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Confused with what decision to make....

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  • willow41
    willow41 Posts: 79 Forumite
    Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet
    Household Information

    Number of adults in household........... 2
    Number of children in household......... 3
    Number of cars owned.................... 1
    Monthly Income Details

    Monthly income after tax................ 0
    Partners monthly income after tax....... 1400
    Benefits................................ 383
    Other income............................ 0
    Total monthly income.................... 1783

    Monthly Expense Details

    Mortgage................................ 703
    Secured/HP loan repayments.............. 303
    Rent.................................... 0
    Management charge (leasehold property).. 0
    Council tax............................. 111
    Electricity............................. 45
    Gas..................................... 45
    Oil..................................... 0
    Water rates............................. 35
    Telephone (land line)................... 35
    Mobile phone............................ 25
    TV Licence.............................. 12
    Satellite/Cable TV...................... 18
    Internet Services....................... 0
    Groceries etc. ......................... 320
    Clothing................................ 10
    Petrol/diesel........................... 80
    Road tax................................ 17
    Car Insurance........................... 12
    Car maintenance (including MOT)......... 0
    Car parking............................. 0
    Other travel............................ 24
    Childcare/nursery....................... 0
    Other child related expenses............ 0
    Medical (prescriptions, dentist etc).... 0
    Pet insurance/vet bills................. 10
    Buildings insurance..................... 15
    Contents insurance...................... 0
    Life assurance ......................... 15
    Other insurance......................... 0
    Presents (birthday, christmas etc)...... 10
    Haircuts................................ 0
    Entertainment........................... 0
    Holiday................................. 0
    Emergency fund.......................... 0
    Total monthly expenses.................. 1845


    Assets

    Cash.................................... 0
    House value (Gross)..................... 185000
    Shares and bonds........................ 0
    Car(s).................................. 800
    Other assets............................ 0
    Total Assets............................ 185800


    Secured & HP Debts

    Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
    Mortgage...................... 151000...(703)......0
    Secured Debt.................. 31000....(303)......0
    Total secured & HP debts...... 182000....-.........-

    Unsecured Debts
    Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
    benficial finance..............10000.....50........0
    nationwide loan................5540......25........0
    nationwide o/draft.............2960......67........0
    barclays o/draft...............1823......0.........0
    NEXT...........................810.......5.........0
    HFC............................440.......5.........0
    virgin.........................1958......78........0
    provident......................385.......5.........0
    freemans.......................499.......19........0
    barclaycard....................657.......14........0
    halifax........................1274......5.........0
    Total unsecured debts..........26346.....273.......-


    Monthly Budget Summary

    Total monthly income.................... 1,783
    Expenses (including HP & secured debts). 1,845
    Available for debt repayments........... -62
    Monthly UNsecured debt repayments....... 273
    Amount short for making debt repayments. -335

    Personal Balance Sheet Summary
    Total assets (things you own)........... 185,800
    Total HP & Secured debt................. -182,000
    Total Unsecured debt.................... -26,346
    Net Assets.............................. -22,546

    Created using the SOA calculator at www.makesenseofcards.com.
    Reproduced on Moneysavingexpert with permission, using IE browser.
    :jWILLOW41
    Serious about changing my life and proud to be dealing with my debts
    Official DFW nerd 1186
    DFW long haul supporter 162
    As of today (13.5.09) approx £67,575 in debt + a few hundred here and there....:o
    'The meaning of your communication, is the response you get'...
  • copier_guy
    copier_guy Posts: 507 Forumite
    Put everything in that you no is right, mortgage etc and we can go from there.

    your not buying any diamond necklaces from Tiffany's are you?
  • willow41
    willow41 Posts: 79 Forumite
    Tiffanys? I don't understand???
    :jWILLOW41
    Serious about changing my life and proud to be dealing with my debts
    Official DFW nerd 1186
    DFW long haul supporter 162
    As of today (13.5.09) approx £67,575 in debt + a few hundred here and there....:o
    'The meaning of your communication, is the response you get'...
  • copier_guy
    copier_guy Posts: 507 Forumite
    Nice one willow.

    If you had no other debt just the mortgage and secured loans could you afford to live?

    Are you bothered about staying in your house?

    Sorry willow im only joking, you said you didnt budget for Christmas, Tiffanys is a very expensive jewellers in New York i think.
  • willow41
    willow41 Posts: 79 Forumite
    ok....Yes I don't want to lose it.
    :jWILLOW41
    Serious about changing my life and proud to be dealing with my debts
    Official DFW nerd 1186
    DFW long haul supporter 162
    As of today (13.5.09) approx £67,575 in debt + a few hundred here and there....:o
    'The meaning of your communication, is the response you get'...
  • willow41
    willow41 Posts: 79 Forumite
    We have always worked really hard. We chose to extend our house and I fell pregnant. The build loan was already sorted before hand and when the baby arrived she was born with a tumor in her neck which left me in a nightmare situation about going back to work and leaving her. She has just turned two and is fine. The credit crunch hit the loans went up the house lost 55,000 in value and we couldn't consolidate and so on....
    We have robbed peter to pay Paul for mths as the income went down after maternity leave and making stupid spending mistakes just to get by etc.... I feel gutted about the prospect of losing the house????
    :jWILLOW41
    Serious about changing my life and proud to be dealing with my debts
    Official DFW nerd 1186
    DFW long haul supporter 162
    As of today (13.5.09) approx £67,575 in debt + a few hundred here and there....:o
    'The meaning of your communication, is the response you get'...
  • copier_guy
    copier_guy Posts: 507 Forumite
    Hopefully one of the more experienced posters can advise about the house.

    I dont want to give you the wrong idea.

    We left our house in Jan but we hated our house, it was a money pit and was a considerable contributor to our mess!!!!
  • willow41
    willow41 Posts: 79 Forumite
    We have only stopped paying the full amount to creditors since the end of May.
    :jWILLOW41
    Serious about changing my life and proud to be dealing with my debts
    Official DFW nerd 1186
    DFW long haul supporter 162
    As of today (13.5.09) approx £67,575 in debt + a few hundred here and there....:o
    'The meaning of your communication, is the response you get'...
  • willow41
    willow41 Posts: 79 Forumite
    You were really brave it must have taken a lot of courage...Do you feel free now?
    :jWILLOW41
    Serious about changing my life and proud to be dealing with my debts
    Official DFW nerd 1186
    DFW long haul supporter 162
    As of today (13.5.09) approx £67,575 in debt + a few hundred here and there....:o
    'The meaning of your communication, is the response you get'...
  • copier_guy
    copier_guy Posts: 507 Forumite
    Have you been getting any calls yet or letters?

    You can send letters out to your creditors and tell them to communicate in writing only. Also BT will change your number for free is you tell them your getting abusive calls. Same for any mobiles
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