Lottery winners were seven-figure losers on sale of Troon mansion

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Lottery winners Colin and Christine Weir banked a whopping loss of £1.2 million on the sale of their Troon mansion.And that’s before they splashed out a fortune on renovations and building a garage for a fleet of cars and a brace of garden rooms.The figure for what they sold Frognal House a year ago has only now emerged on public rolls.The couple paid hotel tycoon Bill Costley £3.5m for the pile six years ago when they shifted south from Largs.The sold it for £2.3millon after they split up.Sprawling Frognal had been put on the market at an upset price of offers over £2.25m.The new horse-loving owner put an extra £50,000 on top to seal the bargain deal in under a fortnight.Colin died aged 71 in December and his friends and family staged a