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Hurdler's Race to be Mortgage-Free

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  • Secret_Saving_Squirrel
    Secret_Saving_Squirrel Posts: 4,138 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Good to see you still pursuing your dream job though. The water meter is a mere pinprick. Very very good luck, I love to see people going for what they really want. You only get one life.

    Squirrel
    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
  • Hurdler
    Hurdler Posts: 1,361 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Hi there SSS - yeah - I had rearranged a lot of Technical reviews (the IT vendors webinar me to death for about an hour and a half and then I have to try and write it all up!) so today was set aside for writing writing writing, thank goodness.

    I suppose at least I can push through a load of washing and a load in the dishwasher now...!!!

    I am really hoping that this brings about a really decent saving though... and in very true money-saving stylie (as I am now working out and swimming at the gym 3 days a week) I'll save more dosh by showering there in the morning!!!

    I fixed my electric so it's ONLY JUST under £100 a month (it was probably going to go up to £120!) ....

    Had to splash out on a MacBook Pro for work... which was expensive but at least can be put through the business...
    • Mortgage @ March 2008: £194,965 ; Lightbulb Moment: July 2011: £164,926; End Date: March 2033
    • MORTGAGE FREE: September 2015
    • MSE 1p Savings Challenge 2024 #50: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec = £223.84/£671.61
  • Hurdler
    Hurdler Posts: 1,361 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Just have to share -
    I GOT MY FIRST EVER SPORTS ACCREDITATION!

    It's to cover the Davis Cup tie between GB and Russia (tennis) in Coventry.

    Apols to any newcomers to my diary as they won't have a scooby-doo why this is a big deal!
    • Mortgage @ March 2008: £194,965 ; Lightbulb Moment: July 2011: £164,926; End Date: March 2033
    • MORTGAGE FREE: September 2015
    • MSE 1p Savings Challenge 2024 #50: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec = £223.84/£671.61
  • sweetdaisy
    sweetdaisy Posts: 1,249 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Congratulations Hurdler :T.
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Hi Hurdler, brilliant news :):):)

    Tilly x
    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
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    So, you're being sent to Coventry :D

    Fabulous news, well done :T
    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"
  • Hurdler
    Hurdler Posts: 1,361 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Haha - yes - some great writers are swanning around in Miami... Rozzie gets.... Coventry!
    But hopefully this is the start of that cross-over!
    • Mortgage @ March 2008: £194,965 ; Lightbulb Moment: July 2011: £164,926; End Date: March 2033
    • MORTGAGE FREE: September 2015
    • MSE 1p Savings Challenge 2024 #50: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec = £223.84/£671.61
  • misscousinitt
    misscousinitt Posts: 3,655 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee!
    Many congratulations...thats fab news!

    MCI
    Mortgage Free x 1 03.11.2012 - House rented out Feb 2016
    Mortgage No 2: £82, 595.61 (31.08.2019)
    OP's to Date £8500
    Renovation Fund:£511.39;
    Nectar Points Balance: approx £30 (31.08.2019)
  • abouttimetoo
    abouttimetoo Posts: 1,860 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Hurdler wrote: »
    Just have to share -
    I GOT MY FIRST EVER SPORTS ACCREDITATION!

    It's to cover the Davis Cup tie between GB and Russia (tennis) in Coventry.

    Apols to any newcomers to my diary as they won't have a scooby-doo why this is a big deal!

    Yay, go Hurdler, that's brilliant news and it's really great to see all your hard work starting to pay off :j:j

    Regards
    ATT
    MFW Start Date 1.4.08. Updated 23.1.18. MFW date 1.8.18
    Original Mortgage o/s £187,643 / £71,904 (-115,739)
    Repay o/s £92,661 / now £55,900 (-36,761)
    Int Only o/s £94,982, now £16,004 (-78,978)
    Total daily interest £1 [a) £0.77 b)£0.23
    Total OP's:2018 target £TBC YTD £1,995
  • Lois_E
    Lois_E Posts: 2,227 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Just seen this Hurdler. So pleased for you.
    :T:T:T
    Starting again 13/4/19
    Home loan 1: £21,102.50 Home loan 2: £7,698.99
    Total owed: £28,801.49
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