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Ahhh lovely dfw321, gorgeous colours.Mortgage End Date: Apr 36/Aiming for Apr 28/Current Oct 33
Mortgage OP 2025 £1850/10000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £42,232
39 pay days until freedom!
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)3 -
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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****
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One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.3 -
Loving all the tulip talk and the photo. Massive fan of tulips here too.Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K with 227 payments to go - now £177.5K Equity 29%
2) CC1 £12465 (0% expires Aug 26), CC2 £9208 (0% expires Aug 25) & CC3 £240 (0% exp Mar 25)
3) CC debt offset by £26.1K savings & £5.1K investments
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £17.7K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.18K) = 23.48/£127.5K target 18.4% value 17/1/25
4) FI Age 60 income target £13.7/30K 45.7%
5) SIPP £4.7K 17/1/25
6) Set up new income streams: Start up costs £2603 -
Oh those are lovely 🤩❤️
KKAs at 15.01.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £244,153
- OPs to mortgage = £9,694 Interest saved £4,182 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends November 2029
Read 4 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 7th February
Produce tracker: £11 of £300 in 2025
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Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.4 -
The tulip talk and photos made me want some in the one border I have almost finished. I restored it mainly with plants I rescued from elsewhere in the garden but I was certain I wanted a "spring" border so it has roses for later in the year, Ajuga for ground cover (which has thrown up lovely dark purple spikes already) snowdrops and hellebores that have now finished flowering and lots of tete-a-tete which I bought in the green to fill in spaces. There is also another pretty leave ground cover with purple flowers that was about the only plant to survive in that border and started to flower in March and some salvia for later. Now I want tulips tooMade 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 !!5 -
That sounds lovely Watty, I love purples I find it very soothing.
Oh and the bulbs my friendly squirrel stole from next door and planted in my garden didn’t come to much just a couple of leaves, perhaps if I plant them deeper😂 next door neighbour has some beautiful tulips that are delicate pink and white two tone, I might get some of those for next year.Mortgage End Date: Apr 36/Aiming for Apr 28/Current Oct 33
Mortgage OP 2025 £1850/10000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £42,232
39 pay days until freedom!
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)3 -
Watty - you may find some garden centres have flowering tulips on clearance - I got loads half price last weekend.Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K with 227 payments to go - now £177.5K Equity 29%
2) CC1 £12465 (0% expires Aug 26), CC2 £9208 (0% expires Aug 25) & CC3 £240 (0% exp Mar 25)
3) CC debt offset by £26.1K savings & £5.1K investments
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £17.7K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.18K) = 23.48/£127.5K target 18.4% value 17/1/25
4) FI Age 60 income target £13.7/30K 45.7%
5) SIPP £4.7K 17/1/25
6) Set up new income streams: Start up costs £2604 -
Finally caught up with the washing and ironing today. All housework done and feeling a bit more organised.This afternoon I went for a walk at a nearby town and went to the harbour to watch some seals for a while, very relaxing. It’s been a mainly dry and sunny day for once.Mortgage End Date: Apr 36/Aiming for Apr 28/Current Oct 33
Mortgage OP 2025 £1850/10000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £42,232
39 pay days until freedom!
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)4 -
Well done on the housework.
How lovely to see seals in the wild. Were they noisy or too far away?Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K with 227 payments to go - now £177.5K Equity 29%
2) CC1 £12465 (0% expires Aug 26), CC2 £9208 (0% expires Aug 25) & CC3 £240 (0% exp Mar 25)
3) CC debt offset by £26.1K savings & £5.1K investments
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £17.7K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.18K) = 23.48/£127.5K target 18.4% value 17/1/25
4) FI Age 60 income target £13.7/30K 45.7%
5) SIPP £4.7K 17/1/25
6) Set up new income streams: Start up costs £2603 -
Last night's Gardener's World had lots of lovely Tulips in various gardens 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷6
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