The £1.8m mansion and a new life in Poland

A Polish train conductor, Dawid Szulc, has won a £1.8m house and is planning to sell up and move back home to Poland.

Having lived in Britain for two decades, Szulc, who lives in Crewe, Cheshire, won a fully-furnished mansoin in Lancashire as well as a Land Rover Defender and £25,000 tax-free cash.

With the life-changing prize, Szulc hopes to sell the property and move back to Poland within the next couple of years.

A decade-long dream of returning home

Szulc moved from south-west Poland in 2005, when he was just 18-years-old, before returning to the Eastern European country to attend university.

He then moved to Britain permanently in 2015 but says he has always hoped he would one day return to Poland to be closer to family and lifelong friends.

For Szulc, the financial security that he can provide means his family can focus on things that make them happy, enjoy life, and just be there for each other.

From millionaire to a simpler life

After winning the prize on May 31, Szulc has already sold the car and is now hoping to sell the property as well in preparation to move back to Poland .

He feels like every single issue has suddenly disappeared and that he feels such a relief, like a weight lifted off his shoulders.

The first people Szulc told were his partner Kamila and eight-year-old daughter Amelia, with the family staying awake until midnight celebrating the news together.

A new chapter for a family

The family are already planning a two-week trip to Poznań in August, where Szulc plans to celebrate his 40th birthday surrounded by family and friends.

Elite Competitions CEO Alex Beckett said everyone at Elite Competitions is delighted for Dawid and his family.

When they spoke to him, it quickly became clear this wasn't about cars or houes. This was about being closer to the people he loves.

Dawid has spent years dreaming of returning home and now he has the opportunity to make that happen.