A COUPLE took on their neighbours objections so they could build their dream house after winning jackpot lotto.
Lisa Charters and husband Craig have been given the go-ahead to knock down a bungalow and replace it with a £5million mansion.
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The young couple from Scotland are ready to settle down after travelling the world – but left their neighbours fuming with their extravagant plans.
The luxury three-storey home will be in a suburb of Edinburgh with views of the castle.
The pair plan to demolish the £870,000 three-bed bungalow and replace it with the architect-designed modernist mansion.
Blueprints made public last year revealed the glittering zinc, bricks and glass vision were like something you’d see on Grand Designs.
Edinburgh Council received 63 letters of objections against the plans for the three-storey home.
However, Lisa and Craig have since been given permission after councillors visited the site.
Local councillor Euan Hyslop said he understands the concerns but is in full support of the application, reports the Daily Record.
He said: “I think it is a fitting addition.
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“It is modern, uncompromisingly modern, which is a good way of putting it – but I think it is an architecturally really interesting application.
“It is a welcome application and I will be supporting it.”
One property developer, who builds homes for millionaires, said: “It is quite a spectacular home but the first thing that strikes you about it is the sheer scale of the place.
“There also appears to be a fairly dramatic driveway which curves up to the property, something you would expect to see in the Hollywood Hills.
“This has the potential to be a £5 million house.”
Lisa’s parents, David and Carol Martin, won £33million on the National Lottery in 2016 and gave her a share.
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