I have met many people who are saying they are estate agents or similar, they move from thier home country after have a life in a diferent career, and all of a sudden they are estate agents! With no training, no real idea how to solve potential problems or how to really negotiate a deal.
One such person came from Scotland where he was a DJ, he did not last too long though. As in almost every occupation there are years of training, coaching and problem solving, before you can consider your self as being competent.
Would trust someone who has no experience to service your car? Or maybe to rewire your home? I don't think so, so why would you trust someone who has no knowledge in property sales?
My best advice is to use only experienced sales people who know what they are doing and watch out for the "cowboys".
Thursday, April 22, 2010
New Life, New Career!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Visit To England.
I want to share a few observations with you.
We have just got back from a "holiday" in England, we have a house there so that is where we based ourselves.
Arriving at the airport, Gatwick, we had arranged a hire car, it took 10 minutes to lug our luggage up to the top floor of the car park to find the rental desk, after being given the car we were then handed a car park exit ticket, which we had to pay for! The cigerette lighter had been removed, not an issue as I do not smoke, but they also took out the fuse, so I could not use my Tom Tom all the holiday! Thanks Hertz......
Arriving in Swindon we had dinner with our daughter and her boyfriend at home, lovely. The next day was a shopping day, Omg! prices are so high there now, petrol £1.20 a litre, here it is £1, a bottle of Budwiser and 2 bottles of water in a bar was £5.20! I would pay no more than £1 here, everything was so pricey, you do forget. Our council tax here is approx. £25 per YEAR, Road tax for the car is £30 per YEAR, now I remember the many other reasons we left the UK. A car park ticket for £1.20 an HOUR, why do people put up with it?
In general the infrastructure etc is much better than Bulgaria, the roads are smoother, less pot holes, but it adds some sport to the day.
We visited, The Eden project, Warwick Castle, Stratford Upon Avon, Plymouth, Dartmoor and many other places.
Sally (my wife) and Veselina (our very good friend) enjoy shopping, that is an understatement! So the varied range of shops and the avalibility of goods there was good for them, not so good for ma as I end up carrying them! lol.
The amount of traffic on the roads, the rushing to and fro, was surprising, we live a much more relaxed life in Bulgaria. Travelling to Sofia from Veliko Tarnovo we saw approx 50 vehicles, we saw that many before leaving the airport!
After getting home to Resen, we noticed you can hear the birds, no car noises, just peace and tranquility.
We did enjoy our time there, but after about 10 days it felt like time to come home. Chatting with friends and relatives was good, seeing new build houses going up fast and so close together, was not so good.
On balance, I think we would prefer to be here in Bulgaria, it is hard leaving people behind again, but when you arrive back home and start to get back into your life, meeting your friends here, it all seems so natural again.
So if your wondering what life would be like here in Bulgaria, the only thing I can say is "It is great!"
