Hi Guys


We bought this house back in 2006 went to see it once but never seen it again. It was in ok condtion but I WOULD say it has deterated over the 7 years now. It's discription when we bought it was as follows bwlow (but of course it was nothing like the estate agents discribed) in our opinion we would be better off pulling down the house and rebuilding. Once weh ahd decided to go and look at the place again and we have a few photos to show than we will be open to offers

The Estate Agents version .
The house is located just 20 km from the town of Sliven. This region offers peaceful atmosphere, clean air and great possibilities for tourism, fishing and hunting. The house offers 150sq. m of living area distributed in the following manner:
First floor: a kitchen, living room, one bedroom and a corridor. The flooring here is concrete and the windows are wooden.
Second floor: there you can find three bedrooms, connected with a corridor – all with wooden floors as well as a balcony.
Electricity and running water are available both inside the house. The bathroom and the toilet have to be relocated inside the house. This could be easily done with the help of our local builders. There is no home telephone but it is easy to install upon a request. The house needs refreshment and modernizing to become a lovely place to live in. The property benefits from a summer kitchen which provides more living space.

The house is overlooking a big garden of 2000 sq. m with a parking lot, many fruit trees, shady vine-arbour where you can rest in the hot summer evenings. The soil is fertilizing and you can use this land to plant flowers or grow vegetables. An outbuilding of 65 sq. m is also available.

Located in the outskirts of the village the property reveals beautiful view towards the hills.
This village, where the house is located in, has local shops, cafes and regular bus transport, police station, school. The property is suitable for vacation home or permanent residence alike.

Property features

Electricity, Water, Balcony, External toilet, Garage, Garden, On asphalt road, Food shops nearby

Area features

Post office, School, Cafe, Church, Police station
The closest airport is in Bourgas, about 80 km away
Closest city/town Sliven, about 20 km away

How much you asking Berni?

Chris wrote:

How much you asking Berni?

We paid about £8k for it than but I don't suppose we would get our money back on it, hence thought I would put an 'Open to Ofers' rather than put a price on. I guess people will only pay what they think it is worth. The neighbour appears to be using it

House in need of referbishment but peraonally I say knock the house down and rebuild.  The grounds are 2000sq   Looking at around 8000lev

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Strange thing, someone said they may have a friend interested in the place could I send the details and address. So they went in search of the place but said they could not find it therefore, could I send them a copy of the deeds so they can go to the mayors office to check where it is Really!!! Do people really fall for this I wonder

Well spotted Berni...keep a close eye on what's happening there because they'll try another way!!

justbazz wrote:

Well spotted Berni...keep a close eye on what's happening there because they'll try another way!!

Surprise surprise our house in Sliven has been on the market since a week after we bought it back in 2003 and today a message from the estate agent asking is it still for sale as they have a client who is interested - Well this I find hard to believe, they are probably updating their records but hey we will wait and see how it goes.

I humbly suggest you keep a VERY close eye on what happens next. I recently spoke with a friend who had had his property listed with an agent for a number of years...he received a message, just like yours and he replied in the positive and his property was sold.
He sat back and waited for the formalities to be completed (agents job) and to see the money deposited in his account. This never happened...he got a bill from the agent instead!!!!

Selling price....50,000 leva....received.

Admin and taxes...4500 leva...paid

Agents commission @ 10%...5000 leva...received.

Listing charges...@ 10,000 leva per calender year...5 yrs x 10...50,000 leva...outstanding.

Please forward the sum of 50,000 leva within 7 days so we can close this account.

We welcome your business.

Even the sums don't add up!!!

Be very very careful.

Oh Bazz I wish you had not told me that, I have started to panic already so some sleepless nights coming up as have given him the info.

This property has been a pain in the rear end from the day we bought it.

Been chasing the house tax again this year, I thought it was all sorted last year when I finally got them to agree to send me the tax bill in Feb now end of March still no bill and 5 emails send and 4 attempted calls. Calling is a nightmare once they hear english they hang up. Anyway I send 3 more emails today one after each other and within an hour I got the bill. It appears the normal is to pay for real estate tax and water waste even thought the house is unhabitable these have to be paid each year. They have not been contacting me so when I do eventually get the bill it is hundreds of lev. Last year it was sorted and it was 60 lev so very surprised that it is now 73 lev this year, don't know why it is that amount so sent them another email to ask why. My villa here is only 34lev a year.

Wish I could get rid of it, it;s a pain in the ass