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Finally I have a mortgage I can start to pay off!

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  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,351 Forumite
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    Happy anniversary 💐
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,898 Forumite
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    Yay for work and anniversary tapas 😍!
    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,800 Forumite
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    Thanks ladies :)
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • Suffolk_lass
    Suffolk_lass Posts: 10,314 Forumite
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    The other thing you could conside with the energy company is bang off a letter to one of the broadsheet newspaper finance agony aunties - if they look into things like this and get results because of the poor publicity
    Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
    I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
    My new diary is here
  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,257 Forumite
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    Happy belated anniversary vix x
    Mortgage Balance as of July 2025 £14,900.
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,257 Forumite
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    Glad work is picking up for you vix and hope the cat sitting becomes regular x
    Mortgage Balance as of July 2025 £14,900.
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
  • Hi you could wash the gloves when you get home to cut down on the single use.
    CRx
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,800 Forumite
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    Good idea CR, I think that would work - I’d be happier just washing my hands but then I’d need to wipe everything I touch down, so it’s for their benefit rather than mine IYSWIM, so I could do that.
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,351 Forumite
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    Great news on the cat sitting 🙂
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
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