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Escape to the country & living off savings
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Dia I also noticed this, I often wonder how us readers would know if something happened ? Remember the hairy hand of dartmoor? Sya hope all is well x5
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SYA sorry to inundate you, but you are a dear one that we are missing x hope you are ok 🥰
Lancashire
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Thank you all ❤️ I am ok. Finding it very difficult to post at the moment but I try to read others. My sister only came for 1 day as she’s back at work but we talk or WhatsApp every day.Dad’s car is sold & collected. I am trying to get insurance quotes. So many questions and different excesses & endorsements 😵💫🤯
Went to my friends for cuppa and managed to trip & fall on uneven paving on her driveway 😩 Had a cuppa and cake to aid recovery and now home and relaxing. Aching ribs & wounded pride 🤦♀️
Credit card bill & funeral invoice has arrived so will be visiting his bank for payment of funeral expenses. Insurance will be a big hit but I will be able to claim back once probate granted.Off to stay with DS at the end of the month. £175 in the visit family pot. By then dad’s house should be empty and insured. Will be ready for a rest.0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗
Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).
Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1
Living off savings diary
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Thanks for the post SYA - You post as little or as much as feels good to you - you are grieving and I can only imagine what you are going through now. We will be here if you need us xxLancashire
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Well done on getting the car sold. That’s one less thing to ‘look after’ now.Sympathies on the fall - I always find they shake me up more than I ever realise at the time. Be kind to yourself and I’m sending you a hug x
Glad you have the visit to DS to look forward to 😊
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 64 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 11th 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.4 -
Sya sorry about your fall, I find when I have a lot on my mind these things happen. Hope you get a good rest soon x3
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I've replied, sorry for the delay x
As you're instructing a solicitor they'll be able to help organise the insurance, or if you still want to deal with that side yourself say it's a 3 bed as it is and if it was disputed as only being a 2 bed you'd be over insured rather than under.
Take a deep breath, there's only a few important things to deal with "immediately", everything else can wait xMortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.4 -
Thanks Suze, Tresinia and KK and Thank you lovely MF 😘
Feeling sore and achy today so just had a steady day packing a few things ready for a drive to the charity shop next week. Popped to spec saver and got my glasses fixed, I managed to sprain one of the arms when I fell so they straightened it for me. No charge. At least it wasn’t one of my arms!! Got some chicken bites & some spicy cheese bites from greg. Sat in the square and cried along to very good young busker singing, gave her my last £1.Off to town tomorrow with my friend. We are going to a little cafe for brunch, then to the bank to pay cash and cheques into executor account.I am also going looking for new slippers in primarni or shoe zone. Nights are definitely drawing in0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗
Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).
Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1
Living off savings diary
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p15 -
Nice that they fixed your glasses for free
Enjoy your brunch with your friend
I hope you are less sore tomorrow. Take careIf you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Emergency fund 350/1000
Buffer fund 100/100
Debt Free (again) 25/07/20253 -
That is kind giving your last £1 to the talented busker x you have me hankering after a Greg now! They just started doing mystery bags from their savoury range on Too Go@d To Go app too!
have a good day SYA xxLancashire
PV 5.04kWp SW facing
Solar Battery 6.5 kWh
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Mortgage freedom January 2024 - paid off 7 years early by making overpayments where we could.2
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