What would you buy/do?

A cottage in the Lake District with beautiful views and fantastic walking trails.

A holiday home, one that is right on the beach, where you just step off the veranda, walk across the soft, golden sand and into a warm sea.
But, I would need a "Beam me up Scotty" type of machine to bet me there!

That's all for now.

I'm still dreaming ?
www.hoekbrokerage.com/yachts-for-sale/j-class-rainbow/

I would get someone in to finish all the DIY stuff we've started but not quite completed. When the house and garden were all finished, I'd get in a housekeeper to make sure it stayed looking nice. Finally, I'd enjoy days out, visiting family, travelling, etc., without any anxiety about all the little jobs I've got to do at home! It would be bliss.

After reading through some of these threads I have decided on my project.
I’m going to build 6 small but beautiful bungalows in a way that all will have privacy, parking and the use of a swimming pool and tennis court. I need six for the sisters and friends and the last one for the carers to live in when we need a bit of help.
Then I will buy another small unit in NSW so I can spend a few months every year with my DD and travel there first class.

A personal trainer to bully incentivise me into getting as fit as I can be, very necessary due to lockdown. And, because I hate to see grass fields when they're not used for grazing or food, a plain, boring old field or ten to replant with trees and plants to keep bees and encourage wildlife.

I did win the lottery twice this week when I buy only one Lotto ticket per draw - couldn't believe it - but my total of £32.60 is not going to buy many trees.

I might start with the luxury of several weeks at a health resort, on a stunning Greek Island. Personal trainers etc to really get me in the right mindset.

Then a first class ticket to Australia to see my son. We'd have a touring holiday together.

Weirdly, I was driving home this morning and passed a plot of land for sale that's fairly central in our village. It used to be a repair shop and car dealership and it provided work for local people. As I drove past, I thought to myself, "If I won the lottery jackpot, I'd buy that site." I would need to buy a lottery ticket first!

A cattery for rescue cars and staff to help me run it!

gillyknits what do you want to rescue cars for??

A new top of the range electric car, complete with dishy chauffeur, wearing jodhpurs, long leather boots and a cap. Definitely a top hairdresser, maybe a stylist who could retrieve my interest in what I look like. A holiday villa in Ravello Italy large enough for all my family, oh and a helicopter to get there. A chef to cook delicious meals that would make the weight I’ve put on slip away without me noticing. Most of all a superb surgeon who could sort out the digestive problems I’ve suffered with most of my life. Not too much to ask, surely.

I would buy a bungalow and do away with the awful stair lift defacing my home...hire a gardener once a month or so, never lift another paint brush...maybe learn to drive at 69!.... but a high based car so my husband could actually use it....get my ironing done once a week. Anything left , give to my kids and grandkids.

Bloomin predictive text! Cats not cars. ??

NotTooOld

boodymum - your post has just made me feel shallow and greedy! I really hope your wishes come true.

Thankyou NotTooOld.....it was kind of you to say that. But please let yourself enjoy your fantasy spend too. xxx

Thank you for a lovely kind thought Alexa, but I'm not sure that anything but a sturdy puppy could cope with my 4, soon to be 5 grandsons!

Saggi

I would buy a bungalow and do away with the awful stair lift defacing my home...hire a gardener once a month or so, never lift another paint brush...maybe learn to drive at 69!.... but a high based car so my husband could actually use it....get my ironing done once a week. Anything left , give to my kids and grandkids.

Hi, I have disabled kit in my home, which I hate looking at too. Hope you get your bungalow xxx

I would buy a house on the river in the small City just up the road from me. It’s my dream x

Ooh nice thread.
Often think about what I would do with a lot of money and the amount of charitable donations I would make and how I would help out my children and friends but if I could not do that and it had to be for myself, I like the idea of a heated swimming pool as I could do with getting fitter. Also I would have a large rescue centre for animals, with Vets on hand and staff to keep the animals in a safe and friendly environment. Ooh I could go on and on dreaming

I've loved reading what you'd all do.

I would buy a flock of about 30 sheep and some land to keep them on. They would be just for wool now and again and I would keep them until they died of old age. Of course I would also need to employ somebody to do all the dirty work and I expect I would need a sheep dog.....

I would have clothes made to measure so my fat bits wouldn`t be seen.
Then i would buy a house overlooking the sea in somerset/cornwall and it would have 5 bedrooms with ensuites a large open plan lounge/diner/kitchen.
It`s good to dream.

A flat in Paris would be my dream as I have always loved it there. My paternal grandparents were French but I'm not fluent in the language. Have a good understanding of the culture though

A good set of teeth!

I'd like to buy a piece of land, but not to build on, just to enjoy. Probably be woodland and would need to have lots of beautiful maples, beech and other lovely trees.
I'd also spend some money on private medical care to correct all the 'niggles' which the NHS don't cover for myself and OH.