£478.00 per week, so at what £1.00 to $1.25, thats $597.00 per week
 

£478.00 per week, so at what £1.00 to $1.25, thats $597.00 per week. What sort of life could a single gent, mid forties have in the Canaries? No kids, no wife, no smoke, no gamble, no drugs, has to rent fully furnished, likes to drink and eat out alot. Thanks.
Edit. here in Australia, it ain't great, at £1.00 to $1.50 dollars its $717.00 per week, the rent i $350.00 per week and a beer is $7.00 so, having a think.

Re: £478.00 per week, so at what £1.00 to $1.25, thats $597.00 per week
 

Well I think you'd have to convert to euros first. 478 a week is more than enough, seriously.

Re: £478.00 per week, so at what £1.00 to $1.25, thats $597.00 per week
 

$597.00 per week in Euro's at $1.25

Re: £478.00 per week, so at what £1.00 to $1.25, thats $597.00 per week
 

478GBP is 603.512 € at today's rate of 1.26258 - according to OANDA

that's almost what a Spanish pensioner gets a month..........


why would yu change it to $ first :confused:

Re: £478.00 per week, so at what £1.00 to $1.25, thats $597.00 per week
 

I am in Oz for now,iwould not, i guess icould have a nice life in Teneriffe Europe maybe, there is a Tenerrife here in Oz Brisbane, nice but expensive, just my visa here will cost me alot along with waiting for it, Oz is costly, nice, but costy, might stay not sure?

Re: £478.00 per week, so at what £1.00 to $1.25, thats $597.00 per week
 

so $603.00 aweek is good?

Re: £478.00 per week, so at what £1.00 to $1.25, thats $597.00 per week
 

I know families of four who live pretty well on less

Re: £478.00 per week, so at what £1.00 to $1.25, thats $597.00 per week
 

I am guessing he doesn't know how to bring up the € sign?

It is a pretty pointless vague question which comes up so often in this forum in various guises.

Some could live very comfortably on 600€ a week and some would struggle.
IMHO, if OP can live on that at home he will be able to enjoy a similar lifestyle and standard of living in canaries.

Re: £478.00 per week, so at what £1.00 to $1.25, thats $597.00 per week
 

Me, and me, and maybe a female friend, to just enjoy. I will have to rent, i will never buy a place, so i have no furniture, not interested in items, not interested in buying towels or knives and forks, like a beer or ten, hate cooking, always eat out, love snorkling, and being outside.

Re: £478.00 per week, so at what £1.00 to $1.25, thats $597.00 per week
 

LOL no € on my lappy, copied and pasted €€€

Here in Oz for now, planning on maybe heading back, lovely here, but just feel poor.

Re: £478.00 per week, so at what £1.00 to $1.25, thats $597.00 per week
 

well exactly - there isn't a huge difference in the overall cost of living here to the UK now

Re: £478.00 per week, so at what £1.00 to $1.25, thats $597.00 per week
 

In the UK on £2070.00 a month i live like a king, in Oz, well a survior.

Re: £478.00 per week, so at what £1.00 to $1.25, thats $597.00 per week
 

Strange, a friend was telling me some things were more and others less overall cost of living was comparable to UK... but hey ho you will know better than me.

http://www.immigration2australia.com...ost_of_living/

Re: £478.00 per week, so at what £1.00 to $1.25, thats $597.00 per week
 

LOL,cum see, its offthe richter scale, but livingthe dream yeh, lol.

Re: £478.00 per week, so at what £1.00 to $1.25, thats $597.00 per week
 

What you spend on rent in Tenerife will depend where you are. If you want to be on the Playa de las Americas beachfront you could spend over €1,000 a month for a small flat, but in Santa Cruz you could get something decent for less than half that and still have plenty left over so you can take up smoking, gambling, drugs, etc etc ... :D