Widow who won £4m Scots mansion in Omaze raffle to sell up after just four months

Scottish Sun

02-07-2025

Patricia Moule, 81, from Southampton, scooped the dream home on the banks of Loch Rannoch in April
OMAZE-ING OFFER Widow who won £4m Scots mansion in Omaze raffle to sell up after just four months
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A WIDOW who won a stunning £4M Scottish Highlands mansion in a raffle has whacked it on the market — just FOUR months after winning it.
Lucky Patricia Moule, 81, from Southampton, scooped the dream home on the banks of Loch Rannoch in April after entering the Omaze prize draw with a £25 ticket.
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Lucky Patricia Moule, 81, from Southampton, scooped the dream home on the banks of Loch Rannoch
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The sprawling Perthshire pad boasts five bedrooms, five bathrooms
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The 8,870 sq ft pad has dual-aspect views from the lounge, living and dining rooms
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The posh pad also comes with three reception rooms, a summer house, factor's cottage, workshop, and formal gardens with orchards and lawns
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The sprawling Perthshire pad boasts five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a tennis court, private jetty and even its own loch frontage — but Patricia is already cashing out.
MailOnline reports she's listed the luxury estate for a cool £3.9M, despite calling it 'breathtaking'.
She said: 'The scenery is spectacular, I've never seen anything so beautiful in all my life.'
The posh pad also comes with three reception rooms, a summer house, factor's cottage, workshop, and formal gardens with orchards and lawns.
There's even a steading with garaging and a slipway for the loch.
Estate agents reckon the home is 'an exquisite, contemporary house finished to the highest standard.'
But despite the jaw-dropping views and luxury interiors, Patricia's not hanging around.
The gran was curled up on the sofa with a cuppa when her life changed.
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 ex-property manager isn't just selling up for the cash — she's thinking big picture.
She said flogging the mansion would be 'transformational', adding: 'I will be able to offer my family a generational legacy that will secure their future.'
The prize also came with £160K worth of furnishings, was mortgage-free, and had all stamp duty and legal fees covered.
As well as £250K in cash to help 'settle in'.
But Patricia isn't planning to settle.
Instead, she plans one last hurrah with her nearest and dearest.
'I will definitely come up for a big family holiday before we sell it,' she said.
Locals reckon she could've rented the pad out for up to £10K a month, but the chance to cash in was too tempting to pass up.
Almost all Omaze winners have sold up after winning, with just a handful keeping their keys.
Last year, nanny Lauren Keene, 24, flogged her £3M Merseyside mansion for £2.5M. And grandad Tom Steenson, 63, listed his £2M Devon dream home just weeks after winning it — for £2.35M, £350K over the original valuation.
Patricia's Highland hideaway was built by Sir James Menter in memory of his beloved wife — and combines two historic cottages with sleek, modern luxury.
The 8,870 sq ft pad has dual-aspect views from the lounge, living and dining rooms.
The vaulted-ceiling lounge is decked out with oak bookcases, while the summer house features two stunning stained-glass windows salvaged from St Paul's Newington Church in Edinburgh.
Outside, perfectly manicured gardens blend into the rugged Highland scenery - all of it now up for grabs.
And while Patricia walks away a millionaire, the draw also raised a massive £3.9M for Alzheimer's Research UK.