A brand new chapter

billiepiper14

Hi
On Friday I’m hoping to complete on my forever home. Not long out of a 20 year marriage & this is the first home I have ever purchased/lived in by myself. The fact that I was able to choose it myself and it ticked all my boxes was absolutely fantastic.

Im 51 & hoping to pay off my 65K mortgage by the time I’m 60. I may be able to draw a small chunk of pension at 55 to help me with this. I want to buy some kind of chart where the bricks on a house represent an amount of money & I colour a brick in every time I overpay on my mortgage. I also want to share with you & read about ways you are saving money, allowing you to over pay your mortgage. I’m hoping this will give me extra inspiration. Hope a few can join me 😊

BP xx

bluelad1927

Good luck in your new home!!

How about using Lego bricks to create a 2D (or 3D if feeling creative) house that you can design with the right amount of bricks

Each brick can represent a sum of money off the mortgage

billiepiper14

bluelad1927 said:

Good luck in your new home!!

How about using Lego bricks to create a 2D (or 3D if feeling creative) house that you can design with the right amount of bricks

Each brick can represent a sum of money off the mortgage

Fantastic idea thankyou

beanielou

Happy shiny new diary 

billiepiper14

Finally managed to pay my 1st 2.5 bricks off due to having plenty of things that needed buying/doing in the house up to now. 

However I’ve hopefully done all the big spending so now I just need to get frugal so that I can make the biggest overpayments I can each month

Jessy103

Congrats on your new home and good luck on your journey 🙂