solar1
14th September 2005, 07:55 AM
Ok here goes
Im like 9 days from going to NZ and need a little reassurence, i will be living in Lower Hutt and will have a basic wage of 46k that with antisocial hours goes upto 50-55K im a single male nurse
looking to rent alone, and looking at redcoats the cheaper places that are close to the hospital and look ok cost 190-300, my question is will i be able to afford this.
This is well helpful info below but what do you all think
solar
Below is what a mate of mine i met on the net said but is it enough to live on, will i be ok, wouldnt the world be better without money?
As for can you afford $200-$300 a week on $46K, hard question; depends.
Do you want to live by yourself or flat with people?
If it's by yourself, then the rent you'll pay is $200-$300 a week, depending on how big the house/apartment is (ie how many bedrooms) and where (eg you'll pay more for waterfront Petone than Epuni for example).
If it's renting with other people - I would've thought that around $100 a week for the room plus electricity/phone etc on top would be about the norm.
Say $300 a week... $46K after tax equals about $1090 net per fornight.
$600 rent = $490 a fortnight to spend.
You'll spend about $50 on electricty, $25 on phone (assuming no toll calls), bus say $40 (that's 20 trips at $2 a trip), food (groceries maybe $140 but that's not extravagent at all), $50 for incidentals - all a fornight. That's $315.
Leaving $175 a fornight to spend on "going out stuff".
You can do it - but it'd be tight at times though - "extra expenses" always come up.
You can easily spend $100 a night out if you want - no worries.
A bus fare from Wgtn to the Hutt is about $5 each way. They have really good late night buses (ie until 4am) on a Friday/Saturday night and a really good train service.
A meal out can rang from $15 for some good asian up to hundreds for the best eats! (NB asian in NZ means chinese or thai or malaysian; I think you're "asian" is our "indian" - and an indian meal out is usually more around the $25 mark.
Beer - that's about $5-$6 for say a 330ml heinekin.
Wine - anywhere from $7 a glass up (cheaper by the bottle).
Movies - $13-$15 a ticket.
Theatre - $30 a ticket.
Petrol - $1.50 a litre.
Airfares - AK return about $160.
Australia - about $600 return including taxes.
So, can you do it - yep. Will you have super amounts of expensive fun - no. Will you have a life - yes. Will you be better of paying only $200 a week, rather than $300 - yep.
Im like 9 days from going to NZ and need a little reassurence, i will be living in Lower Hutt and will have a basic wage of 46k that with antisocial hours goes upto 50-55K im a single male nurse
looking to rent alone, and looking at redcoats the cheaper places that are close to the hospital and look ok cost 190-300, my question is will i be able to afford this.
This is well helpful info below but what do you all think
solar
Below is what a mate of mine i met on the net said but is it enough to live on, will i be ok, wouldnt the world be better without money?
As for can you afford $200-$300 a week on $46K, hard question; depends.
Do you want to live by yourself or flat with people?
If it's by yourself, then the rent you'll pay is $200-$300 a week, depending on how big the house/apartment is (ie how many bedrooms) and where (eg you'll pay more for waterfront Petone than Epuni for example).
If it's renting with other people - I would've thought that around $100 a week for the room plus electricity/phone etc on top would be about the norm.
Say $300 a week... $46K after tax equals about $1090 net per fornight.
$600 rent = $490 a fortnight to spend.
You'll spend about $50 on electricty, $25 on phone (assuming no toll calls), bus say $40 (that's 20 trips at $2 a trip), food (groceries maybe $140 but that's not extravagent at all), $50 for incidentals - all a fornight. That's $315.
Leaving $175 a fornight to spend on "going out stuff".
You can do it - but it'd be tight at times though - "extra expenses" always come up.
You can easily spend $100 a night out if you want - no worries.
A bus fare from Wgtn to the Hutt is about $5 each way. They have really good late night buses (ie until 4am) on a Friday/Saturday night and a really good train service.
A meal out can rang from $15 for some good asian up to hundreds for the best eats! (NB asian in NZ means chinese or thai or malaysian; I think you're "asian" is our "indian" - and an indian meal out is usually more around the $25 mark.
Beer - that's about $5-$6 for say a 330ml heinekin.
Wine - anywhere from $7 a glass up (cheaper by the bottle).
Movies - $13-$15 a ticket.
Theatre - $30 a ticket.
Petrol - $1.50 a litre.
Airfares - AK return about $160.
Australia - about $600 return including taxes.
So, can you do it - yep. Will you have super amounts of expensive fun - no. Will you have a life - yes. Will you be better of paying only $200 a week, rather than $300 - yep.