I ditched the UK to live in South Africa – cocktails cost pennies, rent is £430 and I can work by the pool
LAYING on a sun lounger beside a private pool, surrounded by lush tropical foliage, Plum Leigh reaches for her laptop to start work.“I pay £450 a month for a two-bedroom garden cottage with a pool. I can work from the pool or the beach,” secondary school tutor Plum tells The Sun, from her home in Johannesburg.
“I can run my business from my cottage, enjoy great weather and eat out for a fraction of the price back home.“I will be able to put a deposit down on a house next year. In England that would be impossible.”Last year, 33,000 Brits chose South Africa as a holiday destination and 125,000 more visited in the first quarter of this year, as the weak rand ensured low prices.
Plum, who has friends and cousins who live in South Africa. and has holidayed there several times, decided to take positive action and move away from England. “In South Africa it’s only £1,500. For a twenty-something like me that saving of £8,500 is huge. It’s half a house deposit. It was one of the reasons I knew I had to leave Britain."
“I eat out most nights. On the weekends my friends and I enjoy £4 cocktails instead of the £10 to £15 back home.However, Plum admits some things come at a premium - including buying a car. “I can still tutor students back home and I have students in Johannesburg. I can grow my business and not worry about the huge debt I was incurring in England."“That would have been impossible with the astronomical cost for rent I was paying. I see a future,” she says.
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