Nightmare for Omaze Mansion Winner as Coastal Erosion Puts £3 Million Home at Risk

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A man who won a luxury mansion through an Omaze prize draw has returned the keys and asked for money equal to its value due to concerns about coastal erosion. The stunning clifftop mansion in Devon, complete with an infinity pool and ocean views, is reportedly at risk. Speculation suggests that the property may be uninsurable and mortgage and insurance could be problematic. The winner has not set foot in the house since winning it.

Foundry worker Glen Elmy was initially left "gobsmacked" after winning a breathtaking James Bond-style pad called Stealth House in Devon, complete with an infinity pool and stunning views of the ocean.

It's understood that he hasn't set foot in Stealth House since, with a source telling the publication: "I never see anybody going in or out since the win. A family of four were delighted when they discovered that they would be moving into the Willowbrook House, an idyllic property nestled in Radford, a picturesque Cotswolds hamlet just six miles away from the celeb-filled town of Chipping Norton. However, after their windfall local residents warned Darren Wordon and his family that their seemingly perfect property was situated in a valley that floods every single year.

Back in 2021, neighbour Julia Boardman told the Mail Online: "This valley has been flooding for hundreds of years, it is just the natural way of things. Before there was just a cottage at the side of the plot which never flooded and the water was able to flood down and drain slowly away in the stream. Then they built this horrendous house. The local council was so weak it never managed to stop it and we ended up with this house.

Despite the property being given to them mortgage-free, with legal fees and stamp duty covered, it was still just too costly for them to live in.

 

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