I moved my family from boring Portsmouth to Spain & save £1K a month – I rent two villas with pools & eat out for £11 TEARING open the curtains, Nicola Powles smiles as the warm sunshine hits her face.
Nicola’s family have now returned to the UK and while she misses them she says she can’t bring herself to return to the UK.
“In the UK, we were paying the same amount of rent for one house than what we were doing for two in Spain, which both included a pool.”.
Nicola has now lived in Malaga for 24 years and although prices have changed, she says it’s still cheaper than the UK.
According to Kanan, a study abroad company, the average cost of living for a family-of-four in the UK was around £2,200 per month, excluding rent, in 2024.
