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We are seriously considering moving from the uk to Bulgaria and doing research and looking Yambol looks suitable for us. I am from a farming background along with being a Shotblaster/painter and very handy with my hands as far as woodwork goes. Basically very practical! My partner is a head and neck cancer specialist. We live rural in Scotland with a population of 22k for the whole island. But we live in the countryside of the island with a community of around 6-800. We have around 20-30k savings and looking to move mortgage free but be able to do up a house. We’d want plenty of land to live off the land and maybe grow surplus. Anyone help us - @james1992main

Welcome James,

We have a couple of experts here who will be able to go through things like, in order to have property with land, you need to set up a company and visas etc...

But in the meantime, have a look through the forum, as there is a lot of information to be found. If you have anything in particular you want to know, just ask away.

SimCityAT

Expat Team

@SimCityAT

Hi, I’ve just found this website so I’ll get a look through. Yeah I’ve done my research on that aspect which appears to be quite simple and it would cost around £1000? A few points we are looking to ask is .

1. cost of living for a family of 3 plus 2 dogs and a cat
2. we really like Yambol and want to be rural ish but not to far from a populated village to integrate.
3. what is there to do work wise?
4. what’s the schools like around there as our child is about to be born any day so he’s be brought up there
5. building materials prices?

id love to engage with everyone and get the ball rolling

Hi James!

I'm not one of the "experts", I don't have school age kids, and I don't know the Yambol area so unfortunately I'm no help at all for those aspects.

Things I do know a little bit about:

1. The company set up to buy land is straightforward, but getting a D visa, the first step to residency, is more complex. Have you looked into that and decided which category you might qualify under? If not, this immigration lawyer's site lays it out a little more helpfully than the Bulgarian Embassy site does: ;
2. Unfortunately finding work in Bulgaria is not easy for non-Bulgarians and local rates of pay are far lower than the UK. If possible, setting up remote work paid at UK rates will give you the best income;
3. Numbeo gives some idea of the cost of living, though it's more city-lifestyle focused so rural/village living is likely to be lower cost. You can also check prices online for groceries on sites like lidl.bg;
4. Building material costs have risen a lot. Sites like Praktiker.bg or masterhause.bg will give an idea of building material prices. Local builder's merchants will be cheaper but it may be challenging to get what you want there until you learn to speak Bulgarian!
5. How much land are you looking for? Half an acre in a village edge location with a house on it should be easy to find, up to an acre of two with a house is doable but may take more looking depending on the region, larger pieces of land with a house or permission to build can be harder to find. There seems to be a jump from 1/2 acre village house blocks to larger pieces of agricultural land which don't have building permission.

I hope you fond what you are looking for.

@janemulberry

Thank you so much for your reply. Yes the visa would be a d visa, set up a company to purchase land. If I’m being honest we’d love to get a minimum of 5-10 acres and slowly expand from there as we earned. Is this possible or is it almost impossible? We probably could raise our budget if required

thanks

James