Retiring in Spain: No debt, no worries | Aussie’s inspiring story

Subscribe and set πŸ”” Β» https://7news.link/YTSubscribe | The standard of living for pensioners in Australia is so, so hard. Which is why, for some, retiring overseas – on a full Australian pension – is a brillianbt option. Norah Ohrt lived most of her life in Perth, Western Australia. As a single woman approaching retirement, Norah realised that if she chose to stay in Perth, with her modest means, she would likely live in poverty. So, she investigated how to retire overseas – and found that by moving her whole life to the south of Spain she could afford to live where she wanted, and how she wanted, and in incredible style. This is how Norah did it. Portions of this story originally aired on Sunday Night in 2019. Now, we haver released it as a full documentary. 7NEWS reporter Anegla Cox travelled to Martos, in Andalusia, to meet Norah and see her incredible home and meet her friends.

KEY MOMENTS IN THIS VIDEO
CHAPTERS

0:31 How to retire in Spain
2:04 Why did Norah move to Spain?
4:00 Pensioners live in β€˜poverty’ in Australia
6:25 How to buy a cheap house in Spain
10:10 The cost of a home in Spain versus Australia
12:48 Tour of Norah’s house
16:10 What lifestyle can retired Norah afford in Spain?
18:10 Cost of groceries in Spain
19:00 How to get full Australian pension if you retire overseas
20:05 Cost of healthcare in Spain
22:10 The medical facilities in Spain
23:04 Cost of bills and utilities in Spain
27:04 Does Norah ever get lonely?
28:06 Tips for learning the language and culture if retiring abroad
29:50 Why older people are revered in European cultures
31:50 Why cost of living in hard for retired Australians
35:10 Does Norah ever miss Australia?
37:30 The cultural differences between Spanish and Australian people
39:23 Norah’s plan for her house in Spain as a legacy for the arts

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29 Comments

  1. Great video and general information. I would love to make contact with this lady Norah via email for extra information. My partner died and has left me with a retirement dilemma as a single soon to be pensioner.
    Again thank you.
    PS agree totally the shops should be closed Sundays and little respect for older people. Get your Aussie friends to bring your favourite toothpaste!!

  2. I live in a town in South Australia and it's the most boring place I've ever lived. Many of the houses are below standard I paid a lot of money to repair the house I have it 18 years yet I may make 3,000 dollars if I sold it. I want out!!! Its boring.

  3. Great story. I have about 25 years before I retire, but guaranteed I will retire in another country and not Australia for the same reasons in this interview. My choice would be a an south asian country like Philippines, Thailand, cambodia or vietnam.

  4. I am 55, active, single and even I am planning for where to settle in the next few years…. just looking up houses in this town, amazing….. Ive been looking at houses in small towns that need work that are 200k to 300k, and I can buy in Spain the same for 20K eu, 30k aus, crazy, and they accept my staff / weiller……. love it… cheers for that heads up

  5. Well done gaming the system and finding a way to leech of Australian tax payers to have that consumption show up in another country. Good job on robbing local Aussies to be able to earn an income providing you those goods and services and also the government who won't collect any income tax from those you are buying goods and services from.

  6. Great on her , she had the courage and made the efforts to learn a new language and culture , it keeps her young in mind and spirit..i am French from the south of France, very Latin culture too , after 38 years in Australia but i must alas admit that Γ¬f Australia is still a great opportunity for young people,but when you retired and alone , it is very isolated for single retired woman , you become invisible,not a critique just my personal observation and opinion , and Many Australian family are spread out so far from each others that old single people are often alone, for exemple flying to perth from Brisbane , return can be as expensive that flying to Europe . Be aware that Spain , like France, each area , each part of spain are very differents from each others ,and maybe some parts are not so "assertive " as this person finds, as Spain has a history the last century of political opression under Franco dictatorship , so older people maybe alas had to keep their opinion for themselves and not revolt , and some others parts were very conservative and catholic, BUT the younger generation of Spanish people are very assertive …for me, being French, i find Australian people" not so "assertive πŸ˜…, but then, i come from a culture of very opinionated and assertive people ( to say the least πŸ˜…πŸ˜….. ) well no flying to France atm , all airline on strike, and last months it was the trains πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚…i wish her the best , she has a great positive attitude ..

  7. Would like to see an update on this lady moving to Spain. She mentions reading an article about Spain's healthcare in 2020. So, wondering how old is this interview?

  8. Have to say the olive farms in Spain look boring. There are plenty of beautiful and affordable small towns in Australia. The Brits moved there in large numbers twenty years ago. But many of them returned to Britain because they became targets of gangsters. I remember when we left Britain, the movers told us that their largest group of customers of immigration service were from Britain to Australia. That was after the disillusioned wave of immigrants to Spain.

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  10. As a single middle aged woman
    You give me so much inspiration to live a better life,put back into a community that you loved in Australia and participate in your new community!
    People who see the negative in this story are ones who don’t understand how small businesses works
    How much small business puts into the tax system in Australia
    I hope more retirees watch this as it is a wonderful story of how to retire with dignity and respect

  11. Aussie government sponsored content(?):
    Gentle ( not subtle) propaganda to lure seniors out of Australia (increase in housing stock, lower state medical burden, vociferous peaky voting block gone).
    This is what sprung to my mind as a Canadian and what could have been a 5 min puff piece is really a 40 min infomercial on getting the oldies to warm to clearing out.

  12. This has to be a oaid government infomercial. It so precisely covers every aspect of this gals big move . On and on about how the medical service …. either spain paid or Aussie or they split the cost of this ad. Spain needs to fill old villages with people and oz needs to empty theirs.

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