<blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="TTam"><blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot">Here are our cost for electricity, gas and water for the past 6 months; what I did was to get the daily rate from previous bills and annualise it then divide monthly.
Gas: $35.67 per month (Origin Energy)
Electricity: $56.47 per month (Origin Energy)
Water: $33.47 per month (Yarra Valley Water)
All in $125.61/month sya...
2 bedroom
uses TV
uses stove
10 min hot shower per pax daily
does not use heater and aircon
2 loads of washing machine use per week
Verdict? Mejo mahal sya compared to Singapore - doon kasi, we are paying the same amount more or less BUT we use the aircon everynight at least from 10PM until 7AM in the morning... we don't cook though but magkaano lang naman ang bawas noon diba?</blockquote>
Question po, same lang po ba ang bill if renting at owning a house? And malaki po ba ang difference if nasa ibang province? Just weighing the expenses po, planning to pursue Australia and give up CA (if given a chance at eligible pa).
At sorry po if wala sa topic yung iask ko: how much po yung iba pang utilities like internet, phone, cable, groceries (kalabisan na to, hehe!, search ko na lang po sa ibang thread kung medyo mabusisi), etc.
Salamat po!</blockquote>
@TTam - budget are found below...
http://pinoyau.info/discussion/1052/au-migrants-pls-share-your-weekly-budget#latest
utilities bill are more or less the same whether you rent or own the house. meron lang ata water charges na the home owner needs to pay, roughly $50/month - this is in Victoria.
Melbourne versus Sydney, I can say mas mahal ang Sydney - I have a mate living 35km West of Sydney and they are paying rent of $450/wk for a 2-1-1; ako naman I am a rent of $350/wk for a 2-1-1 din at a suburb 10km north of the CBD in Melbourne.</blockquote>
Thank you po sa link, we'll definitely read this one. Maganda nga daw po sa Melbourne, most liveable city. ๐