A MECHANIC who pocketed a colossal £107million lotto prize was able to treat himself to a fleet of luxury supercars.
Neil Trotter, from Surrey, bagged the eye-watering sum of money having bought a EuroMillions Lucky Dip in 2014.
He had always been a big fan of motorsport racing, but could never pursue his dream because of work commitments.
That all changed though after he banked his prize money the multi-millionaire now owns his own race team - called Chameleon Motorsport.
Before his big win, Neil drove around in a modest Ford Focus but now has a fleet of luxury vehicles at his disposal, including a Jaguar and Porsche.
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He also ditched the three-bedroom house he used to live in and splashed out on a 500-acre estate in southern England - complete with its own lake - for himself and partner Nicky Ottaway.
Neil, speaking in 2019, said: “Being a Trotter, I knew I’d be a millionaire one day – and I somehow knew I’d win the Lottery.
“I used to tell my dad I’d have a house with a lake, and he’d say, ‘In your dreams, son’.
"I had such a strong feeling on the Friday that I’d win, I told the secretary at work.
“Winning allowed me to go back to my first love – racing. And I‘ve the house with a lake.”
Despite his vast wealth, it hasn’t gone to his head and he remains humble and doesn’t dress like a flashy multi-millionaire.
Due to his attire, he said that people often think he is someone to tends to plants for a job.
He told podcaster Timothy Schultz: “People think I’m the gardener because I always walk around in tatty stuff."
Having splashed out for his vast estate, Neil then went about turning the property into a lavish home.
The 50-year-old added: "I always dreamt of having my own lake but owning so much land has been a huge challenge and responsibility."
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Not only was the house in need of some restoration, the surrounding land also need some attention.
His partner originally didn’t like the idea of him buying the property and “[tried] to talk” him out of it, saying the project was “too big”.
Nicky said: "The woodlands were in a poor state, there were so many dead trees everywhere and the house was barely liveable, despite its size.”
But Neil put the hours in, dredging ponds, lakes and removing tonnes of dead trees from woodlands.
He described the years after his win as being “challenging” due to his ambitious project but says he is now proud about his new home.
He said: "It has been a challenging nine years but I am immensely proud of what we have achieved and I'm never bored.
"I have learnt so much about how to manage woods and to reverse the effects of intensive farming."
