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Mortgage free in Forever Home :-)
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Sending hugs and cheer. Sounds like you need a shaft of sunlight and a sparkly rainbow.Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £5K updated 10/10/251 -
Awwww … that is lovely, thank you 🤩❤️savingholmes said:Sending hugs and cheer. Sounds like you need a shaft of sunlight and a sparkly rainbow.
Mr KK was at his parents when I got in from work this evening, so I used the time whilst I was hardboiling eggs for our lunches to have a stump around the garden and take some pictures of the bits that are giving me joy. There are too many to share here, but do you remember my Border of Doom that became the Sit Spot Border?Here’s how it looked this evening 😊:
KKAs at 15.10.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 62 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 4th November
Produce tracker: £426 of £300 in 2025
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That looks really pretty. Thanks for sharing.Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £5K updated 10/10/251 -
Thank you ☺️ I could drown you in pictures! But I shall restrain myself! 😂savingholmes said:That looks really pretty. Thanks for sharing.
KKAs at 15.10.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 62 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 4th November
Produce tracker: £426 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.1 -
That looks spot on, I love primroses. I always like other peoples garden photos.
My mortgage free diary: +++ Divide by Cucumber Error. Please reinstall universe and reboot+++
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I find primroses interesting. They fade out and shrink down in the summer to next to nothing so are unobtrusive and inoffensive. Then come the next spring they reappear like phoenixes … They are so robust, they tolerate the sloppiest of transplanting and just flower away. I think this garden will become the primrose garden, as they and I scatter them everywhere 😊redofromstart said:That looks spot on, I love primroses. I always like other peoples garden photos.
KKAs at 15.10.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 62 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 4th November
Produce tracker: £426 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.3 -
I have planted quite a few primroses here too - I love that they grow their babies like little add ons and then you can easily divide the clumps or just enjoy a wealth of colour over time.Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £5K updated 10/10/250 -
They are like little sparkles of magic for me 🤩🌱✨savingholmes said:I have planted quite a few primroses here too - I love that they grow their babies like little add ons and then you can easily divide the clumps or just enjoy a wealth of colour over time.
KKAs at 15.10.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 62 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 4th November
Produce tracker: £426 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.1 -
Lovely photo kk, it must give you cheer each time you pass.Mortgage OP 2025 £7550/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £34,196
Money making challenge £78/400
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)2 -
As at 15.10.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 62 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 4th November
Produce tracker: £426 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.3
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