Man, sit down and let me tell you what Iulia Albu did next, because it left me speechless. See, bro, everyone was going around saying she has a €1.2 million apartment. Well, she came out and said: 'Hey, that's not true, because I negotiated like a boss and paid way less.' And here's how it went down.
Iulia opened the doors to her apartment in a historic building in the capital – yeah, bro, in Bucharest, not in Ilfov, where the rich build their villas on garbage dumps. And she explained that the €1.2 million figure was for the entire residential complex in the building, not just her floor. She bought the property for €230,000, and after negotiating, she got it for 'way less than half' of the speculated amount. So if you do the math, she paid under €100,000-120,000, bro! And I'm struggling with the payments on my 2008 BMW, while she drops that kind of cash on an apartment in the center. Good for her!
'My apartment didn't cost €1,200,000. My apartment plus the one downstairs were once on the market for that amount. I was lucky to get it at a decent price. It's also a large property. Way less than half. When I found that house, it was on the market for €230,000 and I even negotiated. The house was meant to be mine,' Iulia declared on Antena Stars. Hear that, bro? 'Meant to be mine' – that's what I say when I see a used BMW, but Mioara pulls me by the sleeve.
Now, the renovation has been going on for over a year; it's her passion project. She lived in the house throughout the construction, documented everything on social media. The design focused on original architectural details, without aggressive modifications. 'In this project, color guided our direction. We didn't touch the interior elements at all; instead, we preferred to bring them to light and highlight them,' she said on Viva. That's the exact opposite of my place: my wife wants to knock down walls, and I say it's fine as is.
Recently, she filmed herself cooking an ostrich egg in the kitchen, and efforts were concentrated on dismantling and saving the old stoves for restoration. And although life on the construction site is tough, she says: 'Renovations are a long-term process for us. We lived in this house throughout the entire construction. I put part of my soul into these walls, and I'd do it all over again anytime.' Man, if I lived on a construction site, Mioara would kick me out after a week. But look, she's a woman with vision.
For now, I'm off to explain to Mioara that she too can negotiate at Lidl like Iulia Albu does with apartments – maybe she can snag a discounted ostrich egg!
