The 'We're saving for a deposit' thread

hostie1985

well done jak, a bit of interest on your savings is always a little morale boost

No update on the savings front for me at the moment, hoping to hit the £11k mark at the end of the month thou

JimLad

Well i think i may have just found myself a drain to my funds....I took a girl out on saturday night for dinner and we are going out again on wednesday for a movie and drinks

Dinah93

Ah but we womenfolk are worth the expense

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Now if Only I could find a decent manfolk ?? lol

Dinah93

I had to go all the way to Ireland to find mine. He's perfect though.

^!£$&

I'm only 24 so I know have plenty of time yet!!

Having said that my ex has just got engaged & bought a house, so am feeling a tincy bit jealous (more of the house than the engagement though, he wasnt good enough for me lol)

JimLad

Dinah93 wrote: »

Ah but we womenfolk are worth the expense

I didnt desert my MSE ways though. Im going to the cinema on a wednesday...and you know what that means

Dinah93

Lol! I didn't clock the Wednesday there! I know she'll be after an ice-cream though, be a gent and treat her to it with the saving on the ticket, always a good idea to butter the date up early on.

Fallen in love with another house this week. Absolutely everything we could want from a house to see us through the next 30 years. Lots of land, outbuildings, large, listed, needs a lot of restoration work so could be personalised, nice village location, dropped over £200k in price, so about 40% since it came on the market in December, no chain. Really annoyed we don't have the deposit!

jak

I've fallen in love with a house this week too. It's 172,950 and in a couple of years that'd be at the top end of our price range. It's just beautiful! Oh well. Only another couple of years of saving...at least the end is in sight now!

Good luck everyone.

butterfly72

Everyone seems to be doing really well with their savings!! :T

We've now reached our moving fees and costs target which we set at 15K. I know it sounds a lot, but we wanted some in reserve and it can also include new items like white goods or a new carpet say.

So we are now going to add to our emergency fund and really bump that up. Then i guess its ploughing back into the deposit to increase that further. Its currently 100K but any extra will be bonus and if we keep going at this rate we could be thinking of a 50% deposit or more!

I've sold a few more items on Amazon which has added a few bob and I'm working towards a promotion at work.

I'm currenlty eyeing up a new payg mobile as I've had mine years and it looks tatty now. Trouble is I WANT a new phone - I don't NEED a new phone. Its only £79, but not buying these little things has really helped our savings. Oh go on someone tell me to treat myself!! :rotfl: