If you won 250k but…

[Justanotherwinter]

You only had 3 days to spend it
what would you buy?

savings / investing in stocks etc / gifting not allowed

Can I buy a house? Around here that would get me a pretty large 4 bed in a decent enough area.

All the equipment to run my eBay business startup, easy to burn through the capital in three days.

A house. I am in rented and would love the security of a home.

Could I sell my current house and keep any money I make and add it on? I'd buy a house with a garden and decent storage. I'd pay back my mum the money she lent me for my first car.

If you could buy a house in a week
round here I’d get a shed for that 🤣
but I’d probably end up buying a decent caravan / lodge

Meant to say 3 days! I’ve never bought a house but can’t imagine it being fast

Few pieces of good jewelry/watches. Easy to swap back for cash if/when needed.

Land for a small holding and a motor home.

Beach hut!

An electric camper van £80k
A full set of amazing pans £650
A cinema setup £3k (guess)
A top-notch tent £2k
Some trees in pots £3k
A new front door £1k

Stuck now... I don't really want much. Chick peas are going up in price so maybe a huge bulk order!

New car. Second home. Don't judge me. 🤣

Oh beach hut good call but very expensive. Maybe boat £80k.

Also I saw a lovely swing seat at a garden which when I googled was more than £5k. Mental. I'll have one of those.

Bigger car for my sister.
Book a fabulous holiday for my parents
Let my nephews loose in a big toy shop 😂
Buy a model I've been wanting for ages
Holiday for me too!

Pay off most of a house! But keep a couple of grand to book a few holidays!

Round the world holiday

Pay off the mortgage, buy a new car, book a holiday .

A house, car and invest in stock

Oh this is fun!

A Tom Ford perfume
every bit of Charlotte Tillbury makeup that I want
a naice winter coat

and then I would have maybe £248,000 left to spend. Oops

New, really comfortable beds for us all with new comfortable and warm bedding.
A new car that I won't have to worry it's going to die on me.
Pay off all my debts.
Clothes for the dc
Decent furniture that actually fits my house
A carpet for the stairs would be nice
New laptop for my uni work instead of the very very slow one I use now
Merlin passes
And a holiday

Heating bill and a weekly shop....it might not actually be enough...😅

Garden building I could use as a home gym, packed with lots of equipment and a funky tv to watch while I do it.

Big outdoor kitchen.

New car.

Book several big holidays.

All the tech for me, DC, DH, parents, in-laws, cousins etc - top of the range phones, laptops, games consoles etc.

Get my loft fully insulated. Living the dream ;)

Buy a house, obviously. Here in the East Midlands, £250k will stretch to a 3 bed semi in a decent area.

I’d invest around £100,000 starting up a restaurant or café business.

I’d pay £135,000 off of my mortgage. It’d still be a fairly large mortgage, but this amount of money would make a great dent in it.

I’d use £15,000 to pay off a family loan and credit cards etc.

By doing all of the above, I would be able to quit my career, which I’m truly and utterly fed up with.

I would use it to stock up on stuff boring but helpful and replace existing

New car with a service plan (thinking ahead and using up the money!)
Book a kitchen and bathroom refit (if I pay upfront that's got to count?!)
New sofa
ALL the candles addicted
Stock up on my beauty products so buy everything I use regularly plus all the stuff on my notes wish list
Booths for nice food! And take my dad so he could stock up
Wardrobes for my spare room
Linen bedding
New bras and would get all the matching knickers
Book a sports massage block

Think that's it. Anyone who says that isn't it all spent, hasn't seen my beauty/candle collection

Oh and would have enough to pay off my mortgage too