 A EuroMillions jackpot winner said building his 6,000 sq ft dream house with an artificial lake filled with rehomed fish and an accompanying lodge helped him get through the Covid-19 lockdown. Gareth Bull, 52, won the EuroMillions jackpot of £40,627,241 in January 2012 and four years ago he started building his dream house. The completed four-bedroom house features a swimming pool with programmable waves, a sound system built into the ceilings, three bars and two hot tubs. Mr Bull said: 'The house is extra special because I did so much of the work myself, and during the pandemic too. Mr Bull, 52, won the EuroMillions jackpot of £40,627,241 in January 2012 and four years ago he started building his dream house (Picture: PA) 'It helped me through lockdown, and I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't had this to work on. It was the perfect distraction with a great reward at the end of it.' During construction, Mr Bull 'decided to dig a small pond outside the house', which he expanded until it became an L-shaped 'fishing lake, the size of two tennis courts'. 'I called it 'Lockdown Lake', made a little sign with its name on it and invited anyone who needed to rehome their fish to bring them here,' he said. 'Now, I have a couple of hundred fish, mainly goldfish and 10 koi carp and I call it my 'fish orphanage' because they've all been rehomed.' The completed four-bedroom house features a swimming pool with programmable waves, a sound system built into the ceilings, three bars and two hot tubs (Picture: PA) Mr Bull constructed 'Lockdown Lodge' alongside the house, complete with two bedrooms, a bathroom and a fully functioning kitchen. He bought the two-acre site with a three-bedroom bungalow in Nottinghamshire in December 2018 and began work on his dream house six months later. He said: 'Once I got the green light to go ahead, I started d){kind=link}
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A EuroMillions jackpot winner said building his 6,000 sq ft dream house with an artificial lake filled with rehomed fish and an accompanying lodge helped him get through the Covid-19 lockdown.
Gareth Bull, 52, won the EuroMillions jackpot of £40,627,241 in January 2012 and four years ago he started building his dream house.
The completed four-bedroom house features a swimming pool with programmable waves, a sound system built into the ceilings, three bars and two hot tubs.
Mr Bull said: ‘The house is extra special because I did so much of the work myself, and during the pandemic too.