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  • lippy1923
    lippy1923 Posts: 1,374 Forumite
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    SJ- If you're reading and you value your brick house, take it and run!!!!!
    Total Mortgage OP £61,000
    Outstanding Mortgage £27,971
    Emergency Fund £62,100
    I AM NOW MORTGAGE NEUTRAL!!!! <<Sep-20>>

  • hiddenshadow
    hiddenshadow Posts: 2,525 Forumite
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    Poor house!

    This is one reason I keep our house in digital form and "fill in" by entering dates and changing background colours. That, and DH is colour blind so I don't think he'd care about drawing in bricks. :rotfl:

    Well done for getting two bricks done, anyway!
  • lippy1923
    lippy1923 Posts: 1,374 Forumite
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    That's a good idea Hidden. Might take it on board. Or get a new husband :rotfl:
    Total Mortgage OP £61,000
    Outstanding Mortgage £27,971
    Emergency Fund £62,100
    I AM NOW MORTGAGE NEUTRAL!!!! <<Sep-20>>

  • shangaijimmy
    shangaijimmy Posts: 3,796 Forumite
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    I've gone down a dark road by enlisting a 6yr old to colour in! Thankfully I also have digital copy with the month I completed each brick!
    MFW: Was: £136,000.......Now: £61,892.24......
    Mortgage Neutral Deficit: £43,082.90... Mortgage Neutral Savings: £18,809.34
    MFiT-T6 #13 - £3,517 of £15,500 (22.69%)
    1% Mortgage Challenge 2022 - £157.59 of £650
  • lippy1923
    lippy1923 Posts: 1,374 Forumite
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    I think I would have had better luck asking a 6 year old to colour in. DH has never really been one to stay within the lines anyway!
    Total Mortgage OP £61,000
    Outstanding Mortgage £27,971
    Emergency Fund £62,100
    I AM NOW MORTGAGE NEUTRAL!!!! <<Sep-20>>

  • lippy1923
    lippy1923 Posts: 1,374 Forumite
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    GET IN! Only gone and passed my exam :j:j:beer::j:j
    Total Mortgage OP £61,000
    Outstanding Mortgage £27,971
    Emergency Fund £62,100
    I AM NOW MORTGAGE NEUTRAL!!!! <<Sep-20>>

  • hiddenshadow
    hiddenshadow Posts: 2,525 Forumite
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    Well done! :D
  • Ali-OK
    Ali-OK Posts: 4,073 Forumite
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    Many congrats on passing your exam and the £10k OPs :T:T

    Sorry, I couldn't help laughing at the brick house discussion...mine is digital only too :)
    Back on the DFW Wagon:

    CC - £3,300 on 0% til 04/2020
    CC - £4,500 on 0% til 02/2019
    Loan - £12,063.84 as at 4/1/18
  • lippy1923
    lippy1923 Posts: 1,374 Forumite
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    Lol. I think I need an online version. Does anyone know if there is a template anywhere I can steal and personalize? Or am I going to have to find some time to sit and create something on excel?
    Total Mortgage OP £61,000
    Outstanding Mortgage £27,971
    Emergency Fund £62,100
    I AM NOW MORTGAGE NEUTRAL!!!! <<Sep-20>>

  • hiddenshadow
    hiddenshadow Posts: 2,525 Forumite
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    I just made mine up, got a bit artistic with it (red background colour for the main parts, white for the windows/doors). Had to be a little creative with the numbers to get it to work out to the right number of rows/columns to represent a house (got immediate "credit" for the 198k brick as our balance started at £197,100 and I didn't want an single brick hole in our house).

    We live in a terraced house so our digital house is 6 columns and 33 rows, so that there's one brick (or window/door piece) for each 1k up to 198k. I used the draw tool to make a triangle for the roof. ;) As we achieve a brick to fill in I replace the number (167k, 161k, etc) with the date we got there.

    I would say I put far too much time/attention into my digital house, but it probably took about 15 minutes (longest part was entering each of the brick numbers to track which thousand it was).
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