I’m planning on going to Hawaii with my family -wife and daughter- sometime next year. My wife born there but she was raised here in Argentina and she wants to go back to her motherland.
We are planning on staying for 6 months – at least.
So two questions:
1- How much does an average 2 bedroom beach-near house rental costs? long term lease not vacations.
I didn’t find any good site to check this. It doesn’t have to be something fancy at all.
2- What is the average cost of living in hawaii?
I know it varies in each island.
I would appreciate if any resident could give me some good advices.
Thanks!
pd: Just in case, I know this site http://www.to-hawaii.com/ and it didn’t provide significant help on this regard.
Cost living calculators I’ve seen only work while comparing US cities.
It would be good if a local can tell me: I spend around xxxx$ in food a month. Or I live Ok with an xxxx$ wage.
Hey Paco, welcome to Hawaii, bro. Here some figures, ok? All houses "near" beach, on island after all, but closer to beach means more money for house, ok? So lets say you looking for bargain, on Oahu, try Pearl City, 2 bedroom house, on 1 year lease, gonna cost 2 K to 3 K a month, depend on area, ok? Remember, every small area land on Island have own name, just the way we do it here bro, so get map show different areas, like Wakikik, or Manoa, or Kahala, or Kailua, or Hawaii Kai, listing for house gonna include neighborhood it in. So, go to classified of Honolulu Advertiser, they always have listings for what you want, ok? Also, Craigs List, good for cheaper rentals, just be sure you look at before you rent, cause there some real dumps, yeah?
Food nother item, bro. Depend on what you like eat, ok? I have friends from Argentina, they eat lots rice, beans, some chicken, not lot pork or beef, so they maybe eat cheaper than others, yeah? My family small, 4 people, like simple things, not lot fancy stuff, talking bout fried rice, some beans, noodles, local eggs, produce, not too proud eat spam, cheaper cuts meat and chicken also, also have garden, eat local fruit and buy in bulk Sam’s Club, those things, ok? Eat fish when we get on sale, too. We make it fine 150 bucks a week for food, 4 people, but remember everything more expensive Hawaii, cause not grow many staples here, ok? And we have one person stay home, cook and prepare food, so cheaper than most, ok? Other than that, pretty much same as most places, yeah? Cept, you gonna love Hawaii, bro, and great to have you wife back home.
Good luck to you and your family and Peace and Aloha for Hawaii.
PS, not important to me if people not like way I speak, ok? Even so called "educators", ok? I not impressed with them or their opinion of me or way I talk and write, so ok with me if they don’t like, or if they grouchy person, I just enjoy life and thankful I live Hawaii, yeah?
You can probably look up cost of living calculators online to get a sense of your own cost of living.
I don’t know that there’s an "average" 2 bedroom near-beach house rental. It depends on the island, on the specific region, and on what you consider near the beach.
I’m also not sure how to tell you the "average cost" of living in Hawaii beyond you yourself looking up a cost of living calculator. It depends on how much you’re driving around, how much you eat out, how much you use lots of electronics, etc.
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It is very hard to give you specific answers. But your "near beach" stipulation, depending on exactly how near you are talking, will really jack up the prices. If you think about it, there is actually a pretty small number of homes that are either beachfront or walking distance from the beach on the entire island. If you are willing to live far from Honolulu, perhaps you could rent something near the beach for $2,500/mo. Perhaps. In town that figure could easily double.
I have an insert from the Sunday paper & will give you some prices (these will be on sale prices) from the ad.
Sliced turkey for sandwiches $8.99/lb
New York strip steak $4.00/lb
Canned veggies 99 cents/can
5# frozen chicken thighs $4.87
Corn 3 ear/$1.98
Ground beef (75% lean) $2.27/lb
20# rice/ $9.97
Milk $4.99/gal
Bananas $1.09/lb
Grapes $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon $7.77/lb
Hope that helps.
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Honolulu resident
Hey Paco, welcome to Hawaii, bro. Here some figures, ok? All houses "near" beach, on island after all, but closer to beach means more money for house, ok? So lets say you looking for bargain, on Oahu, try Pearl City, 2 bedroom house, on 1 year lease, gonna cost 2 K to 3 K a month, depend on area, ok? Remember, every small area land on Island have own name, just the way we do it here bro, so get map show different areas, like Wakikik, or Manoa, or Kahala, or Kailua, or Hawaii Kai, listing for house gonna include neighborhood it in. So, go to classified of Honolulu Advertiser, they always have listings for what you want, ok? Also, Craigs List, good for cheaper rentals, just be sure you look at before you rent, cause there some real dumps, yeah?
Food nother item, bro. Depend on what you like eat, ok? I have friends from Argentina, they eat lots rice, beans, some chicken, not lot pork or beef, so they maybe eat cheaper than others, yeah? My family small, 4 people, like simple things, not lot fancy stuff, talking bout fried rice, some beans, noodles, local eggs, produce, not too proud eat spam, cheaper cuts meat and chicken also, also have garden, eat local fruit and buy in bulk Sam’s Club, those things, ok? Eat fish when we get on sale, too. We make it fine 150 bucks a week for food, 4 people, but remember everything more expensive Hawaii, cause not grow many staples here, ok? And we have one person stay home, cook and prepare food, so cheaper than most, ok? Other than that, pretty much same as most places, yeah? Cept, you gonna love Hawaii, bro, and great to have you wife back home.
Good luck to you and your family and Peace and Aloha for Hawaii.
PS, not important to me if people not like way I speak, ok? Even so called "educators", ok? I not impressed with them or their opinion of me or way I talk and write, so ok with me if they don’t like, or if they grouchy person, I just enjoy life and thankful I live Hawaii, yeah?
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kapaakid
Lets just say that my ma’s friend lives in Waikiki and their one bedroom apt. costs around $2500 a month. That’s on the cheaper end, but if you go to the more country side I’m sure it’ll be a lot cheaper… not sure how much though
But for us, a family of 4-5 we usually spend around $50-$100′s a day for dinner.
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Cost of living calculators do work, if you compare where you live now to Hawaii it will show you how many more KKKK’s you need a year to have the same life style. As for beach rentals how about 10K a month for a beach front rental home. A home on the beach is for the wealthy and unless you are wealthy then I’ll say you will not be able to afford beach property however the good news is the islands are small and beaches are everywhere.
Also some people cannot speak good English it will get on your last nerve especially when you are an educater. It’s called pigeon or broken English and sounds really tacky.
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