Months after the winner in New York, the house sold for $2 million

The 2024 HGTV Dream Home winner retained her sweepstakes victory – for a minute in New York.

Two months after HGTV announced that Marie Fratta of Westchester County, New York, had won the 2024 HGTV Dream Home on Anastasia Island, Florida, the house was for sale. In August, real estate sites such as Zillow and Realtor.com showed an asking price of $1.9 million.

Property records show the HGTV Dream Home sold for $2 million on September 4, 2024.

Although the home was put on the market, Fratta is still considered the winner of the 2024 HGTV Dream Home sweepstakes contest.

The Home and Garden Network has been running the Dream Home sweepstakes contests since 1997. Odds to win the next HGTV Dream Home, located in a Lowcountry retreat in Bluffton, South Carolina, begin at 9 a.m. EST on Tuesday, December 17, 2025.

Here’s what we know.

On May 22, 2024, HGTV announced the identity of the winner of the HGTV Dream Home on Anastasia Island in Northeast Florida, described as “a grand coastal escape.” Marie Fratta of New York won the sweepstakes contest. She was randomly drawn from more than 130 million entries for the lottery, which lasted from December 22, 2023 to February 15, 2024.

According to HGTV, Fratta was at a loss for words when she received the news that she was the winner of the luxury house.

“This is crazy,” Fratta told the Home and Garden television network. “I feel like this is a joke.”

Fratta, a 25-year veteran teacher who teaches fourth grade, was initially told she was being honored with a teaching award at a local restaurant. As HGTV reports, her friends, colleagues, and current and former students helped the network organize the surprising reveal. The home was designed by architect Michael Stauffer, built by local builder Glenn Layton Homes with interior design by Brian Patrick Flynn. The three-bedroom, four-bathroom home is approximately 3,300 square feet and offers views of the Matanzas River and the St. Augustine Lighthouse.

How much did 2024 HGTV Dream Home in Florida cost on Zillow and Realtor.com?

On August 1, 2024, the asking price for the 2024 HGTV Dream Home on Anastasia Island near St. Augustine, Florida was $1,999,950.

Description of the 2024 HGTV Dream Home in Florida: “The home combines classic coastal elegance with modern accents and layers of natural textures dipped in soothing blue and white tones. Upon entering, guests are immediately taken in by the beautiful waterfront views. The front door leads to the open-concept great room that includes a living room with sleek sofas and a fireplace, a dining room with a beach-inspired distressed table and a bright blue kitchen with cabinets, the laundry room and the well-organized utility room. between the kitchen and an attached two-car garage. The master bedroom overlooks airy skylights and offers a private retreat from the rest of the home with a walk-in closet and a large bathroom loft that offers a cozy space with a bar and a mini fridge. The spacious backyard is a true dreamy retreat with an outdoor kitchen and a high bar, a swimming pool with a raised platform and a pergola.

How much is HGTV Dream Home 2024 worth? What is the total HGTV Dream Home Grand Prize Package worth?

The value of the total Anastasia Island HGTV Dream Home package was estimated at just over $2.2 million. According to the contest rules, Marie Fratta of New York received as the sweepstakes winner:

• Keys to the fully furnished home, which by regulation includes home furnishings, fixtures, artwork and merchandise for an estimated retail value of $2,069,595

• A new Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan worth about $70,000, according to the rules

Is there a lump sum or “cash option” for the HGTV Dream Home 2024 contest? Will the winners keep the Dream House?

Although the 2024 HGTV Dream Home in Anastasia Island, Florida (near St. Augustine), was on the market, Marie Fratta of Westchester County, New York, is the winner of the sweepstakes contest, even though she chose not to own the Dream Home to keep. (Most HGTV Dream Home winners have put their winning homes on the market.)

The contest rules state: “In lieu of acquiring ownership of the 2024 HGTV Dream Home (and the contents of the 2024 HGTV Dream Home), the Grand Prize winner will be given the option to receive $650,000 in cash (the “Cash Option” ) If the Grand Prize winner is unable to take possession of the 2024 HGTV Dream Home…the Grand Prize winner will receive the cash option. The total value of the Grand Prize is $820,000 if the cash option is selected versus the HGTV Dream. Home 2024.

Fratta had the opportunity to receive $650,000 in cash. Property records show she took title and then sold the house.

Previous winners of HGTV Dream Home chose the cash option

David Rennie of Shelton, Connecticut, won the HGTV Dream Home on Merritt Island, Florida, in 2016, which was the last time the Sunshine State hosted the project. Rennie chose the cash option and HGTV sold that house back to the builder.

As a 2019 article in the Miami Herald noted, the cash option is a more recent addition to the sweepstakes. HGTV started including the cash option a few years ago when it became clear that many winners were forced to sell because they couldn’t afford the taxes or maintenance. Until then, only six of the first 21 winners had lived in the house for more than a year.

List of HGTV Dream Home Winners

Here’s a look back at who has won the HGTV Dream Home sweepstakes contests over the years.

• Marie Fratta of Hawthorne, New York, won the 2024 HGTV Dream Home on Anastasia Island, Florida.

• Marie Davis of Rock Hill, South Carolina, won the 2023 HGTV Dream Home in Morrison, Colorado.

• Karey Wolstenholm of Overland Park, Kansas, won the 2022 HGTV Dream Home in Warren, Vermont.

• Jeff Yanes of Austin, Texas, won the 2021 HGTV Dream Home in Newport, Rhode Island.

• Susan O’Gorman of Perry, Georgia, won the 2020 HGTV Dream Home on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

• Beverly Fulkerson of Osgood, Indiana, won the 2019 HGTV Dream Home in Whitefish, Montana.

• Emily Muniz of Nashville, Tennessee, won the 2018 HGTV Dream Home in Gig Harbor, Washington

• Anna Spangler of Kutztown, Pennsylvania, won the 2017 HGTV Dream Home on St. Simons Island, Georgia.

• David Rennie of Shelton, Connecticut, won the 2016 HGTV Dream Home on Merritt Island, Florida

• Kathy O’Dell of Huntsville, Alabama, won the 2015 HGTV Dream Home in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.

• Laura Martin of Boise, Idaho, won the 2014 HGTV Dream Home in Lake Tahoe, California

• Carole Simpson of Columbia, Tennessee, won the 2013 HGTV Dream Home in Charleston, South Carolina.

• Vicky Naggy from Pennsylvania won the 2012 HGTV Dream Home in Park City, Utah.

• Eric Makstenieks of Hinsdale, Illinois, won the 2011 HGTV Dream Home in Stowe, Vermont.

• Myra Lewis of New Orleans, Louisiana, won the 2010 HGTV Dream Home in Sandia Park, New Mexico.

• Cheryl Smith of Lakeland, Florida, won the 2009 HGTV Dream Home in Sonoma, California.

• Stephanie Dee of Solon, Iowa, won the 2008 HGTV Dream Home in Islamorada, Florida.

• Robert O’Neill of Brandon, Florida, won the 2007 HGTV Dream Home in Winter Park, Colorado.

• Donald P. Cook of Alum Creek, West Virginia, won the 2006 HGTV Dream Home in Lake Lure, North Carolina.

• Don Cruz of Chicago, Illinois, won the 2005 HGTV Dream Home in Tyler, Texas.

• Kathi Nakao of Sacramento, California, won the 2004 HGTV Dream Home in St. Mary’s, Georgia.

• John Groszkiewicz of Erie County, Pennsylvania, won the 2003 HGTV Dream Home in Mexico Beach, Florida.

• Milton O’Bryant of Midland, Texas, won the 2002 HGTV Dream Home in Sherwood, Maryland.

• Kathy Hedrick of Gladstone, Missouri, won the 2001 HGTV Dream Home in Camden, Maine.

• Mary Barker of San Antonio, Texas, won the 2000 HGTV Dream Home in Nehalem, Oregon, according to liveabout.com.

• Belinda Brown of Kingston, Tennessee, won the 1999 HGTV Dream Home in Rosemary Beach, Florida.

• Tina Carlson of Thousand Oaks, California, won the 1998 HGTV Dream Home in Beaufort, South Carolina.

• Michele Rambo of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was the first-ever winner of an HGTV Dream Home, the 1997 HGTV Dream Home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Contributing: Anne Hammock, Florida Times-Union

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