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Home Improvement Finance

McNeely · 2015-09-25 00:18:59

Hello, We're buying our first house. We have a regular monthly surplus, but very low savings after putting down our deposit. We need to put in £12k in repairs. We need new white goods (£2.5k), and new kitchen (£3k). My question is about financing options. We could buy the white goods and kitchen on 0% interest financing.…

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Herzlos Posts: 16,358 Forumite

28 September 2015 at 12:47PM

Can you do it in stages and work your way up? Like, does all the work need done right now? I've been upgrading about 1 room/area a year, but everything was more or less functional and watertight/safe when I moved in.

What white goods are you looking at for £2500? You should be able to get freestanding cooker for under £500, and decent fridge/freezer for under £200 each.

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