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A widow who won a £4million Omaze Highland mansion has sold the property after slashing £800,000 from the asking price.
Patricia Moule, 81, from Southampton, scooped the dream home after entering the Omaze prize draw with a £25 ticket.
The five-bedroom property was raffled last April but she put it up for sale almost straight away before cutting £800,000 from the price in a bid to attract a buyer.
The home, which had an asking price of £3.2million with estate agent Knight Frank, is now described as sold subject to conditions.
She had previously described the house, 3.5 miles west of Kinloch Rannoch, Perthshire, as ‘breath-taking’ and ‘like something from a film’.
Mrs Moule had given her late husband David one of her kidneys for a lifesaving operation in 2012.
The operation was a success but he passed away from prostate cancer in 2019.
A widow who slashed the price of a £4million Highland mansion she won in a raffle has managed to offload the property
Patricia Moule, 81, from Southampton, scooped the dream home after entering the Omaze prize draw with a £25 ticket
The five-bedroom property was raffled last April but she put it up for sale almost straight away before cutting £800,000 from the price in a bid to attract a buyer
The home, which had an asking price of £3.2million with estate agent Knight Frank, is now described as sold subject to conditions
She had previously described the house, 3.5 miles west of Kinloch Rannoch, Perthshire, as ‘breath-taking’ and ‘like something from a film’
The home, named Carie, boasts a private jetty and a tennis court, and is accessed by a tree-lined driveway
It also has three double bedrooms in the main house, two double en-suite bedrooms in a factor’s cottage, five bathrooms and three reception rooms surrounding a cobbled courtyard
There is also a steading with a garage, workshop and a toilet, as well as a summerhouse set in formal gardens, with an orchard and lawns
Mrs Moule said earlier: ‘I’ve been to Scotland before, as my late husband David was a golf fanatic, so we came up to play here.
‘I know he’ll be smiling down on us now, he’d have absolutely loved this place and everything that it will do for us.
‘I gave him a kidney back in 2012, it meant I got to spend seven more years with my best friend.
‘I wish he was still here to share this with me, but I know he’d be beyond happy for all of us.’
An Omaze spokesperson said: ‘All Omaze winners are free to live in their new house, rent it out for extra income, or sell it the moment they get the keys to become a cash multi-millionaire – the choice is entirely theirs.
‘Grand Prize winners also get a minimum of £250,000 in cash to help them settle in and cover running costs – our properties also come mortgage-free, with no stamp duty or legal fees to pay. Full estimated running costs are available on our website, and with the settling-in money alone, winners could comfortably enjoy the home for many years.
‘Each house comes with all the furnishings and essentials featured in our adverts – with a typical average value of £150,000.
‘If winners are already paying rent or a mortgage elsewhere, those savings could go towards the running costs of their new home, or they could rent out either property for additional income.
‘Whatever their circumstances, all Omaze winners have several fantastic, life-changing options available to them.
‘Omaze is immensely proud to have created over 50 millionaires while raising over £100 million for good causes in the UK.’
The home, named Carie, boasts a private jetty and a tennis court, and is accessed by a tree-lined driveway.
It also has three double bedrooms in the main house, two double en-suite bedrooms in a factor’s cottage, five bathrooms and three reception rooms surrounding a cobbled courtyard.
There is also a steading with a garage, workshop and a toilet, as well as a summerhouse set in formal gardens, with an orchard and lawns.
The home also features almost 1,000 yards of foreshore between the gardens and Loch Rannoch.
Knight Frank said: ‘Carie is the historic seat of Clan Robertson of Struan, whose chiefs lived at Carie House and owned much of the land along the southern shore of Loch Rannoch.
‘The chief supported Bonnie Prince Charlie during the 1745 Jacobite Rising. After the defeat at Culloden, the Prince hid nearby on Ben Alder.
‘The chief remained a symbol of resistance and was so respected that government commissioners avoided Carie until his death.’
The Omaze Million Pound House Draw, Scotland, which helped to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK, was backed by Dundee actor Brian Cox.