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@jtorren Hi - Welcome. I'm in Sofia, but I'm retired and don't have kids, so my situation is a bit different.聽 Since you're interested in Sofia, I'm happy to give whatever information I have, but I probably won't be able to address a lot of your concerns. Good luck!

@Great escapist聽 go to Polyana and ask where he lives?

Hi we purchased a house in Morava, near Levski. Nice quiet little town with a few English people living in the village.

We are not looking to live there full time. We will come and go. At the moment, we are renovating it. We love coming here. We are leaving today to go home after being here for few weeks having works done. While here we forget what day it is, we don鈥檛 clock watch and we relax fully - even why working on house.

We are early 50鈥檚 so it will be a long time yet before we even think of living here permanently, but until then we enjoy coming over every few months.

We do have friends in our village that live permanently and are from England. We choose this area because our close friends came out and purchased their forever home in this village. We came to stay a couple of times snd loved the feel.

Sam

- @sammibenfell18m

Hi guys,

We have acquired a house in Voynika, looking to use it as a family holiday Home for a few years and then retire there.

Would be great to find out the costs of building a swimming pool, solar panels for electric and heated water, best internet and English satellite tv if possible 馃榿

Cheers

Steve

- @oopa

@wtruckyboy think the yellow bubble at the top of the page is private message.

Hi there, we are a Kenyan, Scottish, German expat family living in Johannesburg and plan to move to Sofia next Summer. We have two teenager children who will attend the German school.聽 Is there any parents here whose children聽 go to the German school? Ofcourse the first thing we are looking into is which location to set our nest. We also have two dogs which we plan to bring along, a german shepherd and a labradoodle,all very friendly and oniduent trained. We would be so pleased to hear from you. I hear it's beautiful to live in Sofia! Best, Sylvia and family

Hi everyone,

I just moved to Pleven for work for 10 months. I'll be teaching English. I'm American and have lived/taught abroad in South America, Asia, the Middle East, and now Bulgaria. I was actually in Shumen last year teaching as well.

I'd love to meet up with any English speaking people (local or foreign) in the region. I don't have a car, so will have to rely on public transport. I am conversational in Spanish, as well.

I love to go hiking and exploring new places. I practice yoga and aim to lead a healthy lifestyle. I also love to have great conversations learning of people's life stories.

Thanks!

Tammy

Hi there

my name is Bozhidar, I am originally from Bulgaria but I have been living in the UK for the majority of my life. I work in the property and IT sector. I am now moving to Varna Bulgaria where I don鈥檛 have a social circle and would like connect with English/Bulgarian speaking expats for coffee, beer - general hang out

if interested feel free to leave me a message

@Bozhidar Hi there,

I am trying to move to Varna (somewhere), I'll let you know when I get there.

I have a couple of friends in Varna, if you're too lonely I can speak to them to get in contact with you.

I am sure you'll manage, though.

Good luck!

@cristinabulgaria

Thanks for your reply Cristina - I will leave you a message

best regards!

@Bozhidar Hi, You said you travel by Pleven often? If so, hit me up. I'll send you my contact info in a private message.

Hi, I'm Adam and I'm looking to purchase property in Bulgaria with my partner (who is Bulgarian). We would love our own place to stay when we come and visit several times a year.

Hello everyone, hope you're well

@HeebieGeebie you can take a look at this page: Accommodation in Bulgaria

Also, you can see all our housing classifieds to find your property in Housing in Bulgaria

Have a nice day,

Mickael

禁漫天堂 - Team

My name聽 is tony im British聽 UK steel fixer聽 sick to death of England聽 and looking聽 to emigrate to bulgaria聽 .and hopefully聽 use my construction聽 skills to start reinforced聽 steel聽 concrete聽 business聽 there. Building聽 swimming pools to start but can do everything聽 from house plots to high rise blocks of flats prisons bridges etc . If any one has any advice聽 be greatly聽 appreciated

hi tony good luck with your move happy to provide info on building as just finished the externals of our house, what part of the country are you looking to move to send me a pm and will be happy to provide what info i have gained.

regards ozzy

Why by PM? Why not share?

Tony, you need to make sure you are aware of the D visa requirements. Since Brexit, as some Brits chose to leave the EU meaning we're all no longer EU citizens, it's more complicated for working age people to move to Bulgaria.

British citizens can stay 90 days every 180 without needing a visa (I'm not sure if that allows working or running a business), but longer than that needs a D visa. It you do a search on the forum, there's been a lot written about the requirements for this.

@HeebieGeebie

Hi Adam

I've just done this earlier in the year, with my Bulgarian partner. If you have any specific questions feel free to PM. The process was fairly smooth for us as the property is in my partner's name. I haven't yet looked into details regarding future long-term visa status. In the mean time I聽 come and go on tourist status.

Hi , just joined here . My name is Mario and together with my partner Martha we are buying a property in the lovely village of Radanovo in the Veliko Tarnovo region . Just fell in love with the serenity of the area , away from the hustle and bustle of the daily traffic jams and concrete buildings we endure back home . I will be needing to undertake a few renovations in due course so hopefully I will make a few contacts from here . Thanks for accepting me .

Hi, welcome and hope you have a lovely time in Bulgaria!

Best wishes, David

Hello Mario,

Welcome to expat.com!

Thank you for introducing yourself

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to open a new discussion on the Bulgaria forum. Other members and myself, we will be glad to help you

Cheers,

Yoginee

禁漫天堂 team

@Yoginee Thanks very much Yoginee . At the moment I am on the lookout for a good roofer , plumber and electrician for a project I have for the near future .

Thanks ,

Mario

Hey sammut115,

I am on the lookout for a good roofer , plumber and electrician for a project I have for the near future

Maybe all these can be found in the Bulgaria business directory.

You should check.

Best of luck,

Cheryl

禁漫天堂 team

Hi all

Thank you @Yoginee for the welcome email, happy to find this wonderful forum with active people.

I found this forum via Google as I was planning my move to Bulgaria. I would love to meet expats here and hope to get some practical information from experienced peers.

Have a great day!

Hi everyone . I too am buying a property with this company .They seem excellent so far . I am so excited , it's all very new to me and something I have never done but so far seems a easy enough process. Would love to keep in contact with anyone over in Bulgaria or are buying over there .

Hi DiKei! The best way to gather information is to do a search on the forum for the issues you may have questions about, then start a new post to ask for more info.

Allana, what area are you buying in, and which which company? The process of buying is a little complicated (as buying property almost everywhere is!), especially for non-EU citizens as company formation is required unless you are buying an apartment with no share of the land included. But if you're with a good estate agent, they will help you through the process. Company set up and completing the sale at the notary is likely to be an additional fee. I'm in the process of buying a house in the north-east area that we hope to retire to.

@janemulberry Thank you!

I did find information from the search and would like to get additional info based on my current situation.

However I tried to create a new topic and as soon as I press the submit button nothing happens! The [Post new topic] popup/modal stays on top and nothing gets posted, tried few times clearing cache but no luck.

Any idea?

Edit: Nevermind it finally worked, strange!!

Hello everyone,

Welcome on board !

@ DiKei, glad it worked : /forum/viewtopic.php?id=1009474. hopefully members will guide you soon.

All the best,

Bhavna