COST OF LIVING IN MERIDA

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thanos47Member29 August 2011 20:16:23

We are a family of 4 and we wlll like to move to merida.We have to know how is the cost there about with schools,health,rent a house.....

Ch40 New member

Member since 22 August 2011

Ch40New member02 September 2011 02:38:33

Check out Living in Merida.Blogspot for an informative blog. It's all about a family of 4's movie to Merida and includes many good insights as well as cost of living details etc.

francoisl Member

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francoislMember14 September 2011 14:44:16

mini 3000 euros depending of your location, school,...

joaquinx Serial expat

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joaquinxSerial expat15 September 2011 21:33:49

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Take a two week vacation and visit Merida. Hands on information on cost of housing, visits to schools, talk to people about their doctors, look into IMMS insurance, visit supermarkets and mercados to price food.

francoisl Member

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francoislMember19 September 2011 13:32:51

and dont forget prices proposed to foreigneirs are 2 to 3 time more expensive than the reallity

joaquinx Serial expat

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joaquinxSerial expat19 September 2011 14:10:02

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francoisl, you still use euros in Mexico? Try using pesos. And if your still paying 2 to 3 times the value, you must be a newcomer to Mexico.

francoisl Member

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francoislMember19 September 2011 16:00:23

Don't worry i have quite the inmigrado, i build my house and have my business, employees here in merida. I warn the future resident against the risks: speculation of real estate, lawyer accounting,... in fact mainly all the gueys of the "casta divina" who try to stole the foreigneirs and not only.....

iarc_26 Member

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iarc_26Member11 June 2015 20:53:27

To rent a house in merida yucatan mexico you can do with 500dlls per month and buy a house in a good place with 115,000dlls miy

Gavind Member

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GavindMember12 June 2015 07:48:23

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Hello iarc_26,

Kindly note that this thread is an outdated one

Thank you for participating but i would suggest that you start a new topic on the Yucatan forum and share with us your expat experience,

Regards,
Gavind

hnsberk Active member

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hnsberkActive member21 May 2018 18:37:59

#10

francoisl , seems like you should have information about how and where to get info about obtaining a building permit, type of footing to build and the geological about the ground of my property and do I need this to able to build my house in Sitpach outside of Merida. My architect here in the usa tells me that he needs it in order to draw up my plans, please let me know.

Thanks Jozef Berkhof

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ChristineViP22 May 2018 10:35:38

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Hi Jozef Berkhof > Thank you for your contribution. Please note that this thread is inactive since 2015.

hnsberk Active member

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hnsberkActive member22 May 2018 17:04:09

#12

sorry, what now?

beachseeker Active member

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beachseekerActive member01 June 2018 20:02:59

#13

depends on the area. I am in the north where it is new & modern and I pay 12,000 for a new 2 bedroom large apartment inc water, wifi

hnsberk Active member

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hnsberkActive member09 July 2018 11:52:59

#14

anybody else can help me out with either architect, builders and carpenters

Bush Pilot1 Member

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Bush Pilot1Member06 October 2018 09:26:35

#15

What area ???
I suggest Rent first and look …..

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