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Never a good time but here goes..
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Fantastic @ladysummerisle! Onwards and upwards love Humdinger xx
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Thats a great achievement, congratulations!! x
Original mortgage 2016 -£310,500 Current balance Oct 26 -£154,410
Total OP 2026 £9461/10000
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better"-Maya Angelou1 -
Thanks all. I’ve now managed to bump the emergency fund back up to 10K so I think that officially seals the deal! September was the first mortgage payment free month.
I’m sure I should feel more excited but there’s still so much I need to save for / think about that I’m not there yet. Maybe I will once I’m able to start ticking off household jobs but we’re a good few years off that feeling, I’m sure.
Now, where do people keep emergency funds? Or rather, where should I?
I need to work out how to keep money pots aside too. I currently have the main savings in one account and my extra money in another. (By extra I mean the £250 I’m challenging myself to make each month via PA / decluttering).
MFW diary: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6254913/never-a-good-time-but-here-goes#latest
Original MF date: October 2036 (£81,500)
MF and emergency fund(ed): September 2026.
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Congratulations on being mortgage free!! 🎉🥳
I've been mortgage free once, so let's do it again!
Starting balance March 26 £191,274.531
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