Buying an apartment in Iliyantsi
Илиянци · 5 apartments on the market · median €1,678 per m²
The short version for Iliyantsi: 5 apartments advertised, a median asking price of €1,678 per square metre (level with Sofia as a whole), a position 5.9 km from Sveta Nedelya Square, and the everyday infrastructure set out further down this page.
Most buyers arrive with one word for Iliyantsi — warehousing — and leave with a fuller picture. This page supplies it: size-by-size pricing, construction and age data, counted local amenities, an eight-part score and an FAQ that sticks to what the data supports.
Small sample. Only 5 apartments were advertised in Iliyantsi when we sampled the market, so the medians on this page carry more uncertainty than in the big estates. Treat them as an indication, not a valuation.
The price of buying in Iliyantsi
Money first: the median ask here is €114,720 for 75 m². Interquartile range €110,000–€160,000; the extremes of our sample are €83,900 and €260,510.
On a per-square-metre basis Iliyantsi runs at €1,678, quartiles €1,600–€2,390. The 10–90 percentile spread of €870/m² (52% of the median) tells you how heterogeneous the stock is: a typical mix of renovated and untouched apartments.
The step from one bedroom to two is the decision most buyers face. One-bedroom (dvustaen) flats ask €99,310 at 49 m²; two-bedroom (tristaen) flats ask €160,000 at 100 m². In rate terms that is €2,034/m² against €1,600/m² — the extra bedroom is cheaper per metre than the first one.
If your ceiling is €200,000, 80% of the current Iliyantsi market is open to you; at €150,000 that falls to 60%, and at €300,000 it rises to 100%.
| Apartment size | Median price | Middle 50% range | Typical area | € / m² | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-room (dvustaen) — 1 bedroom | €99,310 | €91,605 – €107,015 | 49 m² | €2,034 | 2 |
| 3-room (tristaen) — 2 bedrooms | €160,000 | €135,000 – €210,255 | 100 m² | €1,600 | 3 |
| All sizes | €114,720 | €110,000 – €160,000 | 75 m² | €1,678 | 5 |
Sizes follow the Bulgarian convention of counting every room, so subtract one to get bedrooms. Prices are asks, not achieved sale prices.
Is Iliyantsi dear or cheap?
Relative to the city as a whole — median €2,538/m² — this neighbourhood is level with. That puts it in the broad middle, where most Sofia purchases happen.
The adjacent market is the fairest benchmark. Trebich (€1,837/m²) and Triagalnika (€2,367/m²) bracket the local range, and the comparison table shows where Iliyantsi falls between them.
| Neighbourhood | € / m² | vs Iliyantsi | Median price | New-build | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iliyantsi | €1,678 | — | €114,720 | 0% | 5 |
| Benkovski | €2,148 | +28% | €176,700 | 71% | 14 |
| Triagalnika | €2,367 | +41% | €227,500 | 56% | 16 |
| Svoboda | €2,205 | +31% | €145,000 | 26% | 72 |
| Trebich | €1,837 | +9% | €180,000 | 0% | 1 |
The housing stock in Iliyantsi
Age profile: 0% new (2021 or later, including under construction), 100% older stock. Off-plan is a small part of the picture at 0%.
The typical block runs to 4 floors, with the tallest in the sample at 4. Every listing in the sample came through an agency rather than a private seller.
What is on the doorstep in Iliyantsi
1 school and 1 kindergarten are mapped inside Iliyantsi — 98 NU Kiril i Metodi. Bulgarian state schools are free; private and international schools in Sofia run from roughly €4,000 to €25,000 a year.
For daily shopping the neighbourhood has no supermarkets, 1 convenience store and no bakeries. With no supermarket mapped inside the boundary, the big shop happens elsewhere.
Recreation counts 4 mapped facilities in all — 1 park (Park Iliyantsi), 2 playgrounds, no gyms and sports centres.
Day-to-day services: 2 post offices — note that no pharmacy is mapped here. The local hospitality scene runs to 1 restaurant and no cafés.
Schools
- 98 NU Kiril i Metodi
Kindergartens
- DG №83 Slaveyche
Parks & gardens
- Park Iliyantsi
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Markers show the schools, kindergartens, supermarkets, parks, pharmacies and transport stops recorded inside Iliyantsi.
Getting around
Metro: Beli Dunav at 2.5 km (30 min walk). Surface transport adds 10 mapped bus stops and 6 tram stops inside the neighbourhood. A single ticket costs €0.80 and a monthly all-lines pass €25.60 for adults.
Distance to the centre is 5.9 km; allow 15 minutes by car outside peak hours. The neighbourhood is served by 10 bus stops and 6 tram stops.
| Station | Distance | Walk |
|---|---|---|
| Beli Dunav (Бели Дунав) | 2.5 km | 30 min |
| Lomsko shose (Ломско шосе) | 2.6 km | 31 min |
| Nadezhda (Надежда) | 2.8 km | 34 min |
Matching Iliyantsi to your priorities
Match it to your priorities. Buyers who value quiet over convenience tend to do well in Iliyantsi; daily commuters without a car and families who want a school on the doorstep generally do better elsewhere in Sofia. With 100% of listings in older buildings, budget for renovation on top of the asking price.
Iliyantsi scored on eight criteria
A first-party scorecard: eight criteria, one formula each, applied identically to all 136 neighbourhoods we cover.
Due diligence for Iliyantsi
You are buying a co-ownership
Ask for the minutes of the last general assembly, the balance of the building fund and whether any major works are planned. A pending roof or lift replacement is a five-figure liability that follows the property.
What it costs to live there
Ask for twelve months of actual bills, not an estimate — the difference between an insulated and an uninsulated block is several hundred euro a year.
Check the real commute
Distance to the metro here is 2.5 km — far enough that most residents take a bus to the platform. Time the full door-to-desk journey, not the straight line.
Title and encumbrances
The title work is the same everywhere in Sofia — register extract, skitsa, encumbrances, marital status, inheritance certificate if relevant — and it is the part buyers skip when they are in a hurry.
Tax base vs. price
Transaction costs on the local median of €114,720 come to roughly €5,507: 2.5% transfer tax, the notary scale, 0.1% registry entry and any commission you are asked to pay.
Iliyantsi: frequently asked questions
Is now a good time to buy in Iliyantsi?
Sofia's market has run hot since the euro-adoption decision, with strong annual growth citywide and mortgage rates still among the lowest in the EU. In Iliyantsi specifically, new supply is limited (0% of listings), which supports prices but means competition for the good resale flats. No one can tell you where prices go next; what we can do is show you what is being asked today, and where.
How much does an apartment in Iliyantsi cost?
The median asking price across the 5 apartments advertised in Iliyantsi is €114,720 for about 75 m², or €1,678 per square metre. Half the market falls between €110,000 and €160,000. Asking is not achieved. Expect to shave 3–8% in negotiation, and ask the agent how long the listing has been running before you decide how hard to push.
Price of a one-bedroom apartment in Iliyantsi?
The dvustaen — the Bulgarian one-bedroom — sits at €99,310 in the middle of the Iliyantsi market. Expect 49 m² of built-up area at €2,034/m², from 2 advertised units. With listings from €83,900 to €114,720, two flats on the same street can differ by a third.
Price of a family-sized flat in Iliyantsi?
Family-sized stock — the three-room tristaen — is advertised at a median €160,000 (100 m², €1,600/m²). Against a one-bedroom at €99,310, the extra bedroom costs about €60,690. Larger flats are cheaper by the metre here (€434/m² less), so if your budget stretches, stretch it.
Is Iliyantsi above or below the Sofia average?
The citywide figure is €2,538/m²; this neighbourhood asks €1,678/m². In relative terms: 0% against the Sofia median. For a family-sized 90 m² flat that gap is worth about €77,400.
What is Iliyantsi like for a family with young children?
Inside the boundary OpenStreetMap records 1 school, 1 kindergarten, 2 playgrounds and 1 park. 98 NU Kiril i Metodi is the closest to most addresses. Check the specific institutions you would rely on — the counts here leave little slack. Note the two different systems: schools admit by address catchment, kindergartens by a municipal points ranking.
What is the commute from Iliyantsi into central Sofia?
The nearest metro station is Beli Dunav, 2.5 km away — roughly 30 minutes on foot. Local stops number 10 for buses plus 6 for trams. The city centre is 5.9 km away — about 15 minutes by car outside the rush hour. A single ticket costs €0.80, a monthly all-lines pass €25.60.
Where do you do the weekly shop in Iliyantsi?
The neighbourhood has no mapped supermarket of its own. Alongside them: 1 smaller shop, 0 bakeries.
Based on 5 live Iliyantsi listings within a citywide sample of 18,058 (imot.bg, 16 September 2026) and OpenStreetMap amenity counts inside the neighbourhood boundary. How we did it.
Tell us your brief for Iliyantsi
One email, no phone calls: tell us what you are looking for and we will come back with what is on the market in and around Iliyantsi and what it realistically costs.