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Dump it Watty - life's too short.
Hope you're getting some Spring sunshine your way xMFW
[STRIKE]Mortgage 8.2.15 - [/STRIKE][STRIKE]£171,064.64[/STRIKE] Mortgage 1.5.2018 - £99,980.45Aiming to be MF 1.10.20200 -
Second what atb says - you yourself said the pub wasn't much fun - its all very well spending money if you're going to get enjoyment out of it (life is for (balanced) living), but if it's not joyful then KM it
xI am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £200 -
Yes! Think that one is dumped.
Lovely coffee morning with pals. £2.25 spent and lots of great business ideas there and came away motivated and happy.
Back to the grind though and soon fed up with it all again! If only I could KM the need to work :rotfl: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 !!0 -
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Was so excited about the new mortgage for the BTL - was going to save a considerable amount with unlimited repayments -
The broker did not tell the truth! I thought it was too good to be true and after 2 months of wasting everyone's time with valuations and sending off paperworks the final paperwork arrived today and the overpayments are limited to 10%. Not happy with broker! 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 !!0 -
Meh! I wouldn't be happy with that either.
Are you going to look for a different deal?I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £200 -
Undecided. I want to be able to overpay but I don't really have much of a plan - well a plan to be truthful - :rotfl: so a fix would save me £70 ish a month but if I can only overpay 10% on a deal that offers me a 2.2 % interest then having played with sums on a bit of paper I am not sure its worth it.... yes I know I can get 5% on some savings if I save monthly and I'm losing £70 a month but I'm all about the grand gestures with this mortgage lark and I like knowing when I have a sensible sum I can overpay.Meh! I wouldn't be happy with that either.
Are you going to look for a different deal?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 !!0 -
Developing the business sounds good - I need to do some of that too.
That's rubbish about the broker/mortgage. Sounds like a difficult decision to make!Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway0 -
Hair cut.
Overpayment made so need to update signature.
Review of progress: was tackling sleep and actually this is going fairly well. Also drinking water and more mindful dental care. All doing reasonably well.
Mood not great and still rather down which I think is predominately stress related so have filled in an assessment to see if I qualify for some CBT style counselling via GP. Should hear next week.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 !!0
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