Omaze reveals winners of gorgeous Cornwall home value £4.5m | UK | News | EUROtoday

Lisa Morgan (58) has received the most recent Omaze Million Pound House Draw in Cornwall, which raised £4,900,000 for the RSPB, and is now the proud proprietor of a recent, four-bedroom home close to Falmouth, on the Cornish shoreline, full with spectacular panoramic sea views, a heated swimming pool and its very personal terraced tower to soak up the encompassing surroundings.

The gorgeous property comes mortgage free, with all stamp responsibility and authorized charges lined. Lisa has additionally been given £250,000 in money to assist her settle in – and might resolve to both reside in the home, hire it out for a supplementary revenue or promote it at any time when she needs to develop into a money multi-millionaire.

If Lisa decides to hire it out, native property brokers estimate that the property might obtain a long-term rental worth of £5,000 monthly.

Lisa, who purchased her £4,500,000 profitable entry for simply £25 as a part of her Omaze subscription – has labored as an NHS nurse for practically 40-years, after being impressed to affix the medical fraternity by her auntie Peg.

She celebrated her twenty sixth wedding ceremony anniversary with husband Andy (60) final week. He has labored as {an electrical} engineer for the previous 30-years. The couple stated their large win was the “best anniversary present ever”.

The pair have been working exhausting to attempt to repay the mortgage on their present home in Merseyside, the place they’ve lived for the previous 20-years – to allow them to ultimately get pleasure from a extra snug retirement. Lisa exclaimed that after profitable the Grand Prize “they can’t get more comfortable than a £4.5 million mansion!”

Lisa and Andy have two kids, a son who works in London and a daughter who’s learning Sports and Exercise Sciences at University.

When Lisa came upon she’d scooped the Grand Prize, she realised she didn’t have any champagne to rejoice with, so despatched her daughter to get a bottle, however ended up getting locked out, spending her first moments as a millionaire sitting on a doorstep.

A shellshocked Lisa stated: “I was in utter disbelief when I found out I’d won, but the first thing that ran through my mind was that we didn’t have any champagne to celebrate with, so my daughter ran out to get a bottle, but left me locked out – so we quite literally had to put our celebrations on ice – thankfully my new place comes with a spare set of keys!

“I’ve been a nurse for 40-years and absolutely love my job – but on a nurse’s salary I never in a million years thought I’d end up with a £4.5 million mansion!

“I didn’t have much time to let anything sink in, as the morning after I’d won, I worked back-to-back 11.5-hour shifts at the hospital over the weekend, so I just parked it in my mind and got on with work.

“My husband and I have worked so hard to try and save enough money to pay off our mortgage, so we can retire comfortably, now seeing our new home I don’t think we could get much more comfortable than this!

“I thought we’d both end up working until our 70s – but this win means we’ll never have to worry about money ever again – it’s amazing for our family’s future. The whole thing is just so surreal, things like this don’t happen to people like me.”

On her new dwelling she stated“ This house is gorgeous, it’s just absolutely stunning, walking down the drive and seeing that view for the first time made it feel real – it’s truly breathtaking – the sea views are spectacular!

“We’re going to make so many memories here, I’ll be getting my brother on the barbie and I can’t wait to jump in the swimming pool – I wish we’d brought our cozzies!

“The best thing we’d ever won before this was a hamper at a Christmas raffle, this definitely tops that! The family are going to love it here, I think we’ll do Christmas by the coast this year!

“Thanks to £250,000 we got as part of the win – we can afford to stay here for ten years without having to lift a finger if we decided to, it’s an incredible position to be in.

“If we decide to stay it would be magical – but if we sell it to bank the cash – that will also be game changing for the entire family. It’s the best dilemma in the world!

She added: “We always give as much as we can to charity, that’s why we subscribed to Omaze draws because even if we hadn’t won – we’ve still contributed towards a very worthy cause.”

Lisa’s new house is an impressive instance of recent structure. It has been meticulously designed to rejoice the coastal panorama – with loads of glazing to supply breathtaking views of the ocean and Cornish countryside from virtually each room – while additionally permitting pure mild to fill your entire dwelling.

The predominant entrance corridor leads into a chic open-plan residing house with a bespoke kitchen, eating room and splendid sitting room space. Floor-to-ceiling glass home windows and sliding doorways lead onto a spacious terrace that wraps across the entrance elevation of the home, and provides extra views of the coast and picturesque landscapes.

The beneficiant eating terrace leads straight from the kitchen and supplies an idyllic house for entertaining friends alfresco anytime, day or night time. The property has built-in audio system all through so the winner can get pleasure from encompass sound high quality music from wherever.

The central fashionable staircase to the decrease floor ground results in the principle bed room, with a deluxe en suite rest room and dressing space. This ground has an additional three double bedrooms, two of that are en suite, in addition to a household rest room, utility room, plant room and a classy wine room.

A second staircase is positioned inside the hanging tower on the southern finish of the home and connects the cosy floor ground comfortable to the first-floor workplace in addition to a unbelievable sundowner terrace.

The landscaped gardens on the property complement the home and surrounding panorama completely.

There is a garden space, intensive terracing, a sheltered sundowner terrace and an abundance of vibrant crops and shrubs that are properly suited to a coastal backyard.

The stunning south-facing backyard has been designed to take full benefit of the setting, with excellent sea views throughout to the long-lasting Pendennis Castle and St Anthony’s Head Lighthouse.

The terracing creates a spacious eating space, and there are a number of sheltered spots inside the grounds to benefit from the tranquil waterfront environment.

There is an out of doors kitchen and extra eating space, along with a sunken fireplace pit and personal direct entry to the South West Coast Path.

There can also be a heated out of doors swimming pool with views of the ocean. There can also be a sizzling tub and pool home, which might equally be used as a house workplace or extra lodging. The property additionally has ample parking, garaging and a backyard retailer.

From the underside of the backyard and following the South West Coast Path, the home is inside strolling distance of the gorgeous seashores of Maenporth and Swanpool. Alternatively, the quieter seaside escape Nansidwell, is barely a brief stroll and provides the proper location for a secluded break.

The home is conveniently positioned simply over 3 miles from the historic city and port of Falmouth.

As properly as making Lisa a multi-millionaire, the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, London, raised £4,900,000 for the RSPB, the UK’s largest nature conservation charity – in simply six weeks. It’s Omaze’s largest ever elevate for a charity accomplice.

The RSPB protects and restores habitats, saves species, and helps to finish the character and local weather emergency in order that wildlife, wild locations and folks can thrive.

The funds raised might be used to assist the safety and restoration of one among nature’s best superpowers: peatland.

These moist, boggy landscapes are dwelling to a few of the UK’s rarest birds and different unimaginable wildlife – from skydancing Hen Harriers, to hares and even insect-eating sundew crops. They filter a lot of our consuming water, may help scale back the danger of flooding and have an important position to play within the struggle in opposition to local weather change.

Peatlands maintain extra carbon than all of the world’s forests mixed and when in a wholesome, pure state hold it locked away. But round 80% of UK peatlands are broken and deteriorating. Instead of absorbing carbon they’re leaking their huge shops again into the ambiance. To deal with the character and local weather emergency these wonderful landscapes have to be protected and restored urgently.

The cash raised will assist the charity deliver these treasured locations again from the brink.

Beccy Speight, Chief Executive for the RSPB, stated: “On behalf of everybody at the RSPB, I’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you to every single person who entered this draw.

“Nature is in crisis and the UK is now one of the most nature depleted countries in the world. The money we receive from the Omaze campaign will go directly to help protect and restore our precious UK peatlands – one of nature’s greatest superpowers.

“This incredible support allows the RSPB to continue our vital work to protect habitats, save species and help to end the nature and climate emergency. Together, we can save nature!”

The partnership was backed by businessperson, TV character and RSPB ambassador Deborah Meaden, who was left “almost speechless” by the unimaginable quantity raised in such a brief house of time.

James Oakes, Chief International Officer at Omaze, stated: “Everyone at Omaze is delighted that Lisa has won her dream home in Cornwall, whilst also contributing to our biggest ever raise of £4,900,000 for the RSPB.

“Omaze offers people the chance to win amazing houses, like this incredible house in Cornwall, whilst also introducing charities to large new audiences that would otherwise be out of reach – it’s a win-win for entrants and charities. We’re immensely proud that the Omaze community has now raised over £56 million for good causes across the UK.”

Draw entries for the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, Yorkshire, can be found now at omaze.co.uk. The Draw closes on Sunday twenty ninth of September for on-line entries and Tuesday 1st October 2024 for postal entries.

Entrants also can select to subscribe to Omaze to be robotically entered into each Grand Prize and Early Bird Prize, every month. Omaze subscribers obtain double the quantity of entries in comparison with non-subscribers and might cancel their subscription at any time. When Omaze has two attracts operating concurrently, subscribers are entered into each, with a £10 subscription offering 30 entries into each home attracts – which means 60 entries in whole for simply £10.

For full phrases and circumstances, see www.omaze.co.uk. No buy essential to enter. Over 18s and UK residents solely.