“I am shaking,” Eileen Reimer, an Atlanta-based retiree, says as she takes home the keys to the waterfront abode on Lake Wylie in North Carolina
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- Eileen Reimer of Atlanta has won the HGTV Dream Home 2026 on Lake Wylie near Charlotte, N.C., PEOPLE can exclusively reveal
- The retired accountant is thrilled to move closer to her son, daughter-in-law and two young grandchildren
- Designer Brian Patrick Flynn surprised Reimer with the news during a family lunch and also gifted her a $100,000 check
HGTV’s Dream Home 2026 is bringing this year’s winner closer to her family!
PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that Eileen Reimer of Atlanta is officially taking home the keys to the serene waterfront property on Lake Wylie, located just outside of Charlotte, N.C.
As a longtime HGTV fan, Reimer is especially thrilled to be this year’s winner of the newly-built, fully furnished home, as its location will bring her closer to her son, daughter-in-law and two young grandchildren. Reimer, a retired accountant, has been entering to win the HGTV sweepstakes for years and was randomly selected from over 108 million entries this year…