foreigners spending more on rent,school,food as their needs in this way above average than local..so make sense to them to spend least rm5-7k per month..could get cheaper,but renting as foreigner would be abit lot more than local ..
Electric bill for 1 person..with no AC..just fans, TV, Mid size Fridge and lights..is just RM17 per month. But no way..you can live with rm600 per month on groceries. You're probably rearing your own chicken, Fish and plant your own Veges.
My family has had the same maid for over 20 years now Alhamdulillah. She is awesome, like my own mother. We cover everything from flight tickets, medical, food, clothes, gifts literally everything and not one cent of her income need to be spent on herself. Never will we change and if she finally wants to stop working (we've asked many times), we won't be taking new maids. So many untrustworthy maids nowadays 🥲
I've been in KL for nearly 4 years, and I'm impressed how quickly you've caught up. Agree with most of it, but my utilities and food for 4 people are half versus your calculation. I was just in UK for 1 week, and by the time I landed back in KL, my love for Malaysia had grown multifold.
I haven't been Malaysia, but after watching her shopping, I automatically realized she's a big spender. I would half whatever her spending is and that would be living comfortably.
Aeon is not a high end grocer. Price are quite reasonable. Unless they are imported items . Most Malaysians go to Aeon, Hero, NSK, Giant, Mydin & such for their groceries. The high end grocers in Malaysia are Jaya Grocer & Village Grocers. Jaya Grocer carries select product ranges from Coles in Australia & Sainsbury UK.
@@gabangadgetmy local products are indeed on par with places like Aeon. However, Jaya Grocer has extensive imported products and prices have gone up due to Ringgit’s depreciation.
From the list, as a local, you can cut a few things on the list. Rent, a two storrey terrace maybe a little off outside the city but still accessible to it around rm1500. Way cheaper in states other than KL Internet for home and phone (1 person) for about rm200. If just the phone ,rm60-80 per person. No need for maids if you can find a day to clean up once a week. Car, if you are looking for a B segment sedan, would be around rm700-1100. Less than rm500 for a compact car or segment A sedan. Go for local brands like proton and perodua, or japanese ones. Bills, electricity bills especially, if you don't mind spending more time under the fan, then you could do under rm200 per month. Groceries, it depends on how many things u need for your meals and house supplies. I'd say rm500 should be average if you have a family. Find a wet market or morning market for cheaper stuffs. Aeon is pretty expensive on some things.
RM500 groceries for family per month? no way.. wet market not necessarily cheap, bcoz they are small seller. supermarket fight prices tend to be cheaper. i think you haven't go shopping for a while la
With the rising tariffs and removal of energy subsidies, perhaps can consider installing solar panels to reduce electricity costs. I've paid RM38k for approximately 1300kwh monthly of power generation and it reduces my bill from RM650 to just RM30+/- per month. I shall get my ROI in the 6th year 😂
I would like to suggest for foreigner who wants settle down in Malaysia, if you have enough cash please buy a house and a car in cash. Those costs will take up the top 2 utmost of the budget. The rest of the expenses will be bearable around rm5k maximum per month. This is my experience when i settled my house and car loans. It left me with an extra cash which i find it useful. Yes it is true if you want to buy a car choose of malaysian brand and japanese brand because the car maintanance is much much cheaper than the continental one. I used mercedes before and i opt for honda and toyota now and i save a lot.
true2, becoz of the interest esp for house. another thing is foreigner tend to buy high cc car, dont. cause high cc means high roadtax haha.. many dont know
11:30 bear in mind that there are talks that fuel subsidy rationalization is coming this year. So once they remove or reduce the subsidies further, it could cost more. Do budget for that eventuality.
bcareful of taking a living maid...lots of cases..maid runaway with your stuff...it does happen lots even though the wages has goin up..my sister in law maid run in middle of the nite..with her money,gold, ..n other valueble stuff..even though she treat her like own family.. Edit : she paid her rm2200..bcoz she really like dat maid..but sadly..she run in the middle of the nite..following her new bangladeshi or pakistani boyfriend..coz my sister in law said 3 weeks bfore ..she happen to saw a man in front of her house looking like pakistani/bangladeshi man talking with dat maid in front of her house..b extra2 careful..dis kind of things really do hapoen a lots..with the indonesian maid
At least she ran away with things. My aunt’s maid ran away leaving my 6 months old cousin alone at home! CCTV showed that she left the house in the morning around 10 am, when everyone had left for work. My aunt return home around 5 pm and found out her baby was left alone almost dehydrated and exhausted from crying. I know it was part of her fault for not calling to check on them but she was overwhelmed with work due to her maternity leave. Take this as a lesson everyone and don’t leave your babies alone with your maid without installing CCTV everywhere and calling home often!
My spending every months (2 person and 3 cats😂 and i WFH) 1. Electricity= MYR 150-180 ( aircond maybe 18-20 hours per day) 2. Water =MYR 12 3. GROCERIES= MYR300-500 4. INTERNET= MYR 102 5. Telephone bill for 2 person = MYR 80 6. Fuel= MYR120 7. Family Insurance= 0 8. School=0 9. Car loan= 877 10. House rental=1400 Total=MYR 3051 PER MONTH.
It sounds great , good and honest opinion, people can work out expenditure as they go along,I am sure if you lived in u.k you know you had to budget ,nothing is cheap anymore,in fact cost of living is quite high too,for some people,but if you not dependant on the state benefits,than the best for anyone is to leave. For the ones who are high tax payers and retirees who made their lives and have some income is best to move. The n.h.s. is falling apart ,only emergency can be seen at life and death situation . Is very frustrating when you can not see a doctor when needed. Schools are not that excellent but can not complain when you having a free education,but you must be able to teach your children at home ,otherwise lost case. So who ever can afford is a good way forward to start a new life.
15:00 A live-in non-english speaking maid from Indonesia will cost you RM1,500/m but you will need to pay the agent fee of between RM9,000 to RM15,000 for a two-year contract. The fee is to be paid upfront. For English-speaking maid e.g. from Philippines, will cost you more..
@@fuckyoutube4changingmyusername You can always Google it under "agent's fees for maids in Malaysia" and you would surely be surprised. It's much cheaper to hire a cleaner, which normally goes by, on the average, 4-hr per session per week at RM25/hr
Been waiting for a new video for what feels like FOREVER. so I think I'm addicted to your channel now! ❤Thank you for all this valuable info and I'm so looking forward to the schools review video. Thanks for all you do and see you on the next one (hopefully very soon ☺)
You can live with RM200 electricity for a family 4 and RM1000 grocery per month comfortably. AEON is expensive because some are imported products. So you still have more room to save and live modest living.
The one thing I do is to go to different markets for different things. When I was in the UK it was easier though, because a lot of cities are walkable. But here I go to Aeon for fresh produce and Lotus for water (I probably should get a water filter). Luckily where I live (Nilai) there are Aeon, Lotus and Giant all within 2-3km drive. There’s a Speedmart 99 as well, which price is actually unbeatable for certain household products (cleaning supplies mostly).
I would say Aeon has 3 main hypermarket tier. Aeonbig being the most affordable one. Then there're Aeon and Aeon Max Value. I think for regular Malaysians, mostly we go to Lotus, Aeonbig, Checkers or NSK because it's cheaper there. I believe soon they will implement targeted subsidy for petrol. I calculated for myself, if that happens, my petrol cost will increase somewhere between RM20 to RM50 per week.
The high electricity cost is usually due to 2 things, ie air conditioning and water heater.. easily 50% of your cost there. It can really shoot up if you have a water pump, especially if you have a koi pond or swimming pool..
Should also factor in about 1000-2000 for your traveling and entertainment cost, depends on how much you plan to travel. Anyway, your outline is on the upside, but it made perfect sense as not to underestimate the cost of living in Malaysia. Certainly you can live with less.
As a Malaysian, and I've been in Malacca for 9 years, I would say that, that living cost is definitely on the higher side. Definitely a comfortable, way above the median level malaysians living standard. 7k a month can get you through a lot especially in Malacca. Might also be good to add school fees and phone bills (Although phone is very cheap here). Another good thing to add, and somehow seems like a compulsory, is a drinking water filter dispenser machine. Amazing content by the way! Cheers! Assalamualaikum!
Hi. Thank you so much for these videos, may Allah SWT reward you.🙏🏽 Might have missed something, but why did you cross out the expense for rent in your calculation? We’re a family of six, seriously considering looking at Malaysia as a possible option to relocate to. Is it best to do so based on getting a job offer or is it better to do it based on the MM2H visa? Also, how easy is it to find job openings in Malaysia for people from the UK, speaking of the communication/networking sector? Many thanks in advance.
Assalamualaikum. We used to have in Malaysia the following supermarkets 1. Jusco (Japan). Now rebranded as Aeon. 2. Carrefour. Now taken over by Aeon and renamed Aeon Big. 3. Tesco. Sold to Lotus, from Thailand. 4. Giant. For cars, all new cars will attract a minimum customs excise duties of minimum 75%. For imported cars from South East Asia, there are import tax which is max 5%. Imports from any other region would see heavier tax, if not mistaken minimum 120% up to 300%. EVs are tax free until 2025. There is also another type of cars popular in Malaysia which is known as recond (reconditioned) used imports from either UK or Japan. Mainly, the large boxy people carrier known as Toyota Alphard and Toyota Vellfire which is the preferred choice amongst businessmen, millionaires, politicians, ministers and pop stars more than Mercedes S class and BMW 7 series. Fords are never popular here (except for the mid range Ranger pick trucks lately). Same goes to Renault and Peugoet. Vauxhall is pretty much non-existent after British left Malaysia more than 50 years ago.
In Mont kiara Kuala Lumpur you can get around RM2500-RM3000 for 3 bedroom and 2 bathroom with 1 car park. Walking distance to shopping mall one Mont kiara and a few other shopping mall likes 163 Mont kiara, publika shopping mall, Solaris shopping mall.
Hello Saira, My name is Ralph and my wife is Hazel and we are from the US here on vacation looking at properties in Malaysia. We have watched a number of your videos and really appreciate the info you provide. We were thinking of catching a Grab tomorrow from KL to hopefully look at a property in your development. We have an interest in Phase 6 Oak Hill and was wondering if you could help with a viewing with the developer. I’m very sorry this is last minute request but I hope you can help! Thanks Ralph and Hazel Horne.
Dear Sister Saira, absolutely love your content! MashaAllah. We are thinking to leave UK for a while. You made us sure we need to do just that. If a could I would go today with passport in my pocket, that’s how bad it became. Keep up the good work. May Allah swt help you with everything.
Thank you for the video. The prices mentioned look great. However I take issue with the school fees mentioned. All the good international schools in KL charge more than 30,000 RM per year..some as high as 120,000 per year.
i would says that generous calculation of u doing around rm7100 per month for a single life there..i mean,thats the cost of being a foreigner in other's land,but least its realistic...after a month,2 maybe can tone down a bit but overall,as local,i believe as foreigner u need at least RM6-7k per monthly basis to pay around the bils ,and the earning should be around rm10,000 per month by the least if u wanted..
Could you post videos about tips on how to budget and build financial literacy? I’m a grad student planning to move abroad but I just don’t know where to start saving and investing 😭
Bear in mind, basically this breakdown, as saira’s said, she is being really generous. Which is yes, really2 generous. For locals’ that definitely a very comfortable life, more like for the upper class. So if lets say, if your budget is just half of saira’s budget, dont worry, you can still live comfortably. You just have to know where to cut the budgets a bit, where to buy things, and priorities things better.
In Mont kiara Kuala Lumpur you can get around RM2500-RM3000 for 3 bedroom and 2 bathroom with 1 car park. Walking distance to shopping mall one Mont kiara and a few other shopping mall likes 163 Mont kiara, publika shopping mall, Solaris shopping mall.
@@MMMA-pt7mg I agree with you 100% but in any case this country can’t be our home anymore so we will visit there and visit other countries after if it’s not a good fit for us. I appreciate the comment 😉👍
Thank you for all the information. Can you please do a video on studying in Malaysia at university level. The fees, English tuition, accommodation & how to apply. How easy is it to get into university there. My daughter wants to study medicine. As you are aware UK is a nightmare to get a university place. I will really really appreciate all your help. Thank you 🌹
Sister, my question is about the residency program, MM2H and PVIP. With the three levels, can someone let's say starts with one level then opt into another level? I know this is not the appropriate video for that but before I forget the question. 😁😅😁
I'm currently looking for a place to say somewhere near Bangsar since my daughter's gonna attend therapy there. We're planning to move there in a couple months, just me and my daughter, but my husband will visit from time to time. So we don't need anything big, 1 or 2 bedrooms is enough. I've checked on some options in different areas and found that for that specific type the average rent costs RM2300-2700. Is that normal or too expensive?
Would you please make a hyper realistic😅 comment about the weather in Malaysia….is there and time one could live without aircondition….thankyou very much❤
I purchased my house with Maybank Malaysia and it was under murabah agreement. It was an agreed price that i pay on a monthly basis. You can approach all local banks and they offer all islamic mortgages. They have other types of islamic loans and there might be slight variations. I have done my mortgage 20 years ago and sorry i don't have updates. May be you will feel delighted to know that Malaysia is rated having the best islamic banking in the world
I've been researching that. Apparently if you're a local tax payer there are tax benefits to doing that. If you're not then the benefit will be free electricity which is a great benefit for your pocket and the environment.
Someone mentioned in previous comment that he installed it and now pays just like 30 or 40 ringgit a month in electricity cost. According to his calculations the investment of the solar panels will ROI in 6 years. That’s amazing if you ask me.
Great content.... out of nowhere i now want to move to Malaysia. Do you get PR for the family if you purchase a property in Malaysia? What would a house like the one you are renting cost? Are the Malaysian schools English medium?
theres a video by Sana Saleh youtube which explains in detail about residency visa in Malaysia. check that video out. foreigners with stay visa can purchase a house only if they cost above than RM1 mil, because government allocates the cheaper house for locals. and finally theres alot of school systems in malaysia, the private school usually uses the international syllabus while governemt school uses malaysian education syllabus, which is divided into a variety of schooling system, i.e: normal school, religious school, maahad tahfiz, chinese school, tamil school.. hope that helps.
My family spending every months
1. Electricity= MYR 40
2. Water =MYR 40
3. GROCERIES= MYR450-600
4. INTERNET= MYR 108
5. Telephone bill for 4 person = MYR220
6. Fuel= MYR150
7.Family Insurance= 0
8. School= 300
Total=MYR 1458 PER MONTH.
Wow, but how much did you pay for house renting?
foreigners spending more on rent,school,food as their needs in this way above average than local..so make sense to them to spend least rm5-7k per month..could get cheaper,but renting as foreigner would be abit lot more than local ..
Electric bill for 1 person..with no AC..just fans, TV, Mid size Fridge and lights..is just RM17 per month. But no way..you can live with rm600 per month on groceries. You're probably rearing your own chicken, Fish and plant your own Veges.
1 thing that hasnt been mentioned much is the Weather! I understand it rains quite often there???
Rm40/mth? 🤔 That's really low cost. How did u manage?
My family has had the same maid for over 20 years now Alhamdulillah. She is awesome, like my own mother. We cover everything from flight tickets, medical, food, clothes, gifts literally everything and not one cent of her income need to be spent on herself. Never will we change and if she finally wants to stop working (we've asked many times), we won't be taking new maids. So many untrustworthy maids nowadays 🥲
Mashallah that’s amazing!
Subhanallah this is wonderful
I imagine many people will be leaving the UK in the next decade. I think God willing, I will be one of them too.
If u do...please don't bring your western ideologies with you...LGBT etc
I've been in KL for nearly 4 years, and I'm impressed how quickly you've caught up.
Agree with most of it, but my utilities and food for 4 people are half versus your calculation.
I was just in UK for 1 week, and by the time I landed back in KL, my love for Malaysia had grown multifold.
I haven't been Malaysia, but after watching her shopping, I automatically realized she's a big spender. I would half whatever her spending is and that would be living comfortably.
@@changbroother choice her money
Please share your monthly expenses with us. This information will be helpful for us. Thank you.
According to research on MM2H participants in Penang, median cost of living per month is myr 6000 which is US 1266 or 1010 pounds per month
Avoid european/US brand cars cuz the maintenance and spare parts gonna cost u a lot. Stick to malaysian cars or japanese car like toyota, honda.
Aeon is not a high end grocer. Price are quite reasonable. Unless they are imported items . Most Malaysians go to Aeon, Hero, NSK, Giant, Mydin & such for their groceries. The high end grocers in Malaysia are Jaya Grocer & Village Grocers. Jaya Grocer carries select product ranges from Coles in Australia & Sainsbury UK.
Now jaya grocer priced their items reasonably not like years ago.
Jaya grocer price are not like before.. tbh their price are kinda like Aeon
@@gabangadgetmy local products are indeed on par with places like Aeon. However, Jaya Grocer has extensive imported products and prices have gone up due to Ringgit’s depreciation.
Malaysia super markets are a rip off I guess
And Ben’s Independent Grocer (B.I.G.)
From the list, as a local, you can cut a few things on the list.
Rent, a two storrey terrace maybe a little off outside the city but still accessible to it around rm1500. Way cheaper in states other than KL
Internet for home and phone (1 person) for about rm200. If just the phone ,rm60-80 per person.
No need for maids if you can find a day to clean up once a week.
Car, if you are looking for a B segment sedan, would be around rm700-1100. Less than rm500 for a compact car or segment A sedan. Go for local brands like proton and perodua, or japanese ones.
Bills, electricity bills especially, if you don't mind spending more time under the fan, then you could do under rm200 per month.
Groceries, it depends on how many things u need for your meals and house supplies. I'd say rm500 should be average if you have a family. Find a wet market or morning market for cheaper stuffs. Aeon is pretty expensive on some things.
rental here at malacca can get RM1K with 4 bedroom terrace
thanks for the info really helps :)
@@solvyautomation7370 if they don't mind staying a distance from the city, yes even below rm1000
Thanks for sharing! Love it
RM500 groceries for family per month? no way.. wet market not necessarily cheap, bcoz they are small seller. supermarket fight prices tend to be cheaper. i think you haven't go shopping for a while la
Earning pound & spending in Malaysia..we as Malaysians dreaming of that😊
With the rising tariffs and removal of energy subsidies, perhaps can consider installing solar panels to reduce electricity costs. I've paid RM38k for approximately 1300kwh monthly of power generation and it reduces my bill from RM650 to just RM30+/- per month. I shall get my ROI in the 6th year 😂
brilliant break down of expenses. I'm really really interested
I would like to suggest for foreigner who wants settle down in Malaysia, if you have enough cash please buy a house and a car in cash. Those costs will take up the top 2 utmost of the budget. The rest of the expenses will be bearable around rm5k maximum per month. This is my experience when i settled my house and car loans. It left me with an extra cash which i find it useful. Yes it is true if you want to buy a car choose of malaysian brand and japanese brand because the car maintanance is much much cheaper than the continental one. I used mercedes before and i opt for honda and toyota now and i save a lot.
true2, becoz of the interest esp for house. another thing is foreigner tend to buy high cc car, dont. cause high cc means high roadtax haha.. many dont know
House loan : 2000
Car loan : 1500
Electric : 200
Water: 100
Internat : 200
Mobile phone : 100
Astro : 100
Fuel : 400
School : 2000/2person
Food : 400 eat out
Groceries/fish/chiken/vage: 1200
Water dispenser: 100
Total 8300
Thank you, very useful lesson.
Go on !!
11:30 bear in mind that there are talks that fuel subsidy rationalization is coming this year. So once they remove or reduce the subsidies further, it could cost more. Do budget for that eventuality.
Commenting to help boost. Great break down, gives a much better sense of the true cost. Thank you!
This is now my favourite channel now, thank you for sharing so much useful info
bcareful of taking a living maid...lots of cases..maid runaway with your stuff...it does happen lots even though the wages has goin up..my sister in law maid run in middle of the nite..with her money,gold, ..n other valueble stuff..even though she treat her like own family..
Edit : she paid her rm2200..bcoz she really like dat maid..but sadly..she run in the middle of the nite..following her new bangladeshi or pakistani boyfriend..coz my sister in law said 3 weeks bfore ..she happen to saw a man in front of her house looking like pakistani/bangladeshi man talking with dat maid in front of her house..b extra2 careful..dis kind of things really do hapoen a lots..with the indonesian maid
Maybe take the hourly ones on weekly basis instead
I recommend take maid from philiphines… dont take from indonesia maid, a lot of case their maid run away with item
Definitely saira wont get indonesian maid because of language barrier.
At least she ran away with things. My aunt’s maid ran away leaving my 6 months old cousin alone at home! CCTV showed that she left the house in the morning around 10 am, when everyone had left for work. My aunt return home around 5 pm and found out her baby was left alone almost dehydrated and exhausted from crying. I know it was part of her fault for not calling to check on them but she was overwhelmed with work due to her maternity leave. Take this as a lesson everyone and don’t leave your babies alone with your maid without installing CCTV everywhere and calling home often!
Get a malaysian male maid. He will do everything you ask for without hesitant. 😂😂😂
My spending every months (2 person and 3 cats😂 and i WFH)
1. Electricity= MYR 150-180 ( aircond maybe 18-20 hours per day)
2. Water =MYR 12
3. GROCERIES= MYR300-500
4. INTERNET= MYR 102
5. Telephone bill for 2 person = MYR 80
6. Fuel= MYR120
7. Family Insurance= 0
8. School=0
9. Car loan= 877
10. House rental=1400
Total=MYR 3051 PER MONTH.
how many bedrooms?
what area are you living?
Why do u people use telephone there when they have phonez?
Which area?
It sounds great , good and honest opinion, people can work out expenditure as they go along,I am sure if you lived in u.k you know you had to budget ,nothing is cheap anymore,in fact cost of living is quite high too,for some people,but if you not dependant on the state benefits,than the best for anyone is to leave. For the ones who are high tax payers and retirees who made their lives and have some income is best to move. The n.h.s. is falling apart ,only emergency can be seen at life and death situation . Is very frustrating when you can not see a doctor when needed. Schools are not that excellent but can not complain when you having a free education,but you must be able to teach your children at home ,otherwise lost case. So who ever can afford is a good way forward to start a new life.
Thanks for sharing your experience. Yes, 10k-ish per month for a certain lifestyle is actually spot on even for locals.
My family groceries cost MYR 450-600 per month not week😂
Same 😂
Thanks for sharing. Appreciate if you could do a breakdown of affordable international schools in the region in a new video.
International modern Arabic school IMAS in Putrajaya
Thank you for everything that you do for us, appreciate it a lot. Will keep supporting you. Have a great day.
Very useful information. JazakhAllah Khayr
Thank for these wonderful insights.❤
Very interesting to watch, thanks for sharing x
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A live-in non-english speaking maid from Indonesia will cost you RM1,500/m but you will need to pay the agent fee of between RM9,000 to RM15,000 for a two-year contract. The fee is to be paid upfront.
For English-speaking maid e.g. from Philippines, will cost you more..
Really? The fees are that high to get a maid? That's like agent fees for MM2H.
Hard to believe it's that much.
@@fuckyoutube4changingmyusername
You can always Google it under "agent's fees for maids in Malaysia" and you would surely be surprised. It's much cheaper to hire a cleaner, which normally goes by, on the average, 4-hr per session per week at RM25/hr
If you work for the money in uk & spend it in msia, evrything here will be cheap. Conversion, conversion, conversion...
Thanks for the information that really creating value to watch ...
Thank you for all your videos. I'm thinking of moving to Malaysia so these videos have been very helpful.
if your salary in sgd or pound.wfh
Your information is so useful 👌. Mashallah..
Been waiting for a new video for what feels like FOREVER. so I think I'm addicted to your channel now! ❤Thank you for all this valuable info and I'm so looking forward to the schools review video. Thanks for all you do and see you on the next one (hopefully very soon ☺)
International modern Arabic school IMAS in Putrajaya
You can live with RM200 electricity for a family 4 and RM1000 grocery per month comfortably. AEON is expensive because some are imported products. So you still have more room to save and live modest living.
As for me living alone, I spent roughly Rm5000 to 6000 per month to live comfortably.
According to her a family can live comfortably on.much less😂
Many are being misled
Good estimates. You missed the capital expenditures which include everything else such as shopping, fixing, maintenance, lazada, travel, etc.
Love your content ❤
The one thing I do is to go to different markets for different things. When I was in the UK it was easier though, because a lot of cities are walkable. But here I go to Aeon for fresh produce and Lotus for water (I probably should get a water filter). Luckily where I live (Nilai) there are Aeon, Lotus and Giant all within 2-3km drive. There’s a Speedmart 99 as well, which price is actually unbeatable for certain household products (cleaning supplies mostly).
I would say Aeon has 3 main hypermarket tier. Aeonbig being the most affordable one. Then there're Aeon and Aeon Max Value.
I think for regular Malaysians, mostly we go to Lotus, Aeonbig, Checkers or NSK because it's cheaper there.
I believe soon they will implement targeted subsidy for petrol. I calculated for myself, if that happens, my petrol cost will increase somewhere between RM20 to RM50 per week.
Jazaki Allah kheer❤
Thank you very helpful information please do vlog on job prospects for men and women graduates thank you
Oh that’s a good one
The high electricity cost is usually due to 2 things, ie air conditioning and water heater.. easily 50% of your cost there. It can really shoot up if you have a water pump, especially if you have a koi pond or swimming pool..
Yes, Malaysia's water is not too cool, no need water heater 😁
Yes swimming pool will add to your water bill and electricity because of the pump and filtration system
go solar
*_Ideal country to retire. Cheaper than Dubai._*
Cheaper one issue. But always chasing after bigger better life. Superficial as not all can afford that
this is an useful insight for rough idea regarding cost of living in malaysia. tq!
It's largely incorrect. Why don't you watch videos by Malaysians?
Well said 👍
Thank you for the info …so helpful. I certainly wouldn’t keep a maid. So it’ll definitely work out cheaper for us 🙏🏼
Bye bye very informative video
Thanks for the info.
Are the comparrision figures on nembero incorrect 🤔
Should also factor in about 1000-2000 for your traveling and entertainment cost, depends on how much you plan to travel.
Anyway, your outline is on the upside, but it made perfect sense as not to underestimate the cost of living in Malaysia. Certainly you can live with less.
Great video, thank you
As a Malaysian, and I've been in Malacca for 9 years, I would say that, that living cost is definitely on the higher side. Definitely a comfortable, way above the median level malaysians living standard. 7k a month can get you through a lot especially in Malacca. Might also be good to add school fees and phone bills (Although phone is very cheap here). Another good thing to add, and somehow seems like a compulsory, is a drinking water filter dispenser machine.
Amazing content by the way! Cheers! Assalamualaikum!
Hi. Thank you so much for these videos, may Allah SWT reward you.🙏🏽
Might have missed something, but why did you cross out the expense for rent in your calculation?
We’re a family of six, seriously considering looking at Malaysia as a possible option to relocate to. Is it best to do so based on getting a job offer or is it better to do it based on the MM2H visa?
Also, how easy is it to find job openings in Malaysia for people from the UK, speaking of the communication/networking sector?
Many thanks in advance.
I have been following you for sometimes now . The only thing is the community that we miss over there. Anyhow with time things will settle down .
Assalamualaikum.
We used to have in Malaysia the following supermarkets
1. Jusco (Japan). Now rebranded as Aeon.
2. Carrefour. Now taken over by Aeon and renamed Aeon Big.
3. Tesco. Sold to Lotus, from Thailand.
4. Giant.
For cars, all new cars will attract a minimum customs excise duties of minimum 75%.
For imported cars from South East Asia, there are import tax which is max 5%.
Imports from any other region would see heavier tax, if not mistaken minimum 120% up to 300%.
EVs are tax free until 2025.
There is also another type of cars popular in Malaysia which is known as recond (reconditioned) used imports from either UK or Japan. Mainly, the large boxy people carrier known as Toyota Alphard and Toyota Vellfire which is the preferred choice amongst businessmen, millionaires, politicians, ministers and pop stars more than Mercedes S class and BMW 7 series.
Fords are never popular here (except for the mid range Ranger pick trucks lately). Same goes to Renault and Peugoet. Vauxhall is pretty much non-existent after British left Malaysia more than 50 years ago.
In Mont kiara Kuala Lumpur you can get around RM2500-RM3000 for 3 bedroom and 2 bathroom with 1 car park. Walking distance to shopping mall one Mont kiara and a few other shopping mall likes 163 Mont kiara, publika shopping mall, Solaris shopping mall.
There's income tax (cukai pendapatan), assessment tax (cukai taksiran), quit rent (cukai tanah/petak) and IWK (Government owned sewerage maintenance service) payments too.
Please tell more about Southwestern Malaysia floods as well. What's update on your area?
Very helpful Could you do one about Thailand as I think it is cheaper and also visa regulation is not that strict
Thanks, great update. Can you look though the medical in more detail and schooling for kids please.
International modern Arabic school IMAS in Putrajaya
U kept on reminding me of uk, though u've more time to count here..😉
Hello Saira, My name is Ralph and my wife is Hazel and we are from the US here on vacation looking at properties in Malaysia. We have watched a number of your videos and really appreciate the info you provide. We were thinking of catching a Grab tomorrow from KL to hopefully look at a property in your development. We have an interest in Phase 6 Oak Hill and was wondering if you could help with a viewing with the developer. I’m very sorry this is last minute request but I hope you can help! Thanks Ralph and Hazel Horne.
Dear Sister Saira, absolutely love your content! MashaAllah. We are thinking to leave UK for a while. You made us sure we need to do just that. If a could I would go today with passport in my pocket, that’s how bad it became. Keep up the good work. May Allah swt help you with everything.
Thank you for the video. The prices mentioned look great. However I take issue with the school fees mentioned. All the good international schools in KL charge more than 30,000 RM per year..some as high as 120,000 per year.
isn't 120 000, the ones with accommodation included? Like Full boarding?
There is a lot of misinformation in all.her videos
i would says that generous calculation of u doing around rm7100 per month for a single life there..i mean,thats the cost of being a foreigner in other's land,but least its realistic...after a month,2 maybe can tone down a bit but overall,as local,i believe as foreigner u need at least RM6-7k per monthly basis to pay around the bils ,and the earning should be around rm10,000 per month by the least if u wanted..
Thank you ❤❤❤❤❤
We also have Teslas here.
Honeymoon period. Everything nice and dandy.
Could you post videos about tips on how to budget and build financial literacy? I’m a grad student planning to move abroad but I just don’t know where to start saving and investing 😭
Bear in mind, basically this breakdown, as saira’s said, she is being really generous. Which is yes, really2 generous.
For locals’ that definitely a very comfortable life, more like for the upper class.
So if lets say, if your budget is just half of saira’s budget, dont worry, you can still live comfortably.
You just have to know where to cut the budgets a bit, where to buy things, and priorities things better.
Do you live in malaysia?
@@noumanale3293 yes i am
Jazakallakhair
Way to go Saira! I watch ur videos everyday?
2:40 if people are willing to live in condominiums, RM 3000 can get you a decent sized one in KL 👍🏽 I rent mine one out as well around that price 😁
How many bedrooms for RM 3,000 in KL? Thanks
In Mont kiara Kuala Lumpur you can get around RM2500-RM3000 for 3 bedroom and 2 bathroom with 1 car park. Walking distance to shopping mall one Mont kiara and a few other shopping mall likes 163 Mont kiara, publika shopping mall, Solaris shopping mall.
@@jihanjittu3125hows the traffic like? I’m trying to avoid terrible traffic so might choose putrajaya
From what I have read, international schools are far more expensive than that in KL. Any info?
Can you do another video stating according to not so luxurious lifestyl if one want to work hard in starting years
absolutely love your videos and extremely excited to sell everything we own to come live in Malaysia in september!
Don't sell everything yet. Maybe 1-2 first
@@MMMA-pt7mg we are selling everything that doesn’t fit in our luggages 😜
Maybe come for a visit first.
@@MMMA-pt7mg I agree with you 100% but in any case this country can’t be our home anymore so we will visit there and visit other countries after if it’s not a good fit for us. I appreciate the comment 😉👍
After all this trouble it costs the same as the UK 😅
Thank you for the video. Quick Question:
Insurance is considered Haram since it has interest element in it. So how you guys tackle this issue? Thanks
Thank you for all the information. Can you please do a video on studying in Malaysia at university level. The fees, English tuition, accommodation & how to apply. How easy is it to get into university there. My daughter wants to study medicine. As you are aware UK is a nightmare to get a university place.
I will really really appreciate all your help.
Thank you 🌹
What the speed of the internet and what options did you have for broadband speeds.
Thanks a lot for your great efforts.
Pls how can we meet you face face in Malaysia?
That is a pretty high estimation. We're living comfortably on a lot less.
You should try Ben’s Independent Grocer (B.I.G.)
International Islamic schools in Putrajaya are very expensive. We paid $500/month per child. So if you have more than 2 kids, it can be very pricy.
she put a budget of 3500 a month for education 😀
Please Talk about business income opportunities also in Malaysia
Sister, my question is about the residency program, MM2H and PVIP. With the three levels, can someone let's say starts with one level then opt into another level? I know this is not the appropriate video for that but before I forget the question. 😁😅😁
Kalau ada rm3 juta dah boleh hidup senang lenang anggaran 10,000 sebulan selama 25 tahun tak termasuk bayar zakat dan cukai
I'm currently looking for a place to say somewhere near Bangsar since my daughter's gonna attend therapy there. We're planning to move there in a couple months, just me and my daughter, but my husband will visit from time to time. So we don't need anything big, 1 or 2 bedrooms is enough. I've checked on some options in different areas and found that for that specific type the average rent costs RM2300-2700. Is that normal or too expensive?
RM 660 for Water and Electricity is too high. I live in an apartment and the cost of electricity comes around RM 80 and water for RM 30
Could do a morgage , job and what area to live as a family.
Would you please make a hyper realistic😅 comment about the weather in Malaysia….is there and time one could live without aircondition….thankyou very much❤
When raining
We used to live in Rumah Kampung....
i just like your tiny jokes 😂 fan pushes the dirt away on the sides 😂😂😂😂😂
Assalamu alaikum
On a side note, can you do some sort of talk for 16-21 Yr olds and how to manage money and save (without interest being involved)?
Donot buy car on interest based installments cause thats haram❤
What about health care?
Hi saira love your vids also considering moving to klcc soon ..just wanted to ask..is that school fee per month or anum...
Per semester
International modern Arabic school IMAS in Putrajaya
Can we talk Mortgages? Islamic mortgages, islamic view etc
All banks in Malaysia offer islamic and conventional mortgages. You can choose
@@ahmadzakimohdnor6339 but how does it work differently to UK mortgages. This is what we would like to understand.
I purchased my house with Maybank Malaysia and it was under murabah agreement. It was an agreed price that i pay on a monthly basis. You can approach all local banks and they offer all islamic mortgages. They have other types of islamic loans and there might be slight variations. I have done my mortgage 20 years ago and sorry i don't have updates. May be you will feel delighted to know that Malaysia is rated having the best islamic banking in the world
Wonder if it's plausible to do solar there, will save on costs and it's sunny all the time
I've been researching that. Apparently if you're a local tax payer there are tax benefits to doing that. If you're not then the benefit will be free electricity which is a great benefit for your pocket and the environment.
I just installed a 12kw solar system for my house. It cost me RM40K but can save me 600-700 electricity bill a month.
Someone mentioned in previous comment that he installed it and now pays just like 30 or 40 ringgit a month in electricity cost. According to his calculations the investment of the solar panels will ROI in 6 years. That’s amazing if you ask me.
Hi there, can Brits own property in Malaysia 🇲🇾 outright?
Great video 💪🍀
Thank you so much does the schools follow American or UK standards?
if you live in the main cities KL, Penang, there are lots of international schools depending on how much you are willing to pay
Great content.... out of nowhere i now want to move to Malaysia.
Do you get PR for the family if you purchase a property in Malaysia? What would a house like the one you are renting cost? Are the Malaysian schools English medium?
theres a video by Sana Saleh youtube which explains in detail about residency visa in Malaysia. check that video out. foreigners with stay visa can purchase a house only if they cost above than RM1 mil, because government allocates the cheaper house for locals. and finally theres alot of school systems in malaysia, the private school usually uses the international syllabus while governemt school uses malaysian education syllabus, which is divided into a variety of schooling system, i.e: normal school, religious school, maahad tahfiz, chinese school, tamil school.. hope that helps.
PR malaysia is very strict……even u living here 15 years not guarantee u can get pr…..abaout immigrant law, malaysia very strict
She is in Malacca. Not every foreigners will like it there.