Preparing for a rental property inspection? Join us as we walk through the inspection of the property we’re going to be renting as we settle back in Canada.
when we settled in Ontario, Canada as landed immigrants almost 4 decades ago we rented 2 bedrooms apartment for $640/month plus $30 dollars parking. free electricity, free water except landline phone. gas prices then was .35cents per liter, it cost me just $18 dollars to fill up gas fulltank. $20 dollars week groceries consumption, when we bough our first house then required deposit was $100, required down payment $5K payable in 20-25 years (prices then from $150k- $250k 3-4 bedrooms detached home.) and you move in less than a year aquisition. all those are gone and history!
Lol! Tell me about it. Every time I recall those times back in the day when they had toonie Tuesdays at kfc’s , mcdonald’s offering 50 cent big mac’s. Can’t help but reflect on the older folks that tend to say “you know back in my day”. Kinda feels like time just going full circle on us.
Wow, $1800 with all those items included and utilities. In San Diego, two bed empty apartment is roughly $2700 and up tenant pays for all utilities, depending on what area of the county. Houses for rent are at least $3700 + utilities. So it's first month + one month deposit and you must make 3x the amount of rent to qualify for the unit.
Wow $1800 vs $2700-$3700 seems like crazy amounts down there. It makes me wonder what’s the average household income down there. The requirements are pretty steep as well. It almost sounds like you need at least two families living in the same roof to qualify
Wow nice naman . San banda sa Calgary kayo ? Kasi akmi nasa condo ngaun , kaso we’re thinking of moving ..again … kasi nakakatakot pala kapag may fire alarm. Sa 4th floor kami . Naka mortgage ,pero pwede na mag rent basta ayoko na sa condo hehe . Taga Richmond BC kami for some years, kakalat lang namin last October . Ok na ok na yang nakuha nyo . Congrats sa new place . Liked 8, watched and subscribed from Calgary Alberta.
Nasa Northwest po kami malapit sa crowfoot area. Within walking distance sa mga amenities. Something to consider kung maganda location ng condo nyo pwede nyo iparent para may passive income po kayo. Pero totoo medyo nakakailang pag condo in the event or fire at nag papanic mga tao para maka evacuate ng building.
Cheap but not so cheap 😌 when you’re coming from the Philippines and just re-settling. Although, no matter where you are in the world cost of living does play a factor in pricing. But it was a definite shock seeing the leap of overall cost of things in Calgary.
$1800 cheaper than Daly City CA.. 2014 I moved out of my apartment after living for about 10yrs. in Daly City . The owner wanted it for $1900 in 1 bedroom apartment. So I said bye bye.
Welcome po sa channel namin! Ok yan at least pwede pang bayad mortgage. Pansin namin pamahal na den ang Calgary. It all depends po siguro sa kung saan tayo nakatira. Smaller town’s madalas mas mura mga mortage. Pero malamang it all comes with pros and cons.
Happy Birthday, Alex 🎉! Your rent of $1800 (Canadian) including utilities is almost too good to be true! The house is spacious and airy and pretty much well maintained. No way can you find rent that “ cheap” for a two bedroom, utilities included plus grounds maintenance in HI😲
Thanks Hope! I guess it all depends what part of the world you’re at. But if you were to compare what you earn vs the cost of things here. It all seems much higher than previous years we lived here. I think expenses are much more obvious here considering our stay in the Philippines was out in the province where you have direct access to fresh produce, and diet is much simpler hehehe (ie.: dried fish, dried squid, backyard raised chicken, fresh eggs and direct access to vegetables and what not from the local “palengke”). I guess parts of the pros and cons of the two worlds.
