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Just think how nice it will be to have the ensuite finished - you've sorted your bedroom out, so with that done you'll be able to have a sanctuary that you can keep clear regardless of any other work going on in the house. And you can polish the bathroom when it's finished
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Great news. Well done on getting stuff done 🙂I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)5
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It’s been a tough process, on many levels, but it sounds like it will bring you a huge quality of life uplift 😊
KKAs at 15.08.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
- OPs to mortgage = £12,148 Interest saved £5,738 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 48 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 31st August
Produce tracker: £353 of £300 in 2025
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Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.5 -
Well done on getting it done."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 McGee3
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Wow - that's quite a feat! I'm sure the dragon won't begrudge you a trinket or two 🐦🔥4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)New projection - 14 YEARS 8 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 16 mths)Psst...I may have started a diary!4
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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*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.4 -
Well done., It is/was a big stepMade it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!4 -
Proud of you. Dragon can also use it if needed so all finehttps://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase
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PennysIntoPounds said:Proud of you. Dragon can also use it if needed so all fine
Like this you mean?9 -
What a wonderful picture @greenbee
That's definitely a dragon that's happy it allowed some coins to be removed from the shiny hoardhttps://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase
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