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If you won the lottery what would you buy?

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Foxglove77 Tue 08-Feb-22 20:12:44

When I was younger I wanted a big house with stables, menage, fields and a long private drive. These days I wouldn't even move from my 3 bed rented house but I would love a small holiday home by the sea.

I would help my children buy nice houses and set my granddaughter up for later in life.

I would splash out on a classic red Ford Mustang and a few nice cruises a year.

katy1950 Wed 09-Feb-22 13:22:24

I would sort out my family first, then buy a nice house and a villa abroad but considering my biggest lottery win has been £10 it would be a box of chocolates and a bottle of wine

MissAdventure Wed 09-Feb-22 13:16:00

Ooh, woodland is a great idea!
I'll add it onto my list.

Gardner Wed 09-Feb-22 13:15:06

Agree with helping grandchildren get on the property ladder ,homeless charities,animal charities .
From a selfish point of view I’ve always wanted a piece of woodland !
Private medicine would be great too with all the long NHS lists .

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 09-Feb-22 13:14:01

I agree Bazza. Ridiculous amounts, far too much for one person.

Hil1910 Wed 09-Feb-22 13:09:38

I’ve just won £100 in this month’s Premium Bond prize draw which I’ll use towards paying off the balance of our summer holiday. If I was luck enough to win a jackpot prize I’d buy a holiday home in the Canaries and spend the winter there and the summer here. I’d donate to a local charity who support residents who have been diagnosed with cancer, and be generous to my family.

nadateturbe Wed 09-Feb-22 12:56:08

agree Bazza

Rileysnana Wed 09-Feb-22 12:55:24

I would buy guide dog puppies so more people could get a guide dog. Think it's so wrong they have to rely on charity for one

helgawills Wed 09-Feb-22 12:50:43

Bazza I could not agree more

CrazyGrandma2 Wed 09-Feb-22 12:44:22

Lucca I hope that tomorrow is a better one for you. flowers

Fernhillnana Wed 09-Feb-22 12:35:20

All the rescue animals in the world that I could!

Bazza Wed 09-Feb-22 12:35:17

I don’t do the lottery either, but it does seem crazy to me that the latest Euro big prize was 109 million. Why not have 109 one million prizes? A high amount but not enough to ruin your life. I could be very happy spending a million, helping out family and favourite charities. I’d also like a small electric car. And heat pumps for as many family and friends as possible.

Dickens Wed 09-Feb-22 12:35:01

A house (small) suitable for my disabled partner to move around in.

The remainder to those charities desperately trying to help people living on the streets, and the pensioners who can't afford to heat their homes.

That's it.

missdeke Wed 09-Feb-22 12:34:34

I'd buy an electric car, newkitchen and bathroom then share all the rest between my 4 children and me.

Pammie1 Wed 09-Feb-22 12:28:55

I’d buy an environmentally friendly, fuel efficient, wheelchair friendly bungalow and auction our present home for charity. I’d make sure my nearest and dearest were taken care of, ensure I had enough to live comfortably, then I’d look at important causes to fund. Oh, and I’d buy a mobility friendly car and a camper van to go travelling in the UK.

BigBertha1 Wed 09-Feb-22 12:24:08

I finish up my daughters mortgage, sort the rest of the family out, pay the boys university costs, move house and buy two cars. Nice big cheque for the hospice and Lupus charities.

LuckyFour Wed 09-Feb-22 12:23:37

I'd extend at the back of the house so that I could have a bigger kitchen and dining room, but I wouldn't move as I love where I live. If there was anything left over I might have a new roof but it would have to be a very big win. Sadly it will never happen as I don't do the lottery!!

Summerfly Wed 09-Feb-22 12:16:57

Lucca. ?

grandtanteJE65 Wed 09-Feb-22 12:16:26

I would have the decoraters in and have every room in the housem except the bathroom, done up.

The bathroom would be completely re-built, enlarged, have both a walk-in shower and a bath-tub installed.

New windows with the latest energy saving technology and new outer doors next on the list.

After that, if there was still money left - front garden dug up and paved with small beds containing flowering bushes and one or two tubs of flowers. Garrage drive paved as well, sot that deliveries of logs etc. can be wheeled all the way up to the wood-pile.

But I shan't do any of all this, as I never buy lottery tickets!

kittylester Wed 09-Feb-22 12:14:42

Not sure that it's necessary to actually play the lottery to fantasise about winning it.

MissAdventure Wed 09-Feb-22 12:09:58

Me neither.

Tanjamaltija Wed 09-Feb-22 12:09:38

I don't play it.

Grandma70s Wed 09-Feb-22 12:02:57

Also a large donation to the Cats’ Protection League.

Theoddbird Wed 09-Feb-22 12:02:12

A little cottage near the sea or on a river and a VW camper van and a Morris Traveller

Grandma70s Wed 09-Feb-22 12:00:35

kittylester

A house in Aldeburgh with sea views.

Oh yes. I’d have that one that used to belong to Benjamin Britten. Used to be called Crag House, I think - no 4 Crabbe Street.

I’d pay my grandchildren’s school fees and make sure they are set up for university as well.

I’d endow scholarships for talented students of music and ballet to go to specialist schools.

I hope this is a big win!

LostLaLa Wed 09-Feb-22 11:59:39

Small cottage overlooking the beautiful blue Pacific in Kailua Kona Hawaii on 2 acres...start a tiny home small village for homeless women and children to restart their lives, maybe give children a small love token, travel, pray, eat healthy and watch the sunset over the Pacific with a cocktail in the evening and pray more ?