Thread: Ubud cost of living.

Originally Posted by whitecow

I have read a lot of posts and people keep commenting not in Ubud you won't be able to find it that cheap.
I will have a house so accomidation will not be an issue. Can I get some basic ideas of costs past accomidation?

1. Cost to buy a new car?
2. Cost to buy a new motorcycle?
3. Cost to buy a horse?
4. Cost of 2 person household groceries for a month.
5. Petrol cost?

Whitecow, we've found that it costs more than we expected to live in Bali simply because there are many things we forgot to take into account. For instance, a trip to the doctor might cost 450,000 rupiah whereas in Oz our friendly omnigovernment picks up most of the tab. If you have health insurance that will pick up part of the cost and I consider health insurance in this country a necessity. For two people you could expect to pay 40.000.000 annually.

A car, well, you can count on say, 300.000.000. For a motorbike say 15.000.000 rupiah.

I have never seen a horse here and wouldn't have a clue but food and land may be the issue there. I can't tell you the cost of our groceries and petrol because I haven't done an accounting but there will be someone here who can help.

You may already be aware that internet usage is relatively expensive. I don't know where you're from but I can say that our slow internet connection costs as much as our fast connection did in Australia.

We do live in the Ubud area but I cannot tell you how the costs here compare with elsewhere in Bali because this is the only place we've lived. I would have thought the main difference in Ubud expenses compared with other places would be accommodation which you won't have to worry about.

It sounds like you're doing your homework and that will be a big help. Good luck!

Originally Posted by whitecow

pollyanna ty so much for your info.

On the internet connection do you have it at your actual home or are you just going to a cafe. I hear that it is 500kbs in some places in Ubud.

What are some other things that you did not take into account that have hurt your pocket book?
Not including rent what do you think you are spending a month? If you can list out any of it that would be great. Also would you do the move again if you were back at that point of deciding?

We have an internet connection in our house but it is very slow. I can't tell you how slow because my knowledge of anything on the other side of the computer screen is a mystery to me.

If we could move back to the starting point of this move, knowing what we know now, we would still make the move. We are very happy here and the only drawback for us is having left family and friends.

Pet costs are high. We have two dogs and a cat and anything pet related is expensive. That is probably because people here either almost ignore their pets or they absolutely dote on them.

Because Bali is such a cash society I really just have no idea how much we're spending per month but there have been many posts about living costs in Bali on this forum. Trying searching for something like cost of living.

Originally Posted by whitecow

If you want to know your internet speed you can use this website.

Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test

Hey! That thing is so cool. I just wish I knew what it was telling me. My download speed is .30mb/s. My upload speed is .07mb/s. No idea what that means. Perhaps it is in Bahasa Indonesia.

Originally Posted by whitecow

LOL
Nice speed
I will be happy if i can get 1mb down I think and no cap on my download/upload.

pollyanna do you have a cap on your upload/download and who is the internet service provider you go through I can start to harass them :)

This question is embarrassing to answer. All you geeks are going to think, "no wonder she calls herself Pollyanna". I don't know who my provider is. We've moved into a homestay while we build our home. There was an internet connection here but hardly used and apparently quite limited. We do not yet speak Bahasa Indonesia. The owner of the homestay spoke to the provider asking for unlimited service. We agreed to pay the internet bill. No idea what we've agreed to or who we've agreed with. As soon as we receive an invoice I'll let you know.
I've done the speed test 3 times and the speed is consistent. Just now it was .31mb/s download and .08mb/s upload.