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  • Froggy-G
    Froggy-G Posts: 2,145 Forumite
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »
    Hi, new lodger moving in on 7th June :T. This is short term but two more people are talking about rooms and interested so I could have one long term and one short term. Excellent. I couldn't cope with two long term Monday-Friday guests.

    Any lodger money is going straight into a fund for refurbishments.

    Tilly x

    Yeah! Well done Tilly! That's great news..

    I can already hear Mr T in the garage looking looking for his spade and cement mix for the new patio.. :rotfl::rotfl:

    Froggy :D
    Froggy's New Lillypad Fund
    Total so far: £ 10,009.77
  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Froggy-G wrote: »
    Yeah! Well done Tilly! That's great news..

    I can already hear Mr T in the garage looking looking for his spade and cement mix for the new patio.. :rotfl::rotfl:

    Froggy :D

    :rotfl::rotfl:
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
    MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
    Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
    Emergency savings £100/£500
    12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Great news on lodger :T


    Will drop a line to Interpol :rotfl:
    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"
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,258 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Congrats on the new lodger Tilly - although I can't fathom for the life of me how anyone could put up with lodgers :D

    Hope you're getting the sun?
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    edinburgher wrote: »
    Congrats on the new lodger Tilly - although I can't fathom for the life of me how anyone could put up with lodgers :D

    Hope you're getting the sun?
    Sun, sun what's that :eek::eek:

    Tilly
    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
    At least we're not in Oklahoma :eek::(:eek:
    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"
  • katsu
    katsu Posts: 5,035 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    edinburgher wrote: »
    Congrats on the new lodger Tilly - although I can't fathom for the life of me how anyone could put up with lodgers :D

    I wonder how we put up with ours...!
    Debt at highest: £8k. Debt Free 31/12/2009. Original MFD May 2036, MF Dec 2018.
  • nattypants
    nattypants Posts: 2,577 Forumite
    elantan wrote: »

    right got GG's and Natty's and Skinty's to catch up with be back soon :)

    You'll have to go into the vaults for mine El - it's on back catalogue now;)

    Happy lodger eating Tilly:D
    February13 - £74990 (or thereabouts)
    MND - Let's go for 2020 'cos it's got a nice ring to it:D
    C'mon nattypants:cool:
  • Thistlewhistle
    Thistlewhistle Posts: 1,091 Forumite
    Hi Tilly,

    I hope your mint is in a separate pot - it'll take over the world if it isn't!
    My OH planted up an old Belfast sink as a herb garden for me last year and it's currently bursting with rosemary, sage, parsley, dill, camomile, lavender and a beautiful bay tree.

    Fresh herbs in my cooking and Thistle is a happy bunny!!!

    Tx
    Mortgage at end 05/2007: £90200
    Mortgage at end 08/2018: £71646 paid £18354 (20.5%)
    MFD: :eek:Original:05/2042:eek:
    Car Finance: £8225 : £6392 (22.2% paid off)
    CC Debt (0% until 06/2020): £5640 : £4400 (21.7% paid off)

     Age of Money at 31/08/2018 = 23 days

    YNAB is changing the way I live my life....and spend my money!!
  • misscousinitt
    misscousinitt Posts: 3,655 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee!
    Great news on the lodger front Tilly.

    Must start using my mint too - it does grow rather quick once it gets going.

    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)
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