Hi all,
I've been so inspired reading all your diaries and as we exchanged today I thought I would celebrate by creating my own diary to join you all!

Due to complete on Friday

OH and I have bought the house, and we will also have the addition of my mum's dog moving in with us when we've settled in, which I am very excited about.
We've bought our first house for £200,000k, taking out a mortgage for £180k currently to be fully paid in 27 years (which is scary as that is longer than I have been alive for haha!) However, hoping to get rid of it as soon as possible.
I'm not yet setting a target- I'm going to wait until we have fully moved in and sorted bills etc and seeing what I have leftover. I'm not sure which date we will be moving in yet- we're renting our current place until the end of June so we have a lot of flexibility. We're hoping to get a new floor in the ground floor before moving.
I'm also saving up the EF to cover any essential house works- I currently have £900 in my fund and OH has a similar amount, however we're waiting for the solicitors to refund us 2k back (they hadn't included the Help to Buy Bonus in the statement) My plan is any extra money half is for the EF and half is for OP but we shall see how that goes
Cannot wait to share this journey and looking forward to getting to know more people on this thread!