The 'We're saving for a deposit' thread

Rahven

Amazing stuff Jackies!

Payday update from me, had £100 left so that's gone in. Along with this month's SO makes the total £1574.58 so far! Got some ebay pennies to go in shortly but shan't count them til ebay/paypal have syphoned their bits off. Looks like I'm easily going to hit my first target before December!

£1574.58/£2k = 78.7% (first target - December 2012)

tara747

Well done all! Payday update shortly from me I have spent a lot this month, but have also been doing well on eBay and have had a pay rise so am hoping for a good result.

lazer wrote: »

I have a hen weekend costing €130 plus petrol (although i'm hoping my passenger give me generous petrol money) and spends to go to and a £65 electric bill to pay, so its still going to be tight with the £300!

Yikes!!! How far away is it? :eek:

ManPants

Managed to deposit £90 in the fund today following on from my ebay weekend sales. Sold 10 things but severely underestimated the postage on all of them and the two most expensive items totalling over £400 in retail value and unused in original packaging went unsold!! At least it was a clear out!!

Stupotstu

P.S However, as I was off work today I decided to book a two night camping trip with other half for a mid summer weekend away which somehow got out of hand and instead of a two night camping trip became a two night stay in a Boutique Hotel in London!!!

superted187

Hi Guys,

I've only just noticed this thread.

I'm also saving for a deposit - but I don't have a strict target amount. I've got an initial target of £20k, but the more the better. The plan is to asses the situation when I hit the £20k mark (do I need to move, what are houseprices doing, etc)

Currently stashing a minimum of £1000 a month into savings minimum. Anything left at the end of the month gets swept into savings too.

Current savings: £11,500

I should get paid tomorrow and will stash another £1000. However an overpayment looks unlikely this month after getting a high Credit Card bill (!!!!!!! fuel costs, and yes, I pay off the full balance each month).

quintwins

i've also had an awful month, i've been emmm lets say spaving i bought a new t.v myself and the kids loads of clothes from the tesco flash sales and then i got over £100 of stuff from the mothercare glitch which has meant i have sorted all my youngest xmas pressies and most of the older 2 for £120 and i did a big approved foods order to see us threw the summer holidays, despite that things were looking ok, til my dishwasher broke i have a new one coming on friday so thats £300, i'm still hoping to add abit just not as much as i'd hoped for will be back to update on the 11th

Marcus84_2

Pay day for me today. Total is now £69,400 - should be £70,000 within the next 2 weeks.

Marcus84_2

How old is everyone on here? sorry if that is too personal but it is nice to see people in a similar position

quintwins

i'm 24 coming 25, my hubby is 23 we have 3 kids under 5 which def hinders our savings lol and stopps me working

nakiwala123

Marcus84 wrote: »

How old is everyone on here? sorry if that is too personal but it is nice to see people in a similar position

I'm 27 and hubby is 25. We are both still living with our parents (I know I'm too old for it) and this is hopefully speeding up the process of saving. He is much better with money than me but I am improving:o.

My deposit savings are in my signature and I aim to save approximately £800 a month. July will be a better month because of work bonus so I'm aiming for about £1100. Hubby has about 7k saved but progress is slow on his side of things since he took a pay cut so we are aiming to save as much we can on my salary.

We are aiming for 20k by Dec 2011. We hope to rent together beginning of next year for at least 6 months before we buy to ensure we are comfortable with the area before we can commit to a mortgage (area is new to both of us but good schools and great transport links). We don't really have a figure in mind but we know we will need more than 20k in the area we are aiming for.

superted187

Marcus84 wrote: »

How old is everyone on here? sorry if that is too personal but it is nice to see people in a similar position

I'm nearly 26. And yourself?