Hi Stewarty, so Richard has been promoted from Chairman to God looks like we shouldn't have too much to worry about . Do you think Homecare could provide transport for us all as a group ie minibus it might work out cheaper. Hristina wants me to do my snagging and sign a protocol on Sunday .I was hoping Richard might give us some pointers on what to look for ,There is a clause in our contract for the finishing of the work so it seems ok to me

Regards Sandra

hi all

       well looks like god news from Richard in HH, how many people are going to take up the offer of a surveyor for snagging that Manzanares are offering? surely we can do our  own snagging when we get there and save 300 euros . The builders are bound to be still on site after the 15th Aug in some shape or form and any probs should be able to get resolved over the teething period ,dont  forget its bld s flagship (beverley hills)and they wont want any bad publicity. Got e-mail from artek offering a list of homecares services and prices and quoted 40euros for taxi from airport and driver will have keys for our apt with him because reception may not be finished /open at that time (arriving 01-30 am  10th Aug) sounds like best option.

                                                          seeya all soon  stewarty

Hi All,

Here we are in the Ellbarr Hotel overlooking H.H. I had a meeting with Dessislava Feradjieva the MD of Homecare and stressed all the worries that have come up on this blog and the lack of communication, she accepts our thoughts and will address personally all buyers at the Opening which is confimed by Hristina(also at the meeting ) for August 15th.

In the unlikely event of anyones apt. not being finished & they have booked a flight - they will put you up in one of the other compexes at their cost.

Sandra you are correct with your notes below re Acts15/16.

Now I am holiday for the rest of the week and I will post much more of the detail I have received on my return on Sunday - there is too much for now.

I have to say I am very pleased with the building works and  now have no worries about my personal investment. - but the Homecare problem has to be addressed properly and effectively by us ALL -  to make the complex work.

I did not know Rogajevo has been dubbed Beveley Hills - I have heard It everwhere!!

Regards

Richard

Ricjhard

We sign the notary deed on ACT15 pay the final payment and ownership is transferred but ACT16 is the habitation permit which allows us to use the building .I think BLD are planning to have act 16 cert before the opening

In our contract it says if completion is after the 30/06/08 we only pay half a year maintenance and end of dec we pay a full year in advance for the next year.Hope this makes sense ,I am in a bit of a rush

Regards Sandra

Hello Every one my name is Martin from C23 ,

 Is everyone happy with Homecare? as ive seen not all were hapy with them, only i am trying to sort out  my contracts and  not sure what everbody else is doing?

Also  with the Homecare contract do you know if we have to pay a full year or less as its near thye middle of the year already or does the contract run annually from when you take it out?

looking at the contract it says it's due annually from January, so am not sure!!

I am from Wilshire not quite midlander

martin

Hi,

David Kennedy from Dream Homes arranged for us to meet a sales girl to show us the  HH comlex in June 8th.  We could not get in our apartment as it was sealed ready for inspection.  We took a look in the show house is a villa (nothing like the ones here) but did give us an idea of the standard of furnishings, which seemed ok.

We met a girl from the Management Company (she could not speak english) but the sales girl said if we emailed her the questions she would email me the reply (haven`t had time yet).

I raised my concerns with DH and they have passed on the details to Bulgaria, but I have had no response as yet.

The complex does look good, it is mainly the management side I am concerned about, sales rental etc.  The pool was nearly tiled, but I would not think the complex or roads will be finished for August (hope I am wrong).  I received my invitation and asked if I can stay in my apartment, but have not had a reply as yet.

I asked on last visit if I could see the apartment and was told "of course" but when we arrived it was sealed.

I have put a couple of pics on the site, just for an update.  I didn`t think we aid in full until we can occupy the apartments, as I understand until rule 16 HH still belongs to the developer?

I am not making any arrangments to visit until I know I can stay in the apartment, as flights etc are not cheap at present.

Carol

Hi Adam

I am under the impression that we can stay in our appartments from when we pay the final payment and the terms of use are issued.

I am hoping this will be well before the 11th August as I am flying out on the 4th.

I have been informed by my solicitor that I should be ready to transfer final payment to them by the first week of July, so fingers crossed.

Cheers

Noal

Hi All

I have received the invitation from HH for the official opening. I have emailed BLD to ask if we are allowed to stay in HH from before that date (possibly from the 11th) but havent yet received a reply. Has anyone already raised this query and had an answer.

Regards

Adam

Hi Sandra

I look forward to throwing you in the pool.

I will ask about your questions next week

Regards

Richard

Hey Richard I take exception to that celtic fringe remark .I think I will take back my vote and vote for Ian Paisley as president of the whole complex. Got my invitation to the opening today do you think the entertainment is included.On a more serious note I have now decided to let my lawyer sign the deed my understanding of what the rest of you said is that I should pay the money to the lawyer and I don't have to be there. who is arranging for your keys to be left at reception and how do you get your deeds.Can we pick them up somewhere near the resort or does the lawyer have to DHL them home to us.

I think at the opening we should arrange a tug of war between the Midlands lot and the Irish lot to establish supremacy.Loosers get chucked in the pool.

Regards Sandra

Hiya

I would also like to add myself to the Midlands possy:) Intially a Derby lad but now live in Burton.

The Midlands are getting stonger:)

See you in Sunny HH

Noal

Hi Richard,

Would just like to say thank you for everything your doing with the residents association, i support it 100% and with Homecare, its massive weight of everybodys mind that we all know whats going on and should hopefully make the next couple of months very straight forward.

One question you can ask Homecare is to change the location of Harmony Hills, on there website they are advertising it in Kavarna which is miles away, ask them to change it Albena/Rogachevo?

Also another one for your team, you have another Midlander here(sort of), were from oxfordshire.

All the best,

Chris

Hi Matthew,

I will of course take up your questions re maintenance

However, we have all signed a maintenence contract with Homecare which if my maths serve me right means that  200 apartments/villas at say an average of 380 euros  per year per property, there will be an average income of 76,000euros which should go a long way to paying those bills you are concerned about.

Good hear from another Midlander - it will make up for the Celtic Fringe that is invading H.H!!

Regards

Richard

Richard,   I didn't realise you were seeing the MD of Homecare. Can you query the following:

I know we have bought into a brand new property but in future years when work needs doing on site eg Pool repair, building repairs or other work to the communal parts etc how would Homecare expect us to finance the work. Is there any way we could pay into an Insurance Policy that could cover us as residents from these extra costs?

Just for your info we live in Heanor, Derbyshire. Not too far from Mansfield !! Small world.

Best of luck with the MD

Hi Richard I have been having major problems with Bansko lately and haven't had much time to deal with HH, I hope i haven't worried anyone unduly but I think the problem was in Royal Towers Bansko and I probably saw it on the talkbansko forum. I was concerned about the apparent disorganisation of our homecare and worried that people might rush in to sign fixed term rental agreements with them before checking them out . If we have a vote on a chairman my vote definitly goes to you.

Regards Sandra

Hi All,

Re Residents Association

Please look at th H.H. website NEWS, BLD have posted my address as the link for the above in the first instance( obviously in the future we will have to democratically elect a committee) So any further queries- within reason - please contact me.

Homecare

I understand that there are in fact 2 Homecares operating in BG as follows:-

http://www.homecarebg.com (Our Homecare)

http://www.homecare-bulgaria.com (A.N.other)

As I am meeting the M.D. of Homecare next week, I wonder Sandra, if you know which one you have bad intelligence on  - before I say too much!

Kind Regards

Richard

Hi All

Great news about the keys. I guess the reception is available 24 hours for those of us who arrive in the late or early hours:)

Anyone else planning to go out week commencing 4th August? I cannot get the following week off from work in time for the welcome party. Just wondered if I would be the only resident that week or not!

Not long to go now:)

Bye for now

Hi, does anyone know how the golf course in Albena is coming along?

John 982,

I am sorry to have to tell you that we were on a fixed contract with Manzanaries too.We had paid in full for our Villa in November 07 but the final bill arrived and it had increased by 1000 euros. The reason behind this would appear to be an increase in the State Property Tax, which  was only ratified in the last week.  ( I have copied an extract from an E mail I received from DHWW)

Hi There,

Just to let everybody know i spoke tp hristina today and she said we can pick the keys up from reception at harmony hills when we arrive.happy days.

craig.

Hi John you sound just like my brother who owns a third share in my studio.Trust me Harmony Hills is a doddle compared to the apartments I brought off plan a 18 months before HH and there is still no sign of them being ready. Cool your jets and I will tell you all about over a drink if you make it to the party on the 15th. I think we all signed a contract with homecare for two years maintenance .If you don't want to use them for anything else you don't have to .I think you will be all right if you just read up a bit on what's going on. I too paid 50% up front and I paid my lawyer up front and I also worried that I had not heard the things the others talked about .Then I e mailed Hristina and she has talked me through the whole process send me a message if you want me to contact you

Regards Sandra

Hi all, well after reading all the posts over the last few days i'm quite concerned about the studio i have bought. firstly is because we are so called share holders of the bar/restaraunt areas and people are saying we are responsible for any losses that they make ?i didn't agree to this in my contract when i purchased the studio. then the insurance problems if we are so called share holders in this complex then surely the first things to be paid out of any profits would be buildings insurance ! then there is the whole HOMECARE thing we are being told that this company are the recommended one by BLD and are good to use, then people on this forum are saying that they are not to clever after trawling the web and other forums. i bought my studio with a view to having a few relaxing breaks a couple of times a year with no stress ! well it's turning out a great deal of stress to me the whole thing.can someone please explain to me please what the whole deal is ? i paid 50% up front i signed all the contracts needed including a contract for the common parts to be cleaned. i will be shortly paying my next 50% and as far as i'm concerned that should be it ,i wil arrange my own contents insurance for myself. QUESTIONS 1,do i have to sign up to home care ? 2 ,what else am i going to be required to pay (other than electric/water bills)? 3.have we all done the right thing investing in this development ( i do hope so ) i'm sorry to rant a little but will someone else please confirm there concerns as i dont have a bottomless bank account i'm a soldier who thought i was investing my money wisely. the good thing is the development looks great and has easily met the expectations of the artists impressions of the off plan drawings.has anyone spoke to any companys with regards to renting there property out ? also i have read on here manzaneres have given final details of payments to be made ? well i purchased through them an have not heard a thing .

Have a look at Homecare's web site and  view their new Homecare Holidays Section. They are advetsing H.H.

Hello all. BLD have insured the whole complex until the end of the year so only contents insurance is required from us.At this time we the shareholders as per my previous post are responsible for the whole complex.It follows that insuring individual flats is pretty well wasted (ie.building structure insurance).The only way I see this as working is using a common link...Homecare....we all have a contract with them for 9 years subject to a vote out clause for non performance.I think Homecare should have the contract extended to provide full cover of the complex.BLD have told me that a firm called Allienz has offered a complex cover with a 50% discount.I have no details.Then we insure our contents at will.I am not a clever **** but any other way is as good as not being insured and a waste of leva.There are obvious caveats etc in this proposal.

I heard the tanks were clean water storage and hopefully Richard can clarify on his visit next week.

So folks....what do y,all think?

Surveyor type with dodgy leg getting better.

hi matthew and julie the website for the taxis is  varnaairporttaxis.co.uk   (corny but true) found them by accident

Will do

Richard

Stewarty,

Can you give details of the website where you found the Taxi prices?

Richard,

One final thought for Homecare meeting can you ask about the keys please. Try to save us from travelling to Sofia for them.

Thanks

Julie and Matthew 

Hi All,

Have copied and pasted  your questions and will take up with BLD & HC . next week.

Sandra could you give us these forums as I cannot find  - Thanks

Regs

Richard

Hi all I read though various complaints about homecare on other forums(for other developments).Wouldn't want to discuss it on open forum so would advise you each look into it yourselves.If you look at the contract I think it states we become shareholders in the complex.ie we are shareholders in the bar and restaurant and therefore entitled to a share of the profits,but we have to pay the management ie homecare and therefore I suppose we will be paying for losses

Regards Sandra

Richard, 

When you see Homecare Reps in BG at the start of next month Can you find out what the circumstances are surrounding the Insurance of the common parts of the complex and if they have anything in place prior to the developers handing over to us as residents?  

Can you also ask about what firm are providing the resturant and bar facilities focusing on the profits and where they go and who to ?   

Thanks Matthew and Julie

hi  padra

              according  to simon and stacy a few weeks ago they were on site and reported the tanks were fresh water reservoirs, the solicitors manzanares are offering clients insurance policies perhaps on instruction from the developer

                                                                                           stewarty

Hi All,

My experience of condo developments like these in relation to the insurance is that the Developer controls the Management Company until such time as the company is handed over to the residents. Therefore it would seem logical that BLD or Homecare would put insurance in place on the property and bill each unit holder individually at closing. Surely this makes more sense than everyone getting individual policies for their patch. On closing each individual is then responsible to put in place insurance policy on contents of their unit, and depending on the climate can avail of optional risk additions (e.g wind policy in Florida against Hurricane Damage).

Are any of the other villa owners concerned about the Sewerage Tanks which have been placed at the front doors of the villas. I have environmental health worries in relation to the proximity of the Tanks to the front doors of the units. I am worried we could have odours emanating from the tanks and fumigating the houses, particularly in the height of the summer. Richard (surveyor type with dodgy leg) have you any views or experience in relation to this? Would be grateful for your thoughts/advice.

Padraic.

hi all  sounds like the best idea pfoley to wait until aug and maybe get a group discount on the insurance,do we need the surveyors report before we sign and pay final payment ,if so surely time could be a problem unless someone could enlighten me.Solicitor also mentioned the keys will be available for collection from sofia office(not exactly round the corner) perhaps homecare could lend a hand here if they had all the keys ready to collect on site ,after all they are supposed to be the on-site management ,.any thoughts anyone?have seen website ad for taxis from varna airport to albena for 31euros  1-4people  or 51euros for 8seater and can be pre=booked in uk or were homecare supposed to help with transfers. Sandra spill the beans what have you heard about homecare that makes you wary of them?

                seeya      stewarty

Hi all, Getting near the end,I think.A few thoughts

My final solicitors bill from Manzanares was €450 more than expected which I am putting down to increase in State Tax (2% to 3%).

Group insurance for the common areas sounds very sensible and practical.

My solicitors, through a Bulgarian insurance company called Bulstrad quoted €89 for building cover for a studio apartment .This sounds reasonable to me but I will probably wait until August and maby get a group discount , what does anyone think ????

If contents need to be insured then they will need to know values before they will quote.

I can get a surveyors report for €300 but i am not so sure about this, as Noal says on a new build cant we do it ourselves, Ill get the drinks in .

Am very interested in Richards meeting with Home Care and would like to know what they will be doing for us.I also got an email from Artak Grigorian of Home Care who we should all remember are in existence thanks to our investment.

Also Richard ,if BLD is going to build a tarmac roadway to our developement , can you impress on them that they need to put down a decent sub layer before the tarmac goes down.2 inches of tarmac on top of dust as you know will be useless.Ill get drinks in and supply a zimmer frame!

Regards to all,

pfoley

Hi eddie sorry I was laughing so much i couldn't finish my last post but anyone from Belfast will know Daft Eddies is a pub in Skettrick.hope all the Belfast crew can share transport from Varna. As for Home care I would advise wait and see this year I don't think their track record is terribly good .perhaps it could be 1st on the agenda for the residents committee

Regards Sandra

hi all,

new to the site but have been looking over your postings with interest.  i am also booked to fly over on the 9th from belfast and have been speaking to manzanares who have assured me the property will be finished.  quick question to anybody who has visited site - How have you got from airport to site? public transport or taxi?  

also - is anybody signing up with with homecare for rental this year even though the season is soon over?

Hi There,

im new to this site and was reading through the articles and noticed people talking about homecare, this is the first time i have heard of this company can someone share some info for me , i also have just had my final bill from manzanares and it has also shot up without any notification.

regards

craig.

Hi Guys,

Remember I am going to BG next Satyurday 28th and seeing Homecare on 5th July to take up a few issues, some of them you are discussing.

Please advise if you wish me take up any points with them or BLD.

Regards

Richard

ps. Just received an e-mail from Artak Grigorian who is introducing him/herself as Homecare's appointed  H.H. customer care person.

Richard,  I see that you have asked the question of BLD regarding common Insurance of buildings and I now see what point you were trying to make. On the point that as owners we own the company and site I have asked my solicitors and BLD about any profits made from the bar and resturant by Homecare. As owners does anybody else think these should be divided equally?l am still waiting on a response.   Sorry about my last message pressed submit by mistake.  Matthew                                                                               

Richard,  I see that you have asked the question regarding common  

Richard

I didnt ask how who be doing the surveys and it dosnt state anything in the details I received. Do we really need one on a new property? I will be out from 2nd August for a week so can't this be done by ourselves?

Will be interesting what BLD have to say about the insurance situation.

Cheers

Noal