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Keep calm and carry on....
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OK, I stand corrected. This question is even weirder than the gammon one....🤣🤣🤣!

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 -
I was catching up on your diary, read the gammon one and thought I need to comment about the zombie survey I had today and you got it too!! It was the one which person in your family would be beat to fight off a zombie attack that got me.Who is asking these questions and why? Why do you need to know this. You’re paying me 15p for my zombie thoughts!DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)3 -
London is so big, they must have zombie gammon? Surely? 🤣If it's not adding up, compound it!2
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Have they finally run out of things to survey people on?!2026 decluttering: 820 🤑🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
2026 use up challenge: 244🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️
2026 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉52 🥈100 🥇250 💎365 🏆1,000 I 🥉25 🥈50 🥇100 💎150 🏆3002 -
I doubt it, they'll just keep making things like that up 🤣!
DFOD, did you pass it to your kids to answer the last question about who in the family they thought would be best placed to cope with zombies? I was intrigued by that one, but no 7-12 year olds!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!!!3 -
I'VE DONE IT!!!
Called first thing this morning, asked for a redemption figure, was told I needed to request a redemption statement and they "normally" arrive the same day 😮😮😮 Cue me thinking "I've got fizz on ice, it needs to be today!!!"*
Anyway, after an hour and a bit of furiously refreshing my email, the statement arrived and I've just called and paid off the balance. I feel a bit teary and shaky, so may jump up and start dancing about in a bit to try and work out the adrenaline (and then get back with some work 😳)
I'll be back over the weekend no doubt with something more profound to say, but in the meantime thank you to all of you for your support and jollying me on to continue with this crazy quest 😀😀😀!!! Hurrrah!
* Fizz is actually in the fridge, but "on ice" sounds better 😀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!!!23 -
Congratulations South_coast. I am so pleased for you.2026 MFW #18
£59,100 left to pay
£191.31 overpaid from a £4000 target
Currently 12.2 years left4 -
Congratulations!! 🎉🎉 Amazing achievement, well done!! 🥂3
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YAH! Brilliant. - and it's never to early to start once the fizz is cold.
2014 starting mortgage £165,0002015 second charge £20,000 - Jan 2021 paid off in fullCurrent outstanding balance - £115,8563 -
Congratulations! Enjoy the fizz! 🍾🥂🍾I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £203
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