Free £10,000.. what would you do with it?

[slinxy]

No, I didn't get £10,000 and no I'm not going to give you £10,000..

but I was watching an interview with Rory Stewart (former tory MP) on how they just gave some people in a villages from a developing country $700 each and when they came back a year later the whole village was transformed, they had running water, a sewage system and cows to farm the land/milk.. etc...

Guessing that $700 wouldn't change most people's lives much here, but if some well meaning, funny talking toff was to give you £10,000.. what would you do with it?

 

[gettothechopper]

I would spend it all on Cinema grade Pick and Mix

should be enough to fill the bag to the brim

 

[BUDFORCE]

Food, electric, insurance.

 

[Kenai]

Stick it in savings/investment until I probably eventually spent it on some sort of home improvements

 

[IvanDobskey]

Overpay a chunk off the mortgage

Boring answer I know

 

[tres]

Overpay a chunk off the mortgage

Boring answer I know

Agreed. Remortgage time around the corner. Dreading it.

 

[paradigm]

Overpay a chunk off the mortgage

Boring answer I know

This. Or put it towards the orangery I want to build.

 

[arc@css]

Save a bit, spend a bit, and donate a bit.

 

[Blackvault]

Overpay a chunk off the mortgage

Boring answer I know

Probably do the same. Either that a guitar.

 

[Rilot]

I concur. Damn, getting old.

 

[ristac]

Spend it on home improvements that we’d like to do

 

[VaderDSL]

Solar + batteries + insulation (windows&door).

 

[IvanDobskey]

Probably do the same. Either that a guitar.

I'd love to blow it on a watch But I wouldn't be able to justify it

 

[fez]

Stick it in my stocks and shares ISA.

 

[Doughnut007]

I would pay a chuck of the mortgage off.

 

[rodders]

Good shout, batteries to add to my solar, so when my rate rockets in Sept, I'll be covered a bit.

 

[builder22]

misread that as Rod Stewart I'd use 9k on sensible things and 1k for hobby stuff...3D printer, EMG 85/81 pickup set, something for the pc...

 

[Semple]

I would pay a chuck of the mortgage off.

Just a chuck?

 

[Minusorange]

Fishing hooks and Coca Cola

 

[slinxy]

I'd love to blow it on a watch But I wouldn't be able to justify it

This is what I kinda did in the past... my mom lent me 5k for some of my house down payment. When I went to return it a few years later, she said she didn't want it back, so I popped the cash into an ISA and brought a Planet Ocean on interest free credit. I thought it was right as it gives me someone to remember my mum by, I have the cash in an account gaining interest in case I need to get rid of the debit and in theory; the watch has gain in vaule as it RRPs for a lot more than I got it for when considering the discount I got on the watch and inflation.