ELIZABETH HOLMES is #2,000 nearer to buying a new home -- thanks to
Scotland's Homes. Along with all of last week's other advertisers, her
name was put into the draw for our weekly #2,000 prize -- and her number
came up.
She says: ''The advert in Scotland's Homes said that winning the
#2,000 could help you to furnish your new house. I fancied that idea.
Buying a new house is an expensive busines and you never seem to have
enough cash to cover everything -- so I entered.
''I was thrilled to be the first winner of the #2,000 prize, the only
other thing I've ever won was a five-pound turkey!''
News of the win came home to roost when Mrs Holmes was in bed,
suffering from a dose of the flu.
''I was so thrilled, I was back on my feet right away,'' she says.
With four children under the age of six, she and her husband John are in
the market for a roomier house. ''As you can imagine, four kids at that
age are a bit of a handful, so we thought we'd like to get something
larger -- maybe a bungalow,'' she says.
It was as a result of advertising her own home in The Herald's new
property section, Scotland's Homes, that she became the first winner of
our weekly #2,000 prize for advertisers.
Elizabeth Holmes intends to spend some of the cash on a family holiday
for husband John; twins Rachel and Elizabeth, five; Miriam, three; and
Clare, two. She says: ''Money is always tight when you are buying a
house, so we had decided not to have a holiday this year -- but now we
can afford to take the kids somewhere really sunny this summer.''
Mrs Holmes says that, even before hearing about her #2,000 win, she
was already a fan of Scotland's Homes. ''The new pull-out is very good.
It's a great way to buy and sell houses. You can hold onto it all week
-- and it's got the feel of a lifestyle magazine to it.''
And many others were impressed by the new section. Readers in their
thousands posted entries for the offers on our It's A Gift page, while
hundreds and hundreds telephoned to our special line to try to win the
On The House full-page advert prize.
Scotland's Homes -- don't miss an issue. Don't miss a prize.
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