![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/inside-jaw-dropping-mansion-made-by-euromillions-winner-after-he-scooped-amazing-40m-jackpot/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gareth-jones-euromillions-pa-wire-847957559.jpg&description=MONEY MANSION Published : 0:04, 27 Sep 2023 Updated : 0:04, 27 Sep 2023 A EEUROMILLIONS winner who scooped a whopping £40 million built a jaw-dropping mansion with his prize money. Gareth Bull, 52, won the coveted jackpot of £40,627,241 in January 2012 and four years ago he started building his dream house . 4 Gareth Bull built his dream 6000sq ft house with his winnings Credit: PA 4 The lucky punter even built an artificial lake filled with rehomed fish Credit: PA 4 Gareth also has three bars in his new dream house Credit: PA Gareth made his 6,000 sq ft vision a reality with an artificial lake filled with rehomed fish and an accompanying lodge. The completed four-bedroom house boasts a swimming pool with programmable waves, a sound system built into the ceilings, three bars and two hot tubs. The EuroMillions winner 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 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 lotto punter 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 digging and just didn't stop. "The original bungalow sat on open land, so I knocked do){kind=link}
A EEUROMILLIONS winner who scooped a whopping £40 million built a jaw-dropping mansion with his prize money.
Gareth Bull, 52, won the coveted jackpot of £40,627,241 in January 2012 and four years ago he started building his dream house.
Gareth made his 6,000 sq ft vision a reality with an artificial lake filled with rehomed fish and an accompanying lodge.
The completed four-bedroom house boasts a swimming pool with programmable waves, a sound system built into the ceilings, three bars and two hot tubs.
The EuroMillions winner said: “The house is extra special because I did so much of the work myself, and during the pandemic too.