What do you spend to live in your part of the Philippines?

[i am bob]

Since I joined this forum, I have noticed a lot of changes...  Mostly in the answers that people are giving to the same questions...   How much do we need to live in the Philippines and why...  Unfortunately, with a membership as diverse as this forum enjoys, that is not an answer that is easily answered...  And the answers that do come back often set up a debate amongst those who live differently...  So...  I'm going to ask that same question but a little differently...  If anyone has suggestions on how to ask better than I am attempting to, please feel free...  Hopefully, this will help those looking at coming to the Philippines with their decision and how much they can expect to pay in the areas they select...

Please state in the following order what you spend monthly on the following items:

How many are living in your household on a regular basis 

Rent:

(where - city or province, subdivision, upscale or average area, apartment/condo/house, anything else that you can add to identify the value)

Utilities:

(water, power, internet, cable, etc)

Food:

(wet market, grocery store and name, specialty stores, what you generally purchase, etc)

Transportation:

(Own or public transport, kind, costs, how often used, etc)

Entertainment:

(Only regular events such as theater once or twice a month, karaoke at home or out, sporting events, visiting friends, regular bar hours, etc)

Miscellaneous:

(Anything else you would like to add)

 

The strange one is back...  hehe!  

 

[scott h]

here goes, we are in Metro Manila and all amounts are in pesos and rounded up

Rent: Cant help you, we built our own house on land already owned. About 4 million pesos, for 2 story, 2 bath, 3 BR in a urban setting to western standard

Utilities: water 400 P, electric 6000-8000 P, phone/internet 3500P, cable 450P

Groceries  and such: wife told me to mind my own business but ill take a wild guess at 15000-20000P

Trans: own our car, spent 35000P for used vios,

Entertainment: pretty much home bodies. We eat out at nice places while shopping, lets say 4000-8000P a month. Casino on the way back from S&R shopping call it 2000-6000 depends if the 7 keeps coming up.

 

[Tukaram (Tim)]

Please state in the following order what you spend monthly on the following items:

How many are living in your household on a regular basis 2 of us.

Rent: Iloilo, in the city we paid p6,500 for a 2 bedroom apartment. 20k out of town we spent p3,500 for a 1 bedroom bamboo/nipa. No rent now, as we built a 45 sqm house for p300,000.

Utilities: p1,030 Globe internet (WiMax), p4,000 - p,5000 Electric, depending on aircon usage (pays for 2 house, only 1 has aircon). p500 phone load. p100 drinking water. Everywhere I have lived here was on wells so no water bill.

Food: p10,000 groceries and wet market.

Transportation: Jeepney. few hundred a month, depends on how many times we go into the city.

Entertainment: Pocket money about p10,000. Wife and I share it. Pays for mall visits, fast food, maybe a movie. massage, mani/pedi. $9 (USD) for Netflix. No cable or satellite TV. We had it but neither of us used it so we canceled it. was p1,500? p1,000 for iFlix for 1 year.

 

[virginprune]

2 of us mainly.....sometimes 18 year old son stays over.

Province....on edge of Marbel, South Cotobato

Own house....88 sqm built in red clay bricks. With plot, 425sqm, and furnishings comes in around P2m.

Fibre optic digital service tv/internet P1049 monthly

Water by well, good to drink....no bill

Electric.....around P1500

Groceries....wet market, supermarket etc.....P10,000, dried food for 3 dogs.....P2500

Transport.....tricycle for week shop, visiting friends....average around P500-1000

Entertainment......occasional meal out and/or cinema.....P1000.....beer and snacks at home.....around P1500. Cigarettes, mine, ...P500

A simple but satisfying life, with dog walking, cycling, just moved in so gardening on the agenda now too. Other interests are cooking, DJing, reading and generally chilling and enjoying my retirement.

On top of these figures are also my immigration visits every 2 months, inc bus fare to Gensan.

 

 

[expatuk2014]

for us ( 3) inc wife and sister-in-law

located Los banos

own our house built to our specs or I should say HER specs cost 1.4 million still ongoing bits here and there 2 bedroom 2 CRs balcony 

we have 2 Bayo Kubos in the garden one is a extra large one with kitchen which we rent to a student for 1200php 

The wife also owns the family home which has  been empty since the mothers death last september and which is being rented out to 8 students at 1000 php

each a month +water and electric

cable tv P700/internet 1299 2MBS

water for washing only average P450

Electric average 2000Php inc aircon and fans

Groceries 10-15000Php inc my San Mig beers and my doughnuts

Transport for local shopping ( tricycle brother-in-law ) 2150PHP

we have our own new car but I dont drive ( brother in law is our driver )

Entertainment meals in maxs or others 2-3000Php

workers salaries for odd jobs and building 10000Php

life is slow paced and is good

 

[stevewool]

Great thread Bob,

Ok only a few replies so far but thank you all, it just shows you dont need thousands to have a great life,

I have always had a figure in my mind to give Emma for each month, i really cannot comment on the cost of things out there as we dont live there yet,

But i want to just thank you all again for giving me the hope of affording to live out there, like many i want a simple life