Excellently renovated two-story house only 30 km from Veliko Tarnovo

Summary:
Deceptively spacious architect-designed house, completely renovated and finished to an exceptional standard with 3 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and extensive south-facing terrace, located in a beautiful, thriving village with tranquil, panoramic countryside views.
Location
The house is in the Veilko Turnovo region in the middle of the country in an area which is hilly rather than mountainous. The village itself, is 30km away from Veliko Turnovo, 8km away from Trambesh (town with ATM and stunning 45m outdoor swimming pool which is open through the summer months) and 4km away from a reputable petrol station. The village is thriving with 4 grocery shops, a very useful and surprisingly extensively stocked hardware store, a couple of bars, a dentist, post office and working library. There is superfast fibre optic broadband available as well as excellent 4g signal throughout the village and at the house itself.
The house itself occupies an ideal place within the village. It’s one of the oldest houses in the village (circa 1900), is south-facing and lies at the edge of the village so it is very peaceful and with stunning panoramic views from every room - both upstairs and downstairs. As well as enjoying this location, it’s fortunate to be located on an asphalt road right up to the front door and so there is easy access all year round. The house is a few minutes walk from a small grocery shop and a bar.
House
This architecturally-designed house is deceptively spacious due to the intelligent design and layout, and has been completely renovated and finished to an exceptional standard - the most expensive of everything has been used. The renovation has only just been finished and so this feels like a brand-new house. It has all uPVC windows and doors, top of the range AC, and a modern-style petchka which has never been used.
You enter the house from gravel driveway off the asphalt road (with easy year-round access) and enter the large (50sqm), air-conditioned, open plan living space. The newly laid oak parquet flooring extends throughout the whole area, with kitchen and dining room to the right of the central petchka, and to the left, the living room, with double doors out on to a 20sqm terrace with panoramic south-facing views of the garden and rolling hills, where cows and sheep can usually be seen grazing. The upstairs is exceptionally light with many large south and west facing windows enabling light to fill in all year round - in contrast to many Bulgarian village houses which have small windows causing darkness in the winter months. There is also a small WC on this level and a utility cupboard for washing machine and freezer.
The decoration consists of a simple and beautiful blend of plain white walls and meticulously repointed exposed stone handsomely complimenting the brown uPVC frames. The eye is naturally drawn to the magnificent 2m x 2m picture window which as well as providing light and warmth for the room, frames a sitting area where you can enjoy the views and serenity and silence of the countryside.

Downstairs:
You take the internal wooden stairs down to a spacious hallway with entrances to 3 double bedrooms and a bathroom with bath and separate shower. The whole of the downstairs (including all of the three bedrooms and hallway) floor is tiled and the decoration mirrors the upstairs with simple plastered white walls and carefully re-pointed exposed stone. As with the upstairs living space, the downstairs contains carefully curated lighting zones with extensive dimmable spotlights.

In front is a stunning bathroom, with no expense spared from the imported floor tiles to the 8mm toughened glass shower enclosure. The dimmable lighting brings out the stone work. The master bedroom contains a built in wardrobe and storage under the stairs, and double doors lead out to a tranquil sitting area underneath the terrace where you can enjoy the alluring garden and splendid views of the countryside. Bedroom 2 is a double bedroom set up with twin beds and would make a perfect guest suite. It has a large built in wardrobe and a south facing window overlooking the garden, well and crop fields. Bedroom 3 is a double bedroom, currently arranged with bunk beds, and again contains a south-facing window taking in the garden.

All of the bedrooms - being downstairs and stone-walled are very well insulated and stay cool in the summer (helped by the slight shade of the terrace) and warm in the winter. All of the downstairs wall are stud walls and so if you want to make the master room bigger or turn bedroom 3 into a dressing room for the master bedroom, that’s very cheap and straightforward to do.

Garden:
Immediately to the left hand side of the house is a drive way into a 2 story barn (7m x 5m). The roof of this barn has been extensively renovated and is structurally sound making this barn easy to convert into additional living space.
The back garden is a blank canvas for you to create the outdoor space of your dreams. It is large (1,460 sqm), but this is split into two parts: the first part is approximately 700sqm and is on the level - accessible through the driveway, from steps down from the terrace, or from the master bedroom. There are some evergreen trees to the borders on either side and a working well, but aside from this, and a few fruit trees, the garden is level lawn. As this top part of the garden stretches out to the south, there is an additional, huge (7m x 12m) 2 story barn. This barn needs some attention, the stonework is solid and the roof is largely good (the tiles are all fine), however, there are some beams which need replacing in the roof. Once done, this barn has the potential to be converted into absolutely anything - all the while taking advantage of the stunning south-facing countryside views.

There is a pathway down to the second part of the garden (900sqm). This slopes slightly down to a small brook/stream at the bottom of the land (though this brook belongs to the village and not the house).

Summary:
This property really is exceptional from top to bottom - it’s in a beautiful, well-regarded village, with an excellent Mayor which unlike many villages, is seeing substantial investment both from the municipality and also from residents - there are upwards of 50 permanent foreign households in the village, as well as plenty of locals. There is fibre optic broadband for 12 euros per month, as well as comprehensive 4g coverage. Well-maintained asphalt roads are present, there are 4 shops, including a main mini-market in the centre which is open 07-20:00 7 days a week and accepts card/contactless payments! There is an active church, open library as well as very useful hardware shop. The position within the village of this house is tranquil, yet well-connected. It’s incredibly quiet and peaceful.


Viewings
We are ready to organize a viewing of this property at a time convenient for you. Please contact the responsible estate agent and inform them when you would like to have viewings arranged. We can also help you with flight tickets and hotel booking, as well as with travel insurance.

Property reservation
You can reserve this property with a non-refundable deposit of 2,000 Euro, payable by credit card or by bank transfer to our company bank account. After receiving the deposit the property will be marked as reserved, no further viewings will be carried out with other potential buyers, and we will start the preparation of the necessary documents for completion of the deal. Please contact the responsible estate agent for more information about the purchase procedure and the payment methods.

After sale services
We are a reputable company with many years of experience in the real estate business. Thus, we will be with you not only during the purchase process, but also after the deal is completed, providing you with a wide range of additional services tailored to your requirements and needs, so that you can fully enjoy your property in Bulgaria. The after sale services we offer include property insurance, construction and repair works, furniture, accounting and legal assistance, renewal of contracts for electricity, water, telephone and many more.