judybaby

Hi everyone, this is my first post on this forum.

We are buying a house in MAGYARKESZI 20 mins south of Balaton does anyone have any knowledge of problems in this village?

I tend to take everyone as I find them and do not prejudge.

We will be living full time in the village so I guess we may not have too much of a problem and fully intend to get "involved" just as soon as we can speak a little bit of Hungarian.

Judy

Rural Hungary

Hi Judy and welcome to the Hungarian forum I hope you will find lots of useful information in the run up to your relocation.

Can I ask you to create a new thread, something along the lines of - Does anybody know the village MAGYARKESZI, just to take it away from the Roma thread as having ethnic minorities (there are many villages, especially near the borders, with large ethnic minorities from neighbouring countries) in a village does not necessarily mean there will be problems in the village and in fact, so I have been informed, crime in some of the more affluent villages is committed by both Hungarian and foreign gangs.

I have some info on your village, though the most up to date can be obtained from your local police station, PM me or email me and I will pass it on.

Tomsky2012

Hello there and have just read this thread with interest we have a house in Gadany and there is a large Roma population there and although there are some bad i would say 95 % are good people who welcomed me in to their homes cooked for me and offered me the best of what they had to offer which was not a lot...
The people i have met have never crossed my door to steal or cheat from me andhave gone out of their way to welcome me to the villiage ..In september of this year 2012 we will be moving out there full time and I look forward to embracing the villiage life and its population

Rural Hungary

I am glad your experience has been positive but there are issues in Gadany - likewise the village of Keleviz, just before Gadany. Just don't be too trusting till you get to know people well.

Tomsky2012

I do not invite any of the Roma in to my home bar one couple who have helped us more than any other in the village Im polite to all but most are kept at arms length and kept at bay with a hello and good bye costs notithing to be polite and after all i have to live in that community

Rural Hungary

Can I just point out that Roma are not the only criminals in the villages in Hungary and in the more affluent villages, the gangs are more organised than any Roma I know could ever dream of being - Hungarian, Croatian, Romanian? Who knows.... Sadly, in the poorer villages, it is typically Roma who struggle the most financially though by no means do they all turn to crime. Some villages are worse than other regardless of the ethnicity of the population.

alima1943

Message:- I wish there was some way these villages could be named as now we are very confused as where to buy and where not to buy,but we will be coming for at least a week in the Spring next year, and after research of sorts on the net! have decided maybe to look in the West of the Country or somewhere around Pecs but we do want rural not a town and preferably far enough away from any tourist area so not to be over run with tourists .also are there any particular areas which are a little less cold in the winter and what are the temperatures really like and how long does the really cold weather last.

Rural Hungary

Hi Alima and welcome to the forum. First of all, the weather - winters do get cold but it is a dry cold unlike the UK. Usually there is a 2-4 week spell where day time temperatures rarely rise above freezing, this can be with or without snow. Temperatures can dip to -20's but only for a few days. November tends to be quite mild, the winter proper doesn't start until December - sometimes not till the 2nd or 3rd week. January and February are the worst months though towards the end of February, you usually experience a few sunny days, come March, it starts to feel more like spring but the evenings will still be cold.
To conclude, it can get very cold, it is a short winter, not usually wet, dry cold unlike the UK, the country doesn't grind to a halt and everything functions as normal.
Hope this helps

Regards villages, I do not feel comfortable naming individual villages and to be honest, though I have personal experience, knowledge of many of the villages - I do not know them all and can only go on statistics, though, where I have gone on statistics for people - it has usually proven true.
What to be careful of is that you don't buy a property based on the proximity to Lake Balaton as a North shore village, 20 minutes from the Lake is very different to a South shore one.
Feel free to contact me if you need information on a particular village/villages and I will do what I can to help.

sowise

Which estate agents are you both referring to ?

Peter_in_Hungary

Talking to our 'village bobby' recently he said that the requirement for the unemployed to do community work in order to be eligible for social support has resulted in a drop in theft and petty crime. The reasoning is that the unemployed are occupied and they have some money for wine and fags so no time and less inclination to go thieving.

Now there's a surprise.................not

FenTiger

That's good ....

Spineytoad

Looking at Rural Hungary and have taken an internet shine to a couple of places - obviously real visits will be undertaken and time to think and research. Thought I would mention the names of a couple of villages in case people had first hand knowledge in advance to give us a feel for a location, from a boots on the ground position. Zala County, Zalaegerszeg, Zalaszántó, Pacsa?

wolfi

Spiney, I think you're in the wrong thread ...
Maybe it would be better to open your own thread - including a description of what you want. Like "looking for a house in a nice village in Zala county near Zalaegerszeg".

Btw Near Zalaszánto is the Buddhist Stupa and the village is on a main road not too far from Sümeg with its famous castle (and a Tesco and an Interspar)
News from Zalaszanto

Spineytoad

Thanks for the reply. Sorry Wolfii, should have been more clear, it was with reference to these places being known not spots, bad villages. I have always had a good relationship with UK Roma/Gypsy communities but understand that like many cultures there are bad apples in any of them, get enough bad apples and the barrel is ruined. I am looking forward to finding something rural and mixing in the local communities. Rural because our family has always been semi self sufficient, handy with tools and happy to raise livestock. Currently in the Shetland Islands, so know all about living in remote areas, inhospitable climates, happy to barter etc

scrubbedexpat0105

Spineytoad, unless the section moderator thinks differently, I would second Wolfi that it's better to start a new discussion. It makes the discussions easier to follow.

I (personally) also find it helpful if people thinking of moving to Hungary outline their plans: whether to live there continually or just for part of the year; permanently (burning bridges to the UK) or with a view to returning; whether they speak any Hungarian, and if not whether they have plans to learn the language, etc.