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That's fantastic
Mortgage restart June 2018 £119950Re mortgage August 19 £110470, … Mortgage November 22 £85600 final 0% CC 3300Home renovations - £65000, mid 2018 - mid 20225 -
Thanks both 😀😀😀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!!!4 -
Exciting stuff! Stay strong and do NOT raid those pots! (We know you!)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 Hemingway5 -
Yes, me too 🤣! But the EF must stay where it is, and things like car insurance would be tricky to pay without the car insurance pot 🙁
Most frustrating!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!!!5 -
Although some of the money is actually set aside for OP's, so WILL be OP'd 😀!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!!!8 -
I think I'm getting an OP for Christmas, so treat yourself! 😁If it's not adding up, compound it!6
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I made one last night 😀! I'm trying to hold off until the last one credits before sending another so they (and I) don't get muddled, but they are soooo slooow in applying them at the moment! Seems to be about 8 days, so I have no idea when this last one will credit as that'll place it in amongst the Bank Holidays 🙁
Don't they know I had a target to reach for the end of the year???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!!!6 -
That’s so exciting well done 🙂MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁3
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Must be an awesome feeling xDFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)3 -
Thanks ladies 😀 Now I just need to earn the money to actually pay it off! Or underspend on the categories I have the money in pots for - holidays 2021 is looking a likely candidate 🤣!
More big news this morning.... I have deleted Streetbees 😮😮😮! I was hardly getting any stories coming through now and the earnings v time spent wasn't great (although it was much more fun than normal surveys). I've had over £50 from there since starting in August though, so definitely not to be sniffed at, I just felt as though it had run its course for me. I'm also 7 Swagbucks away from a £3 voucher on there, so I'm desperately trying to get those so I can ditch that too. One Poll will also be going, but I'm only on £13.25/£30.00, so I'll probably still be trying to get that for the next 12 months!
I'm sticking with the sites that work for me: Prolific, Qmee, Nectar Canvass (terrible earnings v time spent, but it gets me free food!) and then the ones which feel more passive than active: Consumer Pulse, Shop & Scan, Shoppix, Storewards, Huyu, ZipZero (I'm actually showing an available balance on this now, so it may work after all), YouGov and New Vista. Phew, still sounds like quite a lot 🤣!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!!!7
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