Travel / Cheapest eating places in Warsaw? [27]


There is also a Chain of restaurants called GREEN WAY( Warsaw ,Krakow etc) , it is vegetarian place but the dishes are quite good that even if you are not vegeterian you don't miss meat or fish.

the big Pitta full of vegetables is less than 20 zl .

Travel / Cheapest eating places in Warsaw? [27]

No idea , it depends on what you eat!
Just check the cheapest dishes, every Bar Mleczy( pronunced Bar Mlayshnay) has different dishes. Those without meat are the cheapest.

Travel / Cheapest eating places in Warsaw? [27]

In Poland check the places called "Milk Bars" ( they don't serve milk and there are not bars!) but some sort of subsidized restaurants , they offer Polish specialties at extremely low prices, and are popular with tourists too and are noted in tourist guides.

Look for BAR MLECZNY in Warsaw. You ll get a lits of them on Google or a few Warsaw PF members might be able to recommend some.

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]


You are both right Bullfrog: You because you wanted to find a tenant and get some income and did not mind lowering the rent and your former lanlord who prefers to have her house empty ,does not care about income ,rather than lower her rent.

She might have her reasons you know.
There are millions of people who own places everywhere in Paris in London in NY and if they have spent a lot of money decorating and refurbishing those places(Bulthaup Kitchens, Designer's furniture etc) and are attached to their places they want to find the tenant who can afford the price they want for it or just leave the place empty for months or years .

I have italian friends who have a house in Florence Italy which has not been rented for 2 years now because she says the rent they want is too high for the local market but they don't want to lower it because their property is luxurious, the value of their fitted kitchen itself would be worth several years of rent. He does not care for he is the president of an international company in France, so they target specific tenants with specific profiles.

Now if your choice was to have a tenant for your house at any cost then your choice was right but i know of a Polish owner in Kazimierz Krakow who still has his flat for rent on the market after a year( through a Real Estate agent) and who has been turning down lower offers from potential tenants.The place is a bit over 2000 zl so over 10 times lower than yours but still he does not mind waiting,does not have any morgage and his yearly czynsz slighly over 1 month rent.

I think it can also be a question of scale, leaving without tenants a place worth 24 0000 zl per month empty is not the same as leaving emptya place worth 2000 zl a month !

Law / how much should a babysitter in warsaw cost? [6]


Then the best is to give her a nice present or money for a present if you don't have a clue what to give her to thank her.

As for babysitting rate ( for students etc) babysitters can charge between 15zl to 20zl an hour but this is my experience in Krakow ,don't know the going rate in Warsaw.

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]


Small is beautiful when it comes to heating big houses or properties during Polish Winters!

Law / Why is US $ getting so high or Polish zloty falling? [60]

The exact sentence published in the Financial Times on the 9th of Sept 2011 is (quote)54 per cent of Polish Mortgages are denominated in Swiss Francs

I personally think it scary but if you think that everything is ok...

Let's hope you are right.

Law / Why is US $ getting so high or Polish zloty falling? [60]


The data is from the Financial Times. Journalist : Jan Cienski

Here is the thread:
ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/09/09/polands-zloty-falling-and-falling/#axzz1XqMz7IS4

Work / Salary for Teaching EFL in Krakow [120]

You are right PWEI Twickenham is London, 50£ for a 4 stars hotel in Twickenham.

(Allow me to just remind you that i was saying that the monthly rental price of a flat in Krakow was the equivalent of 4 nights at a B&B in London, i should have said 8 nights at a 4 stars hotel in Twickenham)

Work / Salary for Teaching EFL in Krakow [120]


You Can have a four star hotel in London for the price of a B&B in London (50£ a night for a 4 stars you said,right?) but in Gatwick and certainly not in Central London!

I checked your thread and your bargains are all way out from London center.

Work / Salary for Teaching EFL in Krakow [120]


I agree PWEI but this is another question, we were strictly talking about the right for non EU or non US citizens to set up a Business in Poland,and not about costs.

There is no such law that prevents a non European non American citizen to set up a legal Business in Poland.

You PWEI should not post a comment just for the sake of contradiction if you don't have a clue of Polish Law

Work / Salary for Teaching EFL in Krakow [120]

Of course not, if there is no law there is no law.

And in this case there is freedom.

There are some written laws protecting agricultural land which could only be bought by Poles but it was possible to buy agricultural land through a company.

paiz.gov.pl/why_poland

You did not just believe what incompetent lawyers told you verbally ,did you?

Work / How is the living standard in Poznan? Does 5200 PLN enough for a decent living? [32]


Funny

Work / Salary for Teaching EFL in Krakow [120]

Believe me there is absolutely no law to prevent someone to set up a business in Poland whether you are from Latin America, Middle East, China etc as long as :

1) it is a legal activity

2)You are an investor

On the opposite ,Poland is trying to attract Foreign investments and Businesses!

And I challenge any Polish Lawyer to produce the legal documents saying the contrary.

Work / Salary for Teaching EFL in Krakow [120]


If Poland is a part of the European community and you are an investor in a legal business i don't see why you were told in 2007 that there were some restrictions .

If the incompetent lawyers you contacted told you that nonsense, you should have asked them the name and reference of the exact law preventing you from settling your own business in Poland.

As far as i am concerned i have never heard of such restricted laws in Poland.(check with investinpoland Website)

Work / Salary for Teaching EFL in Krakow [120]


What law prevents you from establishing your own(legal) business in Poland? One can establish a business anywhere in the world, it s called freedom of Trade

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]


Apparently not given the high purchasing prices for properties now in most Polish cities!

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]


If they can afford to wait ,why sell at a lower price? I personally hate the anglo saxon habit of bargaining for everything. If your budget is 300.000PLN why visit places proposed at 600 000 PLN ? It is annoying for the seller and a waste of time and energy for everyone.

I also saw some ads for rentals with rental prices beeing advertised as "negociable" so what's the point for the owner setting a higher price just for the sake of a future bargaining?

In my opinion if the price is "negociable "it is not the correct price and is somewhat over inflated.
I rented my flat last month to a Polish professionnal but during the process of putting the flat on the market for rent indeed the only people bargaining were an English-Polish couple of "professionals" who contacted several times showed their interest, sent emails and calls , liked the place but in the end had a budget 600PLN lower than the rent i wanted.

It would have just saved my time if they had not contacted me in the first place!

Work / How to find a job in Krakow? Fluent Hungarian, Romanian and English, just after Master degree in HR [6]

Try all the recruitment agencies in Krakow and also look on Gumtree Krakow in the work section, you can put an ad in English.(you can pay an ad via paypal)

Target international companies HR departments etc

Forget about Hungarian and Romanian language skills because i am not sure Poland has a lot of commercial dealings with Hungary and Romania stick to your good will, experience in technical support .

Good Luck

Work / Advice on Teaching English in Poland [709]


They have to get the clients ! that's not like doing nothing given the competition .
Also remove the Language company taxes on top of rent, marketing,books etc from those 25zl margin ,where is the profit ?

I am extremely skeptical that a school would be able to pay that much whether In company courses or school classes but maybe school classes with big volumes of clients/ at least 10 students per class would allow that.

Let's wait until we hear about what was offered to him ,i hope he won't follow your advice Delphiomine because what you did at your job interview was like a game but if he badly needs a job in Poland ...

Work / Advice on Teaching English in Poland [709]


and still make money ? ( remove all the functioning costs, rent marketing etc and see what would be left for the company)

A language school can charge 110 zl an hour or more but how many clients would it get? And for how many hours?

This candidate shoudl keep us posted about how much he was offered ( he can also look for himself if they have a price list on their website and see what they can afford to pay him and still be in business...

Work / Advice on Teaching English in Poland [709]


Don't be silly Delphimomine, do you want this person to blow his chances of getting the job if he requests such an hourly amount?

There is a language school( with offices, employees etc) behind my house in Krakow and they charge their clients 65 zl per hour so tell me how a teacher can ask for 75zl per hour.

No way he ll get that ...

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]


Wow, 3.5 Million zl, i guess Polish millionaires have to live somewhere too....

Law / Why is US $ getting so high or Polish zloty falling? [60]


Well Poland has to abandon the Zloty for the Euro but in my opinion they should have stuck to the Zloty like England with its Sterling Pound or Switzerland with it Swiss Franc and China with its Yuan.

However Poland needed European funds and subsidies badly like Ireland so gave up on its monetary freedom and ability to devaluate its currency when things are bad and reinforce when growth is big.

It will take some time though before we see the Zloty turned into the Euro.

Travel / Szczecin from Warsaw Airport by Rail or cab? [10]

You may get a cheap flight from Warsaw to Szczecin with LOT TAP etc

Love / Was the strict Polish family the reason for our break-up? [20]


Her family is racist but she does not have to follow these idiots, it 's her life not theirs.
If she really loves you she ll stay with you, if she prefers to obey her family 's choice then let her go because who wants to marry someone immature who does not stand by her man ?

Real Estate / TV Show looking for Expat Home Buyers in Poland [13]


I doubt you ll find an expat who is currently looking into buying a home now( cheaper to rent) but you ll find quite a few who have recently ( 2 years ago)? bought one. Since you already filmed in Krakow and Poznan, i think Lodz and Warszawa were or are quite popular for expats.

Your program sounds great, maybe you could sell it to a Polish Channel, it would be good.

Work / Average monthly salary in Poland is around 1000 PLN (few hundred bucks). [387]


Sure because waiters and waitresses do not get a guaranteed salary , without tips they would not survive and service is never included in the US.

I thought it was in Poland until i had breakfast 2 weeks ago at a place in Stare Miasto Krakow called Cherubino , i was surprised but it was written in big letters on their menu SERVICE IS NOT INCLUDED.

I always leave tips anyway but i was a surprised, is this legal?( to just depend on tips without a minimum wage?) I thought that in Europe service "has" to be included in cafés and restaurants and it sort of ensures waiters and waitresses get a salary.

Law / How to report and find the consultants in Poland [15]


yeah but how much time did you spend? everything takes ages with Polish Admin.

The best for you would be to hire a bilingal Polish l student who just majored in Law for instance and offer him /her a part time or full time job doing everything for you: All He/she will need to do is to put his/her nose in the big Bureaucratic books to make you follow all the rules, go to the different offices ,queue for you get and fill all the forms, make phone calls etc.

If you are a good employer and pay him/her a decent salary , it would be worthy for both of you and would considerably improve your life quality.

Love / POLISH GIRLFRIEND WONT PAY HER WAY [127]

Bravo Turbulencja! Hihi
I agree with all your Facts from 2 to 6 exept number Fact number 1 because i think that Love is Love and those chaps could maybe "afford" someone from their own country but Polish people ( women and men)are super charming and irresistible for many...