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Retire In Bulgaria
Why retire to Bulgaria? Off plan or freehold retirement properties in Bulgaria are top of the agenda for potential retirees in the United kingdom, according to Paul Watchorn, featured on UK television recently. The reason is simple he says, after working for forty years, pensioners in the UK can look forward to ever increasing bills, low pension payments and bad weather. People are naturally thinking about retiring somewhere warm with a low cost of living. The Elhovo area in the Yambol municipality of Bulgaria is proving to be a popular starting place with people, probably because of the television coverage initially, and then with the amount of British people buying in the Elhovo, things went on from there.These days, four or so years down the line, the locals are used to the British people, especially the shops and restaurants, where an English language menu is always to be found. So what is the big attraction for retirement in Bulgaria? A very low cost of living is a major consideration, a loaf of real bread, not the cheap rubbish from your local supermarket, would cost you about twenty pence, a pint of beer would be about the same, and your council tax would be about five pounds per year, yes no mistake there, five pounds! The climate is favourable too, long warm summers and mild winters.With its long warm summers, South Bulgaria is easy on the joints. Joint pain sufferers are reporting major relief from the agony associated with the damp conditions in the United Kingdom. A warm retirement

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