An ex-Paratrooper has revealed he celebrated winning a £4.5M Omaze mansion - with a burger at his local pub.
Daren Bell, 54, scooped the breathtaking coastal home in Norfolk for just £10, as the grand prize in the Omaze Million House Draw back in 2023.
The stunning nine-bedroom property came complete with a swimming pool and idyllic coastal views of the Blakeney salt marshes and harbour.
Daren also got the house mortgage free, with all stamp duty and legal fees covered - as well as a cash lump sum to help him settle in.
Despite being free to rent it out for a supplementary income or sell it to become a cash multi-millionaire, Daren instantly fell in love with the spectacular home and decided to keep it and move in.
Daren Bell, 54, scooped the breathtaking coastal home in Norfolk for just £10, as the grand prize in the Omaze Million House Draw back in 2023.
The stunning nine-bedroom property came complete with a swimming pool and idyllic coastal views of the Blakeney salt marshes and harbour.
Daren also got the house mortgage free, with all stamp duty and legal fees covered - as well as a cash lump sum to help him settle in.
Despite being free to rent it out for a supplementary income or sell it to become a cash multi-millionaire, Daren instantly fell in love with the spectacular home and decided to keep it and move in.
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00:00It really does happen, someone knocks on your door, you open the door and there is someone
00:10telling you, you have just won a multi-million pound property.
00:14From the first time I saw it, we knew we were going to move in here, it was just going to
00:18be home.
00:19Winning the property was the enabler for us to move in together and start the family life
00:24that we both were looking for.
00:25It has given my children the most idyllic childhood.
00:28They have a heated swimming pool in the garden and they have learnt to swim, just saying
00:32that out loud is crazy.
00:34Moving just wasn't a problem, a few vans later we are up here, if you look at council
00:37tax it is only an extra couple of hundred pounds a year, a no brainer.
00:41When the family came up and saw it, their jaws are hitting the floor and they are constantly
00:44pinching themselves, you need to say that is a side effect of an Omaze win.
00:48I was in the fortunate position, I didn't have a mortgage on my previous property so
00:51I was able to sell up and put that money away for our future.
00:54Don't forget as well as a house, we want a big chunk of cash which has been incredibly
00:57helpful.
00:59It was an amazing house and it is now a fantastic home and I don't have far to walk to the gym
01:03so I can't use that as an excuse.
01:05Having your own cinema puts a whole different spin on movie night.
01:08I think we have got time for the Star Wars trilogy.
01:10So after 24 years of skydiving, I feel like I have finally landed on cloud nine winning
01:16this place.
01:17I have won an amazing house in Norfolk, maybe you can too, enter on omaze.co.uk