Britain’s best son-in-law: Heartwarming moment man buys wife’s parents £600k home – and their reactions are priceless

A British property investor brought his in-laws to tears with a £600,000 'forever home' Mother's Day present

Samuel Leeds snapped up the Buckinghamshire property after viewing it with his wife Amanda and her parents Bornwell and Ellen Machekanyanga before wrapping it in a giant red ribbon for the big day.

The 33-year-old has amassed a multi-million pound business on the back of being raised on a Walsall council estate and leaving school at 16, but is grateful to be able to share his fortune with the ones he loves.

Samuel told MailOnline: ‘I was champing at the bit to tell them, it was quite emotional – the whole process.

‘We had to rush it through to complete before Mother’s Day but we thought it would be nice to do it by then.’

The video, uploaded to Samuel’s YouTube channel, shows the heartwarming reaction.

Samuel Leeds (pictured hugging his mother-in-law, Ellen Machekanyanga) might just be Britain's best son-in-law after gifting his wife Amanda's parents a half-a-million pound home

Samuel Leeds (pictured hugging his mother-in-law, Ellen Machekanyanga) might just be Britain’s best son-in-law after gifting his wife Amanda’s parents a half-a-million pound home

The Bunckinghamshire property was rushed through completion as a Mother's Day gift for the couple

The Bunckinghamshire property was rushed through completion as a Mother’s Day gift for the couple

Bornwell Machekanyanga (seen with Samuel inside the property) was gobsmacked at the additional gift of £30,000 to refurbish and decorate the house

Bornwell Machekanyanga (seen with Samuel inside the property) was gobsmacked at the additional gift of £30,000 to refurbish and decorate the house

Both parents were gobsmacked as they walked onto the road and saw the house that they had been so fond of on viewing days earlier wrapped up like a giant present.

Once inside, Bornwell and Ellen were greeted by a bouquet of flowers, a bottle of champagne, a box of chocolates and a letter.

Reading the letter, Bornwell said: ‘Mum and Dad, never a day goes by when we don’t appreciate you. We hope you are happy in your new home.’

It was then revealed that the house was not the entire present. They were even gifted a cheque for £30,000 to help with refurbishments and decorating the home.

With that, as well as stamp duty, the present come to just short of £600,000.

As the gift started to sink in, Bornwell revealed his wife ‘never stopped talking about this house’.

But it was far from a straightforward process for Samuel to secure it, even with his experience buying and selling property.

Before putting the offer in for his in-laws’ dream home, Samuel had already planned to purchase a different property for the couple who wanted to move closer to their daughter.

Being in property, and with Mother’s Day coming up, Samuel decided to take matters into his own hands and hatch a plan.

He and Amanda took Bornwell and Ellen round a bungalow, which the parents said looked ‘great’.

Satisfied, Samuel put an offer on the place after checking it was a good idea with his wife.

However, shortly after the four were having dinner together when Bornwell and Ellen revealed that they had found somewhere they liked even more.

Samuel surprised his in-laws with the gift after they had fallen in love with it after a house viewing

Samuel surprised his in-laws with the gift after they had fallen in love with it after a house viewing

Bornwell and Ellen were planning on moving closer to their daughter and her family

Bornwell and Ellen were planning on moving closer to their daughter and her family

Along with the building itself, and the cheque for £30,000, Amanda and Samuel donated flowers and champagne for a proper housewarming

Along with the building itself, and the cheque for £30,000, Amanda and Samuel donated flowers and champagne for a proper housewarming

The property millionaire also revealed that he has come on quite the journey with his in-laws

The property millionaire also revealed that he has come on quite the journey with his in-laws

‘My heart dropped,’ Samuel recalled. ‘They were even laughing about it saying, “it’s like the Little House on the Prarie, we wouldn’t move into that little bungalow. We’re not that old!”

‘So I then immediately slipped out and rang the agent and withdrew the offer, and the house that had made them not like the bungalow was the house that we ended up buying.’

The property millionaire also revealed that he has come on quite the journey with his in-laws.

Samuel and Amanda – who comes from a traditional Zimbabwean family – met a decade ago at a wedding, when Samuel plucked up the courage to ask for Amanda’s number.

Things moved quickly and the two soon decided they wanted to commit the rest of their lives to each other.

However, Amanda’s father was skeptical about their daughter marrying someone from a different background.

Samuel wrote a desperate letter to Bornwell in Zimbabwe ‘pleading with him to at least meet me and poured my heart out’.

‘He then rang me,’ Samuel continued, ‘flew over and gave me his blessing. I proposed to Amanda the next day and then we married the next month.’

Now, the 33-year-old and his father-in-law could hardly be closer, and embrace countless times in the recent clip.

Though they could barely be closer now, Bornwell was initially not happy with his daughter hoping to marry outside of her Zimbabwean background. However, he and Samuel 'hit it off immediately' once they met

Though they could barely be closer now, Bornwell was initially not happy with his daughter hoping to marry outside of her Zimbabwean background. However, he and Samuel ‘hit it off immediately’ once they met

Samuel and Amanda decided to spend the rest of their lives together just months after they first met

Samuel and Amanda decided to spend the rest of their lives together just months after they first met

‘When we met in person,’ he said, ‘we absolutely hit it off and became very, very close.’

And it is not the first time Samuel and Amanda have moved some of the latter’s family over.

Announcing the happy news on Instagram, Samuel said: ‘Success is supposed to be shared.

‘We’ve now brought 51 people over to our village in Buckinghamshire, including children.’

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