{"id":9665,"date":"2022-11-24T13:10:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T13:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/?p=9665"},"modified":"2022-12-06T11:13:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T11:13:29","slug":"finding-your-happy-place-in-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/2022\/11\/24\/finding-your-happy-place-in-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding your \u2018happy place\u2019 in retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>If you\u2019re in Wiltshire and about to retire, you\u2019re doing it in the right place.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>This is according to an online search engine<sup>1<\/sup> that helps retirees and their families find the best retirement communities and care homes. The research found that Google searches for \u2018retirement homes in Wiltshire\u2019 have soared by 150% in the last year alone \u2013 and for good reason! With its beautiful countryside, historic towns and City of Salisbury, and great investment potential, Wiltshire is an ideal location to live out one\u2019s later years. In close second and third places are Buckinghamshire and Dorset, scoring high on both investment potential and wellbeing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Reaching your financial happy place&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>No matter where you\u2019re located, though, the truth remains that you\u2019ll struggle to achieve a happy and fulfilled life in retirement without an adequate level of income. So, how much money do today\u2019s retirees need to live their best life after quitting work? According to a recent survey<sup>2<\/sup>, the average retired couple spends \u00a32,333 a month (around \u00a328,000 per year) to be \u2018comfortable\u2019 \u2013 i.e. having enough to cover their basic expenditure requirements in addition to some luxuries such as holidays, hobbies and dining out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>Lottie, 2022&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><sup>2<\/sup>Which? 2022&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong><em>The value of investments can go down as well as up and you may not get back the full amount you invested. The past is not a guide to future performance and past performance may not necessarily be repeated.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re in Wiltshire and about to retire, you\u2019re doing it in the right place.&nbsp; This is according to an online search engine1 that helps retirees and their families find the best retirement communities and care homes. The research found that Google searches for \u2018retirement homes in Wiltshire\u2019 have soared by 150% in the last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,89,88,90],"tags":[],"hd_content_source":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9665"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9668,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665\/revisions\/9668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9665"},{"taxonomy":"hd_content_source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_content_source?post=9665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}