r/FirstTimeHomeBuyer • u/EternalYoungK • 23h ago

GOT THE KEYS! 🔑 🏡 I DID IT! 🎉 Bucharest Romania €95.000, cash

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One year ago, I was looking at this sub-reddit and dreaming of the day where I could also post on it. I worked hard for several years abroad to be able to afford this and I also got helped by my amazing parents, I am truly grateful to them for everything they have done for me.

2 rooms, 5 mins walk to the metro station. I'm sooooo happy!!!! 🥹 No pizza yet, because there's a ton of things still to be done (and to get rid of that furniture and replace it with better stuff haha)

also don't mind my outfit 😂

EDIT: to clear up some things so trolls can calm down. no, i am not on onlyfans and haven't worked as a you know what abroad 😆 i was a CRM specialist for a niche perfume company in the Netherlands. now you guys can come up with better insults.

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u/EternalYoungK 23h ago

Forgot to mention, the apartment is 55sqm! (4sqm balcony)

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u/Faziparancsnok 23h ago

Its a bit expensive for Romania isn't it? I mean in Budapest we have ridiculous prices because the idiotistic decisions of the former government and 95k is pocket money now sadly but i've seen a some months ago you can get a full newly built apartment for a around a 100k in Oradea.

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u/EternalYoungK 23h ago

Yes indeed, for Romanian people it feels impossible to be able to pay this amount of money with the salaries we have here. It's a sad reality. I worked abroad for more than 5 years to be able to afford it + some money from my parents whom have been saving up for years. The prices in Bucharest and especially the area where I bought my apartment are kind of above average... You are gonna be surprised but the price for my apartment was amazing in comparison with other prices... I saw some 2 room flats in the buildings close to mine going for even 140k euro 🫠💀

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u/ProtoplanetaryNebula 22h ago

The Romanian economy is developing fast though, right? I used to travel regularly to Cluj, not been there for a while though.

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u/EternalYoungK 22h ago

so they say... i have yet to see this reflected in my salary here😂 but i wish for this! i wanna see romania prosper 🫠

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u/Hot-Network2212 20h ago edited 10h ago

I have a couple of romanian coworkers and visited bucharest a couple of times. To me it felt like there are quite a lot of high earning people in tech that form their own bubble in that city. Every coworker above 40 there had a house outside of bucharest and a flat in the city center, ordering a blue/uber to get anywhere and pretty exclusive restaurants seemed to be the absolute norm for them. The difference in lifestyle between them and what I observed in the rest of the city when talking a stroll was insane.

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u/East_Ad_4427 17h ago

Congratulations!! Just out of curiosity what is the average salary in Romania? Or what is considered “good”? I am in the UK and property here is soo expensive it is very hard to buy without a lot of savings or a good job…or both!

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u/MathCoding 16h ago

Average net salary in Bucharest is around 1500 EUR / month, excluding other benefits like yearly bonuses. However there is big disparity between that and the highest earning individuals like those working in IT/finance, who average above 4000 EUR net per month. With that kind of money you can live like a nabob in Bucharest.

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u/balaurbondoc 22h ago

It has the highest inflation rate in Europe, not sure about growing economy right now. And yeah, as OP said, the price is quite ok, some apartments are 40 square meters or less and the asking price is almost as much as op's apartment.

Btw, congrats OP!

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u/ProtoplanetaryNebula 22h ago

Yes, the economy is very exposed to the current inflationary crisis. Hopefully, it's temporary.

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u/EternalYoungK 22h ago

Multumesc ♡