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ATHENS VLOG: IS GREECE EXPENSIVE? | HOUSING IN ATHENS || LIVING IN GREECE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2024
- Kalimera paidia! Join us today when we are taking a walk in Moschato in Athens. We walk to the center of Moschato and we sit down at a cafe called "My friends cafe". We are talking about the costs in Greece right now, especially when it comes to housing. Is Greece expensive? A lot has happened the last few years with the prices.
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It's nice to see that you can push your baby pram without obstacles like cars parked on the pavement, as you said welldone Moscato. I was grone in Kalithea which is very close and I know almost everything about Moschato I used to go in the summer cinema and I remember I took my nephew who's now a doctor to watch E.T extra terrestrial he loved it 😊
Aaw that's a very nice memory🥰 Moschato is a nice area💙
The rent for the 2-bedroom 90 sq meter apartment you found is cheaper than the rent I was paying in The Netherlands 13 years ago for a tiny penthouse of only 25 sq meter. Rents in Greece are very cheap compared to the other European countries, it's the salaries that are very low and you cannot afford them. It's best that you buy your own house or stay at your in-laws in Salamina until you save up the 30% downpayment that your bank requires in order to grant you a mortgage for your own house. Supermarkets are indeed more expensive than the rest of Europe.
Hi!😃 Yes it's true what you say, the apartment would be cheap if it was in another country😌 but here in Greece it's too much considering the salaries are very low😌
Thank you so much for watching🥰💙💙💙
@@athenswives you have a positive energy, I'm sure you will find an efficient way to earn more money and help reach your goal of purchasing your own house.
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Personally I find the rents in Greece and Germany to be the same. Only in Greece the salary is 2-3 times lower
@@serenityssolace no they're not the same, rent prices in Athens are 58.3% lower than in Munich, and the overall cost of living including rent in Athens is 37.0% lower than in Munich.
I've moved finally with my family from Brussels to Athens since 3 month ago... and we found an apartment in nea smirny exactly near by the square of nea smirny.. actually the apartment full renovation 3 bedrooms size 120 m all inclusive 900 EU.. it's expensive somehow but sure half price in compared with Brussels... But anyway we are very happy
We are so glad you finally moved here😍 Welcome! Nea Smyrni is a VERY nice area💙 and the apartment you found sounds actually very good😊
Thank you 😊
If i can ask, where did you search to find this bargain? seems like a very good deal! I am moving to Athens for a PhD (starting in April) and im still trying to find a place, ( i can pay up to 900) Just want a renovated 1-2 bedroom house! Thank you so much, hope you are enjoying athens!
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This rent nowadays is kinda normal for this area. In case you want something cheaper, which is what I would probably do, I suggest you, if you like the wider Piraeus area, to start searching in places near Faliro. There're areas near Faliron (actually right around it) where you will find lower rents for apartments of the same size and approximately the same year of construction. All these areas are as safe as Faliron, they have more or less the same infrustructures, and most importantly they lie near the Metro network (so fast access to Athens, to the Airport and to all the Metro network whatsoever), near the suburban railway (Proastiakos), near to Piraeus and to the Peace and Friendship stadium at Faliro and the park around it, immidiate access to the Athens riviera, etc. There're are such areas near Faliro.
Now, for decades buying a house is to the Greeks, what buying a car is to the Americans. The vast majority of the Greeks the last 70 years (if not more) up until the early 2010s (when the financial crisis emerged), they worked having one main goal: to buy their own house, or as we call it in Greece "to put a roof tile on our head".
Currently this is a very difficult task for most people living in Greece. You see, the news for the Greek economy might be very good (and I have no doubt they are), but this has not yet been materialized for the majority of the people, at least not in a way to make things significantly easier. It 'll probably need many years for the people to see a significant change.
Housing is an increasing problem in Greece, one of many aspects.
Regards and thank you both for making this video!
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@@Busfahrer403 You misinterpret what I wrote mate, which is not that high rents are justified, rather than that they are an undeniable *reality.* Judging by this reality, these kinds of rents are currently *the rule.* Unless you live in a Parallel universe and rents are lower there...
Hello!😃 Thank you for your comment and suggestions on areas to look for apartments😊 Have a great weekend💙 καλά σαββατοκύριακο😁
Victoria and Helene, thank you for saying a lot of truths . Yes life is very hard in Greece, and unfortunately it looks like it will not improve any sooner.
I wish you both all the very best,the friendship and love you have for each other is priceless.
Alexandros is the cutest 😊
Take care, love from Melbourne 🥰
Hi!😃 Thank you so much for your nice comment❤️ Yeah it's very difficult now how expensive everything is😌 Have a great weekend! Καλό Σαββατοκύριακο🥰
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Hello girls , nice subject today. Everything is expensive in Greece ,you already know that unfortunately... Your baby is beautiful.
Hello!😃 Thank you so much🥰 Yes, it's very expensive here now😌
Thank you.. very useful video
Thank you so much for watching💙
I will move to Greece after watching this video
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Renting is expensive everywhere now but if you compare these prices to other capital cities (Stockholm, Rome, Brussels, Berlin) its almost 1/3 for the same apartment. In Sweden where i live in a small town (not Stockholm) i pay 550€ rent (avgift) for my apartment that i own!! and thankfully i don't have a mortgage. If i had a mortgage it would be double.
Yeah it's very expensive everywhere now😌 very difficult..
Thank you so much for sharing💙 and thank you for watching🥰
The housing sounds very inexpensive compared to where I live. Everything is going up all over and to purchase healthy food is so challenging. I hope you can find a wonderful place to buy for your sweet family.
Where You live ? @marinamayo7994
Thank you so much❤️ Do you also live in Greece?💙 It's very expensive here considering the wages are so low😌 Thank you so much for watching🥰
@@athenswivesdo they have pretty healthy food there?
Thank you for the information. It was very helpful. Hungary/Budapest is similar to Athens. high prices and low salaries. Apartment/month approx. 500€, while the salaries are 1100€
Thank you so much for watching😊💙 Yeah, it's very difficult when the rent is that high and salaries low😔
Love your videos… the baby is adorable congratulations I wanted to see him finally I see him today😊😊 I would love to move to Greece one day 🙏🙏💕💕
Thank you so much🥰🥰🥰
You can also conpromise like live 3 months (the difficult ones - winter time so you don't pay for the heat etc.) with his parents so they can also enjoy the newborn and the remaining 9 months of the year (for your personal independence) under a 750€ solution so it become like an 6750/12=562€ appartment.
Thank you for your advice🥰 We appreciate it💙
'SPITI MOU' was(and there are plans to relaunch it) the housing program initiated by the government with 1% loan interest for up to 39 year old beneficiaries. They will launch it again, but they need to lengthen the period between approval and the given time to find a house. It is perhaps the only possible way for housing, and I would not even consider it affordable if you also account for the bills. Best of luck !
Thank you so much for this information😊 Very helpful💙
Yes, you’re right girls, food is expensive in Greece, a Greek yogurt in England is £2.00 on Crete over twice as much. Was in Cyprus in February, the yogurt was €1.80. The world is going mad, the locals are blaming the government. I for one, eat gyros take away and large bottle of Mythos beer most nights for €6.00. And go to the restaurant once or twice a week, which costs €20.00 average, you got to impoverished. I am staying here for a month. The last week I am going to my sisters in Ierapetra. Thanks for the lovely video. Georgios
Hello Georgios!😃 Thank you for your comment💙 Yes, the prices now are crazy!
Hope you have a great time on Crete🥰💙🇬🇷 Thank you for watching💙
Greek here, the thing is that, if you have property, or you sell things, the high prices benefit you, but if you dont have anything, only a job, it is really hard... it is unfair cause the rent sould be always in relation with job money. You said the truth.
Hi!😊 Thank you for your comment💙 Yes, it can be very difficult these days😌 Thank you for watching🥰
@@athenswives I had friends who went to Oslo during the Greek crisis, so I know now how they live there... I also spend my youthful summers in Salamina...
weather report....... is very HOT, but we are wearing scarfs and jackets bahahah
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Here salaries are very low and many people have trapped. Let's hope that this will change!
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7:14 I agree! We need to move. It is time to move to the mountains and live in a shack. 😊
Haha yes😅
Victoria you look so good again, you lost all the pregnancy weight
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Until 12 o'clock at noon it's kalimera from 12:01 onwards it's kalispera. that's the "official timelines" 😅
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I don't know how people think that renting in Greece its cheaper than other countries in Europe...when in Greece the salary is 800/per month and the rent will cost you 750-800 euro. In other countries in Europe you pay a lot for rent but you get a monthly salary starting at 2000 per month! That is crazy
Yes exactly!😔 It is crazy...
Thank you for sharing💙
The moraki is zaxari ❤😊
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Loutraki is a VERY good idea if your husbands job could manage it
Thank you for your suggestion😊❤️
victoria sounds so much like harold baldr its like insane she is the female version of him
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What a lovely moraki!!
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Gosh. I would live with mon and dad and save. Beautiful baby boy. It's the same here in the US. Difficult for young people.
Yes, it's very difficult😌 Thank you so much for watching🥰💙
cook spaggeti (μακαρονια) everyday and i don't eat out ... this is the way to live in greece.. they run out of money iin 15 or 20 days cause they order food everyday !!!! I make food in the house cause i am not spoilt like the others... also i eat lentils wiith onions... Φακές... do you like φακές ;;;;;😅😅
We love φακές of course😁
@@athenswives you are great girls !!!! Φακές with a litle olive oil and a lot of onions its the most tasty food and healthy... fry potatos and pork kalamaki its tasty but not healthy and expensive... the prices goes up cause there is war in ucraine its not a greek but european problem so you must do some cuts in tavernas to pay rent easily... we all do that ..✂️✂️✂️✂️
in milan 90 mq is not less than 1000 euro per month...and salaries are around 1600 euros
Oh that's very expensive yes😌 Thank you so much for watching😊💙
There is a program with the funding of the Greek Government in which you can buy hiuse with loan from banks with the guaranty of the Greek State if you have the 30% of the value of the house until the amount of 150.000 €. This program is focused for new couples until the age of 40 with mire benefits if you have children. Ask more information for that.
Thank you so much for sharing this information💙
Har ni några tips vad gäller sökandet av lägenheter i Aten? Några särskilda hemsidor?
Hej!😃 Vi använder oss av 2 olika hemsidor: xe.gr och spitogatos.gr
Dom två sidorna är väldigt bra😊 Tror det är de största sidorna för att hitta boende i Grekland💙
Να σου ζήσει το μωρό σου 😊
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@@athenswives hi how are you?haapy new year greets
We are good thank you😊 How are you? Happy new year!😃💙
@@athenswives hi happy green 2024😀iam great thanks isent a email about job,welcome to thesaloniki
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Yes, it's very very difficult to save money😌 Thank you so much for watching❤️
I with Helene must be the gidmother for the baby yeesss
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Athens is trash.
We love Athens💙
And absolutely i love Athens
@@razoukahmad2556 Athens Downtown and areas next to city's center look like the 3rd world. The only positive athens has is that it is close (45min+ drive) to decent beaches. Unless you can afford to live in a rich area, other than that it's not that great and very stressful.
I can tell yes ... somehow you are right down town is really not that nice in some places but even that you can feel colorful in every corner and not poring at all like for example where i was in Brussels... And don't forget all that beautiful areas around the city.. thank you@@jacknicolssen7492
@@jacknicolssen7492it’s a huge city with many options….its hard to see the forest thru the tree in front of you