cost of living

[fred]

if i brought my place say just a lot for now, what am i expected to pay ie, tax ground rent water, electric so on

Tax on a lot that size with no buildings or improvements...About 30.00 Pesos a year where we live (or less)..
Ground water costs us nothing until we decide to use it.. The local barangay charge us 10.00 Pesos per Cubic meter.. In Tagbilaran its 15.00 Pesos so prices do vary a little..
City water prices and service charges? No idea as we have our own deep well and pump..(our abode in Manila region)
If I was single or married with no kids the absolute minimum I would need to live here would be 50k a month with at least 50K Sterling in a UK bank account..
I know perfectly well that I could survive on far less .. Thing is,I simply do not wish too anymore. Been there done that..Wrote the book!!

[stevewool]

[QUOTE=fred;300842]Tax on a lot that size with no buildings or improvements...About 30.00 Pesos a year where we live (or less)..
Ground water costs us nothing until we decide to use it.. The local barangay charge us 10.00 Pesos per Cubic meter.. In Tagbilaran its 15.00 Pesos so prices do vary a little..
City water prices and service charges? No idea as we have our own deep well and pump..(our abode in Manila region)
If I was single or married with no kids the absolute minimum I would need to live here would be 50k a month with at least 50K Sterling in a UK bank account

thanks fred, i hope you are wrong in 50k a month thats pesos or pounds