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Age: Early 40s
Spouse’s/Partner's age: Late 30s
Number and age of children: 2 kids (7 and 3)
Income and expenditure
Income
Annual gross income from employment or profession: ~ €120k plus bonus of up to 10%
Annual Car Allowance : €10k
Annual gross income of spouse: ~ €120k plus bonus of up to 10%
Monthly take-home pay ~ €11k
Income from rental property ~1500 pm
Expenditure
Childcare ~€1800 pm
Mortgage repayment of €2,550 pm (PPR)
Mortgage repayment on rental property - €1250 pm
Type of employment: e.g. Civil Servant, self-employed
Public Servant
In general are you:
(a) spending more than you earn, or
(b) saving?
Saving approx. €3k per month
Summary of Assets and Liabilities
Family home worth ~ €1,300,000k with a €650k mortgage over 28 years
Cash of €10k
Defined Benefit pension funds x 2
Buy to Let Property worth approx. €320 - 350k with mortgage of €240k, rental income per year €18k. Tracker mortgage (ECB + 1.35%)
Family home mortgage information
Fixed Rate at 2.1% for next 5 years
Other borrowings – car loans/personal loans etc
No other loans
Do you pay off your full credit card balance each month? Yes, always
Other information which might be relevant
We have income protection etc. in place.
What specific question do you have or what issues are of concern to you?
Spouse’s/Partner's age: Late 30s
Number and age of children: 2 kids (7 and 3)
Income and expenditure
Income
Annual gross income from employment or profession: ~ €120k plus bonus of up to 10%
Annual Car Allowance : €10k
Annual gross income of spouse: ~ €120k plus bonus of up to 10%
Monthly take-home pay ~ €11k
Income from rental property ~1500 pm
Expenditure
Childcare ~€1800 pm
Mortgage repayment of €2,550 pm (PPR)
Mortgage repayment on rental property - €1250 pm
Type of employment: e.g. Civil Servant, self-employed
Public Servant
In general are you:
(a) spending more than you earn, or
(b) saving?
Saving approx. €3k per month
Summary of Assets and Liabilities
Family home worth ~ €1,300,000k with a €650k mortgage over 28 years
Cash of €10k
Defined Benefit pension funds x 2
Buy to Let Property worth approx. €320 - 350k with mortgage of €240k, rental income per year €18k. Tracker mortgage (ECB + 1.35%)
Family home mortgage information
Fixed Rate at 2.1% for next 5 years
Other borrowings – car loans/personal loans etc
No other loans
Do you pay off your full credit card balance each month? Yes, always
Other information which might be relevant
We have income protection etc. in place.
What specific question do you have or what issues are of concern to you?
- We have toyed with the idea of selling our investment property – we are accidental landlords and are concerned that conditions are getting more and more restrictive e.g. rent cap due to rent pressure zone, more restrictive tenancy obligations. At the same time not sure we want that much cash in a high inflation environment. We would love to hear people’s thoughts.
- We are not sure where to go next with our financial planning once we achieve our rainyday fund target in the coming months (want to have €25k cash on deposit; €20k on unused credit card limits). Should we overpay mortgage each month, put money into pension avcs, one of us work reduced hours (finding it a struggle at the moment both of us working full time in senior roles) etc. We don’t want to be aimless when it comes to our finances. Again, would love to hear peoples’ thoughts.