Alcohol? In this economy?! (Picture: Getty Images)

Saving up for your first house is notoriously difficult, and many people find themselves cutting back on certain joys in a bid to get on the property ladder.

If you were thinking that taking fewer trips to the pub would be a good way to save, we’ve got some news for you.

According to new research by UK mortgage advice company First Mortgage, people would have to forego a whopping 5,000 pints on average to save up for a deposit on a house.

The company says the ideal home for first-time buyers has two bedrooms and usually requires a deposit of £26,000.

Assuming the average pint costs £5, then you’d need to turn down around 5,200 pints at the pub to afford a deposit like that.

If you were thinking of cutting back on holidays, you’d need to go without roughly 74 trips, with the average few-day-long city break costing around £350.

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When it comes to what people do to save, a third of those polled ate out less, 32% saved by not going on holiday and 18% went so far as to move back with their parents.

Therefore it’s perhaps unsurprising that 88% of people surveyed said saving for their first home had a huge affect on their daily life.