The Bicentennial Cottage - Elenovo

The Bicentennial Cottage - Elenovo

If you're after a traditional Bulgarian village house with a solid feel and plenty of character, then Elenovo's 'Bicentennial Cottage' might just be the one you've been looking for.

This is a property that offers immediate usability, and while we don’t call it a renovation project as such, there is a huge amount of uplift potential to turn this into an absolutely magical home, worthy of featuring in the next ‘Stunning Country Homes’ magazine. It has all the things you should look for in a historic Bulgarian house. And the nice thing with this one is that there’s no real heavy work to be done.

The house itself is a two-storey structure with a classic grey rendered finish over a stone foundation. The owner tells us that the first level of the house was constructed with that hand-cut stone in 1826, making exactly 200 years old!

It's got a lovely small balcony at the front with a white wrought iron railing, perfect for sitting out on a sunny morning, and concrete steps leading up to it.

Around the house, the garden stretches out to a good good size and you also have a small bonus mini house plus a huge barn with side shelter. Oh and a garage with road and garden access.

The garden is a nice space, especially with those established fruit trees – we're talking cherry, two pear, two apple, plum, 2 walnut and both black and green grapes, well established.

Inside, you'll find the house is set up in a traditional style, with charming wooden ceilings and patterned wallpapers in the rooms we can see. There are four bedrooms in total. The photos show these rooms are ready to live and move into straight away, though you might want to put your own stamp on the decor and put your hand to accentuating the original features of this house.

The seller is including all the furniture and appliances, apart from some personal effects and a Singer sewing machine in one of the upstairs bedrooms. That means you can walk in and start enjoying your new Bulgarian home almost immediately. However redressing with some contemporary furniture and redecorating is where we would see this house come into it own, in our opinion.

Property Details

• 4 bedrooms
• 1 bathroom
• Two-storey house
• Front balcony with wrought iron railing
• Established fruit trees (cherry, 2x pear, 2x apple, plum, black and green grapes)
• Utilities connected
• Furniture and appliances included (excluding personal effects and Singer sewing machine)
• Well

Large barn, garage and small bonus house

• Option to buy extra 3000m2 plot of land behind the house

Location

This house is located in Elenovo, within the Targovishte province and Popovo municipality.

This is a fantastic opportunity to get your teeth stuck into a traditional home with plenty of space and a head start on getting settled.

Priced at just €52,500 (approx £45,000), it offers solid value.

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