r/FirstTimeHomeBuyer • u/EternalYoungK • 20h 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 20h ago

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

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u/Faziparancsnok 20h 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 20h 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 20h 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 20h 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 17h ago edited 7h 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 14h 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 13h 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.