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  • SM1974
    SM1974 Posts: 13 Forumite
    Evening All-

    Just a summary of whats happened in my life since realising I was ruining it-

    Summary-

    44k Debt

    Sold Mini Cooper S 8k
    Flat leased 18 Months 10k
    Bonus from work 5k
    Other input from wk salary 5k
    Private business venture 1 YR 11k

    Total Repaid- 39k

    Also on one of my loans that was over 5 years I had a settlement of 8k- ( interest was around 1000 for the loan) - i took a loan of 8k over 12 months for interest of 450- settled the old loan & only have 4 months left on this yearly loan-

    I have about 6k more debt to pay off as well as clearing odds & ends-

    I have given up gambling, I stopped going out so much, worked 1 FT job & created a NICHE business in a car sales market which is taking off-
    Ive cleaned cars, Ive slogged-


    Ive never been happier- in the last year I had 3 holidays......

    All from that start point of realising I was going to lose my house- NO DMP or IVA's used- just elbow grease...

    thanks
    Steve
  • chivers1977
    chivers1977 Posts: 1,499 Forumite
    I thought that I was going to get to the end of this thread and your creditors had declared you bankrupt as your IVA had failed. How wrong was I!!! Well done you - such a turn around. Thanks for coming back to let us know
    There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you Peter De Vries
    Debt free by 40 (27/11/2016)
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