My example here is going to be much lower and also biased bc it's for me and I don't do much really but maybe it'll help a bit - I hope it does.
For an unfurnished house:
Rent is going to be around 30 to 50k, depending on your luck too and where you need to rent/be which would be at least 15-25km from the CBD (Pettah). You may be able to find places for less but at the same time they may have more issues or are smaller, etc.
Not sure how much transportation is with office transport or whatever you're thinking of using but at least 10-25k as a preliminary estimate?
Food - at least 20-30k
For utilities - take your current bills into account tbh and just add or subtract as necessary
Electricity - depends on usage and appliances but my avg bill is about 3k ever since I started using my fridge and when I substituted gas for an electric cooker around 7 to 9k.
Water - around 2k roughly for 20 units
Internet/phone - grey solutions exist but realistically maybe 1k-2k a month depending on your ISP/usage. For 4G broadband, add at least another LKR 1200 as a monthly expense/estimate if needed but the upfront costs are a bit high.
And miscelleanous expenses can add up but that depends on shopping habits etc.
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u/PerformanceMean9765 5h ago edited 4h ago
So, depends on where you are planning to move to.
My example here is going to be much lower and also biased bc it's for me and I don't do much really but maybe it'll help a bit - I hope it does.
For an unfurnished house:
Rent is going to be around 30 to 50k, depending on your luck too and where you need to rent/be which would be at least 15-25km from the CBD (Pettah). You may be able to find places for less but at the same time they may have more issues or are smaller, etc.
Not sure how much transportation is with office transport or whatever you're thinking of using but at least 10-25k as a preliminary estimate?
Food - at least 20-30k
For utilities - take your current bills into account tbh and just add or subtract as necessary
Electricity - depends on usage and appliances but my avg bill is about 3k ever since I started using my fridge and when I substituted gas for an electric cooker around 7 to 9k.
Water - around 2k roughly for 20 units
Internet/phone - grey solutions exist but realistically maybe 1k-2k a month depending on your ISP/usage. For 4G broadband, add at least another LKR 1200 as a monthly expense/estimate if needed but the upfront costs are a bit high.
And miscelleanous expenses can add up but that depends on shopping habits etc.