What would YOU do if you inherited £20000?

[MoveYourArmsLikeHenry]

Hi all. Just exactly as the title says What would you spend it on?

Pay off credit card debt, do some work on the house and take a holiday.

YABU it not an AIBU

Yeah, like anyone cares. Have you seen the other questions in AIBU?
They aren't much better than this.

Have another baby.

Pay off all debts then since I'd have no repayments to make I'd be able to save some money to buy things I wanted

House improvements and maintenance.

Pay off the mortgage, thereby giving us the money we would have used on payments to save towards other things - probably starting with replacing the car.

Heart - travel.

Head - Put it towards a deposit on a house we actually want to live in, whilst keeping this one, renting it out [thus having our pension plan in a box!]

If I didn't want to move then probably £10k off the mortgage, £3k savings, £7k on a few bits we need to upgrade & a holiday.

Take the kids on a fantastic holiday.
Clear debts.
Finish doing the house up.
Get me & DH driving lessons and a car each.

Put towards a deposit for a flat.

A really interesting holiday somewhere, sort out our crumbling driveway and save the rest to help dd out when she goes off to uni.

Pay off half my mortgage, clear all our debt and put some money aside for my DC.

Then perhaps use some as a deposit on a rental property; need some sort of retirement fund as I currently don't have much going on that front.

Buy a car (£4000) Renew our passports and go on holiday (£3000) Not sure about the rest..

Surely everyone would just pay down their debts giving priority to those with the highest rate of interest, thus freeing up the greatest amount of money for future use?

Sex & drugs & rock and roll.

Or failing that, take a bite out of my mortgage.

lazysusan ??????? Is your way the only way then? Have you bothered to read the thread?

Deposit for a house. Only way it will ever happen :(

calm down ChippingIn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cant you see I was just playing devils advocate???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

New kitchen, new bathroom, hall and landing redecorated and carpeted, garden sorted out.

£10k on a car, £9k paying off a bit of the mortgage and £1k on a UK holiday

I'd get some good advice about how to make it grow.

I would put five thousand into an account to help the children when they're older. Education, if they go to university or driving lessons and a car maybe if they don't.

I'd then get a new boiler, new bathroom and/or kitchen.
Oh, maybe a nice piece of costume jewellery too just for me.

We recently inherited and paid off a bit of the mortgage. The rest is for DD's uni fund and a trip to Australia/NZ. We're very grateful for the money and really appreciate my aunt and DH's mum for thinking of us.

Save it. Boring, I know...

Pay off car (£8000) then save £10,000. The rest would go on little things and a winter holiday.