Omaze, win a house??
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Big Nanas said:
I like this a lot, and as a wheelchair user, this would be amazing.
Couple of things stand out: I can't any photos of the original cottage interior. Looks like they've converted it to a 'sleeping dorm' with bedroom and en-suite on each level, which seems like a good idea. This is a usual problem with Omaze, they don't show enough photos.
The other issue is the pathetic excuse for solar panels. There's only a couple! Huge amount of roof space and there's plenty of space for batteries .
Some video here:Couple of things stand out: I can't any photos of the original cottage interior. Looks like they've converted it to a 'sleeping dorm' with bedroom and en-suite on each level, which seems like a good idea. This is a usual problem with Omaze, they don't show enough photos.
The other issue is the pathetic excuse for solar panels. There's only a couple! Huge amount of roof space and there's plenty of space for batteries .
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Big Nanas said:
Perth is 50 miles away, and that's a lovely place.
Does it say anywhere how much land is included?
I can't see anything to say how much is included now, but the original estate was 58 acres.Does it say anywhere how much land is included?
While searching around for more info I found the planning application on the Perth and Kinross council planning portal, application number 12/01587/FLL. This is the site plan from the planning app., estate boundary is the blue line:
thegreenhell said:
Big Nanas said:
Perth is 50 miles away, and that's a lovely place.
Does it say anywhere how much land is included?
I can't see anything to say how much is included now, but the original estate was 58 acres.Does it say anywhere how much land is included?
While searching around for more info I found the planning application on the Perth and Kinross council planning portal, application number 12/01587/FLL. This is the site plan from the planning app., estate boundary is the blue line:
Dark blue 10% risk each year, lighter blue 0.5% risk.
FiF said:
thegreenhell said:
Big Nanas said:
Perth is 50 miles away, and that's a lovely place.
Does it say anywhere how much land is included?
I can't see anything to say how much is included now, but the original estate was 58 acres.Does it say anywhere how much land is included?
While searching around for more info I found the planning application on the Perth and Kinross council planning portal, application number 12/01587/FLL. This is the site plan from the planning app., estate boundary is the blue line:
Dark blue 10% risk each year, lighter blue 0.5% risk.
it's not my kind of house (original) nor the extension - it's not hugely architecturally interesting or a particularly great croft inspired replica, but it is huge and pretty decent inside, and it doesn't seem to stand out that badly such that i dont hate it. perhaps it's large proportions work because of the scale of the landscape around it. the landscape is stunning. £50 on this is cheaper than the plot+build i was looking at on Skye.
all that said, the last few (except wirral one) houses have been stunning, and i'd have any of them. lovely holiday homes.
needs some garages. and more solar.
all that said, the last few (except wirral one) houses have been stunning, and i'd have any of them. lovely holiday homes.
needs some garages. and more solar.
Jonny8v said:
QuartzDad said:
Was going to enter until I realised it's 30 minutes from House of Bruar, wife would make us bankrupt within a month.
This is much more of a risk than flooding.
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StevieBee said:
milesgiles said:
All these competitions are dodgy as hell
Omaze is a heavily capitalised US company that's been doing this for many years. If by 'dodgy' you mean the commercial nature of the company, that doesn't really hold water. They are transparent in what the charity gets each draw - 17% of sales with a guaranteed £1m and then disburse 80% of their annual profits to charities each year. This is tightly regulated and robustly audited. What might be dodgy is the model in that it is arguably too generous. The US parent company ran into difficulties last year, laying off an awful lot of staff to balance the books. It takes a lot of marketing to sell the number of tickets needed to make each draw viable, plus the up-front costs of acquiring the prize. It's quite a high-risk business model that requires investors to invest with a more altruistic aim rather than outright returns.
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