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Re: Buying a house (with bigger mortgage) in your fifties
We hope to be in our new home next month. The OH is in his early 50's and we will be taking out a £305k mortgage over 16 years to fund the new place. I don't think we are crazy. If we don…1 -
Re: Trolling/Taking down Moorside
Moorside legal is having a rampage, sending me another letter with a different ref number which I do not recognise. So it may be a quite old ticket, unless they repeatedly sending LBC/LOC for the sam…2 -
Re: Getting rid of a rat in our shed
There are an awful lot of urban myths on this thread. I’m guessing most of the posters have never been near a farm or had anything to do with rats in that sort of context. If rats were put off by lou…5 -
Re: February 2026 Grocery Challenge
Declaring for February at £306.06/£400. Really pleased with how February has gone and to be so far under budget. I was away for a week but did a Musclefood top-up in the month which was as much as a …5 -
Re: February 2026 Grocery Challenge
Getting towards the end of the month, a total of 7 shops across Lidl, Sains online and Sains in store. I've really tried to be frugal and use what I already have. However, I think I've now …5 -
Re: March 2026 Grocery Challenge
£250 for March please That's for two people plus a 'weekender person' DH busy on computer at the moment so I'm going to creep into the kitchen and batch make some biscuit dough to…5 -
Re: March 2026 Grocery Challenge
Hi All, Please can I be put down for £350 for March. After two months in a row coming in more than £50 below my budget I've decided to drop it. I have a freezer full of meat which won't be …5 -
Re: Ocean Parking - Manchester Metrolink - Parked after operation hours
Maybe me but the sign ( and the contract says "no overnight parking" ). how do they not know you left the car park at 01:45? I think there is a term for this type of contract a "forbid…3 -
Re: Solar Panel installer has gone into liquidation
Glad to hear you got a happy ending!1 -
Re: Successfully Defeated Private Parking Ticket
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81895259#Comment_81895259 Yeah, I live in England and the car is registered in England but is kept at my house in Scotland.2


