UK, Ireland / PROBLEMS SENDING & RECEIVING MMS TO POLAND from UK [12]

Thanks - I have checked most of these things - I just think technology is not all it's cracked up to be - maybe a will go back to writing letters, ha, ha

UK, Ireland / The British workers denied jobs because they can't speak Polish [45]

This is yesterdays news. Newspapers will publish headline grabbing stories just to sell their paper. The UK has had a very buoyant economy for nearly 10 years now . Any sensible person will see that in the UK we have benefited with people coming here from all over the world and filling job vacancies that would otherwise remain empty. This is how the world works today - people are free to travel, live, and work much easier than even 10 years ago. In time and in Poland you will see large scale immigration too.

Real Estate / property in Lodz - anyone any experience [102]

Ok - I'm not trying to convince anyone here. I have been investing in various places for quite a few years and I haven't been wrong yet, of course there is always a first time I except this. I am just giving reason behind my thinking - In the case of Lodz - the right ingredients are there for things to get good in the future. Many people will not see what is happening until it's too late some will never see it. You pay your money and you take your choice. I have paid mine.

Poland has just been named in a recent International Real Estate Survey as the 4th best place (in terms of investment potential) in the world to invest. 30 years ago a dismissed a similar situation in my own town in my country. The same reasoning I am reading here was the same argument that I put forward at that time. It cost me dearly.

Real Estate / property in Lodz - anyone any experience [102]

I have bought in the Ul Schrebelier development, there is a link below. Prices were 6500PLN /m2 when I first started looking, now they selling at 8300PLN /m2. The development is about 30 mins walk from the well know Piotrowska Street ( I can only ever pronounce that when Im drunk - funny that). There is a mixture of properties for sale in in Lodz. But, even if the more expensive apartments are out of reach it will have a knock on effect with other properties.

I have got some Polish friend who live in England. They go back to Lodz once year. They tell me every time they go back they see big changes.

uscheiblera.pl/pl/

Real Estate / property in Lodz - anyone any experience [102]

I can add a bit more info. I have bought property in the UK, Spain and Bulgaria. I have had my mind on Poland for some time, for many reasons. Warsaw and Krakow have had good growth and I think the markets there have had their good times. I have been going to Lodz for 1 year now and I like it. geographically it is an intersection between Krakow and Warsaw, it has an airport on its doorstep which serves London, Dublin, Paris and a few other cities. There are new main roads being built and more interestingly an increasing number of big multinational companies. Lodz was know for its textile industry but now these former factories are being converted into up market flats. I have bought 5 and I am looking at getting more. If you go to Lodz take a look at Manufaktura - this building was former textile building - now converted I think it looks really good. There is a good opportunity for growth here and I can see in the next 5 years Lodz will change. In fact I believe this so much I have put my money where my mouth is.

UK, Ireland / English people attitude towards Poles? [761]

I have just read some of the comments relating to Polish working here, particularly in the construction industry.

First of all I work in the industry, I am a chartered Surveyor. I have seen an increasing number of Polish come here along with other Central Europeans for a number of years ( I have been corrected from saying Poland is Eastern Europe - we still think of it politically as Eastern Europe but geographically it is Central - I digress). My experience is that they are doing what the Irish did 30 years ago. They come here to work and fill gaps in the work place that we British generally don't want to do. I am now starting to see Polish companies starting up in the construction industry, some are good and some not so good, the same could be said of British companies. My own experience is that they are generally hard working and have traditional values similar to what we had 20 - 30 years ago, although I except that is changing with the younger Poles as they travel and integrate more.

I have a number of Polish friends and they are good guys. I travel to Lodz, central Poland every month and I like the country and the people.

Obviously like with any country you will have some bad elements - god knows we have enough in this country. I live in Reading, we have a large Polish community - some 30,000 and our local newspaper is part printed in Polish once a week - I have no problem with this.

On balance there is no question that they are nett contributors to our economy. You will always find someone somewhere who will quote a story of someone coming to this country and abusing the system and yes it will happen. I can also possibly see resentment increasing if our economy slows down and work becomes a problem - history has shown us that in difficult times migrants are quickly viewed as being the route cause of the country's problems.