Could this $8.5m prize property be the ultimate Christmas gift?

The biggest RSL prize home draw in Australia’s history will see one lucky winner claim an entire residential complex on the southern Gold Coast in a package worth $8.5 million.

The lucky winner will be all set to host Christmas lunch by the beach.

AFTER 18 months of trying to renovate with a baby in the mix, there is one item at the top of the Christmas wishlist for Mermaid Beach couple Corene and Darcy Richardson.

The first-time parents are crossing their fingers and toes after having bought 10 tickets in the RSL Art Union’s latest prize home on the Gold Coast, worth more than $8.5 million.

Corene and Darcy Richardson with their 8-month-old son Sol have bought a ticket in the biggest ever RSL prize home raffle to be drawn in time for Christmas. Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

The biggest prize in the draw’s Australian history will see one lucky winner claim an entire residential complex on the beachfront at Kirra.

The mega prize development — which includes three full-floor apartments and one double-story penthouse — will be drawn on December 23, just in time for Christmas.

Imagine waking up to this view on Christmas Day.

The view from the kitchen is non too shabby either.

A win would be a game changer for the Richardson family, who are finding progress on their renovation has slowed somewhat following the arrival of son, Sol.

“We’ve had a hard year, trying to do the renovation and having a newborn in the middle of it, there’s been a lot of disruption,” Mr Richardson said.

“Winning something like this would be unbelievable. What an amazing dream it would be to wake up on Christmas morning and look out at that view.”

Beachfront homes never go out of style.

Cooking Christmas lunch would be a dream come true in this kitchen.

If they win, the couple, who have bought ten tickets in the draw, said they would definitely live in the penthouse rather than sell the building or rent it out.

“We have talked about this,” Mrs Richardson said, “and we think we’d live in the penthouse, and give two of the other apartments over to both of our families.”

The major prize includes $5000 worth of Christmas presents.

Hosting Christmas would not be a problem at all.

As well as the development, the winner will also receive more than $400,000 in electricals and furniture as well as $5000 worth of Christmas presents to open on Christmas Day.

Tracey Bishop, general manager of lotteries at RSL Queensland, said prize draw 381 — which costs $10 per ticket to enter — was the ultimate Christmas cracker.

“RSL has a long history of giving away fantastic prize homes, we have certainly set the bar high with this one,” she said.

“By Christmas morning someone could have the keys and be sitting down opening their presents on the balcony of the penthouse of these amazing apartments.”

More than 70 per cent of tickets in the Golden Ticket Draw, which closes on December 16, have been sold. The winner will be drawn at 10am on December 23.

Friends and family can nap on the lounge after Christmas lunch.

Originally published as Could this $8.5m prize property be the ultimate Christmas gift?