What would be on your lottery winnings shopping list?

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So, just imagine, you win the big one. What would you treat yourself to? Would you give up work?

I'd buy nice homes for my kids and mother.

I'd buy myself a chalet in Val d'Isere, a villa somewhere on the Côte d'Azure and a luxury apartment here in Alicante.

I'd treat myself to an M6 Gran Coupe and an M6 Convertible.

I'd also buy a lovely set of new cameras and lenses.

I'd then travel a lot. Soaking up new sights, and cultures.

I'd also find the time to get a motorcycle license. I can already drive a truck and bus, so might as well go the whole hog!


Nice to have dreams! What would you do?
 
Great living in the material world, trouble is a lot are just dreams. I'd just be glad to get myself out of the hole I'm in.
 
I really don't know,

I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

:)
 
A Range Rover Autobiography

A Rolls Royce Phantom Drop Head (just because I can)

A custom built motor home

A fleet of Range Rover Evoques for friends and family as I saw fit

New cars of there choice for my sisters (although would probably just give them a massive chunk each)

A rally spec Subaru for my brother in law
And a bowler wild cat for the other brother in law

A couple of 1DX and all the lens I could ever want

Then who knows that's the fun of it :D
 
MWHCVT said:
A Range Rover Autobiography

A Rolls Royce Phantom Drop Head (just because I can)

A custom built motor home

A fleet of Range Rover Evoques for friends and family as I saw fit

New cars of there choice for my sisters (although would probably just give them a massive chunk each)

A rally spec Subaru for my brother in law
And a bowler wild cat for the other brother in law

A couple of 1DX and all the lens I could ever want

Then who knows that's the fun of it :D
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Might have guessed you would want a new car.......:D
 
Pay off my debt.

Buy a house for me
Buy my rents a house
Buy my nan a house
Buy my inlaws the boat they really want

Buy some extra properties and rent out
Go on my 1st holiday for 10 years
Treat myself to a few new lenses
Start up my own photography business

1973 Chevrolet corvette for me
Whatever my other half wants
Whatever my rents want

Put the rest in the bank and live off the interest
I don't think I'd quit work but I certainly wouldn't be working full time
 
Off course I would pack in work.

Nice big house in a village near Cambridge, could be tempted to get a flat in London (if I won loads).

Brand new Aston and top of the range Merc plus something for the wife and give some money to friends and family. Lots of holidays too

Camera wise could get a d4 and d800 with brand new top lenses, plus a load of Leica stuff.
 
I already have the lottery lifestyle but on a shoestring budget. Don't think I'd change that much. I'd just have more shiny things :)

Would certainly splash out on a nismo gtr and make sure friends and relatives had more money.
 
Buy a nice house, have a few nice cars eg bmw m5, maybe a ferrari of some kind.

I would want to give a fair chunk to charity. I've always thought that if I was a billionaire, I'd set up homeless shelters that people would actually want to live in.
 
hmmmm are we talking £100m euromillions type of "big one?"

If so... a garage full of exotica.... spend a fortune at wex and then buy a digger.

Would dig a big ditch all the way around Suffolk and then tow it away!
 
Look after my family, nice house, nice car - lots of travel.

Simples :)
 
Ford RS200 Evolution
Ford GT40
Roush Ford GT
Avro 720 Mirage Ford GT
Jim Clark Mk1 Lotus Cortina
Mk2 Escort RS1800
Mk1 Escort Twin Cam
Group 4 Rally spec Mk2 Escort
Various Aston Martins
Custom built Ford Evos
Various race cars for myself and my two sons, a race car transporter and start our own race team and garage for my sons to run our cars and anyone else's.
A nice house with enough land for storing the road cars and it's own gym.
Would I give up work? No the hours I work, it's almost part time anyway and apart from that, they have a test track on which I could have fun with the cars anyway.
 
There are a lot of people and projects ahead of me splashing out on myself.
 
Of course I'd pay of everything I owe...mortgage etc., and give my lovely old car some time off.
But I'd take great pleasure in doing the same for the majority of my family and a some special friends too.
It must be lovely to be able to give the gift of financial freedom to those that matter.
 
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
 
F-Type, DB9, private jet capable of seating 10 passengers (fully crewed!), estate in Crete, again capable of sleeping 10 in semi autonomous accommodation (with discrete staff), probably a Citroen C3 or similar to use there (needs to be well suspended to cope with their roads!), decent sized motor cruiser (with marina berth!)
 
1) Four-post lift to put in the garage.
2) Garage to put the four-post lift into.
3) Set of new calipers and coil-overs for my current car.
4) Some new batteries for my 7D.

Simple soul aren't I?
 
Move my Mum out of the care home into her own purpose built apartment and get her 24 nursing care.
Pay off all my mates debts.
Buy my partners young daughter a little car and insure it for her.
Give Up a job I've grown to loath after 23 years.
Get a new gearbox in my old mercedes.

Sit back and plan my first journey to a dream destination.
 
The last thing I'd do is buy expensive new cars, although a sensible new car would be OK.
Much under £5m is not a vast amount of money these days if you wanted a carefree lifestyle without eating into the capital too much - after buying a 'nice' house.
 
Go and follow one of cyclings Grand Tours seeing every stag
Spend a season watching the best cycloicross riders in Europe
travel across continents slowly (probably by bike), taking in the slowly changing scenery
Ride my bike a lot more
Take more pictures
pay off mortgage
upgrade my existing DSLR
 
100mil? give 90% of it to good causes, buy a campervan and b****r off, so much to see, so little time.
 
You can't buy health or happiness.


































































..............................can yeh??:shrug::D
 
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BRASH said:
You can't buy health or happiness.

.................................................can yeh??:shrug::D
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Steve Jobs is a classic example

Billions of Dollars, gave to charities but taken by Pancreatic cancer.

I would try to leave a lasting legacy.

S
 
Money can't buy happiness but you can at least be miserable in comfort:)

For me a little house in the country with lots of land and a river to indulge my love of wildlife. And a workshop to indulge my other hobby of turning large bits of wood into smaller ones
 
A year out, with travel to shoot personal work for my advertising portfolio. Might splurge for the extra legroom seats on easyjet.
 
Give it wll away if it meant my daughter wasn't ill.
 
Buy a top of the range RANGE ROVER take it to an off road meet, and totally trash it on the course :lol:

Firstly cos I hate them and secondly to see the look on the faces of the hooray henrys that stand around in the car park bragging about theirs :shake:
 
viv1969 said:
Now there's a reality check.
Wish you all well Dave.
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Thanks. Unfortunately for her it looks like it is going to be a life long battle with her demons. It is heart wrenching to watch anyone let alone a 14 year old deal with an eating disorder and mental health issues. On a positive she has had a good few weeks.
 
mark richards said:
build a big wall around wales...to keep the english out ;)
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If I win, once I have removed Suffolk, I'll bring the digger over and redo Offa's dyke for you!
 
Davec223 said:
Thanks. Unfortunately for her it looks like it is going to be a life long battle with her demons. It is heart wrenching to watch anyone let alone a 14 year old deal with an eating disorder and mental health issues. On a positive she has had a good few weeks.
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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!!
 
I'd certainly not do anything straight away as there is NO WAY I'd want anyone to know about it - suddenly acquired massive wealth can easily ruin a life as well as enhance it!

I've never been particularly materialistic so I'd probably be one of these people with massive wealth who live a fairly modest lifestyle.
 
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