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Mortgage free by 2023 (!)

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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Don't be too hard on yourself - you did the whole loft yesterday, that's a big thing.  And the rest of life still has to be lived :) 
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • debtfreeoneday
    debtfreeoneday Posts: 5,013 Forumite
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    A nice £4.45 survey on prolific to wake up to. Also had a £3 pinecone survey yesterday. They seem to be few and far between. 

    House news - just waiting for confirmation from buyers they are happy with a follow up survey they had done and then all should be ok in terms of selling. We are going to see our house again soon. Need to do measurements in one particular room to do some planning. Really hopeful we might get moved in early July. 

    It’s second jab day for me so need to get a wiggle on as need to leave soon. Really hoping I don’t feel as rough as I did after the first one. 
    DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
    MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Best of luck with the second jab - I didn't feel as bad as after the first, but I did have one bad day.  Still, I think it's so individual, there's no saying what might happen.  Best of luck!
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • debtfreeoneday
    debtfreeoneday Posts: 5,013 Forumite
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    Actually not feeling too bad today. Bit of a dead arm but nothing else really. 

    Woke up to a £5.63 survey from prolific which was nice. Quite an interesting topic as well. Better than the dinosaurs ones I keep getting from 1poll at the moment who keep insisting of asking me if I believe dinosaurs still exist somewhere on our planet! 

    Just done a bit of a mid month shuffle about. Money things are a bit up in the air with paying out things for the house move. The kids activities have finally started picking back up after lockdown which is great for them, not so great for the bank balance. 

    Things going well on the house move. We have three potential bumps in the road with our sale, two of which we are through, the last one I’m not overly concerned about. We have our survey soon and considering it’s an old old property it’ll be interesting to see what comes back on that. I’ve allowed myself to start thinking a little about life post mortgage.. though really don’t want to count my chickens just yet… 
    DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
    MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,952 Forumite
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    You'll have to re-name your diary, you'll be smashing your target 😀😀😀!
    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Actually not feeling too bad today. Bit of a dead arm but nothing else really. 
    I'm glad to hear it.

    Woke up to a £5.63 survey from prolific which was nice. Quite an interesting topic as well. Better than the dinosaurs ones I keep getting from 1poll at the moment who keep insisting of asking me if I believe dinosaurs still exist somewhere on our planet! 
    What a shame I don't belong to 1poll, I'd really love to have that sort of survey :smiley:

    Things going well on the house move. We have three potential bumps in the road with our sale, two of which we are through, the last one I’m not overly concerned about. We have our survey soon and considering it’s an old old property it’ll be interesting to see what comes back on that. I’ve allowed myself to start thinking a little about life post mortgage.. though really don’t want to count my chickens just yet… 
    So exciting, though I can understand that you don't want to count your chickens.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • SandyShores
    SandyShores Posts: 1,991 Forumite
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    You are really doing well with the sorting dfod.  I can't seem to get myself motivated to sort stuff at the moment, but we are really busy at work and I've had a few things on that have taken my time up.  I'm planning to buy a new chest of drawers for the main bedroom, which should prompt a clear out of the old cupboard.  I need to get onto losing a bit more weight again too and then even more stuff can be recycled to the CS.
    "Think of many things, do one"
    Mortgage 30 Sep'25 est. £208,500 £309,749 2020 (current ends 2038)
    Seven Goals; 12.5lbs lost in 4 months (5.5lbs to go); walk/run/exercising/weights/yoga 

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