ToGibOrNot

With my wife and 1.5 y/o baby and I'd like to know if anyone has any knowledge of what I'd need to earn if we want to live in a 2 bedroom appartement, send the baby to nursery, own a car, have helath insurance, etc.. Can anyone help?

Rosemary

As Concierge for the Spanish section of BE I would like to say hello and welcome.

BE is a very large expat website, so if you have problems finding your way around we have concierges who will try to direct you. The moderators for the Spanish forums are Mitzyboy and Fred James, moderators are there to ensure that the site runs smoothly within the rules of BE. Problems and complaints should always be addressed to a moderador who will look into the matter and deal with it efficiently and fairly. Our members who post in the Spain Forums are friendly and helpful with a wealth of knowledge of the issues of living in Spain. At the top of the page you will find a quirkily named thread called Free Beer which is full of important and useful information. Hope you enjoy your time participating in the forums.

Please let me know if you need any further help.

Rosemary

jdr

Put Gibraltar in the search box at the top right of page, there have been lots of threads with info in. I think only one person on here lives there though, everything there is different to Spain cos it`s a different country.

Fredbargate

Welcome ToGibOrNot

People survive on the minimum wage which is about £6/hr

In the next link just enter 2 Beds and tick To Rent or For Sale to give you an idea of accommodation, don't enter location or price.
http://www.propertygibraltar.com/

I have no idea of nursery prices.

Gibraltar has it's own version of the NHS if you are working or living here.

Also take jdr's advice

Hope that helps

ToGibOrNot

Thanks Jdr and Fredbargate.
I'd be earning a lot more than the minimum wage and i'd want to do a lot more than 'survive'..
Having said that, I looked at propertygibraltar.com and i've gone thru thr threads Jdr suggested but havent found answers to questions like what would a car cost in Gib, how much does patrol cost, will my wife and baby need seperate helf insurance and if so what would the cost be..
Thanks in advance for your efforts!!

jdr

That what I meant about being another country, we don`t know.
In Spain if you pay into the system then the whole family is covered for health, even if you are not married and just partners.
Petrol was cheaper in Gib the last time I was there, Google garages in Gib for cost of cars there.

Fred James

Fred Bargate has kindly provided a lot of useful links to information about Gibraltar.

They are available now in the "Free Beer" thread and also in the Wiki entry "Useful information about Spain".

I will post them here as well.

Thanks Fred

Some useful Gibraltar links
Government of Gibraltar main page http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi
From the above you can link through to
Tax http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/taxation
Social Security http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/family-y...ocial-security
Education http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/education-a-training
Plus others

Accommodation http://www.propertygibraltar.com/
This link brings many of the Gibraltar estate agents onto one page,but please note that although I believe this page keeps up to date many of the Estate agents do not.
For anyone who does not know Gibraltar just enter the number of bedrooms required in either For Sale or To Rent, the place is too small to worry about location at this stage.

Electricity http://www.gibelec.gi/tariffs.php
Water http://www.aquagib.gi/tariffs.html

Telephone / Internet http://www.gibtele.com/
http://www.sapphire.gi/

Gibraltar Airport Flights http://www.europe-airports.com/gibra...s.php?code=GIB

Gibraltar Yellow Pages http://www.gibyellow.gi
Recruitment Agencies via yellow Pages
http://www.gibyellow.gi/company_resu...rvice-search=1

Local daily newspapers http://www.chronicle.gi/
http://www.panorama.gi/

Interactive map of Gibraltar http://dotcom.gi/map/home.htm

Gibraltar by Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar

Fredbargate

Depends on what you want, £500 banger or a Roller, but generally new ones are cheaper than the UK I think.
http://www.gibbook.com/gibraltar_bus...r_dealers.html

95 Octane £1.05 Diesel £1.03 / ltr but it changes daily.
Car Insurance again I believe it is cheaper than Uk plus you get 12 months green card for the Iberian Penisular.
http://www.ibexinsure.com/ibex-agents

I said before that Gibraltar has it's own version of the NHS i.e. free healthcare.
Prescriptions are £2.50 per item up to 3 items, free beyond that

ToGibOrNot

Thanks again Fred and jdr.
I'll look into the threads and links you've provided.

Fredbargate

I forgot to say that parking is a nightmare, but the buses are free although there is a scheme ahead where you would require a bus pass at a cost of £5 per year.

http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/images/s...311.2-2011.pdf

JLFS

I presume that you already have a job lined up, isnt there any future colleagues or HR department that could give you the info?

As it has been said car cost vary greatly from a banger to a roller, and if you plan to do a lot more than survive surly the cost of petrol is irrelevant as the variation in price would be minimal to a high/highish earner ,and also the price can change in a very short time.

The price today might not hold true for when you arrive anyway.

Cheers

jimenato

Nice one Fred...

Fredbargate

I blaim th alkahol four thet one