Margaret De Micheli looks up wistfully today at the mould eating away at her bedroom wall.
Damp has returned to the modest London flat the gran shares with her husband. He's still at work, and won't be home until late.
It could have so nearly been a whole lot different for Margaret, who was desperate to retire with her spouse and move to the coast.
It nearly happened too, as last year she thought she struck big on EuroMillions - and, for 10 mammoth minutes, planned what she'd do with her £34million jackpot.
It was probably the most agonising and dramatic 10-minute spell of the woman's life - she experienced anticipation, jubilation and, ultimately, dismay as all her hopes and dreams came shattering down.
Margaret belatedly went to the Post Office to check her results after the March 29 draw last year, and was given a slip by the shopkeeper to confirm she had won the mega jackpot.
But after being advised to check the numbers one more time at a nearby Tesco in Swiss Cottage, north London, she was given some heartbreaking news minutes later.
She did not have the winning numbers and after contacting the National Lottery, it confirmed her hopes for her husband's retirement had been crushed.
She had dreamt of a quiet new life in Dorset. Now, she and her husband are still living in the damp and mouldy flat in the busy capital.
Speaking previously, Margaret said: "We're back to normal. My husband is back at work, I wanted to win something so he could afford to retire.
"We'd like to be able to move out of the flat.
"It's very, very hard. We would like to move out of the flat to somewhere by the seaside. I've managed to brush all the mould off the windows now."
And Margaret's partner is still working. He's still a hardy traffic warden. He still leaves the flat as early as 5.15am, and rarely gets home before 5pm.
But the grandmother has still not given up hope of the winning the jackpot as she does Set For Life, the normal Lotto and the EuroMillions regularly.
One day, the mould might go. And with it, her dreams might return. One day, they might come true.
