JimJ
English expat in Bulgaria
Forum posts
1642
About me
English
Speaks Greek, English, French, Bulgarian, German
Registration: 07 December 2015
About
Occupation
I am Retired.
My expat journey
Bulgaria
Seattle, Washington, USA
Paris, 脦le-de-France, France
Athens, Attica, Greece
Singapore, Singapore
M枚nchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
England
Activity
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 ...
So you've lived in Bulgaria for 20 years, renting and moving between 15 places and only recently bought something?. Then the DIY reality of it made you go on holiday for 2 years 馃ぃ... Sounds like your living the non commitment dream. - ... Read More
John from Rositsa by janemulberry
Hi, I'm in England at the moment, and my husband just had a visit from a Englishman from Rositsa called John, married to a Bulgarian, who says he knows me from the forum. Apparently I speak more to his Bulgarian wife.I'm really sorry but I'm not ...
@janemulberry "If you've got it, flaunt it..." 馃槑 Read More
John from Rositsa by janemulberry
Hi, I'm in England at the moment, and my husband just had a visit from a Englishman from Rositsa called John, married to a Bulgarian, who says he knows me from the forum. Apparently I speak more to his Bulgarian wife.I'm really sorry but I'm not ...
Congrats - your very own stalker! Doesn't Expat have a special badge for anyone who passes this milestone? 馃槑 Read More
Gardening maintenance service in BG by knobworx
Just had a thought..... (dangerous I know...) Would there be any call for a mobile gardening / maintenance service for expats or for locals for that matter?Mainly aimed at expats who need to make sure that their gardens are kept down when they ...
Realistically, there's always someone in all but the tiniest of villages who's happy to take care of your land. We pay a guy in our village to keep ours under control since our house there is no longer occupied and our various health issues have ... Read More
Medical treatment in BG by JimJ
Stand by for more reporting on hospital treatment here in BG fairly soon...I'm going in for a TKR (Total Knee Replacement) on Tuesday and should be out of hospital in about 6 days, following a bit of rehab. First challenge will be getting up those ...
So do we call you the $6M man now? Congrats and I'll drink to a quick recovery tonight. - @grshaw30 The Memsaab isn't permitting me any alcoholic libation for the moment (darned ABs!), so sparkling water is the best I can manage...but I thank you ... 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?
Depending on your supplier, you may have an uphill struggle to get the bill put in your name. Some electricity companies have a policy that since a company owns the property but rents it out, then they're still supplying a commercial entity, ie a ... Read More
Medical treatment in BG by JimJ
Stand by for more reporting on hospital treatment here in BG fairly soon...I'm going in for a TKR (Total Knee Replacement) on Tuesday and should be out of hospital in about 6 days, following a bit of rehab. First challenge will be getting up those ...
Well, I'm happy to say that I went up the whole 77 steps without a break on my return home today (actually not 100% true - I did stop once inside to cuddle the cats, before continuing up to the bedroom). I have new painkillers to try, which I hope ... Read More
(Dis)Organised Crime in Bulgaria.... by JimJ
A gang of Master Counterfeiters has just been busted in Bulgaria: apparently their fake banknotes are of "very good quality" but their education is clearly of a somewhat lesser standard*. They managed to call Aleko Konstantinov (whose portrait is ...
@JimJ I see the post I was talking about is now gone. Read More
(Dis)Organised Crime in Bulgaria.... by JimJ
A gang of Master Counterfeiters has just been busted in Bulgaria: apparently their fake banknotes are of "very good quality" but their education is clearly of a somewhat lesser standard*. They managed to call Aleko Konstantinov (whose portrait is ...
@biscamelot Seriously? You do know that it's the 21st Century, don't you? I can't believe that I'm reading such bigoted nonsense...馃槨 Read More
(Dis)Organised Crime in Bulgaria.... by JimJ
A gang of Master Counterfeiters has just been busted in Bulgaria: apparently their fake banknotes are of "very good quality" but their education is clearly of a somewhat lesser standard*. They managed to call Aleko Konstantinov (whose portrait is ...
@biscamelot In your dreams! While it's true that there aren't really any more Russian gangs operating here at street level, like there were in the 1990s and early 2000s, they're still very much alive and kicking. Groups like the Solntsevskaya and ... Read More
D Visa Guidance by gwynj
INTRODUCTION I have posted much of this information in reply to several forum posts, but I think it might be helpful to have it one place. Following Brexit (and the end of the Transition period i.e. from 1/1/21), British citizens now need to apply ...
@janemulberry Doing a pretty good impression of Chester in "Gunsmoke".. 馃It's going slowly: my "good" leg has been bone on bone.for a couple of years and the new extra strain has tipped it over the edge. An intramuscular combination of ... Read More
D Visa Guidance by gwynj
INTRODUCTION I have posted much of this information in reply to several forum posts, but I think it might be helpful to have it one place. Following Brexit (and the end of the Transition period i.e. from 1/1/21), British citizens now need to apply ...
@sammibenfell18 He'd still need to register a company is he's a TCN.Make sure that you give him a notarised tenancy agreement specifying that he will immediately leave the property at the end/cancellation of the agreement. Get a competent Bulgarian ... Read More
D Visa Guidance by gwynj
INTRODUCTION I have posted much of this information in reply to several forum posts, but I think it might be helpful to have it one place. Following Brexit (and the end of the Transition period i.e. from 1/1/21), British citizens now need to apply ...
@sammibenfell18 Having an address is only part of the requirements - things have tightened up quite a bit over the past few years and there are quite a few additional hoops to just through (nothing like in other, stricter, countries like Greece etc, ... Read More
Scaffolding vailable in Bulgaria? by cs75
Hi , are tube and board type scaffolding available in Bulgaria or is it mostly ally towers etc ?Ive seen some fb marketplace adverts for steel tube priced per foot but can't see any boards or fittings for this type of scaffold ?
Just type 褋泻械谢械 锌芯写 薪邪械屑 and your location into Google Maps or one of the big sell/buy sites (bazar, olx et al) and Bob's your uncle.. Read More
D Visa Guidance by gwynj
INTRODUCTION I have posted much of this information in reply to several forum posts, but I think it might be helpful to have it one place. Following Brexit (and the end of the Transition period i.e. from 1/1/21), British citizens now need to apply ...
@sammibenfell18 Be careful! As regards the post-Brexit property, legally-speaking your husband doesn't own it; it's owned by the company. He can't rent it out, the company does. If the company rents it out, it is no longer non-trading, will have to ... Read More