{"id":78847,"date":"2018-02-03T13:30:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T06:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-78-with-an-18000-income-and-live-a-very-good-life-in-london\/"},"modified":"2018-02-03T14:04:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T07:04:24","slug":"im-78-with-an-18000-income-and-live-a-very-good-life-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-78-with-an-18000-income-and-live-a-very-good-life-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m 78 with an \u00a318,000 income and live a very good life in London\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAn ex-council worker on how she makes her pension stretch to holidays, a car and theatre tripsIt always fascinates me when I talk to other retired people that they don\u2019t seem to know what their income is. I always know exactly what my earnings and outgoings are and, because I\u2019m of the generation that was taught to be canny with money, I make a little go a long way. \u00a318,000 might not seem a lot given the expense of living in London, but I manage a very good life on it.The mortgage was paid off 20 years ago, so I don\u2019t have to budget for rent or repayments, though the four-bedroom Victorian house where I raised my family and where I still live is always having expensive things wrong with it. I mean to move somewhere smaller and cheaper to run, but haven\u2019t got round to it. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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