The Bansko Club

We are converting a ski-hotel into a year-round community hub owned by the people who use it. Not a hotel. Not a co-working space. A home base you come back to.

Create, Connect and Reset in your own Mountain Haven

A Place where you Belong

The Guinness Hotel is a world class space. The glass atrium centers around a large fireplace that gives this light-filled space the warmth and charm of a luxurious ski lodge.

We will open it year-round, add a tropical garden features, and re-style the pool and spa to open onto its own glass-covered beach area.

This project will be community-owned at all levels: you can own a freehold apartments to live in, or invest in a share of Bansko Club Residences. Later, we will be offering the opportunity to own a share of the commercial property that will make up the social third spaces and help shape the ecosystem.

What we're building

Spaces to Create and Connect

Every part of the building has been rethought. This isn't re-decorating, it's a ground-up reimagining of how the spaces serve a community of people who work, create, rest, and connect.

Remote-work ready

Bansko Club Residences

The Club VCC holds 10 apartments for shareholders. Off-season: yours at cost of utilities only. High season: priority booking at below-market rates.

Bansko Club Residences
Social Heart

The Tropical Atrium

The five-storey glass-roofed atrium becomes the Club centrepiece - a year-round tropical garden with an open fire pit, al fresco dining, and the natural gravitational centre of the community.

Current Photo - will be restyled
Work

Members Coworking

The Pirin conference hall becomes a private mountain-view coworking space - a mix of bookable cold desks and open hot desks. Business fibre, phone booths, printing.

77 m2
Create - New

Creative Studios

Dedicated studios for content creation, podcasting, video production, and photography. Acoustic treatment, lighting rigs, green screen capability. Built for creators building their output as they travel.

New space - planned
Create - New

The Maker Space

A hands-on space for prototyping and making things in the physical world. 3D printers, laser cutters, basic tooling, electronics bench.

New space - planned
Wellness

Gym and Wellness Centre

The oversized main restaurant becomes a mountain-view fitness facility - weights, cardio, and a dedicated Muay Thai and martial arts training area.

531 m2
Wellness

Spa and Pool Complex

Three saunas, jacuzzi, Roman bath, plunge pool, ice bath stations. The existing spa is excellent - we are modernising and expanding it, not replacing it.

463 m2
Food and Drink

All-Day Cafe and Atrium Dining

The old hotel restaurant footprint becomes a destination cafe open all day and an evening atrium dining experience.

1200+ m2 F and B total
Social

The Nomad Lounge

We're transforming the hotel bar into a community-first social space. This is where the conversations happen - the collaborations that form, the friendships that last long after the trip ends.

10 Remote Ready Apartments
Two ways to join

Own a home. Own the Club. Or both.

If you want a personal base in Bansko, you can buy an apartment with full freehold title. If you want to co-own the apartments as a fractional investment, we're offering shares in the Bansko Club Residences starting at €17,500 in November.

Apartment interior
Freehold Ownership

Own your own Apartment

from €78,000 / freehold unit

Purchase one or more apartments with direct real estate title. 1 Bedroom to penthouse lofts, all with mountain views and five minutes from the ski gondola. Style them the way you want.

  • Freehold title — your name on the deed
  • one Bedroom from €72K · Penthouses to €159K
  • Rental management 15–20% of gross
  • Annual building maintenance €18/sqm
  • Spa access
  • No Lock-ins, Restrictions or encumbrance
  • Perfect address for your Bulgarian Residence
See the Apartment Sales Website for Prices
Guinness Hotel aerial
Own the Club Residences

Own a Share of the Club Residences

from ~€17,500 minimum shareholding

A Bulgarian Variable Capital Company will acquire a cluster of around 10 Club Residences. These will be set up as the perfect remote-ready retreat. Each shareholder will be able to access free-offseason stays and be first in line for booking and with discount prices in peak season. You get the benefit of owning without the obligation. Just Stay and Earn.

  • Company with direct investment in real property
  • Free Off-Season access: 1 Month every year
  • Priority reservations at member rates in peak seasons
  • Spacious 1 Bedroom apartments
  • Top quality club facilities: Gym,Pool, Spa, Wellness and Coworking spaces
  • No ongoing owner’s obligations - high season income will cover all costs.
Secure your share
Access as an Owner

Bansko Club Residences

The Bansko Club Residences will be a block of at least 10 apartments developed with remote productivity in mind. As an owner, your relationship with these is different to booking a hotel room. These apartments will be equipped to suit remote work and business with fast internet, a sit-stand work-desk and external monitor setup. All you need to do is plug in your laptop.

Off-Season

Free to use

Shareholders can stay in Club apartments for a month every year in low season for free.

High Season

Priority booking and & discounted stays

First booking access and substantially below-market rates during peak winter and summer.

Year-round

Club facilities free

Spa, gym, coworking and pool funded by company income for shareholders - no separate membership required.

Rental income

Hotel-licensed

A hotel license will be secured for the building to enable holiday rental management of all Club apartments and as an optional service for freehold apartment investors.

Bansko Club Residences
Bansko Club Residences
Project Timeline

Phased delivery with clear operation plan

The hotel will continue operating through winter 2026/27 under MPM Hotels management until the Club takes ownership.

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Now · 1 Oct 2026
Bansko Mountain Homes
€1500 deposit for Freehold apartment reservation - open to community only.
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Nov 2026 - Apr 2027
Shareholding in Bansko Club Residences
Pre-Sale of Bansko Club Residences Shares will be available from ~€17,500.
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Dec 2026 – Apr 2027
Winter ski season
Full 4-star hotel rental revenue. Conversion planning and permits in parallel.
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Apr 2027
Conversion begins
Spa stays open. Phased conversion starts while facilities keep running. Bansko Club Commercial investment opens.
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Jun 2027
Club launches
Club open for members in time for Bansko Nomad Fest 2027.
Structure & Financials

Bulgarian VCC — terms & capital allocation

A regulated limited-liability company providing a SPV to own the assets. Designed for international investors within a streamlined Bulgarian legal framework.

Capital Allocation

Total raise maximum €1.4M
Bansko Club Residences~€150K-1M+
Apartments - 1Brm ~65sqm eachAvg €1150/sqm
Refurbishment, Fittings, Refits~€9K per unit
Working capital~€160,000

VCC Terms

Maximum investors15 Founding Round, upto 100 regular round
Minimum investment€17,500 per share
Target net yield from Year 36%
6%
Target net annual yield from Year 2 onwards

Revenue will be from high season income from apartment rental minus the cost of servicing shareholder's stays, operational and management costs.

Profit will be applied to increase the assets of the company via the purchase of additional units.

Shareholders may offer their shares for sale privately with first right of refusal to existing shareholders. A secondary marketplace will be established to provide liquidity.
Capital Appreciation: The VCC will acquire Residences at significantly below the assessed market value - €1050/sqm vs €1400-1600/sqm for similar properties. Capital appreciation to shareholders will come from the initial uplift through the conversion project, refurbishment, and from our expectation of solid long term value of Bansko as a whole. The shareholder capital will be increased by reinvesting profits into the company rather than paying them through dividends.
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