Living Costs at IKN More Expensive than Jakarta, Rental Prices Up to Tens of Millions

Viral Living Costs in IKN More Expensive than Jakarta, Rent Prices Reach Tens of Millions

Dream - Living expenses in the Capital City of Nusantara (IKN) are said to be more expensive compared to Jakarta. In a video uploaded by the account X @kegblgnunfaedh, one netizen tells about the cost of living in the region that falls under East Kalimantan. For boarding houses, for example, the rent reaches Rp50 million to Rp80 million per year.

Living Costs at IKN More Expensive than Jakarta, Rental Prices Up to Tens of Millions

The post shares a screenshot when someone who works at IKN wants to find a place to live. They contacted several landlords or boarding house owners to inquire and obtain further information.

"If you don't work at IKN, you won't know that the cost of living there is actually more expensive than Jakarta,"
write in his post quoted on Thursday, December 28, 2023.

"Dream.co.id."

After contacting the owner of the rental, the netizen's message was replied. Some offered a rental price of Rp5 million per month.

When contacting others, he found a place for a rented house located on the side of the road with a price of Rp45 million per year.

Still not suitable, he searched for another house and found one with a monthly rental price of Rp3.5 million. According to him, it is more expensive than mortgage installments. "Rp 3.5 million/month. The price exceeds the mortgage installments," he said.

"Rental Rp1 Million Per Month, Walls and Floors Made of Wood"

Until finally he found information on a house for rent at an affordable price compared to the ones he had previously asked about. This time, the house owner is renting it for Rp1 million per month for a married couple.

When he saw the building, it turned out that the walls and floors of the house were made of wood. Some parts of the walls had been damaged. As for the offered price, it does not yet include water and electricity.

The post went viral and received many responses from netizens. "As a Javanese person who migrated to Kaltim, I want to speak up about this.. honestly, when I first came here, I was shocked by the price of food + the rent price, which is quite expensive for me 🥲 actually, if you buy basic ingredients at the market, it's not that expensive.. it's just that vegetables are 2-3 times more expensive than in Java, but when processed, it becomes very expensive 🥲," wrote the account @rahmamiww. "Wow, the third photo is a photo of a transmigrant house from the past," wrote the account @kipyiksamgong. "In my place in Central Java, the boarding house is a new building with AC, a wardrobe, and a bed.. Full WiFi is only 500 per month. That's 5 million per month. It's better to use it for down payment to buy a house," wrote the account @tikitaka1993996.

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Viral Living Costs in IKN More Expensive than Jakarta, Rent Prices Reach Tens of Millions

"If you don't work at IKN, you won't know that the cost of living there is actually more expensive than Jakarta,"write in his post quoted on Thursday, December 28, 2023.

"Rental Rp1 Million Per Month, Walls and Floors Made of Wood"

"If you don't work at IKN, you won't know that the cost of living there is actually more expensive than Jakarta,"
write in his post quoted on Thursday, December 28, 2023.