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Getting FIREd up 😀
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I really miss my dishwasher. Hopefully the plumber will be here tomorrow and I can find out whether I have one that works. If not, I should at least have the plumbing available so I can get another one!
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Ladies, you definitely need dishwashers in your house! It took a lot of head-scratching to get mine in, but it was so worth it 😀
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!!!1 -
Honestly the single thing that I've got for this house that has improved my life the most.
Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
Current mortgage amount: £224,460.73
Start student loan 2012: £29,750; current student loan: CLEARED July 2025
Unread owned books Jan 2026: 256
Undone crafts 2026: +12 -
Well my old one was plumbed in today and doesn't work. New one is on order arriving Thursday.
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i couldnt be without our dishwasher, well i could but i dont want to be…
DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)3 -
SC's initial reaction to the Budget (just call me Robert Peston 😅):
- 44% tax on savings interest above the PSA from April 😱
- Almost certainly made moot by the cancellation of the reduction of the cash ISA allowance 🎉
- Fuel duty frozen 👍
- Alcohol duty increased 🙄
- £100 payment to Band A-D council tax payers to offset rising utility costs 🤔 This feels like a bit of a blunt instrument - just because I have a small/inexpensive home doesn't mean I need extra help
- Most importantly no fiddling with pensions, so we're full steam ahead for the increase in contributions from April 🍾
How was it for you?
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!!!2 -
I never thought I'd say this but I agreed with Kemi 🤣
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We didn't even get the fun of the whole thing being leaked in advance this time 🤷♀️
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!!!1 -
I missed the bit about alcohol duty - will have to look at that 😔 How does that help hospitality?!
Agree re £100 - with it costing us less than £60/month to heat and power our home and run our car, we definitely don’t need this. Think it’ll be donated to an energy poverty charity. (Yes, we’ve spent out the capital to gethere, but because we could afford it and wanted to reduce our bills…)
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 Hemingway2 -
I would probably be banned if I gave my thoughts.
We don't benefit from the £100.
Mortgage Free November 2018
Early Retired June 20202
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