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Gallygirl's "A journey of 121,226.67 pounds begins with a single penny" diary

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  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    :o

    Oops

    :whistle:
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    :o

    Oops

    :whistle:

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Today Mr GG and I found two trade cash & carry places which will sell to the public for cash :T. Now we just need to buy a house with a utility room and store cupboard. Funnily enough, as I said above......
    :o

    Oops

    :whistle:
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Secret_Saving_Squirrel
    Secret_Saving_Squirrel Posts: 4,138 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    A bigger house in Spain?
    Paid off mortgage nine years early in 2013. Now picking and choosing our work to fit in with the rest of our lives!
    Still thrifty though, after all these years:D
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Oh my word!
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Guilty as charged :o.

    We did set out to buy one........ well, we set out to buy an apartment by the coast to let out but a combination of:
    - Value for money
    - Sea breezes (Mr GG)
    - 'If we're buying a place with sea views I want ME to be the one looking at them' (me :o)
    led us astray :cool:.

    We looked at lots, what fun :T. Verging from a clifftop house with stunning sea views (I didn't like it :rotfl:), a half built house and an old place needing complete renovation but we've found a lovely little house which has sea views (not frontline, but I'll live with it :rotfl:), breezes for Mr GG and with scope to improve it. It's being sold fully furnished and then some :eek: as it's a probate sale, family are in UK and just want shot. One estate agent said if we just emptied the place out we could sell if for €20,000 more :rotfl:. Will need some work at some stage to make it more user friendly but we're hoping to do a minimum for now till we decide what works best.

    In addition to the sea views it has a store cupboard and utility room :T. No pool, but as Mr GG says, there's a bloody big pool at the bottom of the road :D. We may be going chavtastic and getting a hot (well hopefully cold) tub for the roof :p.

    Partly funded with offset money, so mortgage back up to 54k :(, I'll be around for a while yet :rotfl:. Mainly funded by Mr GG :kisses2:.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,253 Forumite
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    Ooh MSE hot tub party coming up.
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,243 Forumite
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    Wonderful find! Well done!
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Morning, brilliant - looking forward to hearing all the plans.

    Tilly x x x x x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • Pearla*Merle
    Pearla*Merle Posts: 1,611 Forumite
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    edited 31 July 2015 at 4:10PM
    Well that lasted long :rotfl: welcome back to the MFW world :dance:

    (Sounds likes fabulous find, congrats! :T :T)
    a penny picker upper. MFW approx 78% to go | FIRE 3 years worth (30% savings rate: now aiming for 40%!) | Normality is a paved road; it's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it | Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible | The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library
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