Bulgarian property for sale.

After around 4 years of dealing mainly with property sales, renovations, building work and arranging view trips, I have now decided it is time, given the current economic climate and after my trials and tribulations in Bulgaria to overhaul the site. Sales have been scaled down to a few for sale by friends (and me) and am now concentrating on general advice and house exchanges - be it within Bulgaria, back to UK or a different country. So if you are wanting to swap your UK semi for a house in the sun in Bulgaria, France, Spain, America etc then take a look at the Property Exchange Service. Or if you are an expat wanting to move back to the UK, then take a look to see if you could swap your house abroad for something back in the UK and get back on the property ladder there. Lots of options to those willing to think 'outside the box' a little.

[I update these pages regularly but to see new items added to the site and any new information, please visit the Forum for quick reference.]

So briefly about me (more here but grab a beer or glass of wine first :)) - Like many people my search for property began on the internet. It was 2004 and I was looking to invest in property somewhere near a ski resort. I ended up putting a deposit down on an apartment in Bansko (despite never having been there). However the ink was barely dry on the contract when that all went pear shaped and there began a long battle with the developer and agency which resulted in me eventually pulling out of the purchase and taking the agency to court in the UK for misrepresentation. More on this on the 'About Me' page and also in full detail in my eBook - 'My Bulgarian Nightmare'.

But from the first trip over I loved Bulgaria - the way the goats and cows still wandered down the streets making their way home each evening, the curious locals willing to put on a full table spread at the drop of a hat for you, the fact that there was mountains and skiing, lakes and forests, beaches and everything in between in one country. I made several trips over to Bulgaria travelling around and viewing property. I viewed property with a number of different agents - some good, some bad and some indifferent. I made my first purchase in summer 2005 - a small rural house with a good sized plot and situated around 20 minutes north of Stara Zagora. This developed into a side line and then a full time business - sourcing and selling property to other British. And I bought several more properties. Early 2006 I decided to move over to Bulgaria with my long term partner (although in the end he never came) and started meetings with architects and builders. We decided to employ a Varna based firm called DreamHome.bg to build a new house and a contract was put in place for the building work.