Cost of Living Santiago 2020-2021

PICHARDO

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May 15, 2003
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City: Santiago
Area: Los Alamos
Dwelling: Penthouse
Type: Rental
Rent: $21,500
Dist: 5 bed/4 baths/KT/ 2LR/ 1DR/ balcony/ terrace /laundry area
Other: Tinaco/inverter
Area: not sure Mt2
Parking: 2 car assigned
Community type: Gated / Security/ Cistern/Inverter
HOA: $1,500
Elec Circuit: 24 hours circuit
Edenorte Bill Average: $4000 sometimes AC but 4 PC's almost 16 hours per day in use
Water Bill Average: $1,500
Cell Claro 2 phones: $5,000
Internet Fiber + Cable TV Claro: $4,700
Internet Altice mobile: $2,700
Bottled water 5gl: minimum 20+ a month @ $45 each $900
Food for 3 adult, 1 kid, 1 Toddler, 1 Infant: $50,000 plus minus
Car expenses: $8,000 comb gas
Car finance: $39,000 includes insurance full
Insurance ARS Palic Group insurance: $12,000
Dental: $7,500 month for various braces and their monthly service
Colegios: $12,000


Very good value for the penthouse rental!
Can’t find those deals so easy anymore.
 
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bob saunders

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Water is really not that expensive in the DR. Fees to municipality are high, so too residual water.

Take a look. The actual billing for each Cubic Meter M3 of water is only$138.00 RD Pesos.
Residual water charges are higher than they should be, not to mention added city hall fees.
Are you on water meters? Here in Jarabacoa it is a set price per house, and places like our school is estimated by how many toilets but is still a set price per month. For example my house is two separate houses with an apartment on the third floor- 650 per month, my MIL pays 125 per month.
 

LaTeacher

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City: Santiago
Area: Las Colinas
Dwelling: Detached house
Type: Rental
Rent: $15,000
Dist: 4 bed/2.5 baths/KT/ 2LR/ 1DR/ office, service quarters/ terrace /laundry area
Other: Cistern
Area: not sure Mt2
Parking: 2 car
Community type: Urbanizacion
HOA: $0
Elec Circuit: 24 hours circuit
Edenorte Bill Average: $1500 (no AC)
Water Bill Average: $800 (fixed bill)
Cell Claro 1 phone: $1,450 (plus my pre-paid phone that I barely use... costs me about 600 pesos a month)
Internet and home phone: $1,700
Bottled water 5gl: minimum 20+ a month @ $45 each $900
Food for 2 adult, 2 teens, 1 preschooler: $25,000 plus minus
Car expenses: $10,000 (includes travel 4 times a month to Mao)
Insurance ARS : Covered by my and my husband's employment (includes kids)
Colegios: $68,000
 

PICHARDO

One Dominican at a time, please!
May 15, 2003
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Santiago de Los 30 Caballeros
Are you on water meters? Here in Jarabacoa it is a set price per house, and places like our school is estimated by how many toilets but is still a set price per month. For example my house is two separate houses with an apartment on the third floor- 650 per month, my MIL pays 125 per month.


Yes, meters are installed and working as they should.

Also the electricity is on a meter, which can be remotely read. I can go to my account and get an actual reading of the day’s before tally.
 

PICHARDO

One Dominican at a time, please!
May 15, 2003
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You pay 1895 + tax for 20/10 Internet. For 50 pesos more per month (65 with taxes) you can have 40/10. I would upgrade as a no brainier.


Truth is I keep getting 34+ speeds as is now.
I guess their limiters are not working properly. So in essence I’m getting the 40/10 at 20/10 pricing, hence savings of $65 a month.

I noticed since day 1 the speeds and felt it was worth to leave as is.
 

PICHARDO

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Just so you see I’m not making it up
 

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JD Jones

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Nice!! I'm surprised they are not here on the forum.
 

Russell

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Kids can eat till there’s no more. They have the propensity of dogs with food or snacks around.
If there in plain view, it’s meant to be eaten 100%.
So freaking true...I got a step son whom I have nicknamed ''Frostbite'' because his hands are always in the refrigerator or Freezer. Feed 7 about 3500cdn a month.
 

PICHARDO

One Dominican at a time, please!
May 15, 2003
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A very interested YouTube report video of a couple that relocated to Santiago and has posted their cost of living expenses for the entire 2020 whilst residing here.


Interesting figures


Going by their posted figures in DR Pesos$

City: Santiago
Area: City
Comm/Neigh:City
Dwelling: Apartment
Type: Rental
Rent: $55,438
Dist: 3 bed/3 baths/KT/ LR/ DR/ balcony/ service /laundry area
Other: Tinaco/inverter
Area: 185.8 Mt2
Parking: 2 car assigned
Community type: Gated / Security/ Cistern
HOA: (included in rent)
Elec Circuit: 24 hours circuit
Edenorte Bill Average: $5,693
Water Bill Average: $1,566
Cell Claro 2 phones and home phone: $4,538
Internet Fiber Claro: $included above
Cable TV: included above
TV Streaming: $ n/a
Travel/extras: $16,917
LPG home: $450 Fixed billing from landlord
Bottled water 5gl: n/a
Food for 2: $20,300 plus minus
Car/Uber/bus/taxi: $1,087
Insurance Universal:Both covered $15,660

These are fixed expenses, atop which to add other discretionary expenses of daily life.