http://www.LivingInthePhilippines.comis theORIGINAL, firstPhilippines Expat site on the Net, since 1989. This is not one of many knock-offs, copycats, imitations. Some have permutations of the names,misspellings and "in" and "the" or "ing." left off to deceive you. This is the original, by: Don A. Herrington
3BR, 2CR, A/C in two BR's Aprox 100 square meters, gated
w/paved parking
Own or
Rent:
rent
Cost of Rent:
P13,000 ~$240
Electricity:
P3,000-4,000
Water:
P450
Gas:
n/a
Phone:
n/a
Cable:
n/a
DSL:
P4,500
Power
Outages:
Seldom, mostly less that 10 minutes
Water Outages:
seldom
DSL:
none
Cable TV:
n/a
Air Quality:
fair, due to nearby animals and trash burning (take things into account like
neighbors burning trash near your home, pollution from vehicles, etc.)
Noise:
Quiet only moderate noise
Traffic:
Moderate 7am-9pm, very light at night
Public Trans:
Excellent via trike and multicab locally and good to other areas via v-hire or bus
Stores:
There are many stores and malls with a wide variety of goods...
HOWEVER... higher quality and imported goods are difficult to find.
(this includes malls, grocery stores, shops, etc.)
One of our lists member, Honey Garay wrote the cost of living in Butuan City:
Php 9,000
housing -
six bedroom with 3 bedrooms, servants quarters
1,500
electricity - includes 3 air-con units, refrigerator,
washer
500
water
600
phone
2, 000
cell phone
contract service plan
2, 000
DSL
internet connection
400
cable
1, 200
helpers
12, 000
food
1, 000
dry
cleaning
1,500
driver
TOTAL = Php 31, 700
This would be about the living
cost for a family of four however some houses here cost up
to 25,000p per month but these houses would run about
60,000p in Cebu etc. Basically the living cost in Butuan
are such that one can save money to go to Cebu for fun
etc. while still saving money . Cars can be purchased here
in any price range but I recommend multicabs as they are
cheap with plenty of available parts. They cost around
193,000p here for a multi-van but its better to buy them in
Cebu for 125,000p and just pay wages the 3,000p shipping
to bring it back to Butuan, this will save you a lot of
money. For those not interested in driving cars for hire
cost 200p per hour with driver or 1,500p per day.
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