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I'm back in for tonight - we won't be in so it will be what it will be!🎉 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
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0 -
I presume it's to avoid paying people who didn't know it was happening, but just happened to be out at the time.born_again said:
Really should not have to opt in each time. Once should be enough.debitcardmayhem said:Waiting for email/push notification0 -
According to the streamlit.app that someone introduced us to, I made 5 pence yesterday! I don't know why I still bother to do it, but here I am again sitting in the dark.
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I wonder if the folks on agile can ever take part, since they seem to avoid 1600~1900 like the plague and don’t have much room to save.4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy1
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Our battery / inverter seem to always play grab-@ss around sunset and won’t discharge for about half an hour - it even imports a small
amount from the grid each day around sunset. So we didn’t export much at all - not through lack of trying! 😤😤Lancashire
PV 5.04kWp SW facing
Solar Battery 6.5 kWh
🐙 Intelligent Go
Mortgage freedom January 2024 - paid off 7 years early by making overpayments where we could.0 -
Which battery/inverter do you have ?SuzeQStan said:Our battery / inverter seem to always play grab-@ss around sunset and won’t discharge for about half an hour - it even imports a small
amount from the grid each day around sunset. So we didn’t export much at all - not through lack of trying! 😤😤4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy0 -
i'm on agile and keep my usage down to a min, so these savings are pointless, might make 20p if im lucky, i stil opt in its better than nowtdebitcardmayhem said:I wonder if the folks on agile can ever take part, since they seem to avoid 1600~1900 like the plague and don’t have much room to save.1 -
Exported 1.8 kWh which should give us £1.01, plus 27p for the standard export. By the time we've topped up again overnight, I think we'll be about 60p to the good. Hardly life changing.
Make £2025 in 2025
Prolific £841.95, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £456.58, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £60, Shopmium £52.74, Everup £95.64 Zopa CB £30
Total (1/11/25) £1954.45/£2025 96%
Make £2024 in 2024
Prolific £907.37, Chase Int £59.97, Chase roundup int £3.55, Chase CB £122.88, Roadkill £1.30, Octopus ref £50, Octopoints £70.46, TCB £112.03, Shopmium £3, Iceland £4, Ipsos £20, Misc Sales £55.44Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%1 -
debitcardmayhem said:I wonder if the folks on agile can ever take part, since they seem to avoid 1600~1900 like the plague and don’t have much room to save.Yes we're on Agile with solar and batteries, so exported for the hour. Didn't bother exporting yesterday, so although I opted in, I doubt we'll have made any money as our normal usage in the 16-19 slot is absolutely minimal, as you say.I wouldn't be on Agile if we didn't have the solar and batteries. Couldn't possibly shift enough usage to overnight to make it worthwhile.Make £2025 in 2025
Prolific £841.95, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £456.58, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £60, Shopmium £52.74, Everup £95.64 Zopa CB £30
Total (1/11/25) £1954.45/£2025 96%
Make £2024 in 2024
Prolific £907.37, Chase Int £59.97, Chase roundup int £3.55, Chase CB £122.88, Roadkill £1.30, Octopus ref £50, Octopoints £70.46, TCB £112.03, Shopmium £3, Iceland £4, Ipsos £20, Misc Sales £55.44Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%0 -
I exported 1.98 kWh so nearly £1.07 + .54 for flux export , topping up by 2.2kWh at 30.5p net gain1.304.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy1
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