Built in the late 1920s for banker Dimitar Ivanov and his wife Nadezhda Stankovic, this house is a cultural gem. Its interior boasts a notable red marble fireplace in the reception hall, a musician’s podium, crystal glasses on interior doors, several bedrooms, terraces, a spacious study, and service rooms. While the original furniture is lost, it’s known that the elite of Sofia preferred furniture from Central and Western Europe at that time.

The exterior features a large front yard with a wrought-iron fence, a triple staircase leading to the entrance, and unique portals for carriages on both sides. The vision of carriages entering through one portal while others waited behind the house creates an evocative scene.

Restituted in the 1990s to Dimitar Ivanov’s heir, the property now belongs to Lukoil director Valentin Zlatev since 2004. Unfortunately, this once grand house, left in ruins for decades, currently stands neglected, echoing a bygone era.