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  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,158 Forumite
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    Excellent work, well done! 😀
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,578 Ambassador
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    Great result.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,338 Forumite
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    Fantastic you have a couple of clients already, soon word of mouth will kick in and get you more I’m sure 🙂 
    Hope the bully gets a boot up the b@m and out of the door too they deserve it!  how unhappy must you be to enjoy that type of behaviour, she must have a miserable life and want others miserable too. 
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,242 Forumite
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    Thank you all x

    I went back to work Wednesday and bully had had a talking to and was much more pleasant, actually coming up to talk to me politely, instead of snotty emails! Not sure how long it will last as we have been here before, but we will see!

    I've had a busy weekend. We met up with friends and their dogs yesterday morning and had a lovely walk, followed by coffee and cake, but then got absolutely drenched making our way back to the car park. Blooming weather needs to have a word with itself! Then cleaning for a client in the afternoon, but £25 made there.

    My parents lent us their carpet cleaner, so I have done the one carpet we have which is in our bedroom, but then used the handy attachment to do the sofa and our mattress. It's done a good job and they all feel freshend up. I then went and did some more cleaning for a client, which got me £30.

    I then did some more cleaning and clothes washing and then promptly took a nanny nap 🤣

    As I had made some extra cash this weekend and also a payout from my streaming, i made a £100 overpayment to the mortgage, so the new total is £32,700. I still have £500 left of my overpayment allowance until the 26/06, so I will have a think about if I want to dip deeper into my savings and pay off some more just to use it all up 🤔
    Mortgage Balance as of July 2025 £14,900.
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,578 Ambassador
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    Hope the bully continues to be pleasant.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,242 Forumite
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    Thanks Beanie, me too! Its very frustrating because now I'm just thinking is all this niceness just completely fake or if she can be nice, why wasn't she just like that in the first place, so there was no need to let it get like this! I must not overthink it and just get on with my work and enjoy having less anxiety 🙂
    Mortgage Balance as of July 2025 £14,900.
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
  • Hettyhound
    Hettyhound Posts: 1,046 Forumite
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    Just catching up, congrats on making the decision, I believe it’s definitely the right one.  Another category of clients to look at are full time working parents; I’m afraid cleaning is way down on my to do list.  If I can keep up with the washing and keep him alive I’m winning at life 🤣 Any local nurseries/play group you could target with your leaflets?
    SPC #023 SPC 12: £125.86[/COLOUR]:SPC 13: £214.98: SPC 14: £297.41 SPC 15: £237.27 SPC 16 £335.39; SPC 17 £662.09 SPC 18 £20MFW #21 Mortgage start Dec 2015 £79,950; June 2025 £19,394.00 2025 OP £1589/COLOR]/£2,000 MFiT T6 #3 £19070/£25,500 (72.82%%) MFiT T7 #3 £2050/£21,930 (9.34%)
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,338 Forumite
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    Glad things are going well 🙂
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
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