What would be on your lottery winnings shopping list?

4wd said:
The last thing I'd do is buy expensive new cars
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Same here. I have no interest in cars at all.

I would probably invest in some sort of busines venture, probably pro audio. I already build valve based microphone preamplifiers for recording (on a very small scale - just for friends so far) so I might try to build on that.


Steve.
 
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Amazing variaty of answers!!

I don't drive so no interest in cars but have recently rediscovered a passion for cycling so a top of the range carbon hardtail from GT or Specialized would be top of the list, then a nice ramshackle farmhouse somewhere by the norfolk broads where I grew up....assuming I can drag my girlfriend out of the midlands!

I tend to get bored of material 'stuff' so even if I did aquire a shedload of tat buyers remorse would soon set in and end up offloading it all somewhere!!

......actually thinking about it I'd buy a few nice pairs of luxery walking boots, and seeing as I'd be a gentleman of leisure I'd have a few dogs.

Matt
 
Not tell anyone outside immediate family. Buy my parents a house, as they want to move (at least they keep talking about it) but it would save them needing to sell theirs first.

Do something nice for my brother and his family, and for a couple of my friends that have been there for me at various times.

Invest a most of it what's left, but I won't be looking for as much as 15% growth pa (necessary to double the capital every five years).

Shopping list:
An Italian car with "458" in its name. Because I like cars.
An appartment in Monza, close to the royal park. Because I like motor racing, and Italy.
 
BRASH said:
I know how it feels Dave.

Had something similar with my own daughter (perhaps on a lesser scale/not the eating disorder). Bust me up hearing her say she wanted to fall asleep and not wake up. Thankfully she's over it now but it's always a fear she might spiral downwards again. Hopefully not, for both of us. Chin up china!!
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Cheers. It is absolutely gutting heating young ones say that. Been there got the t shirt. Really pleased your daughter has got through it and as you say you do wait for the possible downward spiral. That's my fear at the moment she has had these good few weeks. Thanks for the words of support.
 
A nice countryside house and one at the seaside near a little harbour somewhere, possibly Brixham, something attracting me to there for some reason.

Not bothered about cars i'll just carry on driving beaters around.

Dunno about the 'friends and family' thing, I think they'll just end up resenting you for it.
 
since the kids are at school and settled with friends

I would pay off the mortgage, do the planned extension and double garage and live a normal life, with more play than work.

I would then plan holidays around the kids school holidays, which i would have to be careful of not loosing it all due to the exorbitant higher prices holidays cost in school holidays.

One thing i would do, is make sure the kids get an education/qualifications and not just sponge of mum and dad, that way they can be come successful in their own right
 
When I win, sorry, if I win :lol:

I'd sort the extended family out and then take off, for a few months, to come to terms with this life changing event.

It would then be about doing all the things, I've always said I'd do, if I had the time.

Would also be a camera gear nut, purchasing the latest and the best, but probably not be any better a photographer for doing it :lol:
 
SickAsAParrot said:
A nice countryside house and one at the seaside near a little harbour somewhere, possibly Brixham, something attracting me to there for some reason.

Not bothered about cars i'll just carry on driving beaters around.

Dunno about the 'friends and family' thing, I think they'll just end up resenting you for it.
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Mine do that anyway :)

When I was younger I always thought I'd have a fleet of fancy cars, wild parties and a jet set lifestyle if I won. Now, I'd be happy to live in a nice unpretentious house in a nice area and live a quiet, anonymous life in comfort.
 
I'm surprised no one has thought about using it as a mechanism to move overseas. I'd certainly spend at least half the year in France if my numbers came up. Even if it meant a lot of studying French!
 
Buy a big bungalow so my son can live on the same floor as the rest of the family.
An Aston Martin to look at, as I'm not a great driver!
Refund the money to most of my patients for the last 4 years and fund deposits for flats for my ex-staff.
 
Chalet in Val d'isere/tignes

Nice long holiday in the sun with friends and family, then one just for me, wife and 4yr old

Give some money out among family and very close friends

Probably buy some stuff for photography

Lancia Delta evo

A small boat for fishing

A stormtrooper outfit (star wars, not nazi)

Send my dad to wherever he would want to go on a boat as a surprise

A massive selection of trainers so I never run out of my faves
 
Ricardodaforce said:
I'm surprised no one has thought about using it as a mechanism to move overseas. I'd certainly spend at least half the year in France if my numbers came up. Even if it meant a lot of studying French!
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I wouldn't move overseas, would always keep a UK base, but would also spend a lot of time travelling and if a serious win have property in a couple of overseas locations.
 
Keep quiet, as I don't want the leeches to emerge. I certainly wouldn't flaunt it.


I'd buy a nice small holding somewhere, maybe Wales, with several acres and a nice cottage

For me, I'd have LR discovery D4 HSE. I'd quite like a defender but tuned to buggery to take on a any chav racer.
For the misses, maybe a freelander or evoque

I'd get my back sorted once and for all, clean up the NHS's mess, just one day, day pain free would be worth all the money in the world.

I'd pay off my brothers mortgage, buy them a sensible and reliable car and maybe 50k in the bank, but no more..if they screw that up like they have with everything else, then they don't deserve it.

I'd buy my parents a house, wherever they wanted and a car each. Maybe £300k in the bank.
I'd give at least £500k to the air museum charity that's been in my life since 1994. They could finally build the hanger they have wanted and house all our aircraft. I'd also get them to employ my dad, although he'd happily do it for free, as he does now.

I'd buy a nice top spec road bike or two, top spec drum kit, and probably some new cameras and lenses.
A decent espresso machine, nice watch... Probably about it really.

Not interested in travelling, yachts, or supercars.

Not sure about work. I wouldn't want to not work, as you'd get bored very quick, but I don't know what I'd do.
Maybe I'd build an off road course on my land and do training and trips. Something fun and easy, give my back a rest.. I'd probably also invest more time and money in my photography tutorial/youtube channel. I like doing it, just don't have the budget or time to get it where I would like it to be.

All my "friends" could go swivel. None have been there for me when I've needed them, so they wouldn't see a penny without very good reason.
 
I always said if I won the lottery I'd Park my truck near a train station, lock it up, hand the keys to the first person I saw and buy a 1st class train ticket home

The nearest I've been so far is £20 on the bonus ball at work but I still thought about it
 
Hugh Jarse said:
With a Euromillions (£100m+) win I think I would be very quiet. So first thin to get would be a very snarly protective law firm who would manage a very good accountancy firm and a top investment advisor. Their job would be to firewall me from every possible way that anyone would know about my wealth. The plan would be to load my banking with say £10m and to double the residual capital in say 5 years.

No fleet of cars or masses of property but loads of travel to discover where I might eventually set up home.

For the very rich £100m is pocket change. I worked in a merchant bank during the mid 80s and the personal banking section was an eye opener on what real wealth means.

I would help family and friends quietly in the background so their mortgages and debts would disappear. I would not be overtly rich, I have pretty much all I need and as I am semi retired now a total wind down to an unencumbered life would be step 1.

BUT I would definitely indulge myself with top level flying service (Singapore Airlines A380 suites for a start).

One real indulgence would be to buy some land locally and build a really nice cricket ground with pavilion for a local cricket team who have a great lineage of winning their league but cannot be promoted as they do not have their own home ground. Nothing ridiculous but certainly their own indoor training facility and bar. It could then generate income from the pavilion and facilities. Peppercorn rent and a programme todevelop local players. Could be a model for other such local clubs lacking facilities.

Might seem a bit boring but with a growing bank balance rather than one reducing. you can take altruism to a highrr plain Once the growth is sustained a sustainable progrsmme of doing some good on long term basis could be built.

I would go MF digital though.... Pentax 645D.......

Steve
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Definitely with you on the cricket ground idea and not being overtly wealthy!

My priority would be setting up financial security for me and my family (parents, brother, sister and their families). I have a very large extended family and I would try and help them out as & where possible, not necessarily life changing sums of money but enough to hopefully make a difference.

On think I'd like to do (although it's a little spiteful) is to offer £1M to each of the colleague on my team to leave the company........ We're fairly undervalued in terms of what others in the business do and frequently told no one's indispensible so I'd like ot test that theory out just for a laugh :lol:
 
Shopping list would be endless... For my wife :) lol

for me:
house for me
buy a part of town (few streets maybe) for renting.
Helicopter, yacht, some cars.

ooops forgot camera gear (and will travel travel travel).... forgot something... I will need a porter to carry stuff around too :)

if still have money left would buy ticket to space traveling :)
 
I don't really have any family out side my 2 grow daughters, get them both a home for life that they can't lose or have taken from them

A little house for me and my 2 dogs near to a town and sea, near but not to near to my best friend, with a private garden the dogs can play safely in, live quietly, nothing flash, looking like I just get by and a little eccentric, a Lady that does lunch and walks her dogs and sleeps a lot, working to middle class not millionaire class

All a very long way from where I am now, apart from the two dogs
 
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Make sure my daughters are financially stable when they get older, without just giving them everything. I want them to find their own way in the world - it would be the best feeling on earth knowing that we'd always have the funds to support them in times of need.

I'd clear out any existing debt, move house (nothing too extravagant) and buy those pieces of camera/tech equipment that I need/want but don't have yet. I couldn't see me buying anywhere abroad - though I would travel more, who knows if you find somewhere that you love enough?

I have fairly simple tastes to be honest, I hope I'd keep my feet on the ground anyway.

My one real extravagance, my (also not too extravagant) boyhood dream: Porsche 911.
 
Its like the joke

"pack your bags love i've won the lottery"
"wow! where you taking me, somewhere hot i hope?"
"No i'm kicking you!"
 
Firstly, I wouldn't turn up for work. Secondly, I would keep the win hush hush (as much as possible).

So many things I would do, so not in any particular order -

Invent a wheat free loaf that is lighter than lead. The Mrs can’t eat wheat 

Assist any of my mates that hate their jobs

Buy a new house and kit out our kid’s bedrooms with the latest kit

Buy another house with mountain views. Obviously need to do some travelling to work out best place to buy said house.

Book a holiday - just to sit and think

Get some kind of voluntary work – and give back to society

Buy my mate the longest piece of L Series glass I can find (he currently tries to shoot sports on 200mm)

Buy myself some long L series glass and camp out at the Mach loop for a few days
Have a photography studio – who cares if it makes a profit – or is even open to the public

Follow Formula one for a year.

Build a car from scratch

Do loads of track days

Most of all, I would like to know that my win would help other people have a better than current life.
 
A brand new pair of boxers and socks every day. That is the life of a king!

I have simple dreams :lol:
 
BRASH said:
You can't buy health or happiness.

..............................can yeh??:shrug::D
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I don't know but I'd be prepared to have a go. I have been trying the alternative for fifty years and I am a bit bored with it. :D
 
FlyTVR said:
Buy myself some long L series glass and camp out at the Mach loop for a few days

Follow Formula one for a year.

Build a car from scratch

Do loads of track days

Most of all, I would like to know that my win would help other people have a better than current life.
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All of these, EXCEPT the first thing I would do would be to buy a nice house, and living within the M25 that would take up most if not all of a decent sized lottery win.

Would have to be a Euromillions rollover then I could start making a list :D

David
 
Hazza said:
A pilots license and a warbird. To be flown from a friends farm...

Maybe a nice car, too.
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Oh you just had to didn't you

Now I have to add an F82 Twin Mustang to my list (possibly P38 Lightning too)
 
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Hugh Jarse said:
Oh you just had to didn't you

Now I have to add an F82 Twin Mustang to my list (possibly P38 Lightning too)
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P38 yes... Although it would suck up money like nobodies business... Allison's don't come cheap. A MkXIV spit would do nicely I think... Maybe a Tigercat too, if push came to shove ;) !

Also read you can pick up a Hawker Hunter for around £80k... I'll take 3.
 
Hazza said:
P38 yes... Although it would suck up money like nobodies business... Allison's don't come cheap. A MkXIV spit would do nicely I think... Maybe a Tigercat too, if push came to shove ;) !

Also read you can pick up a Hawker Hunter for around £80k... I'll take 3.
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Ex Swiss Air Force Hunter.... Yep Beautifull aircraft to view on the ground and in the air. Friend of mine is ex Hunter and Hsrrier pilot - loved both aircraft

S
 
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