获取Model对象而不是Eloquent Builder对象

I need to fetch one record from my users table with some conditions and for that i wrote below code.

$user = UserModel::where(['company_id' => $id, 'roles' => 'Owner', 'NOW()' < 'request_access']);

This gives me an object of Eloquent Builder but i need Model object. How can I get that?

Use NOW() mysql method like this

$user = UserModel::where(['company_id' => $id, 'roles' => 'Owner'])->where("request_access", ">", DB::raw("NOW()"))->first();