties are 150+ km away, mainly North, North East or West and in bad villages. Some of the stories we are told you would not believe. The fact is, they bought blind, paid upfront and now do not want it. Sorry to be a bit negative but we only tell the truth and really put our clients first. We can supply as many details of clients and facts as to what happened to them as you would ever need! Some lost their money, others walked away never to return, some were told they owned the property yet had Gypsies living in it! Others had been told they had a Ltd Company when they didn’t. We have done checks on the Ltd Company names which were supposed to be registered but none existed! Meaning no Ltd Company so how could they legally own the property?
We have these cases and other clients on file who are very willing to speak to people about what happened to them. Come and meet them and see what beautiful houses they have now!
We operate in a very very prosperous area
We enjoy a very Mediterranean climate in our region. We operate between Plovdiv, the second largest city in Bulgaria, which is only 35 minutes away. It has an international airport that is open all year (unlike the seaside resort airports of Bourgas and Varna which close for winter this means you have to fly in to Sofia and then drive 450+ km) and Stara Zagora which was voted the cleanest city in Europe in 2005 beating Zurich of Switzerland into second place! Here there are new tarmac roads, amazing brand new shopping malls, and out of town shopping centres/parks. We also have the brand new motorway running East to West to the capital of Sofia (which is only 1 hour 30 minutes away), and a new motorway coming up from the Greek and Turkish border joining us here. This makes Greece only 40 minutes away, you could be laying on a Greek beach in 1 hour 45 minutes! The Turkish boarder is only 50 minutes away too! Fancy a weekend away to Greece/Turkey? Instead of B&Q! lol.
Its quicker to be lying on a beach with clean sand and clear blue sea in Greece than the 2 hour + drive to Sunny Beach(Bulgaria’s seaside resort), which is just like the old Benidorm. Over crowded, larger louts everywhere because the beer is so cheap, and as TV presenter Scott Huggins of “The next big thing – Bulgaria Revisited” put it and I quote “I thought the sardines where supposed to be in the sea” as the cameraman pans over the beach which is full of people and not a space to put a towel down! We ourselves have been to Sunny Beach a total of 4 days in 8 years. Why? Because Greece is nearer, has an open border as it’s in the EU and has un-crowded beaches that are clean with a clear blue sea! Otherwise we use the local hot and cold outdoor mineral water thermal spring pools due to living in SPA centre areas, enough said I think.
The local lakes and the hot thermal mineral swimming baths in our area. The mineral water comes from mother earth at a temperature Of 42C constant!
We have the largest growth for investment
We enjoy property prices rising at a rate of 53% in 2006, 62% in 2007, 47% in 2008 and currently 45% in 2009 in our area, no recession here! This is higher than anywhere else in Bulgaria. The villages we work in have good Mayors who we work very closely with to get things done. Due to all this work our clients can now enjoy new tarmac roads (we were the FIRST! which even includes all the remote mountain villages), new electric meters outside of the properties, new heavy duty electrical cable (installed in the villages for the extra power needed for appliances that our clients want to use), new water meters and most importantly Internet installed in most of the villages including up in the mountains! (Bulgaria is ranked 7th in the world for fastest speed of internet usage) For these and many other reasons, prices in certain villages have gone up over 200%. Try getting all that work done by other companies!
We did/do it for you and Bulgaria after all Bulgaria is our home and we love it here.
We care about Bulgaria and you, so we put some of our profits back into Bulgaria and the lovely people that we now employ.
You cannot buy property in the south for the same price as the north
That’s a fact, you cannot buy property here for the same price others are selling theirs for in the North, North East and North West. In fact you cannot even buy regulated land for this price. A 1000 sq metre plot that is in regulations (this means that you can build on it) sells from £4,000 to £50,000 depending on where it is, that’s without a property on it! A few months ago I went to look at a 12,500 sq meter plot of unregulated land in Stara Zagora. Yes it was in a good location on the main road going into Stara Zagora, but the owner wanted 40 Euros per sq meter for UNREGULATED LAND that you cannot build a property on, you can only build a commercial property subject to planning and back handers etc. Prices are going crazy down here. We know you want to live in a nice area where we have all the facilities you are used to and where the properties have been built correctly with the best money could buy at the time it is built. After all, the President lives in our area and also holidays in the mineral spa centres around the area.
Please look at what we are saying
See what you are getting from us and compare it with others and make up your own mind. Do you want to live in a nice area that has beautiful countryside with stone and brick built houses and cottages with all the modern infrastructure in place OR mud brick houses, muddy roads, giant pot holes, power cuts that’s if you have electric connected, neighbours you might not want as neighbours, cold winters etc.
cheap-bulgarian-properties are here to help you
What ever you choose to do please email us to get the details of our comprehensive website first if you cannot work it out(due to eBay rules we cannot publish our website address here so email us at cheapbulgarianproperties@yahoo.co.uk or contact us via eBay by clicking here). We know you will enjoy Bulgaria and what it has to offer you, IF YOU GET IT RIGHT! After all over 4000 of our happy clients could not all be wrong and have now joined our ever-growing family. We are here not just to sell you properties, but to be your friends once you arrive! Drinks anyone?
Something else for you to think about
Bulgaria is nearly as big as the UK albeit a different shape but with approximately 7.5 million people living here. This means lots of unspoilt, un-crowded countryside, mountain villages and places of interest for you to explore. But that can be more of a problem in other areas. Most poor villages survive on livestock and the land; this means cows, goats, sheep, pigs and chickens everywhere on the roads as the herders come to collect them to take them out to graze everyday. Great, but believe me when you have just washed your vehicle and then you drive from your property down a bumpy muddy road with animal droppings all over the place and your tyres pick this up, your vehicle smells lovely! Not to mention when you go for a walk and you tread in it! We are not killjoys, its part of living in the country. We ourselves live in a beautiful countryside mountain village, but here people are not poor and do not need livestock to survive hence our roads are clean and we can park outside of our properties on a tarmac road, not mud. Low profile tyres and alloy wheels are safe and you do not need a 4x4 until the snow comes (you will break any 4x4 no matter how tuff it is on the bad roads that Bulgaria has to offer in the non infrastructure areas). Just some facts that I bet you didn't think off? Think of the extra costs involved, punctures, breakdowns, trying to get parts and someone to fix the vehicle that will not rip you off and there’s no AA to come and rescue you!
All extra costs that you do not need, we are speaking from experience here.
A new law has just been past
It is now illegal to dump rubbish in the village rubbish tips. These are in every village and are usually at the end of the village. This is great news as we have been campaigning for this to happen for ages. Now the problem is that you have to take the rubbish to municipality landfill sites which are few and far between at the moment. Is the property you are buying from someone else near the rubbish tip? If you buy a property that is full of rubbish and believe me Bulgarians do not throw anything away, it will take you weeks to empty the property. Do you have transport to do this? What is the further cost? Not to mention the smells, broken glass, chemicals, animal rubbish, asbestos roofing, and so much more. It’s a dirty job believe me, but guess what? We have and always will totally clean the properties inside and out and dump the rubbish in the landfill site because we care about Bulgaria and you. I bet no one else does that for their clients
One of the latest scams effecting Bulgaria
Due to Bulgaria joining the EU 1st of January 2007 one of the latest scams here is people taking out loans on their properties/land (trust us this has become a huge problem/scam here now). This has made it very easy for loan sharks here, resulting in the property/land you may buy having a loan attached to it. Nobody will tell you this and you will inherit the loan when you buy the property/land. There is a way you can have this checked, but you need to know the system and have someone you can trust to get this done correctly. This we have done from day one of buying and selling all our properties/land.
I do go on a bit. In fact many clients have said to me and I quote “You do love Bulgaria don’t you? As it comes across very clearly” and they are right, oh so right, it’s better than a mug of PG Tips! Well almost lol.
Many thanks for reading all the above, and believe me this is just the start of it lots more to tell you but hopefully you have got the message as to what we are saying. I know it was hard going but it was all done for your benefit as I/we truly do care about you out there and really do want to help change your life for the better, that’s if you want to of course?
One of my company mottos is: "We don’t want your money, but we do want your time" as we want to educate you on a country that really is that good, if you get it right, which you will do if you deal with us here.
You will own the property at the end of the process 100% freehold and sleep aswell as we do!
Kind Regards, Steve (The Boss, well they do call me other things as well!)
OK on with the Property: (Finally I here you say, about bloody time! lol)
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“Fairview Cottage”
A renovated cottage set in a peaceful village with superb views. It is perfect for people who want to just move in and enjoy Bulgaria’s benefits without the need for major renovations but still being able to put your mark on it.
The layout of the property (Not to scale)
The Specification:
- Plot size: 2500 sq meters
- South facing garden
- Metal double gate entrance for driveway with off road parking
- Metal entrance gate from road
- 4 Renovated rooms with large porch
- 1 Room ripe for renovation with large feature fireplace
- 1 Large double bedroom
- 1 Fully renovated bathroom with hot water, sink, shower and toilet
- Most of the renovations have been done, so its ready to move in or for holidays/rental
- Fully fitted kitchen with all white goods included
- Septic tank already installed and working
- Mains water on a meter (which is drinkable from the tap. Is yours?)
- Fully functioning well with electric pump to property
- Established grape vines
- Mains electricity (with new trip meter)
- Telephone (can be connected)
- Internet & Satellite (can be connected)
- Very quiet village perfect for getting away from it all
- All tarmac roads in this village
- 30 minutes drive to Stara Zagora (lovely city and a favourite of many of our clients)
- Privacy and fantastic views along with countryside and many places to walk, ideal for pet owners
- Lots of land, great for living the good life or extending the house
- Outside water feature/sink
- Clean air, no pollution
- Many beautiful fresh water lake's only 20 minutes drive away, which are so picturesque and tranquil you would not believe. Great for fishing or swimming
- GREECE & TURKEY are only approximately 40 minutes away.
“Fairview Cottage” is our first ever renovated property that we have put on eBay. There is no fuss moving in here, you don’t even need to buy a fridge. It is situated on a massive plot, 2,500sq meters. You need 1000 sq metres of regulated land to build on, as this has 2,500 sq metres you can build another two properties if you so wish. Or simply enjoy having the space to grow your own vegetables and fruit or keeping animals or do what you like with. This house promotes outdoor living so it is perfect for pet owners.
You can see from these views where this cottage got its name from. This is what you would see from your windows all year round!
The photos as you are seeing have been taken over the last year, so you can see how beautiful the house is all year round. We have lots of photos of this cottage, if you would like some more then all you need to do is send us your email address. Just click here to message us via eBay or you can email us at cheapbulgarianproperties@yahoo.co.uk we cannot send any attachments via eBay as the size is limited to 512kb. So send us your name and your email address and we will forward on many photos of this cottage and this beautiful area.
The layout and details
The property is very private with no one looking over you and has plenty of scope for future expansion.
Access to the cottage is through either a Double Metal Gate on the side of the garden, with off road parking, or a metal garden gate which leads directly from the road. On opening the garden gate the back of the cottage is directly in front of you with views to the side of this down to the small valley.
Your off road parking will be to the right of the house. When you walk down a short path you pass the cottage then turn left where you will find a lovely patio area with trained vines creating shade in the height of summer. All the windows in the villa face down your land so you’re not overlooked by and buildings. Your cottage is south facing so your guaranteed beautiful long days of sunshine here.
This one really is ready to be lived in!
The first room in your cottage is the untouched summer kitchen with traditional fireplace. You can use this for storage or renovate it, the choice is yours. Right of this is the double bedroom with its own entrance and large window. This room is fully renovated so all you need to pick out is your new bed/wardrobe. Again right of this there are some steps that lead up to your front door, you enter the cottage into a large porch area, perfect for dirty hiking boots, coats or dogs.
Directly in front of you have your fully modernized bathroom with toilet, shower, sink and most importantly hot water. This is coupled with your fully functional septic tank in the garden. To the left is the UPVC and glass door to the kitchen. Go through this door and you have your fully fitted kitchen with white goods already installed which include a big fridge/freezer, washing machine and electric oven and hobs.
Modern electricity, but with original features. The best of both worlds
Above your sink there is a UPVC window leading into the light porch. Throughout the renovated rooms you have laminated flooring and all the walls are plaster boarded and painted a neutral cream. There is plenty of room to get a dining table and chairs making this room the kitchen diner. The two rooms are separated with an attractive arch, so turn left and go through the arch; where you have your living room. Again it’s all modernized so you could move straight in without getting builders, which takes time and money. There is plenty of room here for all your furniture.
It would be possible to install a telephone line and have a very fast internet connection. Bulgaria has the 7th fastest internet speeds in the Europe! There is a large UPVC window, which lets a lot of light in making the room feel warm and airy. To the left of the window is another UPVC and glass door which leads back into the porch.
All windows in the property face south, down through the vines past the well and down the gentle valley. This scene is constantly changing with the seasons, blossoms in the spring, blooms in summer, the fall of autumn and the soft snow of winter. Would you like a real white Christmas?
Summary
This is a wonderful cottage, perfect for a family holiday home or permanent residence, get a couple of dogs and live the good life. If you want peace and quiet this is the property for you! If there’s anything else you need to know then just get in contact otherwise buy it, you will be pleased you did. Think of your investment, its hassle free and has plenty of land to improve your investment with. The Bulgarians are getting rich now thanks to joining the EU and can now afford the luxuries of life. This makes it harder for you and me to buy properties. The end result is a price war and a lot more money being handed over for them! So do it now, before the price gets too high.
Location Location Location, well thats what is says on TV and how true is that with "Fairview Cottage" a once in a life time opportunity coming your way if you want it? Remember summer starts in March and goes on untill November here in this area, January 1st 2009 it was 22C I had to take my jumper off! Remember we are very near Greece and Turkey with the climate to match. Are you being made miserable by grey skies, cold rain and blustery weather? You could be here with us enjoying 300 days of sunshine every year.
Well I think that is it for now, if you have any questions then fire away.
Distances:
- 60 km away from the town Chirpan where we have 3 offices and are based
- 30 km away from the city of Stara Zagora (Just finished a fantastic shopping centre with a new carefore opening in 2010)
- 117 km away from the second biggest city in Bulgaria – Plovdiv (which this year has just opened the biggest shopping centre in Bulgaria)
- 160 km from the nearest ski resort - Chepelare (178 km away from the biggest ski resort – Pamporovo)
- 250 km away from the capital – Sofia
- 189 km away from Black Sea town - Burgas/Sunny Beach
- 304 km away from Black Sea town – Varna
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The new shopping mall and 3D cinema in Stara Zagora - Bet you didnt expect that did you?
But who are we?
We are a British family run Christian Ltd Company who have been living and running a very successful estate agency business here in Bulgaria for 8+ years now, that’s longer than anyone else. We are the pioneers of what we do. Currently we have over 4000 very happy clients who have all bought from us via recommendations of family and friends along with our website and the few auctions we put on eBay (2 adverts on eBay in 2008). We do not advertise anywhere else and let our clients do that for us as we feel that this is the best way of advertising.
We are unique in what we do here in Bulgaria as everything we have for sale we own outright meaning anything that you buy from us, you buy direct from a British owned Ltd Company. We are the best in what we do as proven by being voted the number 1 estate agent in our area for the 4th year running. We are unique in what we do, could you imagine an English estate agent buying all the properties on their books before they sold them?
Very Important:
All of our properties that we sell are sourced by us meaning that each property has to meet our point scoring system. For example, is it a good village? Does the property have mains water connected? Is it built of solid brick and stone? Does the property have electricity? Is the water drinkable? Is the property next door to a factory or main road? Is it liveable? Does it have potential to improve on? Is it a good investment? And many more factors, 38 to be precise. But the most important one is: Is it good enough for the Boss to buy and would he or his family live there? If it meets this last criteria then it’s good enough for anyone else as our standards are very high. We do not just buy any old thing just to make money! If it’s good enough for the Boss its good enough for you! After all the Boss is buying it and it is his until he sells it to you. So as you can see it is very important to get it right. We put our money where our mouth is and this along with the service which we provide, which is second to none, is the reason we believe we are so successful. WE CARE ABOUT OUR CLIENTS.
One of our office buildings
Why is this important? Because if you buy from us you will own the property 100% freehold and your money is safe. Yes you can buy cheaper, but the property will be cheaper for many reasons i.e: in a bad village, pollution, next to a factory, the property has major defects, underneath the render will be mud brick, the road outside will be a mud road(try getting a vehicle to your property to unload the shopping), electricity problems, water problems, water that you cannot drink so you will have to buy it in, being in a poor area(what are the surrounding properties like along with the people), the list goes on and on. These are things you need to think about and for you to make up your own mind all we can do is tell you the truth. You have been warned!
We hope this has helped you a little bit and given you an incite to us and Bulgaria, it really is a beautiful country and a beautiful place to live as long as you get it right. We did and will never go back to the UK and this is why we want more than anything in this world to share what we have achieved with you people out there who want to change your lives for the better, 300+ days of sunshine certainly helps start the day smiling!
Did you know over 80,000 Brits now live/have invested in to Bulgaria?
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Why invest in the country side?
The central southern part of Bulgaria has the best climate all year round with hot summers and mild winters. Central locations gives perfect access to snowy mountains, sunny Black Sea holiday spots, spa resorts and historical places but even better only 40 minutes away from the Greek and Turkish boarder so you can go and holiday there! It is a fantastic region for those whose work is internet based, those who want to open their own business in Bulgaria and need easy access to their clients in different parts of the country as well as for non-working people who are willing to relocate due to lower cost of living and a much healthier lifestyle.
Unlike properties located at the seaside which completely closes down in the winter or in the mountains that are only suitable for part of the year, properties located in the middle/south of the country are habitable through the whole year. There is no fear of being cut off in the winter and having to withstand mass amounts of tourists during summer. Trust us the seaside resorts are like the old Benidorm. You'll be fighting for a space to put your towel down in amongst young guys and girls drinking themselves silly because it's so cheap. Sorry not for us. We would rather live in the peace and quite, beautiful countryside and mountain villages and not live amongst all the noise.
Rural properties have a lot of potential. The majority of them offer enormous gardens hardly affordable in other countries. It is actually possible to buy a property at a reasonable cost, which is built up to European standards, with a plot of land between 1000 and 3000 square meters. Properties in the countryside are more affordable than at the seaside (inflated prices with over 30,000 apartments still trying to be sold) and those located in the mountains. Overall Bulgaria is a very cheap country but if you live in rural areas all prices are roughly a third lower than the ones in the main cities, coastal regions or the ski resorts.
At the moment there are many low-cost flight companies flying to Bulgaria and many other operators are planning to open flights to Bulgaria in the near future. Generally, roads in Bulgaria are not in very good condition but the prosperous areas have had the roads done first. (We live and operate in an area which has the second largest city in Bulgaria) Operating from the middle/south of the country, where all main motorways cross, is a very big advantage since it gives an easy access not only to eastern and western parts of Bulgaria but also to Turkey and Greece.
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The buying process and the service we provide
We are a professional British family run Ltd Company with our own website
(due to eBay rules we cannot publish our website address here so email us at cheapbulgarianproperties@yahoo.co.uk or click here to message us via eBay). We work to European standards whereby we eliminate all the problems that you could encounter purchasing property and land in Bulgaria. We can provide as many references as you wish, satisfied British, European and American clients, in fact clients from 22 countries. Better still come and have a coffee with them in their own homes, you will be made very welcome. Ask Jasmine and John who drove here to have their first snowy Christmas in their newly bought property and see what they say about us. Or Steve and Zoe (Hi Guys and yes Austyn if Man United WIN the championship I will buy you a quad bike as promised, come on any other team lol), thanks you guys you are one in a million.
Quotes from some of our clients:
‘You do not get this service anywhere else in the world even when you are spending 300,00 GBP +. These guys are fantastic and we only spent 15,000 GBP! They even fixed our car for us along with coming out at 3.00am to an emergency we had in the house, and they call themselves Estate Agents, Wrong! We are now proud of being part of there ever growing family"
Thanks Jenny and Alex.
"IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING BULGARIA DONT GO ANYWHERE ELSE STUNNINGLY PROFESSIONAL"
Thanks Ray and June.
“Why we didn’t buy from these guys 2 years ago and went elsewhere heavens knows the answer, just glad we have now bought from Steve and his team, superb but had to learn the pitfalls of going elsewhere before hand at our cost”
Thanks Steve, Zoe and boys.
In order to purchase a property/land in Bulgaria you need to own a Limited Company. This Ltd Company owns the property/land and as you own the Ltd Company you own the property/land. If you purchase a property from us we will set up a Ltd Company on your behalf FREE OF CHARGE (the usual cost of this is between £450 and £600 if you are being charged more than this walk away). Please note that due to changes in Bulgarian law a CRIMINAL HISTORY record will be required in order to have a Ltd Company set up here (this can be obtained from your local police station or via website).
Many other companies will not tell you about this, they will get it done through the back door, why? Well if you are buying a property from them and you cannot produce a criminal history record, they have lost the sale. So getting it done through the back door means they still get paid and later on they will get the opportunity to sell your house again to someone else after it has been taken from you! What can happen is later on you may get a check done on your Ltd Company by government officials who have been tipped off! They will find out that you do not have the criminal history record on file which will mean that you have obtained the Ltd Company fraudulently and you will be fined and or lose your Ltd Company and what ever that Ltd Company owns (the property/money in Ltd Company bank account). YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. If other companies do not know of this then walk away and do not believe what they are saying. We do everything by the book, as we want you to sleep as well as we do and own the property 100% Freehold, legally. Think about this ALL of the properties we have SOLD have gone to people who COULD produce us with a Criminal History Record, what does that say about us and the people we deal with/have living around us?
The transfer of the property into your company name is also made free of charge. We cover all costs including changing the water and electricity into your name. We arrange a VIP service from the moment you arrive. This includes sorting out your hotel accommodation. We have 4 of our own VIP rooms in one of the best hotels in Stara Zagora. We will collect you from the airport in a brand new, top of the range 7 seater MPV, take you to your VIP room and give you a guided tour of the area including shopping and sightseeing plus a three course meal on us in one of the best restaurants around with live traditional Bulgarian cabaret. We have deals with other local hotels that we use guaranteeing you discount prices and the standards that you may be accustomed to. This service has been recommended by many of our clients making the purchase of the property smooth, simple and trouble free. This is included all in the purchased price, you will only have to pay for your hotel accommodation/VIP Room (very cheap 3 star / 4 star hotels), and we do the rest.
Summary of Cost
The winning bid is the only price you will have to pay to own the property 100% freehold, NOT A PENNY MORE. We pay for everything else except your hotel accommodation/VIP Room, which is approx 40 GBP per night for two people in a 3 star hotel. That is it!
The final auction price also includes:
FREE 1 Year LTD company accounts
FREE Property tax paid for 1 year
FREE Registered LTD Company address manned for 1 year
Along with many other things!
There are:
No HIDDEN EXTRAS
No commissions to pay to estate agents
No petrol mileage fees
No notary fees
No solicitors fees
No extra charges to have water and electricity changed into company name
No fees for limited company set up (this would cost you upwards of £495)
No translation fees all our documents will be translated into English
No airport collection fees / taxis
No guided tour fees
EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED IN THE FINAL WINNING BID PRICE. PAY THE PROPERTY PRICE, YOUR RETURN FLIGHTS, AND FOR THE HOTEL ACCOMMODATION/VIP ROOM AND THAT’S IT. WE DO THE REST!
All our properties are owned by us meaning that all documents are present and correct. That also means there are no debts or mortgages on these properties and that there are no claw backs at a later date due to quarrels or disagreements about selling the property or the price. Sometimes Bulgarians forge documents (due to documents being incorrect– different names, price, size of land) so you may think everything is OK, but you may find that you will not be the rightful owner. 99% of estate agents in Bulgaria act as a middleman between the buyer and the seller and once the seller finds out the buyer are English, European; American they cause problems wanting more money etc (you could lose the property not to mention your dream).
All our properties are cleaned inside and out and we make the properties safe and secure by changing the locks. Some Bulgarians keep a spare set of keys ready to take your belongings at a later date. Do you know who owned the property before you?
Payment Terms
Once you place the winning bid we will e-mail you the next stage, we will then ask for a 30% deposit to be paid within 7 days after the auction (not 3 days like others). This secures your property for a further 23 days. You do not have to pay in full straight away like some other companies. They are asking for full payment up front because believe me you may not like what they are trying to sell you and they know this, so they want your money! We have had clients falling into this trap. Sorry but the Truth has to be told to you otherwise how would you know?
OK as stated above we give you a further 23 days after paying the securing deposit to come and view the property. After the 30 days (which should give you plenty of time to come here) in total we ask for the full payment. These payments can be made by: Bank transfer into our UK/Bulgarian account, bankers’ draft or cash (GBP, Euros, USD, leva). Once you have paid the full amount we will then do everything necessary to transfer the property from our company to your Ltd Company. You will need to supply us with a company name, which we will do a search on here in Bulgaria to make sure that nobody else has this name and then register it on your behalf. This Ltd Company name, which you will own 100%, will then have the property/land and anything on it, transferred to it from our Ltd Company.
In simple terms we do everything and pay for everything except your flights and accommodation in order for you to own this property outright 100% Freehold
Another one of our company motto is: ‘Find a property that suits your needs and budget and we will do the rest’. The price you see is the price you pay not a penny more. This is why we are so successful.
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21 steps to what happens after winning
1) You have bid and won this property.
2) We contact you to congratulate you straight away via email or phone.
3) We scan and send you via email details of our Preliminary Agreement Contract for you to read which has our terms and conditions. The contract has been drawn up by our solicitor and written in plain English without the legal jargon that you will find elsewhere. You will read this and if your happy fill in your personnel details on the contract where stated and sign at the bottom where it’s marked "ASSIGNOR". You will then re scan it and send back to us via email.
4) At the same time we will ask you to come up with a Ltd Company name which we check the availability and uniqueness of and register on your behalf (think of a name that maybe you could run a business from at a later date).
5) Once we have received back the signed Preliminary Agreement Contract and you are happy to go ahead with the purchase, we will then send you our UK bank account details for you to pay the holding deposit of 30% into. This must be paid within 7 days of the action end please. We ask for this to be paid into our UK bank account, which means you are covered legally. Others will ask for payment to their Bulgarian bank accounts. Do not do this until you have met them and seen the property and are happy to do business with them. UK law will still not cover you though, you have been warned.
6) Now you must apply for a criminal history record from your local police station (latest news on this is that we can supply you with a website address so you can apply online). Some police stations know the routine and will supply you with an application form for you to fill out and send, other sub police stations will not know and will ask you to contact the main police station in your area. This Criminal History Record is needed under Bulgarian law. The criminal history record will be used to have a Ltd Company set up with you as the Managing Director. This company will be used to purchase the property. As you are the M.D of the Ltd Company you own what ever the Ltd Company owns 100%. The Criminal History Record can take from 10 days to 40 days to get depending on time of year. Once you have received it, scan it and send via email attachment to us. We will then get it translated in to Bulgarian and give it to our solicitor (along with the original) who will represent you and your application for the Ltd Company in the courts. You must send us the original via recorded delivery or bring with you depending on time scale. Once the courts have approved your application we will then give or send back the original Criminal History Record to you via recorded delivery.
This part has now just been passed law as of 1st November 2009
7) Now in order to have a Ltd Company you must also have a Ltd Company bank account. You used to have to put in to this Ltd Company bank account 5000 Bulgarian Leva(approx £2400 GBP exchange rates are from 2.04 to 2.06 to £1 GBP depending on bank and time of year). BUT now you only need to deposit 2 (yes two Bulgarian leva) we only use the number one bank in Austria, which has tight security.
8) Now you get on a plane (at your expense) to come and view the property within 30 days of the winning bid.
9) You notify us before hand of your arrival at either Sofia or Plovdiv airport and we will be there to collect you in one of our new 7 seater MPVs or maybe even in the LEXUS (Not the 10 year clapped out, un-safe, un-insured vehicles that some other companies use. Your safety is our importance). Full VIP treatment all the way.
10) We drive you to one of our VIP rooms in a 3/4 star hotel that we have pre booked for you answering any questions along the way.
11) We show you the property.
12) If you are happy with your property we then take you to our translator to read all of the documents that have been prepared for the Ltd Company application in the courts. These documents are in layman’s English. If you are happy with these we ask you to sign them and then we go to the Notary to sign these documents again in front of the Notary.
13) We then take these documents to the bank where they will take a copy. This is where you open your Ltd Company bank account and deposit the money you brought along. See point 7 above.
14) You will be given a receipt for your money of which we need a photocopy of to attach to the Ltd Company document to give to our solicitor who will represent you in the courts. A Judge will be residing over your Ltd Company application and this process usually takes about 16 days depending on season. Think about this how can a court down tools to approve these documents when it suits you, as others are saying? In order to do it quickly, you want it done properly don’t you?
15) All done. Now you can enjoy the rest of Bulgaria.
16) We take you out for a slap up meal that evening on us to celebrate your purchase(with over 4000 happy clients to date!) wow how much have we spent in the hotel restaurants!
17) You now have 23 days to pay the balance from the date of the deposit (30 days in total).
18) When the courts/judge has granted you permission to have and run a Ltd Company in the name of……. a Ltd Company Status document will come to your Ltd Company address. This we supply and run for one year free of charge. Once we have this document we then, on your behalf apply for The Ltd Company Stamp (any transaction done by your Ltd Company need to be signed and stamped by the Managing Director). With the Ltd Company Status Document and Ltd Company Stamp we then can apply on your behalf for a Bulstat card (this is a plastic card the size of a credit card which has the Ltd Company name on it, the owner of the Ltd Company, The Ltd Company Address and the Bulstat number which is for taxation purposes). All of these documents/stamp/Bulstat details are then held in Ltd Company files in our Head office in case an inspection is done on your Ltd Company. If Ltd Companies that are inspected are found to not have the necessary documents that are needed then that Ltd Company will get a very heavy fine. We have over 4000 Ltd Companies on file and have never been fined on any as we pride ourselves on administration and abiding by the law. Unlike others who will not tell you any of this and will use your Ltd Company for there own expenditure. This means you will end up with a large unaccounted for expenditure at the end of yearly accounts, which will need to be explained and a large annual accountancy bill! Once all is correct we then transfer the property in to your Ltd Company name. You do not need to be here for this unless you want to.
19) We send you all the documents relating to the purchase of the property once we receive them from the courts. These documents are all translated into English.
20) You are now the proud owner of the Ltd Company which now owns the property and land 100% Freehold.
21) You say thank you and tell your friends and family, as this is how we work, from recommendations alone. Then we welcome you to the ever-growing cheap-bulgarian-properties Ltd family.
Simple really!
See our Facts and Figures on living expenses on our website and you will see why now is the time to come to Bulgaria. Currently we are having a new website being built so please be patient with it as it will be on and off due to reconstruction.
If you have any questions please contact us on our email address:
cheapbulgarianproperties@yahoo.co.uk
Thank you for being patient with this we know that there was a lot to read but it’s a small price to pay in order to not have your dreams shattered. If you decide to go elsewhere, please please be careful. If you want a checklist of the things you need to look out for and the questions that need to be asked in order to hopefully get a successful purchase elsewhere, then email us and we will be willing to help you.
May I take this opportunity to wish you all Happy Times ahead and hopefully to meeting some of you here in Sunny Bulgaria,
Kind Regards, Steve
Managing Director, CBP
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