Real Estate / What do you pay in rent/mortgage in Poland? [144]


i guess you just did.

Actually, this thread would be more interesting if people stated the circumstances with which they acquired their homes.

Was it given to you?

Did you buy it yourself and currently pay the full mortgage?

Did you get/are you getting help from family for your house?

I guess it doesn't say much if you don't know where the money came/comes from. If someone says "the mortgage is paid off" there's no telling how that came to be.

Real Estate / What do you pay in rent/mortgage in Poland? [144]


I was careful to make sure you haven't already posted your rent/mortgage, I didn't see it. So....rent/mortgage free?

Let's be very clear here, everyone.

Real Estate / What do you pay in rent/mortgage in Poland? [144]

Hi, Fuzzy here, the self appointed leader, bringing the thread back on topic with this: You're a perfect candidate for this thread Delph and it's quite appropriate that you didn't answer the question, because you in fact lived in Poznan, for your first 2+ years in Poland, rent free. I'm surprised you even posted, you must have known I'd bring that up, it was never something you liked to freely admit. I guess with lindenia being a complete failure, somebody had to cover the nut.

Now you have a house, I presume? Care to share with the class what your mortgage payments are? That would be more on topic.

We were all playing nice till you had to rush in and play the douche.


right, or, I spent most of my time in the center of Wroclaw where I lived and worked, and when I traveled outside of Wroclaw, I steered clear of fast food joints.

Real Estate / What do you pay in rent/mortgage in Poland? [144]


for rent, yeah, that's very low for California.

If I had hung out at expat bars like Guinness, sure, I would have met more. but i didn't. i didn't go to poland to hang out with americans.


somebody's gotta do it.

Real Estate / What do you pay in rent/mortgage in Poland? [144]


my bad. apologies.

Real Estate / What do you pay in rent/mortgage in Poland? [144]


as i previously stated, you didn't answer, so:

pip = lives rent/mortgage free.

Real Estate / What do you pay in rent/mortgage in Poland? [144]

I kinda figured this thread would have these results.

All this talk about "cost of living in Poland" yet nobody wants to say what they pay......or don't pay.

Real Estate / What do you pay in rent/mortgage in Poland? [144]

1 poster. OK.

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


which is probably something that helps push down apartment prices in Poland (just trying to stay on topic here).

those old commie blocks and 100 year old houses in "the village" are breaking down and people aren't filling them like they used to (not to mention the country's youth is moving to the cities to find jobs) and now, people have to actually PAY for their homes. I swear, half the posters on this forum seem to be living in their grandparents' home or their girlfriend's/wife's parents' home or something to that nature and skating by rent/mortgage free.

at some point, poland will realize that life on their salaries simply isn't sustainable when everyone has a mortgage/rent payment. then they'll also realize that 27 is too late to be getting your first job.

foreign developers are going to make gagillions in Poland in the future.

Language / Give me some reasons to learn Polish [126]


look at it this way.....study french in poland so that when you leave, instead of speaking just english and some pure shite polish, you'll speak english and french.

Language / Give me some reasons to learn Polish [126]


can't argue with that one.

Life / Let`s compare prices of services and products in Poland [359]


how much does an avg. car cost in the UK vs. Poland?

Language / Give me some reasons to learn Polish [126]


they're both correct, depending on what you want to say.

the first is singular, the second is plural. because there's the preposition "dla", stara takes an adjective plural form, and plyta takes the "5 or more" plural form.

so basically, yeah, what Poleee said.

Life / Which services is Poland still waiting for? [218]


what great effort do you speak of? it's a machine the size of a washer machine, it gets set in the corner of the store, you dump your change in, take the receipt to customer service, and you get your cash. who's breaking a sweat with that?


you've lost me dude.


stop typing, start reading. I said they weren't standard in Polish apartments, which is a fact. I said nothing about whether they exist or not in Poland.

Life / Which services is Poland still waiting for? [218]


uhhhmm....that.....was....the point?


not to repeat myself but......???......that's......correct.


yes....why yes of course. 4 years, was looking in the wrong direction the entire time.


better yet, visit 100 flats, at random, throughout the city, and see if they got 'em. get back to me on your results. you know.....because that would pertain to the point I was making.

Life / Which services is Poland still waiting for? [218]


Healthy compared to what? If you have a few slices of bread covered in butter with a few kielbasa and some cream based "salad" that consists basically of cucumbers, a few spices and onions swimming in fatty creamy stuff, which meal is healthier? Subway lists the number of calories of every single one of their sandwiches and unless you get a cheesesteak or meatball sandwich, Subway isn't bad at all.

You know what would be better and certainly taste better though? Instead of Subway hams, you get those sandwiches made for you fresh with Polish meats. But I digress......

Life / Which services is Poland still waiting for? [218]


yeah, we tried those too. no dice. if those make-shift screens work, that may be the best bet.

Life / Which services is Poland still waiting for? [218]


that's great advice. i guess that's why i left Poland last year.

but seriously:


That's simply a false statement.

there is no equivalent to Subway in Poland. great meats and great bread in Poland, but you still can't walk into a deli and walk out with a sandwich, just as you want, made fresh, like Subway. I think that service would make a killing in Poland and it is something unavailable. Poles LOVE food on the go. Gyros, zapiekanki, KFC and McD's are absolutely packed all day long.....it's already a fast food culture, now just give them a more healthy, "Polish" alternative.


sorry dude, but i sweat like a pig in the summers out there and had trouble sleeping. oh, and no, i'm not fat.

tell you what....is there anything that has been brought up in this thread that you agree with? a service that Poland could use?

maybe you could suggest one?

or is Poland just perfect as it is.

Life / Which services is Poland still waiting for? [218]


hot is hot. sure, you might tell me that you open your windows and turn a fan on and you're "just fine", but in the summer, the air is hot outside and the air inside that the fan is blowing is hot air too. to each his own, but I gotta have A/C in the summer to sleep well consistently.


what flats are you referring to? my flat/building in Poland was built (well, completely gutted and refurbed) in 2006, didn't have them. in 4 years living in Poland, I had never seen a single window with bug screens in a flat. ever. just sayin'.

quote=landora]Not one thing you've mentioned on this thread are unavailable in Poland.[/quote]

not one thing? now that's a stretch. as far as bug screens, nobody said they weren't available, just that they're not standard. because they're not.


You know the title of the thread. If you don't want to read about stuff Poland lacks but could certainly use.....go to other threads.

Life / Which services is Poland still waiting for? [218]


consider yourself lucky. my wife and i used to wake up in the morning in Wroclaw covered in welts from mosquitos, not to mention lose sleep because we'd hear them buzzing right over our heads waiting to land on a fresh piece of meat. it was ridiculous.


"it is much more"? what does that mean?

Life / Which services is Poland still waiting for? [218]


nobody's arguing its availability, just saying that they are not standard.

Life / Which services is Poland still waiting for? [218]


that and bug screens.

Life / Let`s compare prices of services and products in Poland [359]


MAN is that a ridiculous thing to say.

I don't know what keeps me here anymore.

Life / Which services is Poland still waiting for? [218]


That's a horrible comparison.

Now, if you had said, European Polglish like "chipsy" or U.S. Polish like "golumpkies", you'd maybe be on to something.

so in this case, "peelingi" takes the cake.

Language / Meanings of 'stkę' [14]

hahaha, oh man, this thread is just precious.

MAN this language is completely bonkers.

Law / Recovering amount paid to ZUS after leaving POLAND [9]


boy, if they do, PL sure does owe me a lot of cabbage!

News / Don't go to Poland ... because you could end up coming back in a coffin [313]


If that defense actually worked, history books would suddenly become very very very short.


he was hired by the white American team owner who funded the team and paid his salary.

They wanted a professional football player to coach the team....what better place to find one than the USA. Unfortunately for them, the players weren't ready to take orders from a black man.

Also, he wasn't fired. He left the team because of all the bull$hit and went to coach the Warsaw team.

News / Don't go to Poland ... because you could end up coming back in a coffin [313]


have you ever thought that it was simply racist players that treated him unfairly? see, now we're even.

Poland, a completely homogenous, white country with plenty of racism to go around (lived there 4 years in-country pal, i knew people that simply called them ni@@*rs like it was their official name), lots of "old minds" walking the streets, practically no exposure to africans.....i don't think the odds are in favor of your theory.

He was recruited by the owner of the team to take the head coach position after he got injured in the NFL.....I'd say he knew a thing or two about the game. But you think what you want.

News / Don't go to Poland ... because you could end up coming back in a coffin [313]


how else would i know. what are you talking about.


uuhhmmmm.....ok. you do that.