📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

The New Adventures of Fortune

Options
13536384041

Comments

  • Moneyfordreams
    Moneyfordreams Posts: 2,442 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Lovely news x
    Mortgage restart June 2018 £119950Re mortgage August 19 £110470, … Mortgage November 22 £85600 final 0% CC 3300Home renovations - £65000, mid 2018 - mid 2022
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,750 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    Congratulations - excellent news!!
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • Huge congratulations xxxxx
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,761 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Just caught up on the roller coaster of about a month's worth of posts - to the lovely news that exchange has finally happened - yeay! So pleased! :D
    x
    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
  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,101 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Thank you lovely people - I feel like a new woman :D

    Today has been the first day in a long time I've been able to relax properly and haven't been tied to the house crouching over the 'phone or laptop.

    Just a little follow up work on the house move this morning. I sent details of the buildings insurance on the new place to my solicitor.
    Mr Buyer has confirmed his lender has arranged to transfer the mortgage monies so no worries there.

    Dentist this morning. I'm on a payment plan and managed to time my last appointment with the end of the notice period. Dentist gave me a little goody bag of brushes and toothpastes too :)

    Popped in to see a couple of neighbours and let them know when we're going. Everyone is really keen to catch up with us before we go so we're having to cram in some social events :cool:

    Spa this afternoon for a pedicure. Very relaxing and I felt I'd really earned it.

    I also set up a redirection for our mail and contacted the key utility companies to let them know our dates.

    Just a few groceries needed this week as I'm trying to use up any fresh produce before we go. I need to go to the market town on Thursday so will pick up then.

    Yesterday it felt as though the process had really dragged but now I feel as though things have gone really quickly. Still seems a bit surreal and weird looking back to the start of my diary when I first started lifting small stones. I certainly feel as though I've moved a mountain now :rotfl:

    Thanks again for all the good wishes peeps.

    Fortune x
    Mortgage: 100% paid Emergency Fund: 100%
    A Better View 🌄 'Being on the edge isn't as safe, but the view is better' - Ricky Gervais
  • Pearla*Merle
    Pearla*Merle Posts: 1,611 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Fantastic news, Fortune, congratulations! And very well done for staying sane throughout those last hurdles!

    Looking forward to hearing how you settle in xx
    a penny picker upper. MFW approx 78% to go | FIRE 3 years worth (30% savings rate: now aiming for 40%!) | Normality is a paved road; it's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it | Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible | The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library
  • Kittenkirst
    Kittenkirst Posts: 2,468 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    What wonderful news Fortune, you definitely deserve that pedicure :)
    First home- Oct’16 until June’21: £170.995- Overpayments made £13,784 (25% extra!).
    New forever home- Sep’21 £309,449 @ 2.05%. Plan to clear it before 30 years!!!!!!
  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 5,671 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Late to the party...

    HOORAY & well done!

    :T
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 10 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 15 mths)
    Psst...I may have started a diary!
  • Mrs_Money_Penny
    Mrs_Money_Penny Posts: 1,307 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I've been reading your lovely diary. So pleased the house move is now definitely on. How long until you move? It is a very stressful time. Enjoy your pedicure this afternoon you deserve a treat.x
    2025 Decluttering 10472⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    2024 Decluttering 11728⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 9,955 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    I was only away for a day and it all happens. Congratulations :)
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 100/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351.1K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.2K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.6K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.1K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 599.1K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177K Life & Family
  • 257.5K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.