£105m lotto couple are STILL in their three-bed terrace after four months – but have their eye on a dream four-bed place around the corner
- Steve Thomson, 42, and his wife Lenka, 41, became the ninth-biggest winners in history with their gigantic prize last year
- Despite getting the huge cash-windfall the couple, are still in the same £120,000 terraced home in the village of Selsey in West Sussex
- It is understood the couple have decided they finally want to upgrade to a four bedroom property
A couple who won £105million in the Euromillions are still living in their three-bed terrace house four months later.
Steve Thomson, 42, and his wife Lenka, 41, became the ninth-biggest winners in history with their gigantic prize last year.
Despite getting the huge cash-windfall the couple, who have two sons and a daughter, are still living in the same £120,000 terraced home in the village of Selsey in West Sussex, as reported by The Sun.
It is understood the couple decided they want to upgrade to a four bedroom property, but friends have said they are determined not to buy a ‘flash’ home.
Steve Thomson, 42, and his wife Lenka, 41, became the ninth-biggest winners in history with their gigantic prize last year
One friend told the newspaper: ‘They’re looking for a new home but they say they don’t want anything too flash.
‘They’re such a down-to-earth family, real gems, and they could buy a palace if they wanted to but they have said they want to stay in Selsey.
‘Their only priority was to get a bedroom for each of their kids.’
Mr Thomson’s wife Lenka met her husband while working at a campsite 17 years ago, tying the knot four years later.
He previously promised to help the local community with the winnings.
Self-employed builder Mr Thomson is understood to have quit working after honouring all the customers that had booked with him prior to his win.
A neighbour of the family, Ellie Wood, 42, previously said: ‘Steve and his wife are salt of the earth. I’m not shocked that Steve is continuing to finish off jobs he had on his books – that’s just the type of guy he is. He’d never leave anyone in the lurch.’
The house in Selsey, West Sussex where EuroMillions winners Steve Thomson and his wife Lenka Thomson live with their children
The father-of-three only realised he had won as he waited to be picked up for work three days after the draw was made.
He said: ‘I am not sure I even looked at the first two lines, the third one just jumped out and I could instantly tell they all matched. I started shaking a lot. I knew it was a really big win but didn’t know what to do.
‘I went out to my van, walked back in, thought about knocking on a neighbour’s door, went back to the van – I think I was on the verge of having a heart attack.’
He said his parents refused to believe he had scooped the jackpot, telling him: ‘We’ll believe it when we see it.’
Mr Thomson added: ‘Now they believe it.’
The couple declined to give a comment to The Sun.
Mr Thomson’s wife Lenka met her husband while working at a campsite 17 years ago, tying the knot four years later