To have a decent life like back in england how much would you need to bring in wage wise, ive heard that bulgarians only take home around £250 a month is that right???

Thanks

I think you will find its more like 250 leva per month and not £250

Really 250 Leva you have just made my day. thanks

This might give you some idea Its up to date.



Food prices:

Bread – 1lv/ 800gr

Eggs – 0.20lv/ 1piece

Milk – 1.70lv/

Yogurt – 0.60lv/ 500gr

White cheese – 5.70lv/ 1kg

Yellow cheese – 12.00lv/ 1kg

Sausages – 6.50lv/ 1kg

Vegetable oil – 3.60lv/ 1l

Vinegar – 0.70lv/ 1l

Salt – 0.50lv/ 1kg

Sugar – 2.40lv/ 1kg

Chicken – 4.50lv/ 1kg

Pork meat – 8.00lv/ kg

Fish – 6.00lv/ 1kg of scad

Olives – 4.00lv/ 1kg

Honey – 5.00lv/ 500gr

Chocolate – 1.20lv/ 500gr

Ice cream – 1.20lv/ 200gr

Baby Puree – 1.10lv/ 120gr

Fruits and Vegetables:

Tomatoes – 2.00lv/ 1kg

Cucumbers – 2.00lv/ 1kg

Beans – 3.00lv/ 1kg

Potatoes – 1.00lv/ 1kg

Bananas – 3.00lv/ 1kg

Oranges – 1.40lv/ 1kg

Drinks and Cigarettes Prices:

Mineral water – 0.80lv/ 1.5l

Coke – 2.40lv/ 2l

Juice – 2.00lv/ 1l

Coffee espresso- 2.60lv/ 200gr

Nescafe 3 in 1- 0.40lv/ 1cup

Spirit drinks – 10.00lv

Wine – 4.50lv/ 0.700l

Cigarettes – 5.00lv/ 1pack – 20

Soap – 0.85lv/ 1piece

Shampoo – 2.50lv/ 200ml

Tooth paste – 1.50lv/ 1piece

Washing powder – 1.50/ 330gr

Communal taxes:

Electricity – 0.20lv/ 1kwh

Water – 1.70lv/ m3

Internet + landlines – 30lv/ month

Property government tax – 0.15% of the price of the property per year

Diesel – 2.50lv/ l

Petrol – 2.50lv/ lp71514991

Gas – 0.93lv/ l

A lunch for two – 18€ (starters, main courses, drinks, desserts, coffee)

Hairdresser services – 5-25€

Main electricity appliances:

TV – 37″ plasma TV – 300€

Fridge – 130€

Air-conditioner – cooling and heating – 300€

Forgot to add we live on £5000 a year and that's living well.

Sallyann
That is much cheaper than we live on here in Turkey. Dog dried food is very expensive as well as meat. We try to shop around to see if certain stores have offers ie meat.
Do you also run a car on your total outgoings ?

Hi
Thanks for all the info can i ask does the £5000 include your mortgage/rent.

Thanks

You can live in BG on small money but it all depends on your life style. The normal rate of earnings for a man who is say a skilled person e.g. Mechanic in a main dealer is about 800 - 900 leva per month. A woman say working in an office or supermarket would earn between 300 - 400 leva per month.

The highest bill that we have to pay is the cost of winter fuel followed by the cost of Electric, then the cost of driving.

Dinning out is cheap you can enjoy a meal for 2 including booze for between 15 and 20 quid. Depending on type of food place you go to. There are no such things as a take away except for the odd Pizza place.

Parking the car is free and when you do have to pay it is cheap but the Police are always lurking so fines for minor driving offences can mount up if you are caught.

Hope this helps.

Tony

I think ive read and researched bulgaria for that long that it is no longer sinking in, we are moving for a better life my husband is a joiner so hopefully he could just work the little lad doesnt start school while 7 so he will have a lot better life and we will have a mortgage free life in a beautiful country, its all just a bit daunting i hear different thing from everyone and its a massive move to get the wrong info.

Thanks alot

rich&jode wrote:

I think ive read and researched bulgaria for that long that it is no longer sinking in, we are moving for a better life my husband is a joiner so hopefully he could just work the little lad doesnt start school while 7 so he will have a lot better life and we will have a mortgage free life in a beautiful country, its all just a bit daunting i hear different thing from everyone and its a massive move to get the wrong info.

Thanks alot

I wish you all the luck in the world.

The cost of living in Bulgaria can differ according to your own standard of living and also where you choose to live just as in the uk its more expensive to live in London than it is in Liverpool so there is a lot to consider you will get very different views on this subject and we all will give you a completely different idea of the cost of living but you will really need to know where your going to live and what sort of life your looking to enjoy.

Hi
Thanks for that we are obviously going for a better standard of living than uk in the way of enjoying life a little more to be honest not in a cost effective way of eating out all the time etc.. more of a none costing way of the beaches the outside life with our little boy and to spend more time with our little lad who wont be starting schhol in bulgaria while 7. We will have bought our home outright and was looking at the Varna area.

Thanks for your help

Good luck to both of you but do really think about how you will finance the rest of your life because in Bulgaria this is one of the things that is very difficult for most and its the main reason a lot of people do return to the uk.

sallyann wrote:

Good luck to both of you but do really think about how you will finance the rest of your life because in Bulgaria this is one of the things that is very difficult for most and its the main reason a lot of people do return to the uk.

This,is sound advice,please think very carefully about how you will have an income.Work is scarce and unless you are fluent in Bulgarian it is harder.Many people try to live off savings,sale of UK house etc,but the money wont last for ever and many have returned to UK broke.I wish you all the luck in the world.

sallyann wrote:

Good luck to both of you but do really think about how you will finance the rest of your life because in Bulgaria this is one of the things that is very difficult for most and its the main reason a lot of people do return to the uk.

Good advice sallyann the same applies over here in Turkey, they have a work permit system, but effectively they are rarely given and Brits in reality have no way of working over here legally. A lot have gave gone back to the UK and many have opted to move to BG in the hope that it is cheaper and their money will see them through.