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.
I have now been talking to several local people in the towns and villages of Veliko Tarnovo, Resen, Stefan Stambolovo, Polski Senovets, Samovodene, and have located several very good value properties.
As I have mentioned in earlier report's on this site, as soon ans the people realise that your British, the price doubles!
However I have now been dealing with people who are realising that the market is slow and they need to be sensible about the pricing of thier houses.
I have several 2 and 3 bedroomed properties starting at 18,000 Lev (around £9,000). Yes they require work, but for that small amount of money you can spend another £9,000 and have a very nice renovated home.
Don't miss out, these prices cannot be around forever.
With the way the world is right now everyone has to be open minded. I am seeing no new ideas coming from the estate agencies here in the Veliko Tarnovo area, estate agents should be making serious changes to the way they work in this buyers market. It is interesting being able to sit here and listen to agents who have no new ideas, just recycled ones.
OK, you cannot re-invent the wheel, but most of these agencies doing nothing will close very soon.
I would like to take on an office and show them what is required, but now is not the right time for me to do this.
If agents want help and are willing to listen, maybe I will help some of them.
Serious buyers are in the strongest position they have been in for years over here right now, vendors need to be motivated by agents and they buyers need to show thier cash. This will make deals if they are put forward correctly.
Life is still good here despite the poor exchange rate, where else can you have a night out in a bar for less than £10? Oh! That's with food!
60p a pint in our local.
Come and see, meet Meggie and Sasho, the foods good too.
