Tony and Cherie Blair purchased a four-bedroomed, three-bathroom mews house for £1.13m last month.
Tony Blair and his wife Cherie have bought a town house in central London, bringing their property portfolio to five homes worth a total of £11m, according to a report.
Nicky, who graduated from Oxford University two years ago, has spent two years working in state schools as part of the Teach First initiative, under which graduates spend time teaching before they focus on their chosen careers – often in politics, law or the City.
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South Pavilion will act as an out-of-town retreat from the Blairs' Georgian town house in London.
The Blairs bought the Grade I-listed South Pavilion in Wotton Underwood, Bucks, before it was put on the market.
The seven-bedroom house, which dates from 1704, comes with a four-bedroom outbuilding conversion, a domed weather vane tower and ornamental gardens. It is the Blairs' sixth home.
Their purchase comes at a time when the Blair bank balance looks particularly healthy.
Since leaving office last June, Mr Blair is estimated to have earned about £10 million, even though his role as a Middle East peace envoy is unpaid.
He has received an advance of almost £5 million for his memoirs and will be paid a reported £2 million a year as an adviser to Zurich, a Swiss-based financial company. He has also been signed up by J P Morgan, the US bank, in a part-time post that could bring him an estimated further £2 million a year.
Mr Blair is a big draw on the speaking circuit, which has proved a lucrative source of income for his wife. He is said to have charged £240,000 for a 20-minute speech in China last year, a figure that dwarfs his £63,468 parliamentary pension.
Mr Blair is a big draw on the speaking circuit, which has proved a lucrative source of income for his wife. He is said to have charged £240,000 for a 20-minute speech in China last year, a figure that dwarfs his £63,468 parliamentary pension.
They also bought a mews house behind Connaught Square for £800,000. Work to link the two properties is nearly finished.
The Blairs still have a constituency house in Co Durham, which has risen in value from £30,000 to £250,000, and two flats in Bristol, controversially bought for £250,000 with the help of Peter Foster, a convicted conman.
Sir John Gielgud died at South Pavilion on May 21, 2000, after collapsing in his chair in the drawing room.
He moved in his late 60s and the late-blossoming of his career in Hollywood paid for its renovation.
Some estimates suggest that the Blairs are paying £250,000 per year in mortgage repayments for their London and Bristol properties, together valued at £5 million.
The mortgage on the Connaught Square properties is believed to amount to £16,000 a month.
There is also said to be a mortgage on the Blairs' constituency home.
Mr and Mrs Blair persuaded Effie Lecky, the widow of John Lecky, the Canadian discount airline businessman, to sell them South Pavilion before it was put on the open market.
One drawback is a lack of privacy as the house lies in the shadow of Wotton House, a stately home open to the public during the summer.
A spokesman for the Blairs declined to comment.
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TB is to sell his one time constituency home
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to sell his onetime constituency home Myrobella House in Trimdon Colliery, Durham – the county which we recently revealed as the slowest recovering area in Britain, seeing values grow by only 1.1% since March of this year.
TB paid £30,000 for the property back in 1983 and the four bedroomed detached house is now being marketed for £300,000 through local agents Robinsons.
It appears TB is beating the current market with this property. If we look at the Zoopla! Zed-Index (the average home value in a given area based on current Zoopla! Estimates) for Trimdon Colliery it’s £153,930 for a detached house, which suggests that Blair’s home is likely to be one of the larger, if not largest on that street.( Here’s a map view of Trimdon Colliery.)
Since stepping down as leader of the Labour party in June 2007 TB has become somewhat of a property collector with a stunning country pad in Buckinghamshire: The South Pavilion in Wotton Underwood which set him back £4m, and the well documented purchase of Connaught Square, Central London which cost £3.6m in 2004 and we now value at £4.6m.
So, when he agrees a sale of Myrobella House we believe he’ll add to his portfolio of stunning properties – maybe an overseas purchase?
Source: the Dailymail
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