digitalnomad1
Irish expat in Bulgaria
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Registration: 06 December 2025
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Cabled internet not WIFI by digitalnomad1
Hi i'm looking to rent in Bulgaria for 6 months initially, i may buy accommodation after that. I work online and need very reliable internet connection, WIFI is not good enough, and wonder how easy is it to get fibre or cable TV type lined internet ...
If I lived in a remote house where burglary was a big concern as ugly as it may look I'd investigate fitting a high spiky perimeter fence surrounding the house about 2 metres away, with a strong locking gate. Anything to sleep well at night or go ... Read More
Cabled internet not WIFI by digitalnomad1
Hi i'm looking to rent in Bulgaria for 6 months initially, i may buy accommodation after that. I work online and need very reliable internet connection, WIFI is not good enough, and wonder how easy is it to get fibre or cable TV type lined internet ...
I teach English online to a class of academics in China, and have done similar but in person with Bulgarian academics. One thing they all struggle with is the poor English spoken by many/most native Anglophones. "Auntie", once the infallible source ... Read More
Cabled internet not WIFI by digitalnomad1
Hi i'm looking to rent in Bulgaria for 6 months initially, i may buy accommodation after that. I work online and need very reliable internet connection, WIFI is not good enough, and wonder how easy is it to get fibre or cable TV type lined internet ...
I hope you find what you're looking for. It does sound like Bulgaria might not be the best choice for you. It certainly comes with a fair share of challenges. - @janemulberryAs an environment Bulgaria like anywhere has its pluses and minuses, and ... Read More
Irish estate agents by digitalnomad1
on sites like - daft.ie myhome.ierightmove irelandproperty.iethe adverts name an estate. eg. patrick clifford estate agents and auctioneers.Then i search for them in google and they have no actual website, maybe just a facebook page or something. In ...
Apparently yes they often are very small organisations, google AI is very helpfulAI OverviewYes, operating as a "one-man band" (sole practitioner) is a common and established business model for residential estate agents in Ireland. The industry has ... Read More
Are we all paying attention? by JimJ
I'm feeling a little bemused - and indeed disappointed - by the silence within our little-but-merry band regarding the current political developments/upheaval.At the moment, Bulgaria is a boat with neither rudder nor helmsman, sailing into an ...
Jim,have you ever heard the saying - it doesn't matter who you vote for because the government always gets in"Cause it's a bitter sweet symphony that's life / Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die." Richard Ashcroft. Read More
Cabled internet not WIFI by digitalnomad1
Hi i'm looking to rent in Bulgaria for 6 months initially, i may buy accommodation after that. I work online and need very reliable internet connection, WIFI is not good enough, and wonder how easy is it to get fibre or cable TV type lined internet ...
Sorry I meant in my ideal 20c temperature world it would only rain at night.If only all people on earth spoke one language whether that be Bulgarian Iranian Chinese Congolese etc. I think it's not ideal how there's so many languages. Or maybe we're ... Read More
Am I Potty? by JimJ
I'm retired and currently living in Bulgaria, and married to a Bulgarian who will be retiring soon-ish. We're both EU citizens and have both had more than our fair share of dealing with the BG health system; we have no desire to repeat the ...
@SimCityAT Thanks - I've read up on the health situation in Ireland and I'm pretty sure I'd rate the public health system there as better than in BG... - @JimJI've no personal experience of either but I'd agree with that and read somewhere that only ... Read More
Irish estate agents
on sites like - daft.ie myhome.ierightmove irelandproperty.iethe adverts name an estate. eg. patrick clifford estate agents and auctioneers.Then i search for them in google and they have no actual website, maybe just a facebook page or something. In ... Read More
Am I Potty? by JimJ
I'm retired and currently living in Bulgaria, and married to a Bulgarian who will be retiring soon-ish. We're both EU citizens and have both had more than our fair share of dealing with the BG health system; we have no desire to repeat the ...
Jim if you are british the Common Travel Area predates the EU and you can live in ireland without an EU passport.After 5 years living in ireland you can apply for irish citizenship. Technically brits can get the ferry to ireland without a passport. Read More
Cabled internet not WIFI by digitalnomad1
Hi i'm looking to rent in Bulgaria for 6 months initially, i may buy accommodation after that. I work online and need very reliable internet connection, WIFI is not good enough, and wonder how easy is it to get fibre or cable TV type lined internet ...
Theres another clickbait false prices website called properstar dot co dot uk,some of these websites dont have good functionality, eg i want to see a monthly rental price, not a daily or weekly price.bulgarianproperties and suprimmo do seem to have ... Read More
Cabled internet not WIFI by digitalnomad1
Hi i'm looking to rent in Bulgaria for 6 months initially, i may buy accommodation after that. I work online and need very reliable internet connection, WIFI is not good enough, and wonder how easy is it to get fibre or cable TV type lined internet ...
I met a fairly young Bulgarian man living and working in England in the NHS last year, very able and pleasant and he was of the opinion that Bulgaria isn't a nice place to move to mainly because - they have these gypsies (his words not mine) who ... Read More
Cabled internet not WIFI by digitalnomad1
Hi i'm looking to rent in Bulgaria for 6 months initially, i may buy accommodation after that. I work online and need very reliable internet connection, WIFI is not good enough, and wonder how easy is it to get fibre or cable TV type lined internet ...
What I mean is generally across Europe and UK-There's a big shortage of accommodation,There's so many expired clickbait and misleading adverts which you might try to filter out eg on Rightmove filter out sales or rental adverts including house share ... Read More
Cabled internet not WIFI by digitalnomad1
Hi i'm looking to rent in Bulgaria for 6 months initially, i may buy accommodation after that. I work online and need very reliable internet connection, WIFI is not good enough, and wonder how easy is it to get fibre or cable TV type lined internet ...
There's a website called immot dot bg that an estate agent said is the Bulgarian equivalent to rightmove, but at the same time they said a large percentage of the adverts on there are old or inaccurate. There may have been another website mentioned ... Read More
Cabled internet not WIFI by digitalnomad1
Hi i'm looking to rent in Bulgaria for 6 months initially, i may buy accommodation after that. I work online and need very reliable internet connection, WIFI is not good enough, and wonder how easy is it to get fibre or cable TV type lined internet ...
Thanks Jim.I've never rented before.My work enables me to live anywhere with a reliable internet connection.Ideally I'd live near the sea though expect that might be more expensive. But I won't have a car so would like to be close to things.I just ... Read More
Cabled internet not WIFI by digitalnomad1
Hi i'm looking to rent in Bulgaria for 6 months initially, i may buy accommodation after that. I work online and need very reliable internet connection, WIFI is not good enough, and wonder how easy is it to get fibre or cable TV type lined internet ...
Thanks Ed Please everyone share any good websites for affordable house and apartment rentals in Bulgaria either posted here or sent by PM to me. Read More