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Hi again Robo, I found the post but am having a little trouble in posting the link, so, If you Trawl Dumaguete City section, back to 06/26/2010 posted my Michaela, the Thread is "How much is the cost of living in Dumaguete" Hope you can draw some Information here. I am sure that others, can give you more up to date information


Jack P.

 

I found the post Jack. It gives me an idea of how much things cost there. They are at least 3X less than what I pay here in TX. However, I was kind of hoping to get something like this, "If you already have the house, and school set up, you should be able to live comfortably here(with your family of 5) with P200K, P300K, P500K/per year."

RoBo

 

Robo, it is hard to give you a specific answer to costs because it depends on the standard of living you choose. Obviously, if you are used to Papa's Steak House and The Galleria you will not find that here. If you want to run aircons 24/7 your utilities will be higher and will you have a large house and a two story? Food costs will again depend on your standard. ie. Beef at the supermarket is hard to accept to if you want upgraded beef, there are places you can buy it from. Utilities might range from p4,000 to 10,000 depending on the above. Health insurance is interesting, if you get Philhealth it is only p1,200 a year and only covers partial hospital, private insurance depends on your ages and could be costly. Car insurance is not too expensive and tagged onto the car you buy. Property taxes is relatively cheap, depending on your villa.
You mentioned school for your children, you may want to consider a private school.
Many of the guys here are living off their retirement or Social Security or military disability. Not sure how many have a family of five?
Hopefully, others will weigh in on this but given the above considerations, you could think about a range of p90,000-p200,000. Note, I doubt many here have 200,000 to spend monthly. Good luck, come here and try it out before you cut the cord.

 

to do a proper budget you really need to itemize. Start making lists of what you think would be daily and monthly expenses then you could run them by here for opinions of what they could cost

 

Hmm...when I stayed in Dumaguete, I had a hard time spending more than P80,000 a month and that included rent but did not have the 3 kids. But, maybe that will give you some idea...

 

http://www.dumagueteinfo.com/board/dumaguete-city/how-much-cost-living-dumaguete-6531.html

 

Thanks to everyone who chimed in. I am trying to get a list of possible expenses to get a better estimate of cost to live there. Can anybody tell me about property taxes, homeowners insurance, car insurance. These cost a lot in the US. How much, or give me an idea of what to expect to pay for these.

Robo

 

Property tax is cheap! You will spend more on an expensive dinner in the U.S., and unlike the U.S.,they will never sell your property out from under you for back property taxes.

 

well..if your an american citizen visiting the philippines the max. stay is 23 days only...however if you want to stay longer your have to appy for a vistor's visa..i heard that can cost a little over 100 smackaroos..but then again the philippine govt. wont probably bother to keep tract of you.."yes..spend more dollars in the philippines""..

 

WHOA, Hoss. An American can enter without a visa on the 21 day visa waiver program, and extend after that. The cost to extend the first 38 days (to 59 days total) is around $50. The second 59 day extension if he wants to stay longer than the first 59 days will cost him around $170. After that it mellows out and varies, but comes out around $50/month. And yes they do keep very close track of how much money you have paid them.

Larry