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Keeping afloat till I can get round to the debts!

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  • NeverendingDMP
    NeverendingDMP Posts: 2,223 Forumite
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    Well I've survived the sleepover so far. It was so hot overnight though.
    I'll chill out and check on finances today I think. Eldest I think may continue to hide in his room till later 😂 
    I've paid the deposit on the building work (rebuilding brickwork at front of house and new window) no turning back now. Excited to have no draughts or damp at front of house this winter once it's fixed but also very nervous. To a tradesman it's a regular job- to me it's a hole in our house while they do it. Eeek
    Jan 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...
  • slm6002
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    Ooh when does the work begin?  It will be much better once done and all draft proof for winter I am sure.

    Also well done for making it through the sleepover (my worst nightmare) and I don't blame eldest for staying out of the way until later.
    Me, DD1 19, DS 17, DD2 14, Debt Free 04/18, Single Mum since 11/19
    Debt £2547.60 / £2547.60
  • NeverendingDMP
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    slm6002 said:
    Ooh when does the work begin?  It will be much better once done and all draft proof for winter I am sure.

    Also well done for making it through the sleepover (my worst nightmare) and I don't blame eldest for staying out of the way until later.
    He's a boy they were girls. I have to say apart from the giggling and chatting having a girl sleepover was easier than his previous boy ones. It was their first so at least I've now ticked the box of them having done something their brother has been allowed to. And the weather was nice so we were on the local park till dusk which helped!
    Work is in 3-4 weeks weather dependent -once window frame etc all built. We are having the brickwork of the bay rebuilt as it has a massive crack in it and the upstairs and downstairs bay windows are being replaced. Don't buy a house that needs bay windows replacing folks. Costs way more than a rectangle window. 😂. We've lived here ages and it's needed doing for a while. Hoping we will see a difference this winter.
    Jan 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...
  • We have four sets of bay windows so I feel your pain. The downstairs ones are a 108 in curtain drop to just beyond the top of the radiators. 
    Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 12st determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge.
  • debtfreewannabe321
    debtfreewannabe321 Posts: 9,437 Forumite
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    I need my bay windows doing 😬 I have three in the bay rather than some of the neighbours who seem to have a lot more angles and windows than us. I haven't got a quote yet but am dreading it. 
    MORTGAGE BALANCE when we moved Aug 2024, £120,000. January 1st £118,267.06. May 1st, £116, 123, June 1st, £115,536, New mortgage added for extension- £165,000 July 1st!
    Mortgage Overpayments - September-December, £152.46. J- £103.27, F- £115, M- £91.50, A- £100, M- £200, J- £200. J- £200. Aug-£200.
    Total- £1362.23
    Goal pay off 1% of current mortgage in 1 year. £1650

    EF- first goal £300
  • NeverendingDMP
    NeverendingDMP Posts: 2,223 Forumite
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    We have four sets of bay windows so I feel your pain. The downstairs ones are a 108 in curtain drop to just beyond the top of the radiators. 
    Four oh no.we have a similar curtain drop as well
    Jan 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...
  • NeverendingDMP
    NeverendingDMP Posts: 2,223 Forumite
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    I need my bay windows doing 😬 I have three in the bay rather than some of the neighbours who seem to have a lot more angles and windows than us. I haven't got a quote yet but am dreading it. 
    We've been putting it off but the cracks and the smell of damp means it can't wait much longer. Five mini windows per bay here if that makes sense. I just hope it all goes to plan and the house doesn't fall down 😂 
    Jan 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...
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