I've been busy with the holidays, but the main issue has been that I don't want to think about how much this is all going to cost. However... there isn't a point of managing this blog without a general goal, so here we go.
A house is $290,000. An apartment is $995 a month.
Internet, telephone, and power are a combined 250 a month, for the best internet possible.
Groceries run about 400 a month (according to their cost of living website). So, including deposits, activation fees, and such, to get an apartment and all of this turned on, I'm already at about $5000. Now I have an apartment with nothing at all in it.
Well, let's look at furniture. I'm just looking at Ikea because, well, after cruising local furniture business establishments in the Ottawa area via the glory of the internet, Ikea is far, FAR cheaper.
Couch: Cheap one is 600, http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/S59840571, expensive awesome one is 1000, http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/S79877097.
An additional armchair is 279: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/S59840298
Coffee Table: They have one on sale for 30 bucks: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/00095036, and then probably for the sake of storage, two more on sale 10 dollar ones: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/40104270
Television: A decent 42 incher at best buy is 450: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Panasonic+-+VIERA+42%22+Class+/+720p+/+600Hz+/+Plasma+HDTV/9770484.p?id=1218170522194&skuId=9770484, then ikea has a 450 tv stand with additional storage: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/S19850802.
We both have computers, so we don't need new ones, but I need a new computer desk as this one falls apart a few times a day, so there's a 170 table for her since she uses a laptop: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/50115598 and a 200 dollar desk for me: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/30064057
Shelf space: 70 dollar shelf: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/S99858149 I guess, maybe one or two of those for the sake of collectibles, dvds, and books? Eh.
As I'm done with room one, I think: jesus god, things are expensive.
So then, the kitchen. Any house or apartment will have an oven and stove already, if it's worth a damn, so this room shouldn't be too pad. Past the refrigerator. Ugh.
Fridge: Well, the super cool ones are like 1600, so no, not right now. Ikea has one for 430: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/60202769.
Shelf space: Simple one for 76, http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/S89874630. Including built in cabinets, that should be plenty. Obviously anything on this list would need to be adjusted according to what the place does or doesn't have.
I can't find a dining room table worth a damn, so let's just assume like.. 300? 400?
Well, that wasn't too bad. On to the bedroom!
Bed: We're both quite tall and I'm quite large, in general, so we're going for at least queen sized. There's a pretty nice one for about 400, that's isn't too bad: http://www.mattressmart.ca/beds.html
Bed 2: However, due to her condition, if I was sick, I would not want to share a bed with her out of fear of her catching it. So on the same site, you have about another 180. We'd have to try out beds to find ones that are comfortable, so since here we're at 580 right now, let's give some sort of an adjustable rate of 500-800, depending, plus another 200 for a frame and board for the main mattress.
Shelves, storage, etc: A nightstand for 60: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/90158755, A 130 chest of drawers: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/00195861
I can't put too much in the bedroom so she has room to get around in her wheelchair. Though, speaking of chairs, so far I have a lot of desks and one place to sit, so..
Seating: I'm sitting on http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/00155780 and they are quite wonderful, so one at 150. Another 100 for a computer chair http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/302062/Venn-High-Back-Vinyl-Chair-44/?cm_cat=2000000361.
I'm not adding the various other "goodies" because I have a playstation, so dvds are covered, along with other nice comfort items. So far, we're up to right about 10,000 even. That's actually a bit less than I thought, but then again, I'm still in California. There's right. I haven't even left the state yet, but let me add one thing in that is most likely house dependent: she used to love swimming. She told me she used to pretty much be a fish before the accident. Though I can't help her with that, I can get her a hot tub to both relax and be in the water. Well, if I can actually somehow afford a house, it'd be another 2000 for a 2-4 person hot tub. So let's call that a part of the goal.
Okay, a one way ticket up there on April 15, 2012 is ... well, it won't let me look that far ahead, so let's just go the maximum since you always used to save money by booking far ahead. It's only 300 bucks for the cheapest 9 hour flight with two layovers. That really isn't too bad.
So, to get from here to there, with just an apartment, the bare minimum of odds and ends, it would be about 10,500, and that's for one month of everything. For one year, we'd be up to 20,000ish for the initial trip.
Well.
That's a bit daunting.
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