Life / Please help me, with deciding a good Polish name for my baby boy :) [48]

How about, Jozef, Adam or Heniek (Henry) these names will fit in anywhere.

Real Estate / Banks in Poland selling fewer mortgages in 2011, down 49% [285]

When working out how much can be borrowed the gross figure is used not net, so using the average wage of 3600 gross x 2 x 12 = 86,400. 3 x salary = 259,200pln, this is not a unrealistic figure for an apartment just outside of Krakow centre for example. In UK, average salary roughly £25k x 2 = £50k, therefore £150,000 again depending on where you live it is possible to buy a half decent starter property. It is all about expectations, oh and actually having a job of course, earning an average wage and actually being able to afford the 10% deposit!!

Travel / Fish and Chips in Warsaw [53]

A Big Mac meal is about £3.80 and at my local chippy a large cod and chips would be about £5.70. Decent fish and chips will always be more expensive than Mcdonalds.

Real Estate / Yearly Property Tax - Krakow [8]

Thanks, guess I will just have to wait until I get a bill/letter/chaser, if it's anything like trying to pay for my electric it could take months, just hope it is still connected when I go back at the end of the month or I will be slightly chilly!!!!

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Property Tax

I am flying to Krakow on Sunday and have been notified of the property tax that I need to pay for 2009 and 2010, does anyone know where I need to go to pay this in Krakow please? Thanks

Real Estate / Yearly Property Tax - Krakow [8]

Oh dear this doesn't sound good!!!! I thought it was a one off payment that gets paid at the Town Hall/