Bansko Ski Resort Bulgaria

Furniture Pack Arrives and Curtains To Go

My furniture items that I bought in Stil Dom in Blagoevgrad arrived the other day. Attached to the furniture were two workers ready to assemble it.

The T.V unit and shoe cabinet - I think thats what it is - came in flat pack and so needed to be put together. This took the two guys around 1 hr in all, that included drill fixing the hall mirror to the wall. Well, one guy actually did all the work while the other - who must have been the driver - sat around trying to look interested.

They were both quite amused that I couldn’t speak Bulgarian. I can only guess at the jokes they were having among themselves at my expense Sure, you would do the same yourself.

The last of the items I needed to complete the furnishing of my apartment - the curtains - were ordered and will be ready and fitted on Monday.

The curtain shop which sells many different designs and materials can be found near the centre of Bansko. Frank, the first foreigner in Bansko guy(See previous post), acted as translator and I agreed to pick the curtain shop girl up the following day to do the measurements and give me a price.

Yesterday I got the price for the whole apartment and it comes in at a massive 530 euros cheaper that what furnish bg quoted me. The price included everything, two sets of curtains, one for the sides and a different set for the middle, plus fitting.

I chose them and they look alright to me :neutral:. Anything would be better than the orange curtains I have seen in some of the chalets here - no offense.

Now, I know not everyone want to be traipsing around Bansko and the Bulgarian countryside looking for furniture but if you are going to come out here you can easily save yourself a lot of money by buying the furniture and fittings while you’re here.

I bought most of my furniture through the above mentioned furniture company but had I bought the lot myself out here I would have literally saved myself a few thousand euros.

Much of the purpose of keeping a record of the furniture buying on this blog is to allow others to see that it is entirely possible to do it yourself. Bear in mind too that I don’t have any transport nor do I speak a word of Bulgarian - well, that’s a lie, I speak around 6 words now that I’ve been here over a week - but you get my drift.

For those interested in getting a price for their own curtains you can find this shop by taking the street on the right hand side of the Lions Pub - as you walk down from the Kempinski hotel - then take the street on the left directly after the Parfe Cafe. The shop is about 4 doors up that street on the left hand side(See pic). Make sure to bring someone with you who speaks Bulgarian and English.

Now that my works done I will probably spend the rest of my time here working online, eating and more eating. The town was pretty empty last night as you would expect this time of year so I will not be venturing in too often unless I’ve things to do or to fill my face.

I leave next wednesday. In the meantime, if I find anything worth posting about I will. I have a couple of things to clear up with the Property Management company that may be worth mentioning.

Tags: bansko furniture, ski bansko, bulgarian furniture, visiting bansko, redenka

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