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Selected Costs Associated With Furnishing Casa Boingo For The Curious

For the curious here are prices associated with furnishing and maintaining Casa Boingo, the closest thing to a current TMSR embassy on the Rio de la Plata. Many of the items featured here can be seen in the photo tour. For the record in July 1 USD has been 31 pesos give or take half a peso depending on whether you are buying or selling.

Furnishings:

  • 30 Liter Hot Water Heater, vitirfied steel tank: 5550 pesos1
  • Sofa Cama: 14394 pesos
  • Refrigerator Panavox: 4395 pesos
  • "Eames" Style chairs: 1950 pesos for 32
  • Electric Kettle: 610 pesos
  • Television: 7990 pesos
  • TV Wall mount: 933 pesos
  • Antenna: 448 pesos
  • Broom: 177 pesos
  • Shower Curtain: 345 pesos
  • Shower Curtain Liner: 135 pesos
  • Shower Curtain Rod: 296 pesos
  • Pan: 630 pesos
  • Pot: 685 pesos
  • Harry: 600 pesos
  • 10 liter bucket: 95 pesos

Utilities:

  • Electricity: 2117 pesos for 208 kw/h, seperate 1347 peso one time connection fee
  • Internet: 1347 pesos monthly with 1054 peso one time connection fee
  • Building Common Expenses: 1757 pesos3

Select Consumables:

  • Condoms: 286 pesos for a 12 pack
  • Toilet paper: 74 pesos for 4 50 meter rolls, 86 pesos for 4 50 meter rolls with a smaller roll stuck in the middle
  • Melamine Sponge: 65 pesos
  • Morcillon: 220 pesos/kg4
  • Mortadella: 290 pesos/kg
  • Tuna, frozen (Origen Vietnam): 378 pesos/kg
  • Sandwich Bread: 131 pesos/loaf
  • Peanut Butter: 148 pesos/jar, 225 grams
  • Dulce de Leche: 85 pesos/tub, 500 grams
  • Dish Detergent: 58 pesos/bottle, 300 ml
  • A deeper grocery exploration may happen in the near future

Items yet to be acquired:

  • Second sleepable surface for non-intimate guests
  • Actual kitchen knife, This limits of using a box cutter in the kitchen are making themselves apparent
  • Whiteboard, The search continues

Under consideration:

  • Rice Cooker - Simplifies prepping cheap calories
  • Bread knife - In the event baking is solved
  • More oxygen generators
  1. Installation and hoses came to another 1200 pesos. [↩]
  2. The hostel has several of these and their survival in that environment was the sales pitch. [↩]
  3. Was advertised as 2500 pesos monthly, came with a detailed statement of what the building spent [↩]
  4. Not to be confused with Morcilla, Mocillon is a peppery cold cut that appears to be the love child of head cheese and morcilla [↩]

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