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NEW - pay off £20,000 (ish) by Christmas 2009
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Another £137 to Abbey today for me! Hopefully will have a big payment to make on the last day of the month so am looking forward to that!Paying down the mortgage:
At 1 October 2011: £226,000
Currently: £224,499
Aim: 85% LTV (£212,500)
Paid £1,500
Target remaining: 88.89%0 -
Well done Unixgirl - that is an amazing total. And how nice it must be to be overdraft-free... I can vaguely remember those dim and distant days....0
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Thanks Sarah, unfortunately it only came when I got made redundant!CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J0
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I know... but at least the money went towards a good cause!0
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Finally some payments for me! Only £25 and £31, but better than nothing.
Hopefully be able to make a payment of around £1,500 at the end of the month, so watch this space! Have a good weekend allPaying down the mortgage:
At 1 October 2011: £226,000
Currently: £224,499
Aim: 85% LTV (£212,500)
Paid £1,500
Target remaining: 88.89%0 -
OMG - just have been messing around with my spreadsheet and....if we keep to budget until xmas, we will have paid off £30k of capital since LBM! That makes me very excited and determined to keep this up.Paying down the mortgage:
At 1 October 2011: £226,000
Currently: £224,499
Aim: 85% LTV (£212,500)
Paid £1,500
Target remaining: 88.89%0 -
That's great Mel. I'm very impressed at those who keep spreadsheets. For me, my MSE sig is the only way I can keep track!0
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I think I love spreadsheet just a *bit* too much...I have one for pretty much everythingPaying down the mortgage:
At 1 October 2011: £226,000
Currently: £224,499
Aim: 85% LTV (£212,500)
Paid £1,500
Target remaining: 88.89%0 -
I think I love spreadsheet just a *bit* too much...I have one for pretty much everything
You're not alone. Every time I want to buy something, or change something I put everything into a spreadsheet to make sure I can afford it!
Another little story for you while I'm here....
My iPhone contract runs out (finally) in 3 weeks, so I wanted to see if o2 might offer me any good deals on a new one - suffice to say, they didn't - and as their customer service has been quite terrible I started looking elsewhere.
I found the phone I wanted from Orange - £149.99 for the phone, but on a 24 month contract at £40 per month!
So - off to quidco I went..... And I've got the phone for free, line rental reduced to £30 per month (same mins etc) with half of that refunded for the first 10 months *and* £40 cash back. That means I've saved £580 over buying it direct from Orange!!! It's amazing the deals you can get some times.
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Well done Batfink! I may investigate this as BF's contract is up for renewal and he would love an iphone.
I am too excited to wait for end of month to make a big payment so have made £500 payment to Mint today:TPaying down the mortgage:
At 1 October 2011: £226,000
Currently: £224,499
Aim: 85% LTV (£212,500)
Paid £1,500
Target remaining: 88.89%0
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