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Cost Of Living in Bacolod City (2015)
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PLACE: Bacolod City, Negros Occidental
KIND OF RESIDENCE: 2 bedroom Bungalow in a gated subdivision. My wife, our son and I live in the house.
RENT: Zero in rent or payment. We paid 1.3 million PHP cash for the house and a 200 sqm lot.
ELECTRIC: 3,200 PHP, Split type air con, 2 fans and all the electronic gadgets to make life fun.
GAS Costs: 440 PHP per month. The LPG tank costs 880 PHP and will last 2 months.
WATER: Bottled water 300 PHP
COMMUNICATIONS: Internet 1,000 PHP
GROCERIES: 17,000 PHP. We grow our own rice on a 3.6 hectare rice farm.
CAR EXPENSES: 2,000 PHP diesel
CABLE: Cignal Satellite 780 PHP
ENTERTAINMENT: 7,000 PHP
Total: 31,680k PHP per month
Cost Of Living in Marinduque (2015)
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PLACE: Marinduque
KIND OF RESIDENCE: 3 bedroom house built and owned by the wife and I. We also have a grandson, and a young distant cousin that helps out some, and is poor as the dickens and we feed him, offer him money for lunch at school and we pay a nephew who is our houseboy. No mortgage but plenty of up keep.
TAXES: About 2,000 PHP a year, transfer taxes cost us 4,000 PHP or so about 500 PHP a month
ELECTRIC: 4,500.00 PHP, One AC two PCs, one TV one cd player, several fans.
Cost Of Living in Mariveles, Bataan (2015)
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PLACE: Mariveles, Bataan
KIND OF RESIDENCE: 2 bedroom apartment rented- 2 people.
RENT: 765 PHP
ELECTRIC: 1,500.00 PHP, 1 Split AC, 1 Laptop, 1 Monitor, 1 Small Refrigerator(includes ice maker). 95% of our lights are solar.
GAS Costs: Propane 300.00 PHP
Cost Of Living in Bacoor City (2015)
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PLACE: Bacoor City, Molino, Cavite Province
KIND OF RESIDENCE: 2 bedroom w/ 3rd room as storage one story house 1 full bathroom. Lot size about 100-110 sq.meters
RENT: Lot with house on it cost 900,000 pesos. Tore the house down and spent about another 1,000,000 pesos to build new. So no mortgage payment. House is perfect for the 2 of us.Her friends do visit and stay in 2nd BR as it is large about 12x14 feet.
Cost Of Living in Balsic, Hermosa, Bataan (2015)
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PLACE: Balsic, Hermosa, Bataan
KIND OF RESIDENCE: Own home. British style - 4 large bedrooms, dining room, sala, kitchen, dirty kitchen, 2 large storerooms.
Wife, me, 16 years old daughter, 5 years old cat
RENT: Nil