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SPAREROOM LIVE RENT FREE FOR A MONTH PRIZE DRAW - OFFICIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN
The Promoter
The promoter is: Flatshare Limited t/a SpareRoom of Suite 2.06, Colony One Silk Street, Ancoats Urban Village, Manchester, M4 6AG (SpareRoom).
The prize draw
The title of the prize draw is Live Rent Free for a Month.
How to enter
The Live Rent Free for a Month prize draw is a monthly prize draw that, until further notice and
except during those months in which SpareRoom chooses to run a Live Rent Free for a Year prize
draw instead, will run from 12:00 hours (midday) on the last day of each calendar month (the
Opening Date) until 12:00 hours (midday) on the last day of the following calendar month (the
Closing Date) inclusive.
All prize draw entries must be received by SpareRoom by no later than 12:00 hours (midday) on the
Closing Date for the relevant monthly prize draw. All prize draw entries received after the Closing
Date of the relevant monthly prize draw will not be counted for that prize draw.
In order to enter the prize draw, you must:
(to the extent that you do not already have one) register for a SpareRoom account, either via
the website www.spareroom.co.uk or SpareRoom's mobile app;
click on the enter button on the Live Rent Free prize draw entry pageby the relevant Closing Date.
Each prize draw is free to enter and no purchase is necessary to enter or win. There is no charge to
register for use of the SpareRoom platform or place a standard advertisement. Upgrades are not
required in order to enter these monthly prize draws.
Only one entry per person is permitted to each prize draw using the method set out in clause 3.3.
However, once you have entered the relevant prize draw in accordance with clause 3.3, it is
possible to obtain further entries to the relevant prize draw in the following ways:
for every friend you refer who enters the relevant prize draw using the special personal
referral link which is provided to you upon entry to the relevant prize draw (Referred
Friend), you will receive two (2) additional entries to the relevant prize draw. Each Referred
Friend must be a unique individual, for example, not the same person with a different email
address. SpareRoom reserves the right to investigate friend referrals for fraud;
for every friend of a Referred Friend that enters the relevant prize draw, you will receive an
additional entry to the relevant prize draw;
if you have entered a previous live rent free for a month prize draw or a previous live rent
free for a year prize draw, you will receive an additional entry for each of these previous
prize draws you have entered. For example, if you have entered the live rent free for a
month prize draw in August, September and October, you will get an additional three (3)
entries to the relevant prize draw;
SpareRoom may offer additional opportunities for those that have already entered a relevant
prize draw in accordance with clause 3.3 to gain additional entries to the relevant prize draw
(for example, publishing a code on Facebook which can be used to gain an additional entry)
and the details and terms of such offers will be described within the offer itself.
Use of any robotic, automatic, programmed or similar entry method or entering more than the
number of times permitted will void all entries and result in disqualification. You may not enter
more times than indicated by using multiple email addresses, identities or devices in an attempt to
circumvent the rules.
SpareRoom, its employees, affiliates, contractors, representatives, agents and legal advisers will
not accept:
responsibility or liability for prize draw entries that are incorrect, delayed, corrupted or not
successfully completed, regardless of cause, including, for example, as a result of any
equipment failure, technical malfunction, systems, satellite, network, server, computer
hardware or software failure of any kind; or
proof of transmission as proof of receipt of entry to the relevant prize draw.
By entering the relevant prize draw, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions
(Official Terms and Conditions).
Eligibility
Each prize draw is open to all residents in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
aged 18 years or over who are renting a room and/or property as of the Opening Date of the
relevant prize draw, except:
employees of SpareRoom or its holding or subsidiary companies;
employees of agents or suppliers of SpareRoom or its holding or subsidiary companies,
who are professionally connected with the relevant prize draw or its administration; or
members of the immediate families or households of those that fall within clause 4.1.1 and
clause 4.1.2 above.
In entering the relevant prize draw, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim
the prize. SpareRoom may require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter the relevant
prize draw.
SpareRoom will not accept prize draw entries that do not comply with the Official Terms and
Conditions of these prize draws.
SpareRoom reserves all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention
of these prize draws.
The prize
There is a single prize for each monthly prize draw. The amount of the prize is calculated by taking
the value, as set out in the latest SpareRoom Rental Index, of the average monthly rent for a
double room (including bills) in your postal area e.g. SK1. This may mean that you win more or less
than your actual monthly rent.
The prize is not negotiable or transferable.
In order to claim the prize you must provide to SpareRoom:
proof of your residency, age and status as a renter, for example a copy of your tenancy
agreement or lodger agreement;
an up to date, good quality photo of yourself, for use in connection with clause 9.2;
a short paragraph explaining a little about yourself, your rental set-up and what you will do
with the prize, for use in connection with clause 9.2; and
details of a bank account to which SpareRoom can transfer the prize.
Winner
A single winner for each monthly prize draw will be chosen, from all eligible entries received, by
random draw performed by a computer process after 12:00 hours (midday) on the Closing Date of
the relevant prize draw.
The decision of SpareRoom regarding any aspect of these prize draws is final and binding. No
correspondence or discussion will be entered into about them.
SpareRoom will contact the winner of the relevant prize draw personally as soon as practicable
but in any event within seven (7) days of the Closing Date of the relevant prize draw, using the
email address registered to the winner's account.
SpareRoom must either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award
took place in respect of each prize draw. To comply with this obligation, SpareRoom will send the
surname and county of the winner of the relevant prize draw to anyone who emails
press@spareroom.co.uk within one month of the Closing Date for the relevant prize draw stated
in clause 3.1.
If you object to any or all of your surname or county being published or made available, please
contact SpareRoom by emailing press@spareroom.co.uk. In such circumstances, SpareRoom
must still provide the information and winning entry to the Advertising Standards Authority on
request.
Claiming the prize
If you are the winner of the prize, you will have seven (7) days from the date SpareRoom contact
you in accordance with clause 6.3 to confirm acceptance of the prize and provide the detail
required in clause 5.3. SpareRoom will then, within fourteen (14) days of receiving such
satisfactory confirmation and detail, transfer the prize to the bank account details provided by you
in accordance with clause 5.3.4. If you do not claim the prize or provide the detail required in
clause 5.3 in accordance with the timeframes set out in this clause, your claim will become invalid.
SpareRoom will make all reasonable efforts to contact the winner of each prize draw in
accordance with clause 6.3. If the winner cannot be contacted or is not available, or has not
claimed or is ineligible to claim their prize in accordance with clause 7.1, SpareRoom reserves the
right to offer the prize to another entrant randomly selected in accordance with the process set
out at clause 6.1 from those eligible entries that were received before the Closing Date of the
relevant prize draw.
SpareRoom, its employees, affiliates, contractors, representatives, agents and legal advisers, will
not be responsible or liable for a winner's failure to receive prize notifications or the prize due to
the winner's spam, junk email or other security settings or for the winner's provision of incorrect
or otherwise non-functioning contact or bank account information.
SpareRoom shall not be responsible or liable for errors in the publishing of the offer,
administration of the prize draws or announcement of the relevant prize.
Limitation of liability
Insofar as is permitted by law, SpareRoom, and its agents, employees, affiliates, contractors,
representatives and legal advisers will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to
compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, claim, expense (including
legal fees), personal injury or death occurring as a result of or in connection with participation in
these prize draws or acceptance, use or misuse of the prize except where it is caused by the
negligence of SpareRoom, its agents or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not
affected.
Consent
By entering a Live Rent Free for a Month prize draw, you consent to us contacting you by email in
relation to the Live Rent Free for a Month prize draws and other similar prize draws, including but
not limited to in relation to details of winners, details of future prize draws and opportunities to
increase the number of your prize draw entries. You can withdraw your consent at any time by
notifying us in writing, following any unsubscribe instructions included in any email which we
send to you, or by clicking on My Account on the website homepage and updating your account
preferences.
If you are the winner of a Live Rent Free for a Month prize draw, you consent, without further
compensation, to taking part in such publicity as may reasonably be requested by SpareRoom for
the purposes of promotion of the winner of the relevant prize draw, and promoting further similar
prize draws.
Data protection and publicity
SpareRoom will only process your personal information as set out in these Official Terms and
Conditions and the SpareRoom Privacy Policy. See also clause 9, clause 6.4 and clause 6.5, with
regard to the announcement of winners.
General
If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these Official Terms and
Conditions, including by acting fraudulently or dishonestly, SpareRoom, at its sole discretion,
reserves the right to exclude you from participating in the relevant prize draw and/or refuse to
award the prize.
SpareRoom reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, amend, withdraw, terminate or
temporarily suspend the Live Rent Free for a Month prize draws (or any one of the prize draws)
where it becomes necessary to do so, including in the event of any error, unforeseen
circumstances, suspected evidence of tampering with any portion of the prize draws, or any
technical reason outside its reasonable control, with no liability to any entrants or third parties, but
will use all reasonable endeavours to avoid consumer disappointment. In the event of termination,
SpareRoom, in its sole discretion, may elect to select a winner from among all eligible entries to the
relevant prize draw received as of the date of termination. In the event a dispute arises as to the
identity of a potentially winning entrant, entries will be declared made by the person whose details
appear in the winner's registered account.
These Official Terms and Conditions and the Live Rent Free for a Month prize draws shall be
governed by English law, and entrants to the Live Rent Free for a Month prize draws submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Terms and Conditions shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is
determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Terms and Conditions
shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the
invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. These Official Terms and Conditions cannot
be modified or amended in any way except in writing by a duly authorised representative of
SpareRoom.