How much?

[gm47]

Yes Steve, £380 will give you a comfortable lifestyle. As I've said before, we lived well on £830 a month and managed to save between £400/£500 per month, that included eating out frequently, also ferries to Siquijor and other transport costs regularly. We lived a decent life. Remember you're not buying lots of clothes and winter boots etc and your shopping bill is way, way less than what it is here!

£380 a month either means you own your own home outright or you living in the province or both !

Read up to date reports of costs. Most say at least £700 to live ok and about double that to live well.

Yes, I have lived there and my costs were soooo much higher than that. Yes, it was in Manila. Personally, I don't want to live in a nipa hut eating local produce only. Good luck to those that can

[imagine]

water bill is usualy the minimum charge 120 peso a month, electric normal usage about 200 maybe 300 peso, we can live on food costs per week of about 1000 peso, we eat well , oh this includes toiletories ect

i dont pay rent for property which is a bonus,
its difficult to give you more and exact, info as im out of track because of my building project,

but if i wasnt going to get any more income from renting the stores we building, and lita not working, and if my only income was my state pension in five years time, both of us could live quite comfortably,
iv learnt the best way to live economacly is not to keep converting the peso value for goods you would like to buy if you do you will keep thinking ooh thats cheap so you will be tempted to buy, learn to think in peso, then when something costs 2000 peso, you think oh thats expensive,

[jake]

electric normal usage about 200 maybe 300 peso

A month?
If we added another zero to that amount it would be the best electricity bill we have had in years!

[Michael Parnham]

A month?
If we added another zero to that amount it would be the best electricity bill we have had in years!

Your joking Jake!

[jake]

Your joking Jake!

Nope!
Without air con our bill would still be around 1,500 a month.

[Michael Parnham]

Nope!
Without air con our bill would still be around 1,500 a month.

Never used aircon because it's not healthy, used to open front and rear doors during day and breeze passed right through apartment, also at night we had windows open and the air passed through the screens, it was good really!

[raynaputi]

Nope!
Without air con our bill would still be around 1,500 a month.

Hahaha..that's what we pay (roughly) in Manila too before we had the aircon.. Now I don't know how much they pay coz all the bedrooms in the house have aircon, everyone has their own laptops/PC too. They don't use it all day though.

[jake]

Moving to the Philippines because it is cheaper than your home country is a huge mistake in my opinion. There are plenty of other equally important things to consider before and after you make the move.

Have met a few foreigners over the years that didn't have a problem financially but left because they couldn't adapt.

[Terpe]

Moving to the Philippines because it is cheaper than your home country is a huge mistake in my opinion. There are plenty of other equally important things to consider before and after you make the move.

Have met a few foreigners over the years that didn't have a problem financially but left because they couldn't adapt.

I agree.

If you can't find any happiness in the UK you'd be pressed hard to fill the gap elsewhere. Generally.

[tiger31]

Moving to the Philippines because it is cheaper than your home country is a huge mistake in my opinion. There are plenty of other equally important things to consider before and after you make the move.

Have met a few foreigners over the years that didn't have a problem financially but left because they couldn't adapt.

Very true, this place is not for everybody. It can wear you down after holiday/retirement mode has worn off.

[imagine]

on costs, example my multy cab , 3 cylinder petrol, one cylinder oils up the spark plug,
iv been quoted for an overall, it includes, labour new pistons,new rings, new valves ect,
labour 2000 p total cost 7000 peso, work it out thats about £100.

how much in uk

[Michael Parnham]

£380 a month either means you own your own home outright or you living in the province or both !

Read up to date reports of costs. Most say at least £700 to live ok and about double that to live well.

Yes, I have lived there and my costs were soooo much higher than that. Yes, it was in Manila. Personally, I don't want to live in a nipa hut eating local produce only. Good luck to those that can

We had a brand new two bedroom apartment Rent was p8000 per month and I won't eat local food, I ate almost everything I eat at home in UK, Bacon and egg, roast dinners with yorkshire pudding also found Camp coffee, Potatoes, baked beans ect!

[irishman12]

We had a brand new two bedroom apartment Rent was p8000 per month and I won't eat local food, I ate almost everything I eat at home in UK, Bacon and egg, roast dinners with yorkshire pudding also found Camp coffee, Potatoes, baked beans etc. !

Were they imported?

[Dedworth]

were they imported?