this is fairly accurate. household groceries are not cheap. those who said 1500 is too much is either single or didnt eat proper meal. depend on lifestyle, household spending could be more or less.

im with 3 kids and living in KL,

the struggle are cost for
-medical welfare/insurance
-kindergarten/nursery
-food

some hack, i live where office/home/kindergarten/shop is very close to each other.

previously i lived at shah alam, i save more than 700 every month after move in near workplace, plus prolong the vehicle maintenance.