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Retired from 1 July 2024 - how’s it going?

FIREDreamer
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Start of retirement looks as follows …




SIPP



Be interesting to see how this pans out over the years.

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  • FIREDreamer
    FIREDreamer Posts: 1,116 Forumite
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    edited 2 July 2024 at 10:11AM
    Our bills are quite high - council tax, energy, water, general spends are approximately £15,000.

    This still leaves about £15,000 per annum from the net of tax pension income.

    Hopefully was good to go - been preparing over 5 years for this!
  • FIREDreamer
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  • ColdIron
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    Congratulations. Summer is a good time to retire. February is grim
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