My Monthly Expenses and How I Budget in Bulgaria 

It’s so fun watching the numbers increase, lovely little game :) yes I’m hoping it’ll be enough to cover the diesel costs at some point 😅😌

Oh yes! I get the discount with my little car card 👌 many thanks!

The most disappointing tomatoes are in the UK, from what I've experienced. Tomatoes here in Bulgaria are like I remember them from growing up in SA 😃

It's true! You really cannot buy good tomatoes anywhere anymore. First they turned the common tomatoes into garbage, then the pink tomatoes, and then the cherry tomatoes. The only way to have tomatoes that don't taste like plastic is to grow them yourself (or buy them from your neighbor).

Your comment brings me great joy! Thank you 🤗

How exciting!! Congrats 🎉

Thank you 🤗 I have a beautiful dehydrator and I love it.

How much that will cost?

@@Radio280 100-1000 lev based on quality and size. 500 lev for a good one, maybe. My grandma just dries them in the sun, so that's also an option.

Oh wow that’s impressive how you manage. I actually spend more because I’m still setting up the garden and house a bit so there’s some material and tree expenses. I also want to install an irrigation system. So I think probably more 800 leva for now but it will reduce soon when my garden produces more food and the patio is built etc :) but no rush, just bit by bit

Yes it’s so nice to not have rent or mortgage going out every month! Game changer!

Thanks for watching 🤗

So I’m super lazy I’ve realized when it comes to food preservation so not sure how much jar stuff I’ll do except for idiot proof things. Maybe 2 or 3 ingredients tops. This might change as well 😅💪

🤗👌👍

It’s currently grape and butternut season with peaches aswell. I’ll do a shop this Sunday I think so I’ll take you along :)

@@MayainBulgaria awesome!, looking for to the trip. Wish I was actually going to the market literally or harvesting and reaping fruits and vegetables from my own land... really NEED to get some. Just can't decide between Bulgaria and Portugal.

That’s a big food bill 🌮🌮🌮

@@MayainBulgaria yes but it includes all products for Home not only food !

Hi Mikey and welcome 🤗 I think essentially eating healthy whole foods to avoid costly and unpleasant illness is important and it also keeps the imminent food cost down. Otherwise just keeping everything as simple as possible to minimise clutter and the expense that comes with is beneficial. That being said I am considering solar panels :)

It is 🙌

Thanks! I’m sure you’re a great human to meet aswell 😃

Excellent points! I’ll update this info!

I’m so sorry I can’t see what to change about the sound but I’ll try looking again next time…

There’s always people looking for work :) depends where you are and it’s probably best ask at the local stores for people who do house work or go to your local hardware store for company recommendations:)

I’m living off savings but also building an affiliate website to earn some commissions and once I reach 1000 subscribers on RU-vid I’ll get some money for the ads on my content :) both of those will help me with diesel & grocery money. Luckily I don’t need much to live comfortably here :)

Just the countryside I’d say. The big cities are about double for the utilities I’d say.

That’s fantastic! A very comfortable way to live and nice to support your son 🙌

@@MayainBulgaria Yes but I must sens more than 30 000 Euros per year to my son to cover all fees and his living

There’s lidl that offers organic and otherwise I recommend growing your own 💚

Hi Andy, thanks for your comment! I paid 15k euro for the house and the renovation all together. It’s cheaper in rural areas than in the cities.

It doesn't because I've bought my house. No mortgage either.

Maybe 500 lev? I’m not sure. And it depends how renovated the house is. I don’t know of any renovated places for rent but maybe check Airbnb?

@@MayainBulgaria thanks

Ahh that must be the difference then, I don’t buy alcohol ;) but I think alcohol in Bulgaria is very affordable.

@@MayainBulgaria yes because I love the very best of BG wines ! My isba has more than 10 000 levas of wines at the purchase prices ! Yesterday I drank an INCANTO Merlot of 2012 : a real marvel ! I bought it at 15 levas but tu buy it now for a a 2022 is more than 30 levas !

@@MayainBulgaria Yes bur Good wines are becoming quite expensive compared to the same quality abroad ..., It bought Very goos wines up to 2016 when they were reasonnably cheap and couls be kept in an Isba for many ears : Nowadays , I am hesitating to buy BG wine becuse prices are too much !

Oh interesting! I’m not sure how that happened. I went into the store so I suspect they had a special on that they offered me at that time. I did notice that if I go outside Bulgaria they charge me more immediately. I went to Greece for a day and was charged an extra 4 or 5 leva…

@@MayainBulgaria Hi Maya, I would like to add this example of Yettel contract to my blog. Could please give me the details of your 16.99 contract, 20 GB of data and how many minutes are included? Do you get a discount if you pay via their app or online? I suppose it is a 2-year contact? Thanks in advance. Yordan

You are right! I will redo this video with better information!

Hi Mike, there's a couple things to watch out for but also a bit too much to mention in a comment. I'll do a brief video in a little bit :)

I can get my meaning across ok. Google translate helps also. Yes I can communicate with people enough to manage. It’s not perfect but it’s ok :)

Car insurance is about 300 leva for one year for my van 🚐 and tax is 95 for the vignette and 60 for the “mot” car inspection.

Hi can you give me some advice please about living in Bulgaria. I am from England. Thank you. Dobspato Newcastle Upon Tyne England.

Tomatilloes 😂

Yes! It's 72 leva per year 👍

@@MayainBulgaria Wow thats cheap!! Thanks for the info.☺☺☺☺☺

As you can tell i am giving the move over a lot of thought Looking at taking a very early ret at 42 you are really giving me a lot of very good info all the very best Jim

South east!

Haus war 15k euro und ich brauch wenig pro monat. Wirklich nicht mal 500 euro.

@@MayainBulgaria Danke für deine Antwort. Ich gehe mal davon aus, dass die Renovierungskosten noch dazu kommen. Ich hab dein Video über den Supermarkt in Svilengrad gesehen, ich komme 30km südlich davon, allerdings ist das schon Griechenland. Viele Griechen aus der Region sind sehr häufig in Svilengrad zum Einkaufen und Tanken. Ich wünsche dir einen milden Winter in Thrakien und Liebe Grüße.

Ahhh I’m afraid I don’t eat meat. Not since 5years approx now :)

@@MayainBulgaria Don't be affraid of it. Everyone make there owne choise to eat what he/she likes. So when I invite you on a bbq party by me, I take care for vegetarian things for you hihihi

Makes sense!

Cat food for the kitties is about 20 leva per month! Haha true I forgot to include this

Great question and I’ll need to update this video with more details :) in the meantime, yes the council tax I paid for the year is 71 leva.

@@MayainBulgaria OMG £31 v £1465 that`s unbelievable i`am liking Bulgaria more and more 👍👍

For the last 2 years I paid 94 levs a year as council tax for a village house and the adjacent plot which is our garden

@@igorsagdeev7881 Thanks for sharing Igor its such a good price....

If you work in Bulgaria Tax Rate is 10%.

This is correct 👍

I see.. Why a fire and not electric? Because of cost or the electric grid is weak for that?

You may know this by now but always best to have a back up heating source due to frequent power cuts in some areas of Bulgaria @@joelevi9823

I think it’s very true that the budget will need to be bigger if you are in Plovdiv. It’s a bit more expensive than rural Bulgaria!

​@@MayainBulgaria Yes but we are disabled so our taxes are half of the normal price ... but we are are living a very nice life with very nice and expensive price for foods !

Unfortunately no Sorry, there’s some Airbnb’s around Bulgaria though. I’m sure you’ll find something nice :)

@@MayainBulgaria i prefer stay with you

@@partisia Don't be a creep dude

I wonder how her special forces Bulgarian bf is getting on .🤔😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅

@@dobryden8558 no she is single and pretty

Nobody rents in rural areas because it isn't worth it, but some owners put tenants for free so the property isn't pillaged by looters.

@@axl1002 to me it is a place to live, so it is worth it, and if I have to pay, so be it. sidekick for the owner.

@@sverre371 It's not worth it for the owner to rent. Since everybody has his own home, there is no developed market and no demand. People may rent to someone in need if they know them for a very small sum like 25-50 euro, but nobody will bother with stranger because they will have to talk to them, pay a bookkeeper for taxes, pay taxes on the income etc.

I’m planning on doing a video about that soon :)