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Trying to make the impossible possible one day at a time
Hi all, After reading many diaries, I have decided that it's time to commit to accountability and really focus on paying off the huge mortgage! I bought a property for £310,000 last March. My mortgage stood at £276,899! We took out the longest term that we could in order to make sure we could afford the monthly payments…
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Mortgage free mum
Hi everyone, So I want to be mortgage free ASAP but also need to find the right balance for my young family. (my boys are 3 and 8 months). I am currently on mat leave so my funds are very limited but I figure if I go back to work and not get used to having all of my income it would be a great place to get some extra money…
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Mortgage free by 2021?!
DH and I bought our house Christmas 2013 and have been overpaying automatically ever since. Original mortgage of £197,100, have managed to knock out £30k since then. We're both well-employed (computer programmers), no kids, though we do have a pair of dogs and a pair of cats. Our mortgage fix is up in December, so we've…
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Mortgage free in half the time.
Hi everyone. I wanted to start a diary on here to keep myself motivated on our journey to being mortgage free. Our household consists of my husband and I and our 2 young sons. We bought our house together in June 2014. There was a lot of renovation work needed. Once that was sorted we moved to overpaying the mortgage. Our…
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Keeping the Plates Spinning...
I tried to start a diary when I bought my house two years ago, however reading all of your diaries coupled with some serious financial changes in my life have inspired me to try and keep myself accountable. Therefore I have decided to start a new one. A little bit about me before I post an SOA... I am 26, I live with my…
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Fast-approaching deadline for Interest Only BTL mortgages.
Hi all Recently inspired by reading the very absorbing and impressive debt-free wannabe posts titled: 'I don't need another latte', I decided to grasp the nettle and log my own story to being mortgage-free. My posts will focus on paying down two buy-to-let properties. Both of which are on Interest Only mortgages and the…
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Paying my mortgage off TODAY!!
Thanks to a bit of inheritance, I’m about to pay off my mortgage on my 4 bed detached house! I’ve overpaid for a while but came into a bit of money which has given me enough to clear the last £34k. I can’t quite believe it!! Whoop!! House no.1 purchased 1997 for £51k Sold for £125k in 2010 House no.2 purchased for £160k in…
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1% challenge 2019
When faced with a debt that ends in several 000s, overpayments can feel like a drop in the ocean. Maybe you've been OPing for a while and feel like there is little left to squeeze out of your budget. Maybe you've lost your mojo with OPing and need a new challenge. Perhaps you feel intimidated by how much others OP on the…
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Confused where to start
Sorry if this is the wrong thread I wasn’t sure where to put this. I’ve recently been given a £15k gift and although I may spend some on home renovations I’m starting to think about how best to save it and also turning around my spending to save a much bigger chunk of my salary than I do currently. I’m not entirely sure…
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I'm gonna smash the mortgage!
Hello. I've been a member of MSE for as long as I can remember but this is my first post, eek. I'm a mum of two (11 and 12yr old) and run a dog walking company with my husband. I'm 41 and he's 51. Last year, hubby and I tackled our debt. In March 2018 we were sick of working like dogs but struggling to pay the bills. We…
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Credit card stoozing to pay mortgage
Hi All I have just got a credit card with a £12k limit. I have a mortgage of £520 a month but i currently overpay an additional £300 on top, so £820. I was just looking at my credit card and it is 0% on money transfers for 12 months, just a 3% initial fee. My thinking is this...Transfer say £5000 to my account (£150 fee)…
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Mortgage free Wart
Hello, I've only recently bought my first house, but after lurking on this forum area for years, I know it's important to crack on with the mortgage free aspirations early on. I have a mortgage of £143,225 on a house valued at £168,500, fixed until May 2016, at a rate of 2.89%. I have just overpaid by £250, and set up a…
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Balancing multiple goals
I've been lurking on this board for some time and thought it about time I set up my own diary to maintain commitment and measure against my objectives. A bit about me: I'm 31 and so is my wife. We live in east London and have lived in our flat since 2010 which we bought on a shared ownership basis. In 2014 we staircased to…
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Re-boot
Having to start a fresh diary as unable to log into old one. So with only a couple of weeks before christmas I've attempted to look at starting to over pay on the mortgage which will be a squash and a squeeze but I need to do something in the new year. So I thought I'd restart the diary now rather than wait until the new…
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Pocket Poor
Hi everyone! Back with a bit more info on us. Me and hubbs in our early 40’s. I work part time, hubbs is full time. Our daughter also works full time. We are in our third house. We bought it for £188,500 and put a deposit down for £97,500. We love it here and doubt we will move again. We are aiming to be mortgage free…
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Job Free Wannabe
I’ve previously posted here, as a MFW, and now the mortgage is gone I need a new target. I’m now re-posting as a Job Free Wanabee. There isn’t a sub-forum for this, and this seemed to be the closest. I’m coming up to 40 in the next month, and with that, the realisation that I don’t want to spend forever at work. I need a…
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Credit score decreased
I became mortgage free last month :j but gone from 991 to 956 on experian credit score:(. I have two 0% credit cards totalling £5000 but have the money for these gaining a small amount of interest in another account. I have an Amex card for general spending which I pay off in full every month. I also had a couple of old…
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overpaying when one has multiple loan parts
Hi I wish to overpay mortgage - owe £45500 and can overpay 10%, which I have to do before the end of December. This is spilt into 4 loan parts - 4900 26100 13700 751 What I am trying to work out is, does it matter in financial terms, which of these loans to pay to? Are any better to pay to than others or is it more…
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£200,000 mortgage beast
Yes, it's a huge mortgage. Yes, I'm in the South East. I'm a single parent, self employed and I really want to tame this mortgage beast!
