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A sad situation

In the early part of 2013 my relationship with my partner of 8 years ended. We have a house together which we are going to rent out this month as neither of use are living their anymore.

I owe £1,700 on my overdraft and another £1,500 on a credit card 0%. We also have a loan for the house and a mortgage but I'll not include that as that is taken care of.

I'm struggling making a dent on my two personal debts as my spending hasn't really altered. I'm just posting on here to try to give me some motivation so I can pay them off and move on with my life.

It's taken me 5 months to be able to get the house in a state that is ready to rent. Saving whilst still going through heart break isn't the best.

I managed to pay off £300 off the credit card this month, but its going to be a skint month.

Matt

Comments

  • Hi Matt

    Sorry to hear of your troubles. Really is rough going through a break up. Why don't you post your soa and we can see if there's anyway you can cut back x
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  • ValHaller
    ValHaller Posts: 5,212 Forumite
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    Teepdhink wrote: »
    I managed to pay off £300 off the credit card this month, but its going to be a skint month.
    Why are you paying down your credit card at 0% when you have an overdraft? The first one to clear is the overdraft, because you are paying money on that.
    You might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'
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