Much of the houses are abandoned and is now entering into the category of self-demolition of buildings, making them dangerous to the lives of tourists, said experts from the Municipality of Samokov Mariana Kitanova.

Article 195 of the SPA but entitles the municipality to destroy them, the more that property to the heirs of former courtiers often unclear, and most of them do not even live in Bulgaria.

Recently, it has been pushed one of the villas which the old road to Kostenets Kitanova story. The foundations of the building more visible. The procedure the municipality has taken about 3 years with cases heirs who must recover its spent on demolition of the villa means.

Demolition will take even for those of the villas that are listed as monuments of culture, but were abandoned by their owners and have become dangerous buildings.

In this case, the handoff takes more time because they wanted the agreement of the National Institute for Monuments of Culture (NICM) Kitanova explained.

74 were returned villas in Borovets in the 90's of last century, the report showed the records of the municipality. 36 of them are described by NICM as cultural monuments. Among them are the villa, used during World War II by the Nazi Adolf our representative Bekerle the villa of Professor Ivan Buresh, that of Dr. Vladimir Markov, however, which is given after the nationalization of UBO and is now known as Villa ADIS.

Even restored monuments of culture as "Ship" villa "Strezov" etc. not in its original form and has structural changes, firm specializing in the historical museum in Samokov.

Clarifying ownership is the big problem facing the Samokov municipality to make the owners to fix the houses. The buildings were lifted between 1893 and 1940, as places are granted for 99-year use of decisions of the municipal council of Samokov. In the restitution of 90-ies of XX century, even part of the land was sold to the heirs, and then resold several times in conjunction with the villas. In most cases, the heirs of the old owners were denied the purchase of land and because they are abandoned buildings. Among resale villas and restored that of Todor Balabanov, which was bought early last century by Teximbank. Former Bank Biochim even purchased the villa of the king's policy Karshev Good times. Very small proportion of returned 74 villas have remained in the hands of the original survivors, says Kitanova.

Buildings, who have raised the founder of the Sofia University Prof. Ivan Shishmanov linguist and Alexander Todorov-Balan - author of renaming the Chalets in Borovets, even more were destroyed under communism, to be released hotels instead.

The villa of the Council of Ministers is also quite changed from its original state prior to nationalization. Professors and Shishmanov Balan and organized in association viladzhiite Chalets, which has a major role to develop the resort. With their requests have been made part of mostchetata most streets and other infrastructure in the Chalets.

Huge funds for the restoration of the villas are the main problem even before the heirs of owners from tsarist times.

"To preserve the old buildings, need money, lots of money," explained George Radenkov, owner of the guesthouse "Radenkov - almost in the center of the resort. Of the two homes on the pension benefit is currently only one yard was turned into parking for caravans and the second building is in poor condition. Both buildings of the boarding house had been declared monuments of culture. Are raised by grandfather in 1893 Radenkov "Even before Ferdinand my family is in Borovets, tells Radenkov. He still is one of the few who still enjoy the villas of its forebears. But he is expected to destroy at least a warning of a building. According to the municipality, it has started to samorazrushava. In passing close to the property of Radenkov street, which makes it even more dangerous.

From a total of 150 villas in Chalets before the Communist nationalization currently in Borovets remained no more than 15-20, say experts in the historical museum of Samokov. Most of these buildings, however, subject to forcible demolition because they are in poor condition, abandoned by their owners.

Samokov knows he can get his house

Decision making Chalets in resort settlement has been taken yet in Samokov municipality at the end of XIX century. In 1896 city budget includes the construction of the inn with 14 rooms in the area. Begins and the allocation of plots for villas of famous citizens of Sofia, as any request to build a house is regarded by the municipal council. Were allowed only people with special merit. However, they only received the right to use for a period of 99 years of villas, which will build. Land remained property of the municipality. Even prohibited the raising of the fences.

Real for many of the villas entitlement has been completed and the municipality has the right to get them back, especially those that are lifted by 1909, experts say the historical museum in Samokov.

With these rules and a lot of hotels, raised before 1989, the sites of old villas are located on municipal property and should at least pay rent for the land. The municipality did not know that there is this right, although immediately after the unification of the Principality of Bulgaria with Eastern Rumelia successfully sued the state to take its eastern Chalets. It was nationalized, as was part of Eastern Rumelia.

Borovets of restitution was conducted in 90-years and they had no information to the municipality owns the parcels on which the houses were lifted before 1940, was the official position of Samokov Municipality. (24 hours)

STORY

Printing cards chalets Chalets was in widespread fashion among their owners. Great collection now kept in the historical museum in Samokov. Among the architects of the villas no known names, most were standard projects in Austria and Switzerland, telling the museum's curators. The first buildings of 90 years of the nineteenth century were wooden barracks. In the twentieth century, began to do and more massive buildings. The villas were the main advertising faces of the resort. It was possible to recruit some of the houses. In 1928, according to a brochure advertising the price of the villa for the whole season was 200-500 EUR

Buying old buildings to raise hotels

Entrepreneurs who buy old cottages in and pushed them to raise their place modern hotels, are other possible end to the "king" type of Chalets. Much of the houses were destroyed under communism and still in their place are lifted part of the hotels in the center of Borovets. After restitution also has several cases where the old cottages were demolished and in their place were built modern buildings. This example is the four star hotel of St. George in the center of the resort. It is owned by a former captain of the national volleyball team Dimo Tonev and was opened in 2000 It has holiday village with several buildings.

The hotel was removed at the villa, built in 1898, which was a cultural monument. The building was purchased by Nicolas Kurtukliev, son of the king's general, who built it. According Tonev foundations of the old house have been preserved, modern building is just a hotel.

At the site of an old villa stands and five star villa "Strezov, near the old center of Chalets. The place is now built villa in the Swiss alpine style on three floors.

Are heavily modified and villa "ship" whose name is associated with the head of public safety during the reign of King Boris III Nicholas Geshev. However, no documents have been the villa's property.

Already in the 80 years of the last century have been demolished even