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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.
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Hope you manage to sort something. It seems ridiculous that there's no grant scheme for something that is a new requirement"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee3
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It really is.jwil said:Hope you manage to sort something. It seems ridiculous that there's no grant scheme for something that is a new requirement
So many people have not done it.
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Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 13 months left.4 -
I haven’t Beanie😩Mortgage OP 2026 £1870/2000Mortgage balance: £29,683
Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £30, Jun £120, Jul £0, Aug £45, Sept5 -
I mean I live in a wee bungalow, I don't need another smoke alarm & a heat alarm.
The only thing that worries me is the house insurance.
Mind you when I got the latest quote it did not ask about smoke or heat alarms!I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 13 months left.5 -
I heard that the insurance companies were allowing leeway on meeting the requirements as there was so little warning of the cost and also, the alarms were really hard to get hold of with both the rush and lockdown. But I suspect if they want to be awkward, they could argue that the requirement to keep in good repair includes meeting all legal obligations.I thought there was a grant scheme at some point?Debt free May 2016... DFW#2 in progress
Campervan paid off summer '21... MFW progress tbc5 -
beanielou said:Rosa~~I think that they just need to link.
It just pushes my buttons that all the socia housingl tenants got them free & just need to snap their fingers & they seem to get all their repairs done.
Just because I own a house goes not mean I have any blooming money!!There's definitely battery powered ones that meet the requirements so if it's half the cost I'd go for those.No easy answers on the owning vs renting.
Debt free May 2016... DFW#2 in progress
Campervan paid off summer '21... MFW progress tbc4 -
I hope you find a solution soon.Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £165K Equity 38.88% 6/9/26
2) £1.5K Net savings after CCs 29/8/26 (but owed £130) so £1.6K
3) 47/82K @29/8/26 = 57.31% AVC Goal by mid 20283 -
Thanks everyone
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Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 13 months left.3 -
Hiya…..hope you’re ok 👋January spends - £587.585
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Thinking of youAchieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £165K Equity 38.88% 6/9/26
2) £1.5K Net savings after CCs 29/8/26 (but owed £130) so £1.6K
3) 47/82K @29/8/26 = 57.31% AVC Goal by mid 20284
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