| With the current financial climate, the thoughts of | | | | Commission look into the legal issues (the GC have |
| buying a new house, renewing your home insurance, | | | | already passed the Sicklemore's idea as being fine). |
| paying stamp duty, and renting a removals company | | | | Aside from the incentive of a portion of the ticket |
| in 2009 are understandably far from the thoughts of | | | | price going to charity, there are further bonuses |
| any current homeowner. However, the Express and | | | | being offered to the lucky ticket-holder, such as: |
| Echo has reported that a couple from South Devon | | | | payment of stamp duty, legal fees, moving expense |
| are trying to sell their house via a seemingly | | | | contributions, and the first year of the council tax |
| unconventional method. If they are successful, could | | | | paid. It seems that the Sicklemores have tried to |
| they kick-start a new trend among house-sellers? | | | | make the prize as tempting as possible, but if the |
| Steven and Caroline Sicklemore are trying to sell their | | | | ticket is split between two (after all, it is a |
| four-bedroom house, in the picturesque coastal town | | | | four-bedroom house) then a ticket price is only |
| of Dawlish, via a raffle. By logging on to | | | | £12.50, I'm not really sure why they would |
| summerbreezecompetition.co.uk, prospective buyers | | | | have any doubts that all tickets would sell before the |
| can look at photos of the property and the | | | | closing date of 24th April 2009. |
| surrounding area that includes beautiful beaches and | | | | That said, only nine tickets have been sold in just |
| the famous black swans. Visitors can also see the | | | | over a week. Could it be that people are so hard up |
| terms of conditions of the competition and even | | | | that they are unwilling to even part with £25 |
| purchase a ticket online at the bargain price of | | | | for charity and the chance of winning a quiet lovely |
| £25 (of which 3.6 percent goes to the Force | | | | house in a great location (one of the best in Devon in |
| cancer charity). | | | | my opinion)? Or is it that classic English trait of not |
| The idea is certainly innovative, so could we see | | | | trusting something that sounds too good to be true |
| many following their footsteps? Interestingly, another | | | | that is shining through? I suppose, by April, we shall |
| couple from Devon have already planned the same | | | | see whether the idea was such a good one. |
| but progress has been halted as the Gambling | | | | |