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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Congratulations on all fronts, MWC.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 8,221 Forumite
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    Great work all round :)
    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
  • greent
    greent Posts: 11,038 Forumite
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    Multiple congratulations! :) xx
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20

    2026 Declutter campaign awards 2x star
  • Thanks everyone :)

    Eggs IN 5
    Eggs OUT 6 (1 box sold for £1.25)

    A good day today!

    A NSD :T
    £10 voucher claimed from CP :T
    £295 share dividend cheque :T
    Didn't eat much :T :rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • :j:j:j YAY! :j:j:j

    All sounding good on your thread MWC :D

    Fab to hear all your good news and lovely that Mr MWC is in demand too :D

    Hope 'the girls' are all doing well and getting along together now.

    Greying
    Grocery Spend May 2026 £111.65/£200
    Grocery spend April 2026 £199.95/£200 +5pence
    Non-food spend May 2026 £41.72/£80
    Bulk Fund 2026 Month 5/12 - £5.98/£93.54 (reducing balance - start £120 pa)

    ""Mother Nature don't draw straight lines
    The broken moulds in a grand design
    We look a mess but we're doing fine
    We're card carrying lifelong members
    Of the union of different kinds..."

    "Union of the Different kinds" - R Christie & T Gilbert,  Fisherman's Friends 

  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,566 Forumite
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    Chunky dividend :beer:
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,821 Forumite
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    Excellent progress on multiple fromts:):j
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
    If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough
  • Since getting home at 13:30 (I love finishing at lunchtime on a Friday!) I have:

    Mowed the lawn (back garden)
    Painted the fence (front garden)
    Chopped back all the tatty looking perennials (front garden)
    Walked into town (paid in cheque, posted RMS item at PO, requested repeat prescription at GP surgery)

    Go me :T

    Now I'm relaxing with a glass of good red wine and listening to John Grant on Radio 6 Music :cool:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Eggs IN 5
    Eggs OUT hopefully 6 (if a colleague remembered to collect them from my desk...)

    Delicious HM moussaka (using leftover slow roast lamb from the freezer and aubergines grown by FIL) with roasted beetroot and HG rocket salad for diner :drool:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    That sounds like a *day's* work, not an afternoon's :rotfl: go you indeed :j
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
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