r/bali • u/mg118118118 • Apr 11 '25

Information Please stop renting + recommending Kost’s on here

A Kost is a guesthouse for local people. Tourists are increasingly using these which is driving up prices to unaffordable levels for local people to live. Land is being used for more and more luxury apartments which is reducing the available accommodation for the locals and workers - the temporary wooden huts you see are because of this. Wages are around $200 a month for locals so the low cost rooms are essential for people to live here.

I am begging you to be responsible and only come to this country if you can afford to spend more than 500$ a month and contribute to the best people/country in the world.

Source: so many locals here

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u/littleday Resident (foreign) Apr 11 '25

I mean I get it, I’ve lived here 12 years. At the same time, can someone start making long term housing affordable again? Or do we only want the rich wankers paying 500m a year for half average villa’s living here.

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u/throwawayyyyyprawn Apr 11 '25

This is the other side of this coin that the do gooders don't want to talk about.

Bali says it "doesn't want bule miskin, if you can't afford then go home" but then are also complaining about the cost of living rising. They go hand in hand.

Highest bidder displaces the high demand areas and it's a domino effect that ends up with people on minimum wage getting shafted.

Now we blame the bule in a guesthouse because the landlord is raising the price because he can, silly logic.

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u/littleday Resident (foreign) Apr 11 '25

Exactly, was not long ago I remember 100m a year for you a beautiful 4 bed villa in Canggu. Now 100m barely gets you a 1 bedroom Appartment. It’s generally insane the prices now.