Unwanted lottery win up for sale
After buying tickets for a lottery for the last four years to support a charity, a Sydney man has finally won a prize - except he doesn’t want it.
Mark Wu won a boutique, multi-million-dollar apartment block on the Gold Coast through a charity Christmas draw, according to The Sun, but has since listed it for sale.
“As far as the prizes go, well I just thought if I win, I win, but I never dreamt I would,” Mr Wu told realestate.com.au.
“When they rang to tell me, I thought it was a scam.”
Despite winning it at the end of last year, he and his family visited it for the first time in February in one of the few trips they’ve made to the Gold Coast.
“It was the first opportunity we had to come and look at it because of Covid,” he explained.
“It’s so beautiful, the way it is styled and the views over the ocean. It will be sad to let it go.
“We don’t holiday regularly on the Gold Coast, so the apartment would be sitting empty.”
Mr Wu explained that they weren’t considering moving into one of the building’s luxury apartments either, as they already own a home in Sydney, their daughters are settled into school, and they enjoy the lifestyle they’re already living.
“We are better off investing in something in Sydney, which we can then pass on to our children, so they have security in their future,” he said.
The new owners of the four-storey building will be sure to enjoy it (or at least make a tidy profit renting it out), with the high-tech block including a five-bedroom penthouse with its own private rooftop terrace.
The first and second floors are home to ultra-modern two and three-bedroom apartments with open-plan kitchens and living room areas that open out to a terrace with stunning beach views.
As for Mr Wu, he hopes to use his profits to give his kids a chance to travel overseas on a family trip.
“I never travelled as a kid and I would love my children to have that experience. For us, it’s all about the children,” he said.
While expressions of interest for the property close on May 10 at 5pm, each apartment also comes with its own title and can be sold off individually in the future.
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