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Taking a fence

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At our country house in Daveri, we have a LOT of wooden fences. My guess is that they were put up when the house was built, so these fences must be about twenty years old. The wood is quite cheap rubbish and it has not been treated properly with preservative over the years, so now these fences are falling to bits. I thought that the new fence would take a few days, but now it looks as though it will be several weeks before it is all completed. Getting rid of the old fence was a bit awkward. Yes, a lot of the wood is rotten and so I smashed it with my axe, but most of the vertical posts had to be cut through with an electric saw.  The solution to all problems is Vincent, our nextdoor neighbour. He did an excellent job of installing the green metal posts and the actual fence itself. The only problem was that I had miscounted and did not buy quite enough posts and also we need some more bolts. We are hoping that Vincent will finish all of the work quite soon and this morning I went into E

The Wendy House

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I seem to have become a sort of unofficial "Agony Uncle" for the  Facebook "Moving to Bulgaria" group. Here are a few words of advice I recently gave to a lady called Wendy. My comments are in italics. I have also included some photos of Wendy's and her hubby's new house in Bulgaria. Hello. You might like to read my blog.  Here are a few photos of our country house near Elena, about 50kms from Veliko Tarnovo.  If you are interested in buying a property in the VT region, then I would recommend having a look at the YANTRA HOMES website. Thanks, Simon.That's a lovely house, really lovely. Is it for rental? I will check out Yantra Homes. No, I am sorry, it is not for rent. The good news is that there are LOTS of properties for sale in Bulgaria, at very affordable prices. If you really want a bargain, then look around for a property that someone has lovingly restored. Then they have to sell it because of their job situation or family circumstances. Then

Moving to Bulgaria

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A lady called Betty Bradshaw recently wrote this on the Facebook Group "Moving to Bulgaria" and my replies are in italics. Sorry if this sounds thick... but what is the very first thing we need to do before buying a house in Bulgaria? Is it the visas? Is it buy a house first? We are serious about moving over, but have no clue where to begun our journey. Dear Beckie Bradshaw,  You are not being "thick" at all. We all have to start somewhere, when we do something completely new and out of our comfort zone!  Anyway, the first thing you need to before buying a house in Bul garia is to read my blog  www.bulgariawithnoodles.blogspot.com   Then you should watch some of Susan Ashwell's lovely videos about Bulgaria on YouTube. (Her series is called "Escape to a simpler place and time.")  Thirdl y, you should reply to the message that I am just about to write to you. Here is the message (or messages) I wrote to Becky, together with her replies. Hello! My wife an