After our realisation that it will be impossible to buy what we really wanted, we decided to move on to the ‘acceptable compromise’ solution.
And that was to search for a bigger flat while we grow up enough to afford a house and a garden. Of course, when I say bigger I meant something approximately 100 sq.m. living space.
Remember the difference between living space and space by paper, which include the common parts, problem from the previous post?
After we started living together, we realised we needed much more space for the family and started looking for flats in Sofia. Unfortunately, this turned out a difficult task because of our requirement for space.
The real estate market in Sofia is currently in its lowest. There is more properties on the market than there is demand for. Unfortunately the modern and new buildings that were complete (because there are plenty incomplete and unaproved for inhabitation) were designed for the average Bulgarian’s low budget and low living space requirement ( i.e. lower costs).
We went through a (hell of a) lot of viewings, only to discover that whatever we do it will be a compromise. The search was also limited by our requirement to look in areas reasonably near to where we currently reside.
At that time we didn’t event know what we want – or rather we didn’t realise…