Cheap Bulgarian House
OK Bulgaria | UK owned and operated.

Wonderful opportunity to create your dream mansion, country house hotel or other business. Former school building for sale situated in a small and tranquil mountain village only 4kms from the Sofia-Varna highway.

willing to be flexible and negotiate over price

The building is south facing with beautiful views to the garden and surrounding area. Balkantsi Village and surrounding area The village of Balkantsi (meaning Mountain Breast) is small and peaceful with extremely clean air that has been said to have healing properties.

There are many amenities available locally including post office, village grocery store, bar, renovat church, mayor?s office and regular bus links to the nearby town of Strazhitsa (10 mins drive) where you will find bars, restaurants, supermarkets, post-office, hotel and banks. Also in the vicinity is the large beautiful medieval city of Veliko Tarnovo which is the ancient capital of Bulgaria (approx. 30 mins drive) with its breathtaking views and unique architecture.

Here you will find everything you could want including modern shopping malls, cinemas, restaurants, theatre, art galleries, ancient fortress (Tsaravets), banks, etc. Veliko Tarnovo was voted the most romantic city in Bulgaria in 2009.

Varna international airport and the wonderful beaches of the Black Sea coast are only 2 hours drive east (180 kms)and the capital city of Sofia with its main international airport is 3 hours drive west (270 kms).

The village also offers local fishing with a river nearby and also fishing lakes. Annual temperatures in the area range between 18c-22c April to May, 25c-35c June to August, 23c-28c September to October, 13c-20c November to December. January to March range between 8c to -15c.

The garden is a massive 8000 sq.m. but very manageable as in the bottom half you have a private wood. In total there are over 200 tall trees including pine and walnut. The upper section of the garden is a well kept lawn. Trees line both sides of the garden. A working well is also situated in the garden which is perfect for free watering of the garden during the hot summer months or even filling a swimming pool which would save a great deal of money.

The garden is surrounded on three sides by a solid stone wall and metal chain fencing above. The rear fence is metal chain 1.83m.

The Property Current owners have made the building liveable including full re-wiring of upper two floors, full new plumbing system, all top level ceilings have been plaster-boarded.

The roof has been repaired at great expense with many new support beams. Floors have been sanded and varnished in all main rooms.

The building is built to an extremely high standard with solid stone foundations and three layered brick walls. The floors are metal reinforced concrete baton and the building has been built to last with no expense spared.

The property is also connected with 2 and 3 phase electricity. Living accommodation consists of:

Basement A very interesting basement area with an original wooden stage area and auditorium area of solid smooth concrete, a large corridor and hall leading to original toilet and shower block. Massive potential for development into living area, large gym, indoor swimming pool or separate guest apartment. Approximately 450 sq. m). There is a 3 phase electrical supply to the basement.

There are two separate covered entrances to the basement. First Floor Huge Living Room (approx 100 sq.m.) which has sanded and varnished wooden floor and has been plastered and decorated. Huge windows 8 sq.m. offer unbeatable views to the mountains and surrounding area. Local heating from enclosed fire.

There is a small hall accessed via a new wooden door from the living room. This provides access to a very large balcony (approx 50 sq.m.) which could be developed into a wonderful outdoor area with barbecue, hot tub or whatever your imagination wants. The balcony offers amazing views to the mountains and surrounding woods.

Dining room (approx 50 sq.m.) with sanded and varnished floor boards. Kitchen with gas cooker, sink unit and fridge freezer (approx 50 sq.m.) Utility room which is plumbed for washing machine. (approx: 15 sq.m.) Grand hallway with two chandeliers and grand entrance hall with very interesting star design in the middle of the floor. There is a plumbed room with toilet at the end of the hall.

Second Floor A wide stair case leads you to the second floor where you will find 5 bedrooms and a plumbed room for an upstairs master bathroom. One bedroom has fully fitted en-suite bathroom connected via an arched doorway to a large dressing room with exclusive and huge carpenter made fitted wardrobes. Master bedroom and guest room have sanded wooden floors.

Overall, this property is 100% solid and has incredible potential. The garden and woods are fantastic and bring only peace and tranquillity to anyone who visits them.

There are also double driveway gates to the side of the property along with metal entrance gates to the rear and a further entrance door to the other side of the property. The exterior walls of the property require cosmetic renovation in places followed by painting. The interior requires plaster finishing of various walls and decoration.

This is perfect for someone with time, imagination and desire to complete this worthy project and turn it into a dream mansion, hotel or other business.

Distance:

• Veliko Tarnovo: 38 km.
• Varna / airport /: 194 km.

• All bulgarian properties have electricity.
• About 98 percents of all bulgarian properties have access to running water, except some small remote bulgarian villages up in the mountains.
• All bulgarian houses in the villages have a septic tank, central sewage system is available only in a few very large villages.
• All properties have access to internet.
• There is at least one village shop in every village in Bulgaria, except some small remote villages up in the mountains.
• Selling price is Euro, not pounds. GBP price is for reference only and can vary daily.
• All properties in Bulgaria can be purchased remotely or directly from UK, without visiting Bulgaria.