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Goodnight Vienna.
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Well jel!! Seriously congrats, I love posts like this as they are really motivational! I think the thing about living within your means strikes true with a lot of us. I know so many 'keeping up with the Jones'' type people but refuse to get sucked in (its amazing the amount of cr^p you can buy for a horse!!!)Mortgage starting balance 2011 ... £170k today £1.5k
Savings: £3k
Aim: 100k by Dec 20210 -
Brilliant news. Good for you and enjoy the rest of your lives,
SquirrelPaid off mortgage nine years early in 2013. Now picking and choosing our work to fit in with the rest of our lives!
Still thrifty though, after all these years:D0 -
Brilliant. Just brilliant! V motivational. Congrats!Starting Mortgage (May 2012): £116,095, Mortgage at September 2012: £115,677.14
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Fantastic. well done :j:j:j:j.A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
Mortgage Balance = £0
"Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"0 -
Many congratulations :T:T:TMortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0
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