From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Guest Post: Thoughts on Retiring Early to Asia

by Move to Portugal November 30, 2009 moving abroad

Thank you for visiting Move To Portugal. If you subscribe to the blog by RSS feed you can get all the updates sent to your inbox or reader for free! This is the first guest post on this site and it’s entirely fitting that it’s written by Tony, a regular reader and commentator who is on [...]

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How much does it cost to run your home?

by Move to Portugal November 26, 2009 frugal living

In a previous post I mentioned how I’d love to get our expenses, and by that I mean our essential living costs when we move, to under £1k per month – But is this possible here in the UK in our current home? At the moment we are paying £1,114.19 a month. When looking a [...]

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House Plans for 2010

by Move to Portugal November 22, 2009 goals & dreams

We’ve started to think about what we want to achieve in 2010 and most of it revolves around getting the house ready to rent out – I also want to do all these things and get fit, but on a practical, get ready to move abroad front, sorting out the house is our main priority. We’re thinking [...]

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A Simple Home

by Move to Portugal November 13, 2009 house renovation

”William Morris Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful” I have a very plain home style that tends to be all about cream walls and wood, I then use prints to make it a little more interesting.; I’m hoping that this will be what renters [...]

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Simplifying and Reducing: Keeping for Best?

by Move to Portugal November 11, 2009 simple living

I’m continuing to simplify and reduce our belongings and now I’m faced with something I haven’t really thought about before; why, when I’m clearing our house of unnecessary items, am I keeping something that I only use once or twice a year? In our house I’m talking about the crockery set that I bring out mainly for Christmas dinner and [...]

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Mortgage Progress: November 2009

by Move to Portugal November 8, 2009 mortgage payoff

I’ve hardly mentioned the mortgage this year, probably because we stopped overpaying it and concentrated on building an emergency fund. However it’s time for a re focus as we’re starting to make {small} over payments again next month. The current balance is £121,581.65 and we still have 20 years and 8 months to make payments! [...]