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  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,433 Forumite
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    Ooh, found my SOA from August 2017. It will need updating now, but I'll do that when we start getting the new Council Tax and water bills.

    Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet

    Household Information
    Number of adults in household........... 2
    Number of children in household......... 2
    Number of cars owned.................... 2

    Monthly Income Details
    Monthly income after tax................ 1770
    Partners monthly income after tax....... 400
    Benefits................................ 137
    Other income............................ 0
    Total monthly income.................... 2307

    Monthly Expense Details
    Mortgage................................ 651
    Secured/HP loan repayments.............. 0
    Rent.................................... 0
    Management charge (leasehold property).. 0
    Council tax............................. 138
    Electricity............................. 45
    Gas..................................... 39
    Oil..................................... 0
    Water rates............................. 83
    Telephone (land line)................... 30
    Mobile phone............................ 5
    TV Licence.............................. 13
    Satellite/Cable TV...................... 10
    Internet Services....................... 20
    Groceries etc. ......................... 160
    Clothing................................ 10
    Petrol/diesel........................... 50
    Road tax................................ 12
    Car Insurance........................... 22
    Car maintenance (including MOT)......... 20
    Car parking............................. 0
    Other travel............................ 0
    Childcare/nursery....................... 853
    Other child related expenses............ 10
    Medical (prescriptions, dentist etc).... 2
    Pet insurance/vet bills................. 10
    Buildings insurance..................... 8
    Contents insurance...................... 8
    Life assurance ......................... 19
    Other insurance......................... 0
    Presents (birthday, christmas etc)...... 40
    Haircuts................................ 0
    Entertainment........................... 10
    Holiday................................. 10
    Emergency fund.......................... 20
    Total monthly expenses.................. 2298


    Assets
    Cash.................................... 1000
    House value (Gross)..................... 200000
    Shares and bonds........................ 0
    Car(s).................................. 500
    Other assets............................ 0
    Total Assets............................ 201500


    Secured & HP Debts
    Description....................Debt......Monthly.. .APR
    Mortgage...................... 124000...(651)......2.24
    Total secured & HP debts...... 124000....-.........-

    Unsecured Debts
    Description....................Debt......Monthly.. .APR
    1..............................2289......1........ .0
    2..............................8339......1........ .0
    3..............................6879......1........ .0
    8..............................597.......1........ .0
    7..............................4790......1........ .0
    6..............................4569......1........ .0
    5..............................2359......1........ .0
    4..............................4011......1........ .0
    Total unsecured debts..........33833.....8.........-


    Monthly Budget Summary
    Total monthly income.................... 2,307
    Expenses (including HP & secured debts). 2,298
    Available for debt repayments........... 9
    Monthly UNsecured debt repayments....... 8
    Amount left after debt repayments....... 1

    Personal Balance Sheet Summary
    Total assets (things you own)........... 201,500
    Total HP & Secured debt................. -124,000
    Total Unsecured debt.................... -33,833
    Net Assets.............................. 43,667

    Created using the SOA calculator at https://www.stoozing.com.
    Reproduced on Moneysavingexpert with permission, using other browser.
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,433 Forumite
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    Sorry about all the posts :o I'm trying to recover what I can from my old diary.

    I've found this from in December, it's not the final total as I got to 3000 but it must be pretty close.

    Decluttering:

    459. 2 x sponges
    460. shoes
    461 - 532. Lego sets
    533. Recycling box
    534 2 x T-shirts
    535. 4 x soft toys
    536. 2 x soft toys

    Decluttering:
    Books: 546
    Magazines/papers: 100
    Ebay parcels: 1683
    Other: 536

    Total: 2865

    Ebay listings: 1825

    Survey/other earnings:
    Amazon: £246.56
    Paypal/cash: £291.00
    Other vouchers:£5.00
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,433 Forumite
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    I've copied as much as I can over from google cache. There seemed to be loads missing and pages unavailable, but at least I've got some back. It did seem to be all the big stuff that wasn't available typically!
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,433 Forumite
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    For the first time in probably a couple of years, I don't have 100 free listings a day on my main eBay account :eek: It's probably because I haven't been selling as much recently. So much for getting back to it :rotfl: I do have it on my other account though so will be using that one instead.
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,433 Forumite
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    Todays pads:

    £1.93 to Mortgage
    £3.00 to debt savings
    £1.55 to em savings


    Debt savings - [STRIKE]£19,320[/STRIKE]/£18,272 - £1048 paid :T

    1 parcel posted today.
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,433 Forumite
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    I opened up a LISA yesterday. I thought I'd get one before I lose the opportunity. Just a cash one as I can't commit to regular savings at the moment. I've transferred £20 over this morning as well as the £1 to open it yesterday.

    It's been on my 'to do' list for ever so glad I've finally sorted it :)
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,433 Forumite
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    Todays pads:

    £1.93 to Mortgage
    £2.00 to debt savings
    £3.53 to em savings


    Debt savings - [STRIKE]£19,320[/STRIKE]/£18,270 - £1050 paid :T
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,433 Forumite
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    The 100 listings a day has appeared in my eBay account after all :T

    I've got to take little jwil to a birthday party this morning, but will try and have a good tidy up this weekend and hopefully get some stuff listed.

    We were hoping to do a car boot this weekend but it's looking too cold and wet :(
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,087 Forumite
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    Hi JWIL - just been reading your diary. Congrats on the progress. Are you a power seller on ebay then? I need to get started on ebay to sell but seem to have a mental block to doing it. I need to reset up my paypal account too.
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5K updated 10/10/25
  • I've found your new diary Jwil :). I'm glad you've started another one :T.
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
    Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
    EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
    CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
    HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS
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