Pawlala's MFW diary (Part II now underway in earnest!)

pawlala

latest: looking to save nearly £200 a year by changing house insurance providers, and buying online to get a hefty discount. I can't believe several years ago I decided to just go with an offer that seemed reasonable without looking around for other deals. Schoolboy error!!!

Queen-Bee_2

pawlala wrote: »

latest: looking to save nearly £200 a year by changing house insurance providers, and buying online to get a hefty discount. I can't believe several years ago I decided to just go with an offer that seemed reasonable without looking around for other deals. Schoolboy error!!!

Hi there, I renewed mine about a month ago - it seems to be whopping in comparison with other peoples' but having looked at everything on offer via topcashback, i eventually went with the Halifax. The Halifax worked out the cheapest, even after taking the various cashbacks available into account - it also offered a £50 cashback itself!! Certainly might be worth checking out, but maybe better for more expensive insurance...?

Good luck!
QB

pawlala

I'll make a note of that for 11 months time!

pawlala

latest check: Mortgage outstanding is £53!

setmefree2

pawlala wrote: »

latest check: Mortgage outstanding is £53!

:T:T:T

pawlala

I've been trying to work out how much extra I would have saved if I knew about MFW earlier. Overpaying by £500 a month instead of saving it would have been much better. I'm dreading the figure when I finally work it out - let's hope my first mortgage lender had strict OP rules back then!

pammyj74

that would be just tormenting yourself!

pawlala

A quick update today,

halfway through the year and I'm at 71% of my savings target for 2010. Whether I'll be successful at MFW2012 I don't know because I need to be at 133% by December. Keep moving on though...

BTW, does anyone know how I can change the title of my thread. Its not letting me, only the first post title?

pawlala

Hope it gives someone inspiration to post this but since October 2009 when I paid off a large chunk of the mortgage off I've calculated that I've saved £3,782 worth of interest going into the bank's pocket, roughly saving £11 a day

mummyofonechild

Wow that's fantastic. Well Done xx