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First home/Forever home!

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  • Finchy2018
    Finchy2018 Posts: 508 Forumite
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    Good luck with your mortgage journey! The SOA is a bit of an estimate right now, I will tweak it once I've tracked my spending for a month.

    My commute is about 4 miles so I'm very lucky!
  • debtfreeoneday
    debtfreeoneday Posts: 5,013 Forumite
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    Hope the cat is ok!
    DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
    MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)
  • Finchy2018
    Finchy2018 Posts: 508 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Debt-free and Proud!
    Thank you! She went in for surgery today and it's now full of beans! Back to her old self. £170 total to get her sorted. I'm so glad we have savings. I don't know what I would have done if we didn't have the money to hand.
  • Finchy2018
    Finchy2018 Posts: 508 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Debt-free and Proud!
    Another weekend yay! It's looking like my plans for a day trip and gig won't happen. Secretly I am pleased. I want to sort the house out and have a chill out weekend. The conservatory needs some attention. OH is going out I believe, I could join him but I don't really fancy it.

    Could do some meal prep, really need to defrost the freezer so need to start eating the contents.

    Looking like I will have a decent bit of money this month left over which i will split between overpayments and also paying off the credit card.

    Happy weekend folks!
  • Finchy2018
    Finchy2018 Posts: 508 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Debt-free and Proud!
    I have been very poorly today so have only just got out of bed!

    Another month is over! I will be making an OP on the mortgage tomorrow and paying towards cards too.

    Noting down all my spending for the month was really helpful and I can see where I can make some positive changes.

    Food shopping is going to be my focus this month. I'm sure I can get those spends down.

    Hopefully no cats need to see the vets this month!

    Looking to try and increase my wages so keeping an eye out on the job market. I love my job but I want to earn more and work from home so if an opportunity comes along I'll go for it!

    I'll try and update more this month.
  • twinklie
    twinklie Posts: 5,172 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Oh my days, food shopping is my downfall too. I've worked hard this month and reduced the bill by 32%. However, the troops are revolting and don't care for some of the cheaper meals I've been creating! Sigh!
    Reduction in daily mortgage interest since October 23 (new mortgage) - £2.36 July 25
    % of house owned/% of mortgage paid off. July 25 - 38.82%/31.66%
    MFiT-T7 #21
    MFW 2025 #2
    MF Date: Oct 37 Feb 37
  • Finchy2018
    Finchy2018 Posts: 508 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Debt-free and Proud!
    I could do so much better - my issue is I like getting my shop delivered, if I went to lidl or Aldi I would save so much, but quite frankly, I don't want to spend my precious time off doing food shops!

    That said, I am off Friday so might venture in.

    Over payment of £128 paid on the mortgage today.

    Still feeling ill, but must force myself to cook dinner tonight, I might do the roast we are duet to have the other day, although, it's so hot still... I suppose I could serve with side salad rather than do the whole shebang.
  • Finchy2018
    Finchy2018 Posts: 508 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Debt-free and Proud!
    I overspent this weekend. oops. I have car insurance due and I fear this month might end up being a bit tight. But we can manage. I am doing another Sainsbury's shop this week, I will compare at the end of the month with June's spends and see what the savings are.
  • Finchy2018
    Finchy2018 Posts: 508 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Debt-free and Proud!
    I did some money moving today, and paid £850 off one of my credit cards. Rational behind this is that was for a hotel for our holiday. I have the money in savings, and it makes sense to not pay interest on that part. Total balances for CCs are now £1635.98 (not including my 0% purchases card, which I use for food shops) . Savings can wait until I have paid this down. I want to get rid of it. It will free up so much more that can go into OPs and savings.
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,953 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Aside from cat expenses, you seem to be doing really well. We have a cat and a dog too so I sympathise. Good luck on your journey.
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
    2) £3K Net savings after CCs 6/7/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £22.5K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.1K) = 28.2/£127.5K target 22;12% updated 6/7
    4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
    5) SIPP £4.6K updated 6/7/25
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