We ditched our daily grind in the UK to live Spain - our mortgage is half the price for a much bigger house and private school is so affordable Like many families across the UK, mother-of-three Lisa Arterton was fed up with feeling the effects of the cost-of-living crisis.
Their mortgage is now half of what it was in the UK and they’ve gone from paying £400 a month for gas and electricity in the UK to paying £130 every eight weeks.
With a mortgage on their home in Cheshire about to double and spiralling food and energy costs she and husband Edward were working longer hours and spending less and less quality time with the kids.
In fact – Lisa is so happy with their new life that she is urging other UK families to make moving abroad their New Year resolution.
Lisa, a therapist said: ‘The cost-of-living crisis played a huge part in our decision to move abroad.