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With out the support and professional guidance from Phil and Margarita Rose and all the staff Bulgarianrealestateonline.com I would not be in Bulgaria right now.

I bought my house from them blind which goes against ever principle of buying abroad. Reams of information about hte property I chose was sent online to me the UK. Even the advice from bulgarianrealestateonline.com was exactly that - don't buy blind! I was very insistent though as they did they utmost in filling me in with everything about the property and the area. The countless questions that were answered honestly and all within a few hours of being asked was extensive. When I finally got there the property was exactly as I expected, I had the house of my dreams made real online!

Their hospitality when I first visited Bulgaria was fantastic in fact Bulgarian, everything was catered for, transport, accommodation, solicitors, banking, renovation, car purchase, tax, utility bills, telephone connections, and much, much more.

Even having a major car accident Phil and Margarita were first the scene sorted out the police, insurance matter and even offered me their own home for convalescence for long I needed. There are many other instances of support well beyond the call of duty to many clients.

Most Estate Agents give a good service until you have competed the purchase then back off. Bulgarianrealestateonline.com go beyond this and it's not just for me, they do this for every client.

What can you do to thank this company and it's people for changing so many people's lives for the better? How can you repay the kindness and overwhelming support given in helping to settle over here? And where can you ever get this kind of treatment not only in Bulgaria but worldwide?

My vocation is to tell people about what life is like here and what goes on. This is something that many people should know about. Be very clear in you head that I don't work for bulgariarealestateonline.com and remain a free agent saying what I feel under another company. If I had something bad to say I would say that as well.

The statement from the home page of their website tells exactly what they continue to do.

A Bulgarian Company Established In 2004 and Managed by British and Bulgarian People living in Bulgaria.

Our mission is to help you buy, rent or build a property in Bulgaria without encountering the difficulties and disappointments sometimes associated with the process.

Browsing through our site, will help you to learn more about the Bulgarian real estate market.

We offer a large range of properties including Villas, Houses, Apartments, Business Premises, Building and Agricultural Land.

We provide the fully professional, high quality service you will need to ensure that your property purchase and renovation work is completed with the minimum cost and effort.

"The essence of Bulgarian Real Estate Online, is to make buying property and settling in Bulgaria as easy and enjoyable as possible for you."

All of us at Bulgarian Real Estate Online are not only committed to guiding you through the process of choosing and purchasing your property, but helping you with all the little things (and the big things) that you will need for a holiday home, permanent home or investment in Bulgaria.

We fully understand your fears, your expectations and the challenge that it is to become established in this wonderful country.

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Bloody Starlings! (Bloody Sturnus vulgaris!)

Bloody starlings too right! The weekend had arrived and the crops this year are very poor indeed due to the intense heat and lack of any rain. The overhanging grapes indeed looked like they have hangover as the bunches consisted of various sized grapes unlike last year where they all were bursting with health and urging the owner to crush them.

So a poor harvest but at least there was going to be some sort of harvest, I thought. Looking under the trellis I saw that many of the grapes had fallen onto the ground, most consisting of the ripened grapes. I fed these to the chickens thinking that the wind or the little rain we had in my absence this week must have blown or knocked them off respectively.

Whilst lying down at lunchtime with the windows all open, as all Bulgarian do here, there was a commotion of noise outside. not being able to relax I upped and view the cause. As appeared outside a great clutter of flapping wings took course and a split second later a flock of starlings flew out of my vines. They are ugly and ungraceful birds as well which compound the anger, 'Bloody starlings!'

Now I have seen these birds in England but in Bulgaria they seem to be twice the size, and presumably twice the appetite for my grapes. I felt that they were rubbing slat into the wounds of the poor harvest to turn it into a non harvest.

Thoughts about how to prevent this happening only led one immediate remedy, make the vines untouchable. I could cover the whole area with netting but there are two problems with this. Buying netting on a wholesale scale with the area it had to cover and the fact that this was an English way of solving the problem, something that didn't usually work over here.

Speaking to my Bulgarian neighbours for advice was the immediate next step, they should know. At this point I wondered why this problem wasn't here last year, I couldn't remember having to think of solutions then. Maybe it's because I'm here only at weekends last year I was on the land most of the day and evenings, it could be that.

I should have known that speaking to my Bulgarian friends about this problem they would come up with the most Bulgarian way of dealing with it. A shrug of the shoulder and advice that was given was very difficult for me to come to terms with. The answer was to do nothing! They commented that there is enough for everyone and when they are full up they will go away! Had they seen numbers in their thousands flying around the land, were they aware of the wastage that gets left on the ground knock off by fluttering around. Somehow though I knew the answer would be based around letting nature to the business....... it is so Bulgarian to do that.

For a Bulgarian it is how they are and how they think that is so different. I often think, how can they not be besides themselves with the thought of the thieving starlings taking free picking
and they do nothing? It was added that the crop wasn't good anyway so why am I worrying? Well, this didn't really make me feel much better. the difference could be between getting a little wine and getting no wine, that's a big difference to me.

The rest of the weekend was spent trying to come to terms with the Bulgarian way of dealing with these bloody starling, do nothing. But every trip into the garden was followed by a big clap of the hands and a shout of, 'Bloody starlings!' A drop in the ocean seeing as I am to leave the place for five days and let them get on with it, why do I bother why I am there, to a Bulgarian it is looked on as wasted energy and anger that shouldn't be there. It is so hard to think like a Bulgarian, but they are right and the advice is probably the best I will get - in Bulgaria anyway.

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