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Morning everyone.
Finally I have added some more money (£130) into the OP saving pot from my chippy wages.
My total now stands at £20792.80/£47300 = 43.95%
I'm annoyingly close to the 44% mark but it feels so far off at the momentMortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020 -
Morning all,
Just quickly popping in with a further £258 from subscription savings and £75 from rent increase from one of the rentals.
This take my total now to £21125.80/£47300 = 44.66%
I'm edging closer to the 45% mark nowMortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020 -
I am now at £1161/£4955 I.e. 23.43 pc
You’ve paid nearly half of one of your mortgages off @craftingmad
That’s really impressive27/5/17 Mort 64705 BTs 1904031/12/17 Mort 59815 BT 1673007/04/20 Mort 49208 BT 1572128/07/20 Mort 47387 BT 1263414/11/20 Mort 45905 BT 10134 20/05/21 Mort 42335 BT 686811/08/22 Mort 32050 BT 2915Sealed Pot Challenge 16 Number 51 -
AntoMac said:I am now at £1161/£4955 I.e. 23.43 pc
You’ve paid nearly half of one of your mortgages off @craftingmad
That’s really impressive
You are doing amazingly well too xMortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020 -
I have finally managed to pay a bit more into the OP savings pot today.
£175.50 from my chippy job and £21.78 from a website sale so a further £197.28 in total. Nowhere near a full 1% but all these amounts seem to be making a difference
My total now stands at £21323.08/£47300 = 45.08%
I'm over 45% now which makes me very happyMortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020 -
Sorry its me again.
Managed to add the grand sum of £35.24 into the OP savings pot today made up from a website order and a postage claim for a missing parcel.
Not huge progress but still a little step closer to our mortgage free dream
This takes my total to £21358.32/£47300 = 45.15%
The little 0.01%'s do add up as it is moving in the right directionMortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020 -
Bet you cannot guess who
I've just managed to add £221.40 into the savings pot from my original chippy wages and £7.21 from returning something to Amazon I never used and no longer needed.
My total now stands at £21586.93/£47300 = 45.63%
Its payday for the other chippy tomorrow so fingers crossed I will be able to add quite a bit from there into the potMortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020 -
Only me again - sadly I've still not been paid from the chip shop (it better come soon or I wont be working tomorrow!) but all the savings accounts have now paid their interest for the month so I can declare a further £320.45 has been added to the OP savings pot today
My total is now £21907.38/£47300 = 46.31%
I've hit the 46% markMortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020 -
Well done it's going well. I'm still at 3% but staying steady. Hope the chippy pays you soon xJan 18 Joint debts 35,213
Mortgage Jan 18- 77224 May 25- just under 65k
June 25 Debts in my name only £5170. DH can't keep track...1 -
Good morning. Payment has finally come through for the second chippy job so this has been paid into the OP pot savings account.
My total now stands at £22794.80/£47300 = 48.19%
Getting closer to that magic 50%Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020
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