📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

1227622772279228122822418

Comments

  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 24,153 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Oh that sounds dire and a lot of money to pay out 😞 When Mr SA had a carer it was funded partly by the NHS and partly by adult social care so we didn’t have to pay anything towards it. 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,997 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Sounds frustrating on the bill. Not what you need.
    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
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,816 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Sounds frustrating on the bill. Not what you need.
    Absolutely. 
    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.
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,097 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    That's frustrating about the bill
    "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
  • Gosh that's a large bill to find the money for . Hope you are starting to feel slightly better now . 
    Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.

  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,451 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    So sorry you are feeling this way Beanie, I hope you find a way of managing this financially.
    Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £36,210


    Money making challenge £58/400

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 24,153 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Good to hear you’re feeling more yourself 🙂

    Don’t take any notice of the media they are the absolute scum of the earth and have no idea of reality, don’t start me off 🤬
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • What a nightmare beanie. It really feels like we're in some kind of dystopia, with the media etc talking about disability and benefits vs the reality for actual disabled people. I worry for the future.
    Debt at LBM (Dec 2018): £23,167
    Debt free Feb 2021
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,816 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    What a nightmare beanie. It really feels like we're in some kind of dystopia, with the media etc talking about disability and benefits vs the reality for actual disabled people. I worry for the future.
    I worry too. 
    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.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351.4K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.3K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.8K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.4K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 599.7K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.1K Life & Family
  • 258K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.2K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.