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julicorn's journey 2 - Moving Up
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Wooooo, congratulations!!!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 -
Amazing! Congratulations 🎉🍾Finally bought a homeStarting mortgage £289,500 31.01.19 - Current outstanding £189,497.12Overpayments since 27.03.19: £53,964.80Moving fund so far £2500 - Premium bonds £9,5002
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Thank you all so much! We're super excited
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Yay fab news!!! I am so excited for you!! I would also hate to tell the other EA, well done for trying to ring, though I would be pleased they didn't answer!!haha.1
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Hahaha I was honestly relieved she didn't pick up the phoneAimingforthegoodlife said:Yay fab news!!! I am so excited for you!! I would also hate to tell the other EA, well done for trying to ring, though I would be pleased they didn't answer!!haha.
I still haven't actually heard back from them at all, maybe they're ghosting me, but I suppose there's nothing they can do without my solicitor details anyway. 3 -
It also just occurred to me that there's a certain irony in me having named my diary 'moving up', given that we're staying in the same place, but moving from the ground floor to the 1st/2nd floor It was meant to be! 3
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That's technically upjulicorn said:It also just occurred to me that there's a certain irony in me having named my diary 'moving up', given that we're staying in the same place, but moving from the ground floor to the 1st/2nd floor It was meant to be!
Finally bought a homeStarting mortgage £289,500 31.01.19 - Current outstanding £189,497.12Overpayments since 27.03.19: £53,964.80Moving fund so far £2500 - Premium bonds £9,5001 -
Quite literally!Nichelette said:
That's technically upjulicorn said:It also just occurred to me that there's a certain irony in me having named my diary 'moving up', given that we're staying in the same place, but moving from the ground floor to the 1st/2nd floor It was meant to be!2 -
The other estate agent did get back to me in the end. She initially asked for some more reasons and to just make sure we are absolutely certain, but when she asked where we are buying it turned out she also used to live in the area we are in now, so completely understands the appeal So that was a bit of a relief that she was so nice about us saying no after all.
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She’ll be used to people chopping and changing and at least it’s really early on in the process!MFW 2021 #76 £5,145
MFW 2022 #27 £5,300
MFW 2023 #27 £2,000
MFW 2024 #27 £6,055
MFW 2025 #27 £3,600/£5,0003
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