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Best solution for me

Hi, im very new to all this so very confused.
Ive been on few sites looked at debt help and went round in circles.
I owe £3000 over draft, £5000 credit card and £9000 loan.
Im not a home owner and have £180 left each month.

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  • Tixy
    Tixy Posts: 31,455 Forumite
    Hi

    Can you meet your current minimum repayments on your debts?
    Have you tried completing a detailed budget/statement of affairs to see what you need for living costs and how much you have left for debt repayments? If not this would be a sensible starting point - see this link - http://www.makesenseofcards.com/soacalc.html

    and also worth a read of this thread -
    The Big Guide to Becoming Debt Free
    A smile enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give
    or "It costs nowt to be nice"
  • Hannah_10
    Hannah_10 Posts: 1,774 Forumite
    As Tixy rightly already said, the Big Guide is good and you should show us your SOA (there is a button to format for MSE). There is no debt problem without a solution, something will be right for you, we just need a little more info before we help you identify which solution.
    I refuse to be afraid of the big bad wolf, spiders, or debt collection agencies; one of them's not real and the other two are powerless without my fear.
    (Ok, one of them is powerless, spiders can be nasty.)


    As of the last count I have cleared
    [STRIKE]23.16%[/STRIKE] 22.49% of my debt. :(
  • Hi After ive paid everything petrol rent other bills im left with £180. Plus £20 for myself.
    My credit card min balance is £105 and my loan payment is £155 so they come to £260 im £80 short each month.
    Would like a debt consolidation loan but hard to find a site all i find is people that search for you and they ring you like 100 times a day.
  • GeorgieFTB
    GeorgieFTB Posts: 437 Forumite
    Honestly 25, we need your details to be able to help. There is so much expertise on this forum that there will be a solution, it might not be pretty but it will work if you try.

    The other thing you might think about doing is a spending diary, all the little things add up, you might not think you spend any money, I do it, I'll just have a coffee, **or another pint**

    Once we have your SOA it will be scarey and unpleasent but nessesary to know where you are.

    Good luck
    Gx
    Mortgage at 08/10/10: 110k:eek:
    Current Mortgage:... £109,200 :eek:
    OPs 2011: 100.50/4000
    Current MFD: 02/10/45 :shocked: (will be 63!!!)

    Make a payment a week challenge TW 100/123.79
  • tallyhoh
    tallyhoh Posts: 2,307 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    25male wrote: »
    Hi After ive paid everything petrol rent other bills im left with £180. Plus £20 for myself.
    My credit card min balance is £105 and my loan payment is £155 so they come to £260 im £80 short each month.
    Would like a debt consolidation loan but hard to find a site all i find is people that search for you and they ring you like 100 times a day.

    Whats the point of consolidating your debts, you still have to pay them? As already pointed out- more details would help.;)
    Tallyhoh! Stopped Smoking October 2000. Saved £29382.50 so far!
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