cost living

Hi there, Apologies in advance if this has been asked before but I’m a newbie here.. I’m considering a job offer in Dubai for an engineering role. The offer is 30,000 Dirhams per month. I currently live in the uk (British citizen) with my American wife and 4 months old daughter. I won’t have...

Hi Everyone, I am currently living in Adelaide and I am planning to move to Melbourne since I have been offered a full time job over there. I am wondering how much does it costs monthly for a single working adult to live in Melbourne? My expenses include: Rent per month (apartment in...

Hi everyone, I have been offered a job in Mexico city that I want to take for the experience and not for the money. It is a 12 months contract with 9,500 pesos/month. Are this wage enough to have a decent living. I am single and I always had very active social life. I am also looking for...

Hi everyone, I am looking for some advice... I am strongly considering moving to Spain in the near future and would like to make the decision being well informed. Unfortunately, I can't find anything of much worth on the web... My situation is : I am single, no kids but a cat. I am a French...

We are interested in tasting the life in Australia and online I can find furnished shorter term lets from around 120$ per night I am sure we can do better than that. I am trying to cost out what 3 months would cost us given we couldn't work. We would value some cost of living estimates for a...

Hi all, I'm new to the boards and was hoping to get some good opinions. I am lucky enough to be a duel citizen of the US and the UK and have lived in both countries for long amounts of time. Currently I'm finishing a fashion PR internship in Paris and I can tell you I'm ready to get out of...

Hi All, I got job offer from around 2800 euro before tax .I will be living in furth or nuremberg.Please let me know what are rent for 1 room flat. Food expenses for couple? How much other miscellaneous charges for per month for couple. Is 2800 euro is sufficient ? I am having 5 years of exp...

Hi there, I got a job offer in Grenoble, and I am pretty confused because till now I couldn't make a decision about it. Deep down, I would love to go and experience the living in France, But on the other hand, the salary is not that great (1500 Euros - Gross salary) and am afraid that I will...

Can you tell me how you heat your home ? When we arrived last month we bought a couple of convector heaters from Carefor , well we just had our 1st electricity bill ....Wow !!! Any cheaper ideas please ?

Hi, Global recession & Arabian Jasmine revolution is eating into industry forecasts... My company has offered to move me to Cape town, however at a lower package...:mad: (ascending USD to descending Rand) I need advice of fellow capetonians, is 21000 R (final in hand) good for family of 3...