Is anyone entering the 2011 HGTV Green Home Giveaway? This year the house is in Denver, Colo and the Grand Prize package is worth almost $700,000! Here is what it includes:
* A custom-built, eco-fabulous home located in the premier sustainable community of Stapleton in Denver, Colo.
* A new 2011 GMC Terrain
* Gorgeous green furnishings and home accessories, eco-friendly flooring, local artwork and stylish water-saving fixtures
* $100,000
I was curious as to why they weren’t giving away a hybrid suv instead to make the package eco-friendlier, but then read the GMC Terrain gets an EPA-estimated 32 mpg on the highway which is almost as good as the top ranking hybrids currently out there on the market.
What really caught my eye with this home is that the bedroom ceilings are painted to match the room. I thought about doing this in my son’s room (keep watching for the makeover). However, don’t you think it gives the room a more closed in and smaller appearance? I’m debating to do it and would llike your opinion!
I would LOVE to win the green home, since my house was constructed in 1895 and an eco nightmare! The windows, plumbing, roof, flooring, electrical, and appliances would need to be replaced for it to be efficient! It would be like winning the lottery! The 2010 green home pulled in 17 million entries! I know they randomly draw the winner, but was wondering how they actually went about selecting the name. This video explains the process! The best bet would be to enter the giveaway online and by mail to get into more bins to better your chances! Check this out!
The official rules state there is a limit of two online entries per day, one at HGTV.com and the other at frontdoor.com. However, mail in entries are UNLIMITED! To mail in your entry hand print your name, complete address, and phone number (including area code) either on a postcard or on a separate piece of paper no larger than 8½ x 11 inches, and mail the postcard or paper in an envelope with the proper postage affixed to: “HGTV Green Home Giveaway, PO Box 51412, Knoxville, TN 37950”. Mail-in entries must be postmarked by June 2, 2011 and received by June 9, 2011.
Oh and here is something I didn’t know until now and you might also find interesting! The winner has the option of choosing $480,000.00 in cash in lieu of the home, so if you can’t afford to pay the annual property taxes on the HGTV Green Home you can still go buy yourself an eco house that is less expensive and be living “green” within your means! How cool is that?
*photos borrowed from HGTV
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I did not know about the cash option. If you can’t move because of work and don’t want to try selling the home, then this is a truly nice option. Thanks.
I would love to win the house, because I’m moving there in the month of June and right now I really don’t have a place picked out to move in and this house would be the perfect gift for moving to a new home to call mt own. So I pray to GOD that I’m selected , the cash option I can use also If I don’t take the house. Thanks for that information!
i would never stop thanking the lord if myself and 2 children won this home. we lost our home after i suffered a permanent brain injury when someone hit me at 100mph and lost my 20 year career as an R.N. but it has only gotten worse, my 13 year old son is battling a life-threatening disease and we pray every minute we can for a miracle, a cure. but winning this green home would not only be so cost effective, but its the climate my son needs to be in. the medical needs of this family are astronomical, but if i won i could use my limited income to have my children enjoy more life and have them see less struggle. its in the Lords hands now. GOD BLESS YOU HGTV FOR THE OPPORTUNITY!!!!
This would be a great win for me and my family , JOHN THOMPSON TITUSVILLE NJ. I was abucted by a ufo and taken to a planet in another solar system where I was forced to work as a slave to my alien overlords for 10 years . They finally brought me back to earth where my family had thought I was gone forever . My wife ended up being a prostitute in Amsterdam and my kids joined the North Korean Military . My only hope to ever get our family back together again is if we win this Green Home. I know there are others with sad stories but nobody trumps mine.
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OMG John you crack me up!!! Thank you for stopping by and commenting! You truly made me laugh today! Lets hope the mother ship doesn’t come back and pick you up again, since you are needed right here on earth! LMAO!
I would love to win this home, I know our old house need repairs and everything just hard to do any work here ,I am disabled to work and my hubby is only one has to work for both of us to live in our old home that need alots of repair to be done. I would love to moved to this new green home and lived in it because this would help us be in clean home and everything that is there.Also help my family and grand sons visited us. I need a new vehicle to help my elder mother get to and from doctor and hospital.If the Lord is willing to give me a home this time I will be great appreicate it.
I would truly love to win the house. I am a single grandparent raising my five year old granddaughter. It has been hard but I would’nt change it for the world. After reading jill schecher dobsons story I hope she wins. Jill I’m praying for you.
Dear M Wilkinson, May I just THANK YOU for your prayers and know that I am praying for you. Sometimes, people can be so insensitive and unfortunately there are people out there who thrive on and are amused by others suffering-but the true kind human nature will always win. It’s the very people like you who make this world a warmer place. It is the very people who are the most disadvantaged that are always giving-even if its just a kind word or a prayer. Bless you and your precious little granddaughter!!!!! You made a perfect strangers day! Keep in touch and know that whoever wins, I hope it’s a kind person who appreciates their good fortune-heck, I am a single mother and I would share it with someone as genuine as you. Did you ever notice that the poorest people give the nicest tips and compliments? WHY???? Good Luck!
I had a dream about this house couple of nights ago I think god wants me to have as single mother ,,thank you jesus..!!! god bless you all and keep posting..
I want to say good luck to everyone! I am hoping too! My parents are having a really rough time and we are losing our home ..I would be incredible to win and have something nice happen for them! Congradulations to whom ever wins!
I would love to win this home for me and my 10 year old .I am a single mother trying to be the best mother I can on my own. My husband left us when she was 4 years old and we haven’t seen him sense .He doesn’t give an help with Katie.I work 55 plus hours a week to pay the bills and that doesn’t give me much time with her. We live in my boyfriend of 5 years house and the key word is his house. He take’s all of my check so I can’t even save to get us our own place .So to win this house would help us be our own people and live our lives.She is really a great girl and she tells me every day ( I hope we win the house moma so we can be happy together again)I lived in Denver when I was younger and I loved it I show Katie pictures and she say’s how pretty it is there and she would love to move there and start our lives together with out someone always telling us what we can and can’t do. I hope whoever wins love’s it as much as we would.. Good Luck to everyone that needs this home as much as we do…
I hope the winner of the 2011 green home is a single parent this year, like me. It just would make one of our lives a little bit easier. I also love the location from what i’ve seen, i wouldn’t think twice about leaving central Florida.