To ask..if you won the lottery..

[gentlyscented]

..after the new home,cars, holiday. What would you buy that would make your life easier, or maybe it would be something you've always wanted but is not possible to buy now?

Mine would be a live in chef, to cook me breakfast, lunch and dinner ahhhhh ☺️ I hate cooking. It gives me rage 😠

Fix the leaking roof and front door. Buy an aga. When this jeep dies buy same again maybe a year old instead of 5. Buy a steel type paddling pool instead of a rubber one for summer and heater (an actual indoor pool might cause questions).

Oh I love the morning nanny idea!! 100%

A stylist so pick out my outfits and to do my hair and make up and nails

Chef

Personal trainer

Tickets to shows, movies, concerts, etc., every weekend :)

Definitely a chef to cook healthy food for us all, get vitamins into the reluctant kids and weight off me.

The only thing I want is my mortgage paid off and a cleaner once a week. If I could win enough to do that I’d be well happy

I would remain completely anonymous. I would only tell DP. Nobody else, not even parents or siblings. Then my nearest and dearest would receive anonymous cash gifts (I would also be a recipient so as not to arouse suspicion).

I would create a business that was part care home part charitable Housing Association that buys up land/buildings in deprived areas and turns them into eco-friendly, sustainable communities. The care home residents would pay to live there (or the LA would pay for them), and the HA residents could live there in return for looking after the elderly/disabled and running the place. It would be like a little self-contained village safe haven. Priority would be given to women escaping DV.

I'd set up a competition with cash prizes/grants for the best inventions to help save the planet.

I would want to be remembered for doing something worthwhile to help people and the planet. Not for having a big house and a collection of selfies from around the world.

Every time I go to the hairdressers I think that if I won the lottery I’d pay someone to wash and massage my hair every morning. Bliss.

@BestestBrownies that's a lovely post. What a fine idea.

Would definitely get a tailor/fashion designer to make custom clothes.

Would hire a driver too.

Oh and I'd have a weekly pro blowdry, have a manicurist come to me to do my nails, and a masseuse to come over for a weekly massage and foot rub,

I’d get tailormade underwear, a shower, & treat us to taxis in the winter. Also, having a garden room would make me happy; I could sit on there & listennto the rain

“Every time I go to the hairdressers I think that if I won the lottery I’d pay someone to wash and massage my hair every morning. Bliss.”

Love that idea, but wonder if a daily wash would render my tresses as dry as straw. But then being so stonkingly rich, any shampoo used on me would be the finest formula so such an everyday concern would not exist.
If I am to occupied by a daily groom fest, then I’d bolt on a tidy & natural polish of nails (left & right, hand & foot), lite facial cleanse & tappenage (?), lite body massage to invigorate my chi, body brush & lotioning to encourage gorgeously soft skin. Then an oh-so subtle application of make-up that can only e my natural scrumptiousness. Whilst this daily ritual takes place, my chosen outfit (be it sweats or smarts) is pressed/polished and laid out for me to step into. Such luxury to be well groomed without all the effort and angst, particularly as I am ham fisted.

The first thing I would do is find a way to get round the fact that, where I live, you have to go public to claim.

I have had a lot of time during DD's nightwakings to contemplate what I'd do with a mega Euromillions win. I'm talking £100m +

I'd give a big chunk to a local children's hospice charity that I support. It's a small charity so no execs on massive salaries. They are wonderful. I would also set up a charity where I would give troubled youths, kids who have been failed by the education system or care system for example, or kids who have been on the wrong side of the law, the opportunity to learn a trade. Essentially it would be a property development company but all work undertaken by apprentices (obviously overseen by professionals) and all profits pumped back into the enterprise so that it is sustainable. Then once the kids are qualified, give them a grant to start their own business if they choose or maybe employ them at the charity. Something along those lines.

In terms of my own personal life, I'm not really one of those people who needs lots of "stuff". I'd like a nice cosy house with loads of character in the country, some dogs, a little orchard. I'd enjoy little luxuries like posh skincare and amazing food and wine. I'd probably get a PT and a housekeeper. The thing that would make me happiest about being loaded though would be the ability to spend all my time with my DH and kids instead of us being so busy all the time. Also the fact that we could afford the best healthcare available should the need arise (there's a reason that the royals all live to be 135).

@BestestBrownies I had a similar idea. I keep reading about older men and women having no where affordable to rent if single/ marriage broken down etc so I would like to buy properties and employ a 'super' so people can feel secure and well looked after with their own space.
There are lots of people I would like to help
on the quiet when you read their stories in the paper or online. I have children with disabilities and am now terminally ill and releaving financial pressure would be so beneficial.
I like this thread :)

I'd buy a car, I don't know what I don't have a car at the moment. Probably a 4x4 of some kind, I guess I could get a Range Rover or a porche 4x4 swanky ! It would beat standing at the bus stop in the rain with the pushcahir !

I am quite happy now, but we really struggle for money and even selling something we don't use anymore on eBay lifts my mood as I think I'm helping. So I think a lottery win would make me feel very contented and give me options to start my own women's fashion label, stuff that fits but it actually nice. In nice cheerful colours, that don't make you look 5. But I could also do stuff for 5 year olds that makes them look 5

I would love an indoor and outdoor pool, but wouldn't have the space here in my little, but lovely house. So we would have to move but it would be hard to know where to move to. My DS is happy at his preschool etc. That's important to me now. We've only been in this area two years and I feel quite settled. Me and my DP always have this discussion, as we don't live rally close to either family, it's a hard one. Might go and look at Poole in Bournemouth, I've heard it's nice

I'm actually going to enter the Euromillions now. Are you on commission @gentlyscented ?

My megabucks, philanthropic plan is to buy up the row of local shops/takeaways and return them to the traditional grocers, butchers, bakers etc. They would be the 21st Century version and employ skilled people who would be paid more to train up apprentices. I have thought about this so much I’ve even designed uniforms and window displays.

I was thinking about that couple who won £64 Million (approx). Firstly, I would give away half of it to charities.
Then put 10 Million in shares and investment portfolios. Then the rest I would spend on family and friends.
Wouldn't bother with a very posh car as I'd be too nervous to take it anywhere and most of my family live in 'rough' areas.
But the top of my list would be a nice cottage with at least 4 acres of land and a private wood.
Spend my days tending the land and keeping animals. Maybe even open a sanctuary?

I'd like to restore some of the buildings that are interesting but falling down because it costs a lot to restore, possibly trying to open some to the public if they were of architectural / historic interest.

I probably spend too long watching grand designs etc, but I like to think I could do an acceptable restoration with enough money.

I'm sort of experiencing a version of this right now. DH and I recently inherited a significant amount of money. Not quite lottery win amounts but more than 10 times our annual salary. We are still taking it all in but essentially: we paid of the mortgage on our 3-bed semi. We love the house and don't feel the need to move anytime soon but I'm going to 'ringfence' the approx amount we would need to move into a 4 bed locally in case we change our mind. We like our car and it's new enough so not planning on changing. We've plugged most of the rest into pensions and savings for the kids. I've kept £10k back for a couple of amazing holidays this year. The longer term effect is that while we still have the work, we are now better off by around £1000 (our monthly mortgage payment) every month which has allowed us to relax in our spending. We give more to charities, treat our families etc. I can buy even more sustainable, ethical food esp meat. We freecycle things that we would previously have ebayed. We don't agonise over purchases (within reason) - if the price seems reasonable I buy it, I don't worry that I might be able to get cheaper. The mental space this has freed up is incredible. It's still early days for us but we feel very content.

I really wouldn't change anything.
However I do enjoy playing Secret Millionaire. I'd up the spend levels on that, it's fun to stuff a handful of £20 notes in an envelope and pop it through the door of a hardworking but skint lady you know just so she CAN treat her kids. I have perfected the stone face 'Oh wow how amazing, and you're telling me you have NO idea where it came from then?'

I want to add to mine... I'd have a big heated garage so I didn't have to fight to clear my car... Brr.

Made to measure shoes, boots and clothes (big wide feet, big muscly calves, big thighs but small waist).

Car service to drive me where I need to go, especially to the airport for holidays. Heathrow Sofitel the night before every holiday. Business class every flight (First Class too intrusive)

Biz-jets for short haul trips from my local airport.

And a £million for each of the local schools. And ££ for HomeStart and local small charities.

Yes I'd have a new but not bigger house, and a holiday home in the UK. Maybe a new car but nothing flash.

I do have a cleaner but a housekeeper 5 days a week who does washing and ironing, organising and preps meals 4 or 5 days a week. A part time admin to organise home stuff - prob no more than a day or week.

A personal trainer. Holidays. Chauffeur. And help everyone in my family/friends who has a debt, needs a house deposit or a nest egg. I will need quite a bit of dough!

@IfIWon not having that mortgage must be the best thing?

It's hard because mortgage or rent for the same house we are paying £1300 a month. Our house is nice but not 100% perfect, some rooms very small, others great size, so overall that must mean it's too a bit too small.

My parents inherited a lot and now my Dad has a really well paid contract. They had been through tough times before and having to sell the family home, mainly due to trying to keep up with the Jones. Loss of a business etc. They are much more careful now but a lot less stressed.

I hope I win !

It really is anapple. It's such a lot of money to suddenly have 'spare' - we are now able to save, plus have relaxed day-to-day spending. I actually cried the day we got the letter from the mortgage company confirming that we have paid it off - the sense of security is amazing.