![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-won-40m-euromillions-jackpot-but-moved-into-a-caravan-my-pals-all-laughed-at-me-but-there-was-a-bigger-goal/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/crop-24157875.jpg&description=LOTTO CHANGE I won £40m EuroMillions jackpot but moved into a CARAVAN – my pals all laughed at me but there was a bigger goal A EUROMILLIONS jackpot winner stunned his friends when he scooped £40 million and moved into caravan - but he had the last laugh. Gareth Bull, 52, won the whopping jackpot of £40,627,241 in January 2012 after getting his hands on the golden ticket. 4 Gareth won the lottery and built his own house but first moved into a caravan Credit: PA 4 Gareth also has three bars in his new dream house Credit: PA But Gareth moved into a caravan at one point despite his new-found riches. He bought a 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 digging and just didn't stop. "The original bungalow sat on open land, so I knocked down half and lived in the remaining rooms so I could be on site and guard our tools. "When the rest of the bungalow had to be knocked down, I moved into a caravan on the building site - much to the amusement of my friends." Gareth, however, had a smart plan in mind and the move to the caravan was only temporary. The lucky punter started building his dream 6000sq ft house after the demolition job was completed. 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. Gareth said: "The house is extra special because I did so much of the work myself, and during the pandemic too. "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, Gareth "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 any){kind=link}
A EUROMILLIONS jackpot winner stunned his friends when he scooped £40 million and moved into caravan – but he had the last laugh.
Gareth Bull, 52, won the whopping jackpot of £40,627,241 in January 2012 after getting his hands on the golden ticket.
But Gareth moved into a caravan at one point despite his new-found riches.
He bought a 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 digging and just didn’t stop.