Vacationing in Bulgaria.

Hello Samsontesh,

Welcome to Expat.com 😀

Could you please let us know more specifically what you would like to know about life in Bulgaria? For example, are you interested in information about accommodation, healthcare, cost of living, job opportunities, schools etc?

Feel free to ask more precise questions so members can provide you with accurate and helpful answers.

Cheers,

Cheryl

Expat.com team

I live in BC, Canada.I want to know about life in Bulgaria for expats.TIA. - @Samsontesh

Seriously? What kind of a question is that?

@Samsontesh

If you've got money/passive income, it's good. If you have to work, it's bad. :-)

So are you looking to relocate or just take a vacation? 😁

@JimJ

....and where?

What is life like in BC?.

@Zooldrool

Not as good as in AD... 😎

@Zooldrool
Not as good as in AD... 😎 - @JimJ

Awful flood back then

@Cheryl

Hi Cheryl,

I would like to know  about weather and how much a two bedroom condominium cost in Sofia or within 50km of the capital city?

Thanks

Sam.

@JimJ

Vacation for now.

@Cheryl
Hi Cheryl,
I would like to know about weather and how much a two bedroom condominium cost in Sofia or within 50km of the capital city?
Thanks
Sam. - @Samsontesh

"3-room apartment" in Bulgaria, featuring two bedrooms and a living room) In Sofia, generally costs between €160,000 and €220,000, with prices frequently exceeding €2,000 per square meter in popular neighbourhoods.

It depends where in Sofia. There are somewhat "less desirable" areas where prices are comparatively cheap; whether you'd want to live there is another matter...

@SimCityAT

I suspect 2k/m2 is already in our rear view mirror. New builds in Sofia are routinely over 2k/m2, more typically in the 2.5k-3.5k range. And this is for the wonderful Bulgarian Standard finish which leaves another 500 euros (and up)/m2 for your finishing works (not to mention your time and aggravation). I'm already seeing new builds near me in (relatively) cheap Plovdiv that are over 2k/m2 and that feature (a bit of a milestone in my eyes) million euros apartments. We've got (as in live in, so it's finished and furnished) a very nice 2 bed apartment in a good area of Plovdiv, but it's not especially fancy or especially big (95 m2). Even so, I'd be extremely disappointed if I sold it for much less than 250k euros... and something similar in Sofia would be substantially more expensive.

The current average in Sofia is €2,250 per m², but obviously that varies dramatically according to which area you're looking at.  The prime in-demand central areas run up to €4,500 per m² while the "budget" outlying parts of the city will set you back around €1,400-1,600. If you like gambling/living dangerously, the "ethnic" areas of the city offer some prospective bargains (€800-1,000 per m²) but it's something of a "frontier environment", with many properties not appearing in the cadaster or the municipal records.. 😎