Winning the keys is only the beginning. Some Omaze winners have moved into their new homes, some have kept them and rented them out, and others have sold and turned the prize into cash.
This page follows the outcomes that can actually be verified. It does not assume that every winner made the same choice, and it does not treat an asking price as a completed sale.
The house becomes the winner’s property. Omaze says the winner can move in, rent it out or sell it, and there is no requirement to live there for a set period first.
That flexibility matters because a £2 million to £5 million property can be life-changing without necessarily being the right permanent home for the person who wins it.
A luxury house can solve a housing problem, become an income-producing asset or simply be converted into money. The best public evidence shows all three routes have happened.
Yorkshire winner Eliza Yahioglu is one of Omaze’s clearest examples. Omaze says she moved into the £2 million house near Nidderdale and described it as immediately feeling like home.
Lake District winner Hannah Drury kept her £4 million property and decided to use it herself while also renting it out. That gives her family access to the house while the property can also generate income.
Devon winner Simon Williams sold his £2 million house and used the proceeds to buy a home in Sussex closer to his daughters’ school. The property was valuable; the location simply did not fit his existing life.
The table below only uses outcomes that Omaze, property records or established reporting have made public. “Planned to” and “listed for sale” are kept separate from a confirmed completed sale.
| Winner | House | Public outcome | What is verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Williams | Devon | Sold | Omaze says Simon sold the £2m Devon house quickly and bought a home in Sussex close to his daughters’ school. |
| June Smith | Cornwall | Sold | Omaze says June later sold her £4.5m Cornwall house, helped her children onto the property ladder and bought another house in Cornwall. |
| Hannah Drury | Lake District | Kept + rented | Omaze says Hannah kept the £4m house and uses it while also renting it out for supplementary income. |
| Eliza Yahioglu | Yorkshire | Moved in | Omaze says Eliza moved into the £2m Yorkshire house near Nidderdale. |
| Catherine Carwardine | Lake District | Keep + part-time rent plan | Omaze reported that Catherine intended to keep the house and rent it out some of the time to generate income and help her family. |
| Patricia Moule | Scotland | Put up for sale | The £4m Loch Rannoch house was marketed within weeks of the win. Its asking price was reduced during 2025 and the listing later showed sold subject to contract. |
The public cases are usually practical rather than dramatic. A house can be worth millions and still be hundreds of miles from work, schools, friends or family.
Simon lived in West Sussex and decided the Devon property did not fit the life he had already built. Omaze says the house sold quickly and he used the money to buy his dream home in Sussex, close to where his daughters go to school.
Read Omaze’s follow-up →June initially said she would keep the waterfront house for a while. Omaze later reported that she sold it, helped all of her children onto the property ladder and bought a different home in the same part of Cornwall.
Read Omaze’s follow-up →Patricia won the Loch Rannoch estate in 2025 and made clear that selling would create a “generational legacy” for her family. The property went on the market within weeks, rather than becoming her permanent home.
Read the property report →Selling gets attention because the sums are large, but it is not the only outcome. Omaze has published several examples of winners who moved in or kept the property while using it as an income-producing asset.
Eliza, who had Yorkshire roots, moved into the house near Nidderdale. Omaze later quoted her saying that once she walked through the door it immediately felt like home.
See Omaze’s winner update →Hannah kept her Coniston property for family use and also decided to rent it out. Her case is a useful middle ground: keeping the asset without needing to make it the family’s only home.
See Omaze’s winner update →Catherine said she wanted to keep the house, continue working and rent it out some of the time. Omaze reported that the rental income could help pay off her existing mortgage and support her children.
Read Omaze’s winner story →Patricia’s Loch Rannoch property is one of the best-documented examples because the marketing history is public.
| Stage | Public figure | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| Omaze prize value | £4,000,000 | Omaze advertised the Loch Rannoch estate as worth £4m and also awarded Patricia £250,000 cash. |
| Initial asking price | Offers over £3.975m | The property went on the open market soon after the win. |
| August 2025 | Offers over £3.45m | The asking level was cut by more than £500,000. |
| December 2025 | Offers over £3.2m | A further reduction was made as the seller continued to seek a buyer. |
| 2026 property record | £3.0m recorded at Carie Estate | Rightmove’s sold-price data records a £3m transaction at Carie Estate in May 2026. Public property databases can label large estates differently, so this is best treated as the recorded estate transaction rather than Patricia’s confirmed net proceeds. |
Omaze covers the transfer costs when the winner receives the property, but ordinary ownership costs continue afterwards.
The prize itself and the money the property later produces should not be treated as the same thing. Normal UK property-tax rules can apply once the winner rents out or sells the home.
HMRC says tax is normally due on profit from renting out property, after relevant expenses or allowances. A large Omaze house used as a rental can therefore create an ongoing tax and record-keeping obligation.
Capital Gains Tax can apply when property that is not fully covered by private-residence relief is sold for a gain. The exact calculation depends on the property’s tax basis, use and the winner’s circumstances.
A multi-million-pound home creates tax, insurance, letting, estate-planning and sale decisions that are far larger than a normal household move. Winners should use regulated professional advice where needed.
This is the point where many articles overreach. Omaze publishes winner stories and occasional follow-ups, while newspapers revisit a handful of high-profile properties. That does not create a complete public database of every winner’s final decision.
A £4 million house is not automatically more useful than £3 million in accessible cash, and selling a dream property is not a failed outcome. Equally, keeping a unique home can provide lifestyle value and rental income that a cash sale cannot.
A winner may already have work, family, schools and a support network hundreds of miles away.
Large gardens, pools, outbuildings and specialist systems make luxury homes more expensive to operate.
Selling can fund a more suitable home, investments, gifts, debt repayment or long-term family security.
A desirable house may produce useful income, but letting brings tax, management and regulatory responsibilities.
For some winners, living in an extraordinary house is exactly what made entering attractive in the first place.
There is no requirement to make the final decision on day one. Some winners use the house first and decide later.
Winner outcomes change over time, so this page favours first-party winner updates and property records over social-media claims. Asking prices are described as asking prices, not completed sale prices.
