The £1,000 emergency fund challenge.

Calling14

Happy Christmas Patman and everyone on here.

Increased my EF to £200 today, just playing safe as foresee expense in the New Year, washine machine needs replacing and I need new brakes for my car. Need to get building this up fast x

patman99

Merry Christmas to you all.

EF is down £260 due to purchase of replacement dehumidifier.

It is a necessary item though as it keeps the humidity below 60% so mold spores won't grow.

Florence_J

£2.36 to EF

adventureofmemories

I'm using a different saving method to save money in my emergency fund at an affordable rate.

I found a challenge where you deposit £1.00 on the monday through to £7 on the sunday.

Ive deposited £22.00 for this week but i skipped Wednesday and Thursday . If I have any left over money from when i get paid , I'll deposit the rest into my emergency fund.

So that's 2% of my emergency fund done

patman99

That's a good way to do it Adventureofmemories. As my current role is monthly paid for now, I will be sticking to my monthly round down.

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Merry Christmas to you all.

EF is down £260 due to purchase of replacement dehumidifier.

It is a necessary item though as it keeps the humidity below 60% so mold spores won't grow.

I think a dehumidifier is something we could really do with. Single brick walls (so no cavity wall insulation) and it's a big house to keep even bearably warm at the best of times:(. Condensation is a major problem. Mould is a constant problem too and not only does it look unsightly but it's injurious to health especially as OH is a bit asthmatic.


We had a second-hand dehumidifier years ago but the water-collecting canister was far too small and I was forever having to empty it. Also, OH has superhuman hearing and the constant noise of the machine working away drove him mad. I could only use it when he was out of the house so that defeated the object really;). I expect modern ones are far more efficient,


Do you know of a quiet one?


Wishing you and all your followers a very Happy Christmas and everything they hope for in 2018:beer:

patman99

The Ebac Powerdri is nice and quiet. However, the one I took delivery of on Friday is faulty. More water misses the water collector than goes in to it.

As for your single wall construction. It should be possible to add a skin of insulation to the outside walls. The costs are a lot though.

lcc86

Merry Christmas all, here's to ending the year on a savings high! I may have to take my rabbit to the vet when they reopen so might have to dip on to the emergency fund but not sure yet.

adventureofmemories

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

I just reached another 1% by depositing £8.98 .

Up to £31 now

Bublin1

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My EF is now at £531.28

Merry Christmas everyone.