Can a purchase be challenged afterwards?

This used to be a real problem and has become much rarer today — but it has not disappeared. If someone sells a property where third parties should have consented — for example co-heirs of an estate or a spouse — the purchase can be challenged. In the past this hit many foreign buyers, strikingly many of them British: they got the purchase price back, but lost everything they had put into renovation and fitting out. In addition, in Bulgaria you always buy encumbrances along with the property. So the rule without exception: before the preliminary contract, instruct a lawyer for the pre-check — chain of ownership, consents, mortgages, encumbrances. Svetlana brings in lawyers from her network whose review catches exactly these cases before any money flows.