diablogun

I am coming first to find the place, and this is part of the process (chatting with the locals) :-)

wolfi

If you have the time, drive around a bit, look at everything, the stores, the medical facilities etc ...
Some places are a bit backwards - when the only stores around are of the Mom&Pop type and the nearest supermarket/hardware store is 30 km away, some things get difficult.
All this has been discussed already of course, so you might look at some threads or just use your imagination for different situations when you come over:
What to do/where to go if this or that happens?

fidobsa

If you can learn Hungarian, fine, if not, forget it. From speaking to various backpackers etc and from my own experience, Hungary is the country in Europe with the lowest proportion of people who speak English. Budapest is different, you could get by with English there but if you are living in a village or town you will find very few people speak English.

diablogun

Yes, but learning the language wherever one decides to live should be the fun part. However, it will likely take 5 years or so to be any good!

diablogun

Agree completely. I like smaller towns/villages, but I also like to have a good restaurant and pub within a fair distance, as well as good schools for the kids...

mawood47

Tárnok about 10 km to Budapest M7 or road no7 Tran services every 20 minutes this time of year www.ingatlan.com I have to friends living there one recently purchased a par of sent detach maid into one property he was able to negotiate price drop from 10m to 7m but again my other friend asking price 18.8m drop to 14,2m she's got 3 bed in reasonable brick built house
On ingatlaon.com Remax advert House 127m2 land 800m2 from photos it's looking good but there is lots more in same village and I sure be able to think about this suggestion digger47

wolfi

Thanks, digger!

Just one remark:
Commuting on the N7 into Budapest every day might be rather time consuming ...
Trains are probably a better idea!

Here is a list of apartments/houses in Tárnok:

Eladó lakások Tárnok - ingatlan.com

lulu122

Hi Diablogun, I have sent you a message with some details of how we found our house here in Hungary