Is your bathroom looking less than fresh? Do you want to get your spring cleaning off to a good start? syracuse.com has teamed up with the Home Builders and Remodelers of Central New York to bring one ugly bathroom in Onondaga County into the 21st century. The winner will be announced at the upcoming Home and Garden Show.
Send in a photo of your bathroom to syracuse.com for a chance to win a bathroom facelift provided by members of the Home Builders and Remodelers of Central New York, including:
- CNY Home Improvements
- Busch Products
- Frank Webb Home
- Purcell’s Wallpaper & Paint Co.
- Empire Painting Services
The contest starts February 18, 2019 and ends February 25, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
To be eligible, you must follow the steps outlined below including emailing your photo to yourphotos@syracuse.com.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Before you enter the contest, please read our complete bathroom facelift contest rules. Also, read our user agreement and privacy policy. Thank you and good luck!
Steps to officially enter and share your photo to the Ugliest Bathroom Facelift Contest:
1) Take a photo. The bathroom must be in a home you own in Onondaga County. The photo must be recent (no more than one month old). You must be the photographer and have permission from anyone depicted in the photo. Please make sure the photo is well lit and of good quality, so the bathroom can be seen.
2) Email your photo to yourphotos@syracuse.com. Make sure to include your full name and address in Onondaga County where you reside in the email.
Deadline to enter this contest is February 25, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
The winning photo may be featured on the syracuse.com home page, the syracuse.com Facebook fan page, the Advance Media New York Facebook fan page, the Home Builders and Remodelers of Central New York website, and the Central New York Home and Garden Show Facebook fan page.
syracuse.com and Home Builders and Remodeler’s of Central New York’s My Bathroom Stinks: Ugliest Bathroom Facelift Contest
OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES.
A purchase will not improve chances of winning.
CONSUMER DISCLOSURE You have not yet won.
OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF ONONDAGA COUNTY NEW YORK WHO OWN THEIR HOME IN ONONDAGA COUNTY NEW YORK AND WHO ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD AS OF THE DATE OF ENTRY
By entering this Promotion, entrants accept and agree to be bound by these Official Rules. Any violation of these rules may, at Sponsor’s discretion, result in disqualification. All decisions of the judges regarding this Promotion are final and binding in all respects.
1. PROMOTION PERIOD. Promotion begins at 12:01 AM ET on February 18, 2019 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on February 25, 2019, when all entries must be received (“Promotion Period”).
2. ELIGIBILITY. This “Promotion” is only open to legal residents and homeowners of Onondaga County New York who own their home in Onondaga County New York and who are at least 18 years old as of the date of entry, except officers, directors, members, and employees of the Sponsors, the judging organization (if applicable), or any other party associated with the development or administration of this Promotion, and the immediate family (i.e., parents, children, siblings, spouse), and persons residing in the same household, as such individuals. This Promotion is void outside Onondaga County New York, and where prohibited.
3. HOW TO ENTER. Email one (1) recent photo (no more than one month old) of your bathroom to yourphotos@syracuse.com during the Promotion Period with “Syracuse.com Ugliest Bathroom Facelift Contest” in the subject line and all of the following information in the body: your first name, last name, complete mailing address, home phone number (including area code) and e-mail address. Your photo and contact information will be deemed your “Submission”. Entrants must own the bathroom (no renters). Entrants must be the photographer and have permission from anyone else depicted in the photo to use the photo in this Promotion. The photo must not contain any copyright, trademark or other material that violates the rights of any third party. Entrants represent and warrant that their Submission is the original work of such entrant, it has not been copied from others, and it does not violate the rights of any other person or entity. Entrant further represents and warrants that their Submission adheres to the fundamental spirit of the Promotion and does not contain any defamatory, obscene or otherwise unlawful matter or depict anyone engaged in any illegal, immoral or lewd act, any violent or pornographic material or contain any other inappropriate content (as determined by Sponsors). All entrant information, including e-mail addresses, is subject to the respective Privacy Policy of the applicable Sponsors.
4. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION. All entries will be judged on or about Wednesday, February 27, 2019 (the “Judging Date”) by a panel of judges comprised of Advance Media New York employees and members of the Home Builders and Remodeler’s of Central New York. The judges will score entries based on the following criteria: Outdated style (33 1/3%), Functionality (33 1/3%) and Appearance (33 1/3%). The three (3) to ten (10) entries with the highest overall score will be declared potential finalists (in the event of a tie, the entry with the higher score in the style criteria will prevail. All finalists will be posted at https://www.syracuse.com/homes/ beginning 12:01 AM ET Friday, March 1, 2019 and the public will be asked to vote for their favorite photo. Note: one vote per person/per email/per photo. Only votes cast in the United States will be counted. Voting ends 11:59 PM ET March 7, 2019. On or about March 17, 2019 all finalist entries will be re-judged by the panel of judges noted above using the criteria noted above (75%) and the result of the public vote (25%). The one entry with the highest score will be declared the potential winner (in the event of a tie, the entry with the higher score in the judges’ criteria will prevail).
Any potential winner will be notified by mail, email and/or telephone. If a potential winner: (i) cannot be contacted; (ii) does not respond within two (2) days from the date the Sponsors first tries to notify him/her; (iii) fails to return the Affidavit and Release as specified in Rule 9; (iv) refuses the prize; and/or (v) the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such potential winner forfeits all rights to win the Promotion or receive the prize, and an alternate potential winner may be selected. Upon contacting a potential winner and determining that he/she has met all eligibility requirements of the Promotion, including without limitation the execution of required waivers, publicity and liability releases and disclaimers, and, at Sponsors discretion, successful completion of a background check, such individual will be declared the “winner”; of the Promotion.
5. PRIZE DESCRIPTION. There will be one (1) winner. The prize is one (1) bathroom facelift (which includes all labor and materials) provided by CNY Home Improvements, Busch Products, F.W. Webb Company, Purcell’s Wallpaper & Paint Co., and Empire Painting Services. The approximate retail value of the prize will not exceed $14,700. Design decisions and costs related to the upgrade are subject to the approval of the Home Builders and Remodelers Committee. Restrictions may apply. Prize will be completed by July 31, 2019 and scheduling will be at the discretion of the Home Builders and Remodelers Committee in consultation with the winner. For details on issues and restrictions related to a home remodel please visit http://hbrcny.com/. The winning photo may, at Sponsors’ discretion, be featured on the syracuse.com homepage and syracuse.com Facebook fan page, The Post-Standard, Advance Media NY Facebook fan page, the Home Builders and Remodelers of Central New York website, and the Central New York Home and Garden Show Facebook fan page.
6. TAXES. All federal, state and/or local income and other taxes, if any, are the winner’s sole responsibility.
7. OWNERSHIP AND LICENSE. All entry materials become the property of the Sponsors and will not be acknowledged or returned. The copyright in any Submission shall remain the property of the entrant, but entry into this Promotion constitutes entrant’s irrevocable and perpetual permission and consent, without further compensation, with or without attribution, to use, reproduce, print, publish, transmit, distribute, sell, perform, adapt, enhance, or display such Submission for any purpose, including but not limited to editorial, advertising, trade, commercial, and publicity purposes by the Sponsors and/or others authorized by the Sponsors, in any and all media now in existence or hereinafter created, throughout the world, for the duration or the copyright in the Submission. Sponsors and/or others authorized by the Sponsors shall have the right to edit, adapt, and modify the Submission.
8. NO PRIZE TRANSFER OR SUBSTITUTION. No prize or any portion thereof is transferable or redeemable for cash. No substitutions for prize except by Sponsors, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be substituted.
9. CONSENT AND RELEASE. By entering or voting in the Promotion, each entrant/voter releases and discharges the Sponsors, judging organization (if applicable), and any other party associated with the development or administration of this Promotion, their parent, subsidiary, and affiliated entities, and each of their respective officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, independent contractors, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, “Sponsors Entities”), from any and all liability whatsoever in connection with this Promotion, including without limitation legal claims, costs, injuries, losses or damages, demands or actions of any kind (including without limitation personal injuries, death, damage to, loss or destruction or property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light) (collectively, “Claims”). Except where prohibited: (i) entry into the Promotion constitutes the consent of each entrant, without further compensation, to use his/her name, likeness, biographical data, contact information and his/her Submission for editorial, advertising, marketing, publicity, and administrative purposes by the Sponsors and/or others authorized by the Sponsors; (ii) acceptance of a prize constitutes a release by any winner of the Sponsors Entities of any and all Claims in connection with the administration of this Promotion and the use, misuse, or possession of his/her Submission or any prize; (iii) any potential winner may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility (including social security number) and a liability/publicity/copyright release; and (iv) if prize involves travel or activities, any potential winner and travel companion (if applicable) may be required to execute releases of the Sponsors from any and all liability with respect to participation in such travel/activities and/or use of the prize. Fully-executed affidavits and releases must be received by Sponsors within five (5) days from the date that Sponsors first tries to notify the potential winner. Sponsors may conduct a background check to confirm any potential winner’s eligibility and compliance with these rules. By entering, you agree to cooperate reasonably with any such background check. If the prize includes participation in any public event(s) or publicity, or if Sponsors Entities intend to publicize the winner in any way, and if a background check reveals that a potential winner has engaged in conduct that could damage the reputation or business of any Sponsors Entity, as determined by Sponsors in its discretion, the potential winner may be disqualified and the prize may be awarded to an alternate winner.
10. DISCLAIMERS. (i) Sponsors not responsible for entries/votes that are lost, late, misdirected, incorrect, garbled, or incompletely received, for any reason, including by reason of hardware, software, browser, or network failure, malfunction, congestion, or incompatibility at Sponsors’ servers or elsewhere. In the event of a dispute, entries/votes will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet Access Provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institute) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. (ii) Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry/voting process or the operation of the web site or otherwise attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion. Use of bots or other automated process to enter/vote is prohibited and may result in disqualification at the sole discretion of Sponsors. (iii) Sponsors further reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Promotion if it is not capable of completion as planned, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, force majeure or technical failures of any sort. (iv) Sponsor Entities are not responsible for errors in the administration or fulfillment of this Promotion, including without limitation mechanical, human, printing, distribution or production errors, and may cancel, terminate or modify this Promotion based upon such error at its sole discretion without liability. In no event will Sponsors be responsible for awarding more than the number of prizes specified in these rules. (v) In the event this Promotion is cancelled or terminated, pursuant to subparagraph (iii) or (iv), Sponsors, in its sole discretion, may elect to select a winner from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. (vi) SPONSORS ENTITIES MAKE NO WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, AS REGARDS THIS PROMOTION OR THE MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING ANY PRIZE OR ANY COMPONENT OF ANY PRIZE. (vii) CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT/VOTER TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND/OR CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSORS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT/VOTER TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. (viii) The value(s) of the prize(s) set forth above represent Sponsor’s good faith determination of the approximate retail value(s) thereof; the actual fair market value(s) as ultimately determined by Sponsors are final and binding and cannot be challenged or appealed. In the event the stated approximate retail value(s) of a prize is more than the actual fair market value of that prize, the difference will not be awarded in cash or otherwise. No substitution or compensation will be given for any portion of the prize that is not used.
11. APPLICABLE LAWS AND JURISDICTION. This Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Issues concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to any principles of conflict of laws. All disputes arising out of or connected with this Promotion will be resolved individually, and without resort to class action, exclusively by a state or federal court located in Syracuse, New York. Should there be a conflict between the laws of the State of New York and any other laws, the conflict will be resolved in favor of the laws of the State of New York. To the extent permitted by applicable law, all judgments or awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket damages (excluding attorneys’ fees) associated with participation in this Promotion and shall not include any indirect, punitive, incidental and/or consequential damages.
12. WINNER LIST. For the names of the winner, send a self-addressed stamped envelope, within six (6) months of the Judging Date, to: Winner List, syracuse.com’s Ugliest Bathroom Facelift Contest, Advance Media New York, 220 South Warren Street, Syracuse, NY 13202.
13. SPONSORSHIP. This Promotion is sponsored by Advance Media New York, 220 South Warren Street, Syracuse, NY 13202 and the Home Builders and Remodelers of Central New York, 3675 James Street, Syracuse, NY 13206 (the “Sponsors”).