This dream spanish home could be yours for £1!

Here is another great prize in the Standard's Big Bid. You can now bid to buy a dream apartment in the Spanish sun. Built by the San Jose Group the apartment is a spacious 2 bedroom property, with a sun drenched patio, in Jumilla on the Costa Calida. The apartment is near both the beach and numerous golf courses, plus is in an area famous for quality wine-making.

The Santa Ana development is only 40 minutes from Murcia airport and 50 minutes from Alicante, yet retains traditional Spanish feel.

The apartment is worth over £100,000 yet it could be yours for as little as £1!

Whichever lucky reader places the LOWEST bid, that no-one else has chosen, gets to buy this Spanish apartment for that price. The lowest you can bid is just £1 and the maximum is £1000. Any combination in pounds and pence.

So if you bid £1.23, and that ends up being the the lowest bid that no-one else has offered, then you will have your own Spanish holiday home for next to nothing…

Every day this week and next in the Evening Standard we are giving you a FREE bid, so you can bid again and again. The more bids you make the better your chances are!

HOW IT WORKS

Every day in the Evening Standard we will be printing a password, allowing you one free bid per day.

Simply use the password to enter your daily bid either by text message or online.

HOW TO BID BY TEXT

Simply text ES, the daily password from today's Evening Standard and the amount of your bid in pounds and pence (eg. £1.23) to 82222.

For example your entry today may be ES PASSWORD1.23.

HOW TO BID ONLINE

In five easy steps:

1. Visit www.standardsbigbid.co.uk

2. If you are bidding for the first time register your details, this should take no longer than 60 seconds.

3. You will then be sent a unique code to your registered email account(this is your own unique code valid for the entire 2 week duration of this game.)

4. Place your bid. Simply enter the password for todays Evening Standard and "BID NOW".

5. Now just follow the easy step by step instructions on the screen, and when prompted enter your unique code and registered email address.

HOW TO BUY EXTRA BIDS

To increase your chances of winning you can buy up to 6 more bids per day.

By text: you will be given the chance to buy one extra bid per day for £1. Simply respond to the text message instruction you will automatically receive after you have placed your free bid.

By online: You can buy extra bids for £1 (up to a maximum of 6 for £5). Just follow the simple on screen instructions after you have place your free bid online.

Only one free bid per person per day.

Don't forget to get the Standard every day another FREE BID password in the paper tomorrow.

Full details on the Jumilla apartment are available at www.standardsbigbid.co.uk

San Jose has been established for more than 30 years and have properties by the beach, overlooking the marina, next to the golf course and nestling close to mountains. Prices range from £54,000 to £330,000. For further information and a brochure email brochures@sanjosegroup.co.uk or visit www.sanjosegrupo.co.uk or if you prefer call 0870 991 3836.

Standards Big Bid Terms And Conditions

1. The Big Bid Game (the "Game") must be played in accordance with the directions published from time to time in the Evening Standard (the "Newspaper"), these rules (the "Rules") and the terms and conditions relating to the Evening Standard's Big Bid Auctions as published on www.standardsbigbid.co.uk (the "Auction Terms and Conditions"). In the case of conflict between such directions, these rules and the Auction Terms and Conditions, the Auction Terms and Conditions shall prevail. By participating in the Game, you are deemed to accept these Rules, the Auction Terms and Conditions and the directions printed in the Newspaper.

2. The prize is a chance to buy a 2 bedroom Spanish apartment (as described in the Newspaper, the "Apartment") at his/her bid amount. No entrant can select an alternative prize and there is no cash alternative.

3. The prize is an apartment in the Santa Ana development in Jumilla. The apartment comprises 2 bedrooms, bathroom, fitted kitchen, lounge/diner with patio or balcony. The size of the apartment is approx 780 square feet. The apartment will be ready for occupation by July 2006.

4. Each day from 5th July 2004 until 16th July 2004 inclusive, a different password will be published in the Newspaper. The lowest you can bid is £1 and the maximum is £1,000. Any combination in pounds and pence between these figures could win.

To bid by text: Simply text ES, the daily password and the amount of your bid in pounds and pence (eg. 1.23) to 82222. For example, if the password is SPAIN, text "ES SPAIN 1.23".

To enter online: Visit www.standardsbigbid.co.uk and follow the simple online instructions.

5. The winner will be the entrant who places the LOWEST unique bid. For example, if there are five bids as follows: Bid 1: £1.00, Bid 2: £1.00, Bid 3: £1.01, Bid 4: £1.02, Bid 5: £1.02, then Bid 3 will be the lowest unique bid and therefore the winner. If there is no single lowest unique bid, the entrant who placed the first of the two identical lowest bid amounts will be the winner. If there are not 2 but 3 lowest bids, the same process for selecting the winner applies (ie the entrant who placed the first of those 3 lowest bids will be determined the winner) and so on until a winner is found. If the entrant whose bid is selected in accordance with these Rules chooses not to buy the Apartment for any reason and fails to pay the amount of his/her winning bid, then that entrant's right to purchase the Apartment at that bid amount will be forfeited and the next entrant with the lowest unique bid will be determined the winner.

6. No purchase is necessary. Entrants are entitled to one free bid per day using the password as printed in the Newspaper.

7. Entrants can buy a maximum of 6 additional bids per day to increase their chances of winning. There is a £1 administration and handling fee for each additional bid (unless a discount is notified within the directions in the Newspaper).

By text: Follow the text message instruction you will automatically receive after you have placed the initial bid.

Online: Follow the onscreen instructions you will see after you have placed your free bid online.

8. All entries (text or online) must be received by 11.59pm on Sunday, 18th July 2004. Proof of texting or emailing is not proof of receipt and no responsibility is accepted for entries lost or mislaid. No entries will be accepted by agents or from third parties. Entries in excess of the limits set in these Rules will be void.

9. The winner will be notified by 22nd July 2004.

10. Entrants must be aged 18 or over and resident in the UK.

11. The winner must accept that his/her name and image may be published in the Newspaper and it is a condition of entry that the winner cooperates fully for publicity purposes if so required. Details of the winner may be obtained by sending an SAE to: Evening Standard Big Bid, Promotions Department, Associated Newspapers Limited, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT within six weeks of the closing date of 4 July 2004.

12. Employees and agents of Associated Newspapers Limited ("ANL"), QXL Ricardo Plc, their subsidiary companies or any company connected with the Game are not eligible to enter, nor are their relatives or members of their families or households.

13. SMS messages sent to the Evening Standard are charged at your mobile providers standard SMS cost. Individual bids recieved via SMS will be charged at up to 25p, less than the cist of a First Class stamp.

14. The daily password is valid for use only until 10.00am on the following day it is published in paper.

15. The determination and decision of the Editor of the Newspaper on all matters shall be final and no promotional correspondence will be entered into. The Editor reserves the right in her reasonable discretion: to disqualify any claimant, entrant or nominee whose conduct is contrary to the spirit of the Rules or the intention of the Game and to declare as void any entries based on such conduct; to add to or waive these Rules or the Auction Terms and Conditions on reasonable notice; or to cancel the Game at any stage in the event of circumstances beyond ANL's reasonable control.

Terms and conditions are also available at www.standardsbigbid.co.uk

For any queries please email help@standardsbigbid.co.uk