Did you know that if you buy the average Chelsea pied a terre for, oooh, say £300k, then over the course of 25 years you'll pay a preposterous £250k in interest to the vile banks. Well, now, even if you're not as fabulously wealthy as me, there IS an alternative: Pay it off in TWO YEARS.

That is the challenge set by a forthcoming BBC TV series, Pay Off Your Mortgage, which will follow eight households over two years as they toil and struggle to earn enough money to pay off their mortgage in only two years. Think of the scrimping and saving the poor blighters will have to do while they work their fingers to the bone.

Ho Hum! If you would like to submit yourself to this Herculean task then - fool, that you are - contact POYmortgage@bbc.co.uk.

Pay Off Your Mortgage
They are especially looking for creative types - artists, designers, etc, from all over the UK (bar Scotland and Ireland). For more information email the above address or call 0121 567 6640 and be sure to leave your contact details.

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