Bar manager discovers he's won incredible £4m Omaze country house while sitting on the loo

The Omaze location is worthy £4m (Image: OMAZE)

A fortunate barroom manager from Reading is connected unreality 9 aft discovering helium had won a magnificent state location valued astatine implicit £4 million, positive an further £250,000 successful cash, portion utilizing the loo!

Paul Knight (47) has emerged arsenic the victor of the latest Omaze Million Pound House Draw, Bath, and is present the arrogant proprietor of a expansive six-bedroom spot with Royal lineage dating backmost to the mid-1500s. The splendid property was erstwhile portion of the holdings of Sir John Harington, godson of Elizabeth I and inventor of the archetypal flushing toilet, during Queen Anne's reign.

The location comes mortgage-free, with each stamp work and ineligible fees taken attraction of. Additionally, Paul receives a hefty £250,000 successful currency to assistance him settee in.

He tin take to unrecorded successful the house, rent it retired for other income, oregon merchantability it whenever helium wishes to go a currency multi-millionaire. If Paul opts to clasp the majestic property, it is estimated that the £250,000 would screen the house's moving costs for astir 10 years.

If helium decides to lease it, section property agents estimation the spot could fetch a semipermanent rental worth of betwixt £10,000 to £12,000 per month. Paul, who secured his £4 cardinal winning introduction for a specified £20 arsenic portion of his Omaze subscription, has been moving successful bars since helium was 18 and presently manages a barroom successful Reading.

His spouse of astir 12 years, Justin Snowdon (36), works arsenic an hose compartment crew.

Paul was taking a interruption astatine work, scrolling done his telephone portion successful the toilet, erstwhile Omaze archetypal reached retired to pass him helium had won a prize. Overcome with joy, Paul recounted: "When I got a connection from Omaze, I was really sitting connected the toilet astatine enactment speechmaking astir a mislaid lottery summons reasoning that it would beryllium conscionable my luck - but however incorrect was I! ? ".

He continued, "As I was astatine work, I had to instrumentality an aboriginal interruption to nip retired and conscionable the Omaze squad to find retired precisely what I'd won - but it was good worthy skiving disconnected for an hour! ".

Upon gathering the Omaze team, Paul noted, "I knew thing was up erstwhile I saw each the cameras - I thought they’re not rolling this retired for a £10 acquisition voucher, are they! ? When they revealed I’d won a £4m state house, I was conscionable utterly gobsmacked! ".

Describing the surreal experience, Paul said, "It was each truthful brainsick - but I didn’t person to fto it compute arsenic I had to unreserved backmost to enactment consecutive afterwards! ".

The location comes owe escaped (Image: Mark Field Photography / Omaze)

Resisting the impulse to stock the quality with his colleagues, Paul recalled: "I was precise tempted to accidental drinks are virtually connected the location erstwhile I got back, but it was each truthful surreal I conscionable told 1 workfellow and cracked connected with my displacement arsenic if thing had happened!"

This workfellow pointed retired the obvious, saying: "You’re a millionaire present - you don’t request to beryllium clearing tables!"

When sharing the quality with his spouse Justin, a formation attendant who had conscionable returned from New York, Paul woke up early, which was antithetic for him. Justin was disbelieving, attributing the quality to pitchy lag-induced hallucinations.

Paul's life-changing triumph has surely turned his satellite upside down successful the astir unexpected way. The ecstatic homeowner gushed astir his caller abode: "The location is perfectly stunning! We’ve been joking it’s similar thing retired of Saltburn, though we won’t beryllium moving astir bare anytime soon! The store is bigger than our existent house! We’ve ne'er seen thing truthful grand, we emotion play properties, determination is truthful overmuch quality and past here, we consciousness similar royalty! " He besides revealed his dreams that are present wrong reach: "We’ve ever wanted a location with a stream astatine the extremity of the plot and astonishing views to aftermath up to, truthful this is simply a imagination travel true."

Discussing the interaction of his important triumph connected plans to commencement a family, helium said: "We’ve been reasoning astir adoption for a fewer years now, it hasn't been imaginable earlier owed to our enactment commitments and needing to conscionable definite fiscal criteria, but this triumph means we tin yet look into starting a household and adopting a child, it's each precise exciting! I was joking that depending connected however galore we have, we mightiness adjacent request a butler! ".

Looking into the future, the victor shared his tentative plans: "We’re not 1 100 percent definite precisely what we’ll bash conscionable yet - we're looking guardant to enjoying it ourselves with friends and family. We’ll astir apt support it and rent it retired from clip to clip arsenic the wealth volition supply a large income. We mightiness adjacent usage it arsenic a determination house. " Finally, sharing his fiscal luck further, helium added: "Whatever we decide, we’ve got astonishing options, and the £250k means we could support it for 10 years without having to deliberation astir immoderate costs. We could wage disconnected our mortgage connected our existent house, it’s brainsick to deliberation we’ll person 2 mortgage escaped properties worthy astir £4.5m combined! ? ".

The fortunate winner, who has spent his beingness toiling distant successful bars, is thrilled to beryllium reducing his play workload, saying, "I’ve been moving successful bars each my life, which is hard graft, truthful I’m looking guardant to easing disconnected a spot and not moving truthful galore weekends anymore! " He's been participating successful Omaze draws since 2021, yet striking golden this clip around. Sharing his success, helium exclaimed, "I’ve been entering Omaze since 2021 and this is my favourite location truthful far, truthful it was worthy waiting for! I’m a subscriber, which means I ne'er hide to enter. I can’t judge I got each of this for conscionable £20! ".

Reflecting connected the fundraiser's charitable aspect, helium expressed gratitude regarding the important enactment Omaze has garnered for BHF, sharing a idiosyncratic connection: "I’m truthful blessed Omaze has raised truthful overmuch for BHF. My begetter died 10 years agone owed to circulatory issues, truthful it's a foundation that means a batch to me."

Currently residing successful a quaint 2.5-bedroom abode successful Reading with their brace of cats, Frida and Diego, the winners are astir to upgrade their surviving concern significantly. Their caller location boasts an exterior virtually unaltered since 1712, including galore humanities quirks specified arsenic an operating good wrong the premises, a concealed Georgian drawer safe, and adjacent past graffiti dating backmost to 1636.

After undergoing an extended refurbishment successful 2015, their caller residence flawlessly blends humanities charm with chic modernity. The people II listed spot offers an inspired operation of comfy elegance and cutting-edge plan – featuring antique panelling, intricate cornices, graceful ceiling mouldings, stately sash windows replete with shutters, and a splendidly crafted staircase.

The crushed level boasts 4 stunning reception country (Image: OMAZE)

From the expansive entranceway hall, the crushed level boasts 4 stunning reception rooms; a south-facing drafting country with nonstop entree to the plot terrace; a greeting room; an awesome eating country featuring a bespoke Breccia Medicea marble fireplace; and a plot country equipped with a hidden room & bar, accessible down sliding publication cabinets, arsenic good arsenic afloat tallness French doors starring to the westbound courtyard eating area. The custom-made kitchen, fitted with a vintage Electrikit AGA, is enhanced by a pantry, larder, stone-vaulted eating room, inferior room, cloakroom, cellar and works room.

The handcrafted, bespoke cabinetry passim is made of coagulated tulipwood with limed oak interiors, accommodating some Miele and Neff appliances. The meticulous attraction to item extends to the archetypal floor, wherever each rooms are panelled, offering a main chamber with an en suite bathroom, 2 dressing rooms, different chamber and a dual facet bath with an adjoining ablution room.

The 2nd floor's chic impermanent accommodation includes 3 much treble bedrooms and 2 bathrooms (one en suite). The manager location offers store abstraction and a one-bedroom annexe connected the archetypal floor.

The 1 acre of meticulously maintained gardens and grounds person been cautiously designed to perfectly complement the house, featuring precocious dressed chromatic walls, courtyards, a fountain, a delightful chromatic orangery and a southbound facing terrace, cleanable for the fortunate victor to big friends and family.

The spot not lone features a workshop, ice-house, log store, shed, and undercroft but is besides kitted retired with tanks holding 15,000L of collected rainwater, which are linked to 2 on-site wells. Nestled successful the unafraid confines of Batheaston village, the location is conveniently situated conscionable 3 miles from the bosom of Bath, with journeys to London Paddington from Bath Spa Station taking a specified 75 minutes.

The Omaze Million Pound House Draw successful Bath didn't conscionable alteration Paul into a multimillionaire; it successfully raised a staggering £4.6 cardinal for the British Heart Foundation (BHF). The funds volition beryllium instrumental successful moving The Circuit, BHF's nationalist defibrillator network, implicit the adjacent 2 years and volition besides enactment the installation of hundreds of defibrillators connected UK precocious streets, contributing to sustaining much lives successful communities nationwide.

The linkup with Omaze won the backing from BHF Ambassadors and the popular sensation S Club, who sadly faced the untimely nonaccomplishment of their bandmate Paul owed to an undiagnosed bosom information successful 2023.

The ambassadors from S Club and BHF shared their heartfelt thoughts, saying: "What an unthinkable magnitude this has raised – we're perfectly delighted that truthful overmuch wealth is going to this fantastic charity."

They added, "Losing our much-loved set subordinate Paul to an undiagnosed bosom information past year, brought the value of BHF’s enactment sharply into absorption for us. We cognize the wealth raised by this fantastic Omaze concern is hugely important to the charity, truthful it’s important to america too."

Finally, they expressed a corporate pride, "We’re arrogant to honour Paul’s representation by helping others and consciousness fortunate we tin bash this done astonishing partnerships similar this."

The £4m location is successful Bath (Image: OMAZE)

The 1 acre of meticulously maintained gardens and grounds person been cautiously designed (Image: OMAZE)

Dr Charmaine Griffiths, Chief Executive astatine the British Heart Foundation, expressed her delight implicit the fundraising triumph done Omaze's Bath House Draw, saying: "We're thrilled that Omaze has raised an astonishing £4.6 cardinal with its Bath House Draw. This unthinkable donation volition get america person to redeeming much lives from cardiac arrest, keeping much families unneurotic for longer. ".

She highlighted the stark world of cardiac incidents successful the UK: "There are astir 30,000 retired of infirmary cardiac arrests successful the UK each year, and tragically, less than 1 successful 10 radical survive. The wealth raised by Omaze volition assistance america money hundreds of section defibrillators and powerfulness The Circuit, the nationalist defibrillator network. The Circuit enables ambulance services to find the nearest defibrillator successful an emergency, which tin beryllium the quality betwixt beingness and death."

Grateful for the corporate effort, Dr Griffiths added: "A immense heartfelt convey you to the Omaze assemblage and to each azygous idiosyncratic who entered the draw. The wealth raised volition support hearts beating successful communities crossed the UK."

This latest fundraiser marks the 3rd juncture that BHF has joined hands with Omaze, culminating successful a staggering £7.6 cardinal towards the charity's cause.

James Oakes, President of Omaze, mirrored the excitement astir their accomplishment and the interaction connected the BHF: "Everyone astatine Omaze is implicit the satellite that Paul and his household person won this beauteous location successful Bath, whilst besides contributing to our immense rise for British Heart Foundation, who we’ve present raised a full of £7.6 cardinal for implicit 3 fantastic partnerships. ".

"Omaze offers radical the accidental to triumph astonishing houses, whilst besides introducing charities to caller audiences that they wouldn't usually scope – it’s a existent win-win for entrants and our foundation partners. We’re immensely arrogant that the Omaze assemblage has present raised implicit £77 cardinal for bully causes crossed the UK."

The accidental to participate the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, Norfolk is unfastened present astatine omaze.co.uk. The deadline for online entries is Sunday 23rd February 2025, portion postal entries indispensable beryllium successful by Tuesday 25th February 2025.

Those who similar tin opt to subscribe to Omaze, automatically entering them into each caller Grand Prize Draw arsenic their subscription renews connected the archetypal of each month. Subscribers get 4 times much entries than non-subscribers and person the state to cancel anytime.

For each the details and terms, sojourn www.omaze.co.uk. Remember, nary acquisition is indispensable to enter, and the gully is lone unfastened to those implicit 18 and residing successful the UK.