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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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    themadvix wrote: »
    Hi Gally, have finally finished ploughing through this diary from the beginning.... exhausted now! (Tilly, yours is still ongoing!).
    Good grief you crazy person :rotfl:. Tilly's is much more interesting and grown up :)
    gallygirl wrote: »
    BTL sale has fallen through :mad: - after almost four months they are still not ready to complete
    So, back on the market for one day and suddenly the buyers have solved their (or should I say their solicitor's) issues. Contract exchanged, completion next week :T.

    Survived the walk, not as hot as I thought it would be (though still scorchio) and a very small breeze. Cooling down with a cuppa now :T.

    Holed up in bedroom with massive pile of paperwork :eek:. Hopefully it will take a while ;).
    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"
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,782 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    Good grief you crazy person :rotfl:. Tilly's is much more interesting and grown up :)

    Yes, crazy... it seems to have replaced any novel reading though! And much more inspiring!
    gallygirl wrote: »
    So, back on the market for one day and suddenly the buyers have solved their (or should I say their solicitor's) issues. Contract exchanged, completion next week :T.
    :T Excellent news! Amazing what can happen when people get a kick up the bum!
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Great news and terrible news and beautiful news, all in a couple of posts :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: vintage Gally :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Pearla*Merle
    Pearla*Merle Posts: 1,611 Forumite
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    Hurrah on the sale! So glad to hear things have turned around.

    Maybe Spain has money cockroaches rather than spiders?

    (PS. pretty flowers :j)
    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
  • Secret_Saving_Squirrel
    Secret_Saving_Squirrel Posts: 4,138 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Very pleased that the house sale is back on track. And you will feel very virtuous and organised when all that paperwork is done. X
    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
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Brilliant news :T:T:T:T

    Tilly xxx
    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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    Our mortgage balance appears to be:
    £0

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    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"
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Hurrah - well done :j:j:j

    MWCx & Mr MWC
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,783 Forumite
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    Whoop whoop!!! :j:j:T:T I feel a signature update is required - fab news - I caught up on the failed sale and then completed sale all in one go :D

    Love the cacti flowers - if all your succulents produce flowers like that then I wouldn't bother with other stuff anyway (as long as there's no spikes involved!:eek::D)

    x
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • hiddenshadow
    hiddenshadow Posts: 2,525 Forumite
    Congrats GG!
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