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Home extension loan
                    Hi. I have about 160k in savings and need about 100k to give me some breathing space on extension I’m planning to do. 
                My house has no mortgage and I have some properties under business account too. Again no mortgages or loans on them. 
What’s the best loan to get, ideally want something that I can payback quicker without extra charges. I reckon I can pay it off in 3 years (£3k monthly) but some months I’ll be able to pay extra. 
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            Not clear here - do you have £160k in savings and you want to borrow £100k on top - or do you not want to use the savings?
 If you have the funds (and more!) why pay to borrow - you can 'repay' the £k back into your savings?1
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 I’ll get to send the 160k plus need an extra 100k.retiredbanker1 said:Not clear here - do you have £160k in savings and you want to borrow £100k on top - or do you not want to use the savings?
 If you have the funds (and more!) why pay to borrow - you can 'repay' the £k back into your savings?0
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            260k for an extension? Might as well sell and buy a new house with a big deposit!Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet. 1
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