2020 Mortgage-Free Wannabes

Throwaway1

#50 here with an overpayment of £750. Thanks Julicorn!

skye_blue

Hi (No 73 here)
Please add £50 start for July (July total £50)
Take care everyone, thanks Julicorn

SandyShores

Bit of a stumble at the first hurdle.  We've decided to have the garden done before making overpayments - it will only be two months and then we will start in earnest.  It just seems a good idea to get it done and be able to enjoy it, and at least get all the mess out of the way.  I've been reading a few more of the diaries, and can't wait to get going.  Its a lovely feeling

Sistergold

Good morning everyone
Have been seeing some good and encouraging stories of OPs, paid up mortgages and “little hurdles to cross” and it’s all very motivating and keeps me pushing forward although it seems a long way to go! So much to do and so little money it seems but a little here and a little there and we will all get there! Rome was not built in one day so the saying goes! 

#136 reporting OP of £15+£15+£400 making total OP for July £430 so far. 

Thanks as always for the good work @julicorn. 
Xx

lalamb77

Hi
Number 80 here with a couple of months updates:
May was total of £75
June was a total of £500.
thank you so much 

ilselm

hello. #21 here again earlier than expected as I thought I was already done with my mortgage payments for July. 

With the dismal statements released by the ONS and OBR earlier today, here is my personal attempt for positive news.... I have paid another £125 towards the mortgage courtesy of some reimbursed work expenses incurred in early March on my personal card. This brings the total mortgage payments in July to £1,375.

It now means that we are technically ‘mortgage neutral’ (whoop!). Although as per previous posts, this euphoria will be short lived as house renovations are now well and truly underway with the roof currently being fully replaced and the interior works scheduled to start in the coming weeks. Fortunately, the new kitchen was bought (and paid for) at the end of last year so that’s one less cost to have to account for now. We’re also able to temporarily move to a friend’s empty house at no cost for the duration of the internal works which will benefit both us and the builders whilst they work onsite. This opportunity to stay away from home will also double up as our summer ‘lockdown’ holiday. 

So, not really enough news to counteract the fact that the backside is falling out of the economy but I guess you have to celebrate the small wins while you can 🙂 Onwards and downwards (with the mortgage!) Thanks, 

OhtobeMortgageFree

#93 - another £10, taking me up to £205 for July so far.
Thanks for updating.

Qtipps44

#61

another July overpayment of 550 bringing julys total to £59411.
wonderful to be part of half million paid off.
thanks as always for updating. If possible I’d like to increase my target to £6000. This is doable as things are but hubs job is only until sept so need to remember this.

thanks

bigbeff

julicorn said:

And with that, we've also overpaid over half a million pounds already! 

Wow! We are awesome! 
Another £49.80 for me please £697.10 for July so far  

Bounty123

Morning everyone,
No:23 here, sorry I have been absent for so long. Here are my totals for the months I have missed:
Feb: 182
Mar: 182
Apr: 182
May: 182
Jun: 182
July: 2182
This should mean that my total for the year so far 3274.
Hope that all adds up.
Thanks @julicorn for all the great work.
Bounty