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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,829 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Thanks SA :)
    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*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • Paspatur
    Paspatur Posts: 538 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Beanie I have no idea if you receive other benefits but here are the rules
    Looks like you would qualify for the Vodafone one?

    BT - Who can get it? To qualify, you need to be receiving one of the following: universal credit, income-related employment and support allowance, pension credit (guarantee credit element), income support or income-based jobseeker's allowance.

    Vodafone - Who can get it? To qualify, you'll need to be receiving one of the following: jobseeker's allowance or universal credit, employment and support allowance, disability allowance, pension credit or personal independence payment.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,829 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Thanks all.
    I did speak to a person at BT but the computer said no.
    I am still in cotract with them until November I think it is otherwise I would have toddled off to Vodaphone.
    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*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,997 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Thanks @Paspatur I will look into that
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
    2) £1.6K Net savings after CCs 14/8/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £25.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 31.1/£127.5K target 24.4% 15/8/25
    4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
    5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/25
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,426 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Interesting about the social tariffs.
    January spends - £587.58
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