The Biquet family practices frugality in order to realize their dream: to self-build their house!
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From ordinary Swiss tenant to frugal homeowner (Your Story #3)
Find out how frugality radically changed Raphael's life! (and also what his best investment is)
Continue readingMy Swiss health insurance and supplementary health insurance for 2021
The potential savings on your Swiss health insurance amounts to CHF 31'297 per decade. Here's how I choose the most frugal option.
Continue readingCut your own hair: freedom and frugality (CHF 4'740 more in 10 years)!
If you are looking for another even more frugal financial optimization than simple contract changes, then cutting your own hair might be for you. As well as the CHF 4'740 that comes with it in 10 years time.
Continue readingHow to override the Zak payment amount limit (CHF 5'000 per day and CHF 10'000 per week)?
Zak blocks bank transfers and payments exceeding CHF 5'000 per day and CHF 10'000 per week for security reasons. But there is a way to override these limits.
Continue readingAsk the readers: your frugal good plan for winter sports in Switzerland (including my 6 tips)?
The ski season (and snowboarding, snowshoeing, or ski touring in sealskin) is just beginning in Switzerland. However, it is not the most frugal activity we know. Hence the idea to share our good tips :)
Continue readingeBill on Zak only arrives at the beginning of 2020... (and what I plan to do)
eBill on Zak is delayed to early 2020 (instead of end of 2019). Here is my plan to overcome it.
Continue readingComplete checklist to switch from your current Swiss bank to Zak
If you too want to switch to the free Swiss bank Zak, here is a complete checklist to switch bank that could help you :)
Continue readingWhat is frugalism?
Ever wondered what is frugalism? Here is the answer!
Continue readingHow to onboard your partner on a common budget and on the financial independence dream | Step 4 β The great leap
After the creation of a common budget for our common couple expenses, I felt a need for simplification and a move to the next level in order to have a common vision, a single common bank account, and a single common YNAB budget. Here's how it happened :)
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