SL Living expenses

dayt0na

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    Saw some threads on living expenses in SL. So thought of roughly listing out living expenses to lead a decent life in SL for a family of 4 per month.

    These expenses have nothing to do with me :P and I am just listing out this stuff from the top of my head.

    Food : Approximately 100 LKR per home cooked meal per person 3 X 4 X 30 = 36000 LKR (Usually you can buy Rice & Curry for less than 200 LKR outside but the cost is way lower when home cooked)

    Rental: 50000 LKR for a decent place around Colombo suburbs.

    Vehicle lease : 50000 LKR ? (Not sure about this)

    Electricity + Internet bills : 10 k ? (250 units + some shitty broadband package)

    Fuel: 20k ? (1000km for a vehicle that does 10km per liter)

    Now we are at 166k per month.

    Other expenses may include school fees if children attend private school + tuition costs.

    Health + Insurance costs if you opted for those.

    Outings and other activities?

    What do you think? List out your expenses. Purpose of the thread is to determine the cost of leading a decent life for someone starting from absolute 0.
     

    dayt0na

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    Loan Installments (Housing + Car )104,381
    Fuel6,500
    Food (Main meals + snacks)55,000
    School Fees + Education10,400
    Electricity + Water + Internet9,000
    miscellaneous15,000

    5 Family Members
    Wow, Thanks …..Marginally below 200 k.

    Do you think you’re leading a comfortable/decent life :P ?
     

    saw1993

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    What do you mean by decent life? It's depend on the mind set of the person.

    Foods / Electricity / Water / Internet / Telephone goes below 40,000 LKR
    Fuel around 20,000 LKR
    Insurance / Pension Scheme 13,000LKR
    Other 15,000 LKR

    No loans / No leases / No rents / No Children
    4 persons in the family
     

    Tikiril

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    - Living in own house
    - Electricity - 10,000/=
    - Well water (hence added to electricty)
    - For meals per month - 50,000/= (Home cooked) (05 members including 2 kids and a servent)
    - Servent salary - 30,000/=
    - Fuel for vehicle - 10,000/=
    - Data and entertainment- 10,000/=
    - Other expenses (School stuff, Medical, House hold items and other stuff) - 15,000/=
    - No loans, no rentals, no finance

    So roughly 125k would be enough for comfortable life. :)
    All other earnings goes to savings.
    No other expenses recently such as trips or parties due to Covid.
     
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    hichchiputha

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    වොන්ඩර් ලැන්ඩ්
    Saw some threads on living expenses in SL. So thought of roughly listing out living expenses to lead a decent life in SL for a family of 4 per month.

    These expenses have nothing to do with me :P and I am just listing out this stuff from the top of my head.

    Food : Approximately 100 LKR per home cooked meal per person 3 X 4 X 30 = 36000 LKR (Usually you can buy Rice & Curry for less than 200 LKR outside but the cost is way lower when home cooked)

    Rental: 50000 LKR for a decent place around Colombo suburbs.

    Vehicle lease : 50000 LKR ? (Not sure about this)

    Electricity + Internet bills : 10 k ? (250 units + some shitty broadband package)

    Fuel: 20k ? (1000km for a vehicle that does 10km per liter)

    Now we are at 166k per month.

    Other expenses may include school fees if children attend private school + tuition costs.

    Health + Insurance costs if you opted for those.

    Outings and other activities?

    What do you think? List out your expenses. Purpose of the thread is to determine the cost of leading a decent life for someone starting from absolute 0.

    naadu haal kilo 20 genawa, gahe pol tiyenawa
    sambolay batuy kanawa
    oyatat pissu attatama
     

    dayt0na

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    What do you mean by decent life? It's depend on the mind set of the person.

    Foods / Electricity / Water / Internet / Telephone goes below 40,000 LKR
    Fuel around 20,000 LKR
    Insurance / Pension Scheme 13,000LKR
    Other 15,000 LKR

    No loans / No leases / No rents / No Children
    4 persons in the family
    Yes, I agree..Totally depends on the person. I meant a family with a decent vehicle + place to stay with basic needs met and no complaints. The prices I have quoted for food + bills may have been over estimated. I know households that manage with far less.
     
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    dayt0na

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    naadu haal kilo 20 genawa, gahe pol tiyenawa
    sambolay batuy kanawa
    oyatat pissu attatama
    Same.. Elakiri sir la nan kiyanne 1 million wath naththan manussayek wage inna ba kiyela.. :P

    උබලා ගනන් හදල බලනවද බන්..අපි නම් තනි කඩයි හිතුනම වාහනයක් රෙන්ට් කරනවා..ඒක ලාබයි
    Hadanne na..living expenses gane thread ekak dakka hinda kalpena kerela baluwa tikak..mamath Uber 😑
    ------ Post added on Oct 31, 2021 at 6:13 PM
     
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    acryan

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    Saw some threads on living expenses in SL. So thought of roughly listing out living expenses to lead a decent life in SL for a family of 4 per month.

    These expenses have nothing to do with me :P and I am just listing out this stuff from the top of my head.

    Food : Approximately 100 LKR per home cooked meal per person 3 X 4 X 30 = 36000 LKR (Usually you can buy Rice & Curry for less than 200 LKR outside but the cost is way lower when home cooked)

    Rental: 50000 LKR for a decent place around Colombo suburbs.

    Vehicle lease : 50000 LKR ? (Not sure about this)

    Electricity + Internet bills : 10 k ? (250 units + some shitty broadband package)

    Fuel: 20k ? (1000km for a vehicle that does 10km per liter)

    Now we are at 166k per month.

    Other expenses may include school fees if children attend private school + tuition costs.

    Health + Insurance costs if you opted for those.

    Outings and other activities?

    What do you think? List out your expenses. Purpose of the thread is to determine the cost of leading a decent life for someone starting from absolute 0.
    Need at least 250K oluwata barak nathuwa inna nam
     

    saw1993

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    Yes, I agree..Totally depends on the person. I meant a family with a decent vehicle + place to stay with basic needs met and no complaints. The prices I have quoted for food + bills may have been gross over estimations. I know households that manage with far less.
    Setting up the mind to stay happier regardless of the physical things is important. Otherwise life may fed up when comparing our life with other's
     
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