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An in-between phase
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Are you going to watch the game? 🏴
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Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 13 months left.1 -
I got boxes moved from Wales to New Zealand without having to talk to anyone, all by email. It can be done!
Debts 04/01/25 03/08/26
Natwest X2 £14,122.71 -
Barclaycard - £10,078
Lloyds CC £6,112.60 £3,595
1st Direct CC £176.03 £33.93
CC total £20,411.34 £13,706.93
OD £1100 £0
Car loan £4,000 £2,800
1st Direct Loan £10,684.44 £4,875
Total £36,195.78 £21,381.93
EF £2,550
HF £1003 -
Our removals people just popped round to survey what we needed moved, then emailed the quote, which suited me perfectly!
🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00. Balance as at 31/12/25 = £ 91,100.00
SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her1 -
Book sounds good - thank you!
"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee0 -
I really tried @beanielou but heat and hormones crashed me out. Had to get up daft early and do a lot of work for client job! Scotland still in with a decent chance though, we'll see what the other games outcomes are...
I basically said 'email me quote or no worries' @Rhyddid2026 @EssexHebridean and they did then it turned out two of the three quotes we got still wanted to come round despite me providing a full list of everything so I went with the one that wasn't insistent on taking up my life time
It is so interesting @jwil, I'm nearly at the end and trying to eke it out but failing
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1
'aggressive safety shot' Ken Doherty5 -
'Only' 32 feels like 38 today
Client job
Build admin
Usuals
Two surveys
Shower and hairwash using free toiletries
Emailing back and forth with removals companies. Burst into tears at thought of moving.
Went pub.
Got some good news, mortgage broker is sending me £350 due to the BS they recommended harassing me over getting pip payments. Obvs the BS found themselves exonerated of any wrongdoing, so feel a bit bad that broker company is paying but not so bad I won't take their moneyhttps://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1
'aggressive safety shot' Ken Doherty6 -
You can always write he broker company an excellent review?
Hugs for the tears at the thought of moving x Is it because you will be leaving the area, or the sheer hassle and effort involved or a bit of both?
KK
As at 18.08.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £211,813
- OPs to mortgage = £19,809 Estd. interest saved = £10,180 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 61 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 23rd August.
Produce tracker: £222 of £400 in 2026
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Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.1 -
It’s good to hear of such things.
And actually, I never met a poor broker….
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It's a big broker company @liselle and @KajiKita so won't be coming out of an individual's pocket, otherwise I would very regretfully turn it down as an individual shouldn't be punished for something they didn't do. We made sure to sing the praises of the people who were helpful and decent and professional
Thanks KK. I don't want to leave my home or block or mum or area or friends or job or local or community. I appreciate that I'm being really ungrateful and that it will probably be fine once we move, it's just that I have the life I want and am happy here, and now I have to leave it
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1
'aggressive safety shot' Ken Doherty7 -
It’s a shame you have to leave an area you love ☹️ Fingers crossed you’ll grow to love the new area. Will you be that far away, is it feasible to keep popping back?
I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping) -.literally have been run over by a bike, mobility scooter and a car - still here 💪2
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