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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    edited 16 January 2018 at 4:37PM
    Just done Martin's first step in home insurance renewal: got a personalised quote from Churchill for £160, their premium cover. My renewal from Admiral, due in a few days, was £246. Guess which one I'm taking up :)



    ETA - thank the stars, for the first time ever I found an instant SB survey, its taken me over my goal, and so I've reached my 14 day goal, which has a fair effect bonus wise. Woo hoo :) now to scale it back, pronto.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • pinkypig
    pinkypig Posts: 1,814 Forumite
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    Karmacat wrote: »
    Just done Martin's first step in home insurance renewal: got a personalised quote from Churchill for £160, their premium cover. My renewal from Admiral, due in a few days, was £246. Guess which one I'm taking up :)



    ETA - thank the stars, for the first time ever I found an instant SB survey, its taken me over my goal, and so I've reached my 14 day goal, which has a fair effect bonus wise. Woo hoo :) now to scale it back, pronto.


    What a great saving - more than pays for your fab new coat :) xx
    Original mortgage £112,000 . Final payment due August 2027.
    Mortgage neutral achieved August 2020 - 7 years early!!!
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,653 Forumite
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    Great savings on the home insurance - mine is due soon too and I dread it!

    Sun holiday faffing sounds fun, as does games evening :)
    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


  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    edited 17 January 2018 at 11:50AM
    Thanks PP and madvix :) My insurance was always really expensive because I had clients come to my house - when an insurance company *does* cover it, it adds a *lot* of money to the premium. I managed to get that taken off last year, so it's been yoyo-ing:
    2018: £246 (prospective)
    2017: £204
    2016: £264.

    They can whistle for it :j

    SB have made it easy not to focus on them any more, they put my daily goal up to 60, ha.

    I did manage to chop back yet more brambles yesterday, they're really getting leafy now, so I'm just in time :o and I was actually looking on Amazon for perennial veg to plant :beer: not much there yet.

    Paid credit cards.

    Checked French rent money has arrived, it has, but I'll still need to put money in next month. In the UK tax year 2016-17, I sent £6000 that way
    :eek:

    So todo today:
    - finish "Dividends and Tax" for HMRC.
    - pay for new insurance.
    - couple of birthday cards to be sent.
    - couple of keepie-uppie phone calls to be made.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Insurance is done (starts tomorrow! Oops). Tried to go direct, but they charged me £50 more, no record of previous quote, so started again with Martin's page, then moneysupermarket, and bingo, £160. Should get Nectar points too, on my cc :)

    YouGov survey done.

    16 SB earned - the apps have shut down completely, for some reason. My phoneline is unhappy :) I do think that next renewal I need to go cable, I think it's arrived now.

    All good, and even the washing machine's been on - don't hold out much hope for line drying today, but it all helps :rotfl:
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Fail
    - couple of keepie-uppie phone calls to be made. Nope. After spending so long on the phone struggling with various idiotic company policies, I just couldn't speak properly!

    Achievements today (some from above too :o):

    - paid credit cards.

    - checked French rent money has arrived, it has, but I'll still need to put money in next month. In the UK tax year 2016-17, I sent £6000 that way
    :eek:

    - finished "Dividends and Tax" for HMRC, ready to input. Agony!

    - paid for new insurance.

    - couple of birthday cards sent.

    - went a walk :j

    - accidentally reached the SB goal, which had been increased by a third, to 60 points, they're giving away lots of mini bonuses.

    - towels practically dry after being on the line :j

    - dishwasher's on.

    Life is good :cool:
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Looks like life is good. :)
  • pinkypig
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    What a productive day :T. So glad that life is good xx
    Original mortgage £112,000 . Final payment due August 2027.
    Mortgage neutral achieved August 2020 - 7 years early!!!
  • Towels on the line?? That's impressive, especially given the weather we're currently enduring.
    Outstanding mortgage: £23,181 (December 19)
    MFW 2020 Challenge Member #10 0/£2318
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 13,771 Forumite
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    Towels on the line?? That's impressive, especially given the weather we're currently enduring.

    I know! If I'd put towels on the line I think they'd be frozen solid :rotfl:
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