Has anyone seen a more comprehensive comparison? I would like to see figures for a year for say a couple or a small family, and not product for product. After all my life in spain is very different from my life in the UK. I for example eat far more fresh food in Spain, more vegetarian food which tends to be cheaper, and no butter. On gas and electricity I use less. Spanish transport is negligible (to the nearest city 1.7 Es return - in the UK from my village to Basingstoke [less distance] ?4.30. - In Spain no need for a car, I’ll just hire when needed).
The counter: In Spain I eat out more
Taxes for the house are comparable but for me in Spain are less than the council tax and other expenses in the UK.
I am planning when I can jack it all in and pitch in Spain permanently but the problem is to do it too soon without everything covered would be a disaster. But equally I remember my parents struggled on working only to find when they retired that their outgoings (and I’m talking UK) dropped considerably. They could have quit 3 years earlier.
And hell I’m never going to crack playing flamenco guitar here in the UK - nearest teacher 35 miles and ?30 per hour - in Spain down the road and costs Es 20 per hour.
ps I think that should be 28% less in Spain or 38% more in the UK - but only have O-level Maths. On a rough comparison of all my expenses I calculate I get a nearer 50% saving.
