OMAZE house

[walkinthewoodstoday]

So, I'm thinking of entering this competion. Clearly as much chance of winning as me getting an Olympic gold medal, but I keep reading that these 'amazing' houses have issues. Eg one has been massively flooded and another is so close to the cliff edge that it might be uninsurable and when it falls the owners will have a massive clear up bill. The current one is in Finsbury Park and I've even been sad enough to streetview it. Can't see any obvious issues, so why is it an OMAZE house? Please enlighten me!

[helly013]

We entered for £10, my husbands cousin won the Porsche on the last draw ! So you never know you could win one of the other prizes.
Worst case keep the house and use as holiday let, probably your best income.

[Mummylovesutoo]

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greennavy · 02/01/2023 21:09
Does anyone know the postcode of the house?

[GiantKitten]

Lovely family who lived very near it won the Finsbury Park house!
Nice write-up here

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/apr/04/too-good-to-be-true-what-it-is-really-like-to-win-a-3m-dream-home

[IaminRome]

So it is real and not a scam and not all the houses are wildly impractical?! Interesting!

[Bouledeneige]

I liked reading about the family who won the Finsbury Park house but I did think that the £100k could be a crucial part of the prize to help pay for the running costs of the house.

When I was day dreaming about winning the Cornwall house I did wonder how long I'd keep it as I wouldn't be able to afford to run a second home unless I rented it out a lot. But I was forgetting about the cash prize too.

[Mirabai]

The winners very like such nice people so I’m happy for them <sniffs>

[TheMagicDeckchair]

I have just won a £10 Amazon gift card from my £30 entries into this draw! Would be nice to get the £250k or the Cornwall house.

[NewHouseNewMe]

There is a great write-up in The Sunday Times today on Omaze: they’ve yet to break even!

Most buyers do not move in and instead sell or rent it out. But they seem more likely to live in the London houses which - while expensive and large - are not outrageous compared to others outside London with the same price tag.

The Finsbury Park (or Islington as Omaz say) family seem so happy!

[WineWithAView]

What a great win for the London family, lovely house and mortgage free in an area they had already built their lives.

I noticed in the article it says you have 96 hours to claim your prize. I'm now wondering how many house wins I've missed out on by ignoring the many calls to my phone from unknown numbers... They'd leave a message, right?! 😅

[TheMagicDeckchair]

@WineWithAView

What a great win for the London family, lovely house and mortgage free in an area they had already built their lives.

I noticed in the article it says you have 96 hours to claim your prize. I'm now wondering how many house wins I've missed out on by ignoring the many calls to my phone from unknown numbers... They'd leave a message, right?! 😅

They email everyone the winning code so you can check against your original entry email.

Sadly I didn’t win the Yorkshire house- I could have been tempted to live in that one!

[BoogieWonderlandfibbed]

Do they email about all the prizes or just the house? CBa if need to check codes all the time

[Ainbake]

I entered for the first time in July. Email yesterday to say I won £40 of Amazon vouchers, which was unexpected.

[Ohmylovejune]

It always reminds me of Bullseye on steroids! Remember that programme when people from innder cities won speedboats! I live by the sea but still wouldn't want a speedboat. Bound to be up for sale soon after.

The houses appear to be fabulous but that's always going to need a certain income to maintain so, surely, most will want to sell.

I've never applied but it's worrying you could pay and "win" but be filtered out at that stage for not being "the right sort ".

[Ohmylovejune]

I think the Cornwall house might be my very favourite house if its been rebuilt in recent years. Certainly looks like a similar position and design. Does anyone know if its literally next to the boddinick ferry?

If it is, it won't be worth that much in my view (for various reasons).

But if I'd won it, I'd have moved in. It's not far from where we are anyway.

[Mirabai]

I thought the Cornwall house was awful both to look and a pia to live in. However that in no way dimmed my desire to win it. 😆

[custardcreme77]

I got an email a couple of days ago from Omaze. I’d won a £10 Amazon voucher. I’d only spent £10 on the ticket for the Yorkshire house, so I broke even with the bonus of dreaming that potentially, I could win a house 🙂 I’ve entered about 3 times over the years for different houses but this is the first time I’ve won anything.

I’m not too keen on the Norfolk house for the current / next draw. It looks boxey and gloomy. Saying that, I’ve still bought a ticket. Ya never know…

[Dizzywizz]

@NewHouseNewMe

There is a great write-up in The Sunday Times today on Omaze: they’ve yet to break even!

Most buyers do not move in and instead sell or rent it out. But they seem more likely to live in the London houses which - while expensive and large - are not outrageous compared to others outside London with the same price tag.

The Finsbury Park (or Islington as Omaz say) family seem so happy!

@NewHouseNewMe do you have a share token by any chance? Or anyone else? I’d love to read that!

[DisforDarkChocolate]

I entered for the Yorkshire house, it looked like one you could actually live in its in my region.

The Norfolk one looks hideous, I can't imagine anyone using it as a home and I'd never want the hassle of renting it out.

[Probablymagrat]

I wish they'd do more in the South East, I would love to win one and move back, and it would bring some hope that I might. I know that the house would be smaller and less spectacular, but I think people would be more likely to want to keep and live in one that is a bit less high end. I know I would, I wouldn't want to have a house so posh that I feel I have to live up to it, I would want a home.

[DisforDarkChocolate]

I agree @Probablymagrat.

Lovely houses to live in is what people want, not eight bedroom party houses.

[mum2jakie]

This article just showed up for me:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/property/23664599/man-won-mansion-prize-crumbling-left-abandoned/

[PriamFarrl]

https://www.devonlive.com/whats-on/omaze-luxury-mansion-devon-abandoned-8707421.amp. For those who don’t want a Sun link.

My BIL, who is very obsessive, went down a complete rabbit hole about this house. He’s looked at the plans and original planning permission. It looks like it didn’t follow the original plans and that caused all sorts of problems too.