My Lottery Dream Home

I'm going to review this as someone that's not jealous of these people because they won the lottery. I love this show, gives me ideas if I was to ever win. Congrats to all the winners on the show!

More fun winning a lottery would be getting on this show. Everyone looks like they are having a great time, this show is addicting.

I love seeing the outtakes and behind the camera shots on Instagram. I'm always laughing and smiling.

I would love to see some where are they now shows. Go back to some of the home to see if the families are still there, how the house is and if they kept the money. You always hear of lottery winnings going broke, I would love follow up shows like this.

David is witty, fun and seems like the life of the party. Just hearing his voice makes me smile.

Great job with the show!!!

I've been watching this show for a while. When ethe millionaire winner is asked for a budget it mostly comes to $200,00 or less. Give me a break! I can buy any of those homes without winning the lottery.

How about screening the applicant to make sure it's worth watching...over $500,000, at least.

I watch a lot of different property shows and this one seems to be "Marmite" (some hate it some love it.) Many reviews complain about reviews complaining - failing to see the irony of their posts!

Personally, I enjoy the series, it is entertaining, and David adds a flamboyance to the show.

Although why does every episode end with a segment praising the presenter? It makes it feel more like the David Bromstad show than a property series.

I agree with some reviews that tattoos can look ugly, but it is totally up to him if he wants to cover himself with them.

Probably like many people I watch property programmes to see nice houses and new areas, and this show has plenty of that. :-)

I felt compelled to write a review of this fun show because of all of the angry people who can't be happy for the fellow humans.

1. If you can't win, why can't you just be happy for someone else that wins?!

2. The cost of some of the homes that are over $500K is based on the median home cost in city. Seems like a lot of Bostonians are the ones spending over $500K to live in an average suburban home, but its due to this regions property costs, not the winner being extravagant.

3. To the winner who implied that a $5M winner, walked away with 1.4M after taxes, that's misleading, because in your own post, the winner would have walked away with $3M if she had not split her winnings 505-50 with her mother, those the reason for the 1.4M.

4. As another reviewer stated, most of these winners still work and I'm sure stayed in an area where they could afford the annual tax, utilities etc., but just didn't have the 20 - 30% down payment needed to get them in the home they wanted.

5. If I won a million in my region, in combined Federal & State taxes, 33.5% would automatically go to taxes, which will leave me with 665K to look for a home and I should add get me out of my apartment. In my mind, I would look for a home between $250 - $350 max, because I would plan on putting down 50% which would give a mortgage I could well afford in the neighborhood I desire. If I were married with children, and won the same amount, based on 2 incomes, "we" would probably look for a home with a max budget of $450K with same down payment of 50% .

In sum for all the jealous people who clearly are the ones who can't do basic math. $600K is a great down payment on a starter home or an upgrade to those couples that are already home owners. The more your down payment, the lower your mortgage payment, which by the way includes property taxes, so based on your income, region etc., I haven't seen anyone on this show that was buying above their means.

6. In season 1 there was a couple that won like $250MM, I think they over spent and seem to make extravagant home/property purchases of a mansion for a middle-aged couple with the wife not sure she could drive up the hill to the and then purchased the farm next to theirs. They made me cringe when they chose their mansion up in the hills, I googled them a year ago and its been 7 - 8 years now. So good for them!

For many Americans in the working to lower middle class, it's the sizeable down payment while still having to pay rent, car payment, etc. Because you don't have parents you could live with while saving that keeps us from being homeowners, at least for the first 10 years of renting, while you struggle to put away enough annually to afford a down payment on a condo in the neighborhood of your choice. So yes, winning $600K in the lottery would make your home "My Lottery Dream House".

Sorry if we're too poor for your entertainment with our basic starter homes. Feel free to turn the channel to watch those who can afford to pay $500K just to flip a Bargain Mansion--wish I was able to do this, but I can't, so please don't judge the rest of us or call us irresponsible when you don't even have all the facts, like these people annual combined income.