Widowed grandmother-of-six wins £4.5M luxury six-bedroom dream home in Cornwall trends now
A widowed grandmother-of-six has won a £4,500,000 dream home on the idyllic Cornish coast after entering a prize draw with a £25 ticket.
June Smith, 74, has now been given the keys to the luxury six-bedroom, three-storey property overlooking the Fowey Estuary - and has also won £100,000 in cash.
The property is said to be the biggest ever house prize to be given away in a draw in Britain and comes mortgage free, with all stamp duty and legal fees covered.
Ms Smith is free to either live in the house, rent it out or sell it. If she decides to rent it, local estate agents estimate it could achieve £5,000 to £7,000 per month from long-term rentals - and up to £14,000 a week from peak season holiday rentals.
The grandmother, who stayed with her family in a caravan the last time she went on holiday to Cornwall, won the prize in the latest Omaze Million Pound House Draw.
June Smith, 74, has now been given the keys to the luxury six-bedroom property in Cornwall
The property is said to be the biggest ever house prize to be given away in a draw in Britain
(From left to right) June Smith's son Rory Smith, June Smith herself, her granddaughter Lilian Smith, her daughter Katharine Smith, her granddaughter Nicole Bysouth-Smith, Rory's fiancé Rebecca Swinn and Rebecca's mother Barbara Swinn
She lost her husband of 43 years, Ron, last year when he suffered a heart attack at 74 and has lived in her two-bedroom detached house in Essex for the past 17 years.
She worked as a bookkeeper before she retired to have children while Ron worked as an architectural designer all his life.
Ms Smith, who has three children and six grandchildren, said that Ron would have 'absolutely loved the design of this house' and will be 'looking down with an approving smile'.
She also said that when she was told she had won the grand prize, she could not believe she had actually won, saying: 'people like me don't win things like this.'
Ms Smith said: 'I was just settling in for a standard Friday night in front of the telly - then the next thing I knew I'd won a mansion, I couldn't believe it. The first thing I did was call my children, the second was to open a bottle of red!
'My husband Ron died last year, but I'm sure he played a part in this win - he won it for all of us. Ron always wanted us to be financially secure as a family - and this house gives us that security.
Widowed grandmother-of-six June Smith is free to either live in the house, rent it out or sell it
Local estate agents estimate it could achieve up to £7,000 per month from long-term rentals
The luxury six-bedroom, three-storey property overlooks the Fowey Estuary in Cornwall
'He spent his life working with architecture, he'd have absolutely loved this house - it's a work of art. We used to come for family holidays in Cornwall and stay in a caravan, but now we own a £4.5million mansion - it's just unbelievable.
'The house is truly stunning and the views are simply breathtaking, even the rain couldn't dampen our spirits when we first came here, it was love at first sight.
'It has its own yoga studio, so maybe I'll take that up, although my son says it would make a great bar too.
'I've got six beautiful grandchildren and have
