New Omaze Lake District House

[ShyMaryEllen]

https://omaze.co.uk/pages/lake-district-iii?_kx=5EoZ0CxbPdqteKXGk0MCHyV2H5uhnOpCDFn4US1prSJuXQwnRF7X4muKsKz-bn.NAdKub

I don't know how I missed this, but was sorting out emails and there it was.

What do we think?

I love the LD, so would definitely be delighted to win it. The houses are all starting to look very similar though. I have just found the email, so haven't had a proper look yet, but first glance is very favourable.

Edited to give a link that shows the actual house 😀 (if it doesn't work, click the lines on the top right and select Lake District House)

Now I've had a chance to look, there is a lot of focus on the outside space, and not much on the house. The summerhouse is gorgeous, and the views are breathtaking. The house is nicely decorated, but very much in what has become the 'Omaze style'.

I'm not interested in a gym or 'relaxation room' (whatever that is) so would probably convert them to something, or see if I could rent them out in such a way that I didn't have to get involved.

I'm never sure why Omaze always seems to have the door to the study directly off the kitchen. I'd rather the study could be out of the way somewhere quiet. My experience (considerable) of the LD is that the weather is not conducive to spending more time outside than in, and I hate hot tubs😂. That's nit-picking though. Overall, I love it, and will spend from now to the draw date fantasising about living there.

Sorry, not for me. Not as vile as the West Country house on a cliff, but I wouldn't want it.

I can see myself in the Summerhouse with a large dog and a good book.

I'm interested to see what the access is though. Some of the houses are miles from anywhere and as a non-driver I would find them difficult to live in.

I entered it, given that if could sell it, I’d be set. It’s a pretty fugly house IMO. The two Yorkshire houses were beautiful and was sorely disappointed for not winning one. But, not holding out hope of winning, because pretty much all the winners are middle aged folk who are already financially set! I think the game is rather rigged.

I can't see it being rigged. What difference does it make to Omaze who wins it, and the gambling laws are really tight - if they fixed it they would have been caught by now.

I suspect it's just that middle aged financially set people are more likely to enter, as the tickets aren't cheap.

I agree that the Yorkshire houses were nicer (as was the last LD house) but I'd still be happy to win this one, and use the cash to remodel it a bit (ie get rid of the gym).

I think I read somewhere that Omaze do preliminary checks on potential winners and those who do not meet certain criteria can’t win, and I heard that part of that criteria is being able to be in a financial position to at least be able to take on the prize. Otherwise why wouldn’t we be seeing people who are clearly from lower socio economic backgrounds winning the prizes?

Surely it's just more likely that wealthy people can easily afford multiple tickets?

I remember being in an expensive bit of London in the early days of the national lottery and being shocked seeing wealthy people handing over £50 notes to buy heaps of lottery tickets. My parents didn't play it so till then I had always assumed it was played by people spending a pound or two a week!!

I’ve only ever paid £10 and that gets me 25 entries apparently.

So if others pay , say , £100, they have 10x the chance

(Plus the way the tickets are sold on omaze you can get double entries if you pay more etc)

Plus many people probably (quite rightly). don't even want to gamble £10 as that's a basket of basic food

Yes, I think it will be as simple as that. I only pay £10 a month, but others will buy lots of tickets, and for many people £10 a month is just not affordable for a remote chance to win a prize.

Omaze is a business, and they won't care whether people can afford to live there long-term or not. Anyway, winners can sell up if for any reason they can't. Also, the houses tend to be in the middle of nowhere, and young people might not want that sort of quiet life, so probably more older people buy the tickets.

Everyone has read somewhere that it's rigged, but the Gambling Commission would be all over it if it were. I think they have to beware of money laundering and fraud, as they are high value prizes, but otherwise I expect it's kosher.

I think it’s largely lovely, and the setting is gorgeous. As for the rigged thing - nonsense. The girl who won the Wirral house lived in a two bedroom flat with her dad; I don’t know why they’d have ‘fixed’ it for her to win a mid-century mansion.

I know where this one is. I drive past it regularly on my commute. The road is narrow but not bad. It’s approx 15 mins from Ulverston with all amenities and trainline.