What is the smallest amount of money that would be life changing for you?

As baby boomers we already own our house, so £100k, I'd give it all to my son who would then also own his house.
 
I'm fortunate enough that I enjoy my job enough to not need a large sum to retire on, I'm happy to work until I can't and that's a lonnnggg way off.

£30-40k would allow us to move into a nice house and clear some debts so we can live comfortably on our wages and build up the pension pots.

After being extremely wasteful and reckless with money when I was younger I got myself in a bit of a financial muddle, just managed to avoid bankruptcy but still paying for it now.

Not that I'd turn down a lottery win or anything mind
 
I'm semi-retired with a half decent salary. I reckon £300K would do me nicely - lots of nice holidays for the rest of my life, never a money worry.
I'd like £2m so I can buy me kids a house each though - but as I don't do the lottery, not sure where that's coming from!
 
Matt said:
Everyone wants to win big on the lottery - £10m would be huge for almost anyone.

But what is the smallest amount of money that would make a significant change to your life, or your current situation?
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A tenner .- you happy now ?
 
Discussed this in the Grenadier a good few years back as the snow piled high outside (luckily still got a taxi ok back to Stockton)
We reckoned £500k used sensibly would mean we were no better off , but could stop working
Think that would still be the amount
 
In all seriousness, I got let go by a company during Covid and one that has been completely hamstrung by Brexit and especially what is just about to happen (If you supported Brexit yes you are an idiot).

I think most people in business understand the rules will change this year in terms of importation generally, things will just get assessed.

I'm not sure the general public understand what is going to happen once the current import rules change.
 
Here we go again, another chance to passively show off.
If we're talking life changing amounts and not how much to live a life of luxury, I'll go for £25k please
Enough to get my front door fixed, get proper central heating installed, a new kitchen and a new bathroom suite.
The reduction in stress by getting those jobs done would be priceless.
I'd hopefully even have a bit left over for a couple of luxuries. Maybe a new watch 😉
 
It depends on your definition of LIFE CHANGING.

Being given enough money to pay off your mortgage or buy a new kitchen doesn't really change your life - it just makes you more comfortable with the life you're already in.
 
Support Your Local Team said:
But by making it far more comfortable (permanently) has it not changed?
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It has - but any small number of things could be life changing in that context, a 1% pay rise could be life changing.... If I found a tenner on the street, that's "technically" life changing because it would change the course of my life for the short period of time that I'm spending that tenner...

Obviously it's all just opinion - there's no right or wrong...

I have x-amount left on my mortgage, if I was given that x-amount... I'd still have to go to work, and do everything I normally do - I'd just be my mortgage payment richer every month.

I'd probably have a bit more fun, go on an extra holiday a year... I'd probably be a little happier... but in my opinion that's not really "changing my life" in the way the poster was asking the question.
 
2 things would make me happy. Firstly mfc give me my tenner back when I paid for the game twice and picking up my free coffee on the 11th one.

Simple things.

If money were no object then billions to invent a time machine to go back and tell my mum once more how much I love her.
 
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