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There's basically two types of solar system: grid tied, and off grid. If you are tied, your system needs the mains voltage to synchronise the frequency of the solar supply, and as Jim says this also needs to isolate from the mains system in an ... Read More

@Tracy30macIt would be good to meet, we haven't had much chance to make contact with many people in the village. Unfortunately we are only over for a week at the beginning of June, and hoping to visit the Kazanlak Rose Festival. We are both working ... Read More

Hi Andy and Tracy. We have a house on the edge of the the village. The Electricity is supplied by EnergoPro, we make our payments through EasyPay. I'm not sure whether the accounts have to be linked initially my wife (Bulgarian) would have set it up ... Read More

Thanks for the info on the brands you've looked at. We had a break in where the whole house, annexe, cellar and sheds were opened up, the power tools and good hand tools were taken, but thankfully nothing else. We don't have internet installed, and ... Read More

@gwynjThey are down in the south east, Haskovo region. If I remember rightly about 30 mins drive from both the Turkish and Greek borders. Read More

I shall watch a bit later, I find their project interesting, not entirely dissimilar to what we are looking to do in a couple of years. It's the grid independence stuff I like. I'm not so bothered about being completely off-grid at the moment, but I ... Read More

@rjburnsEverything was fine thanks, all as we left it. We only had three days in Dobromirka, mainly fixing the fence from the previous trip and dealing with some damaged trees.I hope everything goes well for you. I quite like Sevlievo, especially on ... Read More

I have聽 more questions please. On my profile I have some money in $. Do I need to change all the money in BG leva( for ex.) and if I do so do I need to recharge the balance in dollars? How do I exactly shop using leva in a supermarket? How ... Read More

@mickeyhartSorry, I can't work out how to paste the link on my phone, and the PC is not available at the moment.The video is called: 'We got STARLINK! | Internet and FIRE in BULGARIA #4' it was posted September 2023. I hope that helps you find it. Read More

There's a young British couple in Bulgaria with a YouTube channel 'Off Grid with the Udens'. They are in a rural village location in the Haskovo region and use starlink, they did an un-boxing video about it. They seemed quite impressed with the ... Read More

It's a one off to set up the account. Any verification for transactions afterwards is done with either your account password, a texted passcode, or they are now using biometrics (fingerprint/face recognition) with your phone technology of you turn ... Read More

@gonegirlI'm afraid I know nothing about a b&b availability. I know there was an Airbnb in the village, but am pretty sure it's not going any longer. I don't know if the conference centre 'Dom Dobromirka' offers anything. Read More

@gonegirlI hope you enjoy your return visit to the village. My partner and I have a house there, we were back for a few days a couple of weeks ago, but it's never a long enough visit!I've not met many in the village as we are usually quite busy. I ... Read More

Thankyou for the good wishes. Thankfully everything was still secure, and as we left it. Read More

@rjburnsI can't imagine that the village is any worse than most. I'd like to think it was bad luck. My partner (Bulgarian) is quite concerned about a return visit though.We don't get to the house as often as we'd like - we usually aim for 3 visits a ... Read More

My Partner and I own a house in Dobromirka, we don't get there as often as we like as we are both working in the UK so our visits are restricted by holiday allowance.I can't comment on transport links as we have a car over in BG.As Adriana says ... Read More

I use wise and cash. I'm a bit of a luddite when it comes to banking in the UK and don't use internet services at all, but I find wise excellent for travel needs. The bank transfer system has worked well for payments when ordering furniture for ... Read More

Thanks for the suggestion. Our house certainly isn't a swanky gaff, which makes it all the more disappointing. We can only surmise that as we are right on a very quiet edge of the village, that word was out that an English house was unattended. ... Read More

I use wise, the exchange rate is good, and even if you go over your monthly cash allowance the fee is less than some banking ones.I have used Western Union in VT for changing sterling to leva which was very convenient no id or documents needed. I ... Read More

@janemulberryI can't remember where I first saw them, but if you search eBay for "cast iron baked potato cooker" they should appear. Read More

I seem to remember teddies being baked in foil on bonfire night when I was a kid, but being brought up with a solid fuel Rayburn we used to put them in the oven after breakfast and left them until dinner time.I have seen for sale on eBay these ... Read More

You'll soon get used to driving on the other side of the road. The first time I did it I was on my own and collected a hire car in the centre of Riga, Latvia, and drove onto the main city trunk road at 10am in a rain storm, that was a bit nerve ... Read More

When we bought our property, which is in Gabrovo district, my partner (Bulgarian) dealt with the paperwork. She went to the municipality offices in Sevlievo with the estate agent, and was able to inspect the plans to confirm the plot area with our ... Read More

I have eaten skembe, and have to admit it's an acquired taste, but it was ok. My partner, who is Bulgarian tells me it's the traditional hangover cure!My favourite quick dish is probably mish mash, which should tick the vegetarian box for ... Read More

@Stacy Harris87 The previous posts have covered several options, Many things are possible, I'd say a lot depends on your lifestyle choices an your budget. If the buget isn't big it might depend on what you already have to work with, and what you are ... Read More

We viewed property in Vinograd, but my partner (Bulgarian) was not impressed with the feel of the village, she felt that the property would be at risk during our extended periods of absence. Read More

@HeebieGeebie Hi AdamI've just done this earlier in the year, with my Bulgarian partner. If you have any specific questions feel free to PM. The process was fairly smooth for us as the property is in my partner's name. I haven't yet looked into ... Read More