misterhappy wrote:HI I lived in Lima Before For 4 years but now with The sol like 2.90 How Does it Affect U.S. Citizens??????
Arroz con Pollo wrote:I am considering a move to Lima to be with the girl of my dreams (how romantic, hah!). Anyway, night and day my thoughts are obviously directed at living expenses and income. I am a programmer and can develop anything from web sites, online shopping carts or desktop applications. I am hoping I can freelance for mostly American clients from Lima. I am most interested in what I could expect my living expenses to be based on my lifestyle.
I plan to live in Miraflores or Barranco. I need a 2-3 bedroom apartment and high speed internet. So my expenses would be rent, electric, water, internet, food, and of course, girlfriend. My initial estimates are around 12-15k/year to live a decent lifestyle. So I assume I would only need to make $30,000/year on my business to live and save money.
Can anyone help me along here? Perhaps tell me what I could expect to spend living approximately? It would be a great help if anyone is in the IT field and can shed some light on Lima opportunities there. It is my assumption, however, that working for a Lima business will not be the way to go so I'm primarily focussing on self employment.
Thanks for the help!
curlyguy18 wrote:misterhappy wrote:HI I lived in Lima Before For 4 years but now with The sol like 2.90 How Does it Affect U.S. Citizens??????
The only way I can think of how the drop of the dollar affects everyone (including Americans and Peruvians) is that -- obviously-- we get less money when we get it exchanged into soles and therefore, those like me who get paid in dollars, get less money when exchaning it into soles.
misterhappy wrote:Exactly Man Thats what I said i depend on us greenbacks as thats how my source of income is. With the dollar like this its not going too good.curlyguy18 wrote:misterhappy wrote:HI I lived in Lima Before For 4 years but now with The sol like 2.90 How Does it Affect U.S. Citizens??????
naturegirl wrote:ON the UPL there's a price list. It, depends how you live. We, my husband and I , live off of 500 USD a month. Obviously we're not living like gringos
naturegirl wrote:15 K to 20 k A YEAR? 2800 a month? What job do you have? I would love to make that much.
curlyguy18 wrote:cajun jamie wrote:I have it all planned out. I plan to make about $1,500 USD per month, and I plan to spend about $4,000 USD per month.
Isn't that a GREAT plan?
If you don't mind my asking, what kind of a job here pays $1,500??
naturegirl wrote:Thanks a lot. I really appreciate it. I'm open to just about anything, doesn't have to be teaching.
naturegirl wrote:I think I want to use more of my background. I do know a lot about Education, but I could use Art and Management as well, making materials, organising things. It would be great to do that or place teachers in schools, recruiting, etc.
sbaustin wrote:I have a couple friends that teach English in some of the schools/institutes here (not Roosevelt) and they all make between $1200 and $1500 a month. One of them specifically is a young guy, with no teaching experience. I know these jobs exist out there and I think you have to search and demand the salary.
naturegirl wrote:sbaustin wrote:I have a couple friends that teach English in some of the schools/institutes here (not Roosevelt) and they all make between $1200 and $1500 a month. One of them specifically is a young guy, with no teaching experience. I know these jobs exist out there and I think you have to search and demand the salary.
DO you happen to have the names of these places?
naturegirl wrote:15 K to 20 k A YEAR? 2800 a month? What job do you have? I would love to make that much.
GTGlenn wrote:The posts on here are very helpful.
I am moving out to Cusco in 2011 and trying to nail down some info.
Can anyone help me with an estimate of what Utilities (electricity, gas and water) cost ? We are a family of 4 with a teenage daughter, so TV, electronic games, hair dryer, PC, etc. etc. I suspect our electricity usage will be way above that of an average Peruvian.
What do people pay for utilities monthly, please ?
naturegirl wrote:GTGlenn wrote:The posts on here are very helpful.
I am moving out to Cusco in 2011 and trying to nail down some info.
Can anyone help me with an estimate of what Utilities (electricity, gas and water) cost ? We are a family of 4 with a teenage daughter, so TV, electronic games, hair dryer, PC, etc. etc. I suspect our electricity usage will be way above that of an average Peruvian.
What do people pay for utilities monthly, please ?
We have a washing machine, fridge, laptop and PC, we usually spend about 60 soles for electricity. Maybe about 40 for water. Ther's just the two of us though.
euroman wrote:GUYS,
WE PAY 200 DOLLARS A MONTH FOR MY 2 BED RENTAL FLAT
WE SPEND ABOUT 150 A MONTH ON GROCERIES
AND WE PAY ABOUT 20 DOLLARS A MONTH FOR WATER AND ELECTRICITY
WE SPEND 15 DOLLARS A MONTH ON TRANSPORT
WE ARE NOT RICH BUT HAPPY. I NEVER GOING BACK TO EUROPE
I AM WORKING 20 HOURS A WEEK. I COULDN´T SEE MYSELF WORKING 50 HOURS A WEEK LIKE AND IDIOT IN EUROPE JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
VIVA LA PERU