HGTV Dream Home - Definition and Overview

The HGTV Dream Home is the American cable network Home & Garden Television's annual project house and sweepstakes, held since 1997. The contest commences with a television special showcasing the fully furnished, custom-built home; viewers are invited to enter online or by sending in a postcard.

The 2005 Dream Home is located on Lake Tyler, near the city of Tyler in East Texas. The home and its adjacent dock house have a combined heated and cooled area of about 6,500 square feet. The total value of the prize package, which includes an SUV and $250,000 in cash, is $1.5 million.

The 2004 and 2005 Dream Homes (in St. Marys, Georgia and Lake Tyler, respectively) were opened for public tours, with some of the ticket proceeds going to local charitable groups.

Dream Home locations

• 1997 - Jackson Hole, Wyoming
• 1998 - Beaufort, South Carolina
• 1999 - Rosemary Beach, Florida
• 2000 - Nehalem, Oregon
• 2001 - Camden, Maine
• 2002 - Sherwood, Maryland
• 2003 - Mexico Beach, Florida
• 2004 - St. Marys, Georgia
• 2005 - Lake Tyler, Texas

Related links

• Home & Garden Television (http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dream_home/); includes current Dream Home and archives on previous houses, including what the winners did with them (http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dream_home_archive/article/0,1783,HGTV_11536_1898730,00.html)]

• Story on the 2004 Dream Home (http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/homeandgarden/0204/08dream.html), from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution