After spending months trying (and failing) to sell their home in the traditional way, British couple Brian and Wendy Wilshaw have kick started an exciting new competition to give away their beautiful home in Devon. As featured on BBC TV on 26 August 2008 and covered on a number of other popular news channels and websites, this competition appears to be very well marketed throughout the UK and online. The idea is simple: to sell 46,000 tickets at £25 each (around $50 equivalent), then to pick one lucky winner once the competition has closed.

The Devon property (named "Oldborough Retreat") is valued at £1 million (around $2 million) and features five bedrooms, 11.5 acres of woodland paddock, a 2-acre lake, and even four two-bedroom wooden lodges. Given the name of the website, we suspect the couple themselves are keen anglers, which is not surprising given the impressive features of the property.

With such a great prize on offer, we expect many people to be interested, particularly as the impending credit crunch means it is increasingly difficult to get your hands on the type of mortgage most people need to afford a £1 million house. We think this is a great house competition for anyone who really enjoys the countryside, and it is clear that the Wilshaw couple have enjoyed living in it for a number of years.

As mentioned, the couple have really managed to get the word out, which should help sell tickets within the targeted time period: having opened in June 2008, it is expected to close on 7 December 2008 if all goes according to plan. Alternatively, if all tickets sell out early, the competition could close before this date. During the course of their BBC interview, the couple indicated that they had already sold one third of all tickets required (or around 14,000), which is clearly a great start. If for some reason the target number of tickets isn't reached, the winner will receive a cash prize instead.

To enter the competition, all you need to do is answer a simple question, before purchasing your ticket. Click the link we provided to find the answer you need on another website: What is the price of an adult full season coarse fishing licence for 2008/2009?

Players must be over 18 years old to enter. You can visit the Oldborough Retreat website for more information on the property and grounds. This will be an interesting one to watch, and we wish the Wilshaw couple the best of luck in selling their home in this innovative way! We'll keep you posted about how they get along.

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Re: Win Oldborough Retreat - a Devon house with fishing

I keep on reading reports of the Wilshaws posting blog updates on their website, then deleting them a couple of days later... Is this true??

silver surfer , 19 Feb 2009

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Re: Win Oldborough Retreat - a Devon house with fishing

@ silver surfer

I can confirm I definitely read at least one post recently about the wilshaws about to meet with the GC and then it disappeared. If you look now the latest one dates back to 09/02 yet I'm convinced I read something 2-3 days later

who knows, could be their lawyer advising them that 'less is more'.....

naturally suspicious , 19 Feb 2009

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