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  • mlz1413
    mlz1413 Posts: 3,083 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I was just 18 and (then) boyfriend was 23, we had to wait to exchange contracts on my birthday, completed and moved in on christmas eve.

    I bought a place on my own at 21 with help from mum for a large deposit. Wish I'd just waited to buy on my own!! hey ho the joy of hindsight.

    I've always worked and saved, I never been able to understand how people who earned so much more than me had so little, but then I'm good at being frugal.
  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 19,124 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I was 26 and it was a long time ago!
    If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales
  • cycloneuk
    cycloneuk Posts: 363 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    I was 24 and paid 159k cash, i was very lucky to have had a great job for 2+ years. Bought it in 2007 and trying to sell for 132k now to get a 3 bed house.
  • Absolutely
    Absolutely Posts: 500 Forumite
    We were around 23 and bought badly. A money pit. Lost at least 10k when we sold.

    However, bought second home in 1999 for 63k (just before we hit 30 years of age). It's now worth about 160k as we extended it.
  • Kate78
    Kate78 Posts: 525 Forumite
    I was 30 - only 2 years ago - and soon to be a reluctant landlady for said property! :)

    Life happens when we're busy making other plans... :cool:
    Barclaycard 0% - [STRIKE]£1688.37 [/STRIKE] Paid off 10.06.12
  • milliebear00001
    milliebear00001 Posts: 2,120 Forumite
    25 with OH who was 26. We sold it three years later for a fifty grand profit! Those were the days.
  • de1amo
    de1amo Posts: 3,401 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    yes but what did you spend your 50k on? another house or pay rent?
    mfw'11 No68- 55k mortgage İO--little to nothing saved! i must do better.
  • motherofstudents
    motherofstudents Posts: 1,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I was 30 and it was a huge terraced 3bed house for £11750 with a 100% mortgage.
  • Yorkielass
    Yorkielass Posts: 2,235 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    We reserved our house (new build) a few days before my 24th Birthday and completed a couple of days before my OH's 24th (our birthdays are a month apart exactly). That was almost 4 1/2 years ago and currently trying to sell.
    Initial Mortgage January 2024 - £160,000
    Initial Mortgage free date - January 2058
    Mortgage as of 1st February 2024 - £159,134.98
    Overpayments to date - £79.62
    Current Mortgage free date - January 2058
  • evenasus
    evenasus Posts: 11,866 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I was 21 & fiance was 22 when we reserved our plot (new 3 bed semi yet to be built)
    Our wedding was arranged for 12 months later.

    House wasn't finished in time (small building company) and we had to live with my new husband's parents for about a month.:eek:

    We finally moved in a week before Christmas. It was snowing heavily, but there was no-way I wasn't going to be in our home for Christmas.

    It was a long time ago.

    Still got the photos of the house at varying stages of build.
    I've often thought of sending them to whoever is in that house now.
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