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Their 39-year-old daughter died suddenly and the familyhome became too many painful to remain in.After repeated attempts to sell the home via conventional methods, including three price reductions, they were unable to secure a buyer. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2019\/jan\/04\/couple-shock-forced-scrap-house-sale-raffle-robert-avril-smith\" target=\"_blank\">Couple tell of shock of being forced to scrap house sale raffle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Robert and Avril Smith sold thousands of tickets but broke Gambling Commission rules In November&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-qIq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102886,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/couple-accused-of-misleading-entrants-in-raffle-for-3m-house\/","url_meta":{"origin":102698,"position":0},"title":"Couple accused of misleading entrants in raffle for \u00a33m house","date":"January 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Winner received \u00a3110,000 after Mark and Sharon Beresford failed to sell enough ticketsContestants who entered a raffle to win a \u00a33m luxury home in Hampshire have been left disappointed after the prize was cut to \u00a3110,000 when the couple running it said they had failed to sell enough tickets.Mark\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":53031,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/2-raffle-ticket-could-see-you-become-lord-or-lady-of-melling-manor\/","url_meta":{"origin":102698,"position":1},"title":"\u00a32 raffle ticket could see you become lord or lady of Melling Manor","date":"April 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r After falling on hard times, owner Dunstan Lowe has been forced to sell off Georgian property for less than a pint of beerWith entries from as far as China, Russia and even Mauritius, locals in the tiny village of Melling, nestled in the Lancashire countryside, are waiting to see\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":63790,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/woman-wins-800000-lancashire-country-manor-in-raffle\/","url_meta":{"origin":102698,"position":2},"title":"Woman wins \u00a3800,000 Lancashire country manor in raffle","date":"August 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r With her ticket costing just \u00a32, Marie Segar is now the owner of both 18th-century Melling Manor and the title Lady of MellingAs raffle prizes go, an 18th-century country home worth \u00a3800,000 takes some beating.Marie Segar, a finance worker, learned on Tuesday that she was the new owner of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":162395,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-safe-haven-buckinghamshire-man-invites-americans-to-enter-house-raffle\/","url_meta":{"origin":102698,"position":3},"title":"\u2018A safe haven\u2019: Buckinghamshire man invites Americans to enter house raffle","date":"October 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Man hopes liberal Americans looking to move from Donald Trump\u2019s America will buy ticketsOn the edge of a Buckinghamshire village, autumn leaves fall around a quaint Victorian cottage nestled among ancient trees, while horses graze in a nearby paddock. 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