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Joined: 10 Mar 2012 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 7 Mar 2015
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InWroclaw   
3 Jun 2012
Life / Can no longer receive TVP Info Wrocław on digital DVBT [25]

Picking up HD channels now suddenly, but have lost TVP Info Wrocław. Have TVP Info Opole but Wroclaw has vanished. Any ideas why? Aerial/antenna is still in the same place.

I have moved the aerial now to see if I could get TVP Wroc back but no luck - instead on retuning I have an increased list of channels (excluding TVP Wroc) including Polsat and Polsat News but the screen says "scrambled channel" even for these free to air stations.

Any ideas what's happened? TVP Wroc is useful to me.
InWroclaw   
1 Jun 2012
Work / Questions regarding Job and salary? Junior accountant position in Poland. [33]

Why don't you take a couple of years out from education and gain so valuable 'life' experience

+1

I'd strongly suggest you take this job which is quite well paid.

+1

Not saying that education is worthless but there are 10's of thousands of people with great degrees and no common sense.

+1,000,000
InWroclaw   
1 Jun 2012
Real Estate / Renting in Poland - tenants' rights? [51]

Thank you strzyga
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Am currently seeking someone to help me check a rental contract - either meet in person or can fax it to them for translation -

please see this thread
InWroclaw   
25 May 2012
Food / Is there a Indian store in Wroclaw? [20]

There is also a spice and coffee beans shop in the covered market of kiosks next to Kaufland Supermarket on Bardska. It's at the end, opposite the lingerie stall. They have most things there. 133 and 134 bus goes there if not driving, some trams fairly near too, 31 Plus maybe.
InWroclaw   
20 May 2012
Real Estate / Renting in Poland - tenants' rights? [51]

in practice there's often no way of legally evicting them.

I see, but I guess they send "The Boys" in if they want to get someone out.

All I'm looking for is a decent normal landlord who appreciates a good tenant with references. Made some enquiries at the cheaper end including the Daft site's ads - but everything is let (rented out already) so am having no luck. Seems pretty buoyant for realistic price landlords now.

Thanks Jon, all the ads I replied to mentioned the cztnsz as additional, although perhaps they would collect that and the rent together.

I'm still searching - they do definitely exist in my price range - but go quickly.
InWroclaw   
19 May 2012
Real Estate / Renting in Poland - tenants' rights? [51]

InWroclaw, Polish law for rental contracts is very ambiguous

Not got any problems, yet, just want to know where I stand. Thank you for that useful tip on the advice evenings!

@InKrakow, many thanks. Seems much is similar to English & Welsh law except that landlords generally need to give 2 months notice in E&W if a rolling contract, known as a statutory periodic tenancy. Also, seems Polish law requires an "evict to" address, which surprisingly E&W law does not. There's an example of Polish law being far more civilised, unless I am misunderstanding it.

Only thing I don't understand is how my landlord pays me for the monthly admin - by crediting it to my rent?

I've no intention of being a bad tenant and have very much A1 references from my UK letting agents going back 8 years, but I just wanted to know what's what so that I can determine whether any new Poland landlord I encounter is legitimate or a chancer.

InKrakow, Warszawski - again many thanks.
InWroclaw   
19 May 2012
Real Estate / Renting in Poland - tenants' rights? [51]

Have done a search of the archive. The below is a summary of what I found, perhaps it needs to be verified as I don't know how accurate it is and contracts may vary.

The questions I have are about renting a property in Poland:-

1. Does a landlord have a right of entry to a paying tenant's accommodation?

2. Can a tenant change the lock for security reasons?

3. Who is financially responsible for repairs to fixtures and fittings that fail, for example a window that does not close, failing oven or failing WC?

4. If a tenant fails to pay the rent, at what point can a landlord enter and gain possession?

5. What documents does a landlord generally require from a Briton or other EU resident pre-contract and/or post-contract?

6. What notice does a landlord need to give under normal circumstances, to a paying tenant?

7. What if a paying tenant cannot leave on the agreed last day of a tenancy for whatever reason?

8. Who does a tenant pay the monthly service charge/admin charge to?

The info I found in the archive:

Contracts should contain a notice period clause, termed as "okres wypowiedzl".

Most rental contracts are 6 months fixed then the tenant needs to give one month's notice. Presumably this is the day before a rent due date plus one month.

Landlords can usually give just 1 month's notice to a tenant if the tenant misbehaves in some way, eg damage or illegal activity.

(above subject to verification and may be inaccurate or vary from contract to contracts)

Anybody who can answer some or all of the questions above, or add some knowledge, or correct the above etc etc - please respond.
InWroclaw   
8 Apr 2012
Travel / Any Anglican churches in Poland? [35]

Maybe,but,a lot,like me,would never talk about things in person.

You are right, I acknowledge that. Although I've no beliefs, I respect others' traditions and views and wish them well
InWroclaw   
8 Apr 2012
Travel / Any Anglican churches in Poland? [35]

When I was in the UK, I was working with dozens of native Brits of all backgrounds, from what I gathered they were all the same as me - not the slightest bit interested in religion. Now, whether that's a good or bad thing is beyond my knowledge, but I have no interest in religious activity whatsoever although I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm an atheist because everything in the world and beyond didn't get here on its own - but organised religion is of no appeal at all
InWroclaw   
6 Apr 2012
Life / Moving to Poland Part-Time (probably Katowice) [56]

well, up to 1,000,000, it'd be a pretty awesome house for that price, a normal sized gaff you could prob get for 350,000

I'd prefer normal sized, the thought of the housework in a 1m zl job fills me with dread, I hate the Hoover as it is
InWroclaw   
5 Apr 2012
Food / Comparison of supermarkets in Poland. Which one is the cheapest? [30]

I do too, despite the fact I hardly speak a word of Polish I still manage to buy at the market stalls, all very honest even when I get confused with the money (I have in the past confused a 10 for a 100 and handed it over thinking it was a 10 !!). Whenever I can I prefer to buy the fresh produce there, eggs etc. Even when I was in my large town in the UK, my neighbour used to give me free eggs from her hens - supermarket eggs are rarely on my list.

But you do have to shop around at the supermarkets here, just as in Britain, for example a bag of frozen same brand of bób (broad beans) are 7.99 in one well-known supermarket here in Poland but 6.49 at Auchan. If you use ingredients a lot, such savings are important over a year
InWroclaw   
4 Apr 2012
Food / Comparison of supermarkets in Poland. Which one is the cheapest? [30]

Thanks for your updates on this.

A price comparison page for food might be useful...

I'll come back to you guys soon.

Is there not a version of mysupermarket.co.uk in Poland?

Problem is, to get the best prices on everything you buy, you have to travel, spend time and fuel if driving. Most people can't. In the UK, all the main supermarkets deliver although they charge extra for that, usually. Online, you select your groceries and choose a delivery slot. Delivery is from GBP3 to GBP10, from what I recall.
InWroclaw   
4 Apr 2012
Food / Comparison of supermarkets in Poland. Which one is the cheapest? [30]

Depends what you buy - you will find each supermarket is cheap for something, none of them are cheap for everything on my list.

Just a few examples for March (prices may now have changed) :

quality coffee - cheapest at Tesco
soya milk - cheapest at Biedronka
digestive biscuits - cheapest at Auchan
vegetarian (animal fat free) croquettes - cheapest at Carrefour
from concentrate grapefruit juice - cheapest at Lidl

These were not special offers, but usual prices, which of course do tend to go up from time to time anyway.

Of course, few of us have the time to go everywhere and shop around like this!