You should be very proud of yourselves that you have no credit card debt and that you only have a small loan for the renovation expense. (Most young American couples are saddled with debt.). The easiest way to be frugal is to not succumb to impulse spending - I always wait a few days before I buy something that is tempting but is not a necessity. So glad you are posting more on uTube.
@Santindarainitaly5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much. It’s much harder to take out lines of credit here. In America they make it very easy. 😘😘
@angelopetrozzi44Ай бұрын
I used to live in italy in the 80's and it was fairly affordable at the time. My long term goal is to retire in Italy and enjoy the rest of my life like i did as a teenager.❤
@lindachartier250424 күн бұрын
la vostra ristrutturazione della casa è meravigliosa
@HH-fo9sg5 ай бұрын
$3000/month sounds decent for what seems like an upper middle class lifestyle (2 cars, renovated home, entertainment and dining out). That is all after tax spending, of course.
@StarletOfDavid2 ай бұрын
Sounds perfectly fine - I spend 1,500€ a month for my teenage son and I over here in Germany (700€ fixed expenses and another 800€ on food, clothes, hygiene, school supplies …). My home is not half as nice as theirs - way smaller too. I think they build a good existence for themselves. I think they must be high earners - cause I would think Italians only make 1,500€ a months a lot of the time.
@athena.alexander5 ай бұрын
I live in Florida and spend about $2600 a month as a single woman with 2 cats.
@HEMI345S3 ай бұрын
Stop feeding filet mignons to those damn cats 😀😀😀
@gabriellakm15 күн бұрын
Tell me about it I’m in NC and about 3k plus monthly 😢, so sick of it, let’s create a group and get out of here
@athena.alexander15 күн бұрын
@HEMI345S lol! I do spoil them with fancy feast and top their meals with freeze-dried meat and gravy. The cats cost me $210 monthly including their pricier dust-free litter.
@7TerriPod5 ай бұрын
Thank you, I was looking for that information.
@fjdkfdfjdf334 ай бұрын
This is a posh lifestyle for sicily. Thanks!
@ingunachipane5 ай бұрын
There are so many bloggers who sell American audience that Italy is so cheep. Finaly someone honest and realistic. I live in north of Italy, and i can tell its real numbers. We as a family of 3 spend something like that on living expenses. Also childcare ( asilo etc.) Would be interesting to compare.
@Santindarainitaly5 ай бұрын
In respect to America it’s cheaper but then again salaries are much higher in America, so it’s all relative. Exactly, as a family with kids there are just more expenses. And I didn’t even get into shopping/clothes expenses 😳
@user-ru4ed2rf9t5 ай бұрын
Sicily is super cheap. These expenses are for a huge house with 2 cars. Not everyone lives like that.
@dekit92 ай бұрын
3000€ is what I spend in a big US city or in Switzerland as single and with frugal attitude... 3000€ for an entire family of 4 with 2 cars is suuuuper cheap
@TheSicilianLife5 ай бұрын
Awesome ~ just found your channel. Yes, it's possible to make a budget for less, especially the food. I love fresh swordfish so will always treat myself to that. 🤩
@tabithastone8195 ай бұрын
€1.80/liter of gas is approximately $7.42/gallon. We do gas math a lot because we road trip in Italy often... Haha!
@Santindarainitaly5 ай бұрын
Haha yes thanks for catching that! There was a time, around Covid times, that gas was 2.25 a liter. I think I remember that as being 11 bucks a gallon.
@Sweetnsour20238 күн бұрын
😵😢
@isabellat.701129 күн бұрын
I live in Sicily and I think that your budget is realistic for a family of 4 and 2 working parents! Many will spend the same as you (again, with two average salaries) but the sad thing is they save pretty much nothing. At best 2-300€ a month
@markbernard831213 күн бұрын
In Australia our living expenses with a family of 5 run up to 8000 per month.
@StarletOfDavid2 ай бұрын
You can estimate to pay a little less than 2€ per l. A gallon is about 4 l - so 8€ per gallon - which equals to 9 dollars a gallon.
@josephpravata77643 ай бұрын
Better life all around, enjoy
@ciao4575 ай бұрын
WHERE Im at its cheaper. Eastern Oregon. Nothing much here.
@SusanTheRealtor4 ай бұрын
Hi! Nice meeting you both! Thank you for sharing your expenses. Where in Sicily did you move to❓ I am coming to Sicily in September for several months, I am registered to go to Italian learning school in Palermo. I am looking for Villages to go and see while I am there, I want to move to Sicily. I would love if you could share. Thank you so much, Susan 😊
@gabriellakm15 күн бұрын
Wow, I spend 3300 a month and now living on my savings 😢. I’m totally single renting in Raleigh Nc, car lease, rent food insurance all that totally alone $3300 how can I get a visa and get out of here?? I’m fully fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and English, but I’m not techky, I have tons of years of successful marketing and love the slow phase life….. help anyone advise. And no will not married to anyone just for a visa😂
@mohammedsharif26514 ай бұрын
I enjoyed your video. Thank you🙏👏❤️
@johnanz4 ай бұрын
Hi would love to move to Sicily from UK. We have 2 small children age 13 and 5. What would the schools be like for my children?
@juliestolar47122 ай бұрын
Can I ask how much your small loan was to renovate your home, because it’s beautiful and I’d love to know roughly how much would be spent to get a home to that level. Grazie Mille
@anniesshenanigans38155 ай бұрын
its nice to know, but the real question is what does it cost to get residency in Italy???? I am looking to move from the United States, but the least expensive places to live have ridiculous hoops and $$ requirements to actually live there.
@goodphone1563 ай бұрын
Mamma mia Italy is a little bit expensive!! I live in some Asia country and I do for everything with equivalent of 400 Euro at month , apartment for rent in a building of 20 floors , at month 126 Euro , electricity 12 Euro , water 3 Euro, here we not need gas ,because we are all year in hot temperature daily and night about from 28 to 35 degrees!! I have the car and Vespa, every day I eat fish , generally with 8 Euro you can eat a mixed fish !!
@Laurelin703 ай бұрын
Unfortunately Italy pays very much for gas, and this influences also the electricity costs, because most of the electricity comes from thermic power plants that run on gas. We pay a lot for gasoline also, and this influences a lot of costs, because usually goods need transportation.
@dekit92 ай бұрын
which Country/City has those prices? 😯
@gianna72565 ай бұрын
Where in Sicily do you live?
@gianna72565 ай бұрын
How much does it cost to purchase a home in Sicily where you live?
@Santindarainitaly5 ай бұрын
I think I need to make a video on that!
@ralphee74875 ай бұрын
Sorry, hate to be that person but U.S. isn't 10K a month "easy" as you said for living expenses. Unless your living in New York, LA, or the Bay Area. I live in Lake Tahoe, NV, $2700/month as a family of 4.
@victordasilva52553 ай бұрын
No F way dude. Try that in Florida
@victordasilva52553 ай бұрын
How much was the nose job ?
@user-ru4ed2rf9t5 ай бұрын
Why is trash 80 per month. That seems crazy. Did you mean per year??
@lozkko5 ай бұрын
It is essentially the local property tax, doesn't actually really mean it covers just trash.
@danatherealestateladynaple3283 ай бұрын
you mentioned you lived about an hour from Palermo?, which location do you live? I am considering moving to Palermo shortly. Can you tell me the best person or entity to contact to get my grandparents birth certificate. They were born in Palermo. Is there a way to contact you directly?
@dianamartin95585 ай бұрын
We are moving to Sicily. Is the trash price really $80 a month or was that a mistake?
@Santindarainitaly5 ай бұрын
Depends on how big your home is…that’s an average. Yearly we pay around 800-900€
@Laurelin703 ай бұрын
@@Santindarainitaly O__O My apartment is 70 sqm and in 2023 I payed 246 €. In Rome, not central neighborhood, but not suburb either. How many sqm is your house?
@giusepperoselli48103 ай бұрын
@@SantindarainitalyI’d like to know where you live: trash price in Melfi (Basilicata) is 100 € yearly for my home 130 square meters. BDW the garbage service is excellent.
@KarinRamey-uk6sq3 ай бұрын
You have to move to Hungary, it is a lot cheaper!
@chuck29674 ай бұрын
Hi Dara my name is Calogero in short (CAL) Can you help me out Please🙏 I’m making preparations to obtain my Italian citizenship as we speak I was born in Sicily AGRIGENTO. and still have my birth certificate in Sicily.My parents emigrated to Toronto Canada,I was only 5yrs old n never gone back.I’m planning to retire to my place of birth. I’m retiring in a year I’ll be 65. My Question to you is What would my cost of living be for me n my wife if I purchased a home in cash. My whole retirement pension will be $2,200.00 a month CD . Also can you kindly direct me to a realtor if you can Also how is the lifestyle in Sicily. I would appreciate if u can Guide me through this I’m excited to come and spend my last days of my life in Sicily thank you kindly
@ThePoorMom4 ай бұрын
You have Italian citizenship already.
@HiddenExistence3 ай бұрын
Have no idea if youre talking in Euros or dollars?? KZfaq streams to all countries
@why__dieАй бұрын
Euros
@textech89465 ай бұрын
20-30k all'anno una famiglia normale li vede col binocolo
@andrewdiprose4 ай бұрын
in che senso, spende di più o di meno?
@textech89464 ай бұрын
@@andrewdiprose di meno
@AlahnaAnset5 ай бұрын
lol every couple is the same.... the man has absolutely noooooooo idea how much everything costs and they are always surprised at how expensive it is
@MrNoncredo14 күн бұрын
mpare, lamericana te manda per stracci!
@alanhoyt94532 ай бұрын
That’s so inexpensive!!
@-MacCat-3 ай бұрын
Well-intentioned but laughably clueless and cringeworthy attempt at giving budgetary information.