A woman who put in a £20,000 bid for a house while on a drunken night out woke up the next morning to discover that she had won the auctioned property, which subsequently changed her life forever. Luana Riberia, 40 had been out partying at a nightclub when she placed the bid for the house in the suburbs of Leeds, which she claims to have no memory of.
However, the 40-year-old's bid on the house was not completely random as she had already went to view it, originally with a pal who had been interested in purchasing it. But after one too many drinks later, it belonged to Luana, WalesOnline reports.
Luana, from Anglesey, North Wales, 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, according 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. Having gone to bed after it, she woke up later on and had no idea what had happened.
Then her boyfriend reminded her - she bought a house. However, it wasn’t all bad, and actually ended up working out really well. Luana had the house for a year, doubled the profit and then bought another.
Turning into somewhat of a property expert, she made £20,000 on the second and bought a third and made another £20,000 on that. The profit she made helped her to move to Portugal, where she became an author and founded a media company.
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