Amelie2024
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Personal details
Your age : 46
Your spouse's age (husband): 46
Number and age of children: 2 – ages 9 and 11
Income and expenditure
Annual gross income from employment or profession: €105k
Annual gross income of husband 123k
Annual gross income of husband €36k (from DB Pension)
Bonus: Approx 18k
Monthly take-home pay: €11k approx
Type of employment –Public Sector (wife),
Retired from PS with DB pension now permanent - private sector (husband)
In general are you:
(a) spending more than you earn, or
(b) saving
Summary of Assets and Liabilities
Family home value: 620k
Mortgage on family home: €190k
Net equity: €430k
Total investments : 220k
50k - long term managed fund
Trade republic - 100k
AIB deposit account - 70k
Also ACV - 60k
Buy to Let Property value: n/a
Buy to let Mortgage: na/
Family home mortgage information
–tracker .75 over ECB
Other borrowings – car loans/personal loans etc
- PCP car - 240 per month 2.9%
Do you pay off your full credit card balance each month? No CC
If not, what is the balance on your credit card?
Pension information
Wife - DB pension (pre-2001)
Husband - DB pension 35k p/a
Husband - DC pension 8% employer contribution and matched with 9% contribution from husband
Buy to let properties
- None
Other savings and investments:
- None
What specific question do you have or what issues are of concern to you?
Financially, our situation has changed/improved somewhat in the last number of months.
While we at the time were holding cash with the view of some house improvement and as an emergency fund we now feel that our money would be best spent trading up to a larger house in the same area. Our current home is just too small and has no scope to extend.
We would need to spend anywhere between 800k and 900k to purchase the type of property that will meet our needs and ensure that it’s our ‘forever home’.
I suppose my concern is taking on a bigger mortgage given that we have two dependents and are both mid 40s.We are saving at least 4k per month and aim to have 200k out aside for a move.
Is a mortgage of 250k/300k too much at our age or should we keep saving for another couple of years and aim to borrow less?
Your age : 46
Your spouse's age (husband): 46
Number and age of children: 2 – ages 9 and 11
Income and expenditure
Annual gross income from employment or profession: €105k
Annual gross income of husband 123k
Annual gross income of husband €36k (from DB Pension)
Bonus: Approx 18k
Monthly take-home pay: €11k approx
Type of employment –Public Sector (wife),
Retired from PS with DB pension now permanent - private sector (husband)
In general are you:
(a) spending more than you earn, or
(b) saving
Summary of Assets and Liabilities
Family home value: 620k
Mortgage on family home: €190k
Net equity: €430k
Total investments : 220k
50k - long term managed fund
Trade republic - 100k
AIB deposit account - 70k
Also ACV - 60k
Buy to Let Property value: n/a
Buy to let Mortgage: na/
Family home mortgage information
–tracker .75 over ECB
Other borrowings – car loans/personal loans etc
- PCP car - 240 per month 2.9%
Do you pay off your full credit card balance each month? No CC
If not, what is the balance on your credit card?
Pension information
Wife - DB pension (pre-2001)
Husband - DB pension 35k p/a
Husband - DC pension 8% employer contribution and matched with 9% contribution from husband
Buy to let properties
- None
Other savings and investments:
- None
What specific question do you have or what issues are of concern to you?
Financially, our situation has changed/improved somewhat in the last number of months.
While we at the time were holding cash with the view of some house improvement and as an emergency fund we now feel that our money would be best spent trading up to a larger house in the same area. Our current home is just too small and has no scope to extend.
We would need to spend anywhere between 800k and 900k to purchase the type of property that will meet our needs and ensure that it’s our ‘forever home’.
I suppose my concern is taking on a bigger mortgage given that we have two dependents and are both mid 40s.We are saving at least 4k per month and aim to have 200k out aside for a move.
Is a mortgage of 250k/300k too much at our age or should we keep saving for another couple of years and aim to borrow less?
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