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
- Installation and hoses came to another 1200 pesos. [↩]
- The hostel has several of these and their survival in that environment was the sales pitch. [↩]
- Was advertised as 2500 pesos monthly, came with a detailed statement of what the building spent [↩]
- Not to be confused with Morcilla, Mocillon is a peppery cold cut that appears to be the love child of head cheese and morcilla [↩]