Foundry worker dad-of-five wins Bond-style seafront mansion with INFINITY POOL worth £3M – after winning prize draw with £25 ticket
A dad-of-five has won a £3 million mansion that has been compared to a James Bond-style lair – after entering a prize draw with a £25 ticket.
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.
The dad, who works as an operation director at Castings PLC, had spotted the draw on television and decided to enter, buying a £25 ticket bundle.
His luxurious new pad boasts five double bedrooms, six bathrooms, an infinity pool and incredible panoramic views of the ocean from its clifftop location.
Situated on the North Devon coast within Exmoor National Park, the dream house is 11 miles from the market town Barnstaple.
Glen has worked at the foundry for 33 years, with his son Sam, 22, following in his footsteps and working alongside him for the past six years.
He currently lives with 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.
All stamp duty and legal fees are covered, and Glen has also been given £20,000 in cash to help with running costs.
He can either live in the house, rent it, or sell it – but Glen has said he intends to keep the property.
He found out he had scooped the main prize in the draw while visiting his elderly parents.
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?
“My wife Debbie lost her father to Covid this year and our youngest son was made redundant last week, so winning this house is just what the family needed, it’s life changing for all of us.
“This house is so spectacular we’re going to enjoy our first family holiday for two years right here. I don’t think we’d find a better place anywhere else in the world!”
As well as making Glen an instant millionaire, the draw raised £1 million for the NSPCC’s Childline.
Childline Founder and President Dame Esther Rantzen said: “We are extremely grateful to Omaze and all those who have taken part for their fantastic support.
“Childline saves and transforms the lives of children who desperately need us – and this stunning total will be crucial in ensuring that we can continue to reach out to the young people who rely upon us.”
Glen added: “I think the partnership between Omaze and Childline is a brilliant idea as it’s raising money to help the charity keep doing the incredible work they do to help children when they need it the most.”
James Oakes, SVP International at Omaze said: “We’re thrilled that Glen and his family got to help out a charity that means a lot to them, and are just as delighted that this campaign helped to raise £1,000,000 for NSPCC’s Childline in the process.”
This is the fourth house that the company has given away since it came to the UK last year – raising £2,750,000 for good causes in the process.
The first house draw saw Ian Garrick win a £1 million house in Cheshire in a campaign netted Teenage Cancer Trust £250,000.
The second saw housewife Marilyn Pratt win a stunning £3 million townhouse in London’s leafy Fulham. The campaign raised £1,000,000 for the British Heart Foundation.
The third saw Darren Wordon, an IT consultant from Bath win a stunning £2,500,000 5-bedroom property in the Cotswolds countryside, in a campaign raised £500,000 for The Prince’s Trust.
