Bulgarian property types - choose a chalet, villa or apartment in Bulgaria
Whether you are planning to invest in a Sunny Beach apartment, a traditional Bulgarian villa or a skiing chalet or apartment in Bulgaria´s snowy mountains, you are sure to find a Bulgarian property to suit your tastes and budget.
Sunny Beach apartments and similar Black Sea coastal property
The appeal of a spanking new Sunny Beach apartment or any similar property in the Black Sea resorts is obvious. Equipped with the latest technology, enjoying on-site facilities and bathed in warm sunshine, luxury Sunny Beach apartments and other new Black Sea properties are usually sold off-plan. As such, they attract savings of up to 25%. Most people buying a luxury apartment in Bulgaria opt for this method.
But supply of this type of off-plan apartment in Bulgaria´s Black Sea resorts is barely keeping up with demand. Properties close to the beach are snapped up very quickly and offer excellent holiday rental income potential. Indeed, Sunny Beach apartments and other holiday properties in Golden Sands and some of the more established coastal resorts can often be rented out throughout the summer.
A chalet or apartment in Bulgaria´s mountains
If you are looking for a chalet or apartment in Bulgaria´s mountain resorts, you will find they are selling quickly, just like Sunny Beach apartments. Those closest to the pistes, with good facilities and the slightest glimpse of the snowy peaks are in great demand. Both summer and winter tourist numbers are continuing to increase, making chalet property and all types of apartment in the Bulgarian mountain resorts of Bansko, Borovets and Pamporovo all the more attractive to investors.
Urban living - a luxury apartment in Bulgaria´s capital
This type of apartment in Bulgaria´s capital, Sofia, has become very popular in the last couple of years. Investors are enjoying high demand for top-quality apartments to accommodate diplomatic staff and the recent influx of foreign executives. Gated communities, with on-site leisure facilities, are a new style of apartment in Bulgaria´s largest urban areas.
Golf property - a new style of villa and apartment in Bulgaria
Golf is a relatively new phenomenon in the Balkans and there are currently only three golf courses in Bulgaria. However, five large golf complexes, each designed by famous golfers, are now in development and offer a new style of villa and apartment in Bulgaria.
Bulgarian villas in town or country
Traditional Bulgarian villas - usually timber framed with one or two storeys above a stone built ground floor - are in high demand if built in the vernacular style and located in towns and cities. Many of these Bulgarian villas are protected as historical monuments, and modernisation is tightly controlled.
However, most of the Bulgarian villas now available for sale were built more recently using concrete rather than stone and are in the countryside. These rural Bulgarian villas do not have protected status and nearly always require total renovation. Few of them have an indoor bathroom. Some do not have an internal staircase to the bedrooms. As such, rural Bulgarian villas usually appeal to builders and DIY enthusiasts.
Some new build Bulgarian villas are now being developed in small complexes overlooking Black Sea resorts.
Villa, chalet or apartment - the choice is yours
Bulgarian property comes in all shapes and sizes, as you would expect in a country with such contrasting geography. Your personal reasons for buying in Bulgaria will help you to narrow down your choice to a chalet or apartment in Bulgaria´s mountains or cities, a Bulgarian villa in the countryside or a Black Sea or Sunny Beach apartment.
