Omaze curse strikes again as widow, 81, who won £4m Highlands mansion in raffle sells up just four months later

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A widow has put her £4million Scottish Highland home up for sale just months after winning it in a raffle.
Patricia Moule, 81, from Southampton, won the property in Perthshire on the banks of Loch Rannoch after it was raffled by Omaze in April.
The widow described the house as 'breathtaking', adding: 'The scenery is spectacular, I've never seen anything so beautiful in all my life.'
But the property has gone on the market only four months later with offers over £3.9 million.
The house comes with five bedrooms, five bathrooms, three reception rooms, a factor's cottage, a steading with garaging and workshop, a summer house, and formal gardens with an orchard and lawns.
It also has about 1km of frontage to Loch Rannoch, along with a tennis court, a private stone jetty and a slipway.
The estate agent describes the property as 'an exquisite, contemporary house finished to the highest standard'.
The 81-year-old had settled down to watch Friday night TV when she got the call about her life-changing win.
She said: 'It was just another Friday night really, I was just getting ready to settle down with a cup of coffee and watch a bit of telly.
'Then all of a sudden, I get a call and the Omaze team turns up to tell me I've won a £4million house in the Scottish Highlands, I was absolutely overwhelmed! '
The former property manager bought her £4million winning entry for just £25 as part of her Omaze subscription.
She said her plan to sell the house will be 'transformational' as she will be able to offer her family 'a generational legacy' that will secure their future.
The mansion comes with £160,000 worth of furnishings and is mortgage-free, with all stamp duty and legal fees covered.
Winners also get a whopping £250,000 in cash to help them settle in and can decide to either live in the house, rent it out for a supplementary income, or sell it and become a cash multi-millionaire.
If she had decided to rent it out, local estate agents estimate that the property could achieve a long-term rental value of between £8,000 - £10,000 per month.
The grandmother said she will 'definitely come up for a big family holiday before we sell it'.
It comes after a long line of winners of the property draw who have decided to sell their prize.
MailOnline previously revealed that all, but a handful of the 39 winners of Omaze home draws in the UK, have sold or are planning to sell them.
Lauren Keene, 24, won a six-bedroom Hollywood-style home last December, but the full time nanny chose to cash in on the house in the Wirral, Merseyside, and putting it on the market for £2.5millio n, a discount of £500,000 on the original £3million valuation.
Grandfather Tom Steenson, 63, won an amazing £2million four bedroom home including a gym, cinema and swimming pool in November last year.
But less than two months later, it was revealed that he had put the property in Exmouth, Devon, on the market for £2.35million which is £350,000 more than the valuation when he won it.
The Highlands property has been meticulously renovated, combining two existing cottages in a contemporary style, whilst still maintaining a sense of historical character.
The result is a harmonious blend of original period features, flawlessly finished with modern luxuries and conveniences.
The lounge, living and dining rooms in the 8,870 sq ft house all benefit from dual aspect views. The lounge also features a vaulted ceiling and oak bookcases.
A summer house looks out over the loch and features two stained-glass windows which were salvaged from St Paul's Newington Church, Edinburgh. It was built in the vernacular style by Sir James Menter for his beloved wife.
Outside, a manicured formal garden blends perfectly with the natural landscape beyond.
As well as making Patricia a multimillionaire, the Omaze million-pound house draw, Scotland, raised £3.9million for Alzheimer's Research UK.