COST OF LIVING IN GIBRALTAR! RENT, BILLS, WIFI..

hey everybody welcome back to my channel if you are new here my name is natalie and i make videos all about gibraltar and in today's video we are going to be speaking about rental prices in jib i've had a load of comments on my channel instagram and facebook for a lot of uk expats who are planning to move to jib and are just asking about the rental prices so if you enjoy this video please give it a thumbs up at the end and please remember to subscribe and yeah let's get into the video so if you guys have been following me from the start especially on instagram you would know i've been in gibraltar for just over a year now so i have somewhat experience on how to find a property to rent here the documents you need to provide etc and currently we are in a studio apartment now studios in gibraltar are quite small but they are perfect for a single person or a working couple we would like to move into a bigger space so just a one bedroom will be fine for us and i would love to take you on my journey about how i go about it so gibraltar is a small piece of land and there are a load of expats who are looking to relocate into jib so the population is slowly increasing and you can imagine that any properties that are listed on the market will be taken within a few weeks rent in gibraltar is very expensive compared to the cost of living here so if i break this down for you the wages in gibraltar are much lower than the uk as a whole and the cost of living is a little bit higher than the uk as well due to the import and duty fees so for example in morrison's there are some products there that are more expensive than the uk morrisons because of the import if that makes sense so if you do the maths then living in gibraltar and renting in gibraltar is i don't know how to put it i don't know how to put it but you could do the maths right a studio apartment will range from about 800 to just over 1 300 and then if you were to go to a one-bedroom apartment they can vary from just over a thousand pounds all the way up into two thousand pounds this also depends on the type of build so if it's a new build or an older build and depending on the location you are in for example if you are in ocean village the rental prices are definitely going to be much higher than if you were to go further down south but what makes up for the rental prices in jib is definitely the bills the bills here are much cheaper than the uk and because there is no gas in gibraltar you're only going to be paying for water and electric so for example as a working couple in a studio our water and electric bills average from about 50 pounds a month our wi-fi bill is around 40 pounds a month we did get a discount on our first year living here so i'm not sure if that's a thing that they do in gibraltar don't take my word for it we have set ourselves a budget of 60 pounds a week for our food shop now that does vary from month to month but what i'm trying to do is give you an overall idea on how much you should budget for your monthly outgoings so yeah on to the next point so depending on who you're liaising with whether it's a private landlord or an agency you may need to provide certain documents so when we moved into the studio we were dealing with an agency and they required our last three months of payment or proof of savings if you are self-employed like myself then i just needed to provide confirmation of my business registration and income statements so i could prove that i could pay the rent they wanted a copy of our passports and our previous address and i think that was it but again depending on who you are dealing with they would be able to tell you what documents you need to provide so having said all of this a lot of people who relocate here decide to live across the border in la liga and then commute into jib for work but please bear in mind that living in la lignia and commuting to work into jib you do have to pay taxes in both countries so in gibraltar and in spain also i won't get into it too much because that will be another in-depth video but the residency applications do change if you are living in la nina and working in jib but we'll get into that another video sorry guys i had to put down my blinds the sun is getting brighter and brighter i'm in front of my balcony window at the moment so it's just like blaring in my face but anyways um where to look for properties there are multiple platforms where you can look for properties if you were to just google rentals in gibraltar there would be a list of estate agents that you can choose from and if you didn't know that gibraltar has a facebook group for everything so if you were to look on facebook for rentals in gibraltar then you can also find pages there where you can look for rentals available to rent so as i said at the beginning of this video i would love to take you on my journey with me of finding a new place in jib and i just want to give a massive shout out to keith at finderproperty.gi i will definitely link his details down below so if you are looking for a new property and currently living in jib or relocating then please give him a shout he is so super helpful and his service is i'm so happy that we are in contact he also will be able to give you much more information because he's much more knowledgeable about this topic but i will be taking you on my journey with me and yeah like i said i'll link his details below and i hope you guys enjoyed this video if you did i would really appreciate if you give it a thumbs up please remember to subscribe so you don't miss a video and i will see you in my next one bye guys

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Length: 6min 0sec (360 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 12 2022