A woman from Leeds became so drunk at after work drinks that she failed to remember she had bid £20,000 on a house auction.
Luana Riberia, 40, splurged on a house in the suburbs of Leeds, but she was so far gone she cannot even remember deciding to put in the winning bid.
However, she wasn't completely unaware of the home she had just bought, because she had gone to see it originally with a friend who also wanted to buy it. After many drinks though, the house was Luana's.
Speaking to the Daily Star, Luana, originally from North Wales, recalled the night. She had gone to see the house that was on auction and thought it would be a good investment.
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Luana said: “I went to see a house with a friend as it was on auction, but my friend didn’t want it as it was in a rough area. I liked the property and thought it could be really lovely and a good investment.
“So, I went to the nightclub where I worked, stayed afterwards and got very drunk.
“I don't actually have any recollection of doing this, but apparently I got home the next morning, called the estate agent, put a bid in and got the house.
“I woke up hungover and my boyfriend at the time was very annoyed, and was giving me the silent treatment.”
She doesn't remember how drunk she actually was but insists that it must have been quite a bit because her memory was so “hazy”.
The founder of Dauntless PR does, however, remember how “one drink turned to two”, which then turned into drinking games and “the rest is a blur”. But ccording to her ex, she got home at 8:30am and insisted on calling the estate agent to put an offer in on the house that was on auction as soon as they opened at 9am.
She then went to bed, and woke up later that day with no idea what had happened.
Then her boyfriend reminded her - she bought a house.
But luckily her drunken gamble paid off and Luana he made a tidy profit and then bought another home. She made £20,000 on the second home and then bought a third making another £20,000 - making her a bit of a property expert.
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