House & renovations

Eeesh.   So today we meet Nachko the builder. He speaks no English so our estate agent’s assistant translates for us. We want Nachko to give the house the once over and particularly look at a couple of cracks in the internal walls before we make an offer....

    We know from the outside that we’re going to love this house. We pull up opposite the house and our estate agent, Max, says “Well you said you always wanted a pink house”. And I have. It’s a girly cliché but I don’t care. My dream house would be pink....

  We have travelled to Bulgaria for 8 days to see some houses. We’ve found a great estate agent (www.offbeatbulgaria.eu) – Max is an English guy who has been living in Bulgaria for five years. He has bought and renovated his own house and has also converted...