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What is the 1st thing you will do when MF?

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  • I'm going to get a speedboat, not a massive one but one that I can use during the summer months for zipping along the Welsh coastline.

    Its a bit different I know but Its something I've always wanted but could not justify spending money on, well not to the OH !!!

    hugh
    Mortgage :- Jan 2008 £56000, August 2012 £ 0
    Target :- 1 Apr 2010 £20000... ACHIEVED
    Whiskey bottle £279 banked. Mortgage Pikachu £2 + 50p £1920 banked
    Mortgage Free In Three No. 113
    Mortgage free date, 30 July 2012 :j:beer:
  • Change of plan, apparently WE are going to have a honeymoon, Prestatyn didn't count as one !!!

    hugh
    Mortgage :- Jan 2008 £56000, August 2012 £ 0
    Target :- 1 Apr 2010 £20000... ACHIEVED
    Whiskey bottle £279 banked. Mortgage Pikachu £2 + 50p £1920 banked
    Mortgage Free In Three No. 113
    Mortgage free date, 30 July 2012 :j:beer:
  • DarkShadow
    DarkShadow Posts: 180 Forumite
    I can only dream of getting my mortgage freed early enough to enjoy life. Hopefully by the grace of God it should happen.

    If it does happen quickly, I'll do

    Donate a huge sum to CRY - my preferred charity organisation.
    Bank accounts
    Santander : 17 year relationship, 0 problems to date.
  • SmileyG_2
    SmileyG_2 Posts: 359 Forumite
    I'm going to throw a huge party with 3 months mortgage payments that I no longer have to make!:beer:

    And then travel to Australia and New Zealand, and come home via LA just to say that I travelled the world in my lifetime.......:grin:

    No, I'll probably save for another house, buy it, but stay mortgage free.

    SmileyG
    Target acheived: _party_ Mortgage offset in June 2012!_party_
    Mortgage = -£98
    Endowment = £0
    Investments = £40,247
    [STRIKE]Deficit[/STRIKE] / Surplus = £40,149(at 22/09/2017)
    "Don't spend then save, save then spend!"
  • Aaagh
    Aaagh Posts: 181 Forumite
    Make sure my ex knows about it :D He walked out and left me a single parent when ds wasn't even 2 yrs old, I was working 16 hrs a week and had no idea how I'd manage :o Can't wait to drop it into conversation one day ;) especially as he still hasn't managed to get out of rented (even though he's desperate to get back on the ladder) as he spends money like water and can't save a penny :rotfl:

    Brilliant! Sounds like you're better off without him. Wish I had been brave enough to take on the mortgage instead of signing it over to my cheating ex after 7 years together and coming away with just £1,000, then having to move in with my mum. Hopefully, he kept the endowment and it failed miserably. I have no idea.

    I will just enjoy knowing that no more of the money I earn has to go to paying any debts. It's all MINE, MINE, MINE!! :j
  • co123456
    co123456 Posts: 368 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    And the second thing I'll do when MF.......

    STOP STARING AT EXCEL WORKSHEETS TRYING TO REDUCE THE NUMBERS WITH MY MIND.

    (Mind you, I vowed to do that when I worked to become unsecured debt-free)
  • catshark88
    catshark88 Posts: 1,099 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    It's weird, I'm committed to paying off the mortgage and have been working hard to do so over the last 18 months, but I can't actually imagine the day when it has actually gone!

    I hope I will feel a deep relief that my home is finally ours and an even deeper relief that DH can give up his stupidly long houred job and actually choose what he wants to do career-wise.
    "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." William Morris
  • maureen100
    maureen100 Posts: 128 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    1. Work no more than 3 days per week
    2. Have more holidays
    3. Start saving for a small holiday cottage (pay cash, no more loans)

    However, I will probably still try and make savings with food shopping and run a cheap car and be careful with my money.
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