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Saving £100k for mortgage, living a simple life

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  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,274 Forumite
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    You are fully entitled to return to work on whichever day you wish, holiday or not. X
  • Katzen
    Katzen Posts: 535 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    Butting in a bit here but that's good to know. Planning to have our 1st in a year or so and all women I've known have come back on a working day. Appears policy at the current place is 1week before hols! Thanks for the info ladies
    Mortgage Outstanding Nov '16 £142,772.75
    Mortgage Additional OPs 2017 Target £4522.80/ Actual £865.00
    GC Feb 0/£200
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,274 Forumite
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    Katzen it is teachers' terms and conditions so it might not apply if you aren't a teacher.x
  • Katzen
    Katzen Posts: 535 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    But I am so its all good Alchemilla! Funny how there are so many of us around here...
    Mortgage Outstanding Nov '16 £142,772.75
    Mortgage Additional OPs 2017 Target £4522.80/ Actual £865.00
    GC Feb 0/£200
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,274 Forumite
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    Is it a plague??
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,274 Forumite
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    The collective noun would have to be an acronym of teachers.
  • Katzen
    Katzen Posts: 535 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    Alchemilla wrote: »
    The collective noun would have to be an acronym of teachers.
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    Mortgage Outstanding Nov '16 £142,772.75
    Mortgage Additional OPs 2017 Target £4522.80/ Actual £865.00
    GC Feb 0/£200
  • earthgirl
    earthgirl Posts: 3,762 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    A bit of a fraught few days but after getting my union involved I seem to have verbally agreed to all the things I was entitled to with the head. Hopefully I won't be in the heads bad books for next year we will see .

    We also had a mortgage interview as oh is self employed and it was very good. No problem getting a mortgage as we have over paid so much. That's massively down to this site and posting here especially in the early days.

    My neighbours mum is also mentally I'll and is visiting next door and now she has shouted abuse at my oh as he put his car in the garage. I get angry that they think its ok just to shout at us whenever they like. We definitely need to move.

    I am using Oh phone and I not so good with it, anyway I accidentally clicked on a post in bankruptcy board. The poster was so sad and it just made me think how lucky we are and how little worries we have really.
    15/5/12 Paid off Mortgage 1 (£220k) Bought Dream House:www: Dec 13 - Mortage 2 -£116,508. 15/7/18 Mortgage Free Again :j

    Progress not Perfection
  • MallyGirl
    MallyGirl Posts: 7,279 Senior Ambassador
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    I can't look in those boards - too sad
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  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,274 Forumite
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    Well done for standing your ground.
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