I'm a mum-of-2 who ditched the UK for an exotic country – my huge villa is £178 a month & a cleaner does my laundry too
Busy mum-of-two Amee Scase left her life in Manchester because she found it 'unbelievably overwhelming and stressful".
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And now, the content creator rents a huge villa for just £178 a month.
But that's not all, as this mum also has a cleaner who scrubs and tidies her home, as well as doing all her laundry too.
Posting on social media, Amee eagerly gave her followers an insight into her luxurious life in Bali.
Prior to her big move, Amee sold her aesthetics business in the UK.
She is now living in Canggu, a resort village on the south coast of the Indonesian island of Bali, that's surrounded by terraced rice paddies, and is in the process of building her own villa.
Revealing 'one of the best things about living in Bali', Amee claimed that having a cleaner is near the top of her list.
She explained: 'She has done all my washing for me, put it out to dry, she even scrubs my whites, she scrubs everything.
'Everything is just put away so neatly - all the kids' toys.'
Amee stressed that her cleaner, who is named Wayan, makes her life 'easier', as she makes her bed and folds her clothes away neatly too.
Amee continued: 'She comes on a Monday and a Thursday and when I say she grafts, she absolutely grafts.'
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Amee described Wayan as 'the nicest woman' and stressed that she is 'so grateful for her.'
Amee also shared that rent for her huge beach island villa is 24 million Indonesian Rupiah [£1,069.04] for six months, which works out to be just £178 a month.
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Additionally, she continued: 'At home in the UK, I used to get so overwhelmed and I felt like I wasn't able to be present with my children because I was always stressed.
'It costs us 1.5 million [Indonesian Rupiah] a month to have [a cleaner] twice a week, which is about £75, but I always tip her because I am so pleased with how she does things - she goes above and beyond.'
Social media users beam
Amee's TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @ ameescase, has clearly impressed many, as it has quickly amassed over 1,750 likes and 98 comments.
Social media users were gobsmacked by Amee's life in Bali and many eagerly flocked to the comments to express this.
One person said: 'That is a beautiful Villa, I hope Bali treats you well.'
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