Swap Bulgarian Apartment for Car on Adverts

Sir Osis of Liver.

http://www.adverts.ie/car/cars/bmw/swap-bulgarian-apartment-for-car/6700634

Seems a fair exchange.

Sauve

Nice apt dude. Why you selling?

stimpson

Waiting for enviable "Swap for anything in my ads?"

dmc17

It's almost too good to be true...

Celly Smunt

Swop 4 a iphone unloked wit broken scren?

The Backwards Man

I'd rather keep my car, at least the ground that it is sitting on is mine.

Tail Docker

It's in Bulgaria. What's not to love?

The One Doctor

Tail Docker wrote: »

It's in Bulgaria. What's not to love?

I've been to Bulgaria. There's nothing to love about it.

Kevin McCloud

Fine looking apartment in a beautiful country.

Deathwish4

I'd have swapped if it was in the other Garia, Hungaria.

Banjo String

The One Doctor wrote: »

I've been to Bulgaria. There's nothing to love about it.

Ah now, in fairness sunny Beach is deadly. Literally.


Never would return.

The One Doctor

The One Doctor wrote: »

I've been to Bulgaria. There's nothing to love about it.

I was last there while the iron curtain rusted away, interesting times, the food was awful!

fleet_admiral

Ill swap ye a load of gnomes

kowloon

Celly Smunt wrote: »

Swop 4 a iphone unloked wit broken scren?

Y scren brokeded?

Tail Docker

The One Doctor wrote: »

I've been to Bulgaria. There's nothing to love about it.

Yeah, I kinda meant that. "Friendly locals.." Hmm.

The One Doctor

Deleted User wrote: »

I was last there while the iron curtain rusted away, interesting times, the food was awful!

The food is still awful. Ughh, couldn't eat anything except pancakes and McDonalds. The country wasn't even civilised enough to have a Burger King.

The horror.

Tail Docker

Banjo String wrote: »

Ah now, in fairness sunny Beach is deadly. Literally.


Never would return.

"I kill you, you sunny beach.."

Banjo String

Tail Docker wrote: »

Yeah, I kinda meant that. "Friendly locals.." Hmm.

Having to spend a stinky to use the jacks is what'll always remain with me.

kowloon

The One Doctor wrote: »

The food is still awful. Ughh, couldn't eat anything except pancakes and McDonalds. The country wasn't even civilised enough to have a Burger King.

The horror.

I thought the one Burger King near every McDonalds rule was enshrined in international law.

The One Doctor

kowloon wrote: »

I thought the one Burger King near every McDonalds rule was enshrined in international law.

So did I. I was without BK deliciousness until I finally got to Vienna, days later.

Never forget.

Banjo String

The One Doctor wrote: »

So did I. I was without BK deliciousness until I finally got to Vienna , days later.

Never forget.

THAT MEANS NOTHING TO ME....

Tail Docker

Banjo String wrote: »

THAT MEANS NOTHING TO ME....

Vienna>Bulgaria. Basically. Ooooh..Vienna...

The One Doctor

The One Doctor wrote: »

The food is still awful. Ughh, couldn't eat anything except pancakes and McDonalds. The country wasn't even civilised enough to have a Burger King.

The horror.

The only decent restaurants we found were the ones reserved for the "Politburo", we had friends! , anywhere else, :eek:

The Backwards Man

Banjo String wrote: »

THAT MEANS NOTHING TO ME....

You know every time someone makes that pun whilst I'm listening to Friday night music I groan so much it makes me sob.

You could almost say I'm dancing with tears in my eyes.

Banjo String

Banjo String wrote: »

Having to spend a stinky to use the jacks is what'll always remain with me.

At least you didn't have to lev-el with them.

Celly Smunt

kowloon wrote: »

Y scren brokeded?

Jst fel of a roof,its alri tho cos it dint bonce 2 much. Only brok a lil bit. No timewaisters.

suicide_circus

I've heard bad things about the Sunny Beach resort

Guy:Incognito

No sun? Shortage of beach?

suicide_circus

Yeah what exactly us the problem with it?

rainbowdrop

Do u evr be in Dublin bud?

I wil take d apt off ur hands if u can deliver it 2 me in Dub

kupus

suicide_circus wrote: »

Yeah what exactly us the problem with it?

Its full of bulgarians. duh.

For Forks Sake

suicide_circus wrote: »

I've heard bad things about the Sunny Beach resort

Bulgarias equivalent of Bray

Lawlesz

Lived in Bulgaria myself, although over the other side. Been to Sunny Beach tho... Jesus...

Strange country in general, unbelievable corruption, you hear all about it but seeing it first hand is kind of disturbing.

Have heard some horror stories too, from people handing over money for apartments and finding out the guy who 'sold' them it didn't even own it. Happened me when buying a car.

Beautiful country though, if scenary/skiing/hiking/biking etc is your thing.

Lalealea

Lawlesz wrote: »

Have heard some horror stories too, from people handing over money for apartments and finding out the guy who 'sold' them it didn't even own it. Happened me when buying a car.

This happened to a friend of mine in meath. Except the house was in meath.

Tonyandthewhale

Sunny beach is renowned throughout Europe (even in the rest of Bulgaria) for being an unremitting shithole. Bulgaria outside of that is lovely though, great food (lots of Greek and Turkish influence in the cuisine combined with good old fashioned slavic heartiness), some lovely cheap beer and decent wine, some of the most beautiful mountains in Europe, very friendly people, nice quiet beaches with lots of sun and warm water down near the Turkish border (the opposite end to Sunny Beach). All the same you'd have to be nuts to go dealing in Bulgarian property on adverts.ie. There are plenty of legitimate real estate agents and I know plenty of people, Bulgarians and immigrants alike who've bought or built houses there but the story a previous poster mentioned about people buying apartments that turned out not to exist is by no means a one off. There are whole villages and suburbs that don't exist near Sunny Beach and the main ski resort town of Bansko.

Fred Swanson

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cerastes

Deathwish4 wrote: »

I'd have swapped if it was in the other Garia, Hungaria.

I tried to work its neighbour into that joke, it doesnt work as well.
Wonder what its like outside the apartment block? or is it the Bulgarian equivalent to a ghost town or leitrim?
No buses and one wheel barrow a day to the next burg but a horse and cart every week?

Doesnt look very wheelchair accessible either, steps everywhere, even in the pool.

Fred Swanson

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cerastes

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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The neighbours? Romania? or the locals? or is it the local mafia?

Tonyandthewhale

cerastes wrote: »

The neighbours? Romania? or the locals? or is it the local mafia?

Probably a bunch of 18 year olds from Dublin or Newcastle for most of the Summer puking in the streets and falling drunk off of balconies.

cerastes

I'm beginning to see a correlation between Bulgaria and Ireland

tricky D

Lawlesz wrote: »

Strange country in general, unbelievable corruption, you hear all about it but seeing it first hand is kind of disturbing.

Have heard some horror stories too, from people handing over money for apartments and finding out the guy who 'sold' them it didn't even own it. Happened me when buying a car.

This is the main issue. The apt/property managers there can be the incredibly corrupt and will wrap you around there finger with all sorts of extra charges and restrictions, mostly illegal, but what can you do - nothing. A friend has to pay a 4 figure sum just to get the water turned on and trying to sell the apt is still going on after 3 years.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Anyone know the cost of a typical apartment there compared to the cost of a high end car the seller is looking for?

Bulgaria sounds like a kip.

Fred Swanson

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