Really Live Like a King

[bows00]

8 hours ago, madtownguy said:

I haven't learned yet how different areas change pricing that's what I hope to find out.  I'd love to live in Makati but then $4000 a month might not be enough.

Based on what I know so far, you could live comfortably anywhere in the Philippines for $4000 US a month.  Well, the only exception so far is a friend who lives in Angeles city with an extensive night life spending habit - but to me, that kind of life style is not sustainable.   

[Dave Hounddriver]

12 hours ago, madtownguy said:

I haven't seen anything that would suggest I could live like I do now in the U.S. for $1000 a month.

It seems you like to compare to US so lets do that.  Suppose you are trying to live in a nice area of San Francisco and your budget is reduced to 1,000 a month.  What would you do?  Answer is you would either tighten your belt or move to a less expensive area of USA.

Philippines?  Same answer.

[Sander Martin]

14 hours ago, madtownguy said:

Maybe living comfortably in Philippines standards for $1000 a month.  I haven't seen anything that would suggest I could live like I do now in the U.S. for $1000 a month.  I could easily make that kind of money in Philippines working on the internet, but even jobs at $2000 a month don't seem like something I could pull off before retirement.  I'd love to feel confident about making it on $1000/month in the Philippines.  I would think the AC bill alone would take up a good chunk of that money.  I haven't learned yet how different areas change pricing that's what I hope to find out.  I'd love to live in Makati but then $4000 a month might not be enough.

Depends on your AC unit size. I have a small 0,5hp unit for our bedroom and its on about 20hours a day on avarage. Costs me about 3000pesos a month (60usd) and im in Iloilo. Apparently the electricity here is one of the most expensive ones out of Philippines.

[Kuya John]

Just done a little research to see if the figures match up Guy's n Gal's

At present we spend $1600 on everyday living a month, not including any outings or clothing here in UK.

According to "Numbeo" in Philippines, overall, we could live similar for 50.68% less.

To rent a place possible saving of 77.33%, however and most importantly, this does not include medical insurance.

[frosty (chris)]

15 hours ago, madtownguy said:

 I would think the AC bill alone would take up a good chunk of that money.  I haven't learned yet how different areas change pricing that's what I hope to find out.  I'd love to live in Makati but then $4000 a month might not be enough.

We have a smal air con in the bed room only, used at night only, our bill for that is 1000 pesos a month, overall our bill is 1900 pesos a month. We live on Mactan Island close to the airport. Mate if I had $4000 plus US to spend a month I can think of a lot better places than Manila to live.

[AlwaysRt]

18 hours ago, madtownguy said:

I would think the AC bill alone would take up a good chunk of that money.

We have 2 split aircon's, inverter refrigerator, and a water cooler. Both AC units go on between 1pm and 4pm depending on the day. One is off at 10pm, the other is off about 6am. We have those tilting accordion windows that don't close all the way much less seal, long ways away from double pane windows. Total monthly electric is just under p7,000

[robert k]

58 minutes ago, AlwaysRt said:

We have 2 split aircon's, inverter refrigerator, and a water cooler. Both AC units go on between 1pm and 4pm depending on the day. One is off at 10pm, the other is off about 6am. We have those tilting accordion windows that don't close all the way much less seal, long ways away from double pane windows. Total monthly electric is just under p7,000

Jalousie windows. I would much rather have a sliding window.

[AlwaysRt]

53 minutes ago, robert k said:

Jalousie windows. I would much rather have a sliding window.

We would much rather have sliding vs these Ja-lousy windows too.

[stevewool]

8 hours ago, Kuya John said:

Just done a little research to see if the figures match up Guy's n Gal's

At present we spend $1600 on everyday living a month, not including any outings or clothing here in UK.

According to "Numbeo" in Philippines, overall, we could live similar for 50.68% less.

To rent a place possible saving of 77.33%, however and most importantly, this does not include medical insurance.

Bloody hell John, you live like a king here on that amount

[davewe]

13 hours ago, Dave Hounddriver said:

It seems you like to compare to US so lets do that.  Suppose you are trying to live in a nice area of San Francisco and your budget is reduced to 1,000 a month.  What would you do?  Answer is you would either tighten your belt or move to a less expensive area of USA.

Philippines?  Same answer.

In San Francisco on 1000/month you might be able to make it - if you lived in a box 

Edited July 12, 2016 by davewe