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Roll up for House Hoopla!

September 16, 2008 By: missthrifty Category: Homes 5 Comments →

As the world economy lurches from one crushing disaster to another, and house prices continue to slide, UK homeowners are resorting to unconventional selling methods. They have given up on securing their (admittedly ambitious) asking prices via the usual routes, and are raffling off their homes instead.

I’ve come across three house raffles this week.  The first home is rather swanky; it was featured on Channel 4’s Grand Designs, which is the Holy Grail for housebuilders.

cheltenham house 300x101 Roll up for House Hoopla!

It’s a three bedroom house in Cheltenham (very la-di-da!) and is a memorable Grand Design because most of it was built underground. If I remember rightly, there (more…)