According to British media reports on April 8, 59-year-old Catherine Kavodin is from Wolverhampton, West Midland, England, and in a lottery, she spent 20 pounds (about 165 yuan) to draw a Lake District mansion worth 3 million pounds (about 25 million yuan).
Catherine has been a nurse for 40 years and now works in the IT department of the National Health Service (NHS). She and her husband have 5 children, and 5 years ago, they adopted 1 more. Currently, they live in a five-bedroom house with 6 children.
On Valentine's Day, Catherine spent £20 (about 165 yuan) to buy a lottery ticket for the million pound mansion lottery on the Omaze platform. But what she didn't expect was that she actually won a lake mansion worth 3 million pounds (about 25 million yuan).
With an incredible lake view, this mansion is fully furnished and has a terrace with its own cinema, sauna, steam room, gymnasium, large garden and a studio.
The location of the mansion is even more superb, less than 2 km from Windermere Station, making it easy to get to activities from here.
Catherine can stay in this mansion for free and also has the right to rent or sell it. In addition, she not only does not have to bear stamp duty and legal fees, but also receives an additional 20,000 pounds (about 165,000 yuan) in cash.
Realtors estimate that if the mansion is rented out during the holidays or long term, the average rental income can reach 6,000 to 8,000 pounds per week (about 50,000 yuan to 70,000 yuan). If in the high season, it can even reach 12,000 pounds (about 100,000 yuan).
After the draw, Omaze sent a team to her home to deliver surprises, but the door was greeted by the couple's daughters Charlotte and Mia, who were traveling in Italy at the time. So the platform could only make video calls to the couple, but at first they didn't believe it, thinking it was an elaborate prank, because it happened to be April 1.
Catherine said: "At first we didn't believe it because it was April Fool's Day. We thought the kids were joking with us, but then we realized we had really won, and we were completely stunned, and we still haven't eased up. ”
"We had already gone to see the house and it was perfect and homely. We will definitely keep it and can't wait to move in now! ”
It is reported that this is the seventh million pound house lottery in the UK by the Omaze platform, and the funds raised for charity have now reached 4.75 million pounds (about 40 million yuan).
In addition to making Catherine and Chris millionaires, the campaign also funded the Alzheimer's Institute in the UK and netted £1 million (about 8.3 million) for the charity.
Hillary Evans, CHIEF Executive Officer of the Alzheimer's Research Centre UK, said: "By partnering with the Omaze platform, we have raised significant funding for the ALZHEIMER Research Centre UK and are risk-free and cost-free. ”