When i started this blog, along with keeping all the owners and our clients up to date with what is going on, on site i wanted to give a little flavour of our life and life in Bansko generally, in the hope it will make it a little more familiar for everyone and you get an insight to the culture here and how ordinary people live in a Bulgaria mountain resort. Previously you saw the blessing we had at the complex, to day i would like you to see our little angel Chantal first day back to school after summer and starting her 4th year classes.
Like everything in Bansko/Bulgaria, school and schooling is driven by tradition and family and the start of the new school term is an event that the kids and school spend time during the summer to prepare for. this year Chantal was asked to present the pitka bread for the 4th year classes, for this she don's traditional dress and after a mini theatre performance put on by the children, she and two other girls (one for each year group) lead the kids in to the school.the bread is representative of health, happiness and family, for all that use and work at the school. The little show performed by the kids is about nature and the animals of the woods.
Your see and feel from the brief video that, schooling remains here not only about education but the children having fun, values and traditional interaction with each other, and different from the UK and most of europe these days they are allowed to remain kids a lot longer, not a bad thing in my book.
Watch and enjoy.
St John Village
Facilities Management by Crown FM
Friday, September 16, 2011
Up on the Roof
Hi everyone its been a little while, but its been a busy few weeks and lots going on in the back ground, mostly looking to the future and sorting out all the detail involved in operating the site and setting our PPM and RM procedures. Hopefully everyone has seen our LCR document we produced really whilst it might come across a little scary really it is all manageable, and as long as we all work together, everything can be managed. Whilst we where putting the LCR together we obviously had to gain good visual access to the roof areas of the complex and whilst we where doing this we managed to get some unusual and interestingly different views of the complex and it architecture profile.
You cannot help but love the architectural proportions and balance of the building, i know i keep saying it but she really is the best in Bansko visually and also in terms of internal layouts and apartment scope, really the core and most important elements of the construction are all in order. You can also see we have been busy behind the building with getting the grounds in order and you would not believe how thick and dense the under growth was.
Not the same development i hear you say, amazing what a little bit of love and attention can achieve, with the vast majority of the grounds now through the first phase of tending we are now, focusing on removing the unwanted heavy weeds and starting to nurture the grounds by selective burning and watering prior to seeding and tending we have also order some select and appropriate planting and young trees for planting before the end of September.
Architecturally i like the roof junctions of the complex and the rhythm they sets, even the chimneys have been coordinated which is very unusually in Bulgaria let alone Bansko.
You cannot help but love the architectural proportions and balance of the building, i know i keep saying it but she really is the best in Bansko visually and also in terms of internal layouts and apartment scope, really the core and most important elements of the construction are all in order. You can also see we have been busy behind the building with getting the grounds in order and you would not believe how thick and dense the under growth was.
Not the same development i hear you say, amazing what a little bit of love and attention can achieve, with the vast majority of the grounds now through the first phase of tending we are now, focusing on removing the unwanted heavy weeds and starting to nurture the grounds by selective burning and watering prior to seeding and tending we have also order some select and appropriate planting and young trees for planting before the end of September.
Architecturally i like the roof junctions of the complex and the rhythm they sets, even the chimneys have been coordinated which is very unusually in Bulgaria let alone Bansko.
Looking better and better all the time and really she is worthy of your dreams.
And this is how we got up there, a ride in a manuto man bucket, not glamorous but very effective
We have also been working fervently with the OA to-gather more owners to the fold that dont already know about the great work the OA have been doing up at St Johns, with the soul aim to get more members to buy into the future, that can now be shaped by us all. As well as ownership searches, we have put on each entrance a promotional leaflet, urging any owners we have not already traced to get in touch and to get involved.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
SJP welcomes its First Owner & Guest
On the 12th August 2011 after 3 long years of waiting finally St Johns Park and Crown FM welcome's the first owner and Guest, Rachel and Phil to use, YES USE the complex and Rachel's apartment, Crown Interiors delivered on Rachel's dream apartment. Having worked hand in hand with Rachel, and off a great specification she had meticulously prepared, Crown Interiors derived the perfect design and proposal which together we fine turned to be the project and apartment it is now, and now finally Rachel, her family and friends can enjoy.
Looking good feeling good, and the Sun shone all weekend. Doesn't get much better than that, Summer in Bansko has so much to offer and with St Johns Park wonderfully located on the edge of the Pirin National park, on the Tuesday we had to kick them out as they did not want to go home :) Crown Transfers safely delivered back to the airport and there both be back soon in October.
Rachel's is a one bed apartment located at the junction of blocks D and F and thus had a compact size and challenging layout, the bed room in particular with its almost triangular shape. Everything from Crown Interiors is hand made and customed to suit every clients need and taste, but with out the custom made price tag. with our factory in Bansko and team of local artisans Crown is best placed to deliver on your dream and budget. Here you see the kitchen dinning area with the kitchen made from solid Oak (Bulgarian Oak) it was designed in a shaker style and made functional around the apartment entrance. so as to maximis space potential and present the kitchen as an item of furniture. your also see a solid lime stone floor, and drop ceiling with down lighting over the kitchen zone.
Bulgarian Oak is for me one of the most beautiful Oaks its not easy to work with, as is much harder than other sources of oak but the grain and composition of the wood is just fabulous. LED lighting is built in to the wall units and elegant victorian tube way style tiles are used for the splash back a real touch of class.
Crown Interiors makes all its own sofas (you see a design you like and we will make it for you, or we will design a one off for you, just ask) and this is one of my favourites a real contemporary design perfect for the space, and magically hides a horizontal side and rise sofa bed. the sofa was also over sized as Rachel's boy is a tall one, its so big that we had to bring it in through the balcony doors.
Again a custom unit, made from solid oak, we wall hung it so as to visually to take away from the space, see also the wall papered walls, this really adds additional texture and softens the visual feel of the wood. the glass DVD, and DVD integrated shelving agains reduces the visual impact the piece has on the space.
And so to the bedroom a really difficult shape this, you see a wall mounted oak head board, here we set the wood elements and arranged the sections so the wood its self becomes like a feature as its so beautiful its like a work of art. Integrated stainless steel lamps glass side tables and an over sized mirror with leather frame all combine to give as sense of drama to the space yet an over all feeling of serenity.
To off set the original triangular shape of the room, and visually rationalise the space we set the wardrobe at 90deg to the back wall and at an angle across the room, then custom made the carcass section of the wardrobe in to the triangular space now left behind, clever space management has now meant that a 3 meter wardrobe has been formed our of an original 1.8 meter space. The combination of the hi-gloss acrylic panels and oak frame sliding doors, gives a feeling of space with the reflective surface and texture from the wood, i feel your agree they look great.
Rachel now has her little piece of home from home luxury here in beautiful Bansko, to enjoy for years to come and for us at Crown FM to look after and protect.
Looking good feeling good, and the Sun shone all weekend. Doesn't get much better than that, Summer in Bansko has so much to offer and with St Johns Park wonderfully located on the edge of the Pirin National park, on the Tuesday we had to kick them out as they did not want to go home :) Crown Transfers safely delivered back to the airport and there both be back soon in October.
Rachel's is a one bed apartment located at the junction of blocks D and F and thus had a compact size and challenging layout, the bed room in particular with its almost triangular shape. Everything from Crown Interiors is hand made and customed to suit every clients need and taste, but with out the custom made price tag. with our factory in Bansko and team of local artisans Crown is best placed to deliver on your dream and budget. Here you see the kitchen dinning area with the kitchen made from solid Oak (Bulgarian Oak) it was designed in a shaker style and made functional around the apartment entrance. so as to maximis space potential and present the kitchen as an item of furniture. your also see a solid lime stone floor, and drop ceiling with down lighting over the kitchen zone.
Bulgarian Oak is for me one of the most beautiful Oaks its not easy to work with, as is much harder than other sources of oak but the grain and composition of the wood is just fabulous. LED lighting is built in to the wall units and elegant victorian tube way style tiles are used for the splash back a real touch of class.
Crown Interiors makes all its own sofas (you see a design you like and we will make it for you, or we will design a one off for you, just ask) and this is one of my favourites a real contemporary design perfect for the space, and magically hides a horizontal side and rise sofa bed. the sofa was also over sized as Rachel's boy is a tall one, its so big that we had to bring it in through the balcony doors.
Again a custom unit, made from solid oak, we wall hung it so as to visually to take away from the space, see also the wall papered walls, this really adds additional texture and softens the visual feel of the wood. the glass DVD, and DVD integrated shelving agains reduces the visual impact the piece has on the space.
And so to the bedroom a really difficult shape this, you see a wall mounted oak head board, here we set the wood elements and arranged the sections so the wood its self becomes like a feature as its so beautiful its like a work of art. Integrated stainless steel lamps glass side tables and an over sized mirror with leather frame all combine to give as sense of drama to the space yet an over all feeling of serenity.
To off set the original triangular shape of the room, and visually rationalise the space we set the wardrobe at 90deg to the back wall and at an angle across the room, then custom made the carcass section of the wardrobe in to the triangular space now left behind, clever space management has now meant that a 3 meter wardrobe has been formed our of an original 1.8 meter space. The combination of the hi-gloss acrylic panels and oak frame sliding doors, gives a feeling of space with the reflective surface and texture from the wood, i feel your agree they look great.
Rachel now has her little piece of home from home luxury here in beautiful Bansko, to enjoy for years to come and for us at Crown FM to look after and protect.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
SJP drive By
With the first cut complete out front of the Park Blocks D through to A, it really is looking unbelievably good, in fact its quite incredible the difference, particularly out front of blocks B and C, its almost as if the buildings them selfs have taken a deep breath and puffed their chests out.
The video shows another beautiful day in Bansko, where we are currently experiencing an unusually warm air front sweeping in from the African continent, with temperatures in the region of 40 degrees WOW. Set against a perfectly clear, deep blue sky's our video shows a drive by blocks D to A and you can almost smell the fresh cut grass.
The video shows another beautiful day in Bansko, where we are currently experiencing an unusually warm air front sweeping in from the African continent, with temperatures in the region of 40 degrees WOW. Set against a perfectly clear, deep blue sky's our video shows a drive by blocks D to A and you can almost smell the fresh cut grass.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
The Blessing of St Johns Park Bansko.
Called the water blessing this traditional Bulgarian blessing is performed by the Priest of Bansko's main church "The Three Saints" and is performed at the start of any new venture/business or the purchase of a new home and we have arrange in this instance for it to be dedicated to ridding the complex of all the negative energy and bad things that has gone before and to open up all roads in future for the owners and those from Crown FM that will work at the complex, bringing all things good, health, wealth, success, love and good luck.
From the 1st until 15th August which is Mum Mary's day on the Christen Orthodox calendar, during this period traditionally believers abstain from eating meat and thus the offerings on the table, seen in the video are fruit, bread, honey and chocolate washed down with a good wine, and soft drinks. During the ceremony participants names are spoken and water placed on them by the priest, once the ceremony is complete the priest hands the blessed water to Yana who then goes to each of the blocks at the Park in turn to spread the holy waters across the whole complex.
St Johns Park is now ready to face a much brighter future.
From the 1st until 15th August which is Mum Mary's day on the Christen Orthodox calendar, during this period traditionally believers abstain from eating meat and thus the offerings on the table, seen in the video are fruit, bread, honey and chocolate washed down with a good wine, and soft drinks. During the ceremony participants names are spoken and water placed on them by the priest, once the ceremony is complete the priest hands the blessed water to Yana who then goes to each of the blocks at the Park in turn to spread the holy waters across the whole complex.
St Johns Park is now ready to face a much brighter future.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
What a difference a day makes
With Crown FM hitting the ground running, already things are starting to look better. As we all know first impressions count, so to make a big show and let everyone know St Johns Park is alive and kicking we started clearing the grounds at block D.
Here is a snap shot of what things looked like monday morning.
So now to work and the first phase of the big tidy up, cutting down 4 years of wild growth, long trousers needed as some pretty big snakes in and amongst them weeds and long grass, and at the end of day two, out front block D starts to take shape.
A good start always sets the standard for the future and with the weather on our side also phase 1 out side Block D begins to take shape and the big white elephant starts to regain her colour.
Even with the Jazz festival imminent our friends at the municipality helped out to make the place clean and nice ready for the visit and blessing of the complex tomorrow by Bansko's Priest a wonderful tradition aimed at blessing all those about to work at the complex from Crown FM and all the owners and there property, ridding the development of all the bad energy of the past and forging a bright new future.
In typical Bulgarian fashion an illegal and dam-write dangerous electrical supply (415v) had been taking supply from the basement of block B, Crown FM advised the offending party of imminent removal and in coordination with CEZ (the electrical utility company) to promptly remove and make safe the lands of the Park.
Looking forward to tomorrow and the church mans blessing will post the video and pictures of the event in the evening.
Monday, August 1, 2011
A new dawn for St Johns Park Bansko
After 3 years of non use and constant problems, Crown FM is proud to announce that after over two years of dogged determination and a tireless pursuit of the ultimate goal we have finally and successfully secured, in partnership with the Owners Association, the long over due access for owners to their apartments and full use of the utilities water and electricity, all previously denied them by unlawful means.
As a result of this significant achievement Crown FM are proud to be appointed by the owners and the owners association as the incumbent Facilities Management company looking after and tending to all the complexes demanding management and maintenance needs and insuring an appropriate, safe and welcoming environment is always available for the owners to enjoy 365days 24hours 7days a week.
Welcome to the Crown FM way, a property management company properly qualified and experienced to best mange your asset.
Today 1st August 2011 we officially took over the St Johns Park complex and all its PPM and RM requirements and as daunting as they might seem, we as a business are excited at both the challenge and the opportunity it presents and want to set and raise the bench mark in FM and property services in Bansko.
Via this Blog primarily set up for the owners our partners in this venture/journey but also there for everyone to get involved with, we will track the progress of our works and endeavours to take this development with its fabulous and unique Architecture, stunning location and potentially second to non facilities, from a dead white elephant to a proper 5 star resort and the envy of the balkans.
As a result of this significant achievement Crown FM are proud to be appointed by the owners and the owners association as the incumbent Facilities Management company looking after and tending to all the complexes demanding management and maintenance needs and insuring an appropriate, safe and welcoming environment is always available for the owners to enjoy 365days 24hours 7days a week.
Welcome to the Crown FM way, a property management company properly qualified and experienced to best mange your asset.
Today 1st August 2011 we officially took over the St Johns Park complex and all its PPM and RM requirements and as daunting as they might seem, we as a business are excited at both the challenge and the opportunity it presents and want to set and raise the bench mark in FM and property services in Bansko.
Via this Blog primarily set up for the owners our partners in this venture/journey but also there for everyone to get involved with, we will track the progress of our works and endeavours to take this development with its fabulous and unique Architecture, stunning location and potentially second to non facilities, from a dead white elephant to a proper 5 star resort and the envy of the balkans.
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