A 2-storey house for sale located at the foot of Stara planina mountain, Sofia region

Specifications: Town of Etropole is situated in the beautiful valley of Malki Iskar river, in the vicinity of Baba peak, at about 80 km distance to north-eastern part of city of Sofia. Population: 12 290 inhabitants.

Its convenient location on a crossroad with essential importance corresponds to the beautiful nature providing an economic development, trade and especially the mountain tourism. Recently Etropole is forming as a mountain resort close to ski runways suitable for beginners as well as for experts. The nearness to the capital and Hemus highway makes the town attractive place for relaxation and mountain tourism.

Disposition: The house contains 2 floors. On first floor there are a living room, a kitchen box, a bathroom and WC, a glazed balcony. An inner staircase leads to the second floor with two self-contained bedrooms, a bathroom and WC, a balcony

Exposure: The house faces South-East

Floorings and walls: Oak parquet in the rooms, terracotta tiles in kitchen box

Bathrooms and WC: Two bathrooms with WCs with terracotta tiles and faience

Balconies: A glazed terrace on first floor, a spacious balcony on second floor

Accents

• Property suitable for a holiday and round-the-year living
• Exit point to walking paths of Stara planina mountain
• Well-maintained ski runways
• Close to city of Sofia
• Excellent access all year long

Additional information:

We, Mirela Real Estate Agency always strive at making the process of finding and buying property as easy as possible for our clients, that is why we offer a number of services, some of which are directed especially to our foreign clients. If you are a foreigner and wish to buy or rent property, you shouldn't miss the opportunity of having full use of the services by our teams of professionals in the sphere of real estate. They will provide you with helpful service, taking into consideration all the details, as well as legal assistance during the whole process of buying or renting property in Bulgaria. This includes solicitor's assistance, full checks of the approved property for encumbrances /mortgages, restraints, statements of claims, established real rights/, preparing all relevant and necessary contracts and paperwork. We are also ready to organize your welcome and stay in Bulgaria, as well as accommodation in a hotel of your own choice, visiting the properties that may interest you, together with a real estate broker and a translator and arranging transportation. You may need advice after the purchase as well- we are there to help. We can also provide quality building and refurbishing works (organization of the inner reconstruction and repair of the bought property) - in case you decide your property needs some finishing touches. We also organize preparation of a designer's conception for the overall finishing of the property.

Construction type: Brick

Year of construction: 1965 Year

Stage of construction: permission to move in granted

Heating: Stove

Exposure: East, South

Number of bathrooms: 2

Balconies: 1

Joinery: Wood windows

Real Estate Acquisition through Foreign Natural Persons and Legal Entities after 01.01.2007

According to the Bulgarian commitments in the procedure of the European integration, in article 22 of the Constitution, changes are done aiming Bulgarian legislation to harmonize with the law of the European Union. According to these changes the foreigners and the foreign legal entities can earn right to possess a land after the following cases: 

• according to the conditions and the deadlines of the Contract for joining the Bulgarian Republic to the European Union
• in the force of an international covenant, signed out promulgated as well, for the Bulgarian Republic
• by succession of law

I. The law framework for gaining the ground is arranged in Application VI, part 3, section 1 "Free capitals movement". According to this application, the foreign countries citizen-members of EU or countries Members of the Agreement on European Economic Space /AEES/ and foreign legal entities, established in accord with the laws to other country-member or to country of AEES, sojourn legally in Bulgaria from 01.01.2007, can gain a possession on land for second housing in Bulgaria, at the rules for getting ground that refer to the bulgarian citizens.

Legal definition on what second home means is given in the Bill for change and a follow-up of Law for the possession: That is the home, the EU member differently posses from the underlying at some state.

According to the average, all limits are canceled for EU citizens as well AEES sojourn permanent in Bulgaria. The definition for the permanently resident foreigners on the other hand is given in the last accepted regulation for entering, the sojourn and the departure to Bulgaria of the EU citizens and the members of their families /Official gazette, No.80, 03.10.2006/.

For the same citizens or legal persons non-sojourn in Bulgaria, the limitations for getting a ground for second home are entered, and they are still restricted by that right. The deadline for this restraint though is in for 5 years, i.e. till 2012.

On getting agrarian land and forests,  Application VI, part 3, section 2, enters 7 years-restrictive period in which the EU citizens and the legal entities, established in EU, can not aqcuire such property. That does not though refer to "single-handed busy agrarian makers that are citizens of another country-member that want to be showed as well legally sojourn in Bulgaria".

Bulgaria has right, to do broad look - over in the terms, mentioned hereinbefore, to those impermanent amounts in the third year from the date of affiliation, i.e. 2010. For this prey the commission envisages report before the Council. The Council can by as voting unanimously upon proposal of the Committee, to decide to hack or end the impermanent period, respectively from 5 and 7 years.

In relation to these changes, thereupon at the moment are prepared Changes in the law on the forests as well, The law for the secured territories, the Law for the possession and using the agricultural grounds and the Law for recovering the possession on the forests and the grounds from the forest fund.

II. The question for getting land from foreign citizens and foreign legal entities, established according to the averages, of country that is not an EU or AEES member, is involved in the second guess of Article 22 of the Constitution.

Such persons can earn a possession on ground of the force to international treaty, signed out promulgated, and with taken effect in Republic of Bulgaria. This regulation had taken effect from 01.01.2007 and there is not a guess for additional Change to some deadline.

III. In the old Article 22, a task was entered for the foreigners that gained grounds over a heirloom, to estrange them in 3-years limit for succession. This text is no longer available, but the regulation still existed in Article 29, paragraph 2, from Law for the possession.The restriction is envisioned in this case to be canceled with the new changes in Law for the possession and remain only for the getting upon inheritance on agrarian lands and forests.