Sree Balachandran, 37, and his wife Surya, 28, who have lived at the home on Houfton Road for five years, have been trying to sell up since June so they can move to Staveley where two-year-old daughter Malavika will attend a nursery.
“However due to the pandemic, we struggled to sell through an estate agent despite a number of interests. People weren't able to simply afford the deposit despite the stamp duty holiday. I reduced the house price by £14,000 , still was unable to sell,” he said.
He then decided to raffle it via Raffle website but to make it a featured advert it required a further 9K upfront and we were unable to afford that.
The first prize is a 3 Bedroom semi detached house and 15K, and the second prize is 10K (If 60,000 tickets are all sold).
“I am also donating 5K to homeless charities in Chesterfield if the full allocation of tickets are sold,” Sree added.
