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If you are likely to do a loft extension anyway, then I would do it now.
If you paid off debt, you would potentially have to borrow the money anyway to extend, and costs of doing the work will only get more expensive over time.The alternative is moving house, but the cost of that with stamp duty etc might be on par, or more expensive than the loft conversion.
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we are in the fortunate position of having to decide what to do with an inherited lump sum. Options look like paying off a (not insignificant chunk) of mortgage, or doing a loft extension. Are just approaching year five of a twenty year stretch, family are growing, there's no bad decision here, right? My gut says pay off debt, partner thinks home improvement to be prudent. Is there general advice? I feel like Martin Lewis would be on my side.