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Best way to finance...

jolester · 2018-03-22 10:12:47

Hi all, Looking for some thoughts on what will be the most cost effective way to raise finance for home improvements (without waiting til we've saved up!) We'll probably need approx 20k to spend Below is a snapshot of our current situation Me 0% CC £2700 balance, paying £74 p/m Loan £850 balance, paying £172 p/m 5 months…

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Herzlos Posts: 16,395 Forumite

2 April 2018 at 12:48PM

jolester wrote: »

We can't really afford to wait 18 months as a lot of the funds are making sure the grounds of the new house are secure for our dogs and this would need to be done immediately

What do you need to do for that? £20k seems like a huge amount of money (it'd be kms of fencing or some ground works).

Can you do a partial job with your disposable income and sort the rest later?

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