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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,697 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Well done on the form progress. Take care
    Thanks 🙏. Form is now posted. 
    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.
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,236 Forumite
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    Well done beanie xxx Hope you can have a small celebratory cup of tea and a bun for getting that task ticked off x
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,410 Forumite
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    Glad the form has been completed….have they said what the next step is ?
    Hope you manage to sleep better. 
    Sending positive vibes your way. Hope your mum is ok ?
    January spends - £587.58
  • lucielle
    lucielle Posts: 11,518 Forumite
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    Well done for getting that frog munched!
    L
    Total Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
    Lucielle's Daring Debt Free Journey
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  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,041 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    Hope all ok and you are enjoying your weekend 
    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 100/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,986 Forumite
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    Sorry things are so tough Beanie. You need to take care of you too - but I know your friends have been really there for you and you want to be there for them too. Need to pace yourself if you can.

    Well done on doing the form. Sorry about the nasty neighbour.
    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: 95,697 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Sorry things are so tough Beanie. You need to take care of you too - but I know your friends have been really there for you and you want to be there for them too. Need to pace yourself if you can.

    Well done on doing the form. Sorry about the nasty neighbour.
    Thank you. 
    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.
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