Leeds United fan raffling off his £500,000 house hopes to gift the city’s children’s hospital thousands of pounds

Den Goodridge is raffling his five-bed Victorian semi detached house on a West Yorkshire street, which is said to be known by locals as 'Millionaires' Row.'

Leeds United fan Mr Goodridge, 43, said he wants to make a big donation to Leeds Children's Hospital following the raffle.

Dad-of-two Mr Goodridge has been trying to sell the house for around a year.

He said a couple of sales have fallen through with the last one failing due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mr Goodridge, a self employed consultant in the building industry, is wanting to move to a new home in Leeds with his family.

Raffle tickets cost £2 and one lucky person could win the house, which has five double bedrooms, four bathrooms and five reception rooms.

One of the rooms is currently being used as a games room and has a framed, signed Leeds United shirt on the wall.

Mr Goodridge decided to raffle the house after reading how Dale and Kathy Tate of Ossett, Wakefield, recently successfully raffled off their home and car through an online auction site.

Mr Goodridge has pledged to make a substantial donation to ward 52 on the Clarendon Wing at the children's hospital at Leeds General Infirmary.

Mr Goodrige said: "I said to myself, once we have sold the house I will make as big a donation as I can. It depends on how many tickets are sold, but I'm hoping it's tens of thousands of pounds."

Mr Goodridge said 10,000 of the £2 raffle tickets have been sold since the raffle was launched on website raffall.com on July 23.

A total of 500,000 tickets are available in the raffle, which ends on October 30.

The Raffall website states: "The house was built in 1868 for a wealthy local mill owner on a tree lined road locally known as millionaires row, overlooking the beautiful park."

To buy a ticket and for more information on the house, go to raffall.com

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