A first home is on the cards for a young Bunbury family who were left in disbelief after winning a $250,000 Scratch’n’Win top prize.

Buying the $20 ticket from Bunbury IGA, the husband said the family were still living in a dream.

“I checked the ticket once, then twice, and finally took it to the newsagent to check,” he said.

“Even after checking with the newsagent, I scratched it completely when we got home to make doubly sure.”

The husband, wife and two children celebrated the jackpot win over a homemade lamb pie.

“My husband is a chef, so that was a nice treat,” the wife said.“We’ve wanted to buy a house, and this will get us started.”

While the couple both shared their news with their mothers, they said neither initially believed the family had won the money.

“I can’t blame them for not believing us, because we always used to joke that we had won the lottery,” the wife said.

Lotterywest spokesperson Jennie Fitzhardinge said the win marked Bunbury’s third Scratch’n’Win top prize for the year.

“In January two tickets purchased in Bunbury went on to win top prizes, including a $50,000 prize won by a Busselton couple in their late-20s,” she said.

“It’s thanks to Scratch’n’Win players across the State that Lotterywest can support community organisations with grants, just like a $10,577 grant recently awarded to the Bunbury Rock’n’Roll Club.”