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Making chicken feed of my mortgage
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Good grief! Thats a big increase! And how amazingly, fantastically wonderful if you can do it :j2023: the year I get to buy a car0
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Hi MWC, that's brilliant news for OPs. Look forward to seeing the progress and there'll certainly be a few of these :j
Night, Tilly x x2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j0 -
:wave:muddywhitechicken wrote: »No spoilers here although I will say that they can't have many actors in Denmark as that chap was in Borgen as well :rotfl:
I second that ... no spoilers here either Greying, don't worry! Keeping tight lipped about all things Scandinavian drama - ish, and as for Breaking Bad, MWC ... :lipsrseal
Meanwhile, back to real-life dramas ...
:T Fantastic MOP MWC (sorry, slight abbreviation overload there)! Great news and brilliant that Mr. MWC is with you on the new target, best of luck!Stash busting 2014 45 / 60 (balls of yarn)!
2014 Sealed Pot #2136 ?/£500
House: Decluttering 322 / 365
Original mortgage [STRIKE]£149,000[/STRIKE][STRIKE]£117,750[/STRIKE];[STRIKE]£112,500[/STRIKE] MFW 2014#69 GOAL 1: [STRIKE]£109 K April[/STRIKE]GOAL 2: [STRIKE]£103 K by Sept[/STRIKE]
GOAL 3: < £100k by end of 2014 MF goal: Nov 2020 - 4 years early
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Hey MWC you go for it with the MOP's. £99,999 has a nice ring about it though don't you think??? Motivational???
We have watched the first 2 episodes of borgen. Goshit's good - really have missed my scandi-fixMust of been absolute h*ll to be filmed in a helicopter over Hong Kong, and waft about in that apartment eh? :rotfl:and she doesn't have to wear daft 'signature' jumpers either....:rotfl:
GreyingPounds for Panes £7,705/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
Grocery Spend October 2025 £113.98/£200
Non-food spend October 2025 £9.97/£50
Bulk Fund October (month 10 of 12) £0/£35.200 -
Eggs IN 2
Eggs OUT 6 (1 box sold for £1.25)
Last of the LO haggis made into another lasagne and eaten for dinner - suffering from haggis overload now... luckily it won't be on the menu again until next year :rotfl:Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Someone was suggesting making leftover haggis into sausage roll type things with puff pastry on the radio the other day - that sounded quite nice but sounds like you are done now!Mortgage OP 2025 £7050/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £34,965
Money making challenge £78/400
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)0 -
skint_spice wrote: »...sounds like you are done now!
Not quite SS - it'll be repeating for a couple of hours yet:rotfl:
Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
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muddywhitechicken wrote: »I've also increased my 2014 target from £15,000 to £35,000 - Mr MWC and I have decided to really go for it in 2014 *gulp*
My trusty spreadsheet tells me that if we OP £1,890/month for the rest of the year we will meet our target and end the year with a total mortgage debt of £99,999 :cool:
£1,890/month is going to be tough though - my 2014/2015 ISA allowance won't be getting used this year!
I am a numpty... I forgot about my standard payments!!!
We ONLY need to MOP £28,790 this year to meet our target
The £1,890/month was correct although taking into account a £3,000 bonus (fingers-crossed) and £5,000 in the current accounts (only earning 5% interest until March/April and then being transferred to the mortgage), we only need to OP £1,163/month.Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
A quick list of things to do tomorrow:
Pay in 5 bags of coins
[STRIKE]Phone HMR&C and ask them to reissue my tax rebate cheques in my married name[/STRIKE]
Shuffle money as it's payday :jMortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0
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