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Now One Poll have weirded me out by inserting a random question about whether I am a Santander customer into the middle of a survey about emotional attachments to cars (which was weird enough on its own without them putting that in there). No follow-up questions or explanation - just straight back on with the survey after that 🤣!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 -
Wonder if that was the real survey...South_coast said:Now One Poll have weirded me out by inserting a random question about whether I am a Santander customer into the middle of a survey about emotional attachments to cars (which was weird enough on its own without them putting that in there). No follow-up questions or explanation - just straight back on with the survey after that 🤣!
Rule 7: If you're not changing it, you're choosing it.
MFW 2020: 1 Jan £92903.90 ~ OP £536.80/£500
MFW 2021: 1 Jan £89281.21 ~ OP £404.62/£500
MFW 2022: 1 Jan £85579.20 ~ OPs on hold.3 -
It would have made a lot more sense if it was!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!!!1 -
Woke up stupidly early this morning (I bet I'll struggle to wake up at the same time tomorrow, when I actually need to be awake then 🙄) so have just spent the best part of 2 hours doing surveys. Think I've earned about £1 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️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 -
Well I am awake now I need to be - but have also been awake half the night thinking about all sorts of random and completely unimportant stuff 🤷♀️ I predict falling asleep on BF's sofa in my future for tonight....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 -
Oh that’s so frustrating, totally with you there. Hope his sofa is comfy!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 Hemingway3 -
It definitely is! Not long been home 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!!!1 -
So I've just been to Sainsbury's for a couple of bits and bought:
1 vegetable pizza
2l fizzy water
1 loaf of bread
1 red onion
1 tin of chopped tomatoes....
.... And apparently that shop counted as 61 portions of fruit and veg for the Nectar challenge 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️?
I honestly can't believe they're counting the pizza, but they must be based on that???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 -
That can't be right!!
I did have 130 come in my shop this week which I also don't believe4 -
61?! How big is the pizza!!MFW -
House purchase £62500
Original mortgage balance 28/08/2014 £52850Original MF date: 2049:eek: Aiming for: 2025
Balance 27/07/2016 £49990
Balance 08/07/2017 £47999
Balance 30/07/2018 £44500
Balance 01/08/2019 £40700
Balance 03/09/2020 £37619
Balance 30/09/2021 £33983
Balance 18/01/2023 £28940
Balance 06/10/2024 £22168
Balance 08/10/2025 £18417
Mortgage free 09/10/2025!! Mortgage paid off in 11 years, 1 month, 11 days 🥳
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