£56 million Lotto winners hand cleaner their old home and car

When Nigel Page and Justine Laycock became Britain’s biggest lottery winners, they vowed to look after their family and friends.

And just a fortnight after scooping half of the £113 million Euromillions jackpot, they made good on their promise.

Mr Page, 43, and Miss Laycock, 41, moved into a new eco-friendly £4 million mansion – and left their existing £400,000 home nearby to their cleaner, Denise Kelso.

Miss Laycock has also given Mrs Kelso her £19,000 Honda Civic, to thank her for cleaning the four-bedroom house in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, over the past four years.

Mrs Kelso and her husband James, 64, moved from their rented flat, telling neighbours she had been made an ‘offer she couldn’t refuse’.

The cleaner has quit cleaning local homes in the area but will continue to work for the lottery winners, looking after their five-bedroom Cotswolds property which includes a 25-seater cinema, indoor pool, sauna and steam room. Their new neighbours include model Liz Hurley.

Speaking from the mansion in a village near Cirencester, Miss Laycock said when asked about the gift to Mrs Kelso: “All you need to know is I love my cleaner very much.”

Builders have been at Miss Laycock’s new home since the family took possession of the keys, and a new BMW X5, worth £45,000, stands in the long private driveway.

The 400-year-old dairy farm was restored by developer Paul Lavelle, who spent £2 million turning it into an eco-palace.

The property contains a ’solar park’, where heat from the sun is captured in 20 panels stored in the rocks in the ground and distributed to the home.

As a result, the eco-house uses just ten per cent of the energy required to run a normal household.

It is almost 100 per cent carbon neutral, has a humidity level of the Sahara desert (which means no annoying dust mites, smells or condensation) and underfloor heating.

After their £56 million win, the couple said they would give up work. Mr Page ran his own property development firm, while Miss Laycock was a senior sales negotiator for an estate agent. They also promised to share their good fortune.

A friend of Miss Laycock said: “They are not living at their old place any more, so they wanted to give it to someone who would appreciate it.

“Dee’s a brilliant cleaner and she became quite close with Justine. Now she can relax and enjoy life a bit more.”

The Kelsos have refused to confirm whether they were being gifted ownership of the house, which the lottery winners bought for £235,000 back in 2005, or are simply being allowed to live there rent-free.

Mr Kelso said: “We are living in the house and taking care of it for Justine and Nigel. They’ve only just won, so I’m sure they’re still trying to decide what they want to do.”

Miss Laycock and Mr Page are both divorcees who have been together for eight years. She has two children, Georgia, 15, and Jacob, 11, and he has a daughter, Ella, 12.

The couple won £56,008,113.20 with a Euromillions lucky-dip ticket Mr Page bought online, placing them at 980 on Britain’s rich list.