Dad-of-five wins incredible £3million mansion with £25 prize draw ticket

The couple won the incredible house in a charity prize draw. Glen Elmy won the £3million seafront mansion after paying just £25 for a charity draw ticket.

A dad-of-five won an incredible £3million mansion compete with an infinity pool for just £25.

Glen Elmy, 54, from Walsall, was handed the keys to the stunning seafront pad in Devon after entering the fourth Omaze Million Pound House Draw back in August.

He spotted the draw on TV, and decided to buy a £25 ticket bundle.

Glen, who works as an operation director at Castings PLC, is now the proud owner of the mansion, which comes complete with five double bedrooms, six bathrooms, an infinity pool and incredible panoramic views of the ocean from its clifftop location. Rundown house undergoes Cinderella-style transformation and it looks magical

The house comes complete with an incredible infinity pool. The house is situated on the North Devon coast within Exmoor National Park, 11 miles from the market town Barnstaple.

Glen currently lives with his wife Debbie, 60, and dog Bailey in their four-bedroom house in Walsall, where they have been living for 26 years.

They share five children between them including Sam, Luke, 20, Laura, 33, Chris, 32, and Shelly, 29.

The couple have three grandchildren and a fourth on the way – meaning they’ll have plenty of family members to fill up their new luxury pad. Glen and Debbie intend to keep the house. Glen has revealed that he plans to live in the property, which comes fully paid for, including stamp duty and legal fees.

He said: “I’m totally gobsmacked, the only thing we’ve ever won before was three pounds at a Bingo night on holiday.

“We absolutely love the house – if I could have designed one from scratch, it would look just like this. It’s like something from a Bond film!“We will be keeping it as there’s no other house like it in the country – so why would we want to sell it?“

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