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Hi All. Options?

Hi Everyone! New to these parts so go easy on me:beer:

At the moment I am using Gregory Pennington to pay of multitude of debts myself and the wife have accrued over the last 7 years or so and was wondering if there were any better options out there?

We missed out on an IVA apparantly because we didnt owe enough but only just.

We owed around 15k on unsecured debts and last year they had almost 5.5k in payments made by myself.

I was hoping to get it cleared within three years and move onto paying extra on my secured loan.

We are expecting our first little`un and the end of this month and with mrs Alzy being on SMP things are tight.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks,and again, hi to all

Alex:D

Comments

  • Numpty_Monkey
    Numpty_Monkey Posts: 14,196 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hi
    you can call one of these Non-profit Debt Counsellors' List
    no paying fee's,
    they do it for free so all you pay goes to your creditors:j
    and you get out off debt quicker:D

    Good luck with the little 'un and
    welcome to DFW join in:beer:
    PROUD TO BE DEALING WITH MY DEBT NERD #869
    Numpty,Not sure why but I'm crying :o . Of all the peeps on this board you're the kindest & most supportive of all & I'm :mad: & :( for you all at the same time . Wish I was there to give you a big :grouphug: & emergency hobnobs
    xx
    DFD 5/1/16
  • Alzy_2
    Alzy_2 Posts: 13 Forumite
    Hi,

    Thanks for the welcome.

    I am going to phone cccs sometime today and see what options I have.

    After searching the forum for GP I don`t particularly like what I see and after going through old statements from them I`ve noticed that their charges can reach £80 a month plus an income safeguard plan at £30.:eek:

    Cheers
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