Mel B lived “frugally” in an effort to purchase her new home.

The 48-year-old pop singer – who shot to stardom within the 90s as a part of the Spice Women – moved into her mother’s bungalow in Leeds, England, following her acrimonious break up from ex-husband Stephen Belafonte, however she’s lately managed to avoid wasting up sufficient cash to purchase her new property.

Mel – who misplaced nearly all of her fortune amid her divorce – informed the BBC: “I have been homes on and off for the final couple of years, understanding I did not have the cash to afford them. However I simply put my head down, labored and lived frugally and therefore I have been in a position to purchase my very own home.”

Mel resorted to procuring in finances shops in a bid to save cash. However the singer does not have any points with residing extra modestly than she as soon as did.

Mel mentioned: “I nonetheless love procuring in Aldi and Lidl, I do not assume I am ever going to cease doing that to be sincere. I am nonetheless a Leeds woman!”

Mel relocated from California to the UK after her marriage ended. However the chart-topping star does not have any regrets about making the swap.

She mentioned: “My mother’s one in every of seven so I am surrounded by pals, household, aunties, uncles, nephews, nieces – the entire 9 yards.

“Leeds is gorgeous, it is so inexperienced and so right down to earth and folks, I simply discover them hotter.”

In the meantime, Mel stays eager to reunite along with her Spice Lady bandmates, admitting that the group “could be again collectively tomorrow” if it was as much as her.

The singer – who starred within the group alongside Mel C, Emma Bunton, Geri Horner and Victoria Beckham – added: “It is only a case of logistically getting it going.”