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Okay need some help now as to anything I have missed in regards to the big move to Bali with FIFO husband & 2 teenagers in Jan
Housing - check
Schooling - Check
Visa's - Children get student kitas, I have Social Bud Visa & Husband just uses a tourist visa as he is FIFO and applys for 60 day visa if he is on Holidays from work. - Check
Health Insurance- Check
Staff- Now I am not so sure would like a cook/ shopper of grocerys etc a few days a week.???? How to arrange.
Car - Would like to hire a car and driver have heard figures of $350 per month ??? Where to hire and how??
Electricity - how do we pay this and roughly how much for a 3 bedroom 3 bathroom villa???
Any other handy hints or tips please feel free to pass on.
Thanks in anticipation Cath
Staff
When you arrive, people will probably approach you asking for jobs. Take some care because firing people is unpleasant and to be avoided. Ask neighbours for suggestions, if you can speak to a former employer that may help, but often not possible.
Car
If you want a full-time driver, they often get more than the minimum pay of Rp800,000 per month - there is a bit more status to a driving job. Alternatively you may find you can hire a driver for just the days you need - could be as much as Rp100,000 per day. You can get monthly rates for car rental - depends on what you want
Electricity
Depends on the max power that the property can draw. This is probably already set and is hard to change. For large villas it may be 7.7Kw or more and the monthly cost could be Rp2,000,000. A smaller house may have 4.4Kw down to 1.3Kw. At 1.3Kw the monthly bill can be around Rp200,000. That 10-fold difference is only partly because the big house uses more - it is also because the rates are higher.
Following on from Ronb's comments about electricity think about the wattage of any electrical appliances before you bring them. You may want to buy them here instead. Not long after we moved into our homestay I turned on a sandwich press and promptly knocked out all the electricity in our house. I miss my sandwich press but its a no go in this house as are many other appliances. A friend recently gave us an oven that takes a while to heat up because the wattage is lower but at least we will be able to run it.
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Hi Cath and wish you lots of luck and commend your bravery for the move. It is guaranteed to be an experience you all wont forget - now to make sure the memories are all good ones.
You seem to have all the big stuff covered so it's down to the small things that will irritate you when you can't find them here. You don't say if you or hubby will be returning to the west often to resupply or if it's bridges burned for 1/2 years. I get the impression from the visa comment that the former is the case.
Cloths, funnily enough are not cheap here - ditto for sandals and quality is can be shite
Electric toothbrushes cannot be found
I'm told tampax also a problem?
Special make up
Bring booze - it's expensive and not so brilliant (I quite like the Cawan Mas local whiskey but that's me)
Pack lots of household stuff - screws, bolts, washers, etc little stuff that you can find everywhere at home - here can take a long trip to Denpasar and accompanying suicide danger from stress.
Bedding linen - can be bought here (can be expensive compared to home "deals") or custom made but also not a cheap option and again quality is not western.
Good washing machine - it's really cheap to have things laundered here but again it can be like they've only dipped it in a bucket of water and ironed it so maybe better to do yourself?
Good quality kitchen knives - you can buy here but again "stainless steel" is a flexible term and what you buy here will generally not hold an edge for longer than a day or 2. For the locals not a problem but I get tired of sharpening them and cleaning off the rust...
Books - buy a kindle and load up with books for it/them - if you are a reader
That's all I can think of for the moment - I'm sure others can add to the list
Good luck Markit
May I ask Cath about your children's student Kitas? Is this something you will organise when you get here, or have you done it from home. How long does this last? What were the costs associated with this and do you have to renew it? My son will be going to school - but as we wont be choosing the school till we get there - iso t's not something I can organise in advance - thinking I need to go the social visa option instead.
thanks
PollyannaOriginally Posted by pollyanna
Thanks for that advice! I was going to take our slowcooker and pizza maker but will now rethink this.
Ronb
How does paying electricity work is it as simple as a bill in the mail and how often do you pay it? Also where do you go to hire the cars?
Markit
We are all big readers ( Beside the surfing 16year old son ) so not sure what to do about book situation as books are heavy to bring with you! I am lucky on booze front as Husband can bring in every two weeks however I am a champagne girl so it will be gone in first 2 days! And Interesting about linen are there beds standard sizes?
Noodle
The school is arranging for us while we are here. However you must pay 1 year School Fees in advance for this. We are happy with school and have seen it so this is no issue for us.
Thanks everyone for help much appreciated! Nerve racking this end of the business now.
Last edited by Cathjames; 13-11-2010 at 05:00 AM.
You pay monthly early in the month. No they do not mail out bills. You can check what's owing on-line by simply entering the account number - or else go to a payment agent. There are a number of agencies that will accept payments including some banks, Telkom offices, and others that display "Bayar Listrik". I think you can probably pay at ATMs or using on-line banking with and Indonesian bank - but I have not tried either of these options.
Markit, what's a kindle?
It's an electronic reader from Amazon. You can download books and have them available immediately on the device.what's a kindle?
I still prefer buying ordinary paper books, but the fact that you can download a new release without having to wait or pay for delivery makes me want to buy one.
Last edited by spicyayam; 13-11-2010 at 02:13 PM.
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