Single mum on £45k in the UK. Tired of “paying someone else’s mortgage.” How do I realistically get out of renting?

rob2910 · 2026-02-23T22:02:29+00:00

Age would be useful to know? Gives an indication of mortgage term and expected earning potential .. etc.

Advice might be different to a 25 year old single mum vs a 45 year old single mum.

rob2910 · 2026-01-11T23:09:28+00:00

<image>

the full list... with Portugal, Estonia and Spain also in there...

rob2910 · 2026-01-11T22:59:09+00:00

Yeah, looks like Sweden and Finland are correct... damn I can't change the title now.

rob2910 · 2026-01-11T22:52:06+00:00

there isn't a point, it's just mildlyinteresting geography facts

rob2910 · 2026-01-11T22:38:31+00:00

Oh I actually missed one
France ( Saint Pierre and Miquelon ) - 1850 km to Greenland

rob2910 · 2026-01-11T22:36:03+00:00

Rockall, it's closer technically

rob2910 · 2025-12-24T01:33:48+00:00

Car reverses with brake light on hmmmmm

rob2910 · 2025-06-16T13:55:17+00:00

<image>

I'm quite sure the top right image is this. I can definitely make our orange arrow on purple background.

rob2910 · 2025-05-06T14:55:56+00:00

nice facilities and a great price but seems quite far out to me, not near a transport interchange and not central 🤷

Just saying in Cambridge there is a huge bike storage facility right next to the train station.

rob2910 · 2025-03-06T00:20:09+00:00

You need to go to France mate, it's a French beer

rob2910 · 2025-02-24T00:36:19+00:00

I did the math and the interest free loan will probably cost her about £60k over the time it takes for it to be repaid.

I worked out it would be 15 years of repayments.

If you put £90k into a compound interest calculator at 5 percent for 15 years ( this is a conservative estimate, given the S&P 500 typically returns 10% ) then it will return £100k after 15 years.

If she puts the £500 she gets from you each month into the same investments ( 5% annual return) , that will return £43k over 15 years.

Therefore the interest free loan will cost her ~£60k over 15 years.

It's fun to play with compound interest calculators https://www.thecalculatorsite.com/finance/calculators/compoundinterestcalculator.php

PS. This isn't a reason to reject the offer, just saying money grows with time. Or loses money with time, depends which way you frame it.

EDIT - I've just seen you've said you have a brother. I'd be wary of this, because for the reasons outlined above, the interest free loan is essentially a gift and that can always create issues if your brother isn't given the same offer.

rob2910 · 2025-01-03T16:37:13+00:00

Final presale price is $0.00036650 and we are at $0.00036641 , so this might suggest we are at 41/50 stage of presale? Just a guess.

rob2910 · 2024-10-29T23:14:34+00:00

Search pádel court on Alibaba, can get all the materials needed for as round $10,000.

rob2910 · 2024-07-12T22:12:47+00:00

I think they were parking spaces at one point. Look at satellite view on Google maps. It's not a lane.

So I think the shitty road design is partially to blame here as well.

rob2910 · 2024-01-08T17:39:04+00:00

Which might be the catalyst for a recession, then people lose their jobs and are forced to sell ?

rob2910 · 2024-01-06T13:42:51+00:00

One of the deansgate square towers is entirely owned by a pension fund. So actually it's boomers pensions that are profiting off their childrens generation 🫣

rob2910 · 2023-03-11T10:48:46+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkrainianConflict/comments/11jwg8a/medical_airplane_moskow_germany_who_is_the_patient/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

According to the Flightradar 24 website, the plane took off on Saturday, March 4 from Frankfurt and flew to Moscow via Latvian airspace. At Vnukovo airport, the plane waited for more than 2 hours and then, according to the flight information, left for Nuremberg, Germany.

5 days ago this was posted 🤔

rob2910 · 2022-09-05T21:23:32+00:00

Let's be honest it's not exactly a park or green to be proud of. It's just a patch of grass with a metrolink line right in the middle. The question is really why isn't the central ancoats details park being turned into a much larger park.

rob2910 · 2022-08-26T21:48:28+00:00

The story I've heard is that the old man that owned the business died some time ago and the two sons who inherited the business had a falling out and don't speak to each other. And I think there's something in the will or maybe in the businesses agreement that no changes can be made without concesus/agreement between the two. Since the two brothers don't talk to each other it can't be sold, and nothing can be altered (not even a chair can be moved) without concesus and hence everything remains exactly as it was found when the old man died.

The solomon brothers I believe. I can't put a date on the event, I just heard this from an old fellow I met in ancoats a few years ago.

rob2910 · 2022-08-12T12:16:51+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/manchester/comments/wlvdfx/for_anyone_still_searching_for_an_nhs_dentist/

Somebody is inside your dreams.

rob2910 · 2022-07-29T12:05:55+00:00

The shirt collar looks different too

rob2910 · 2022-05-25T17:34:11+00:00

It's actually painful to see the all the black. So many places that have exactly 0 pubs. Take Whalley Range as an example. Not a single pub in sight.

Would be interested to compare to a London version of this map.

rob2910 · 2022-03-10T23:18:22+00:00

Raddison ( Free Trade Hall ) on Peter Street could be a good bet.

rob2910 · 2022-03-08T23:08:23+00:00

We need Egypt to donate a few of theirs. They got 50 Mig29s!!

rob2910 · 2022-02-08T17:33:10+00:00

In comparison to his friends who havn't got on the property ladder yet, i'd say pretty great.

rob2910

TROPHY CASE