Jean
@jeanmandredeix
English looking for information about Bulgaria
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About me
English
Speaks French
Registration: 08 January 2025
About
Have recently bought a house near Silistra and beginning the process of applying for residency.
My expat journey
Bulgaria
England
Gueret, France
Renovation and enjoying life. Dancing at Bal Trads and going to music clubs
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How do you manage if your car breaks down by jeanmandredeix
Just a general query here out if interested.Our van recently wouldn鈥檛 start, charged battery, still no joy. Hubby decided it most likely was the starter motor. This is a Sunday. So, we only have the van and we had taken out breakdown cover ...
@janemulberry Well to conclude, it鈥檚 going to sound like a comedy sketch.They phoned and his dad picked us up. Arrived at garage, son had gone home with van key in pocket. Dad returns home to collect it. Go to pay and we were out of cash being ... Read More
UK/NZ to new life in Bulgarian. by Bizet Cottage
Hi everyone! 馃槉My husband and I are originally from the UK and New Zealand, and we鈥檙e currently living in New Zealand until my husband retires.We鈥檝e recently purchased a home in the Pavlikeni Municipality, and we can鈥檛 wait ...
@Zooldrool They are a lovely couple aren鈥檛 they. I like their vlogs. Read More
Moving around in Bulgaria by stephen100gok
Been in Bulgaria for nearly 20 years and have been in 15 places to live and finally bought a house but renovating it proved to hard so I went on holiday and have not returned yet till I decide what to do and that has been 2 years now so I decided to ...
If you haven鈥檛 found someone in all that time then it鈥檚 highly unlikely you will now. Does sound like you are looking for a convenience relationship and even if you are real. Surely you could have learnt a reasonable amount of the ... Read More
How do you manage if your car breaks down by jeanmandredeix
Just a general query here out if interested.Our van recently wouldn鈥檛 start, charged battery, still no joy. Hubby decided it most likely was the starter motor. This is a Sunday. So, we only have the van and we had taken out breakdown cover ...
The saga continues. It started first time and we drove to Silistra, loaded the shopping and wouldn't start. Went through the same process as yesterday, twice, but nothing. Done Google search for a garage, fortunately one 5 minutes walk. He came back ... Read More
How do you manage if your car breaks down
Just a general query here out if interested.Our van recently wouldn鈥檛 start, charged battery, still no joy. Hubby decided it most likely was the starter motor. This is a Sunday. So, we only have the van and we had taken out breakdown cover ... Read More
Company query by jeanmandredeix
We are here on Visa D retirement from UK and I have noticed that our electricity and water bills are in the dormant company name.Is this correct? Or should it be in my name?
I went through online banking again and this months bill has been paid yet no mention of the unpaid one 馃槀 I tried to do it through the website but it said no details. Read More
Company query by jeanmandredeix
We are here on Visa D retirement from UK and I have noticed that our electricity and water bills are in the dormant company name.Is this correct? Or should it be in my name?
My electricity bills were being paid easily by the bank automatically until last month then it stopped so I am assuming I have to restart it annually. Hey ho, getting used to things here is an experience 馃槀 Read More
Company query by jeanmandredeix
We are here on Visa D retirement from UK and I have noticed that our electricity and water bills are in the dormant company name.Is this correct? Or should it be in my name?
@janemulberryThats pretty much the same as ours. Our water bill is not a lot. I think it was 鈧�15 for 4cu and we have been using a lot more water than normal with concrete and mortar mixes. The weird collection for water payment is a monthly ... Read More
Company query
We are here on Visa D retirement from UK and I have noticed that our electricity and water bills are in the dormant company name.Is this correct? Or should it be in my name? Read More
Current vs old pension letter-D visa/residence permit renewal by Sleep Near
Hello, I am looking for some information re: renewing the D visa and using the original apostilled pension letter. Do you need a new letter every time you renew the D visa/ residence permit?
@Sleep NearIt鈥檚 probably a safer bet, but it does vary from office to office. They barely glanced at the pension info at our one. Read More
Current vs old pension letter-D visa/residence permit renewal by Sleep Near
Hello, I am looking for some information re: renewing the D visa and using the original apostilled pension letter. Do you need a new letter every time you renew the D visa/ residence permit?
It certainly seems to vary from office to office. We were told to present the old one each year. Our office were only interested in the bank balance. Read More
Question on Company by jeanmandredeix
We have just changed our company to Euros but I do have a couple of questions in regard to utilities.Do you have to pay business rates on water and electric if you have a dormant company?If you don鈥檛, is there anywhere on facture to indicate ...
@JimJ Thanks Jim. We were going to wait for our residency card before we get a car so that sounds good.Our electricity bills seem quite expensive and were thinking about taking a translator to check if there was a problem with our bills. The last ... Read More
Question on Company
We have just changed our company to Euros but I do have a couple of questions in regard to utilities.Do you have to pay business rates on water and electric if you have a dormant company?If you don鈥檛, is there anywhere on facture to indicate ... Read More
Off topic - whats on your mind? by SimCityAT
As with a lot of Forums, there are dedicated posts in which members can talk about anything. They generally are for just chit-chat and as the Bulgaria Forum has a high volume of participants it's about time it had its own. You still have to abide by ...
@Aidan in HCMC Wonder what life expectancy comparisons would show? Read More
Lintels - Where can We buy them? by jeanmandredeix
We are having trouble sourcing lintels and also acrows. We are in the north east. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks, Got the lintels from our local builders merchants. Managed to borrow accrows too. Read More