Random dude asking what you're filming. Dude notices your built like a tank and keeps walking. We should all be built like tanks and do whatever we want.

Great flat, nice and cozy, but needs a lot of renovation. Nice window views. Solid reliable building. I like it a lot. Pleasant and convenient area.

Pechersk almost literally means "Caves" or "cave city\area". The district itself located on the hill, which we have plenty of, and allegedly an monastery was founded around year 1051 in the caves, later on growing to be Kyivo-Pecherska Lavra. I highly suggest you to check the monastery land out, there`s some good views and architecture. On the monastery`s territory you can also visit the caves which been used by the priests for a long time. Those caves, allegedly, went as far as 300-400 kilometers tho obvsly i can`t testify to that. Interesting part of that caves is also the atmosphere. Nowdays they are - still - used as a resting site of some of the priests\monks, not sure what`s the better word there. Due to unique amosphere in the caves, which are partly natural and partly digged by hand a thousand years ago, remnants do not decompose. even for a non-religious person it`s worth visiting at least once, but i`m not sure you are suppose to film the caves, and they are pretty narrow. The part of the area you`vve shown are not the oldest. If i recall correctly, around 1920s photo`s have circulated of the view beneath that hill, closer to Dnipro river - barely a few private houses and a narrow road were there :) However parts of that disctrict are very modern, and it is indeed considered fancy

My brother has been living in Kiev since the 90's. He hangs out with a bunch of ExPats. He just met Bald a few weeks ago after I told him about the podcast. He said he saw you working out in some outdoor gym while walking down the street. He is in Ukraine for a week or 2 then he heads back to the States to meet up with a few Ukrainian businessmen and then heads to New Orleans to hang out with me. Think he goes back to Ukraine in December. You should hook up with him and hang out with the crew. All solid guys that have their own businesses or work for big corporations so great connections. Been to Ukraine a few times and looking to head back next year spring/summer. Kiev is an amazing place! first time I went was in the late 90's and man it was a wild place back then, Americans were a rarity so it made it more fun. They crazy stories! Let me know if you are interested. Always good to have fellow countrymen to hang out with! Love the videos. George

Loving the content. Your and Bald's videos have convinced me to visit Kiev in a few weeks. I've already booked my flights and hotel.

If you leave your key in the door then people can’t break in with a key. Also, you don’t lose your keys that way. Monday night it will get down to -2 Celsius. That AirBnB needs some love, patio furniture and a broken heater is no bueno…. Also, one reason I like older apartments is all those problems of door handles falling off and stuff not working has usually been fixed. New remodels often have problems. I think the reason for putting the table in the kitchen rather than the fridge is that it’s easier to heat the kitchen, so if you want to sit and study in a warm room, put some food in the oven and close the kitchen door. I’m staying in Lukyanivska, for $700 on AirBnB I have a separate bedroom (same weird small bed but whatever), a living room with a real sofa and two armchairs (ugly but warm), a kitchen bigger than yours but old, with a balcony, and an equally weird bathroom. I’m actually hoping to buy a village house, with a garden and all that, not a city apartment.

I think you should get the properties you have renovated and rented out so you have some cash coming in before you think about buying another property. Doesn't hurt to look at different units and neighborhoods though...the more you see, the more you know.

Lol my apartment in the US that I happily am leaving because I bought a house controls all our heat. They either freeze us or burn us alive. I always joke and call it the Soviet apartment. I can't wait to have a thermostat! Such luxury! Love the amount of trees! So nice and green! Oooh that green hallway is almost the same color I just painted my guest room!

JFD- Life hack, if you need a long term AirBnB, just book one or two nights first, if you like it then extend. Don't book a month upfront or you end up in a dump for a month..

Johnny, I am always confused why you don't ask your local Ukrainian friends to help, e.g. in this case to be your translator to avoid paying extra fees to the useless "English speaker" agent, everybody will happy to help you, it is not like in the US, where the most people won't help but of course will tell you "hope everything was ok", "I was worried about you".. etc bs

I think that flat is the best one you've seen. Spacious rooms, high ceilings, parquet floors that can be refinished beautifly, good-sized kitchen, but will need quite a bit of work (larger sink, ventilation hood, etc). You might want to consider putting the laundry machine in the kitchen for more space in lavatory - forego the dishwasher. The lavatory is the only big downside, but not a disaster. Replace tub with walk-in shower. Some windows may need to be refitted. What's going on in the walls needs to be inspected for mold, water damage, and wiring.

This is good stuff. Will definitely refer back to this when I head to Kyiv.

This apartment needs a major “remont” as my wife and in-laws would say. It’s has great potential, but needs a lot of TLC and updating.

Please Johnny give us more details, taxes, utilities, insurance and etc.

Love the channel!!!!

Always interesting to watch these apartment videos, I love them!

I like how natural your videos are. You pull your phone out and BOOM! Record in an adventurous character. The future of vlogs...

The windows with expanding foam is just poor attention to detail (I assume the frame is screwed to the wall, and not just held with the foam!). Here in the UK you often see the same foam used to fill the gap between the frame and the uneven brickwork (the frame is screwed to the brickwork), but then you use a piece of quadrant trim to cover it and seal that down with silicone sealer. Very little extra expense, but looks so much cleaner! BTW, that odd bed in your AirBnB, 120cm, that's a 4 footer. It used to be a standard size here in UK at some point. I have one, and they are a complete pain to get fitted sheets for as everyone has forgotten they exist! You need to learn how to do "hospital corners".

I don't think I've ever been this early for a vid. Love your vids my guy!

”Now this is the cheapest furniture in the world” lmaoooo

Do you actually have 1 house you call home? Every time I watch a video you either renting, buying, or whatever? Does that not get old? I hate moving my shit

Great content again love watching you Johnny 👌❤

750 for a month, in Ukraine? Kinda crazy, since regular prices for same apartments are like 250-350 outside AirBnB.

Loving the tour videos, this is the best English language Kyiv real estate content right now. If you have time for it, a tour of a unit in Novopecherski Lypky in Pechersk would be amazing. Their website claims it's "considered the best residential complex in Ukraine" -- I'm curious how realistic that is!

Great tour! 🌼

Hi Johnny, I will visit Kiev when COVID is over. Hope to see you there. Wee Boo from Singapore

I just love this area in Kiev.😍 I always try to stay near Pechersk when I go to Kiev. I like to walk around near Lavra and Rodina Mat which is close to Pechersk. It is my favorite area in Kiev.👍

Johnny, this apt is fully functional, granted lower standard, you can do cosmetic makeover to make it a nicer rental. You don't need to knockdown walls or open it up for it to be a rental. Once the rental starts making money then you can upgrade to a more premium place.

Instantly subbed after seeing you with Bald. I'm looking forwards to travelling the world through you.

The reason of such locks (that I’ve heard in Ukraine) is that when thief gets into your apartment through a window he can’t get out through a door. Plus some locks prevent using a key (or a lockpick) from outside when you have a key inserted from the inside

Going next month to Kyiv and staying at Podil, thanks for this videos, mate!

It depends on how much work you want to do yourself. Like the others said, maybe get the other apartments finished out. The apartment you looked is a nice layout and big.

So you did a Turkey video not long ago. Bald just did a Noviskabirsk video. These videos are bringing my closer to my coworkers that one is from Noviskibirsk and another from Turkey. Awesomeness. Thanks for the content and the context. Awesome channel.

Great and interesting video!

Hi from Brisbane Australia 👋 enjoy your property vlogs Johnny

You can buy shares of a REIT that pays 7% a year and you don't have to worry about maintenance, property taxes and the tenants.

Love your vlogs

Johnny hi Lee shout from England mate hope your good and thanks for making them brilliant videos

I would be hesitant about property ownership in the Ukrain, given the on-going political tensions on the Russian border. But... I am thinking long term, like kids, family, retirement, etc. Not just a temporary lifestyle. It's one thing to live there and have no choice, but being a foreign national in a region that could flip governments overnight... a lot more risk there. Everyone is different and there is no 100% right and wrong, we each take our own risks, and make our own choices.

Pooch at the end was a staffordshire bull terrier. Very much like a pit bull.

Pechersk is one of the most premium and most expensive districts in Kyiv (there are many reasons for that, one of them is Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, that is why it actually called Pechersk district)

Really nice drone footage

750usd mountly?! ok - for airbnb it is ok. but you live in ukraine for a long time - why u do not try find and see apt that's rent for 6-12 month?you will like prices and renovations!

You have to lock with the key inside in every house in the UK as well, it adds extra security 👍🏼

Thanks for the walk around Johnny, very informative. My concern is the age of these buildings with these apartments in them, how is the plumbing, wiring, structure of these places? They look quite old and the pipes on that wall were ancient. What's the water safety aspect, Is it drinkable and can you have it tested (prior to purchase), Mold? Deal breaker for me (personally). Thanks for the share Johnny enjoyed the tour just the same. :) NC

And yeah we called heater radiator Battery (батарея) bcs it is anything that combined into one of several smaller identical parts. and as you may have noticed, the old cast-iron battery consists of sections twisted into one structure with internal nuts.

That AirBnB bathroom is the same size as my current one, it has the same standards too. I live in Sweden and it was renovated like a year ago. So pretty good standard overall!

I like the layout much better than the one you bought to live in. Too bad about the flood damage in the kitchen though but it doesn't look very big. The apartment does need quite a lot of work though, it looks like you have to redo pretty much everything. Nice environment outside as well although I don't know how far it is from any transportation.

You said the TV does not have a remote, what was that sitting in the window?

Glad you found a place to live that suits you more.

8 degrees C for a week`s average - city starts rolling out the heating system. Preparations are done before that, and usually around 10 c\week average - they turn up the heating system for schools, kindergardens, medical, etc. the cealing you discussed in your current airbnb aint what you think :) those buildigs were attempbed to be build as cheap as possible. Part of that is relatively thin walls, and pre-fabricated slab for a floor\cealing panel. But as walls are relatively thin (less material to spend, less mass to transfer etc) they used a beam system between the walls and the panels above then. It`s how it is intende to be.

Great vid !=8)

Nice new clothes, man!

Thanks for the info! I've never been and will look into US tourists visiting. Can english speaking visitors bode well for a short visit through the city; cafes, restaurants, etc.

Yo Jonny try Edinburgh you are getting brilliant value this city looks fantastic great podcast. Have a listen to the Strands tune Happy. Brilliant tune to bounce ye oot o lockdown with a bang. Aw best Mac.

This became a real estate channel. Every video is an apartment tour. Where's Bald at?

That air b and b looks tragic

Why don't they clean up an fix the apartments before they try to resell them? Just curious.

Hey Johnny, as a local I wonder why you are looking into those old Soviet blocks when there are tons of newly built blocks with apartments for sale for same just under a $100k. Yes, they might a little bit off the central parts of the town but still in the area. The ones you are looking at would require half the amount for renovation to say at least. My friendly recommendation - surf through the dedicated websites or hire a good agent that will find you a decent new apartment in the modern building for roughly the same price 👌🏻

What are the general ancillary costs for an apartment like the ones you bought/show in your vids, Johnny? i mean like, the costs you have to pay even when youre not living there yourself (residents association costs, maintenance/reparations contributions, communal internet subscriptions - i know they have those in Eastern Europe - , residential cleaning and services...those kind of things)?

Hey Jonny! I lost you! 😬I hope everything is fine!) hi from SL 👋🏼👋🏼

14:00 This little park\aley reminds me same little park\aley behind Derzhprom in Kharkiv, between prospekt Nezalezhnosti

16:04 He said: “Чё ты снимаешь?” It means “Why are you filming?”

Average daily temperature should be 8 or below for three days in a row, and after that they will decide should they turn on heat or not. Bcs if later expected more warm days they will not. But kindergartens, schools and clinicks are already had heated. In Portava they are on heat in this saturday-sunday. 16:04 And angry drunk\or gopnik guy. Asked you: Why are you filming? But it was not like polite question but more like indignation for not to film him, according to his intonation.

do you buy places to rent them out?

Muy neighbor put on rent his 1 room apartment 7000 hryvni which is 250 euro. But not in the centre. If you want one in the center you have to pay more

heating will be on after 9degrees for 4 days in a row, and it is only in kiyv and only in old buildings.

The “Nice” Guy at 13:57 got no darn manners.🤣

That airbnb was so cheaply thrown together with zero thought that it's almost embarrassing. Starting with the kitchen, i'd ditch the table and put the fridge in there, it's already too small to comfortably seat more than 2 people which is definitely stretching the limit. Moving to the "living room", i'd have a couch with a fold out bed, a nice rolling coffee table, slightly bigger tv on the wall with a shelf below it for whatever devices and to free up floor space; add in a end table with charging capabilities and we're set. Where the ridiculously small table and chairs are located, i'd replace with a appropriately sized rectangle dining table pushed up against the wall with a 2 seat bench stored underneath and another two normal seats. That way it doesnt take up much space and when needed can be pulled away from wall to accommodate a few more people. In that bedroom i'd install a low profile Murphy bed, the kind that have head board storage/shelf to place your phone etc. No need for night stands. What I honestly can't get over is how expensive some of these places are and how dated everything seems to be.

Ahh 😌 home :)) isn’t it a great neighborhood?!? check out Alice Coffee ☕️ and Cafe … my favorite right around the corner from my flat in Pechersk.

8:30 Looks so much like the Calgary Saddledome !

Just found your channel thanks to Alina Mcleod. Enjoyed the video. I don't know it's a tough call. You definitely want something that you can definitely want to rent out easily. In your collaboration with Alina I thought you said that you had bought a place. Which one did you choose?

Hey Johnny. I am a subscriber love your content with Benjamin. I am an American Asian dude coming from LA. Moving to Kiev at the end of October. I’d love to buy you a beer.

A cosy log cabin in the countryside might be nice…🛖🌳

It’s to keep your prisoners inside with you. Not worth $800/month if no hot water.

The apartment above leaked into the one you're looking at. I expect that wld happen again.

Good cafes, but I personally won't live so far from the centre. Maybe when I have a kid or something. But for that, there are better townships.

That apartment was the best showing in all your videos. What did you expect for 38 dollars a day in that airbnb 😂?

I think you want to do what east coast people do. Spring and summer at new York winter in Miami

Johnny, my thoughts are that the fact you're noticing those shortcomings tells me you're going to be a great host for those apartments you bought in Ukraine! I would love to stay in one of your places and leave feedback that there was a nice and big bed (with fitted sheets!) and HUUGE bath towels :)

Whats your value prop for being in that area? (Yes, I too would live there) If we do some basic math and analyze the use of your cash…130k returning 800/mo in a perfect situation at 10% vacancy and -10% fees from airbnb…we’re left with 7500/year in NOI 5.9% return before maintenance, taxes and insurance. …inflation is ripping up at 10-20% anywhere in the globe (we all use petroleum to live- hence the inescapable truth) Cash earning less than 20% is losing purchasing power. Factor in political risk and old soviet building… This is a sub 3% ROI when it’s done. Im in Kyiv- and renting. I’ll let some other guy park his cash, and happily pay him top dollar for using the space. There’s no price on optionality during these times. *Thanks for sharing Native + Kavu spots. (Just got here myself) I love your channel- keep ‘em coming bro. I’ll stop ninja watching and sub now lol

I like that apartment. If you're renting it out that playground would be great for families with children

That dog was - Staffordshire Bull Terrier - 'Staff'...

Nice appartment but need alot off revovation but Will look Great in The end and The neuborhood look Nice a PERFECT appartment for a familly.

You should also look around in Hungary and Slovakia.

I think it’s so weird that the windows open inwards

I find that these buildings have horrible unkept entrances and the appartments are very sad looking.

interesting comparisons. nut u were dead right - the first one needed a lot of work, and as a permanent base the air bnb could have been great but in the end you'd want to redo a lot of the place. Having said that, I have stayed in more than one Air BnB that was a lot worse than that one!

100 grand is too much ! Huge renovation required !

So the heating is turned off until October,by whom.?

Those heaters are fire hazards. Careful with those.

Very friendly people!=8)

As a American and seeing for 100 thousand for a apartment. I would never pay that and have to renovate.

RUN. 🏃‍♂️

how many apartment did you buy yet ?

Are there HOA fees? Who manages the common areas and exterior?

I like it !=8)

Johnny, another awesome video but the apartment you saw was awful and probably would cost 50 thousand dollars to the way I would like it and would probably be difficult to find a reliable contractor to do the renovation. I find it sad that the air bnb you rented is on the cheap side. I would never rent that again. I guess I am a little spoiled living in the states.

Oh the area !=8)

Go ahead, buy and renovate the apartment! Even if it doesn't work out well for you then an ukrainian family will be happy for your effort, and as humans we really need to think about what's better for our co-humans! Do what helps to improve the country as a whole.