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- We're Phil and Kayleigh, a husband and wife living in rural Bulgaria with our two children, Alex and Ember. It's always been our dream to live a more self-sustainable life off grid. So, we've sold all our belongings, escaped the rental rat race and bought a plot of land. Complete with a derelict house and 3 barns, we hope to create our new life mortgage free. We've faced lots of hurdles already, so hang on tight as we show you highs and lows of moving abroad and starting again.
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Thanks everyone for your likes, comments and messages. We've been living over here for a while now and release a new video every other Sunday - so make sure you subscribe and hit that notification bell so you don't miss what we are up to! 😊
Thanks for the update! As someone who is planning to make a similar move in the future, I think it would be interesting and helpful to hear about what it takes and what kinds of things you have to go through during the process of moving to another country. I'm guessing most of us viewers who are keen to move to Bulgaria haven't ever moved house to another country before, and while your channel is/will be focused on building and renovating in Bulgaria, I think that the process of actually getting there is very important too. So if you have time to make a few videos along the way, I at least, would love to see them
Hi mindle. Thank you very much, yes absolutely we will be making videos along the way and we definitely will be documenting the process. I just don't think I could bring out a quality video every other week on that subject.
Thanks for sticking with us and you'll hear from us soon. 😁
@@OffGridWithTheUdens Just to echo what Mindle has said, I too am in the process of purchasing land in north-west Bulgaria, so any information on the process of obtaining residents permits etc would be really useful as you go through it. Cheers
Nice update mate 🤘
It can be a very stressful time, but worth every new grey hair! 🤣
It's currently snowing here today, so you're not missing much. Keep positive and hope to catch up with you guys in the future 😊🤘
Hi buddy. Haha believe it or not they've started showing up in the last few months! Now I'm feeling very stressed AND very old. That's for the kind words mate, definitely up for a meet up when we are back!😁👍
@@OffGridWithTheUdens imagine how I feel with all my grey's!! I'm only 34 🤔😂
Must be that music you listen to mate 😂😂.
Happy Easter! Good Luck with the permanent move. We remember how stressful it was when we moved over here! We agree with Lee, it's worth every grey hair 🤩😀
Thanks guys! Yes I remember watching you leaving your car in Romania too😬 Yea we can't wait to get back over I just wish there wasn't so much to do before we can leave here. 🙂
@@OffGridWithTheUdens You'll get there, one step at a time! 😍
All the best shutting things down here and the sale of your camper. Happy Easter to you all 👍
Thanks very much Paul. Happy Easter. 🙂
Thanks for the update Phil. Tom and I are wishing you both all the best and please let us know if there's anything we can do to help 🥰
Thanks Alex that's so so kind of you. We both really appreciate it. Great to know you're watching too. 😁😁
Happy Easter to you and the family
Thanks very much and to you too 🙂
It's snowing south of VT a foot today crazy
Yes we heard that from some friends too! 🤯
have you guys spent the winter time in your svilingrad area? what is the weather like? how cold does it get? and when does it start to warm up? what are the differences between svilingrad and borgas area in regards to the weather?
cheers shaun
Hi Shaun I'm not sure on the weather in Burgas but our way you still get a chilly winter often with snow. -10⁰c isn't uncommon. But the winter doesn't last long 2-3 months with spring coming early and everything warming up fairly quickly around the end of March. Hope that helps.
In the current direction a very wise move, for many reasons BG is in a good position to survive most crises that may happen. The caravan may be too hot in summer, I have brought countless caravans to BG as I would freelance in UK out of a caravan then tow it down to sell every year, but can be hot here for caravans you can easily quickly get a barn ready for basic sleeping and cooking......good luck, i have lived in caravans for the last 6 years or so in UK but would not do here in summer
Thanks very much for your comment. Yes it's certainly something we have thought about but at the moment it's the most cost effective option. We are planning a roof or at least a shade canopy over it as I know it will be incredibly hot.
@@OffGridWithTheUdens obviously if you have electric you can get a portable AC, you mentioned you had a plan to buy plots of land and 'dock' I wish I had done the same, I would have chosen BG and Portugal and maybe Scotland.But am more than happy in BG. I would have put a freight container on each plot and travel between with car and caravan.
Good luck with your permanent move, I'm sure it will be everything you hope it will be. How are you getting around the residency issue now due to Brexit? Just asking as we are keen to make the move too 🤞
Hi Ruth. Thanks for the comment. We very luckily managed to get residency at the end of last year. However I believe the route that we used is now closed and not an option anymore. But there are other ways that are possible. Best of luck with your plans.😁
What is the biggest challenge you have faced since buying in BG, Thanks
Hi probably trying to jump through all the hoops for our residency, that was pretty tough. Thanks for the comment.
Did you ever consider Romania as a place to live? And if so, what made you choose Bulgaria instead?
Hi James. Unfortunately when we did our European tour we had a couple of bad experiences in Romania so it wasn't on the list for us. Having said that it was nearly 10 years ago and I'm sure things have changed. Thanks for the comment 😊
If you could please could you give some insight on how much a property is in Bulgaria as I’ve seen a website selling houses similar for as little as £12 and I’m curious before spending money buying and fixing a house if it seems legit, sorry if it’s too personal
Thanks for your comment. There's a tiktok video that went viral about a house for £12. whilst I think it is possible I don't think it's actually an accurate representation of buying property in Bulgaria. If you watch our Q&A video this should shed some light on things for you. th-cam.com/video/3w-SXWZwXbk/w-d-xo.html
One thing I would say is don't rush into buying a property because it's cheap! Make sure you research the area and what you are actually buying.
@@OffGridWithTheUdens thank you for your help!
12 GBP? I'm sure it's fake news.
snowing here atm ..Easter next week here
Snow!? Crikey I believe our area has had 26⁰c for a while now.
My area things that are in the ground are winter lettuce ..onions .. garlic and Broad beans ...spuds will go in next week (that's for he little early new potatoes that get deep fried In pork fat ) nothing else in the village gets planted til 1 may ...Big day and a celebration ...
Have you nearly packed up yet? :-)
Haha thanks for the comment we are working on it. There will be another video out soon with more of an update so keep an eye out for that 🙂😁
It's a pain when you move your household, so it must be even more of a pain moving your household to another country. No need to apologize for the infrequent videos, taking care of your move comes first.
Thanks very much for the kind words It means a lot. Yes It is I don't think we've scratched the surface yet either 😐 thanks for the comment. Speak to you in the next video 😁