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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Eleanor Fleming

Man fulfills childhood promise after saving £40,000 in two years

A graphic designer who saved an average of £1,600 per month over approximately two years, amounting to a total of £40,000, has fulfilled a childhood promise and bought a two-bedroom house for his single mother who had been struggling to afford her rent.

Will Hemming, 32, a creative director who lives in London, told his mother Vivienne years ago: “Mum, when I grow up, I’ll buy you a house.”

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