A struggling graduate has won a stylish £290,000 new-build apartment in a £2 raffle – and will rake in over £1,200 a month renting it out.
Prescila Massia was stunned after winning the keys and said it will set her up financially for life.
The 22-year-old's new two-bedroom apartment boasts floor-to-ceiling windows, two balconies and an open-plan living and dining room.
She plans to stay put and cash in on the rent she will make on the new place.
Prescila, who recently graduated with a degree in Psychology from Northampton University, bought 35 tickets for £70 - but says she didn't expect to win because she's never won anything in her life.
She said: "I always used to take part in raffles when I was kid but never won. It's been so overwhelming. I haven't had time to take it all in, I've just had so many messages.
"I am young and usually someone so young wouldn't win anything like this.
"But then I got a phone call and I was just so shocked - I told him 'you're lying'.
With me and my friends, when I win they win. It is life-changing for my family too. Everyone around me has to win.
"I feel like I'll be able to give much more now. When people need help on Go Fund Me, I will be able to help and participate in charities I wanted to before but couldn't.
"I still need time to process it all."
She hopes it will provide her with enough financial security to help her family with money too.
The competition was organised by brothers Daniel, William and Jason Twenefour who set up Tramwaypath - raffling off houses during lockdown.
In October, nurse and single mum Cynthia Kanyua, 36, won a £425,000 flat in another £2 raffle run by the Twenefour Brothers.
The Twenefour brothers sold enough tickets to make a total of £380,000 for the home won by Prescila.
"The winner has got a fantastic head start in life now, we are thrilled for her. Her reaction was one of disbelief. When we called her, she wasn't watching the live draw so she wasn't expecting it.
"We asked her to come on Instagram Live to prove she had won and her reaction said it all."
Article Source : Mirror