{"id":27570,"date":"2010-07-25T06:06:10","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T23:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-cut-the-costs-of-living-alone\/"},"modified":"2016-09-28T12:30:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T05:30:58","slug":"how-to-cut-the-costs-of-living-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-cut-the-costs-of-living-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"How to cut the costs of living alone"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWhile living alone brings more freedom, a downside is that there’s no one to share bills with. Here are some ways single people can get a better dealYoung, free and single is a description that conjures up thoughts of a happy-go-lucky, worry-free lifestyle. But while living alone might come with its advantages \u2013 such as exclusive rights to the duvet \u2013 the financial disadvantages can be enormous.The cost of managing a mortgage or the rent, bills, cooking for one and holidaying alone can add a hefty premium to a singleton’s lifestyle compared with their coupled-up friends; last week, research put this at a typical \u00a3250,000 over a lifetime. Increasing numbers of people will find themselves incurring this sort of financial “penalty”, with the number of one-person households forecast to increase by 5.4% to reach 8.8 million by 2014, according to Mintel and Office for National Statistics data. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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