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Setmefree's Diary: MFi5 journey
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The setmefree2s have entered the
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£48646 to go......
£35,500 to be covered by our endowment in May 2012, just £13k to find.....
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Amazing :beer:
Congratulations, I'm sure you'll rustle up that £13k no problem!
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Congratulation on hitting the next level - yours was one of the first diaries we read and made us get started!RosieTiger - Highest £242,000 Feb 2004 :mad:
Lightbulb Dec 2008 £146,000 by March 2026:eek:
MFi3T2 and T3 No 28 - Dec 2009 Start Balance £117,000
Current Position-Fully off set by savings since March 20130 -
Thanks
Just 8 months left to go :j:j:j 0 -
Great going. I am sure you will find the last £13k no problem. 0
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wow fab news!!! looking forward to another MF countdown....
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Deleted_User wrote: »wow fab news!!! looking forward to another MF countdown....
It's going to be the strangest feeling I think.....:D0 -
setmefree2 wrote: »It's going to be the strangest feeling I think.....:D
Can't wait until I have a bank statement with no mortgage payment going out Mortgage Aug 12 £165K, Aug 19 £0
ISA challenge start 2019 £3000/£1500 (50%)0 -
Hey there SMF2, good to see you around these parts again, where have you been hiding yourself?
Well done on entering the fabulous forties :j
I know we can rely on you to get that extra £13k!
Regards
ATTMFW Start Date 1.4.08. Updated 23.1.18. MFW date 1.8.18
Original Mortgage o/s £187,643 / £71,904 (-115,739)
Repay o/s £92,661 / now £55,900 (-36,761)
Int Only o/s £94,982, now £16,004 (-78,978)
Total daily interest £1 [a) £0.77 b)£0.23
Total OP's:2018 target £TBC YTD £1,9950 -
Wow, 8 months left, that's brilliant. You went from £50,000 to £40,000 really quickly.Pots: House £6966/£7100, Rainy day Complete, [STRIKE]Sunny day £0/£700[/STRIKE], IVF £2523/£2523, Car up-keep £135/£135, New car £5000/£5000, Holiday £1000/£1000, MFW #16 £2077/£3120
MFiT3 #86: Reduce mortgage from £146,800 to £125,000
Mortgage Sept 2014: £135,500, MF Oct 2035 Peak July 2011: £154,000, MF July 20360
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