{"id":6494,"date":"2017-11-17T11:11:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T11:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=6494"},"modified":"2017-11-17T11:11:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T11:11:07","slug":"house-raffles-pay-1-answer-simple-question-win-a-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/news\/house-raffles-pay-1-answer-simple-question-win-a-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay \u00a31, answer a simple question…and win a house worth \u00a3315,000"},"content":{"rendered":"
There’s been a spate of homes being put into raffles this year, offering the chance to own a property for a pittance.<\/strong><\/p>\n New website rafflemyhouse.com is the first platform of its kind, enabling people to sell their houses using a raffle-style competition<\/a>. To enter the raffle, you just need to buy a ticket for \u00a31 and answer a simple question, and then the winner is chosen at random.<\/p>\n The multiple choice question to win the “beautiful, refurbished, extended three bedroom, detached, bungalow in a fantastic position with plenty of space” which is currently on offer is this: What is the most expensive property on the UK Monopoly board? A. Park Lane; B. Oxford Street; C. Mayfair.<\/p>\n A winner is chosen after 325,000 tickets have been sold. The seller receives \u00a3301,500 in cash, with the rest going towards a 3% website fee, legal costs, stamp duty and a \u00a35,000 charitable donation.<\/p>\n The idea of raffling properties is not a new one. This year has seen a number of sellers putting their houses on the market<\/a> using this method, including Kieron Walsh who is using a raffle to sell his \u00a3240,000 home in Salford, Greater Manchester.<\/p>\n He is selling tickets for \u00a35 each, and entrants must answer three questions in order to qualify. He chose this alternative method to sell after struggling to close deals with buyers.<\/p>\n “We were getting to the point where we were just never completing,” he said. “People kept putting in other offers and gazumping each other, and then the closer I\u2019d get to finalising something would happen. So I started doing some research and I decided to press ahead with this.”<\/p>\nA smart alternative?<\/h4>\n