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

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  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,490 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Happy anniversary 💐
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,204 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    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: 9,372 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    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: 10,798 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    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 saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
    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 in 2026 discussion thread
    My keep within our budget diary is here
  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,551 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Happy belated anniversary vix x
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000. Mortgage Free November 2025!
  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,551 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Glad work is picking up for you vix and hope the cat sitting becomes regular x
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000. Mortgage Free November 2025!
  • Hi you could wash the gloves when you get home to cut down on the single use.
    CRx
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,372 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    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: 9,490 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Great news on the cat sitting 🙂
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
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