Hi all. What did you think of the monthly spend? Was it reasonable or expensive? We are very frugal with what we spend and don’t drink a lot of alcohol when out
Richard, I'm sorry but I think that is very expensive. I live here, even gave birth here in 1990 and have been involved with Bali since 1983 and have spent more than half my life in Asia. I was sorry about your post where it seems people have been unkind. But perhaps it is time to engage with Bali beyond the expat bubble. My monthly costs including things not counted in your budget such as health insurance, rent, alcohol,Banjar offerings and subsidising a poor Balinese family comes in at less than $1,200 AUD per month.
As always, lovely to hear your soothing voice & great smile which conveys optimism. Thanks for the expense breakdown at the end to give further insight to cost of living in Sanur. As you’ve said, everyone’s expenses will vary according to lifestyle…Phone, internet, power etc so much cheaper than Oz. Love Bali but it’s a big step though especially as a single 69 year old lady having lost a lot of my super thru either bad investment with changing housing market …now appraising what I want in retirement. Thanks again.
@@RogerVogelsang hi I suggest that you walk around and ask locals or look for new development and go in to see them. I am not a real estate agent, I just do the same . Walk and ask people when I take videos of villas . If you join our Facebook page there is plenty info there 👍 then pm me for help to we’re to look
Thank you. It's definitely cheaper.. As retirees or pensioners we can get free Doctor visits and cheap prescriptions so we have no health insurance. We have solar panels and pay $100 a month for electricity in Summer. We use Dental students at our local university and shop around for specials. Our Aldi moblile plan is $17. If you are frugal it's not too bad as we live in the regional NSW. We spend more here as we run cars, pay for fuel, rates, so we never get to have massages or rarely eat out. Your lifestyle is definitely better. On the other hand paying 24 years of rent upfront ekk. We lived in Vietnam for 3 months and were able to rent monthly,so I can't see why this wouldn't work for villas in Bali. I would love to live in Bali for 2 to 3 months every year.
Thanks Richard. Very informative for those of us planning on retiring in Sanur. You mentioned your spreadsheet - but I can't find it. Can you point me to it. Thanks again.
Us too. If it's a special occasion then an upmarket Restaurant, mind you the wife wants to go to Amphibian for a seafood platter for her birthday and that's just a small place on the beach. I want to go to Naughty Nuri for mine.
Hi. Everyone’s set up budget will be different due to what item they may need for there villa etc . In our set up budget it included the furniture costs , which is then broken down to the monthly cost of rent that I explained
Thanks Richard. Good information to know. I like to visit Sanur, Bali but it’s not for me as a full time home. Best wishes to everyone thinking about the move. 🎉
Thanks for video, so tempting to sell up and retire early with those living costs. can I ask with regards to villa rental, am I right in thinking that you have to pay for repairs and if so to what extent would you be liable for these please?
We actually live a pretty simple life. Our costs are 2 cars one is used for my business. Our home plus the expenses of an investment property. We probably eat out once a week on weekends. It’s difficult to be accurate. Maybe it’s more like $3k. My post was just an average of our credit card bill per month.
Fantastic video Richard. Wonderfully presented. You were born (retired 😀) to do these vlogs. Best compliment I can give you, is that you are the Bob Ross of RUclips. Please continue and ignore the trolls.
Hi Richard & Karen Thank you for the video very informative. One thing I am very interested in is the villa insurance policy like where did you get it from and what does it include? Many thanks and looking forward to seeing more videos ❤
Hi it’s includes all natural disasters but you pay an excess on any claims The place is called Bali Insurance I don’t how it will go if we need to claim 🤷♂️
Hi Richard, tell me , did you ever consider Thailand as they have a higher level of medical and dental. I’m heading over to do a 6 month term in Asia- Bali, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia to scope out somewhere to live for a year once the wife hangs up her boots. We are looking for a high quality of life that does not cost the $$ it does here in Oz - ridiculous now ,
Wow your eating out budget is very low for a month good on ya mate.. one time lunch for me and hubby at japanese restaurant in jakarta at lease AUD 120 😅
VISA Visa on arrival (VOA) - cost is IDR500,000 so approx $50 aud - this can be paid AUD, Mastercard, Visa, cash & IDR (most other currencies are also accepted) - Visas can also be done online but give yourself enough time to do this. You can apply no more than 90 days and at least 14 working days before your intended day of departure. B213A/B1 for 30 day tourist visa 👉for online you need to have - pic of passport - pic of yourself - pic of return ticket molina.imigrasi.go.id/
Would you want to be in Bali if seriously ill..... Thats a key question as we all age. For now both Malaysia and Thailand are tops for me, what with the great medical facilities....
We know people in our complex so we went to developer for details and purchase long lease It’s best to walk around or get on a bike ride around and just drop into building sites. This is what I did with the new villa videos
Thank you for great video. I am curious about your 6 month travel insurance you mention you have until Bali resudent medical cover kicks in. I can't find any insurer that covers a trip longer than 60 days per trip .... do you mind sharing who you use please 🙏
When you go onto tick you can cover for 6 months period They ask you how long do you want cover for I have confirmed this to be the case with them We had 6 months cover and renewed when we recently went back
Thanks Richard very helpful. We want to do what you and Karen have done, but to qualify for the Australian pension portability rule, we have to live in Australia for 2 years before applying 😢 My husband is 58 and I'm 54. He's hoping to retire at 60. I would be interested to know if any expats know of any way around this?
Pretty sure our government rules are you have to live in Australia for 2 year before you can get pension at 67. Even thou we have paid tax for over 30+years
@@josieandneale it's crazy isn't it!!! It means we can retire to Bali when my husband turns 60, then have to return to Australia for 2 years (when he turns 65) to claim the pension.
Once you return to Australia to apply for the Aged Pension you will get it straight away if you Qualify. If you did not live in Australia for the 2 years before you applied, you will need to stay in Australia for 2 years before you can make it portable. After the 2 years you can live anywhere, So living in Bali now needs to be a long holiday returning back to Australia. I have 351 days till I'm 67.
Here in Newcastle NSW without our mortgage our monthly credit card spend is about $5000. That covers everything we do and all our bills. It can be higher!
Hopefully in time we will sell our home. Use the money to fund our retirement to Bali. The small 1 bedroom apartment we bought was purchased to be a place to call home when not living/travelling overseas. I’m 57, husband is 53. So all going to plan we will make the move in 3 years!
Hi all. What did you think of the monthly spend? Was it reasonable or expensive? We are very frugal with what we spend and don’t drink a lot of alcohol when out
Hi. Don't you have to have employees for kitas? Eg, Driver and gardener?
@@Mr22rabbit body Corp has pool cleaner and gardeners and we employ our own cleaner
It’s all in the budget 👍
Hi Richard - great information - do you get Bintang delivered or included in budget ?
Richard, I'm sorry but I think that is very expensive. I live here, even gave birth here in 1990 and have been involved with Bali since 1983 and have spent more than half my life in Asia. I was sorry about your post where it seems people have been unkind. But perhaps it is time to engage with Bali beyond the expat bubble. My monthly costs including things not counted in your budget such as health insurance, rent, alcohol,Banjar offerings and subsidising a poor Balinese family comes in at less than $1,200 AUD per month.
@@boomlabern4274 🙏
That is wonderful Richard play the sea is still smiling love your videos love you and Karen keep up the great work
Thanks so much
As always, lovely to hear your soothing voice & great smile which conveys optimism. Thanks for the expense breakdown at the end to give further insight to cost of living in Sanur. As you’ve said, everyone’s expenses will vary according to lifestyle…Phone, internet, power etc so much cheaper than Oz. Love Bali but it’s a big step though especially as a single 69 year old lady having lost a lot of my super thru either bad investment with changing housing market …now appraising what I want in retirement. Thanks again.
Your welcome 🙏
Love this info thanks , there’s so much to work out to live here part time .
Absolutely!👍
Great work👏👏👏for sharing your life with the internet to show others people the dream is not out of reach. 🍻
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I'M HAPPY FOR YOU & KAREN, YOUR MONTHLY BUDGET IS WELL PLANNED & YOU LIVE A VERY COMFORTABLE LIFE IN BALI.
I ENJOY EACH VIDEO. THX
Thank you so much!🙏
Great information, you really are a lovely person and great to see your channel growing.
Thank you so much!🙏
Thank you so much - very helpful for us thinking about this in a few years time.
Glad it was helpful!🙏
Thanks Richard for the info ~ hoping we will be joining you in the near future
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Great info as usual Richard.. always enjoy watching mate👌.. keep up the great work 👍
Thanks 👍
Hi Richard, this was super useful video. - great info and detailed break down. Thank you
Thank you 🙏
I am coming over on the 14th to the 28th with my mum who is 77.. be keen to catch up and look a a villa for her in Sanur? I am 50 .. ;)
@@RogerVogelsang hi I suggest that you walk around and ask locals or look for new development and go in to see them. I am not a real estate agent, I just do the same . Walk and ask people when I take videos of villas . If you join our Facebook page there is plenty info there 👍 then pm me for help to we’re to look
@@roamingRichard yeah ok good idea.
would have been cool shout you lunch or something and meet up. :).
Very informative…….well done.
Thank you 🙏
Thank you. It's definitely cheaper.. As retirees or pensioners we can get free Doctor visits and cheap prescriptions so we have no health insurance. We have solar panels and pay $100 a month for electricity in Summer. We use Dental students at our local university and shop around for specials. Our Aldi moblile plan is $17. If you are frugal it's not too bad as we live in the regional NSW. We spend more here as we run cars, pay for fuel, rates, so we never get to have massages or rarely eat out. Your lifestyle is definitely better. On the other hand paying 24 years of rent upfront ekk. We lived in Vietnam for 3 months and were able to rent monthly,so I can't see why this wouldn't work for villas in Bali. I would love to live in Bali for 2 to 3 months every year.
Hi you could rent monthly but that is the more expensive way . When you purchase a long lease it’s more economical
Very insughfult and food for thought, hopefully we can catch up when in Balin September October
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Great video for anyone wishing to retire in Bali. Thanks Richard.
Glad you enjoyed it🙏
Great information. Thank you Richard.👏🏻
Glad it was helpful!👍
Really good information. Thank you 😊
My pleasure!🙏
Awesome video, thank you so much
Thank you 🙏
Great video Richard..
Glad you enjoyed it🙏
Accurate to what I spend also 🔥
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Thanks Richard. Very informative for those of us planning on retiring in Sanur. You mentioned your spreadsheet - but I can't find it. Can you point me to it. Thanks again.
Hi it’s at the end of the video . I just took a video of the screen 👍
great video richard when you both get on a pension you will have a great life well done.
That's the plan!🙏
useful info, I have allocated US $3000 every month for retirement and living in Bali, it turns out there is still a lot left 😁
Hi we are budget conscious and everyone will be different in there monthly spend . This is just what we spent 👍
We like to go to warungs and more expensive restaurants! 🎉
Sounds great!
Us too. If it's a special occasion then an upmarket Restaurant, mind you the wife wants to go to Amphibian for a seafood platter for her birthday and that's just a small place on the beach. I want to go to Naughty Nuri for mine.
@@steveth1000 👍happy wife happy life 😁
Thanks for sharing your budget, it is very helpful with our planning. Can you please explain more about your set up budget.
Hi. Everyone’s set up budget will be different due to what item they may need for there villa etc . In our set up budget it included the furniture costs , which is then broken down to the monthly cost of rent that I explained
Thanks Richard. Good information to know. I like to visit Sanur, Bali but it’s not for me as a full time home. Best wishes to everyone thinking about the move. 🎉
@@marisayoung8670 🙏
Thanks for video, so tempting to sell up and retire early with those living costs. can I ask with regards to villa rental, am I right in thinking that you have to pay for repairs and if so to what extent would you be liable for these please?
Hi thanks for watching . Yes any major repair will be on us. We are lucky and minor things the devolved helps us out 🙏
We actually live a pretty simple life. Our costs are 2 cars one is used for my business. Our home plus the expenses of an investment property. We probably eat out once a week on weekends. It’s difficult to be accurate. Maybe it’s more like $3k. My post was just an average of our credit card bill per month.
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Thanks Richard great video. I will have to grab the name of who you insured your villa with.
No worries
Bali Insurance +62 816-4726-413
Us too please
@@margaretbuttriss7844 👍
Bali Insurance
+62 816-4726-413
Fantastic video Richard. Wonderfully presented. You were born (retired 😀) to do these vlogs. Best compliment I can give you, is that you are the Bob Ross of RUclips. Please continue and ignore the trolls.
Wow, thanks👍
@@roamingRichard promise to continue
@@HouseboundDigitalNomad 👍
I’m out in September. My wife and I will be out in May. Be well, take Care Gaz and Chelle
@@HouseboundDigitalNomad 🙏 you will have a great time
Hi Richard & Karen
Thank you for the video very informative. One thing I am very interested in is the villa insurance policy like where did you get it from and what does it include?
Many thanks and looking forward to seeing more videos ❤
Hi it’s includes all natural disasters but you pay an excess on any claims
The place is called Bali Insurance
I don’t how it will go if we need to claim 🤷♂️
@@roamingRichard
Thank you 🙏
I just googled Bali insurance and nothing came up. Do you have contact details?
Many thanks 🙏
Great work mate thanks 😊 👍 👏 🇦🇺
Glad you enjoyed it👍
Would love to live there!!
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Hi Richard, tell me , did you ever consider Thailand as they have a higher level of medical and dental.
I’m heading over to do a 6 month term in Asia- Bali, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia to scope out somewhere to live for a year once the wife hangs up her boots. We are looking for a high quality of life that does not cost the $$ it does here in Oz - ridiculous now ,
Hi yes we consider Thailand and Vietnam and chose Bali. Vietnam is our second choice
Wow your eating out budget is very low for a month good on ya mate.. one time lunch for me and hubby at japanese restaurant in jakarta at lease AUD 120 😅
Oh wow! We are very budget conscious 🤷♂️
What is the process of a tourist visa? Can you keep the extending, using the immigration office? How long can you stay
VISA
Visa on arrival (VOA)
- cost is IDR500,000 so approx $50 aud - this can be paid AUD, Mastercard, Visa, cash & IDR (most other currencies are also accepted)
- Visas can also be done online but give yourself enough time to do this.
You can apply no more than 90 days and at least 14 working days before your intended day of departure.
B213A/B1 for 30 day tourist visa
👉for online you need to have
- pic of passport
- pic of yourself
- pic of return ticket
molina.imigrasi.go.id/
Would you want to be in Bali if seriously ill..... Thats a key question as we all age. For now both Malaysia and Thailand are tops for me, what with the great medical facilities....
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Hey Richard can you tell us what travel insurance you use and what you think about it ?
We have tick .It seems ok
Hi Richard, how do go about renting or purchasing a long lease Villa?
We know people in our complex so we went to developer for details and purchase long lease
It’s best to walk around or get on a bike ride around and just drop into building sites. This is what I did with the new villa videos
Can you take a new Zealand pension to bali?
I assume so but you may need to confirm with the correct authority in New Zealand
thanks mate; so if you ate out most of the time, your monthly costs would be cheaper?
Hi probably similar , but Karen like to cook a few nights
@@roamingRichard fair enough; still so much cheaper than oz. Hope u keep the content going mate
@@kevinantonovich9409 👍
Hi Richard what is new monkey pox requirement before you fly
This is link to fill out before entering
sshp.kemkes.go.id/
Thanks
Thank you for great video. I am curious about your 6 month travel insurance you mention you have until Bali resudent medical cover kicks in. I can't find any insurer that covers a trip longer than 60 days per trip .... do you mind sharing who you use please 🙏
When you go onto tick you can cover for 6 months period
They ask you how long do you want cover for
I have confirmed this to be the case with them
We had 6 months cover and renewed when we recently went back
Great...thanks. I will check Tick out.
@@koalabear8757 no worries
They do cover for motor bike
You must hold correct licence and wear a helmet
I just checked Tick. Policy must have changed. It shows maximum 90 days per trip.
@@kimr1812 well will just have to see what happens after 90 days if something happens. We paid for 6 months policy 🤷♂️
Thanks Richard very helpful. We want to do what you and Karen have done, but to qualify for the Australian pension portability rule, we have to live in Australia for 2 years before applying 😢 My husband is 58 and I'm 54. He's hoping to retire at 60. I would be interested to know if any expats know of any way around this?
Yes, absolutely . If anyone has correct info please share
Pretty sure our government rules are you have to live in Australia for 2 year before you can get pension at 67. Even thou we have paid tax for over 30+years
@@josieandneale 🙏
@@josieandneale it's crazy isn't it!!! It means we can retire to Bali when my husband turns 60, then have to return to Australia for 2 years (when he turns 65) to claim the pension.
Once you return to Australia to apply for the Aged Pension you will get it straight away if you Qualify. If you did not live in Australia for the 2 years before you applied, you will need to stay in Australia for 2 years before you can make it portable. After the 2 years you can live anywhere, So living in Bali now needs to be a long holiday returning back to Australia. I have 351 days till I'm 67.
Just wondering how much an hour does your cleaning lady charge an hour…say in Aussie $$$$…
Hi it’s $5 an hour
How many massage s a month ?
Normally one a week it depends
Richard why do you go over to Bintang supermarket?
Hi if we are out that way we will grab some things, we don’t shop there all the time 👍
WHY SHOULD HE QUESTION WHERE YOU & YOUR WIFE GO? YOU WERE POLITE TO ANSWER @@roamingRichard
@@marlenesullivan3113 all good 👍
There is also a closer (to Sanur) Bintang Supermarket in Renon.
@@margaretbuttriss7844 👍
Here in Newcastle NSW without our mortgage our monthly credit card spend is about $5000. That covers everything we do and all our bills. It can be higher!
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That's not an average spend, that's a lot of luxuries for 5 K per month, many meals out for sure.
Hopefully in time we will sell our home. Use the money to fund our retirement to Bali. The small 1 bedroom apartment we bought was purchased to be a place to call home when not living/travelling overseas. I’m 57, husband is 53. So all going to plan we will make the move in 3 years!
@@Twoaussieguysthat sounds great 🙏
What did you mean you’re living off love ?
Living off love , living of our savings 👍
@@darrenbeecham5644 THEIR LIVING OFF LOVE & LIVING OFF LOVE FOR THE GOOD LIFE IN BALI.
@@marlenesullivan3113 lol thankfully Richard answered it, cos id be more confused by your answer if he didn't
What about sunscreen….that would take a big chunk out of your savings…lol….
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Those all my favourite shops to do my grocery in Sanur. But since we moved to Amlapura since 3 years ago, our monthly budget getting lesser 😅
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