玩偶姐姐

It all depends on the village, we live in Klimentovo near Polski Trambesh, we have upstairs bathroom but no mains sewer only soak aways.

Our neighbours are all the same, don't know if there is mains sewer in village as,we live on village edge.

There's no connection, in either sense of the word, between how many rooms you have, where in/on the property they're located and whether you have mains sewage, a septic tank - or even a totally-illegal cesspit.

We're on a septic tank - shared with our neighbour - and we have 8 bedrooms between us, all upstairs. 馃榿

Wow how on earth can I find out how things are in my village? I don't speak Bulgarian

Try Google translate or similar app, ask neighbours or your mayor.

Our neighbours are bulgarian with no English but when we talk they say Google phone which works great.

Thank you

Wow how on earth can I find out how things are in my village? I don't speak Bulgarian - @Kath948381

Not speaking Bulgarian is a good starting-point for learning to speak Bulgarian....and total immersion is one of the best ways of learning any language. If a batty old coot like me can do it, anyone can! 馃榾

"Where there's a will...."

Wow how on earth can I find out how things are in my village? I don't speak Bulgarian - @Kath948381

Google translate can get you out of the soup, but learning the local lingo is the smart move.

Start with please, the numbers, and thank you. Use will also need "how much?"

That gets you shopping.

Move on to vocabulay sets (knife fork spoon) and other very basic words.

Grammer comes after vocabulay.

I do know how to say how much . And thank you for serving me. Amongst other things and I seem to understand more than I can say thankfully.

Someone o know who lives a long way from me says we may have a soak away.

@Kath948381

"A soak-away" can cover a multitude of things: the kosher version is a way for the hopefully-clean water that exits a properly-working septic tank to soak into a subsurface gravel bed and hence into the water table. Or it can refer to a similar gravel,/rubble bed which takes run-off from surface water and, where permitted, suitably-treated grey water (ie from showers, washing machines etc). What is absolutely prohibited is a "soakaway" which is just a trench or similar out of sight where EVERYTHING is discharged, including black water (ie what you flush away from your toilet).

If your faraway mate hasn't seen what you physically have there, they're just guessing at best. And even if you have the correct setup, it needs regular maintenance every few years to be sure it's doing what it's supposed to and not polluting the surrounding land or any underground watercourse. Grey water, and particularly black water, can create very significant health hazards to both you and your neighbours, even if they're a LONG way away...

@Kath948381

I live in a village (population 316 (2024)), have an upstairs bathroom and a septic tank.

The village doesn't have mains sewerage.

So as a hard rule, the answer would be no!