{"id":119458,"date":"2023-09-27T18:19:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T18:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=119458"},"modified":"2023-09-27T18:19:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T18:19:06","slug":"inside-40m-euromillions-winners-insane-bachelor-pad-with-fake-lake-and-3-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/inside-40m-euromillions-winners-insane-bachelor-pad-with-fake-lake-and-3-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside \u00a340m EuroMillions winner’s insane bachelor pad with fake lake and 3 bars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    A former bricklayer built his luxury dream home with a fake lake and three bars after landing a \u00a341million Euromillions jackpot.<\/p>\n

    Gareth Bull, 52, scooped the giant payout with then-wife Catherine in 2012, before they went their separate ways after Gareth met bar owner Donna Desporte in Tenerife while on a lads\u2019 holiday in 2016.<\/p>\n

    After the win he spent four years building the house \u2013 which he said helped him survive during the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns.<\/p>\n

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    Among the highlights of the 6,000sqft bachelor bad in Nottinghamshire is a giant artificial lake filled with hundreds of re-homed goldfish and koi carp, a swimming pool with programmable waves, an in-ceiling sound system, floating fireplaces, three bars and two hot tubs.<\/p>\n

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    "I threw myself into work on the home. It saved me from getting too lonely. This turned into my ultimate lockdown project," Gareth said, after starting on the site in the summer of 2019.<\/p>\n

    Gareth was so devoted to the project he decided to live in a caravan on site so he keep a lookout for thieves. The house is extra special because I did so much of the work myself, and during the pandemic too,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

    Gareth\u2019s pride of joy is the fishing lake \u2013 the size of two tennis courts \u2013 which he originally planned to be a \u201csmall pond\u201d.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cI called it Lockdown Lake, made a little sign, and invited anyone who needed to re-home their fish to bring them here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

    Gareth also built Lockdown Lodge\u2019 alongside the house, complete with two bedrooms, a bathroom and a fully functioning kitchen.<\/p>\n

    It is filled with sporting memorabilia, including signed football shirts, cricket pads and boxing gloves. <\/p>\n

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