Your Costs In Phils Compared To What You Did Have In Your Home Country

[Thomas]

In the topic about if it's possible to live on 1000 USD/month in Phils, we have got answers both "Yes" and much higher minimum. To get a better chance to know what each person mean, it can be interesting to know

/what they count as their minimum living cost in their HOME countries

/what's the situation in Phils  (amount of persons. Costs to Family-in-law?) )

/any changes between home country and Phils, which make difference for costs (as e g changed amount of persons, kids have quit college...)   I DON'T mean the obvious changes as e g VISA costs.

 

REGULAR costs, NOT the extra STARTUP costs.

[Thomas]

I haven't moved yet, so I don't know what my regular costs will be in Phils,

but I spend only around 1000 USD/month in average living IN SWEDEN.  

(Now: 6 room villa on own land, billiard, small boat...  No car for the moment, because I seldom need any because of my injury, but instead I have costs to pay for maintainance of my house, which I could make myself earlier.

Before I move to the house:  Condo in a popular part of a city, billiard, summer house, small boat, 2 cars one minivan and one common. That cost me around the same as now, some assisted by my company rented the minivan for transports sometimes.)

 

So I suppouse I will manage to live of similar in Phils.

[JJReyes]

Sorry. I did not read the new posting by Thomas before starting a new topic with a similar thread.

[stevewool]

This is going to be a good thread,

I live here in England very frugal but eat very well and do all i want to do too,

We own our own house so there are no bills for accommodation and our outgoings per month is between £430 to £500 ,

So i am sure if we move to the phils our out goings will be a lot less, if the family arnt around that is