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Getting FIREd up 😀

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  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,010 Forumite
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    WTAF???   


    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!!!
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,021 Forumite
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    WTAF indeed… and I like a soggy nacho! Seriously, who was paying for that research?!

     Thanks though, that’s just tipped me over to payout! 😁
    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 Hemingway


  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,079 Forumite
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    Probably more achievable than the negotiations 🤫
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,010 Forumite
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    I'm glad it was useful for someone, Vix 🤣!

    If only that was the weirdest question they asked....
    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!!!
  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,611 Forumite
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    I sometimes think they just gossip in the office all day and when they end up on a strange topic of conversation they all argue and so put it in a poll.  It's the only explanation I can figure out!
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  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,010 Forumite
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    That would actually make a lot of sense 🤣!
    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!!!
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,010 Forumite
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    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!!!
  • killerpeaty
    killerpeaty Posts: 2,663 Forumite
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    Well done on the net worth!

    I confess that I tend to buy presents year round for Christmas and birthdays, I see something at the right price, it goes into the present drawer to be evacuated at the relevant time. Once I bought Yankee candles at a great price because a friend loves them. Lasted about 4 years that box. I bought this adorable little Disney story book before my nephew was born, gave it when he was 5... I am the problem. That's me.

    Who regrets pizza?
  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,388 Forumite
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    WTAF???   


    I also did this survey, but my fav question was which do I like the least, a soggy nacho or James blunts music 😂😂😂
    Mortgage Balance as of September 2025 £11,700
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
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