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  • Secret_Saving_Squirrel
    Secret_Saving_Squirrel Posts: 4,138 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Have you put in an offer yet?
    Paid off mortgage nine years early in 2013. Now picking and choosing our work to fit in with the rest of our lives!
    Still thrifty though, after all these years:D
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 7,078 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    50 mins after Squirrel asked if you had put offer in ..and.. I want to know if offer has been accepted ????
    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,383 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Oh wow, sounds exciting :D
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    SO exciting. Look forward to hearing the news x x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    Not really in a position to offer but going to view inside next sat, if we can get any sense out of the agent. She told me there wasn't a house on the site - there is. And not to go into the yard with the horses - there are none.

    How much do you reckon...roof, wire, replaster, 2 storey extension...at the moment the kitchen is a belfast sink and a rayburn.

    It might be cheaper to knock it down and rebuild, but what a WASTE!

    I have been researching rebuild/renovation costs.
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 13,998 Forumite
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    Tear whole thing down, build an eco house :)
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,806 Forumite
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    Take a friendly builder along for an estimation of costs?


    Sounds exciting! :)


    xx
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    Ed do you know how much energy goes into building a house?

    Thinking semi eco though.
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 13,998 Forumite
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    Ed do you know how much energy goes into building a house?

    Of course, used to be a librarian for surveyors :)

    Zero emissions buildings are possible.
  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    I am thinking use the existing
    air or ground source heat pump if we can find a quiet one
    solar cells on the roof
    really good insulation.
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