if you inherited £100k what would you do with it? or rather more to the point, what should i do with it as my head is just spinning with it all?? situation- after my gran passed away i inherited about £100k (will get it early next year i think).
there's me, dh, dd aged 4 starting school september, and ds 8 months. i'm due back to work in 2 months.
we have a £150k mortgage currently on standard variable, so no penalties for overpaying.
i work back to back with dh. he pays all bills and mortgage. my income is spending money, about £800-£1000 a month depending what hours i go back to work on. we have no childcare costs due to work opposite each other (him earlies, me lates).
do i.....
A) pay off large chunk of mortgage, maybe £75k, and keep repayments the same which will mean mortgage is totally paid off in 10 years ie by the time i'm 40. other £25k will pay off £5k car loan, £5k aside for each of the dc, £5k for some stuff to the house and £5k into savings for next years holidays.
B) as above but keep mortgage term the same, so half the monthly repayments. means more in our pocket each month, nicer hols etc etc. though we aren't massively fussed for this, we like uk hols while the children are young really.
C) take 5 years off work. (will have to go back short term until money comes through though) 5 years x £800 a month = £48k to fund the 5yrs off. so would still leave £50k (allow for 'pay rise') to make maybe £25k overpayment to mortgage plus £25k to do as above. so, mortgage would carry on over longer, but would have career break, though of course impact to think of 5 years off career ladder/pension etc etc blah blah. would probably do some volunteering actually to keep some semblance of activity out of the home as it were.
D) something else..
i don't exactly love my job, i do it because the hours fit and it's good money for what it is iyswim. as it stands, i'm with the children all day, then go to work while dh does tea and bedtime. i won't see much of dd as she'll be at school all day, though i'll be there for drop off and pick up. it would be nice to be home each evening.
but we'll save an absolute fortune if we overpay massively on the mortgage and be mortgage free in 10years.
thank you for reading all this.. soooo...tell me what you think?? i just want to make sure i do my best with this money. dh will go along with whatever i decide