Real Estate / Residential real estate values go down in Poland [455]


This offer here at over 4 millions zl should definitely drop : Also it is a stan deweloper which means you need to finance the interior extra! Wow

Life / Poles - the Nation of Liars? [478]


I pretty much agree with this statement.
I think calling Poland a nation of liars is far too radical but indeed i have noticed that lying may not be viewed as bad as anywhere else, however putting people who lie in front of their contradictions and doing it in Polish helps a lot.

As far as customer service is concerned ,the concept does not even exist in Poland among Polish businesses therefore a lot of foreign companies are successful thanks to a better service ( ikea, Carrefour, Castorama,Bouygues) at least in these stores you may bring back an item you bought and never used and get a refund quicker.

If transparency prevailed in any commercial transaction in Poland,(Polish businesses would have more clients ,customers more rights) and life would be easier for everyone.

Love / English Men vs Polish Men [207]


You bet, longing and waiting 2 years for someone who just glanced at you and not even said hello ?

No offense but maybe he was just looking at you without anything else on his mind.

News / Will Poland be badly hit by Recession ? I don't think so. [70]

No way that Poland will take Greece position.

I just read that Whirlpool, Credit Agricole , Samsungand some other Asian multinational companies will open new branches or plants in Poland.

When was the last time any international company opened a susbidiary or invested in Greece?

Travel / What can Poland do to attract more tourists? Llamas farm? [71]


Absolutely, the Polish Tourism agency is not doing proper work in promoting Poland 's many jewel cities, natural sites, food etc.
Their marketing of Poland is poor and they should hire professionals for their media communication.

I am wondering if they even have a branch in Japan...

Real Estate / Renting flat/apartment with dog Gdansk? [24]

Yes on Gumtree in Poland posted adverts mention if pets are welcome or not

News / Will Poland be badly hit by Recession ? I don't think so. [70]


Ireland and other countries have received a lot too but the "return of the investment" (sorry for the expression) has been better in Poland because it is a market of 38 millions of consumers.

[quote=LwowskaKrakow]70 000 euros a year for a public librarian!

please provide the facts
Answer:

As for inflated salaries in Ireland there were so many articles about it : Here are some about the Public sector but the private sector also gave gigantic salaries before the big crash...

sbpost.ie/news/irish-public-sector-workers-among-worlds-highest-earners-50628.html
politics.ie/forum/economy/38595-david-mcwilliams-irish-public-sector-pay-eus-highest.html

News / Will Poland be badly hit by Recession ? I don't think so. [70]


We should start a thread comparing Ireland and Poland since there may be some similarities.

However it is a public secret that Ireland the Celtic Tiger had a steady and good growth but lost its mind at some points with failing to issue regulations( Real Estate, banks lending etc) not to mention that Irish salaries 2 or 3 years ago were totally inflated : for instance a salary over 70 000 euros a year for a public librarian!

News / Will Poland be badly hit by Recession ? I don't think so. [70]


Cheaper labour rather than cheap labour but it is not the only reason because Modlavia Romania Bulgaria have even cheaper labour costs.

High skills, high education, good will at work , very little strikes , flexible schedule etc make Poland a very safe place for international companies to outsource.

News / Will Poland be badly hit by Recession ? I don't think so. [70]


I agree .What'smore the Compsumption sector is far from beeing saturated in Poland and there are still a lot of businesses and home services which should appear in the future :Mexican restaurants,cleaning services companies,nannies companies to name a few .

Compared with Germany France Italy ,taxes in Poland are smaller , rentals are cheap,people have a bigger purchasing power* and they spend more which explains all those luxurious and gigantic shopping malls everywhere in the country, cafes,etc.

*For instance in Krakow a huge percentage of the population lives in subzidized flats or council houses in the district Nowa Huta but for a total population of about 800 000 people Krakow has at least 3 big shopping malls and thousands of shops.

Of course poverty still exists and some people are struggling too in parts of Poland which has no economic boom but all in all Poland will be ok.

USA, Canada / Polish-American criminals [70]

Martha Stewart picked up a "Wasp" name and as you said started to mention anything relating her to Polish ancestry only
"After her mother passed away ", no comment.

USA, Canada / Polish-American criminals [70]

Martha Stewart the famous Omnimedia founder and tycoon born Martha Kostyra (Polish parents) was convicted for financial fraud and served 5 months in Jail.
She is Polish American but never boasted about her Polish roots and never even actually promoted in anyway Polish recipes and Polish specialties.

Real Estate / Documents requested from foreigners to rent a flat long term in Poland? Invoicing / Contract. [16]

[Moved from]: Do tenants receive a rent invoice in Poland ?

Hi all,
I was wondering if tenants receive or expect a rent invoice sent by the landlord in Poland or not ?
if so is it before one pays the rent or after payment of the rent to acknowledge payment ?
Thank you

Real Estate / Cost to build in Eastern Poland - Ideally per m2 [71]

Good question, the cost of this project over 6 years must be at least 20% more but since Teflcat and his wife built from scratch the psychological reward is enormous.

But apparently he does not want to do it again, even as a consultant !

My friend who built her house had the same experience of going back and forth all the time dealing with details: from her work to the house site, from her flat to the house site, adding more money for this and that, changing this and that, meeting plumbers painters electricians etc beeing asked to make decisions which were a headache, the whole thing was horribly time -and energy- consuming.

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [441]


Rozumiemnic I am not saying that Racists do not exist in Poland because you have idiots everywhere on earth but to always have Poland associated with Racism and Antisemitism is wrong.

There are millions of Poles outside Poland living and working all over the world in different cutures.Do we hear that the Polish Community in Chicago US is racist? No.

Do we hear that the Polish communities in Germany France UK Dubai etc are racist ?No.
Were or are those famous Poles: Ryszard Kapucinski, Kieslowski ,Zulawsk etc racist or antisemitic? No

Yet we keep hearing about Poland beeing xenophobic as if all the Poles were that way and the question of the first post speaks for itself: Racism in Poland-The Future.

So yes there are racists in Poland but they are not the majority and if it was forbidden in the Polish Constitution to publicly express racism in any form against any ethnic group or to express ethno centrism publicly it would eradicate the association: Poland equals Racism and Antisemitism.

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [441]

None of my Polish friends are racist antisemitic homophobic because they are well educated, love meeting other cultures and beyond all they are good human beeings.

As for the stereotype of Poles beeing anti semitic just read the magnificent novel from Daniel Mendelsohn called"the Lost"(Zagubieni. W poszukiwaniu sześciorga spośród) and remember that the majority of the Righteous among the Nations in Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem were Poles.

I think that racism takes place when ignorance is fuelled by hard economic times and that we blame the others for everything bad happening to us, we look for the usual suspects the usual scapegoats. let's hope that History will not repeat itself.

Real Estate / Cost to build in Eastern Poland - Ideally per m2 [71]


You said that you sacrificed your holiday for 6 years but never mentionned having gone through" a nightmare."
What were the problems you had to go through ?

Real Estate / Cost to build in Eastern Poland - Ideally per m2 [71]

Honestly Teflcat now after so many years of endeavours in builing your own house in Poland and eventually achievement and with your experience, i think you could offer your services as a consultant for Englisih speaking foreigners who want to build a proper house in Poland.


You should consider it because i am sure you would get a lot of clients.

Real Estate / Cost to build in Eastern Poland - Ideally per m2 [71]


Yes but it is less tiring and complicated to renovate an old house if it is in acceptable condition than to build a brand new house.

Also if the old house has a nice and typical Polish architecture you know like built in stone or a nice wooden house like those in Zakopane, it would be more interesting than a brand new one with an unremarkable architecture.

I remember beeing a bit shocked when traveling to Ireland and seeing all those "Villas" looking like Spanish Villas, instead of pretty Irish cottages.I thought it was ridiculous.

I mean it is true that for functional reasons it sounds more comfortable to live in a brand new house but I d rather keep in style with Polish architecture then if I were ever going to build a house in Poland or just look for an old one to renovate.

Real Estate / Websites to find an apartment for rent in Poland? [30]

Smurf Look at this one! oferty.net/mieszkania,Opole
As i said this website was mentioned in one of the PF postings about real estate Website

Real Estate / Websites to find an apartment for rent in Poland? [30]

Hello, do feel free to browse PF sections Housing Wanted or Housing Offered since there are already many recommendations of many Websites for finding apartments on these recent messages members posted.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


You 're hysterical Seanus ! Even in remote villages or working class areas eg Stalowa Wola men will help women carrying heavy bags and kiss their hand !

You are probaly not surrended by well mannered Polish gentlemen.... LoL

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

The Poles are not rude, on the contrary some men will kiss women ' s hand, offer to carry your heavy bags, people give their seats to pregnant women or to old people in trams etc, they are in general very gracious.

However Customer service is one of the worst in Europe, appalling, one can hardly exchange any item at a shop even with the invoice, one cannot get a refund for anything(One day at a hardware store in Galeria Kazimierz I bought among loads of other things an accessory which i discover I did not need and they made it extremely difficult to take it back even though it was still in the package and with the invoice! Same thing with a Polish friend who discovered that the dress she had bought did not fit, she went back with her invoice and the dress the following day and the shop keeper would not take it back!)

I have tons of examples like that the last one being at Aster in Krakow queuing for ages in the most messy organization in the world until some Polish clients started screaming at the incompetent staff who replied they were just employees and not responsible for the lack or organization at their headquarters!

So No the Poles are not rude andYestheir Customer Service is pathetic but they suffer from it too and are starting to rebel!

Life / Who are the Polish singers (Classical or Folk songs) [11]

Thank you so much MyMom and Grzegorz, i think i will start a relaxing Sunday listening to the nice Polish singers you recommended.
Thanks again

Life / Who are the Polish singers (Classical or Folk songs) [11]

Thanks MyMom, it 's great.

Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [330]

Any recommandation of a good Pizzeria /pizza restaurant in Krakow ?

Local Businesses only please no Chains because I had some stuff they dare to call Pizza at a place in Kazimierz Pizza Pizzy or something like that and it was horrible :seemed like some frozen low quality food they defrost)

Grazie Mille!

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

The Poles are Continental Europeans who have more in common with France ,Germany and Italy than an Englishman has with a Frenchman, A German or an Italian !

Classifieds / Recruitment agencies in Poland to hire workers? [47]

Merged: Looking for a Job in Poland ?Try Recruitment agencies in Poland

For those looking for jobs in Poland you may type Kelly search Poland in Google to get a list of recruitment agencies such as GBSrecruitment .com ( Krakow)

however you might have to be fluent in Polish depending on the sector you apply for.