What would you buy if you had the money?

Prothet_of_Doom

Depends how much. Buy to let would be my first choice, but the wife would have a new kitchen.

Might have to take 2 weeks off next summer and do it.

themull1

An extension or loft conversion.

jaffacakegal

Wardrobes, a holiday, a car, and a steam cleaner/hoover for carpets!

Goldiegirl

Depends how much, but if it was over about £20,000, I wouldn't actually spend it on a specific thing, but retire now, rather than waiting a few more years

Pennysmakepounds

Goldiegirl wrote: »

Depends how much, but if it was over about £20,000, I wouldn't actually spend it on a specific thing, but retire now, rather than waiting a few more years

Is that ALL you need to retire.....20K....well done....

I could retire if i had 200K today...:)

SingleSue

A walk around the supermarket throwing whatever I wanted in the trolley without worrying about whether I could afford it all once at checkout.

If a bit more, to take the boys to Disneyland Paris again and if some was left over, a trip to Athens for me.

ilovelondontown

Honestly it sounds SO boring, but I'd pay off the last bit of my debt and put anything extra into savings. I'm not a materialistic person so I don't get a thrill from a new bag or new sofa. I'd just like like to be able to save and not owe anyone anything!

tea_lover

A sewing machine, and some lessons so I knew what to do with it. Could probably afford the sewing machine at a push, what I can't afford right now is the extension I'd need so there'd be somewhere to put it.

kkgree1

I've kind of been in this situation as I inherited close to 80k from a distant relative two years ago. As boring as it sounds, we paid 60k off our mortgage, spent 9k on a car and have kept the rest for home improvements (new door, bathroom, bits and pieces to the garden). It has given us security and given us the prospect of being mortgage free in a couple of years. We now see this as our goal as it will allow us to save more into our pensions and god willing, have time at home when we have children.

Goldiegirl

Pennysmakepounds wrote: »

Is that ALL you need to retire.....20K....well done....

I could retire if i had 200K today...:)

LOL, at the moment I'm more or less working to top up my savings. About £20,000 would put me in a position where I'd be in about 2 -3 years.

If it was £200,000 I'd retire like a shot and have a far more luxurious retirement than the one I'm planning!