Properties For Sale
As we are living and working in Slovenia, we occasionally get asked if we know of people that are looking to buy property in Slovenia. So we decided to put up this web page on our web site and advertise property for people that want to sell houses, farms, land, bars, you name it! As these sales are private there are no agents fees to pay. Generally in Slovenia the agent fee is 4%. 2% is paid by the seller and 2% by the buyer.
The sales tax is paid by the seller and the legal costs by the buyer.
If a buyer is foreign then a translator is required. These costs are paid by the foreign buyer / seller.
We can arrange for you to see the properties that we advertise and help you through the buying process if you like. We can also recommend Notarys, translators etc.
Once you have bought your Slovenian property, we hope that you will consider us for your Property Management, and perhaps any maintenance, gardening or small building work that you may require. We can also help you to rent out your property, this should hopefully generate a reasonable return on your investment.
Traditional ‘U’ shaped farmhouse with 4 bedroom potentional in Velika Polana (€60,000)
Detached, traditional ‘U’ shaped farm house with bags of character located in a european registered Stork Village.
Large property in the popular spa town of Moravske Toplice (€92,000)
Large property for renovation, ideal for a B&B, apartments, large residential or holiday home.
More properties further down the page
Lendava
Most of the properties we advertise for people are located in the Lendava area of Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje.
Lendava is wedged into the south-eastern corner of Prekmurje, 31km from Murska Sobota, and just a stones throw from both the Croatian and Hungarian borders.
Lendava is Slovenia’s most eastern town, and also one of the largest bilingual settlements in the country.
The actual town of Lendava lies at the bottom of Lendavske Gorice, not far from the river Mura, and prides itself on rich cultural and economic tradition.
The Lendava castle was built in the 12th century and represents one of the most significant architectural monuments in the area.
At the end of the 16th and 17th century, Lendava was at a risk from Turkish raids, but the Turks never besieged the town or the castle. In remembrance of the Turkish expulsion, the Gludovacz family gave orders to build a chapel of holy trinity at the top of the Csonkadomb hill. The chapel was finished in 1728 and now keeps the mummy of an old soldier.
The biggest investment potential lies in the tourism sector, which welcomes both foreign and Slovenian investors. The region prides itself on rich tradition of winegrowing and viticulture, whose roots lie in roman times. The hills of Lendavske gorice are enriched by wine shops and tourist farms, which offer a selection of traditional wines and dishes from the region.
A special emphasis is put on offering active holidays. Tourism Lendava d.o.o. organises guided bicycle tours and Nordic walking.
One of the main tourist attractions is the Spa Terme Lendava. The spa offers medical treatment and prevention, balneotherapy, various types of contemporary physical medicine and rehabilitation, recreation and relaxation.
The healing thermal water of spa Terme Lendava contains high levels of paraffin. All year round, guests can swim in indoor or outdoor swimming pools with thermal water at 36oc, or go to the sports and recreation centre where there is a swimming pool with natural thermo mineral water at 37oc. In summer adults can use the Olympic swimming pool with a toboggan slide and a chute, while children have there own swimming pool.
There are plenty of exercise courses as well as three different saunas to try.
Property in Lendava
At the moment Lendava is pretty much undiscovered by foreign investors, however due to the huge interest in Slovenia and the rise in property prices in most other rural areas, Lendava is now being looked at by both foreign and Slovenian investors. You can still get a lot of property and land for your money in this region.
The good new for English investors is that from May 2006 Ryan air will fly to Balaton airport in Hungary, which is appox 1 hour from Lendava.
Amenities are also very good in the Lendava area. There are plenty of bars, restaurants and shops up in the wine hills or just at the bottom near the Terme, so a bicycle is all you will need.
The area of Lendavske Gorice (Lendava hills) is where most of the properties we advertise are located. Most properties that are going up for sale are owned by the older generation. They love their wine yards and wine houses however they are getting too old to manage. Unfortunately in most cases the owner’s children are not interested in agriculture or viticulture and do not want the responsibility of a house and vine yard; therefore these properties are becoming available to buy.
Most properties that are sold with a vine yard include all the wine making equipment, so the new owner can carry on where the previous left off.
All properties that have a wine yard have wine cellars with big oak barrels to store the wine and to store fruit from the trees. Some of these cellars are quite large and it’s possible to turn them into additional accommodation.
Not all wine houses have bathrooms. Some of the wine houses are ‘vikend’ houses. People that live in the towns go to their ‘vikend’ cottages at the weekend to tend to their vine yards and fruit trees; I guess the English equivalent would be summer houses or even caravans?
Anyway, some small ‘vikends’ that don’t have toilets do have a little wooden box in the garden! Most investors that have bought the ‘Vikend’ houses as holiday cottages have built on bathrooms, or adapted cellars or wine making rooms, so don’t let this put you off.
Once you have added your bathroom, you could do as we have done and make a nice flower planter from your old thunder box loo!
The area really has that holiday village feel about it, and the tourist board are very gear to promote this region as a holiday destination. The local web site is currently being translated into English, and they are very open to suggestions.
http://www.lendava-turizem.si/
Wine yards
Owning a vine yard is a very popular request from British buyers, however they are hard work and this is a fact. In the spring the vines have to be cut right back, then fertilised. As soon as the grass starts to grow again it most be mowed (approx. every 10 days) and some of these vine yards are on quite steep slopes, so pushing a mower is an exhausting task, especially in the summer when temperatures can reach 100oc in the sun.
As well as the mowing, the vines must be spayed to keep off pests and disease. If you do not do this then you could spread the disease making you very unpopular. Spraying may need to be done every 10 days.
The vines need to be checked and cut throughout the summer and fertilised. However In October comes the best bit, the picking of the grapes and the making of the wine, which most people turn into a party. You will need at least one sober person (preferably the expert) to make sure everything is being done right.
So to solve all these problems we can arrange for your vine yard to be looked after by local people (local experts) if you are not able to do it yourself.
They will evaluate your vines at the beginning and explain what they would need to do throughout the year. They will charge a yearly fee; half is paid at the beginning of the year and the other half in the middle.
We attempted to look after our vines last year, but it was a disaster. Our vines got diseased and we lost all the grapes. This year we have got an expert in, so hopefully we will have our own wine next year as currently we have to buy it!
