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Originally Posted by COLVERT
Well, how is life in Bulgaria suiting you Kevin?? Settling in OK ?---
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Well things are certainly different that's for sure. As we moved into our own house and not a rented one now and it's in a different district even though our photo ID cards were new we have to change them but it's not just a change of address on the card Oh no you have t go through the whole application process again and as it's a different city and staf they have different ideas on how it works. However it's done now for 5 years.
Now buying a car is a whole differnt ball game as without ID (photo card) you cannot register it in your name and it means a trip to the notary for the sale contract which means fees and taxes then you ahve two weeks to regsiter it in your name which means a visit to the KAT offices....................... more fees and taxes. On paper at least I now own a RHD Nissan X Trail Sport 2.2 CDI.
The barn conversion work has thrown up some problems that are upping the cost to get around them. The floor in the main barn is down just over 200mm of reinforce concrete over most of it and 300mm where the lift/ramp will be bolted down. Due to the stone walls leaning a concrete ring beam is being installed with steel and concrete skeleton to stop the walls leaning any further and keep them standing with the weight of the new roof on top of them. The open sided barn in front has been stripped down to the main stone wall and the roof and wood support posts removed ready to break up andremove the rather thin poor concrete base it has ready for a new proper concrete floor the roof will be supported on new steel square tubular posts with steel I beams connecting those this will support the wooden roof structure. in all there is 220m2 of new roof going up.
Hopefully once this is all done life will be less crazy and less hectic and we can relax a bit. The weather is quite mild with temps up in the mid teens durign the day we ahve had a few light frosts and a bit of rain and fog but nothing to write home about. This mornign is a bit grey but it might brighten up as the day goes on.