Teacher 'wins' £2million mansion in competition - but only walks away with £5,000
12.09.2023 - 10:05
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A schoolteacher who 'won' a £2 million house in a competition claims she was awarded only £5,000.
Loretta, from Radford in Nottingham, was announced as the winner of the prize draw in a video on the website of competition organisers Win My Home, with the top prize being a £2 million home in the city's swanky Park Estate.
The 55-second clip shows a woman approach Loretta's home with a bunch of flowers before telling her: "You're the winner of our Nottingham prize draw", without clarifying what she had won. The 35-year-old said she was "heartbroken" to be told afterwards that she would not be getting the house and instead receiving £5,000, reports Nottinghamshire Live.
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"It was heartbreaking because my property at the moment is a death-trap, that's why I entered it," she said. One of the terms and conditions listed on the website, a rule which Loretta says she did not see prior to entering, states that if £2.5m of net sales are not reached then the winner will receive 50 percent of the net proceeds.
However, in emails seen by Nottinghamshire Live, the competition organisers claimed they had made a loss and awarded the £5,000 as a "goodwill gesture". They said they had spent nearly £200,000 on "marketing costs" and were unable to process Visa payments "for a long time".
Win My Home did not respond when contacted for comment by Nottinghamshire Live. The prize draw, which ran between March and August, offered the chance to win a six-bedroom four-storey villa.
Packages offered ranged from 15 entries for £10 to 1000 entries for £350, with the option of one free postal entry. The winner announcement video, which shows Loretta's