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I also love the idea of the eternal out of office 🩷! Congratulations, I am so pleased for you both x
Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!1 -
Congratulations- you’ve worked so hard to get to this point.
Looking forward to hearing about your retirement adventures.2017 - mortgage of £140,000 and interest rate of £10 a day
Feb 2021 £103000
November 2021 £93000
December 2022 £79000
December 2023 £73000
March 2024 £70000
May 2024 £68000
October 2024 £65000
February 2025 £63000
March 2025 £45000, interest of £6.07 per day
November 2025 £41000, interest of £5.62 per day
March 2026 £38000, interest of £5.22 per day
July 2026 mortgage of £34,000 and interest of £4.97 per day2 -
Congratulations. Love the eternal out of office.
Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!2 -
Congratulations 🎉
Debt Busting Again in 2026
Starting Debt 03.05.26 £5345. Total 29.10.26 £2650
Challenge 1 - Clear M&S Card: Starting Balance 03.05.26 £600, cleared 05.07.26
Challenge 2 - Clear V12 Finance: Starting Balance 05.07.26 £600, cleared 12.08.26
Challenge 3 - Clear Barclaycard: Starting Balance 12.08.26 £940, cleared 29.10.26
Challenge 4 - Clear Tesco CC: Starting Balance 29.10.26 £2650
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Thank you so much for your kind comments! I notice I started this diary over 6 years ago. As I move into retirement I am going to start a new diary over on 'Pensions, annuities and retirement planning' as it probably fits better over there. I hope you will join me. Good luck to you all with your endeavours! Here is a link to my new diary.
Going on sabbatical August 31st 2026.2
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