You've just won £20 000 000

[LittleRedRidingHoodie1]

Imagine the scenario however you like but the crux is- you've just won twenty million pounds. AIBU to ask you what you would spend the money on or do?

Let's indulge ourselves on this dreary Sunday!

By the way I haven't won even a penny, just fantasising!

After paying off bits and pieces I'd like to move house somewhere more rural and set up a dog shelter. It would need to be rural because of all the barking.

Also I'd have a personal gym. And maybe study something for pleasure.

Now you!

Do up my house. I don't want to move but we could have an awesome extension, redecorate every room, build the summer house i've always wanted. I'd consider buying my neighbours property - making her an offer she couldn't refuse then we would have an extra house and less noise coming through our walls at 2am every Saturday...

10% to my church

I would research thoroughly what charities or projects I could donate to. It would be most likely children or the homeless.

DH could quit he job that he hates and find something he loves. We would spend an entire summer in Australia with my family over there, we have never been so never see them. I'd employ someone just to look after my children on the plane...

I'd buy a lot of shoes.

I'd buy a commercial property and open a Christian bookshop and cafe. It would be a kind of community centre type thing.

I'd buy a pug. And pay someone to walk him.

I'd also help out close friends. I know who they are and how I would help.

The first million would last about 2 hours - This would be paying off my sister's mortgage, a sum each for my nephews, and some each for his siblings.

Also in there would be buying a nice big house for a particular family member and their spouse and children to set them up for life - something utterly necessary and deserved after the shit hand they've been dealt health wise

Following that, there'd be a house in a country of my choosing, one in the country of his choosing, and one back home in the UK.

And of course my Aston Martin.

First thing would be a lovely new house. I wouldn't want to rattle around in a mansion...something like this would be nice www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/property-54488441.html

I would hire a cleaner and gardener too.

Next would be DP's dream car. Then an Arsenal season ticket and a driver to take me to and from games in style.

I would also look at buying a shop. I worked for a company that don't treat their staff very well. They are a fairly niche shop and I'd like to buy one to rival them. I would hire all ex colleagues of mine and give them great big salary boosts.

I would treat friends and family. I would give my mum and stepdad enough to take early retirement, same with PILs. Everyone else would get a new car or a holiday...probably both!

I would also give regular sums to charity. It would be great to just be able to give a grand or two to good causes every week with no thought.

Oh I'd get my teeth done too. I hate them. I don't want Rylan teeth though.

I think about things like this regularly!

Obviously I'd help out my family and set the kids on the road to success.

Then I'd open an Agriturismo in an amazing Italian villa where the main production, apart from fruit and veg, is some fabulous organic wine and offer (20 bed?) accomodation with antique furniture and luxury bedlinens, along with facilities for business meetings and creative retreats like watercolour painting or cookery courses.

I'd also do up part of the building as a restaurant and offer it to a well known chef as long as he used my farm's produce and wine.

Then I'd sit down and count how little money I had left!

Hmm, well not that I've thought about this before or anything but...

I've always said that if I won more than about 2 million I would split it all equally between all mine and my husband's parents and siblings. That way no-one can be jealous of anyone else. So out of 20 million we would end up with about 2.4 mill each. I could live on that for sure!

Then I'd try and buy the rented house we live in now. But the whole house, not just our flat, so we would end up with quite a big, 3 storey place. And I would do it up (well, employ decorators and handy people etc). Probably put some by for the kids. Maybe pay for private education for secondary (mainly because our local private school is closer than the nearest state one!) But leave them in state primary as they love it there.

Anything left I would love to just be able to spend it on little things as and when I want without worrying about money. Even my kids say 'can we do this at the weekend or is it too expensive?' I would love to be able to say yes more often to days out to theme parks and attractions etc.

I can't decide between this house, this house or this house but I'd want a lovely kitchen and a playroom for the kids.

I'd pay off my friends mortgages, put money in trust funds for the kids and neices and nephews. I'd support small, local charities, the ones where people are fundraising for equipment/operations that would make huge differences.

I'd have dogs and horses and not have to worry about bills and just enjoy life. I dream about winning the lottery a lot!

Immediately, DH would give up work and I'd take a year out of uni, we'd rent our flat out and go travelling for a year.

Then when we got back I'd buy a flat or a tiny house in central London so I could stop commuting over an hour each way to uni. DH would not go back to work, or would go very part time, to be at home with DS until he goes to school, which they'd both love. We'd buy another little house by the sea for weekends and holidays.

We'd get rid of our cars and buy a lovely shiny new hybrid one. We'd get a dog, and a cat, and have a cleaner twice a week instead of once a fortnight.

We'd give a big chunk of money to DH's dad as he's spectacularly skint, and another big chunk to his sister, pay off the money my sister and her girlfriend owe my mum for their house, and give DH's mum and my mum fairish amounts to make them more comfortable. I might also give some to various friends who are saving for house deposits.

I'd want to donate some to charity, bank some for a rainy day and put some secretly in trust for DS and any future siblings. Oh and actually we'd probably have said future siblings sooner rather than later.

Plus would take all our extended family away to a gorgeous cosy staffed house for Christmas this year to avoid the juggling! And I'd finally have some riding lessons, and DH would probably want a sort of man-cave/ gaming den.

Can you tell I've thought about this a lot?

I'd sort immediate family out with a million each. Then extended family with around £50,000 per family.
I'd quit work but go in voluntarily to help out as often as I fancied.

I'd hire a personal trainer and dietician to get my fitness and health sorted. In fact I'd probably go and live at a boot camp for a few months until I got to a healthy ish weight.

I'd buy a nice house in a nice area but nothing massively expensive, just safe and quiet.
Ultimately I'd probably like to start a business but I'm not sure doing what.

And travel, travel, travel.

I'd probably give my notice in at work, and take some time to consider if I'd want to do the same job on a flexible/part time basis (possible) or do something totally different. In the long term I would want to keep doing SOME sort of work activity.

I'd buy a big family house for me and DP and part-time DSS close to where DSS lives most of the time with his mum, in the suburbs.

I'd buy a little apartment in the main city near where we live for use on weekends and late nights out.

I'd buy a little apartment in London for when I go back there to visit my friends there, and I'd be able to use the money to buy unlimited last-minute train and plane tickets to visit my friends and family in the UK which would be the best thing ever (I live abroad, not far, but not easy to get to UK cheaply without booking everything months in advance)

I'd buy a new top-of-the-line instrument that I play to replace my old knackered one, and also a piano.

I'd buy DP an Audi

I'd make my mum retire immediately and buy her a house near where her sister lives, I know she wants to move there.

I'd sit down and do some serious caluclating and organising to work out how much money to give to which friends and family, and also what lovely gifts I could get them all in addition to just cash injections.

Also calculate and work out how much to give to which charities

I'd seriously think about getting a dog, but would need to work out how the money could overcome some of the practical issues

This thread certainly proves the desire of the British for houses.
I'd carry on working but perhaps give up some elements I don't like of my work. I'd probably buy a couple of extra large second homes. I don't think I'd move as this house is pretty nice.
I would try to think of ways to help the children which not remove incentives in their lives to work.

I'd probably also buy tracts of rainforest abroad.

Loving the responses and how much people want to help other people/ charities. Imagine how much good could be done if everyone on this thread really did get £20 000 000.

Yes, also imagine how much good could be done if all people who actually own £20.000.000 would give half of to good causes.

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Buy my bream house.

Self publish the books I've written.

Film the scripts I've written.

Build the perfect nursery.

Buy a camper van and explore.

Build a garden centre.

Build a shopping village like the one I've invented.

Create a garden.

Have a cup of tea.

Finish the house renovations, pay off the mortgage, put enough in trust for school fees for DC and then leave my job so I could be a stay at home mum (with a cleaner).

Buy the house next door so my dad could have somewhere to stay when visiting (without actually being in my house all the time).

Then set up a few bursaries, etc at the local independent and my old university. Then give lots away.

In addition to most of the above I might employ someone to inflict 'bad luck' on my EXH for the rest of his days; little tricks of mischief...flat tyres, missing post, false business contracts. Let's call it payback for avoiding child maintenance for 12 years, leaving us in near poverty whilst he led the high life. (Disclaimer; I wouldn't do this but oh the deliciousness of just imagining it)

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I would just want to get rid of all but absolute essentials and own nothing. Moved house several years ago and ended up moving several times between holiday cottages. It was the sense of freedom that ended when we moved to owning a house again.

Straight to a travel agents, book two hotel rooms. Post Nanny/Carer hire. Straight to housing association, buy house, do hues up, rent free for ex soldiers/nurses.

Find best ophthalmologist in the world, have DS eyes treated.

Live all over the world in luxury.

Buy property with sea view/huge indoor pool/gym.

Buy properties to do up and rent free to domestic abuse Men ad Women.

I'd give cash discreetly to Mumsnetters who really needed it.

But the country estate my grandparents used to manage. Huge country housewith 5 acres of land with a stream running through it and 4 cottages 'for the staff'. Currently on the market for £1.5million,remaining 18.5mil would be used doing the required repairs!

(I'm only half kidding,main house is a grade 1 listed building)

I'd buy a block of flats for women moving out of refuges to move into until they are back on their feet and feel secure enough to move on. The rent would go into a charitable trust to be used to maintain the building long term.

I'd buy a nice house with a garden and also somewhere to house rescue animals.

I'd like to foster older children so having a bigger house would enable me to do that.

I'd head to an independent financial advisor and work out how much I'd need to bank to have a decent monthly income. With what's left I'd buy a house and learn to drive and buy a car. If anything else left I'd help a few friends clear their mortgages.

I'd put at least half away in investments, including in trust for dds. I'd give £1 million to db, £500k to each sil and my mum. Don't think dmil would need/want any £, but I'd give her 500k to travel more. Buy nice house by the sea locally, buy holiday home on a Greek island, hire a cleaner, get a dog, buy dd's bf a family home near school, drop off a packet of biscuits for secretaries in work when I was handing in my notice

Would also support some local charities, with my time as well as £.

Buy as many apartments in Paris as possible, do them up and sell them on. Choose the nicest and live in that one.

Then I'd probably donate loads to a humanitarian cause and spend the rest on handbags, shoes and all the children I'd actually be able to afford to have.

DH would probably want a Lamborghini