Gingerbread House – Gradina 5192 (Formerly Stefan Stambolovo)

🎥 Please see video tour here – https://youtu.be/8EdwwDfOXxo?si=YN2mgo2f6R9g_TBX 📺 🍿

A Masterfully Renovated Bulgarian Heritage Home with Annex, Barn & Orchard 🇧🇬

📍 Gradina (formerly Stefan Stambolovo)

There are renovated houses…

And then there are homes where someone truly understood the soul of the building ✨

Set behind its traditional stone wall on approximately 1,800m², this beautifully restored Bulgarian property combines original character with modern comfort in a way that is incredibly hard to find.

The ornate stucco façade 🤍

The deep wooden eaves 🌳

The solid stone barn standing proudly beside it 🪨

It feels established. Grounded. Important.

🏡 The Main House

Fully insulated, rewired, replumbed and fitted with UPVC windows and doors, this home offers comfort all year round while keeping its heritage alive.

🛏 Accommodation Includes:

• 3 Bedrooms (including annex suite)

• 3 Bathrooms 🚿

• 2 Lounge rooms 🛋

• 2 Kitchen-diners 🍽

• Separate annex with en-suite

• Attached conservatory room 🌞

• External staircase allowing flexible living arrangements

Rooms feature ceiling fans and wood-fired burners creating warmth and atmosphere through the winter months 🔥

Exposed beams 🪵

Solid wood floors 👌

Thick whitewashed walls 🧱

Cosy fireplaces that make you want to cancel plans and stay home ❄️🔥

🌿 The Annex

Perfect for:

• Guest accommodation 🛌

• Airbnb income 💶

• Visiting family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

• Independent living space

It includes its own en-suite and access to the charming conservatory room, a beautiful, light-filled space made using reclaimed original windows 🪟✨

🌳 Outside Space

The courtyard area feels private and peaceful, with:

• Traditional well ⛲

• Mature planting 🌱

• Orchard with multiple fruit trees 🍎🍒🍐

• Sheltered off-road parking 🚗

• Large stone barn 🪨

• Multiple workshops and outbuildings 🔨

The barn alone offers huge potential — studio space 🎨, events 🎉, further accommodation 🏡, or simply an impressive storage space with authentic character.

📍 Location

Gradina offers:

• Good expat community 🌍

• Small shops and local bars 🍺

• Bus service 🚌

• 15 minutes to Polski Trambesh

• 25 minutes to Veliko Tarnovo

You get countryside calm without isolation 🌄

✨ The Important Practical Bits

✔ Mains water + private well 💧

✔ New electrics ⚡

✔ New plumbing 🚿

✔ Fully insulated 🧱

✔ UPVC windows & doors 🪟

✔ Sold fully furnished (including appliances) 🛋🍳

You could move straight in tomorrow 🔑

💫 Why This Property Stands Out

Many homes claim to be “renovated.”

This one has been renovated with respect 🤍

The original beams remain.

The proportions feel right.

The materials suit the house.

It hasn’t been stripped of its Bulgarian identity, it’s been enhanced.

At €150,000 (approx £131,500) you are not just buying square metres.

You’re buying history 📜, atmosphere 🌿, space 🌳, income potential 💶 and a home that already feels loved.

And homes like this do not come along often.