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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,444 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Mmmmm……the pie sounds gorgeous 
    January spends - £587.58
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 24,235 Forumite
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    She’s beautiful 😻 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,094 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    She’s beautiful 😻 
    She is indeed.
    Not so beautiful last night when she was trying to lie on me in bed in the heat :lol:
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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*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,049 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Cat and pretty daisies too... 
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £172.5K Equity 36.11%
    2) £1.8K Net savings after CCs 13/9/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £26.8K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 32.6/£127.5K target 25.6% 13/9/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 54.5K or 42.7%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise)
    (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £4.8K updated 13/9/25
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,229 Forumite
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    Lovely photo!
    "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 McGee
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,163 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    love photo too
    have a good day
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 800/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
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