So you may have noticed that we haven’t had any updates? That’s probably because a) not a great deal had happened as we were paying for the house itself and b) you may have noticed that we were (and still are at this point) in the midst of a global pandemic!
We travelled to Bulgaria in September 2019 to sign our contracts and in honesty, cannot fault how helpful Mowlem were. They were simply amazing at guiding us through the notary part, as well as literally taking us to the bank in order to set up a Bulgarian bank account too.
Since then, the world kind of stopped from the respect of travelling – with our 16 night trip in May 2020 being cancelled whilst the world dealt with a virus that shows no sign of stopping.
Saying that, this meant that our usual holiday money we would have spent was now being saved, so we were in a good position to be able to start work on the house.
So what’s come first? The logical list included a new cess pit, reinforcing the roof, taking down the huge tree at the front of the house, a drainage channel all around the house and new guttering. At this point only the garden clearance and cess pit has been completed, but boy we’re happy with what we’ve seen!
Before work started
We don’t even question that this needed doing as full access was going to be needed in order to start work on the cess pit….
As you can see, a great deal of groundwork was needed, and the Mowlem team were fantastic at sharing progress photos with us – at least helping us feel closer to our home whilst travel is still banned for us and we can’t get over to the house in person.
So, it’s finally happening! The next stage photos should be due any day now. As I said before, this is roof strengthening, guttering, drainage channels and the big tree down….we’ll keep you posted!
Our Bulgarian Dream 