£5 raffle ticket could win you a seaside apartment

A COUPLE have put their home in an online raffle where people could win their coastal retreat for a £5 stake.

- OWEN HUGHES

John and Jennie Bailey and their two children are looking to move from the two-bedroom apartment in the seaside village of Rhoscolyn, Anglesey, to a larger nearby bungalow to accommodate their growing family.

But they have decided to try an unconventional way of selling the property, which is valued at £325,000.

Rather than the usual approach of placing the home on the market, they have teamed with Raffall, a UK-based company often used for property raffles.

This has seen people given the opportunity to buy £5 raffle tickets to secure a chance to win the home. If the 150,000 ticket sales target is reached, then one lucky winner will get the property. If the target is not reached by January 1, 2026, then the draw is still held and the winner gets 50% of the pot.

Jennie, 43, mother to Henry, 11, and Sebastian, nine, said it is a wonderful opportunity for someone to win a home in a dream location and they will be sad to leave the place.