'I won Omaze draw – there's a catch not many people think of before hitting jackpot'

Omaze victor Sarah Perry has declared 'Christmas has travel early' aft she bagged a stunning £500,000 spot successful the gully – but a erstwhile victor wasn't arsenic thrilled to triumph their prize

An Omaze victor was near 'in a tizz' aft bagging a mansion successful the location draw, acknowledgment to 1 little-known drawback.

It comes arsenic Sarah Parry declared "Christmas has travel early" aft she became the first idiosyncratic to triumph the brand's Great Escape House draw. The 49-year-old has present received the keys to a modern three-bedroom, 2 bath home successful Powys, Wales, not acold from wherever her household lives.

Sarah, primitively from Llanfair Caereinion, besides received £50,000 successful currency aft purchasing a £30 ticket. She said: "I conscionable couldn't judge it erstwhile Omaze arrived connected the driveway and told maine I'd won the location – I was shocked – but my hubby was utterly flabbergasted arsenic helium had nary thought I'd adjacent entered! He said it was the champion astonishment we've ever had."

However, not everyone has been near truthful thrilled to go the overnight owners of a mansion. Taking to a Reddit thread, 1 idiosyncratic described however the luxurious location became a load to 1 winner, who ended up selling their spot not agelong aft they bought it.

"In a sub reddit astir idiosyncratic concern idiosyncratic who had won had gotten themselves into rather a tizz," they wrote. The idiosyncratic said the Omaze victor had won a £3million house, positive £100k successful cash. However, keeping connected apical of the moving of the location ended up proving excessively much.

"The bills / upkeep was looking [to] surpass their earnings," they continued. "They truly wanted to support the location and gully down connected their cash.

"The proposal they resoundingly received was to merchantability the location and bargain a cheaper (but inactive astir apt adjacent to 1m) location wherever they wage bills from interest. It was absorbing due to the fact that it shone a airy connected however stressful the acquisition was for them (I know, world's smallest violin but absorbing to spot nary the less)."

Another idiosyncratic said idiosyncratic they knew had won a car successful a akin draw, which they besides ended up selling. "I cognize idiosyncratic who won a caller mini," they said. "She conscionable sold it aft a fewer weeks and continued taking the tram to work

"It's not similar she didn't cognize what a car was, she conscionable couldn't spend to tally 1 or, if she could, it made nary consciousness spending an hr sat successful postulation and spending a luck connected substance and parking to prevention a £3.50 travel connected nationalist transport."

The victor of each Omaze gully tin take to unrecorded successful their house, rent it retired either arsenic a vacation fto oregon to imperishable residents, oregon merchantability it. Omaze, who runs the gully for charity, covers stamp work onshore taxation and tenable conveyancers fees. Winners besides person currency alongside their triumph to assistance them settee into their caller property.

Great Escape victor Sarah recovered retired she had won the gully connected her mode to spot family. She past celebrated the triumph with a steak dinner.

Draw entries for the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, the Wirral, closed online connected Sunday (November 24) but are inactive unfastened for postal entries until Tuesday (November 26).