Mother wins £3m five-bedroom Cotswolds mansion in Omaze prize draw

A mom has received a £3million five-bedroom mansion within the Omaze prize draw after pondering it was a sensible joke by her mates.

Sarah Stocks, 43, received the luxurious Cotswold home and £100,000 in money within the newest Omaze Million Pound House Draw.

The Charlbury dwelling has 5 bedrooms, gardens stretching practically 15,000 sq ft, and an outside entertaining space full with a eating desk and speaker system.

Sarah, who lives together with her two kids, her associate Brett and his two kids, had been renting for years, with hopes to purchase a bungalow at some point after a four-bed dwelling for his or her kids appeared out of attain.

But when she came upon about her epic prize she thought it was buddies taking part in a joke on her adn ‘did not suppose for one second I’d truly received something’ till she was visted by the Omaze crew on her doorstep. 

She mentioned: ‘It was simply one other Friday once I obtained a name saying I’d received an Omaze prize. My first response was that my mates have been taking part in an elaborate sensible joke on me!

‘I did not suppose for one second I’d truly received something, however the subsequent factor I knew the Omaze crew have been on my entrance garden telling me I’d received a £3 million home within the Cotswolds – it was loopy!

‘I nonetheless could not imagine it even once I obtained to the home – I stored anticipating one among my mates to leap out a wardrobe and shout gotcha!

‘We’re at present renting and our plan was to avoid wasting as a lot as doable to at some point get a little bit bungalow when the youngsters have left dwelling, as shopping for a four-bedroom home for us all now simply is not doable.

‘I can not imagine we now personal a five-bedroom home that you would match 5 bungalows in!

‘I earn a living from home so it is protected to say my workplace has simply had a giant improve!’

Sarah obtained the property with no mortgage and all authorized charges lined – and might now resolve to dwell in the home, promote it, or hire it out at an estimated £5,000-7,000 per 30 days.

The draw additionally raised £3m for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH).

‘As a mom I’m clearly delighted that the draw raised a lot cash for GOSH Charity,’ Sarah mentioned.

‘I entered Omaze attracts as I fell in love with the dream of successful one of many beautiful homes, however all the time thought if I did not win, I’m supporting a worthy trigger which is a pleasant feeling.

‘Whatever we resolve to do with the home long-term, this win is really transformational for my household’s future – it is modified our lives perpetually.’

Sarah’s new house is a 4,700 sq ft Cotswolds property set in a 3rd of an acre of landscaped gardens – and is situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, close to Charlbury. The Cotswold stone home presents great views overlooking rolling fields and the idyllic Cotswolds countryside.

Inside the home Sarah has an open plan bespoke kitchen with an island, stable stone worktops, oak interiors, French door fridge with ice and filtered water and Gaggenau home equipment all through.

There is an expansive eating room and well-appointed sitting room that can present the proper house for Sarah to chill out with household and entertain mates.

The floor flooring additionally has two bedrooms with loos, a walk-in larder, a comfortable research, cloakroom, laundry room with stable oak worktop, Miele washer and dryer in addition to a spacious vaulted double reception room. There is underfloor heating all through the property.

Upstairs presents three massive bedrooms all with en suite loos that includes Studio Ore bronze brassware and fixtures from Water Monopoly and Lefroy Brooks. There is an annex constructing with a double storage, dwelling workplace and health club full with bathe room.

The landscaped backyard has an outside entertaining space with the identical customized set up Bowers & Wilkins audio system which are additionally discovered within the reception room and kitchen.

The home is nestled on the northeast fringe of the Cotswolds countryside. The Cotswolds is England’s largest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, famed for its chocolate field villages and beautiful surroundings.

Sarah can take pleasure in mountaineering hillside trails, buying at close by Bicester Village, exploring the majesty of Blenheim Palace, taking a day journey to the historic metropolis of Oxford or enterprise into London, which is simply 90 minutes away.

Money raised for GOSH will likely be used to proceed treating kids and younger folks from throughout the UK and setting up a state-of-the-art Children’s Cancer Centre to assist achieve this. 

Liz Tait, GOSH Charity’s Director of Fundraising, mentioned: ‘We are fully blown away that the Omaze Million Pound House Draw within the Cotswolds has raised an unimaginable £3 million for GOSH Charity in simply six weeks.

‘This donation will likely be invaluable in serving to us to construct a world-leading new Children’s Cancer Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital, serving to to avoid wasting extra kids’s lives and beat childhood most cancers as soon as and for all.

‘We’re thrilled to have partnered with Omaze for the second time, and sit up for persevering with our superb partnership over the subsequent 5 years.

‘We’d additionally wish to want Sarah an enormous congratulations on being the winner of this beautiful home within the Cotswolds and thank everybody who entered the prize draw – their help for significantly sick kids is superb and we could not be extra grateful.’

This is the second time the charity has teamed up with Omaze, after the primary partnership, in 2021, raised £500k to help the hospital’s pressing wants.

James Oakes, Chief International Officer at Omaze, mentioned: ‘Everyone at Omaze is delighted that Sarah and her household have received this stunning home within the Cotswolds, while additionally contributing to the unimaginable first instalment of £3 million in the direction of our £10 million pledge to assist construct the brand new Children’s Cancer Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

‘Omaze provides folks the possibility to win superb homes, like this pretty home within the Cotswolds, while additionally introducing charities to huge new audiences that will in any other case be out of attain – it is an actual win-win for each charities and entrants. We’re extremely proud that the Omaze group has raised over £34 million for good causes within the UK.’

Draw entries for the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, Cornwall can be found now at omaze.co.uk. The draw closes on Sunday thirty first March for on-line entries and Tuesday 2nd April 2024 for postal entries.