If you won a million pounds...

[Booktigger]

I would like to buy a really big house with gardens where I could have lots of elderly, disabled and FIV+ cats. I would still foster. Not sure about work, dont suppose the money would go that far with cats!! Would be nice to not have mortgage etc so could afford to work part time and have more time at home with teh cats.

[dinahsmum]

Remember the Barenaked Ladies song?

If I Had a Million Dollars

If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Well I'd buy you a house (I'd buy you a house)
And if I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
I'd buy you furniture for your house (maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman)
And if I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Well I'd buy you a K-Car (a nice reliant automobile)
And if I had a million dollars, I'd buy your love

If I had a million dollars I'd build a tree-fort in our yard
If I had a million dollars you could help, it wouldn't be that hard
If I had a million dollars maybe we could put a little tiny fridge in there somewhere.
“You know, we could just go up there and hang out.”
“Like open the fridge and stuff, and there'd all be foods laid out for us like little pre-wrapped sausages and things. They have pre-wrapped sausages but they don't have pre-wrapped bacon.”
“Well can you blame them?”
“Yeah.”

If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Well I'd buy you a fur a coat (but not a real fur coat, that's cruel)
And if I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Well I'd buy you an exotic pet (yep, like a llama or an emu)
And if I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Well I'd buy you John Merrick's remains (all them crazy elephant bones)
And if I had a million dollars I'd buy your love

If I had a million dollars we wouldn't have to walk to the store
If I had a million dollars we'd take a limousine 'cause it costs more
If I had a million dollars we wouldn't have to eat Kraft dinner
“But we would eat Kraft dinner.”
“Of course we would, we'd just eat more.”
“And buy really expensive ketchups with it.”
“That's right, all the fanciest Dijon ketchups.”

If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Wel I'd buy you a green dress (but not a real green dress that's cruel)
And if I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Well I'd buy you some art (A Picasso or a Garfunkel)
And if I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Well I'd buy you a monkey (haven't you always wanted a monkey?!)
And if I had a million dollars I'd buy your love

If I had a million dollars; if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars; if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars… I'd be rich!

(It's better with music!)

I don't really know, but I'm sure it would involve a nice property, with sea or river/lake view. Bit of rough wood, for wildlife etc. And the Saab convertible for the OH and something for the kids.

[Julie84]

Hmm, I'm not sure if a million pounds would put us in a position for us to be able to give up work.

I'd buy a house for myself and Neil - nothing too big (couldn't cope with too much cleaning and I wouldn't be able to keep it tidy enough to have a cleaner round ), pay off my mum and dad's mortgage, put a little bit away for each of my four siblings for when they get older, buy my nana a little bungalow (because she struggles with the stairs now) and take us all away on a nice holiday - I think it's all spent!

[dinahsmum]

A million pounds used to be a total fortune - never have to worry about money again, etc. It might, I suppose, if invested carefully, give you enough to live on without working, but you couldn't live what we used to think of as a millionaire's lifestyle - a decent Sunseeker probably costs more than the £million!

And a relatively modest 3 bed house in much of the country is a quarter million! Hardly extravagant

[Bengal Babe]

Open my own cat rescue / boarding - the money generated from the boarding would go back into the rescue - and I would have the Paddocks for un-homeable ferals and the medows for Felv cats -and I'd be as happy as sin -

[yola]

That is a difficult question!

I wouldn't really want to sell my current house so I think I would get it completely professionally decorated and renovated. I would get the garden properly landscaped and would completely rework the basement to have 1 large kitchen diner and a conservatory (rather than current lean-to) that's in keeping with the Georgian integrity of the house.

I'd also pay off the mortgage, buy a small property in Italy (or a city centre apartment in Krakow, Poland), inject some of the money into growing the business further, give some money to my Mum for her to live comfortably, and put lots away for Dominik and bump for their schooling and for their fun.

And then I'd be skint again

[bobbie3917]

thats why i would stay in Wales DM a quarter million would get you a nice 4 or 5 bed house with a bit of land but it is sad that a million doesnt mean you can give up work and stuff