Lotto lout Michael Carroll sells his wrecked party mansion... for a loss of £600,000



He says he is thrilled to be rid of it, but it might well be the neighbours of Lotto lout Michael Carroll who are the most delighted.



For after years of wild drink and drug-fuelled parties and appalling anti-social behaviour, the self-styled King of Chavs has finally sold the ‘dream’ home he bought with his £9.7million jackpot.



The dilapidated state of the five-bedroom mansion means Carroll was forced to accept a £600,000 loss on the sale. Smashed fences, shattered windows and debris in the garden reflect Carroll’s decline from millionaire to pauper.



Wreckage: Michael Carrol sold his Norfolk mansion, The Grange, for £142,000 after years of wild partying left it a complete mess

Grand plans: Carroll extended the property with a swimming pool and Jacuzzi but it is now in need of repair



Such is his downfall, he is said to have gone back to his old job as a £200-a-week binman since being declared bankrupt earlier this year.



Moving on: Carroll says he is happy to be leaving the mansion as it holds bad memories

He frittered away his winnings on a lifestyle of excess, apparently blowing more than £1million on drugs and prostitutes.



The 27-year-old picked up his jackpot in 2002, notoriously while wearing an electronic tag for being drunk and disorderly. Shortly after, he bought the house, called The Grange, for £340,000.



He spent a further £400,000 extending it and installing a swimming pool and Jacuzzi.



Had he looked after it, the property is thought to have been worth at least £700,000. Instead, he sold the ramshackle home in Swaffham, Norfolk, for just £142,000.



His former wife, Sandra, will get half of the cash, leaving Carroll with just £63,000 after paying estate agent and legal fees.



But despite the loss he said he was ‘thrilled’, adding: ‘I’m glad the house has been sold – it holds bad memories.’



The father of two had abandoned The Grange after electricity and gas supplies were cut off because of unpaid bills.



A friend said: ‘He was living like a wild animal. There was evidence of drink and drugs in every room. He used to hold wild drugs and sex parties and the house got ruined.



‘There was no heating, so people set fire to doors to keep warm.’

Gutted: Many of the rooms now lie empty as furniture and valuable goods have been stolen

Left in ruins: Rubbish has been dumped in the grounds of the neglected mansion in Norfolk

Carroll’s behaviour was so bad, the council set up a hotline for neighbours to report disturbances.



After he left, thieves compounded the damage, stripping the home of everything of value, while drug dealers used it to sell their wares.



The friend said: ‘Thieves even dragged the Jacuzzi through a wall using a rope and a van. There’s so much damage that Mikey thought he’d never sell it.’



In good condition: The Grange before it was destroyed

Wasted: Carroll won £9.7million in 2002 but has since racked up ASBOs, motoring offences, criminal charges and a prison sentence

View from above: The three-acre field at the back of the house became littered with the remains of dozens of crashed and burned out cars

Carroll now lives in a modest semi in nearby Downham Market.

