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Five Year Fix, Five Year Plan

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  • Merlin's_Beard
    Merlin's_Beard Posts: 1,619 Forumite
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    edited 19 December at 7:52PM
    (This is the time of year when the job regret really sinks in, as everyone wishes you a nice break, and you know you finish work at 6pm Christmas Eve and you're back at 8.30am Monday! At least I don't work bank holidays any more.)
    Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
    Current mortgage amount: £226,957.97
    Start student loan 2012: £29,750; current student loan: CLEARED July 2025
  • rtandon27
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    edited 19 December at 10:07PM
    Thanks so much for sharing that tax form - I've just popped on to have a look at it and looks like there are things on there I can claim back for - fabulous, as I currently owe about 800 to them and I'd like to keep some of that!

    This year I'm working Mon & Tues and have to have my phone on and charged from the 24th to the 4th 'just in case'.  Most of my co-workers are already on leave (3 wks) or started today (2 wks). If I do end up getting the call and having to go back in, then the taxman takes 40% of it - grrrr
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    Original Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)
  • Merlin's_Beard
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    Oh amazing! I'm glad it's going to help!
    Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
    Current mortgage amount: £226,957.97
    Start student loan 2012: £29,750; current student loan: CLEARED July 2025
  • Merlin's_Beard
    Merlin's_Beard Posts: 1,619 Forumite
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    In less wonderful news, I've managed to send my dad's christmas present to my old job, that is 150 miles away, and that I haven't worked at for five years.
     
    Tracking says it's on its way back to the seller, who will refund me when it gets there. Replacement ordered and will arrive on Monday, however, I am a muppet. It has prompted me to go through my addresses on 3tsy and shed all the old ones though!

    Planning a weekend of not very much at all - out twice during the week and that is very much my max.
    Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
    Current mortgage amount: £226,957.97
    Start student loan 2012: £29,750; current student loan: CLEARED July 2025
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