Cost of living for KL - Please help as I need the information urgently

Last activity 17 April 2012 by lapush

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lapushMember16 April 2012 15:27:56

Hi this is Lapush from Bangalore, India. I work for IBM and getting 9,00,000 PA. I am getting an opportunity to work for a Malaysian IT Consulting firm. Below are my criteria and please let me know how much salary should I ask.

1) Family member is 3. Me, wife and six months old baby.
2) I want to save 4000 RM per month.
3) Will live normal life and we are not party animals.
4) Will go out for lunch/dinner with family 6-8 times in a month.
5) Would like to visit different Malaysian islands and neighbour countries like Thailand, Cambodia once in a 3/4 months.
6) We are okay with decent apartment in a decent place.
7) My office will be near to "Mid Valley KTM Komuter Station‎" and I will rent an apartment near by any station so I can avail public transport.

Please also suggest if my office is near "Mid Valley KTM Komuter Station‎" then which place should I consider for accommodation.

leonkamMember17 April 2012 08:59:33

Hi Lapush, i'm from malaysia, to start off, Midvalley one of the biggest shopping centre located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. the MIdvalley KTM train station is just located beside it. the reason i am saying this is because the cost of living in the heart of Kuala Lumpur is a little high. this also means that renting an apartment or house in the area is really costly and expensive which would range between rm1500 onwards. i would sugges staying a little futher from the town centre to get cheaper accomodations. my suggestion would be to rent an apartment in "Bukit Jalil" there are many apartments for rent there because there are 3 universities located nearby, therefore the price is mainly catered to students. i stayed in an apartment called "Arena Green". it was a 2 room 1 bathroom apartment. it cost rm800 per month. that was in 2008. whether the price has increased i am not so sure.

as for transport, the Bukit Jalil LRT station is just located infront of the apartment. walking from the apartment to the LRT station take only about 5 minutes. from there you take the train to "bandar tasik selatan" which is just 2 train stops away and takes about 5 minutes. at "Bandar Tasik selatan" u change to another train which stops at "Midvalley".

lapushMember17 April 2012 10:31:50

Thanks very much leonkam

Anyone else can help me with the overall cost?

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