How much can you save?

rictus123

hostie1985 wrote: »

Not really an update on the savings front, other than that i have booked a holiday (going in april) and have done 2 weeks of adhoc work :-) which should help on the savings front a little bit....

Rictus - Have you thought about Turkey? or Egypt?

Hostie

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Gf said Turkey is cheap? 1 of the builders i work with is away to Egypt. Im just going to have a look. Getting the cash together just now...dont know if itl be worth going away seeing as itl be like half of my savings at the time...should have about £2k by then, think itl be at least 1k.

hostie1985

rictus123 wrote: »

Gf said Turkey is cheap? 1 of the builders i work with is away to Egypt. Im just going to have a look. Getting the cash together just now...dont know if itl be worth going away seeing as itl be like half of my savings at the time...should have about £2k by then, think itl be at least 1k.

Yeah, you get alot for your money in Turkey. Me and my mate are going to Turkey and its costing about £500 each, all inclusive 5 star hotel, right in the middle of easter! It looks really nice. I'm really looking forward to it.

Hostie

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partlydave

Just renewed my car insurance and saved about £130 on current insurers. I was a bit miffed that when I did a comparison quote my current company(Budget) was quoting about £90 less than my renewal notice. I should have changed last year but probably laziness set in. Better late than never.

tara747

Hi all, and well done on all the savings and debt payments woo hoo!

I have only just updated my Feb savings, I only saved £718 in Feb (went on hols at start of March but bought holiday currency in Feb) but saved more than I expected in Jan so total savings for 2010 so far (up to 28 Feb) = £1,875.

I am well under budget for March so far, should save a good amount this month. Total saved so far = £31,742.

hostie1985

tara747 wrote: »

Hi all, and well done on all the savings and debt payments woo hoo!

I have only just updated my Feb savings, I only saved £718 in Feb (went on hols at start of March but bought holiday currency in Feb) but saved more than I expected in Jan so total savings for 2010 so far (up to 28 Feb) = £1,875.

I am well under budget for March so far, should save a good amount this month. Total saved so far in 2010 = £31,742.

I am sure you will get to your £40,000 target by the end of the year, you will probaly go past your target - well done on the savings so far!

Hostie

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dippykitty

tara747 wrote: »

Hi all, and well done on all the savings and debt payments woo hoo!

I have only just updated my Feb savings, I only saved £718 in Feb (went on hols at start of March but bought holiday currency in Feb) but saved more than I expected in Jan so total savings for 2010 so far (up to 28 Feb) = £1,875.

I am well under budget for March so far, should save a good amount this month. Total saved so far in 2010 = £31,742.

You're doing so well and I agree with hostie1985 that you're well on track to at least meet the £40k target!

tara747

hostie1985 wrote: »

I am sure you will get to your £40,000 target by the end of the year, you will probaly go past your target - well done on the savings so far!

Hostie

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dippykitty wrote: »

You're doing so well and I agree with hostie1985 that you're well on track to at least meet the £40k target!

Thanks I did treat myself to a few bits last month, the girls on the fashion thread are a bad influence!!! But they were all cheap and beautiful and my eBaying more than offset it. I must list more stuff actually, it's been going well so far and OH is delighted to see the back of some clutter! I'm still aiming to make £1,000 on eBay this year (probably a bit ambitious but we'll see)!

Still not looking to buy a house yet, there's nothing which I would call good value for money atm and anyway I am half tempted to move out of the city a little to get more space (and garden) for our money! What about the rest of you deposit savers? Do you have one target area or several, or are you undecided about where to buy?

We'll keep saving anyway so that we have as big a deposit as possible, I would like a 30% deposit if we can manage it.

dippykitty

tara747 wrote: »

What about the rest of you deposit savers? Do you have one target area or several, or are you undecided about where to buy?

I'm so far off where I want to be that I've not had any proper thoughts about it but ideally, I'd like to stay in the area where we (me and my parents) are currently living. Realistically, that's probably overly ambitious as it's not the cheapest area so I'll probably have to re-assess once I finally hit a decent deposit amount.

Vixstar

tara747 wrote: »

What about the rest of you deposit savers? Do you have one target area or several, or are you undecided about where to buy?

I'm being really, really specific - bought my first flat without really considering everything so now I want to make sure I get it as right as I can.

dippykitty

I'm up to £4,600 now in the ISA (£9,600 in total) so getting there slowly. I'm hoping to break the £5k/£10k marks in the next month or two but a lot will depend on how much freelance work I get and whether I get paid on time.