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  • 24ta
    24ta Posts: 274 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
    Good luck with the move, looking forward to new diary 
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 26,199 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Just catching up with your diary and how wonderful to hear the fantastic news. Happy new home 🏠🥳
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping) -.literally have been run over by a bike, mobility scooter and a car - still here 💪
  • Good luck with the move, enjoy the hotel and see you on the new diary xx
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • All the best for the move and have a great night in the hotel. What a lovely friend!
    Looking forward to reading of your new adventures via the new diary!😀👍
    Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
    Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
    🌟
    RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
    My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,233 Forumite
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    Best of luck - make sure you post a link to your new diary here @doingitanyway

    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £165K Equity 38.88% 6/9/26
    2) £1.5K Net savings after CCs 29/8/26 (but owed £130) so £1.6K
    3) 47/82K @29/8/26 = 57.31% AVC Goal by mid 2028
  • Hope you're settling in and found all important boxes to unpack first.
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • Chrystal
    Chrystal Posts: 2,038 Forumite
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     Hope everything's OK and things went smoothly.  It would be great to hear from you. :smiley:  (hugs) XXXX
    I Believe.....
    That it isn't always enough, to be forgiven by others.
    Sometimes, you have to learn to forgive yourself.

    Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery
    Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.

    happiness isn't achieved by getting extra things,
    but by getting rid of the things that make you unhappy
  • Another one who’s wondering how the move went, and hoping you’re now settled in your new home and enjoying it. 
    Life is mainly froth and bubble: two things stand like stone. Kindness in another’s trouble, courage in your own.
  • Chrystal
    Chrystal Posts: 2,038 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Has anyone seen a new link or heard from @doingitanyway .  Wondering if she's opened a new one that I can't find.
    I Believe.....
    That it isn't always enough, to be forgiven by others.
    Sometimes, you have to learn to forgive yourself.

    Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery
    Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.

    happiness isn't achieved by getting extra things,
    but by getting rid of the things that make you unhappy
  • MFWannabe
    MFWannabe Posts: 2,577 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    If you click on their name you can see threads and when last on; not been on since 14/09/24 

    MFW 2026 #50

    Mortgage:

    04/04/26: £33,500 

    07/03/26: £34,418.15

    16/01/26: £56,794.25
    02/01/26: £60,223.17

    12/08/25: Mortgage: £62,500.00
    12/06/25: Mortgage: £65,000.00
    07/03/25: Mortgage: £67,000.00
    18/01/25: Mortgage: £68,500.14
    27/12/24: Mortgage: £69,278.38 

    Savings: £20,000




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