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Really well done doodles! Glad your solicitors got their act together in the end! What sort of car did you buy?Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 6/7/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £24.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 30.1/£127.5K target 23.6% 29/7/25
4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/250 -
Well done, don't abandon us for the MFW board there, benben is here so you can stay too! :j:j:j:j:jNow a SAHM trying to earn some spare pennies each month0
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There are not enough :T in the world!!!!
I am so, so happy for you. Well done, it has been a long hard slog but you are done!!!! Hopefully I will join you within the year....
I reckon you get to bask in the glory for a week before we want to see those mortgage numbers in that siggy£34,547 (Dec 07); Current debt: £zilch (Debt free December 2010)
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Enjoy being a saver and a MFW.........:DSuccessful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)0
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Well done Doodles! You have achieved so much in so little time!Total (Aug 19):€58,567 Now:€26,947
DFD:Nov 22/June 22
Mortgage: €199,712
MFD: March 2042/July 20340 -
Thank you everyone.
I am not sure I can face seeing my mortgage figures in my signature lol. I am going to sit down and do a new SOA today and work out a savings target so I will have that in my signature.
I got a Vauxhall Astra VXR and its soooooooooooo nice, I am a little bit in loveProud to be dealing with my debts - DFW No: 712
03/09/09 - DEBT FREE AT LAST
Racing Hypno to Save - £10/£50000 -
I like how you now have the debt free line in your sig - are you going to remove the old debt totals, or leave them in for posterity?0
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You need to put yourself up on the debt free roll of honour Doodles!Total (Aug 19):€58,567 Now:€26,947
DFD:Nov 22/June 22
Mortgage: €199,712
MFD: March 2042/July 20340 -
car sounds lovely
Defo do the debt free roll of honour and link to your diaries and the paperhat thread of course LOL! I find those stories so motivating... one day it will be me!Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 6/7/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £24.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 30.1/£127.5K target 23.6% 29/7/25
4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/250 -
I don't think I can remove it quite yet as it makes me a little emotional seeing how much I paid off all on my own since last October.Proud to be dealing with my debts - DFW No: 712
03/09/09 - DEBT FREE AT LAST
Racing Hypno to Save - £10/£50000
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