Mortgage free by 2021?!

Watty1

Good luck vibes for interview tomorrow

Petal88

Good luck for today and well done on the test!

Before I got my offer I think I was most excited about the gym they have in the office and the fact that my tube fare would be 35% less per month so I'm definitely not judging your research!

gallygirl

Good luck :j

Petal88

How did it go? :hello:

hiddenshadow

Well, I think! Chatted with the team for 2 hours and everyone seems nice/sane, no red flags. I was waiting to post because I was hoping to get an actual offer on Friday, but that hasn't come through yet. Recruiter said the feedback was all positive so I think an offer is forthcoming, anyway. Recruiter wanted me to name a number that I'd accept immediately, but I (again) reiterated that I'd need to see the offer in full (though I doubt it will be anything besides salary as it's a start-up). Still have the other interview on Wednesday as well, so fingers crossed that goes well.

hiddenshadow

Finally a financial update - up £83.82 so far on MB, not including another £50ish that needs more betting to unlock. Have sent £20.61 of that to the mortgage, current balance is £149,631.68.

Finally ventured into the [strike]garden[/strike] jungle today for a couple of hours. Trimmed back loads of brambles and it's looking cleaner, if not any more tame. Will try and mow the lawn at some point, right now it's a bit buried under all the things we tore up. Hoping a few more weekends will have us ready to put a fence in (though I'm not sure when that'll happen!).

Quiet/frugal week ahead - skipped our regular shops this week and will eat out of the pantry (will pick up a bit of veg to supplement). Meeting up with friends on Friday for dinner, then off to Rome at the weekend! :j

hiddenshadow

:mad: HMRC has sent me a letter telling me that I'm still not yet paid up on 2014-5 tax! I got a letter about this time last year and have been paying ~£100/mo extra in tax to make up for it. Now apparently I still owe £1,400ish?! I'm not sure how my old company told HMRC that my private medical insurance was a £150 benefit when it was actually a £750 benefit, but nice of them (or HMRC) to not bother to do anything about it for a year... Will phone tomorrow just to make sure that the overpayments I've been making haven't already taken care of this.

On the plus side with taxes, I got a letter stating that I owe a £100 fine for not filing a self-assessment return in January...which I didn't do as I don't meet any requirements. Only took a 5 minute phone call with HMRC the other day to clear that up.

Still no word on the job offer, expect to hear tomorrow. In the meantime I have a phone interview for another position tomorrow, and will be put forward for a fourth. Nice to have options!

hiddenshadow

Still haven't had a chance to follow-up with HMRC, this week's been manic with job hunting. Did get their letter confirming that the £100 fine is no longer relevant, so at least there's that.

Four interviews (and follow-ups) done. One I was pretty meh on, particularly as they kept me waiting for 30 minutes because they thought the meeting was at 5pm rather than 4:30 - fair enough, but reception had phoned down to say I was there, so the least they could have done was send up a message saying to relax for half-hour! At any rate, that one's out.

Of the other three, I think they all have promise. I still need to finish a coding exercise for the non-profit, but am leaning towards another position at the moment. I've liked everyone I've met there, and the project sounds cool. Plus that 45% discount on underground fare will make me a millionaire...in about 209 years. :rotfl:

Meeting up with friends for dinner tomorrow, then off on holiday on Saturday. Happy long weekend everyone!

EatingTheElephant

Enjoy your holiday

A_Frayed_Knot

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