Retirement in Malaysia - how much RM a month for living?

[Kxbc]

1 hour ago, Voodooman said:

I did a marie kondo a few years back. Never looked back.

I won't stay in a mickey mouse unit but 2 pax in a 2,800 sq ft condo without helper is excessive. 

 

Personally, 900 - 1000 sq ft with a balcony for 2 old folks is ideal. 

Balcony is to force me to plant so that I will always be moving, carrying soil, pots and squatting and standing during the gardening process.

[Jman888]

2 hours ago, Davidklt said:

146 sqm is not shoebox lah.

his shoebox

my shoebox

 

[Throttle2]

2 hours ago, Voodooman said:

I did a marie kondo a few years back. Never looked back.

I won't stay in a mickey mouse unit but 2 pax in a 2,800 sq ft condo without helper is excessive. 

 

Can lah.  My place 3600 sft also no helper.   Importantly must be willing to be self reliant.     
when retired, can do more house chores.   Wahahah

[inlinesix]

I am lazy to do household chores.

Rather spend those time running or cycling.

1.3k sq ft is enough for me

Edited January 30, 2023 by inlinesix

[Steptronic]

1 hour ago, inlinesix said:

I am lazy to do household chores.

Rather spend those time running or cycling.

1.3k sq ft is enough for me

You can buy 1.3 Sq km ground to run and cycle with 1.3k Sq ft house at the centre.

[Throttle2]

1 hour ago, inlinesix said:

I am lazy to do household chores.

Rather spend those time running or cycling.

1.3k sq ft is enough for me

Lazy people better be rich people. 

[inlinesix]

13 minutes ago, Steptronic said:

You can buy 1.3 Sq km ground to run and cycle with 1.3k Sq ft house at the centre.

That's still a lot of work to do

[Voodooman]

4 hours ago, Throttle2 said:

Can lah.  My place 3600 sft also no helper.   Importantly must be willing to be self reliant.     
when retired, can do more house chores.   Wahahah

I don't like to spend my weekends doing housework. 😂

 

[Voodooman]

4 hours ago, Kxbc said:

Personally, 900 - 1000 sq ft with a balcony for 2 old folks is ideal. 

Balcony is to force me to plant so that I will always be moving, carrying soil, pots and squatting and standing during the gardening process.

After the kids moved out, yes, that would be sufficient. 

Gardening can be therapeutic, I used to maintain a small garden but stopped due to workload. Might pick it up again when I am retired. 

[inlinesix]

27 minutes ago, Voodooman said:

I don't like to spend my weekends doing housework. 😂

 

I use eye power to supervise part time maid

[Mkl22]

7 hours ago, Starry said:

Actually I prefer to go small as I age as I am into living minimally.  The more things I owned, the more burden on my mental load to take care of those things. And the more mental load to think about, the more emotional toil which then affects other important and more meaningful aspects of life such as health and relationship. 

Less mental burden and one can free up that mental capacity to truly pursue things that he/she is passionate about or at least less stress towards better health.

But I am just a cai png guy who does things differently.  Can ignore . lol.

I agree wholeheartedly about having more things means more stuff to maintain and fix. Managing both my own and parents place, things to fix or get people to fix, plus car maintenance, plus computer crap.Some times things break one after the other.

No end to fixing shit. 
have to train the kids to fix their own computers.

[Mkl22]

4 hours ago, Throttle2 said:

Can lah.  My place 3600 sft also no helper.   Importantly must be willing to be self reliant.     
when retired, can do more house chores.   Wahahah

No helper but got part time cleaner or all DIY? 

[Throttle2]

2 hours ago, Voodooman said:

I don't like to spend my weekends doing housework. 😂

 

No need to if you do it every other day 😅😂

[Throttle2]

1 hour ago, Mkl22 said:

No helper but got part time cleaner or all DIY? 

All DIY. 
two robots. 
no problem at all.  

[Lala81]

Kids need their own space.

Old liao, probably 900-1100 should be very comfortable. As long as don't need a own private gym room.

But the new places rooms are way too small lah. 

I'm a person who likes to lie in bed when I'm not in kitchen or doing other chores. So I dislike having a small bedroom. Nowadays all trend toward bigger communal space, tiny as f bedrooms. 

Edited January 30, 2023 by Lala81

[mersaylee]

2 hours ago, inlinesix said:

I use eye power to supervise part time maid

I won't bother...unless it's a chio one 😁

[Ct3833]

On 7/12/2022 at 9:40 PM, Throttle2 said:

You have family in Malaysia?

有钱有房又有车，你怕没有family？如果你肯挨刀，还可以娶四个老婆😆😆😆。

Edited January 30, 2023 by Ct3833

[Mkl22]

6 hours ago, Lala81 said:

Kids need their own space.

Old liao, probably 900-1100 should be very comfortable. As long as don't need a own private gym room.

But the new places rooms are way too small lah. 

I'm a person who likes to lie in bed when I'm not in kitchen or doing other chores. So I dislike having a small bedroom. Nowadays all trend toward bigger communal space, tiny as f bedrooms. 

As someone said. Only need small place to F. So no need big as F bedrooms. 😂