HOTNITSA
Living in rural Bulgaria
restored house at Hotnitsa
 
We are Allan and Eileen Sutherland. We’ve been married for 35 years and have 3
children and 4 grandchildren.

In May 2003, we came over to Bulgaria and were shown a range of properties by
Stara Planina estate agency.  Two days and nine properties later, we found a semi-
derelict farmhouse set in two and a half acres in the village of Hotnitsa, approx-
imately 15 kilometres from Veliko Tarnovo.

Since then, we have fully renovated the house, demolished some outbuildings and
re-built others to create space for shared facilities.

We have been working with a Bulgarian architect and Amazonails from the UK to
design and build environmentally friendly strawbale houses.  (See buttons on the
left for more info.)
In 2006, we cycled from
Newcastle to Hotnitsa.  This
photo shows us having just
arrived - after 1,912 miles!
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