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  • Honeysucklelou2
    Honeysucklelou2 Posts: 4,844 Forumite
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    That's wonderful news TOPM.:beer::j
    paydbx2025 #26 £890/£5000 . Mortgage start £148k June 23 - now £138k.
    2025 savings challenge £0/£2000     EF £140. Savings 2 £30.00. 17
  • Verbatim
    Verbatim Posts: 4,831 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    What a relief! Glad that's out of the way. Congratulations.
    CCs @0% £24k Dec 05 £19,621.41 Au £13400 S 12600 Oct £11,981 £9481 £7500 Nov £7250 D £7100 Jan 6950 F £5800 Mar£5400 May £4830 June £4660 July £4460 Aug £3200, S £900, £0 18/9/07 DFW Nerd 042
  • XSpender
    XSpender Posts: 3,811 Forumite
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    Great news :T
    Save £10,500 - £2673.77 - 25.5%
    Pay off £7000 - £1743 - 19.4%
    Make £2021 extra income - £99.75
  • Suffolk_lass
    Suffolk_lass Posts: 10,732 Forumite
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    Oh fantastic news TOPM! What a relief for you. I feel sure you will gather some energy from this, and I am sure that the professional demeanour you have maintained in your dealings with them throughout, will have counted in your favour!
    Save £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
    I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
    My keep within our budget diary is here
  • Homegrown0
    Homegrown0 Posts: 1,280 Forumite
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    That's fantastic news - the countdown is on to you being free from them and get properly started on the next chapter.
    Sealed Pot Challenge 075
    Pay off by Xmas 2019 #02 - target £10,000
  • DawnW
    DawnW Posts: 7,841 Forumite
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    Great to hear your news TOPM, and hopefully practicalities such as stock and existing clients will be sorted out very soon,
  • ChasingSunshine
    ChasingSunshine Posts: 237 Forumite
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    Thats a wonderful outcome with the franchise TOPM, great to hear and hope you can completely cut all ties with them quickly.
  • joeyjimbles
    joeyjimbles Posts: 2,262 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Just caught up with your last month of ups and downs, and glad to read that it's ending with a high. So pleased for you and it will be such a weight of your mind going forward as well as freeing up your time to devote to what you want with your new venture.
    LD 12.25 £1600.00/£0700.00             Fn £274.00  LTFn £525  LLTFn £300     
    Renewal 25 £500.00/£500.00            InsH 12.25 £600/£600.00   InsP 03.26 £150/£150.00
    NPt 12.25 £150.00/£051.50               Ins/TC 02.26 £550/£470.00
    YX25 £1500/£0750                             FD £3600/£0600
    PX25 £1500/£0625                             P6m £1200/£0800  PEa £100/£060          
  • DrSpendLittle
    DrSpendLittle Posts: 698 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Really pleased for you TOPM!
  • Chrystal
    Chrystal Posts: 2,020 Forumite
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    Brilliant news... I smiled from ear to ear when I read it. :D:D

    Now you can start to get on with your life... Go You. XX
    I Believe.....
    That it isn't always enough, to be forgiven by others.
    Sometimes, you have to learn to forgive yourself.

    Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery
    Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.

    happiness isn't achieved by getting extra things,
    but by getting rid of the things that make you unhappy
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