Fri, Feb 10 2012
A new holiday resort Kostina will be built in the mountain village of Ribaritsa, located near Teteven city, Stroitelstvo gradut weekly reported.
The resort will be situated on a land plot of 5000 sq m, and will feature 13 units of three different sizes for the total investment of 1.5 million euro.
Investor and developer of the project is Tenbul Ltd, whose owner Ivan Marinov has lived and worked in Spain for the past 10 years. Tenbul is the Bulgarian arm of the Spanish company Interbul, also owned by Marinov, which operates in Tenerife Island.
Designer of Kostina village is architect Elena Kavalska, who has designed the proposed houses to vary in dimension from 144 to 189 sq m. The design envisions modern-type developments that will preserve the features of rural style construction and landscaping. Each house will have an adjoining yard of 300 sq m, and future owners will be offered property management, 24-hour surveillance, maintenance and option for letting out.
The construction is planned to start at the end of 2008, and will be completed in two years.
Ribaritsa is a picturesque village situated in the foothills of Stara Planina Mountain, only 138 km northeast of Sofia and because of its climate characteristics, in 1963 was officially proclaimed to be a health-beneficial resort, attracting Bulgarian and foreign tourists.
Average market prices of homes in Sofia fell by one per cent in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the same period of 2010, according to the Raiffeisen Real Estate Index, as quoted by Klasa daily.
Proportionately, the number of transactions in leva increased as people reacted to speculation that the euro would disappear.
Nearly all banks are ready to finance between 80 per cent and 90 per cent of the price of a home, provided it is a good building in a large city, Bulgarian daily says.
Property prices in Bulgaria were five to 10 per cent lower in 2011 than in 2010, while initial estimates for this year are that they will remain largely unchanged, with transactions remaining at ‘crisis levels’.
Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia ranks 17th, report says, quoting Global Property Guide.