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  • f0xh0les
    f0xh0les Posts: 7,595 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    That is the best news!!  Congratulations, well done, gold star, what a lovely present to yourselves.
    Hopefully it is a sign 2022 will be brighter for you, with your new furry-friend.
    4/10/22One Year Mortgage Free Yay!
    NSTurtle # 55 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢🐢🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 No Turtle gets left behind.[/b]
    ******PROUD MEMBER OF THE TOFU EATING COALITION OF CHAOS !!!******
  • Yay!! What a wonderful Christmas present for you 🎁 well done 👏 
    MFW 2021 #76 £5,145
    MFW 2022 #27 £5,300 
    MFW 2023 #27 £2,000
    MFW 2024 #27 £6,055
    MFW 2025 #27 £2,350 /£5,000


  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Amazing! Such fab news- congratulations 🎊  xx
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • Congratulations 👏 
    Mortgage Free November 2018
    Early Retired June 2020
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,232 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Great news  :)
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,813 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Wow, congratulations! What are you planning for next Christmas 🤣???
    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!!!
  • Well done @Porridgecat! I've been following your posts this year, so inspired by how dedicated you were to shifting the mortgage. What a fantastic Christmas present to yourselves :)
    Mortgage free as of March '25!
    £240,000 paid off in 4 years, 8 months and 18 days (July '20-Mar '25)
    Mortgage paid off 19 years early.

    2025 MFW #40

    2025 Goals

    Pay off mortgage of £55k for good! - £55k/£55k paid - mortgage free!!!
    Keep emergency fund at £10k - £10k/£10k - goal met!
    Lose 12 kgs - 2/12 kgs lost so far
    Try 1 new activity/experience as a family each month - 0/12 new activities/experiences tried
    Decluttering - declutter 500 items from house and outbuildings - 111/500 items so far
  • Congratulations Porridgecat!!
    Amazing, and a wonderful Christmas present to you both!
    Well done
    Weight loss goal 6/7lbs for first quarter
    Overall 2025 weight loss goal for the year 6/21lbs
    Holiday savings target 3400/£4800

  • Thank you to everyone for the congratulations. It still feels a bit surreal, we haven't had proper written confirmation yet and doubt we'll get it until after new year but we tried to log into our Heliodor account and it told us we didn't have an active account with them anymore, so I guess its cleared. 
    Not sure quite what to do now, I lurk more than post and follow lots of threads on this board and the debt free diaries. I'd like to keep a dairy going to motivate me with saving and getting some renovation and decorating work done but I'm not sure where to go with it or if I can just continue here as several people seem to.
    Mortgage Free 23 December 2020
    Savings £9671 / £20 000 goal
    Emergency Fund £216 / £1000 goal
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,232 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I am still on MFW even though I am now MF!
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
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