{"id":2176,"date":"2016-01-21T14:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T07:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-proud-to-be-a-penny-pincher\/"},"modified":"2016-01-21T15:20:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T08:20:55","slug":"im-proud-to-be-a-penny-pincher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-proud-to-be-a-penny-pincher\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm proud to be a penny-pincher"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCould you afford to retire at 51? I can \u2013 all because I\u2019m not ashamed to shop around and save a few pounds here and there, says Nigel KendallI\u2019m male, 51 years old, married with no kids, and the owner of a small flat in London and a small house in rural France. Late last year, I realised that perhaps, just perhaps, I could afford to live for the rest of my life without ever going to work again. It\u2019s not going to be easy. My wife and I will have to get by on a fraction of what we once earned, but we\u2019re used to living frugally. It\u2019s how we got into this situation in the first place. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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