beckies wrote on Tue Feb 5, 2019 11:31pm:
I came to Spain 6 years ago and only had my reduced state pension to live on. I also had enough to buy a 2 bed bungalow so no rent.I managed to live on £ 412 a month, very basic indeed,but for a year I survived on that.I now work in England for a few months a year too! This money means I can now...
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... enjoy my life in Spain.The Spainish government were fine with just my reduced pension going into my Spanish bank on a regular monthly basis.I only brought the rest of my money over a year later.So just set up a regular transfer weekly or monthly into your Spanish account and all will be well!
Great to read your experience, it shows that if you are not extravagant you can enjoy life in Spain on a reduced budget, we are not yet State Pension age but are Resident here living on relatively small Private Pensions and have never regretted the move for one moment.