68k a month is plenty..
A Filipino family of 2 adults and 2 kids can live on 5k a month or less depending if they have an income or not.
Our expenses here in the province come to around 30K a month and there are 8 of us living in this owned house..
That amount doesn't include school fees etc but I doubt you will need to know about that kind of thing.
Cheers,
Fred.
thanks fred, seems the best way to be is to own the property,Originally Posted by fred
Crikey Jim.. I think you should have your meter checked.. Never paid more than 150.00 and neither have my tenants!!Water bill of 1000 is good for daily showers for 7, cooking, cleaning and waste.
Bit concerned about your Cinema bills too!! Popcorn + 4 packet of crisps a large Sprite and a ticket only sets me back a little over 200.00!!
As you say.. 68K is pretty good living IMO..
i guess a hot shower is out of the question
No we have hot shower same way we did it as kids in Scotland, with a kettlei guess a hot shower is out of the question
No we have hot shower same way we did it as kids in Scotland, with a kettleand i remember a tin bath in front of living room fire, filled from the kettle, no central heating then, winter only the one room heated
We used to have a back boiler link to the immersion heater tank above the coal fire in the kitchen, even with that going flat out we could still only get about 3 inch of hot water in the old enamel cast iron bath we had in the tenement flat I grew up in.
Actually over the in the Phils you can get an electric immersion heater for a few hundred peso, less than 500 for sure, that you plug in and drop into a bucket of water, a short while later you have a bucket of hot water, when new they are very efficient but as they age they take longer and longer to heat the bucket, so we just went back to using a kettleIt works fine, one kettle to a bucket of cold water and you have a scoop shower that will work a treat.
HOT shower ?i guess a hot shower is out of the question
Isn't it bloody hot enough there ?
Aircon ? Pah !...unhealthy anyway I reckon.
In December the tap water is pretty coldHOT shower ?
Isn't it bloody hot enough there ?
Aircon ? Pah !rest of the year then yeah a cold shower is very refreshing.
Yes you're right the Aircon can be unhealthy, sometimes nice to have at night but we had it on in January when it was actually cold in Manila at least the thermostat meant it never actually kicked onto the compressor so it was just another electric fan.
150 peso a monthyou got your meters jumpered?
Cinema, I think our tickets are 120 odd peso each in Mall of Asia, popcorn, drinks, hot dogs and other junk would add up to the 400 peso for two, it's only approximate I don't count the change or check the prices
I've checked the electric, we use low energy everything but as I've mentioned to you before on other power usage thread she uses 4 electric fans that are probably running 24 hours a day making the place hotter rather than cooler, that can be up to 280 watts with some of these fans being 70 or more Watts each. Fans light TV and ref would realistically be 1800 peso a month the way she uses them and the prices Meralco are charging these days. Aircon used 8 hours at night can eat horrific amounts of money I prefer to live without it but it important to Ana can cost 2000 peso a month or more just for aircon :(
If she paid the electric bills on time we could get onto the equivalent of a white meter night rate much cheaper but she's not that disciplined sadly :(
Now I understand, you meant water, Ana is obsessive compulsive on cleanliness, we use a lot, an awful lot of water
Done it...several times, on a lot less than that amount.
Last trip was for 3 years.
I rented a 4 bed detached house for a year before completing my own.
3 children too.
We were all happy, comfortable and well fed...but I am resourceful and enjoy DIY, growing fruit and veg, and home-cooking.
...AND I'm a Yorkshireman.
Stepdaughter waiting for her Xmas tea....
Fun at the pool a few hundred yards down the road...
yep thats a yorkshire man, oriteDone it...several times, on a lot less than that amount.
Last trip was for 3 years.
I rented a 4 bed detached house for a year before completing my own.
3 children too.
We were all happy, comfortable and well fed...but I am resourceful and enjoy DIY, growing fruit and veg, and home-cooking.
...AND I'm a Yorkshireman.
Arthur..Just about every expat I know here is living a far better life than they could ever expect to live in the UK or the USA..But let's face it ... would we be ANY better off living in the Phils? I don't think so!
The very thought of returning to the UK makes me quake in my flip flops!
Just answering your initial question.
if i didn't have to work fred, then it would be a better life, no matter where i amArthur..Just about every expat I know here is living a far better life than they could ever expect to live in the UK or the USA..
The very thought of returning to the UK makes me quake in my flip flops!
Just answering your initial question.
were stuck in the UK for many years yet, just as englishman kids, work and debts will keep us here
thou my stepson sees his future here in the uk for his wife and kids not the phils
No whining,no complaining,no stressed out people , no council tax,no mortgage,no freezing crappy winters,no burst pipes,no rip off plumbers,no disrespectful 10-16 year olds,no forums with threads entitled "pissed with life here" and no going to work!!
cheap food,cheap petrol,cheap labour,cheap booze,
beaches and hammocks,live blue`s booze and BBq`s , jazz nights, Cinemas,scuba diving,socialising,cheap massages, spa`s,Gyms,cheap restaurants,a great wife and a great life ..
And no going to work!!
Im sure I would be far better off in the UK..
(sorry..I said Booze twice!!)
moaning and whining i think comes with being a britNo whining,no complaining,no stressed out people , no council tax,no mortgage,no freezing crappy winters,no burst pipes,no rip off plumbers,no disrespectful 10-16 year olds,no forums with threads entitled "pissed with life here" and no going to work!!
cheap food,cheap petrol,cheap labour,cheap booze,
beaches and hammocks,live blue`s booze and BBq`s , jazz nights, Cinemas,scuba diving,socialising,cheap massages, spa`s,Gyms,cheap restaurants,a great wife and a great life ..
And no going to work!!
Im sure I would be far better off in the UK..
(sorry..I said Booze twice!!), mortgage uk or phils i would still have one
, burst pipe never had one i can remember, rip off plumbers i've never needed one, thou garages ripping me off
, i dont come across any 10-16yr olds hardly so dont know about that,
as for cheap things, i suppose it depends on what you earn in the uk, within a couple of miles of me, i've got the trafford centre, golf courses, heaton park
not all dome and gloom here fred, if your on good money (which i'm not
Fred and Jim have it right taking your opening post at face value in terms of just living a "half" local life 10k is plenty for a year many yanks live here on $600 a month but they do have vets health insurance
My honest opinion is that money here gets spent to relieve boredom you really need an interest that doesnt come out of a bottle
If you have no rent to pay I could sure live here on 30,000 about £450 if i didnt party to much could eat what i liked electric and water 2000 tops food 8000 including cheese butter and some luxury items i could go on a trip for a few days each month 5000 or so and still drink and smoke whatever i want
Health care insurance is the unknown that you might want to treat seperatly
Absit invidia
DISCLAIMER: The information hereinabove may or may not be entirely accurate, relevant, forthright, verifiable, or coherent. KeithAngel, who shall herein be refered to as the 'Shining Beacon of Light', reserves the right to neither confirm, deny, justify, explain, or otherwise acknowledge any inquiry in regards to the validity, genuinity, construction, intent, and/or motive of any statements, gestures, and/or actions whether real, imagined, or transdimensional in origin. Further, the 'Shining Beacon of Light' shall be absolved of any and all legal, moral, and financial responsibilities for damages to life, limb, character, reputation, property, and/or business resulting from the usage, assimilation, incorporation, replication, and/or distribution of said statements whether partial, complete, misquoted, or imagined. This disclaimer remains in effect despite any discrepancies or claims as to its legibility, comprehension, interpretation, subliminal suggestiveness, political affiliation, legality, visibility, and/or physical presence
we all have differant amounts in our heads, and yes we must think of our health too, but do we, we are all going to die and i have lost my dad to cancer and my mum and 1 sister and 1 brother, i dont want to wait to die, my life is ment to be great enjoying what i have here and hoping to enjoy life later with emma too, where who knows but sunshine and warmth would be welcome, england is just stress for many here , work bills and just trying to save for the future, some say live today, tomorrow takes care of itself, well you only have yourself to look after yourself i say, if you are working great, england seems to look after those that dont work and seems to have nothing, but it seems funny those people seems to have a lot more then i , just a thought
The best thing Steve is to plan what you and your Mrs want to do with your life ASAP.. Where ever or what ever that may be and formulate a plan to make it happen..
I have always been a bit of a rebel and have refused the type of life certain UK institutions and others have told me I should just accept and be happy with.. simply because they say :Thats the way it is"!
I have always fought against the inevitable practice of paying into a retirement plan and reaping uncertain benefits for when Im in my 60`s and perhaps restrained by a wheel chair!!
I have always searched for better ways to invest my hard earned cash and have simply refused to accept the terms they present to me by their highly paid and biased financial experts.. If I accept their terms,I have already given them the best years of my life ..far in advance.
Its been said many times...we only have ONE life...Lets not be scammed out of it by so called financial experts that always seem to know what's best for us..
Its your life...Do whats best for you.. Just live the life YOU want to live and produce your own plan to do it!!
This is NOT a rehearsal!
Tama!!
Fred.
I'm more than halfway-through my 60s now, Fred ... and I ain't in a- not yet, anyway!
I've got a feeling that 2011 will be a tough year all round. Many changes on the way.
Not many will be welcomed.
its tuff now,and its going to get tougher,keep your money safeI've got a feeling that 2011 will be a tough year all round. Many changes on the way.
Not many will be welcomed.
indeed, we have just lost a few major contracts with work and you dont want to think bad thoughts but look around you , its not a land of milk and honey, unless your a banker
thats it keep your money safe , this may was going to pay another chunk of the mortgage but that would leave me without any savings ,long term best thing to do short term, dont now, do i fixed again or wait and see, to many things to think off
you see it all depends on how many and where you may live, peace , sunshine and a nice veiw is all i am asking so live like a local if you can and your money will go far
My decision to go for a year all hinges on my wifes visa application my wife just done it online this afternoon is they give her the answer on no visa then I will go for a year living in Mindanao at her parents home
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
