A custom-built residence is being billed as the most impressive – and expensive – prize home in the history of the Endeavour Foundation Lotteries.
And it just happens to be in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.
The charity has launched its 60th anniversary draw, unveiling a spectacular $2.19m luxury prize home at Maleny.
The home features four bedrooms, two living spaces, an outdoor lounge with a wood log fireplace, two bathrooms, two powder rooms, a mudroom and an in-ground pool.
With a high level of luxury, the sprawling home features Herringbone dark wood floors throughout, integrated appliances, Velux skylights and even a Ralph Lauren pendant light in the lounge.
Set on 3071 square metres, the expansive property showcases stunning views and comes complete with a pool and John Deere ride-on mower.
Prize Home #442 was one of the most expensive builds that Endeavour Foundation has committed to.
Building designer Peter Taylor said the home was a showstopper.
“The house is absolutely stunning and has captured the incredible views,” he said.
“It has a strong connection to the outdoor living verandahs and pool, and the indoor spaces are very inviting, warm and calming.
“The lucky winner is going to really love living in this magnificent home.”
Tickets will be available for the incredible property, which is open for viewing at 155 Tallowwood Street, via Endeavour Lotteries and 1800 634 040. Entries close at 10pm on Thursday, June 9.
Endeavour Foundation Head of Lotteries Kirsty Moore said the prize home showed just how far the charity’s fundraising efforts had come during the past 60 years.
“It’s not an understatement to say that winning a prize home will change your life for better,” she said.
“But by buying a ticket, you are also changing the lives of many people.
“If it wasn’t for the support of the lottery draws, we would not be able to fund our initiatives which help provide employment, accommodation and greater social connections for people living with an intellectual disability,” she said.
The lucky winners of Coast homes
Endeavour’s lotteries have proved life-changing for a selection of people who have won prize homes on the Sunshine Coast.
Marjory Carter and her husband moved from a rental in Brisbane’s northern outskirts to an incredible prize home at Little Mountain last year.
They used the equity to purchase a home for their daughter, who is a single mum.
“My daughter has four children, three of them are autistic and have a lot of special needs,” she said.
“Winning meant that I could give her a home and she didn’t have to move from rental to rental.”
Meanwhile, Craig Dennison won a Christmas prize home in 2020 and he said it had an incredible impact on his family.
He was working as a Corrections Officer at Maryborough, which made it difficult to see his children on the Sunshine Coast.
Winning a prize home at Woombye, which was well-suited to a large family, meant he could spend more time with his children.
“It changed everything completely,” he said. “Like most people, I never expected to win.”
Another winner, married mother-of-two Marilyn, won a prize home at Maroochydore in 2019.
“It was the biggest year ever,” she said. “I turned 40, went on an overseas trip and came back and won a house.”
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“We are now debt free and don’t have to work full-time.
“We spend a lot of time visiting my parents who live closer to us and spend more time with the kids.
“Time is something you can’t buy.
“We spend a lot of time exploring the Sunshine Coast. We bought a boat and are often out on the rivers and waterways.”
