Omaze, win a house??
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The adverts for it seems to be everywhere, and a mate brought it up yesterday as well. Few rumours were discussed around it...
I gather it's a house that didn't sell, occupants are now working with a company to raffle it off? Is that even remotely correct?
Apparently though they did it a couple of times before, but didn't sell... And this time round have postponed the draw by a couple of months? (drum up more tickets?)
I gather it's a house that didn't sell, occupants are now working with a company to raffle it off? Is that even remotely correct?
Apparently though they did it a couple of times before, but didn't sell... And this time round have postponed the draw by a couple of months? (drum up more tickets?)
Yep, not a great bit of publicity with the pictures of that stream flooding the outside and apparently getting into the ground floor too.
I thought this was scheduled for Feb or so then realised it had been bumped back a bit.
Not their best effort to shift a high value prize I’m sure.
I thought this was scheduled for Feb or so then realised it had been bumped back a bit.
Not their best effort to shift a high value prize I’m sure.
Edited by JonnyWhitters on Thursday 8th April 19:48
Loads of people comment on the facebook posts, don't know whats true though, some people say that it couldn't be sold with a mortgage and had to be a cash sale due to flood risk, omaze say the flooding was a one off and has been rectified.
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-9...
That shows the last flooding at the end of last year.
This is the site before the house was built, about 7 seconds in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWGflSVsY44
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-9...
That shows the last flooding at the end of last year.
This is the site before the house was built, about 7 seconds in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWGflSVsY44
This vid, all 2 seconds of it, shows the house you can win complete with flooding:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVM8IBUJsQ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVM8IBUJsQ8
sherman said:
If I was to be daft enough to enter and actually won the house. I would sell it imediatley and use whatever money I make on it to buy somewhere I actually wanted to stay.
I would keep the aston martin that they were offering though.
Looks like you wouldn't be able to sell it to anyone who needed a mortgage! How much to build a moat?I would keep the aston martin that they were offering though.
Just looking at their latest offering in the Lake District...
https://omaze.co.uk/pages/lake-district
Absolutely love it but there's no garaging and I dread to think what the combined council tax and energy bills would be - more than my net income probably!
If you won one of these houses and sold it would have you have to pay CGT on the difference between the cost of your competition entry and the sale price of the house?
https://omaze.co.uk/pages/lake-district
Absolutely love it but there's no garaging and I dread to think what the combined council tax and energy bills would be - more than my net income probably!
If you won one of these houses and sold it would have you have to pay CGT on the difference between the cost of your competition entry and the sale price of the house?
MitchT said:
Just looking at their latest offering in the Lake District...
https://omaze.co.uk/pages/lake-district
Absolutely love it but there's no garaging and I dread to think what the combined council tax and energy bills would be - more than my net income probably!
Weve done some work for that house! https://omaze.co.uk/pages/lake-district
Absolutely love it but there's no garaging and I dread to think what the combined council tax and energy bills would be - more than my net income probably!
There is a cap on council tax, i dont imagine the running costs to be to terrible - less than £800 per month
MitchT said:
Just looking at their latest offering in the Lake District...
https://omaze.co.uk/pages/lake-district
Absolutely love it but there's no garaging and I dread to think what the combined council tax and energy bills would be - more than my net income probably!
If you won one of these houses and sold it would have you have to pay CGT on the difference between the cost of your competition entry and the sale price of the house?
No, between the value when youo won it and sold it.https://omaze.co.uk/pages/lake-district
Absolutely love it but there's no garaging and I dread to think what the combined council tax and energy bills would be - more than my net income probably!
If you won one of these houses and sold it would have you have to pay CGT on the difference between the cost of your competition entry and the sale price of the house?
Competition prizes are not taxed unless they are won as part of your "job", eg an athlete's winnings or if you won the Architect/refuse operative of the year award and there was a cash sum.
Terminator X said:
Feels like it has been "on sale" for years though. Does anyone ever win their houses?
TX.
It was listed on Rightmove in 2019 for £1,750,000.TX.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/83293547#/?...
Sold in 2020 for £1,525,000.
Looks like the gym, sauna, outdoor covered seating area and conversion from garage to media room have happened since. Possibly the work mentioned above by Blakeatron.
Omaze are valuing it at £3m. While the work undertaken will undoubtedly have added value, and there has been some significant house price inflation since it last sold, I think £3m is still on the optimistic side.
I entered the Wimbledon house one about a month before the tennis. Was hoping that I'd be moving in before the first matches as I was working there. Save on the commute.
Didn't realise that the draw wasn't until Christmas. Bummer!
I got an email a few weeks ago from Omaze headed 'Congratulations' but it went on 'to Mr Simmons of Wigan for winning this amazing house'.
What a bloody rip off!!
I'm working at the tennis this year and I still don't have somewhere nearby to stay. Fek!
Didn't realise that the draw wasn't until Christmas. Bummer!
I got an email a few weeks ago from Omaze headed 'Congratulations' but it went on 'to Mr Simmons of Wigan for winning this amazing house'.
What a bloody rip off!!
I'm working at the tennis this year and I still don't have somewhere nearby to stay. Fek!
I CBA to look at the ticket price but say they’re £1 each, they need 5% of the population to buy a ticket to cover the costs. That involves investing in marketing and obviously the TV ads need to come out of their revenue. There are many of these comps and apparently it is unusual for them to complete / give the house away. The numbers just don’t work
jakesmith said:
I CBA to look at the ticket price but say they’re £1 each, they need 5% of the population to buy a ticket to cover the costs. That involves investing in marketing and obviously the TV ads need to come out of their revenue. There are many of these comps and apparently it is unusual for them to complete / give the house away. The numbers just don’t work
Probably have big VC pockets and looking towards a float one day, don't need to make a profit just become a market leader. jakesmith said:
I CBA to look at the ticket price but say they’re £1 each, they need 5% of the population to buy a ticket to cover the costs. That involves investing in marketing and obviously the TV ads need to come out of their revenue. There are many of these comps and apparently it is unusual for them to complete / give the house away. The numbers just don’t work
But if they are selling the tickets on the grounds that someone will win the house, whilst knowing that in all probability the house will not be won by anybody... that has to be mis-selling at best.... they're just taking money and keeping it. 'False pretences'?Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff