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  • I have a half sized ironing board with attached hanger, that hangs in the wardrobe until the occasional time it's used. Might be cheaper to get a new board rather than new cupboard??
    Mortgage start date Nov 2014  - £90,545 over 25 years
    Re-mortgage Oct 2017 - 78,295 over 23 years
    Re-mortgage Jan 2020 - 55,000 over 26 years @ 1.94%
    Current Mortgage Outstanding Middle December 2020 - £
    47893.35 - a reduction of £42,652 in just over 6 years!  


  • Forgot to say it's from the blue and yellow swedish store!
    Mortgage start date Nov 2014  - £90,545 over 25 years
    Re-mortgage Oct 2017 - 78,295 over 23 years
    Re-mortgage Jan 2020 - 55,000 over 26 years @ 1.94%
    Current Mortgage Outstanding Middle December 2020 - £
    47893.35 - a reduction of £42,652 in just over 6 years!  


  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,897 Forumite
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    Hmm, not sure I could bring myself to spend out fresh money on something that's not going to get used....🤔 Will do some research though!
    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!!!
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,897 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I'm starting to feel sorry for the people who have to review my Streetbees submissions. I try to make the text answers more exciting by adding emojis, but photos of things stored in my bathroom must be extremely dull 😮!
    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!!!
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,789 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    🤣🤣🤣 what a ridiculous survey!
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • My survey asked me in depth questions on cruises and what it would take Covid wise to make me want to travel.  The issue I have isn't with Covid but the fact I get terribly seasick so would never do a cruise anyway!
    Mortgage Free November 2018
    Early Retired June 2020
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