Property Winners

Property Winners

Winning your own home in a win a house contest is a dream shared by many people. With property remaining one of the biggest expenses one is likely to face over a lifetime, few would argue this wouldn't change their lifestyle tremendously. When we read about a new property winner, we like to share their success with you in this section. From time to time, this also includes people who win big prizes in house competitions.

New Covent Garden Soup Win a Farm Competition draws criticism

Over 265,000 people entered the New Covent Garden Soup company's competition for a chance to win a farm worth £500,000. The promotion, which was run in partnership with sister brand Farmhouse Fare on the back of a...

Haven holiday home prize competition winners

Brian and Irene Caddy of Mansfield are the lucky winners of a new ABI St David holiday home worth over £40,000 after winning the nationwide competition organised by Haven and ABI this year. The couple said they were...

Who won the Daily Mail Beach Chalet?

The Daily Mail Beach Chalet promotion to win a £160,000 beach home in Praa Sands in Cornwall closed on 22 April 2011. Each day between 5 March and 13 April, a different password was printed in the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday. ...

Who won the Daily Mail Dream Christmas Cottage?

The Daily Mail Dream Christmas Cottage competition, which ran for a month until 20 December, promised to give away a beautiful £340,000 thatched cottage in Suffolk to one lucky reader. If you entered this competition, you can get ...

All the Daily Mail Dream Cottage passwords, winners and news

Every year, the Daily Mail runs 2 or 3 ‘win a home’ competitions giving readers a chance to win a beautiful Dream Cottage in the country. While many people still collect the daily tokens printed in the paper and ent...

Who won the Daily Mail Dream Cottage?

The Daily Mail Dream Cottage competition to win a £320,000 thatched cottage in Suffolk closed on 17 September 2010. Each day between 24 July and 1 September, a different keyword was printed in the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday...

Last minute charity raffle ticket wins couple a $550K dream home

US couple Jennifer Banzhoff and Joseph Dukestand bought a $100 ticket in this year's St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway

Sandbanks house competition winner identity revealed

The winner of the Win a House in Sandbanks competition has...

Join the latest Surf Life Saving Lottery winners!

Meet Michele and Neil Dougherty, the lucky winners of Surf Life Saving Lottery 136 in Australia. Their A$30 Champions' Club ticket (£18) won them a beautiful home just minutes from the pristine...

Winner of A Piece of NZ home raffle

The Cambridge house raffle organised by pastor Murray Smith and his wife Michelle was won by Warwick Hutchinson from Auckland. He picks up a 5 bedroom home overlooking Lake Karapiro in New Zealand's beautiful Waipa...

British couple wins a holiday home in Italy free

Retired couple John and Betty McNamee just won a rural retreat in Italy in a free competition organised by

Northwest Indiana House Raffle winner given choice of 4 homes

Northwest Indiana House Raffle closed a few days ago, offering players a chance of winning 1 of 4 properties locally, and a 1 in 52 chance of winning a prize. With each entry costing $150 and a minimum of 3,900 tickets to be sold to...

San Francisco Dream House Raffle results

The details of this year's San Francisco Dream House Raffle winners results were announced after being drawn on Saturday. Set up to benefit local charity Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the raffle featured a...

Bolton woman wins a flat for free!

Manchester property developer über Massclusive gave away a brand new apartment for free last month as part of a promotion for its new development, Atlas Mill. Sharon Cochrane's name was drawn from a hat from only ...

Belfast Telegraph reader wins house for free!

Local newspaper Belfast Telegraph ran a dream home competition last month to give away a new £150,000 three-bedroom house in Dundonald to one lucky reader for free. Readers were asked to collect six free vouchers from the Telegraph ...

RSL Art Union Draw 266 winner announced!

Today Australian charity house raffle organiser RSL Art Union announced the winner of an impressive £690,000 house located on Emerald Lakes, just 10 minutes away from the Gold Coast's golden beaches. The winner won ...

Oldborough Retreat Devon competition won by German

The winner of the win a Devon property with fishing competition has finally been announced. 36-year old Christoph Jaeger from Hamburg won the £1 million property called "Oldborough Retreat" with...

Oldborough Retreat Devon Property with Fishing winner finally picked!

After over six months of discussions with the Gambling Commission, it appears that the Wilshaws have successfully picked a winner for their £1 million Devon property with fishing, Oldborough Retreat. The couple ...

US couple win a house in local radio contest

Wendy Chandler recently won a $250,000 home by entering a contest on her local radio station, as part of the Rock 95 and KOOL FM win a house competition. In this short interview in The Barrie Examiner, comping enthusiast Chandler and...

Mater win a house raffle winner announced!

The Mater Prize Home raffle just gave away a stunning $1.2 million (£515,000) waterfront home on the Gold Coast. For those of you that entered house raffle Draw 222, the lucky winner is the holder of ticket 547985 from Jindalee,...

US winner handed the keys to her brand new home

Last October, we wrote about single mum Jennifer Draa's life-changing win in the 2008 '

Cheltenham House winner awarded 83,000 pounds

The 'Win The Cheltenham House' competition concluded last week after attracting a total of 5,706 entries. The contest, which was

Man wins 400,000 pound flat with Win a London Pad

Win a London Pad have handed the keys to a brand new £400,000 Central London apartment to ...

Further property competitions cancelled following the Devon house competition setback

With no satisfactory conclusion reached for the Devon property competition in the UK by the end of 2008, a number of similar competitions and raffles were cancelled or postponed at the end of the year. At the same...

Single US mum wins her dream family home - for free

Mother of one Jennifer Draa's lucky ticket was picked amongst 635,000 entries, winning her a brand new, fully automated house in Lincoln Crossing, build over two floors. Her new family home, which is expected to be worth at least...