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My very scary SOA

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  • Lellylion
    Lellylion Posts: 43 Forumite
    Hi Chivers

    We currently pay £225 pm, but after snowballing...... we should be clear of all the other stuff by 2010, so will then pay £1000 or so a month...

    Thanks for the advice tho, greatly appreciated.

    Lellylion
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  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    Lellylion wrote: »
    Water - I live in Cornwall, Not on a meter, that is our monthly set water rates.

    We pay £54.71 fixed water rates over 10 months. Do you pay over 9?
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  • Lellylion
    Lellylion Posts: 43 Forumite
    Gemmzie wrote: »
    We pay £54.71 fixed water rates over 10 months. Do you pay over 9?

    No, 10 months like you. Our yearly bill is £653.60. Extortionate ... I know!!!
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  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    I can't understand why it's more, I thought we were on South West Water's Flat charge rate. Horrendous isn't it! I know save the money in the two months we don't pay, then it evens out a little over the year.
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  • Lellylion
    Lellylion Posts: 43 Forumite
    Maybe it depends which bit of Cornwall? I'm in Kerrier. Maybe I should find out why I pay more!!!
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  • atypicalblonde
    atypicalblonde Posts: 3,057 Forumite
    not helpful at all ixwood. Lelly you are doing fab, please keep posting and updating us all x
    MFW :)
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  • Lellylion
    Lellylion Posts: 43 Forumite
    Thanks,

    I will just ignore comments like that. He will not get me down, If thats his attitude maybe he should leave this board.
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  • mrsspendalot
    mrsspendalot Posts: 3,238 Forumite
    ixwood wrote: »
    I only asked a question and am interested in the answer. WHy did it take such a huge amount of debt before doing something so simple and obvious?

    because sometimes it has to click in your head that you need to sort out your finances before you realise what errors you have made. also debts like that build up so gradually sometimes you don't even realise how much debt you're in until its too late! the most important thing is that lellylion is now facing up to the situation ... keep it up, you are doing great
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  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    Lellylion wrote: »
    Maybe it depends which bit of Cornwall? I'm in Kerrier. Maybe I should find out why I pay more!!!

    We're in Kerrier too. Might be worth asking, you never know!
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  • Lellylion
    Lellylion Posts: 43 Forumite
    Gemmzie wrote: »
    We're in Kerrier too. Might be worth asking, you never know!
    Can I ask, How many are in your family?
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