Win a £1.7m Devon Development In a New Win a House Competition
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As the price of houses slide and home sales decline, the win a House phenomena continues to gather pace! Jumping on the bandwagon this week is a brand new site called Win a Development. In this competition you can win not one house but four luxury Devon apartments worth a total of £1.72 million pounds. The ticket price is £50 and the developers are hoping to sell 45000 of them before giving away the property to a lucky winner.
The prize includes stamp duty paid, legal fees paid and a year of council tax paid on all the apartments. 2.25% of gross ticket sales will also go to the charity Help the Heroes. If the 45000 tickets are not sold by 28th December the competition may either run on for 2 further months or a cash prize draw held. Up to 35% of the sales may go towards running costs if the cash prize draw option is exercised.
This competition may spark a bit more interest than other new win a house competitions. The prize is substantial and offers someone the chance to own a property folio overnight so it has the life changing element that made the Devon Estate so popular.
The downside may be the cost! £50 per ticket is double the cost of a ticket for the Oldborough Estate competition and that may put people off having a punt especially in the run up to Christmas.
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devon007 said:
It is undoubted in a lovely spot - I can almost see this development from my house
BUT I reckon when the wind blows (which it does often) you’ll be in quite an open area on your balcony/decking. And don’t forget the old saying “Come to sunny Devon, where it rains 6 days out of 7, and on the 7th it pours down” October 4th, 2008 at 11:36 am -
linasi said:
Do you know…I may well be tempted by this… May ask for it as my Christmas present…. usually ask for a couple of DVD box sets which are watched in a coupld of weeks or so…..but a development like this..worth a punt, eh?
October 4th, 2008 at 2:07 pm -
Marname said:
The apartments look wonderful but I’m just wondering about further development plans - those views would not be very tempting if a large development plan was given the go-ahead or if a bypass were to cut close by. Worth checking with the competition organisers I think. Also why an architect’s six year guarantee and not a ten year NHBC? Just a thought
October 5th, 2008 at 8:04 pm -
robinstott said:
is vat payable on the ticket sales of these competitions, seeing as its personal stuff that’s being given as prizes
October 28th, 2008 at 11:32 pm -
robinstott said:
reply to marname. As an ex NHBC registered builder, Can’t say too much for legal reasons, but give me the architects certificate, if I have a choice.
October 28th, 2008 at 11:34 pm -
robinstott said:
has anybody heard anything about the Wilshaw’s comp, yet?
November 7th, 2008 at 11:20 pm -
Consultantwan said:
Hi robin,
latest updates can be found at
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=405240383
last update was they were expecting a reply from the GC possibly today! but they haven’t posted so presumably it didn’t arrive
November 7th, 2008 at 11:58 pm -
tubbyj said:
GC have now replied and it looks like it is not favourible.
“We have now received a response from the Gambling Commission, however it is still throwing up inconsistencies with advice that they have given to the public and to us on previous occasions.
As a result of this our lawyers are again looking into it further.”
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=405240383
November 15th, 2008 at 5:17 pm