Omaze, win a house??

[Berger 3rd]

It’s a beautiful house, lots of upkeep in terms of the garden but I’d happily take up the challenge.

The Omaze description is a bit daft, they’ve dressed it up for Xmas and suggested the new owner will be enjoying Xmas there… next year. Trying to flog tickets in the proviso you can spend Xmas there, just not this one.

[pavarotti1980]

juice said:

Not far from High Littleton. It's definitely not Bath !
It's a nice area but there is very little around in terms of amenities.

I wouldn't mind winning it though as it's not far from where I currently live (Chew Valley).
Here's the Savills' listing
https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbbhrsb...

Cheers for the link. In laws are from round that way (well North Somerset near Street). Would be a canny one to win for a holiday home

[Jonny8v]

Looking at the Savills link and the map view, there is a house very very close to the front of the house.

And the main garage for the house looks like such an after thought - feels like some wooden carport would be more fitting?

[Mr Pointy]

Jonny8v said:

Looking at the Savills link and the map view, there is a house very very close to the front of the house.

And the main garage for the house looks like such an after thought - feels like some wooden carport would be more fitting?

Hopefully those are the garaging & workshops described in the Savilles brochure, although it's odd that neither shows a pictures so I wonder if they are rented out?



There's always a wrinkle with an Omaze house.

[Jonny8v]

Mr Pointy said:

Jonny8v said:

Looking at the Savills link and the map view, there is a house very very close to the front of the house.

And the main garage for the house looks like such an after thought - feels like some wooden carport would be more fitting?

Hopefully those are the garaging & workshops described in the Savilles brochure, although it's odd that neither shows a pictures so I wonder if they are rented out?



There's always a wrinkle with an Omaze house.

Sadly they aren't.

From the arial pic, the additional garages are north west from the house (and actually look quite nice)

[petery27]

I know they have bits on these houses that aren't ideal but you aren't paying full price when you win it and no one is forcing you to enter.


I'd be more than happy to live there with the house and especially the garaging even if there is another house nearby. All for only £50 too...

[Mr Pointy]

Jonny8v said:

Mr Pointy said:

Jonny8v said:

Looking at the Savills link and the map view, there is a house very very close to the front of the house.

And the main garage for the house looks like such an after thought - feels like some wooden carport would be more fitting?

Hopefully those are the garaging & workshops described in the Savilles brochure, although it's odd that neither shows a pictures so I wonder if they are rented out?



There's always a wrinkle with an Omaze house.

Sadly they aren't.

From the arial pic, the additional garages are north west from the house (and actually look quite nice)

Mmm, looks like you are right. Now we know why they couldn't find a buyer - £3.5m for a house with your neighbour only yards away. The block of three garages are a bit of a liability as well as they are way out of sight of the house & a 100 yard trek across the lawn to get to.

[pavarotti1980]

Mr Pointy said:

Mmm, looks like you are right. Now we know why they couldn't find a buyer - £3.5m for a house with your neighbour only yards away. The block of three garages are a bit of a liability as well as they are way out of sight of the house & a 100 yard trek across the lawn to get to.

1st world problems eh?

Also council tax is reasonable at band G....£3,493.10

Edited by pavarotti1980 on Friday 17th November 14:52

[Saleen836]

pavarotti1980 said:

Mr Pointy said:

Mmm, looks like you are right. Now we know why they couldn't find a buyer - £3.5m for a house with your neighbour only yards away. The block of three garages are a bit of a liability as well as they are way out of sight of the house & a 100 yard trek across the lawn to get to.

1st world problems eh?

Also council tax is reasonable at band G....£3,493.10

Edited by pavarotti1980 on Friday 17th November 14:52

CT for me would be £2620 with the 25% single person discount

[Mikebentley]

Latest one ends tonight Cotswolds property.

[fourstardan]

I've entered the last two rounds, not sure if its a con but they gave me a 15 pound win from the first one.

The fact it goes to charity is/has been enough for me to not feel conned completely.

[Mr Pointy]

It seems the build of the latest Cornwall house was rather controversial & there's possibly a no-renting clause/covenant inserted when the land was sold so renting it out might not be an option:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13117321/...

There's always a wrinkle with an Omaze house.

[DodgyGeezer]

The Gauge said:

The council tax alone would make these houses unaffordable for someone to win and own it as a second house. Moving into it would mean having to unstick to another area of the country and having to change jobs. Unless retired and can afford the upkeep of these expensive houses, then surely all you could realistically do is sell it? But even then some of the houses have previously been on the market for years without getting sold, hence why they appear on these raffle sites. You'd end up being burdened by a £2m property that won't sell.

I'd put good money on it selling if you dropped the price to £1.5m or even £1m

[RATATTAK]

I quite fancied the Majorca property. Now it's gone, I think I'm going to fold.

[Unreal]

DodgyGeezer said:

The Gauge said:

The council tax alone would make these houses unaffordable for someone to win and own it as a second house. Moving into it would mean having to unstick to another area of the country and having to change jobs. Unless retired and can afford the upkeep of these expensive houses, then surely all you could realistically do is sell it? But even then some of the houses have previously been on the market for years without getting sold, hence why they appear on these raffle sites. You'd end up being burdened by a £2m property that won't sell.

I'd put good money on it selling if you dropped the price to £1.5m or even £1m

You've won the house for a notional tenner. Auction it with no reserve. The house will sell and you make money. It's as simple as that. If you enter a competition to win a house you know you can't afford to run then you are a moron but you can still auction it with no reserve.

[Muzzer79]

Unreal said:

DodgyGeezer said:

The Gauge said:

The council tax alone would make these houses unaffordable for someone to win and own it as a second house. Moving into it would mean having to unstick to another area of the country and having to change jobs. Unless retired and can afford the upkeep of these expensive houses, then surely all you could realistically do is sell it? But even then some of the houses have previously been on the market for years without getting sold, hence why they appear on these raffle sites. You'd end up being burdened by a £2m property that won't sell.

I'd put good money on it selling if you dropped the price to £1.5m or even £1m

You've won the house for a notional tenner. Auction it with no reserve. The house will sell and you make money. It's as simple as that. If you enter a competition to win a house you know you can't afford to run then you are a moron but you can still auction it with no reserve.

You're a moron if you've entered to actually live in the house, but as you rightly point out - just auction it with no or a low reserve and you'll still be quids in.

[Saleen836]

fourstardan said:

I've entered the last two rounds, not sure if its a con but they gave me a 15 pound win from the first one.

The fact it goes to charity is/has been enough for me to not feel conned completely.

Had an email today saying I have won £10 from the Cotswold draw, guessing I will have to jump through hoops to claim it but they will make it really easy to use it to buy tickets for a house draw

[Unreal]

Saleen836 said:

fourstardan said:

I've entered the last two rounds, not sure if its a con but they gave me a 15 pound win from the first one.

The fact it goes to charity is/has been enough for me to not feel conned completely.

Had an email today saying I have won £10 from the Cotswold draw, guessing I will have to jump through hoops to claim it but they will make it really easy to use it to buy tickets for a house draw

You're wrong. You can convert it to an Amazon voucher in about two minutes. Or buy more tickets, or donate it to charity.

What possible con are you talking about or are you one of those people that thinks anything you don't win must be a con?

Edited by Unreal on Sunday 3rd March 09:56

[bunchofkeys]

I've also won £10, just converted it to an Amazon voucher code and redeemed it in thr Amazon app. Took less than 5 mins to do.
This is the third time I've won £10, buy no poxy house or car though.

[Audis5b9]

New house in Dorset up...

https://assets.savills.com/properties/GBWIRSWBS230...

I actually quite like it. Ideal layout for me.