Getting fire wood/logs to season for your wood burners

kaththomas2017 · 2022-08-01T23:09:36+02:00

Learn how to source firewood for your wood burner in Bulgaria, including tips on contacting the local Mayor for affordable delivery options.

kaththomas2017 Contributor

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kaththomas2017Contributor01 August 2022 21:09:36

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DI'd you know that when you move into a Bulgarian village house you should聽 introduce yourself to the Mayor ( Kemit) because he or she will be able to order you fuel for your wood burners and arrange delivery at a reduced rate.

Bhavna Team

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BhavnaTeam02 August 2022 03:19:36

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Hi Kaththomas,

Oh well that's an interesting fact! Thanks for sharing!

Regards,

Bhavna

kaththomas2017 Contributor

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kaththomas2017Contributor02 August 2022 06:37:24

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Im supprised that so few people know it, I went with my neighbour to order my fire wood, after we'd been to introduce ourselves to the Mayor ( Kemit) who also gave us our actual address and entered us into his residents list . We went back a few weeks later ordered our wood, he asked how much we wanted, I paid him for it and it was delivered outside our house on the lane a few days later. My neighbour found a Roma man and his wife with a chain saw who cut it up , we paid them 25 Lev , it may be about 28 lev this year , the hardest part was moving the logs into our garden which took me a couple of days, but amused the villages to see an old British lady doing manuel work .

kaththomas2017 Contributor

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kaththomas2017Contributor02 August 2022 06:50:12

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Oh and when your fire wood is delivered you'll be given a receipt which you take to the Mayor's office when you order your next load of wood.

Mel1702 Active member

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Mel1702Active member02 August 2022 07:40:22

Might be worth knowing for anyone recently moved here that when we were applying for residency the people at immigration office asked us for proof from the village mayor of our address. Seems as though you need to introduce yourself as Kath has said within the first couple of weeks of arrival. We had to drive back to our village, which is about 100km, get a little chitty from mayor then go back to immigration office.

kaththomas2017 Contributor

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kaththomas2017Contributor02 August 2022 08:36:14

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Yes the village Mayor us a very important person like they used to be in the UK.

SimCityAT Expert

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SimCityATExpert02 August 2022 10:18:21

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Moving to a new town/Village why wouldn't you introduce yourself to the mayor and locals?

lambertp146 Active member

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lambertp146Active member04 August 2022 17:47:35

@kaththomas2017 how much was wood in total if don't mind me asking we have house in village of Sandia Bulgaria we're hoping to get this year but if not it will be next year thanks paul

kaththomas2017 Contributor

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kaththomas2017Contributor04 August 2022 18:04:46

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If I remember correctly and this was two years ago and we've still got more than enought to fill two large rooms attached to our house we paid around 300lev for five cubes (?) I'll order about two or three cubes when I get back which should have a couple of years to season before we start to use it. I m saying cubes but it maybe cubic whatevers. As I said I paid 25 Lev to have it cut into manageable size and it took them around three or more hours.

Mel1702 Active member

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Mel1702Active member05 August 2022 04:32:54

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We paid 720 lev for 10 cubic meters. And there is loads of it, enough for two winters I鈥檇 say

lambertp146 Active member

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lambertp146Active member05 August 2022 09:39:55

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@Mel1702 thanks that great Paul Gillian

lambertp146 Active member

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lambertp146Active member05 August 2022 09:40:26

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@kaththomas2017 thankyou very much Paul Gillian

berryd Active member

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berrydActive member05 August 2022 09:48:53

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@Mel1702 Wow, that does sound like a good deal. We live in Cyprus and getting ready to order our first winter logs but they are expensive at 75 euro for a loose load of cut logs that fit on the back of a HiLux. Maybe nearly a cubic metre for 75 euro...

Iveta Aleksova Member

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Iveta AleksovaMember22 August 2022 12:42:45

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@kaththomas2017

Hi in which village you are ?

Is it only for expat?

kaththomas2017 Contributor

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kaththomas2017Contributor22 August 2022 13:14:12

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No as far as I'm aware it's for everyone bt you do need to introduce聽 yourself to the Mayor as a matter of common courtesy Iveta. I have a house in the Pomorie聽 Municipality.聽 So just go to your Mayors office in your village it's the building with the flags outside, introduce yourself and ask .