Many years ago, we had a mortgage with Clayton U.D.C (see, I told you it was a long time ago)....anyway Accrington took over the mortgages...so we had to pay our mortgage twice a year.
One year we were off to Oz and we went down and asked if we needed to pay the insrtalment before we went, or would it do when we came back in the middle of Feb......we were told that because it was only twice a year we could pay it when we got back from Oz......Anyway when we got back there was a red letter saying we owed them money......hubby was as mad as a wasp in a jar......he went down and found out how much we still owed.....went straight across to the Yorkshire Bank and drew out the outstanding amount and paid it off.
That must be about 30 years ago now.....but it is a great feeling to know that the bricks and mortar are all yours........Congratulations Kate.
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