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Where exactly would you live if you won the Lottery?

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 04/03/2026 14:27

Please include photos/rightmove links so I can judge your tastes!

Me - I am watching Owning Manhattan, planning my life after winning £100,000,000 (I dream modestly) - and would live in a NY skyscraper!

Something like this: https://111w57.com/

Please do share/judge my excellent taste 😌

111 West 57th Street

111 West 57th Street is the premier residential property in Manhattan offering extraordinary views and an unparalleled level of privacy and highly-personalized services.

https://111w57.com

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Abigailandthefoxes · 04/03/2026 15:50

Somewhere along the River in Teddington/Richmond then a house in New Orleans torn between the French Quarter or the Garden District

UnfoundedJealousy · 04/03/2026 15:49

I’d just buy my council house ! I love it that much

TeflonMom · 04/03/2026 15:47

mumofoneAloneandwell · 04/03/2026 15:39

Now this is gorgeous!

Not my style at all but HUGE and beautiful

Would you have horses?

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Yes and a pot-bellied pig too, why not eh!

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 04/03/2026 15:44

ConstanzeMozart · 04/03/2026 15:37

Oh, that's beautiful. I adore those houses and that area and feel like I must have lived there in another life. I have an 18th-century soul Grin

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I know what you mean. Looking at old photos and pictures of Spitalfields makes my heart feel better.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 04/03/2026 15:44

Hedgesgalore · 04/03/2026 15:30

I would not move from my current house, it took us too long to get it (15 years) and then 4 months of renovating it into our perfect home. After all that we are incredibly happy and settled here.

I would hire staff though.

My dd lives in London, we go to stay every so often so I'd buy her somewhere bigger

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/169949534

I do like Richmond 😊

This is gorgeous - one thing I love about London houses is the HUGE house and petite garden 😄 (good thing)

If I lived in a house again, I would only want a small courtyard for outdoor space - no mowing for me 😫

Would you update the decor though? I love the original features but I would incorporate those in a more modern decor style - get rid of the red carpets

Richmond is beautiful

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WhatATimeToBeAlive · 04/03/2026 15:41

I'd live in the area I'm in as I love it, but would get a bigger house nearby. And a couple of holiday homes somewhere warm!

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 04/03/2026 15:39

TeflonMom · 04/03/2026 15:22

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/house-clarisses-cottage-glenmacnass-glendalough-glendalough-co-wicklow/5928043?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=buy_pdp_share

This would be one of my many abodes. I’d also have a villa in St.Johns in the US Virgin Islands amongst other places 😍

Now this is gorgeous!

Not my style at all but HUGE and beautiful

Would you have horses?

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Starlight1979 · 04/03/2026 15:38

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 04/03/2026 15:30

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/172042925?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUY

Here. I love it.

Excellent taste 😍

ConstanzeMozart · 04/03/2026 15:37

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 04/03/2026 15:30

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/172042925?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUY

Here. I love it.

Oh, that's beautiful. I adore those houses and that area and feel like I must have lived there in another life. I have an 18th-century soul Grin

Hedgesgalore · 04/03/2026 15:30

I would not move from my current house, it took us too long to get it (15 years) and then 4 months of renovating it into our perfect home. After all that we are incredibly happy and settled here.

I would hire staff though.

My dd lives in London, we go to stay every so often so I'd buy her somewhere bigger

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/169949534

I do like Richmond 😊

Check out this 8 bedroom semi-detached house for sale on Rightmove

8 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in The Green, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 for £8,495,000. Marketed by Savills, Richmond

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/169949534

KnittyNell · 04/03/2026 15:30

I would stay in my lovely little three bed terrace but would spend money doing it up nicely.

keepswimming38 · 04/03/2026 15:29

Still in North Leeds but would buy a small holding.

purplecorkheart · 04/03/2026 15:28

I like where I live and my house so would stay there but would buy an second house by the sea.

BelleEpoque27 · 04/03/2026 15:27

I'd have a big house with a big garden within walking distance of my favourite city, then a small cottage by the sea (maybe Southwold) and a house in Porte de Pollenca.

And I know second homes are terrible and I shouldn't have them, but I would intentionally spend part of my year at each one, so wouldn't leave them empty for months at a time.

Verv · 04/03/2026 15:24

Without hesitation i would buy this - https://robbreport.com/shelter/celebrity-homes/gallery/james-jannard-house-in-photos-1236906505/trousdale-highres-mike-kelley-46/

I LOVE brutalism.

Might buy a Frank Lloyd Wright house as a holiday home as well if im that minted!

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 04/03/2026 15:23

Ithinkofawittyusernamethenforgetit · 04/03/2026 15:21

I'd be torn between something like this
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/167792321#/?channel=RES_BUY
and The Barbican. Think I'd pick De Beauvoir even though I've always wanted to live in Barbican. I'd fine-tune the exact house to one with an annexe for my nephew though, this was just one that leaped out at me. (Btw this listing has a ridiculous amount of photos - those meaningless "lifestyle" ones that means I won't buy it on principle!)

Oh you have EXCELLENT taste

Nice and central but still a villaigey, leafy and lefty area of London

😄 I couldn't get through all the photos

https://www.southbank-place.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=23325731749&utm_content=192390788391&utm_term=luxury%20apartments&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23325731749&gbraid=0AAAABCNuqVuNYYInhcyOnygA9j0FJE7-5&gclid=CjwKCAiAzZ_NBhAEEiwAMtqKy0CxDsMLVBfnogy9roU1-fH4G6YJsClno8XPls5u2dp-ZwbbiNxgiRoCY4kQAvD_BwE

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TeflonMom · 04/03/2026 15:22

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/house-clarisses-cottage-glenmacnass-glendalough-glendalough-co-wicklow/5928043?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=buy_pdp_share

This would be one of my many abodes. I’d also have a villa in St.Johns in the US Virgin Islands amongst other places 😍

MajorProcrastination · 04/03/2026 15:21

I'd live not too far from where I am now but in a bigger home with a bigger garden.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 04/03/2026 15:21

devildeepbluesea · 04/03/2026 15:19

Nicely modernised but not too big semi in my village. I can’t stand having too much house to clean!
I’d consider a little pad in London or the Cotswolds, and a holiday home in the Caribbean.

I agree with this though, having too much house to clean!

That said, you'd be rich so you'd have a cleaner!

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Ithinkofawittyusernamethenforgetit · 04/03/2026 15:21

I'd be torn between something like this
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/167792321#/?channel=RES_BUY
and The Barbican. Think I'd pick De Beauvoir even though I've always wanted to live in Barbican. I'd fine-tune the exact house to one with an annexe for my nephew though, this was just one that leaped out at me. (Btw this listing has a ridiculous amount of photos - those meaningless "lifestyle" ones that means I won't buy it on principle!)

Check out this 3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale on Rightmove

3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in De Beauvoir Square, London, N1 for £3,000,000. Marketed by Knight Frank, Islington

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/167792321#/?channel=RES_BUY

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 04/03/2026 15:21

cleanasawhistle · 04/03/2026 15:04

Same as you OP
Penthouse apartment in New York would be wonderful.

Omg the views of Central Park and the whole of manhattan!!

@JacknDiane you'd be fine, I'd get you some curtains 😄

God can you imagine

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youalright · 04/03/2026 15:19

Id live where I live now but I'd go on lots of holidays

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 04/03/2026 15:19

frozendaisy · 04/03/2026 15:08

That would do although I expect it would have to be a ridiculous win

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It would have to be insane 😄

And the thing is, I would worry about leaseholder charges - do they have those in new York? 👀👀

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