Episode 5 - Treasure Island | We Bought a House in Bulgaria!

[@the_phoenixproject]

We are moving to our Bulgarian home in the Spring. Thank you for keeping our spark alive while we are still in England! Keep up the hard work 💪 👏 😁💞

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

What a wonderful comment. Thank you. Where are you moving too!? We remember being so impatient, it was all we could think about for months. We're so happy to be your current spark, soon you'll be someone else's bright spark ✨

[@the_phoenixproject]

We have a house in Nikolaevo (Stara Zagora province) not too far from Veliko Tarnovo. We are converting our van so that we can drive over with our girls! Its been a great inspiration to see that you drove too! 💖

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

@@the_phoenixproject oh amazing, it's doable for sure it's just hard work, prepare for stressful situations - we'll never forget the experience, but I'm not sure we'll be doing it to that extent again. The hardest part by far was lugging all of our stuff with us instead of paying to get it sent over 🤣 - that being said, it was the right decision for us financially to bring the most valuable possessions and start again.

[@simontenkate9601]

You got a fair amount of land there. Be aware that the key to its succesful use is water, lots of water and it does not regularly fall from the skies as in England. English and Northwestern European gardening does not work here. Make friends wirh the neighbours and see what they do with their gardens. Plant fruit trees, you need shade. Good luck, never give up and you'll make it go!

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Well keep working hard! Thanks for the tips. The neighbours here have been very helpful!

[@katerinaradevska2829]

I’m a bit late to the game, but welcome to Bulgaria nonetheless! :) A tip for any future situations/anyone who might need it - a quick and easy way to get warm water under such conditions it to buy a few beer bottles (the big plastic brown ones), fill them with water and leave them in the sun throughout the day. The water gets really warm and you only need 3-4 bottles to get clean. It’s not the peak of luxury, but I would have killed to feel clean after a day like this! Good luck! :)

[@jeanniekressin5769]

what inventive people you are, good on you

[@MartinScaife-j3n]

Fantastic adventure-you guys have guts. Be safe - always point the rake downwards when you leave it!

[@bunnygaffney2765]

What a beautiful spot ❤ and omg what cool treasures you are finding

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Thank you! ❤️

[@vll2013]

Good to see working British

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Thanks ☺️

[@ourderelictdream]

I love your honest and genuine reaction to your new land! It's amazing isn't it, the realisation of what we had back home..to this! Great work xxx

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Thanks guys. The uncovering of old relics is probably the funnest things about your arrival here in bulgaria! We still have a few areas of the land we can't even get to yet, so that should be fun. We're almost saving them for next year 🤣, otherwise we'll end up buying another house just for new relics and the thrill. Glad you're enjoying our episodes! We were just looking at the house you're selling. Hope it goes well! It's a beautiful home, we remember watching your very first episodes and when you can back and the overhang/barn roof had collapsed 🤣🥴. We also remember your videos of the celler and what not with relics too. Love it! Love you guys too, you're awesome 😊.

[@ourderelictdream]

@@frombournemouthtobulgaria aww thanks so much! It's funny, we literally have exact replicas of all your relics 😂😂

[@mariuca]

So sad that nobody cared for the old man to take over his stuff after he passed this world :( But you’re there now to make the place shiny again! ❤

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

We have discovered so much stuff that we will ensure it'll have a place on the land and in our hearts forever and for everyone to see ❤️

[@katih1506]

The Bulgarian people look after their elderly extremely well,at home.They don't drop them off at the care home when things get difficult. But it seems that once they're gone there's little point keeping possessions. Most houses sold have a lot of stuff left behind. It's just a different culture.

[@kalinxristov1654]

This is yours right for the survival show. I'm so lucky to have come across your channel. Good luck, it won't be easy, but if it was easy it wouldn't be worth it :)

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

What a lovely comment 💛. Thank you so much. We're so glad you're following us 😊. We will fight every day, we certainly feel like we're fighting every day 🤣.

[@desislavpetkov2993]

Your curiosity is so nice and joyful finding things that you don't know and guessing.

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Thank you. We really do try to capture the moments as they happen. We think it lets you guys join us on this journey. Thank you for commenting.

[@antoniangelov1738]

Welcome to Bulgaria :) You guys bought a wonderful House/ Land. All the best!

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

What a wonderful comment. Thank you so much for your warm welcome. We have fallen in love with it 😍🥰

[@Ash-v8b]

I'm really really concidering bulgaria within the next 12 to 24 months, I hope I'm making the right decision ❤❤

[@Matthew.Henley]

So much land ❤

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Loads isn't there! We don't go on some of it just because we're so focused on other areas. It's so strange at times to think we don't step foot on some areas for now.

[@leaveitsolved]

Добре дошли. 🌄 Много позитивни моменти, приятни съседи и добри плодове на труда Ви пожелавам. 😌🌿 - - - - - - Welcome. 🌄 I wish you many positive moments, cool neighbours and fulfilling results from your hard work. 😌🌿

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Thank-you for your warm welcome 🙏 you are too kind.

[@katih1506]

So, nobody told you that you'll never need to go to the gym ever again. We have relics of the past at our house and old photos too. We keep or use what we can, we also talk to those who came before. Hoping that they are happy to see us caring for their old home.

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

We really hope those who were here before us are happy with them love we are showingnfor this beautiful home which was once there's ❤️

[@timmoore2826]

😮 brave Brits!

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Certainly a scary risk 😳. But glad we took it 😀

[@vdawg2224]

Good for you and good luck! Cheering you on all the way from Canada

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Thank you for watching. Wow Canada that's incredible!

[@MayainBulgaria]

That shower! Beautiful work 👍👌

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Thanks Mayaaaa 🥰

[@francescareeves444]

Love watching and keeping up with your adventure! 🤩💜

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Hey Franky! Thank you, so glad you're watching it 😊. Hope you're okay 💛

[@duncan4504]

Love your progress .Looking forward too more vids.

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Thanks Duncan, really happy you're enjoy the content 💛😊

[@no7r3k]

Let's go! Have been waiting for this, very cool. 🙌

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Hope you really enjoyed it 😊. There's plenty more to come yet 😄🎉.

[@Laurenssaleseekers]

Just started watching you guys love your videos

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@simeonsimeonov5205]

Hi guys, happy for you and your children. Bulgaria was and going to be very rich in the future. Yet I suggest that you completely redo from a scratch the electrical installation with three wires where the third one is for the earth with the proper switchboard with the leakage current protection. Typically in the past the electric installation was neglected by the authorities who never cared 😮. After that you should redo water and sewage installation as they were using lead pipes or even iron pipes. All the best!

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Hello Simeon! Thanks for watching our channel. You are 100% right, and we have already begun this process! The house now is completely redone with a 3 wired system and switch board along with new plumbing which we'll be showing in later episodes. We really are loving this country and its culture, its very promising and has a very bright future. 🌞

[@kimkennedy123]

Congrats on your new life!

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Thanks Kim! It's a gamble we feel will certainly pay off.

[@shift-happens]

Brits just have the best language in the world, I love it

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Haha! How do we sound 🤣? Posh, country, we've no idea. What Do you think?

[@shift-happens]

@@frombournemouthtobulgaria I was not sarcastic, I really enjoy listening to British English profoundly! It sounds lovely, relatable, down2earth, just plain funny without being loud or obnoxious (Americans). Give us more :D

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

@@shift-happens thank you. We'll take compliments however they come. Thanks for watching, and were so glad you enjoyed it! We can't to share more with you.

[@katih1506]

The thing is American's don't actually have a language of their own, they just stole ours and f*** it up.

[@grizzmax]

very cool

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! 😉

[@tatianamedulkova1084]

Little hint: find another washing machine like what you've got and you will have distilling vessel for grape brandy . Regards from sunny Cheshire.

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Hey, Lewis here, funny you should say that Tatiana as I have plans to turn it into a brewing kettle for beer 🍺!

[@timashmore2616]

Love this guys keep them coming 🙂💪👏

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Thanks Tim, we'll try 😀. Glad you enjoyed it again!

[@VWApachey]

Hia, not sure if I left you a message before, but dead chuffed and happy for you and your family Mate, although am wondering how does a young family sustain and finance itself in BG. I know the feeling about seeing the personal effects that gets left behind in the houses. They just seem to leave everything behind for the eventual new owners/occupiers . Am still searching for a place to buy in BG but wanted at least an acre of land with BIG barns and detached with a river or stream. Will go back and look at your first videos to see the location, size and hopefully cost of your land. Love the music in the video and admire your bravery moving to Bg with a family. Good Luck and wish you all the best mate.

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Hi again Mark, so hopefully to break everything down for you. we paid £7500 for everything. It'll cost you more on tax and solicitors a little further down the line. I'd probably say more like £9000 in the end. I believe i mentioned we have 3 buildings, one 5 room house, a 3 room annex, a garage and a 32 sqm barn. We have 2 acres of land, beautiful views and a river (that's not ours but it kind of is as it backs onto the heath behind us, its really quite beautiful. For money, were still figuring it all out, we try to raise a bit through various avenues. I own a clinic in England for deep tissue massage which is still functional, it brings in some money but at the moment, not huge amounts, I also massage here in Bulgaria, trying to rebuild from the ground up which is going well, and I also will do some labouring jobs here or their. We love that they leave their belongings here, its great! Although its pretty sad that its over now, maybe we'll just buy places to find treasure haha!

[@VWApachey]

@@frombournemouthtobulgaria WOW @ 2 acres and a river to back of land 😍, especially for £7,500. Am jealous 😂, wish I knew of another place like that. Think that I need to speak to Joe and Lee again, because I still haven't seen a 2 acres plot at that price. I just came back from Svishtov up north a week ago. Was looking at some places up there but not found the right place yet. Will be looking forward to episode 7 and see what progress you have made on the house. Oh, got to ask Mate, what made you move to BG?

[@e-bikerbulgaria]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇧🇬Блъгодаря. 🇧🇬 Plenty to do there in that garden.

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

много работа! So much to do and get done we think we'll be working for many many years 🤣

[@blagovest56]

@@frombournemouthtobulgaria I am pretty sure it will look amazing after all the work !

[@galinawronkowska7248]

I am looking forward to see what you have done for winter. Where do you live, what you have done. How are your children and dogs? Your blog is better then any bloody East enders or any British soaps!! I admire you!!!! Happy New Year!!!!! God Blessed you!!!!!

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Preparing for winter has been something new for us thats for sure! But we've managed to get a lot done 😊. Our children are doing great, leos getting involved in lots of activities and Fae, well she's still a lot of work at only 1.5 years old. Thats such an amazing thing to hear, we're so happy that you're enjoying it more than British television soaps, that's just overwhelmingly incredible. Thank you so much for your support and commenting it means a lot to us all. Have a fantastic New Year and we hope you had a lovely Christmas 🎄 💛💛💛

[@galinawronkowska7248]

@@frombournemouthtobulgaria Thank you very much for your reply. I hope you are worm and celebrate a New Year!!! I bought last summer a studio near the sea. Will be happy to see you and your wonderful family next year. I recommend you send your children to nursery. They will learn Bulgarian very quickly and will teach you as well. It was my dream to live self sufficient life, but either my partner either my son don't want it. It will be difficult, but you have got fantastic wive and you both overcome everything. Warm wishes from Cheltenham.

[@leecollett8522]

Great videos 😊

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Thank you so much 💓

[@DaveStevens-fx6ol]

You are so brave 😂

[@MeWeHe1]

Been waiting on this! lets go

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Crazy to think people are waiting for the next episodes 🥲. Hope you enjoyed it 😊

[@stevebarlow1969]

Looks lovey, is that the weather today, Nov 7th, sunshining, in t shirts & shorts? :-)

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Haha, no this is probably dates more around July/August time Steve. The episode roll a couple months behind today's date 😊.

[@krasimirkirev5291]

You are lucky this washing machine worked at all. But they don't spin and you have to squeeze by hand.

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

We're going to turn it into a brewing pot for beer instead! It's perfect for it!

[@Tooma1979]

Fantastic content great viddie

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Thank you for you comment Christopher, glad you enjoyed it!

[@Tooma1979]

@@frombournemouthtobulgaria your faces when u saw the road to the house and the wasps nest, priceless raw footage made great content no frills just realism and honesty can’t wait for more content stay safe

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

@@Tooma1979 that was exactly our aim, to keep it as raw as possible. We've really tried to create this youtube with the intent entirely on recording everything as it happens! Thanks again Christopher!

[@MrBlueWRX]

Just stumbled across your channel and subbed, i don't recognise your house from any of Joe's videos, what was the title name? Good luck, i'm hoping to make the move myself in the future.

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Our house wasn't actually on Joe's website. We heard they were planning on purchasing it for themselves, but chose not too in the end. We're pretty happy they didn't as its everything we wanted in a home. Great view, lovely neighbours, huge barn and lots of land!

[@gw6056]

Welcome to the green gym....good luck...

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Haha, thank you it's certainly been graft so far. Maybe even an understatement!

[@rachelhudson8362]

Was that machine a macerator for the grapes?

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

It's a washing machine Iol!

[@Hedgehogsinthemist123]

You mentioned the couple who sold you the house. Why had they not done anything to it? You have your work cut out guys. Best of luck x

[@markandrews6054]

Cheapest washing machine in the world. Did this next door in Greece. Get yourself a large plastic olive barrel with a screw on lid. Cut a hole in the top centre of the lid about 2" diameter. Get a wooden stick rubber toilet plunger. Cut small slits / small holes in the rubber of the plunger. Fill the tub with water, chuck your clothes in, add washing powder and then push the toilet plunger handle up through the hole in the lid and screw the lid down tight. Then vigorously plunge that toilet plunger up and down. The water will squirt up through the holes you cut in the rubber causing agitation. This will quickly clean your clothes off-grid anywhere and will only cost you about 20 euros all told. Cheapest shower in the world is a solar shower using using two black plastic buckets. Drill about 20 very narrow small holes through the bottom of one bucket. Place that bucket inside the other untouched bucket. Fill with water. Screw the black plastic lid on. Tie some rope around the handle of the bottom bucket and oink it up to a tree branch and leave to heat up in the sun. When the water is hot remove the lower bucket and you'll have a decent hot shower for 5 minutes.

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Great idea! But we ended up just buying one in the end anyway haha! The shower however, I'm considering making! Like you've suggested as had a similar idea!

[@markandrews6054]

@@frombournemouthtobulgariaYou're welcome! :)

[@cheffamy]

What is the big fruits hanging by the shower?

[@funnyjunkmedia8843]

Go on bill

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

Get back 🤣

[@oscargalindo7920]

How much was the house?

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

7000 pounds 😊

[@zvone1267]

please dont throw old doors just repaint it cause those doors are build quality exellent full wood

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

We are absolutely reusing them 🥰

[@zvone1267]

@@frombournemouthtobulgaria the best color is for me OIL COLOR because it will last long and you dont have to peel off old layer of paint exept if old oil color has begun composite and you will know that if the old color is peeling itself like chips then you will need to peel it with sandpaper and paint it. if you want to change old door knobs just unscrew first 2bolts on each side of the handles then you will need to unscrew the door lock on side of the door. If you need any tips for doors i am here and i make handmade custom doors and windows in Croatia so feel free to tell me anything and I will tell you. Best regards Zvonimir. :)

[@enev1]

You will have to do a lot of work to repair all the damages made from the time.

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

100% but we will get it done, we know it!

[@weemaggie]

Not a great start...he says "l'm going to wash my hands"...after touching some paper. Sorry, l would be straight in there at their age, dungarees on..sleeves rolled up and cleaning the rubbish out. I guess us old birds are made of different stuff.😂

[@elinphillips4800]

How do i get the first 5 episodes ? Only showing from number 5/6

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

kzbin.info/aero/PLEFSvK9vHwZWNuczt_W1I7mRUeA1Fuoz_ Hopefully, this will link you to the correct location. If not, head over to our main youtube page. You should be able to see our playlist of Season 1.

[@Uc9uE3pKsS6uQ]

20:13 make sure these electrical equipment often have hot electrical on them watch your self if you can not test the plug ground NEEDS TO BE GROUNDED

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

We ended up re doing all the electrics and putting an earthing rod into the house for the new set up :)

[@Cathy-ty3fp]

Please don’t put darks and lights in together 😢

[@frombournemouthtobulgaria]

It was hard times alright hahaha!

[@cristabelheidgerken8039]

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