London: Former British Prime Minister Tony
Blair and his wife Cherie have bought yet another posh house -
bringing their total property portfolio to six homes totalling
worth 11.94 million pounds.
The latest addition is a 1.13 million pounds town
house in a quiet mews in an upmarket area of London, jointly
owned by Cherie Blair and her second son Nicky Blair, who
graduated from Oxford University two years ago.
Nicky currently shares the house with his friends and
all of them pay the rent. The four bedroom, three-storey home
boasts three bathrooms, a sun terrace, a state-of the-art
kitchen, an open plan living room and a garage.
According to The Daily Mail, Land Registry documents
show both Cherie and Nicky listed as the owners and that the
property was bought last month for 1.13 million pounds with no
mortgage.
Since leaving university in 2007, Nicky Blair 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.
He taught history at a West Midlands comprehensive,
where he went out strike as part of a protest against a 2.45
per cent pay increase.
Among the Blairs' other homes is a seven-bed room,
Grade II listed country house formerly owned by the actor Sir
John Gielgud, which they bought for 5.75 million pounds.
Then there's the five-storey, Grade II listed, central
London mansion, worth 3.7 million pounds and to which they
added a neighbouring house to get extra space.
Earlier they had bought an apartment in Bristol.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, October 07, 2009, 19:21