Welcome to my site.
Please let me introduce myself, my name is Mark Wright and for more than eight years now I have been in the real estate business, mainly within the UK, where I became an office manager with a leading estate agency group. After moving to Bookavets near Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria in March 2007 I did not work for several months, then for 10 months I worked for one of the largest real estate agencies in Veliko Tarnovo, helping train the English speaking Bulgarian agents, who deal with the International clients.
I am now working independantly locating properties for buyers, who are looking to relocate around Veliko Tarnovo, Resen, Hotnitsa areas. Working on their behalf, I can access far more properties and select only ones suitable to my clients thus cutting down time spent looking at non suitable abodes.
I live here with my wife Sally, and son Shane, (our daughter Teri, lives in Swindon Wiltshire.) in a large village called Resen, just north of Veliko Tarnovo. We enjoy a stress free lifestyle that we could only imagine whilst living in the UK., long hot sunny summers and cold snowy winters.
There are quite a few Brit’s within a few kilometers of us, but mostly we talk to our Bulgarian neighbours, slowly, as we do not speak fluent Bulgarian yet! The local people are very friendly and will often pass you small gifts like fruit and Rakia (local home made whiskey) We for our part return their friendship with home made cakes etc.
Our British friends are great, we meet up quite often to help each other with new products found, or general information we have gathered. Sometimes just for a coffee or beer!
I have found that many British come here looking to buy property, but do not know where to start. I have a few key questions that I like to ask, this gives me a real insight to what they are looking to achieve. As I have been through the process and now know the pitfalls, hopefully I can save others the heartache and stress of searching for the right property.
I can help with all the details required in buying property here, from setting up bank accounts to opening your company, this is required when you buy a house with land. I can source any kind, from land/apartment/house/office even hotels.
Let me know how I can help you.
If you have any questions about my service I can provide you with names and email address's of previous clients who would be happy to tell you more about me and the level of service provided.
Please read all the "post's" on my blog, at the bottom of each page you can click a button for "older post's" this just means "go to the next page". You should find a lot of useful information contained here. If you feel the need for anything else please let me know and I will be happy to oblige.
Please check out my properties for sale. I have started a new way of showing them.
Any constructive comments are very welcome.
I have now got the new car registered here in Bulgaria.
The process took nearly all day, mainly because of the different departments you have to go to. Then there is the fact they close for an hour at lunchtime!
There is however a man who I know that does make the whole process a lot more bearable. You take in your car, V5 and passport, he then takes you to the insurance company to get insured, off to the "Kat" office and pay for the MOT test. Sit around for what feels like ages while the car is tested and recieve the pass certificate. After this, you buy the road tax, (67 Lev), see the local police man who checks and stamps the documents.
Almost there, Off to the office that gives you the plates to go on the vehicle. However as your car is a new import, you have to wait whilst they make a new registration document, this takes about 30 mins usually.
With new plates in hand it's off to the garage for them to fix them onto the vehicle.
Back to the insurance company with your new registration number to go on your policy, nearly legal now!
One last place to go, the local tax office. Here in Bulgaria you have to pay a yearly tax, like a property tax on vehicles, so it needs to be registered there. This tax is around 150 Lev per year.
So, due to the amount of offices required to go to, I do strongly suggest that you get help, the total amount payable is around 700 Lev. But consider the fine if caught without being legal. The minimum amount is a fine of 500 Lev, this can increase up to 2,000 Lev! Is it worth taking the risk?
