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Joined: 13 Sep 2008 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 23 Jun 2010
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bolek   
14 Nov 2009
Food / Bad food experiences in Poland [30]

thats disgusting.

Absolutely, I personally don't eat out for that reason, you just don't know what your eating.
bolek   
14 Nov 2009
Food / Bad food experiences in Poland [30]

Generally food and drink in Poland is of a very high standard, but has anybody had a bad experience with what they ate or drank?I purchased a bottle of vodka once, it tasted like water, a closer examination found that somebody removed the top, (without breaking the seal) and replaced half of the vodka with water. I overheard a chef saying he would urinate in the bigos to give it more flavour. (that's probably why I never like the taste of bigos)

I'm sure forum members have interesting stories to tell!
bolek   
13 Nov 2009
Real Estate / 15 reasons why the Polish real estate market will crash soon [258]

Sort after, blue ribbon areas will always maintain good value ie old town areas of Krakow, Gdansk and Warsaw, but some of the country areas, I just cannot believe what people are asking, that property I mentioned in my previous post for 1.8 million zlote, well you could buy 2 very good properties in the US for that price and command a good rental return, I just laugh when people tell me its a good investment. The bottom line is people who have money don't rent and people on a 2,500 zl per month cannot afford to go near that sort of place, further homes are not selling in Poland at the moment, I've been keeping a record of quite a few sites and the same homes appear and appear over and over again.
bolek   
13 Nov 2009
Real Estate / 15 reasons why the Polish real estate market will crash soon [258]

I've just seen a house advertised for 1.8 million zlote, the agent has given it a big song and dance but in real terms its not worth more than 600,000zl max. the more times agents put on the market these ridiculous price the more people believe house are worth that much. The motto real estate agents should have is bullsh/t baffles brains.
bolek   
12 Nov 2009
Life / Who has moved to Poland in the last year? Swap stories. [115]

Please ponder but dont reply, as I have,nt the time, as I mentioned to write a book on this topic.

Its seems you have had a bad experience in Poland George, do you want to talk about it?
bolek   
12 Nov 2009
Real Estate / 15 reasons why the Polish real estate market will crash soon [258]

The modest rises shown this month are from tiny volumes of transactions.

Thats correct, people are mislead into believing that properties sold in sort after locations effect all properties in general, not the case...if you look at real estate sites some properties are on the market for years. you don't have to work out why. Poles are great optimist though, I'm now hearing that with a euro currency in Poland prices will jump 50% ..
bolek   
8 Nov 2009
Real Estate / Prices of apartments in Krakow are collapsing further down in 2010-2011 [150]

The reason why prices have gone up is that those 2 million poles who went abroad, sent back to Poland some 125 billion Euro in the last 5 years, most of this would have gone to real estate, this may explain why prices have gone up against a general down turn in the real estate market in the world and now with less money coming in from foreign sources the real estate market is coming down.
bolek   
2 Nov 2009
Life / Who has moved to Poland in the last year? Swap stories. [115]

The majority of Polish people are: 1) Mean 2) jealous 3) Insecure 4)Petty 5)Ignorant 6) poorly educated 7) Think only of themselves and f*ck everyone else.

I think most people in any country would fit that mould, I from my own experience can say do business with polish people is a experience and a half, one example tell a pole selling a house that prices have come down, da!!! no no prices will increase 50% next year..
bolek   
30 Oct 2009
Real Estate / 15 reasons why the Polish real estate market will crash soon [258]

whilst I agree, you may also include banks who are keen to set up somebody to a life of debt and be at its mercy...people with high debts don't become free people as they stress out about repayments in a climate of job insecurity etc

Popw, please don't mind asking but who are you, please declare your hand.
bolek   
30 Oct 2009
Real Estate / 15 reasons why the Polish real estate market will crash soon [258]

Unfortunately I am still a little green behind the ears ( lacking in expertise ) and would love your help. You see the problem is I am still paying up to 4000zl per meter for construction costs ( luxury end of market ) and it is taking me approx 24 months to complete.

green behind the ears alright, green and wet at that, no one is going to buy at that price sorry, no matter what trolls are on this forum, the price of real estate is by far overpriced.
bolek   
29 Oct 2009
Real Estate / Prices of apartments in Krakow are collapsing further down in 2010-2011 [150]

sure I agree that people who purchased off plan are now biting their fingernails, the obviously had nothing between the ears except suffering from delusions of grandeur in other words greed, as mentioned by somebody else some of the new apartments were stuck up in seconds and maintenance will be a bit issue in the future, most Poles due to lack of funds did not purchase these properties.

Lets be clear a person buying a house to be used as a family house is a good investment.
I think Real estate as a means of investment is out of bounds for a lot of astute investors.
bolek   
28 Oct 2009
Real Estate / Prices of apartments in Krakow are collapsing further down in 2010-2011 [150]

actual excess of 2-3 million houses/apartments that are for sale... ;)

as if every person owned a house or apartment, most of the people who left poland were no hopers who neither owned a house or had a no job. The were what they call gentlemen of no means who would seek there fortunes abroad.
bolek   
28 Oct 2009
USA, Canada / US real estate crisis, how does it affect Polish-Americans [26]

The property values in many parts of Southern California, have been sinking with a heavy anchor. I don't plan on selling my house in the near future. I think I'll hold on to my little love shack for now.

True, true, prices of homes in Los Angeles 2years ago fetched $600,000 now difficult to find a buyer at half the price... like in Japan I don't think the real estate market will recover in the US for a long time...
bolek   
27 Oct 2009
Real Estate / Prices of apartments in Krakow are collapsing further down in 2010-2011 [150]

All in all, the polish real estate bubble will burst very soon,
and prices will come crashing down

As I mentioned in a another post I don't think prices will crash, it just might level out a bit, sort after properties in central warsaw and krakow, gdansk will continue to rise because they attract a different type of buyer, definitely people who bought off the plan apartments may find the pinch and come out second best. Poles are not in the habit of selling there family home every five minutes like people in the west and all said and done the homes on the market for a population of 38 million people is very small, lets be clear a crash occurs when a mass of people are forced to sell for whatever reason and buyers are few, this causes a crash, this is not the case in Poland.

A lot of the spin and scare mongering usually originates from real estate agents.
bolek   
25 Oct 2009
Real Estate / Foreigners: Please don't buy Polish Land! [823]

Oct 25, 09, 22:59 - Thread attached on merging:
Foreigners: Please don't buy Polish Land! Part 2

Lets not close this discussion because one person thinks so, lets continue on, firstly Ola the original poster is a hero of the Polish people and speaks for the vast majority.

Poland for Poland STO LAT.
3 cheers for Ola
bolek   
24 Oct 2009
Real Estate / Foreigners: Please don't buy Polish Land! [823]

If you ain't got cheddah I suggest you keep your ass low and let them with thy cheddah(money) get what they want

you have a funny way of expressing yourself, hmm you must be Indian

I might add the ones who will now make money from real estate is the Polish private superannuation funds etc, not the peasants like ...
bolek   
23 Oct 2009
Real Estate / Foreigners: Please don't buy Polish Land! [823]

There obsession with land and profits will drive them mad and their only allies in Poland will be their paper money in their banKK

The value of polish money might not be very much?
bolek   
17 Oct 2009
Real Estate / Foreigners: Please don't buy Polish Land! [823]

Lets face it Poles were offered a big carrot and fell for it, the promise of money can buy anything... too late till the next revolution!
bolek   
17 Oct 2009
Real Estate / Foreigners: Please don't buy Polish Land! [823]

The EU is now one big happy family, each for his own, once the Brits get fleeced it will be time to move on elsewhere, any ideas???
bolek   
16 Oct 2009
Real Estate / Foreigners: Please don't buy Polish Land! [823]

600,000 Polish immigrants in my country

My country lol.. Any person living in the EU is can now be the proud of any chunk of land in those countries...
bolek   
12 Oct 2009
Life / Has your move to Poland been successful??? [15]

[quote=benszymanski] I am sure if I had given up and returned to the UK I wouldn't be reading this forum anymore and therefore there are more positive stories here than negative.

Sure, good point, a lot of people who posted for a long time are not doing so, perhaps they may have gone back to GB... Bubba woo comes to mind.
bolek   
11 Oct 2009
Life / Has your move to Poland been successful??? [15]

Thanks for responses to date, seems most people are happy when moving to Poland...not one negative response, people reading this thread will be saying Poland here I come!!
bolek   
9 Oct 2009
Life / Has your move to Poland been successful??? [15]

A lot has been said about life in Poland and people giving positive and negative comments, some have enjoyed cheap meals and alcohol etc, some who had a business etc no longer post... could people share there experiences of moving to Poland, and would they have move if they knew what was in front of them...