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  • dander
    dander Posts: 1,824 Forumite
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    Possibly a self-build mortgage would achieve what you need. They pay in stages as the work is done, so you wouldn't ever be at the point of owing 125% of the property value etc. 
    I know zero about them other than watching people using them on Grand Designs, so only offering a phrase to google.
  • BikingBud
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    dander said:
    Possibly a self-build mortgage would achieve what you need. They pay in stages as the work is done, so you wouldn't ever be at the point of owing 125% of the property value etc. 
    I know zero about them other than watching people using them on Grand Designs, so only offering a phrase to google.
    And they're not fairy stories either!
    Your life is too short to be unhappy 5 days a week in exchange for 2 days of freedom!
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