Posted by Scott on September 27, 2009, 11:39 am, in reply to "cost of living"
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I suppose pets are a vice depending on what you do with them. Do you pet your guppies? Very kinky.
Cost of living is falling. Groceries are down, electricity is down, insurance had fallen considerably but is now rising gently, petrol and home oil is down from its 2008 high but still way up there.
Main expenses loosely figured:
House or Apartment - 9,000 a year including insurance based on your 700 per month.
Utilities - phone, electricity, heating, - around 5,000 euro per year depending on your frugality.
Groceries for Two - Chicken, not steak, and figure about 150 per week including a take out or two and maybe a lunch or two. That's around 8,000 per year.
That adds up to 23,000 euro living frugally. Cars add bunches more, at least a minimum of 5,000 per year if you're paying off a used car and travelling to town twice a week.
I'd figure 30,000 per year living frugally but not like paupers.
Now, add travel to see friends and the kids, travels around Ireland, visits to the doctor, new glasses, a good book, satellite TV, the TV licence, medical drugs, pub visits, etc. etc.
And Guppy food.
I discuss this all in detail on the full site, Money section, Cost of Living page.
Scott
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: What is the income necessary for a retired
: couple to live on moving to Co. Donegal
: area, from the states? How much in Euro? I
: know the dollar is sliding, and social
: security is taxable income in Ireland. I
: have alrady calculated that a rental home
: would be 700 Euro a month. I realize there
: are variable depending upon vices, (are pets
: a vice). Any input would be appreciated. I
: am not asking for the cost of moving, but
: rather the everyday expectations. Thank
: You.
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