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Getting FIREd up 😀

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  • ruby_eskimo
    ruby_eskimo Posts: 4,795 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Same, I keep staring at it thinking that I'm missing something usually!
    Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £
    LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000
    Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 2017
  • Note to self:
    Staring at your bank accounts and spreadsheets does not put more money in them 🙁
    Oh no, now you tell me.

    Might have to double check though.
    Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
    Current mortgage amount: £226,957.97
    Start student loan 2012: £29,750; current student loan: CLEARED July 2025
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,893 Forumite
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    Merlin's_Beard said:
    Might have to double check 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!!!
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,893 Forumite
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    Just been screened out on Norstatpanel - finally I have my 100th coin!!!

    £10 bank transfer requested 😀
    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!!!
  • BookWorm
    BookWorm Posts: 2,507 Forumite
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    Well done on the Norstat cash out. I'm hovering at 80 something and no sign of any surveys for a while :|
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,893 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Well now I feel like vomiting 🤢 


    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: 8,785 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    Me too - definitely vomit-inducing!!
    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


  • "You complete me", delivered earnestly, would see me burst out laughing and shatter the intended atmosphere 🤣

    Any mention of "baes" or "stars", or movie quotes, or song lyrics/titles would be similarly counterproductive!

    🎶 aaaaaannd iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-iiii-iiiiiiiiiii will always love yoooooooooou 🎶 🤣🤣🤣
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,893 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    🎶 aaaaaannd iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-iiii-iiiiiiiiiii will always love yoooooooooou 🎶 🤣🤣🤣
    🤣🤣🤣 indeed! That wasn't even the whole list either, just all that fitted on my screen without scrolling 😬
    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!!!
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