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Woman, 23, wins farmhouse in Valentine's Day raffle Woman, 23, wins farmhouse in Valentine's Day raffle
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A farmhouse raffled in a competition as an alternative to being sold has been won by a young transport worker. A 23-year-old woman has won her £545,000 "dream house" with a £2 raffle ticket.
Jemma Nicklin, 23, won Shrubbery Farm House in Longnor, Shropshire, in a Valentine's Day draw after buying two £2 tickets. Jemma Nicklin, who earns about £17,500 a year, had recently opened a help-to-buy ISA to save for her first home.
The administrator, who lives with her parents in Bilston, West Midlands, said it "hasn't quite sunk in" that she had won her "dream house". Her parents, sister and her boyfriend had all entered the draw for the 17th Century Shropshire farmhouse too, she said, adding that the win "hasn't quite sunk in."
The 17th Century cottage was valued at £545,000. The owners sold 340,000 raffle tickets when the cottage failed to sell.
The current owner said he was pleased the farmhouse would make a difference to the winner's life. Miss Nicklin, an administrator for transport firm Ring and Ride, said she missed a call telling her she had won while she was on shift.
Miss Nicklin, who works for transport firm Ring and Ride, said she had missed calls while at work telling her she had won. "My bosses told me to call back straight away.
"My bosses told me to call back straight away," she said.
"When I found out we all started crying.""When I found out we all started crying."
Miss Nicklin recently opened a help-to-buy ISA and earns about £17,500 a year. Miss Nicklin lives with her parents in Bilston, West Midlands,
She purchased two raffle tickets after dad, Carl - a petrol tanker driver, and mum Alison - a manager in a school, bought 10. She bought two raffle tickets after her parents bought 10.
"Mom couldn't stop screaming," Miss Nicklin said."Mom couldn't stop screaming," Miss Nicklin said.
"My dad still doesn't know because he can't have his phone on at work," she said."My dad still doesn't know because he can't have his phone on at work," she said.
Miss Nicklin's boyfriend Kieran Parker is a roofer and bought five tickets. Miss Nicklin's boyfriend Kieran Parker bought five tickets and was convinced he would win the four-bedroom house, she added.
He was convinced he would win the four-bedroom house, she added. Clarkes Solicitors in Telford said it would take up to five weeks for the house to be transferred to Miss Nicklin.
Clarkes Solicitors of Telford, who were at the draw at the property earlier, said it would take up to five weeks for the house to be transferred to the winner. Owner Mike Chatha offered to pay the £1,000 legal fees and the stamp duty for the winner.
Current owner Mike Chatha offered to pay the £1,000 legal fees and the stamp duty for the winners.
He also offered a £5,000 second prize for the person who generated the most ticket sales via social media.He also offered a £5,000 second prize for the person who generated the most ticket sales via social media.
Mr Chatha and his wife Linda, who have separated, organised the raffle after the cottage failed to sell for £545,000. Mr Chatha and his wife Linda, who have separated, organised the raffle after the Longnor cottage - called Shrubbery Farm House - failed to sell for £545,000.
He confirmed about 340,000 raffle tickets had been sold for £2 each and said he planned to donate some of the money to children's hospice Hope House and other charities. He said he planned to donate some of the money to children's hospice Hope House and other charities.
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