The adventures of Anna and TJ. We love to travel, and hope you enjoy both our travel Vlogs and our house renovation works on our home which we bought in the Bulgarian Mountains. We have loads of work to do, and expect we will be kept busy for years =-]
Wow, we love your place, its exactly the type of thing we are looking for but maybe a bit higher in the mountains. We are only just starting out on our search. Your place has such potential it would be great to see an update now we are 2 years down the line ❤
Hi just watched your video really good house with lots of land..can you tell me please the situation if buying a house are you allowed to live there on a permanent basis..thank you..
Thanks. Assuming your form the UK and only have British citizenship, you would be allowed to stay only 90 days in every 180 days. To buy a house you'd need to set up a company first thanks to Brexit. We're exempt as Anna is Bulgarian.
@@garyjackman4363 thank you! Yes it was easy before Brexit. Stay as long as you want and buy what you want. Now for example, as I'm British, I can't own land. So legally the land belongs to Anna 😂 But we share the house. She might start changing me for the apples!. There may be other ways around it but as far as I'm aware it's either by EU citizenship (some with Irish heritage get an Irish passport to open the door), or retirement with a suitable pension. Check 'Our Derelict Dream' on RU-vid they are quite knowledgeable.
I'm looking to move with my family just looking into online work what we could do if you have a suggestion that would be amazing love the house you have
@@djryne nice. Really like Dorset. Have been to Portland many times. If I was you, I would try and get a job in the UK which can be done remotely. Get it done before you leave. The employer may not expect you to leave the country so it may get tricky if they phone you and hear the foreign tone all the time. But it will depend on the job to whether phone calls are required. I dont know WHAT job, but even a basic salary would be enough for BG. Some people come here and do the TEFL course and teach English online, but there's not much money In that, unless you want to actually teach in a school then it will probably be better.
Wow, great piece of land especially with the mature fruit and nut trees. The property alone is worth the purchase price. However, the only word I hear when looking at all of the structures is BULLDOZER! Even when that building was at it's prime it was a pieced together pile of junk hardly worth the animals that were kept there. sorry, but, you'd be money ahead to clear that mess out of there and have a prefab brought in. This WILL be a money pit to say the least.
@@nibbletouch7566 sorry, just now saw your reply. Yes, I definitely can. I'm not at home this week and subsequently don't have access to my notes, but, I will be back in touch in a few days with a couple recommendations for you. Cheers ✨
Pressed play as I thought this would be an interesting watch as I’m hoping to do the same and then yelled out OH ITS TJ!!! 😅I didn’t realise it was you until I started watching ❤ hope you’re well xx
Oh wow this is amazing 🤩 So cool. We are well thanks very much hope you are too. Really hope you can get over here too there's lots of nice places for sale 😁
Wow, everything is extremely basic. Don’t they have proper houses with stairs in Bulgaria? So many separate rooms and areas with no flow. The video is two years old now so I guess you have since done some renovations.
Hi I just come across to your video Im from Bulgaria (from countryside too) one more time i realised how much i miss home nice progress of the renovating your house keep the work up beautiful views! +1
What did you guys do with your suitcases on the boat journey? Really helpful video, we're looking at Drake Bay instead of Manuel Antonio but bringing tech (camera, laptop) :)
You can take your suitcases on the boat. They store them at the front in a room there. It's a wet landing, so you'll get wet legs when getting out at Drake. Once arrived at Drake Bay, the crew take the bags from the store, carry them and leave them on the beach with the people, but also people wait at the rear of the boat and take their bags directly from the staff if they prefer, that's what we did, and carry them to the beach ourselves. Have you got accommodation in mind?
Looks like a big project you have in upgrading. With all the windows and doors replaced, I would think you also have to redo the electrical and plumbing. If that was here where I live that would be at least $100,000 . What is your budget ? The average house here is over $1 million and rent for 1 bedroom is about $1600.00 per month. That's in Canadian $. Perhaps you have the right idea to live a more simple life.
That walnut drink is made everywhere in the Balkans, not only in Croatia. It is called orahovača ili orahovac. You can find the recipe online if you haven't already. it is made from rakija and very young walnuts, at the beginning of June. By the way, congratulations on your choice, your property is wonderful.
@@danielgonsalves5302 nice. I think the best thing to do is a road trip checking out the country. It's so varied and sometimes a place looks good In pictures but you need to get a feel for the village/town. We're in Troyan. Nice here, close to mountains. Also we liked the south around Rhodope region but it depends on what your looking for.
@@nibbletouch7566 thanks for your reply I have zero knowledge on building works it looked kind of okay then you removed it maybe a new top layer wouldve been enough, but what do i know lol.. ive been looking at a lot of expat channels living in bulgaria im still on the fence on whether or not to do it.....
Hi. I know the video is already old. But i found that channel and now i watch many of your videos. We also leaving next year our country Germany and go to Bulgaria.I go on early retrirement. At the moment we looking also for a house with some land. Still not sure if we go more close to the cost or mountainside. We love nature and animals and quit places. If iam more talented for working on a house i will also buy a more cheap one and renovate. Our budget is limited thats why we try to find something we have not much renovation, or it is new renovated. We have 4 cats and thats why we have consider the environment. The Area should have a little infrastructure, at least not to far from the village. A Vet where also nice. The neighbours should be animal freindly so they can take care of our cats when we on holiday. Thanks for all the nice videos. They are very inspiring.
Hey guys, Thanks so much for the nice comments. Yes we haven't uploaded anything for ages. We hope to upload one soon showing how the house looks now, we done quite a lot. Have you been to Bulgarian before and visited any areas? We love being in the mountains area. It's great in the summer AND winter. The coast is only great in the summer (in our opinion). There is also a great channel called Our Derelict Dream' which you should definalty check out. 😊
@@nibbletouch7566 Yes last year for 1 week. We go with our van to Varna- Nessebar - Burgas- Plowdiw- Rila - Blagoewegrad - Sofia. Plowdiw was great because not that big and around are many mountains.
We drove all over the country searching. Nothing can beat visiting the house and village/town in person to see if it feels right. We are in the region of Troyan. Do you have any place in mind that you are considering ? South of the country was also nice, in the Rhodopes, but more expensive.
@@nibbletouch7566 So you are between Weliko Tarnowo and Sofia. Yeah the Rodhopes are more expensive. There is also a nice place, was recommended in Dospat. But also more expensive. At the moment we saw interest Objects close to Balchik, Dobrich and Weliko Tarnowo. But I'm also more a Fan of the Mountains. We plan in May going again for 2 weeks around and see what we fiind. How you found your proberty and you knew it is for sale. How you both decide to by something and renovate? This Year we must find something because next year latest September we will transfer. I'm not worry to live in another country, but more worry if everything goes well with find and buy a house we feel well. It should be my last station and the place for my retirement. I really like how you both do all that and always so happy. Hope i will once in the same situation. btw. Hungary was also on the list for retire. But it is too flat.
The ''holes'' in the attic are for summer cooling. They are a way of taking advantage of ''the chimney effect''. The air pressure on the leeward side of the house is always slightly lower than the windward side so the hot air is sucked out of the loft. No comment on how effective they are but they should work and are free. Keep them open in the summer and closed in the winter.
@@nibbletouch7566 I was asking for lawyers you have used to buy your property because your wife speaks the language. .....But i have not received an answer yet.....I need to speak to lawyers first who can assist.
Hey my friend. The name of the hotel comes up on the screen in the first part of the video when we are talking ☺️. We literally just turned up and spoke to the staff there and asked to hire two kayaks. Then they gave us the kayaks and we were alone, no guide. The hotel is on the beach, but it's quite safe because you take the kayak up the river inland. We have so much footage of drake Bay, shame we haven't had time to make more. Where will you stay, have you decided?
If it comes available, please consider buying the land across from you. It will help maintain a sense of openness from your home. The road is small and a home built across from you will feel like living in a big city with little privacy or space.
Thanks so much Julie. This was lovely to read. And we have stopped for ages, sorry. It's surprising how the time just slips away haha. We will be hopefully posting a update video quite soon showing how the house looks now, as we have done a fair bit of work now :)
Your videos are nice and informative thanks 👍 we live in UK and after brixit buying property is not easy first you have to buy company and if you buy flat there is no heating system and paying tax is more high please guide us what is real way to move there
Hey, thanks so much for watching. We would not like to hand out advice as we don't know the best route and it's been a very long time since we looked into it. I do believe that the RU-vidrs 'Our Derelict Dream' would be better placed to answer as I think they actually help people buy properties too.
