To clarify,


Can you live in spain (playa flemenca) comfortably on €20,000 a year for a family of 4 (not including school fees or money for holiday), kids 9 & 10.

Im thinking

€650 monthly rent
€500 monthly food

€500 monthly other stuff petrol, gym, meals out, beer

If you can get away with only spending €500 per month on food for a family of four.....will you do my shopping for me?

I spend more than that for two of us and a cat!

Just keep asking the same ........... question until you get the answer you want <LMAO>

Hey

the reason i have asked the same question is (1) the thread turned to a holiday discussion and (2) i have had to clarify for people who cannot think for themselves and realise i was taking in euros not dollars.

Sarcastic t@#t!!!!

but you had your answer in the first few replies - yes, you should be able to

Wow that seems a little arrogant for someone asking for help.
Maybe you will find your answer here > http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...8050734AAoTEvV

Do you consider yourself to be a morning person?

morning person no!!!

HA HA HA so funny - how about SHUT YA MOUTH unless you have anything worthwhile to contribute

Gotcha. Seems you put your foot in yours

the answer to your question is YES

how you are going to do it is your problem, but if that is your budget then you are the only one who is going to make it work

other people have other figures but their circumstances are different, with vet bills and food my little dog needs €100 every month at the moment.

That is actually a valid point. Most of the grumpy people in this world try and excuse their grumpiness by saying that they're not very good in the morning (or the evening). I think being grumpy is a chosen lifestyle and has nothing to with the position of the sun in the sky.

As a keen observer of humanity, I often see a group of locals when I venture out to get fresh rolls just as the sun starts to lighten the sky. Around a dozen of them sit there with their coffees and brandies, both Spanish and foreigners, and they all have one thing in common, they are grumpy and look it.

Some of them are still there in the afternoon, blankly staring into space.

I suspect most of them live on much less than 20K and would only see the Sierra Nevada ski slopes if they were taken there in chains.

Christ, the good people of Playa Flamenca must be quaking in their boots.

now remind me again - what was one of the reasons for not wanting to live in a Brit Expat community..................

Well I have to admit the phrase SHUT YA MOUTH (in caps) doesn't inspire me with confidence that my contribution will be taken nicely, but it occurred to me that the 'guesstimate' of 650 rent 500 etc seemed to have overlooked a guaranteed-to-exist but variable-in-its-level-and-impact factor. Namely bills. Will you be likely to put the aircon on all of July and August? Need heating from Oct through May? Do you use the oven for cooking the whole time? Use cubic metres of water on washing your car/ will you only rent somewhere with a pool....etc etc...
Just saying..........