The "Save 12k in 2022" Thread!

cjohn23

#34: £2900 for January

Form submitted.

cjohn23

Van_Girl

£811.86 for Jan, form updated.

Should have been a much better month, but I spent a fair bit around the house and also had a couple of days away here and there because, why not

Going to try to lock it down now as won't have so much spare for the next few months, so every penny counts!

kev2009

HI,

#003 declaring £500 for February.

I've submitted the form also.

Thanks

Kev

dingling68

Van_Girl said:

£811.86 for Jan, form updated.

Should have been a much better month, but I spent a fair bit around the house and also had a couple of days away here and there because, why not

Going to try to lock it down now as won't have so much spare for the next few months, so every penny counts!

Why not indeed! Life is too short, and so there needs to be a balance if possible.

cjohn23

#34: £1666 for February

Form submitted.

Thanks.

cjohn23

Flick85

Slightly late for January but I added £1175 to my savings that month, which is pretty good going to start off with I think :-) Form submitted.

However... I've had a big change of heart from when I joined the thread - initially I wanted to save £15k to pay for house buying/selling fees etc. which I would need in 2023. But, I've decided to jump in and do this all now instead, which is both exciting and terrifying in equal measure!

I put my flat on the market late on Thursday afternoon, and by early Friday I had multiple asking price offers from investors and 8 people booked into view. And then by Friday afternoon, I'd agreed a selling price with an investor who owns other flats in my block, at £7.5k above asking without anyone viewing at all!

So, I'll have to rethink this year's savings target as a result, but it will depend on how quickly I manage to find somewhere to purchase and what I end up spending. For now, still hoping to save as much as possible in the short term though, aside from the inevitable house selling & purchasing expenses, so will continue to contribute to the thread.

lantanna

Exciting, I’m in the same boat, moving into a new build but continuing to save. My total for savings after house move expenses by then of the year is £3k

Flick85

lantanna said:

Exciting, I’m in the same boat, moving into a new build but continuing to save. My total for savings after house move expenses by then of the year is £3k

Ooh, good luck! Do you have an estimate build completion?

I’m looking at new builds as well… there’s very little coming on the market in the area I’m buying, but about 7 new build development so they seem to be more reasonably/competitively priced. A plot I really like is going to come available on Thursday/Friday this week apparently, but the developer said they’ve got 4 people wanting to buy who are proceedable, so it will be first come first served on the phone. If it doesn’t work out, it’ll be okay as other things will come up, but I really hope I can manage to nab this one!

Gem-gem

Reporting £2,000 for February. 

Total for the year: £4,000

delta13

Late to the party - I saved £785 in January and looking at something similar for February at the moment. March will be a better month when I should get a slight pay increase and annual bonus.

I've updated the form for Jan.