› How to buy with VOTCHINA

In short

With us you sign one brokerage agreement and mark its type in it: standard or exclusive. We search for and show you properties, check the chosen property before the deposit and guide the transaction all the way to the keys. Under an exclusive agreement you get the full service package with a market value of over €3,000, included in the fee at no extra cost.

Tell us what you are looking for

Area, type of property and budget are enough to start. The broker will send you the first suitable properties and tell you what all the costs of the transaction will be.

1. Consultation and criteria

We start with a conversation at the office, by phone or online. Even before the first viewing you know what the whole transaction will cost.

• Consultation and initial information on all purchase costs.
• Financial plan of the transaction: local tax, notary and registration fees, bank fees, estimated maintenance fee.
• Help with the budget and the loan – if needed with our partner credit consultant.
• Under an exclusive agreement: a personal broker for the whole term, a comparative price analysis for the area and an honest talk about the pros and cons of each area.

2. Search and viewings

We search not only in our own database but wherever suitable properties are.

• Properties from the VOTCHINA database, from partner agencies and from Bulgarian and international portals.
• Checking that the listing is current and genuine.
• Viewings with a broker, with agency transport if needed, a viewing trip for those coming from abroad, and if you cannot come – a live video viewing.
• Under an exclusive agreement: we filter out overpriced and problematic properties and prepare a SWOT analysis of the chosen property.

3. Check before the deposit

We check the property before you pay any money. That way a problem costs you only time, not a deposit.

• Ownership, history of transfers, all owners and heirs.
• Certificate of encumbrances: mortgages, attachments, court disputes.
• Offers only in writing, with a stop deposit under a guarantee agreement.
• Under an exclusive agreement: construction status (Act 14, 15, 16) and a check of the developer for new builds, whether the project matches the cadastre, a technical inspection with a partner engineer (the engineer's fee is separate), the documents for the loan, the contracts and the draft notary deed.
• More details in property check before the deposit and legal support when buying.

4. Transaction and after

We prepare everything with the notary and are by your side at the signing.

• Agreeing the date and the full set of documents with the notary.
• Signing in person or through a notarised power of attorney if you are not in Bulgaria.
• A safe payment scheme through a bank.
• Handover protocol, keys and the original documents.
• Under an exclusive agreement: transfer of the electricity, water and heating accounts, registration with the cadastre and the municipality, contacts of trusted partners for renovation, design and furniture.

What you should know about the agreement

• Term of 6 months, renewed automatically unless either party terminates it with 14 days' written notice.
• Standard agreement: you keep the right to search on your own or through other agencies.
• Exclusive agreement: for the term of the agreement the search is only through VOTCHINA – that is why you get the full package.
• If the property is offered by a partner agency, you owe it no fee unless you choose to engage it yourself.
• You make offers in writing, through us, together with a stop deposit.

Start your search with us

Send us your criteria. You will get the first suitable properties and the financial plan of the transaction.