E: 17/09 Win a House & Car for just £1

Comping_Rich

https://raffall.com/26540/enter-raffle-to-win-our-house-car-for-just-1-hosted-by-dale-tate

Have you ever dreamed of owning your own home or a second property? Up for grabs is our lovely unfurnished four bedroom detached property complete with a 2017 Volvo XC90 Hybrid.

For only £1.00 entry, you will be in with a chance of winning this beautiful home and car situated in Yorkshire. This is a 100% genuine raffle prize! Why not try your luck and have a punt for only a quid?

4 Bedroom Detached House & Car Package

After careful consideration and successfully carrying out two recent smaller raffles using this secure platform, we thought it would be a great idea to give somebody the chance of a lifetime and grab a new home rather than selling our property the traditional way. Tickets are only £1 entry too!

*The deal*
You will receive this deceivingly large four bedroom detached property, located in Yorkshire, along with a 2017 Volvo XV90 Hybrid and a years insurance. The deal includes all legal fee's and stamp duty. The price per ticket is only £1.00 - making it cheap to enter and fair for everybody to have a go.

*The Property*
The Oporto was built by five star house builder 'STRATA HOMES'. Modern decor and high quality fixtures and fittings, spacious rooms set over three floors, open-plan kitchen/diner to the rear, together with the addition of Phillips Smart Lighting throughout (controllable by an app), along with a Nest Heating System & smoke alarms.

To the Ground Floor - Welcoming entrance hall with quickstep vinyl flooring, Guest WC, spacious lounge to the front, and a generous modern kitchen/diner to the rear. The kitchen features a range of modern white wall and base units with worktop over, integrated oven, hob and extractor fan as well as integrated fridge/freezer, dishwasher and washing machine. French doors lead to a large rear garden.

To the First Floor - Three good sized bedrooms - all decorated in neutral tones, and modern 3 piece family bathroom with white suite with chrome mixer shower over the bath and glazed shower screen.

To the Second Floor - Stunning master suite covers the entire floor, with windows set into the roof letting in plenty of light, fitted mirrored wardrobes and a luxury en suite shower room.

The en suite shower room has a large glass shower enclosure with chrome mixer shower, and modern sink and toilet by Villeroy & Boch with Porcelanosa tiles throughout the property.

To the Outside - Buffer garden to front and a long double driveway for off street parking to the side, leading to a detached single garage. To the rear is an enclosed garden mainly set to lawn with patio area close to the house.

*The Vehicle*
Our 2017 Volvo XC90 is included in the prize deal and has covered just over 60,000 miles with full Volvo main dealer service history. The XC90 T8 R-Design is a great all rounder SUV with excellent performance when needed, yet economical to run as it's also a plug-in Hybrid. We will include a full valet and a years car insurance for the lucky winner too!

This raffle is 100% genuine and will certainly change one lucky person's life forever! I have successfully delivered on two much smaller raffle prizes recently, so rest assured - this is a real chance of a lifetime to win!

I have not disclosed the properties exact location in order to protect myself and my family who still live here. The property is well situated for great local schools, shops and motorway links.

Upon winning the prize, the title transfer of both the house and the car will go through a UK solicitor of the winners choice and the ticket revenue will be transferred from Raffall to the solicitors client account in the usual way. The solicitor will make sure that upon completion, the winner will receive the property and car free from debt or encumbrances.

*CREDIT TO STRATA HOMES FOR THE VIDEO* PLEASE NOTE THIS VIDEO SHOW'S THE HOUSE STYLE (OPORTO) AND WAS FILMED IN THE BUILDERS SHOW HOME. THE PICTURES FEATURED ARE THE ACTUAL HOME AND CAR YOU ARE IN WITH A CHANCE OF WINNING. SHOULD THE RAFFLE FAIL TO SELL THE ALLOCATED TICKETS, 'RAFFALL' WILL PAY OUT 75% AS A CASH PRIZE ALTERNATIVE TO ONE LUCKY WINNER AND THE PROPERTY AND CAR WILL BE RETAINED BY OURSELVES (WE MAKE NO MONEY FROM THIS WHATSOEVER SHOULD THIS HAPPEN).

BEST OF LUCK EVERYONE - GET SHARING!

Delivery / Collection

Collection only

Collection available from Yorkshire

Raffle Ends

Thursday, 17th September 2020 at 20:00

Raffall Guarantee

If the host fails to provide a prize, the winners will receive a share of the compensation amounting to 75% of all ticket sales.

All compensation payments are guaranteed and paid directly by Raffall Limited.

AR2012

These raffles are a cause for concern. £400k is their target and at £1 a ticket it'll take a long time to get that amount. Let alone the prize value definitely isn't worth £400k. Combined the ceiling for both items on offers value is £280-290k max. Of Course you have fees for the solicitor, raffle site etc but they likely won't come in at £110k. 

Personally I won't be entering and wish anyone who does good luck. My advice is always do your research. 

Current findings:
The builder lists the starting price £230k. The whitwood area is around £250k for a 4 bed (going by the delisted specs).
Another concern is if the house is freehold or leasehold. There's no mention in this listing. Which developers have been known to sell on the title to holding companies who then refuse to sell the freehold at a reasonable sum. 
The cars 3 years old with 60k miles on the clock. Roughly £30-35k. 

The 75% of all ticket sales is also worth noting. as there have been cases of other raffles never hitting their targets therefore the payout being significantly less. 
ref:
https://strata.co.uk/our-developments/doncaster-destiny/oporto/
https://strata.co.uk/our-developments/whitwood-attitude/oporto/

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/property-56114517.html - i think this was the listing
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/wf10-5qn.html?backListLink=%2Fnew-homes-for-sale%2Ffind.html%3FlocationIdentifier%3DPOSTCODE%255E4091486%26minPrice%3D240000%26maxPrice%3D300000%26minBedrooms%3D4%26radius%3D0.5
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/Whitwood/houses.html

https://www.motors.co.uk/volvo/xc90/fuel/hybrid---petrol-electric/used-cars/?sort=1

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2019/11/house-raffle-ads-found-to-be-misleading/
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-7314947/Raffle-House-winner-given-173k-home-instead-promised-650k-London-flat.html
https://www.moneywise.co.uk/property/buy-sell/moneywise-investigation-are-dream-home-raffles-turning-nightmare
https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/anyone-ever-win-look-inside-18977171

Zanderman

AR2012 said:

These raffles are a cause for concern. £400k is their target and at £1 a ticket it'll take a long time to get that amount. Let alone the prize value definitely isn't worth £400k. Combined the ceiling for both items on offers value is £280-290k max. Of Course you have fees for the solicitor, raffle site etc but they likely won't come in at £110k. 

Personally I won't be entering and wish anyone who does good luck. My advice is always do your research. 

Current findings:
The builder lists the starting price £230k. The whitwood area is around £250k for a 4 bed (going by the delisted specs).
Another concern is if the house is freehold or leasehold. There's no mention in this listing. Which developers have been known to sell on the title to holding companies who then refuse to sell the freehold at a reasonable sum. 
The cars 3 years old with 60k miles on the clock. Roughly £30-35k. 

The 75% of all ticket sales is also worth noting. as there have been cases of other raffles never hitting their targets therefore the payout being significantly less. 
ref:
https://strata.co.uk/our-developments/doncaster-destiny/oporto/
https://strata.co.uk/our-developments/whitwood-attitude/oporto/

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/property-56114517.html - i think this was the listing
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/wf10-5qn.html?backListLink=%2Fnew-homes-for-sale%2Ffind.html%3FlocationIdentifier%3DPOSTCODE%255E4091486%26minPrice%3D240000%26maxPrice%3D300000%26minBedrooms%3D4%26radius%3D0.5
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/Whitwood/houses.html

https://www.motors.co.uk/volvo/xc90/fuel/hybrid---petrol-electric/used-cars/?sort=1

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2019/11/house-raffle-ads-found-to-be-misleading/
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-7314947/Raffle-House-winner-given-173k-home-instead-promised-650k-London-flat.html
https://www.moneywise.co.uk/property/buy-sell/moneywise-investigation-are-dream-home-raffles-turning-nightmare
https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/anyone-ever-win-look-inside-18977171

I think you're over-worrying this!  By quite a long way.

House competitions are odd, and seem unlikely, but they do work (and some do fail) and they are increasing in number.

You say it will take a long time to sell 400000 tickets?  According to the raffall website 135287 tickets have been sold already.  I suspect they'll reach the target quite quickly.  (esp as, I think, this only launched 8 days ago)

You suggestion about research is good - have a look at the Loquax page about house comps - it's very interesting!
https://www.loquax.co.uk/win-a-house.htm

There are some cautionary tales on there (scroll to the completed ones) but also many very successful ones - including some amazingly rapid ones that sold out in weeks.

For £1 this is a very good comp.  It's not important to me if the target isn't reached, there'd still be a significant cash prize.  I wouldn't see that as a problem (indeed, tbh, I'd prefer it as winning a house somewhere I don't want to live would mean selling it anyway).  So I can't see why anyone would be worried.

cutey1983

Well said Zanderman. £1 won't hurt the bank if this one doesn't work out for me. I think I will take the risk and keep everything crossed. Wish you all the very best of luck!

lukgs7

Raffle closed

hdh74

This was near us and a local family won it.