Golf Club Ibar Property Owners Forum! -bulgaria!

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[paula]

Hi everyone

I have only a small investment in a studio in phase one and have not had time to do an inspection trip so I am very interested in discovering how everyone got on.

I have been chatting with a surveyor who will check the property for me, but am concerned about it not being fully complete. Perhpaps not concerned, but he is talking about checking tiling etc., and if this is not done, then I need to make arrangement to change his visits to a two phase process.

Any advice would be appreciated and thank you for all the interesting comments to date.

Paula

Originally Posted by deedee1

Hi chris,

Sorry I missed your post before you went to ibar!!

I am visiting tomorrow and coming back on sunday- my 1st trip there so Im really excited!!

I bought last year and it is almost complete so we ahve gone to take a peek!!

Stage 1 - is the nearest stage to all the facilities i.e- main clubhouses , spa, restaurants, bars etc so the location is better or should I say more convenient!! Although golf buggies will be at hand to transport people around anyway from a to b...!!

Catch up when I get back,
Speak and share pictures next week!!

D

P.S- ISKRA Looks good- but in general I think all who have invested and bought will do very well- it will be a 1st class resort and facilities with all year round activities and rental potential!!

[deedee1]

Hi all,

PAULA- It was nice to go to IBAR atlong last and the weather was scorching hot in its 40s out there which I wasnt expecting!!

The site is really pretty and is surrounded by mountains the site is taking shape and looking really good!!

We bought a 2 bed in stage 1 and all is looking well!!

I was forewarned by other owners before we went that not to expect full completion and everything fully completed!
The bathrooms were fully fitted and completed along with the rest of the apartment the only thing really was that the kitchen units had not been fitted yet!!
It had been tiled and all the connections ready to go just the units were not fitted yet!
But there was no mains water for the bathrooms and toilet connected properly yet- but I was told it was just switched off as they were still finishing some othere apartments in our block!!

You will most likely have to make a few trips or your surveryor to do a snagging list for you but then he will need to go back to check when all the jobs have been completed and do a final check for you!!

But you will need to visit once all is complete anyway to sign your notary deeds in person and complete on your property yourself!

But worth the trip- we stayed in sofia which was very cheap anyway we stayed at a 5* hotel 2 of us B&B FOR LESS THAN £60 PERNIGHT!
Dinner 3 courses and a bottle of wine between us cost less than £15!
So you can try get cheap flights aswell Ive heard some can get return flights for about £100 each!!

All the best-speak soon!!

Deedee1

Apart from that in general there was only a few minor cosmetic issues wrong with it- but nothing major at all!!

[W00tton]

Paula

I'm delighted that DeeDees apartment is so close to completion and looking good - maybe the developers are listening to us at last. It may also be that apartments are easier to complete than Villas - I don't know.

My Villa was 'completed' in March, but still doesn't have a driveway or garden marked out and I have just sent a list of about 7-8 snagging defects that still need to be remedied.

You will almost certainly need to have a number of visits by a surveyor before full completion, but this isn't particularly expensive.

Re Notary deeds, it is possible for your solicitor to sign these for you, provided they have Power of Attorney to do this on your behalf.

May I give a couple of pieces of advice - If you haven't already found the 'My Bulgaria' site it is worth doing so. There is a forum thread called 'Dolna Banya Owners Post Here' which currently has about 113 pages of information.

Also note that we now have a Residents Association at GCIRA - Golf Club iBar Residents Association Please take a look - we need as many owners as possible to join us.

Alan

[deedee1]

Hi all,

Thought Id try and post a few pictures I took on my trip to Ibar at the weekend!!

See ya D

[deedee1]

Hi all,

A few more pictures!!

See ya D

[jpw]

Thanks for those pics DeeDee. Glad your happy with your apartment.If Im honest I would have expected the development to be a lot further on than the pictures show or are they misleading ? What is the current state of the golf course ?

[karenandwayne]

Hi we have just come back from Ibar a few days ago as well. There were a few minor things but nothing major. I would have to disagree with the person that wrote about the surrounding villages etc, we have a house in a village 10 mins from the club, there are lots of English people in the village already The people are lovely. We go skiing every year and it is not a 45 min journey to Borovets but around 25, yes even in the snow, the roads are well cleared and gritted. I also think people would travel to the slopes with a shuttle bus as there is no hotels with fabulous spa facilities in Borovets especially mineral water and Borovets is noisy at night some people will like to get back to peaceful surroundings.

My advice to Paula is you should check your studio, we also have a studio,there was grout on the terrace and paint on carpet, you will need to just make sure. we will be going back soon, can check for you if you can't get out there , can send photos.

Karen

[deedee1]

Hi guys n gals,

GOLF COURSE- So far it has all been scoped out and they have finished the irrigation system aswell! When we were there they were just starting to line the lake in the middle of the course which looks huge!!!
Also they are getting ready to lay the 1st grass next month on the driving range and practice facility!

CONSTRUCTION-Stage 1 properties-most are almost complete or nearing completion with the finishing touches etc! But a few frontline villas are still half way through construction and all apartments are very near to completion maybe a matter of weeks!

They have started laying the foundations for the villas in stage 3 and apparently they will not start stage 2 for a while yet until they have finished stage 1+ 3 first!

I Also didnt see any derelict cars rubbish and graffitti as someone described.
Also the local towns look fine to me and quite pleasant!
I also think that it will be a 30mins tops ride into borovets (although I havent actually been yet myself )

I do admit the trip was great and I was quite pleasantly surprised with bulgaria itself and the development aswell!
It was prettier than I originally thought and more developed than I imagined and the weather was great for summer !!!

Cant wait to see what its like in winter with all that snow on the mountains and cold frost on the golf course !!!

See ya - D

[jpw]

Im interested to know jain and chris's opinion of this complex as they have some thing to say on most threads but are conspicuous by their absence on this thread.