Bartender who won £3.5m Omaze house is calling time after just one summer
Darren Summers, 50, scooped the four-bedroomed seaside home in south-east Cornwall after spending £20 on the winning entry to an Omaze draw in June.
TL;DR
- Darren Summers won a £3.5 million mansion and £250,000 cash in an Omaze prize draw.
- He spent one summer at the four-bedroom property in south-east Cornwall.
- Summers and his wife plan to sell the house to bank the proceeds, retire early, and buy a smaller coastal home in the UK and a holiday home in Europe.
- He also intends to invest in his own bar or restaurant.
- Other Omaze winners have also chosen to sell their prize homes, often citing maintenance and running costs.
- Omaze states that winners sell to gain financial freedom and that affordability is not a factor.
- Omaze raises money for charities and has created over 50 millionaires.