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  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,713
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    Well, hello! So lovely to hear from you x
    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!!!
  • Mrs_Money_Penny
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    Glad your feeling better. Take care xx
    2026 Decluttering 8889⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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    2024 Decluttering 11728⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
  • themadvix
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    It's lovely to hear from you NG. Hope they get you sorted soon. Take care and take it very easy! x
    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


  • Debsnewbudget
    Debsnewbudget Posts: 978
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    Good to hear from you.
    Take care and do what they tell you to !!!
  • CathT
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    Really lovely to hear from you Newgirly, hope they can stabilise things soon. Keep resting and recovering. 
    Nov 2025 - part 1 - £13,878 part 2 - £20,953 Total - £34,832 24 months to go!
  • skint_spice
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    DH was a proper hero! Glad you are stabilising but don’t rush things x
    Mortgage OP 2026 £1920/2000
    Mortgage balance: £29,386

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £30, Jun £120, Jul £0, Aug £45, Sept £0, Oct £5



  • themadvix
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    Wow, well done to DH! 

    Glad you are stable and hope they manage to get some blood out of you soon without too much prodding (it’s horrible!). I think I’d want to stay if the alternative was injecting myself!
    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


  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,608
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    Just been told the young man (18) didn’t make it yesterday, how terribly sad. 
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,819
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    Oh that's awful. 
    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


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