Tony and Cherie Blair add to their £30m property empire

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  • Small London cottage was bought eight months after next door property
  • Interlocking floors in the rear extension could create a five-bedroom house
  • Euan, 30, and Suzanne, 26, married last year and have yet to move into their new home while renovations are carried out

By
Sam Greenhill


Published:
00:48 GMT, 21 June 2014

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Updated:
12:53 GMT, 21 June 2014

With four bedrooms and grand designs for a playroom, it would seem Euan Blair and his wife Suzanne’s new marital home will have everything they need.

But nothing is ever simple when it comes to the Blair family and their properties.

Because the family have also purchased a one-bedroom mews cottage immediately behind the London house.

Latest acquisition: The £1.2million one-bedroom mews cottage in London bought in Cherie's name in

Latest acquisition: The £1.2million one-bedroom mews cottage in London bought in Cherie’s name in

It expands the Blair property empire, headed by Euan’s parents Tony and Cherie, to ten homes.

The small but stylish cottage cost £1.2million and was bought eight months after the Blairs paid £3.6million for the six-storey Grade-II listed Georgian townhouse.

The two houses are back-to-back and have interlocking floors in a rear extension block which could in theory be knocked through to create a single five-bedroom home.

Next door: The adjoining townhouse worth £3.6million which was purchased eight months ago

Next door: The adjoining townhouse worth £3.6million which was purchased eight months ago

Euan, 30, and Suzanne, 26, married last year and have yet to move into their new home while expensive renovations are carried out.

There is no mention of Suzanne’s name on the title deeds of her home. The townhouse was bought jointly by Euan and Cherie, 59, while the mews house is owned solely by Cherie.

Both Euan and his mother are named as directors of a company set up in connection with the mews property.

Former investment banker Euan, said to be eyeing up the safe Labour seat of Bootle, near his mother’s childhood home in Merseyside, has been granted planning permission from Westminster Council for a sumptuous refurbishment of the townhouse.

The Blairs’ architect, Simon Templeton, told the council during the planning process: ‘We are keen to return the property to a beautiful condition, while being mindful of the needs of the young couple that will occupy the property, and provide for the possibility of a future family.’

He outlined plans for a playroom and two ‘family bathrooms’.

A pencil sketch entitled ‘For Euan Suzanne’ shows proposals for a £100,000 Bulthaup kitchen, as favoured by celebrities such as Robbie Williams and Kim Kardashian.

The two-storey mews property at the back had been on the market for several months before the Blairs snapped it up.

The Blairs would need planning permission if they wanted to knock the two properties together. Or  they could become buy-to-let landlords and rent out the mews home for an estimated £3,000 a month. Together, the two houses cost £4.8million – even more than Tony and Cherie Blair paid for their £3.65million Connaught Square house, dubbed a ‘mini No 10’.

It is perhaps no surprise that they have bought the two latest houses with the help of an ever-growing mortgage from Lloyds Bank.

The millionaire couple have bought homes for their three eldest children, although the ones for Nicky, 28, and Kathryn, 26, cost considerably less at £1.35 million and £975,000 respectively.

Euan married Suzanne last September at South Pavilion, the Blairs’ £9million Grade-I listed mansion in Buckinghamshire.

New residents: Euan, 30, and Suzanne, 26, married last year and have yet to move into their new home while expensive renovations are carried out

New residents: Euan, 30, and Suzanne, 26, married last year and have yet to move into their new home while expensive renovations are carried out

Portfolio: The former Prime Minister's current home in Connaught Square, London, worth £3.6million

Portfolio: The former Prime Minister’s current home in Connaught Square, London, worth £3.6million

London expansion: The family purchased another home behind the Connaught Square property in Archery Close

London expansion: The family purchased another home behind the Connaught Square property in Archery Close

Modern exterior: The former leader was also believed to have bought two two flats in this Panoramic Luxury Apartment Block on Park Row, Bristol

Modern exterior: The former leader was also believed to have bought two two flats in this Panoramic Luxury Apartment Block on Park Row, Bristol

Desireable? Cherie Blair bought a property for her daughter Katherine in the upmarket area of North Marylebone

Desireable? Cherie Blair bought a property for her daughter Katherine in the upmarket area of North Marylebone

Country escape: Tony and Cherie quietly added the South Pavilion in Wotton Underwood to their ever-expanding portfolio. It was also the venue for their son Euan's wedding

Country escape: Tony and Cherie quietly added the South Pavilion in Wotton Underwood to their ever-expanding portfolio. It was also the venue for their son Euan’s wedding

Rural: The family also bought Greenville Cottage, next-door to the £5.75million South Pavilion

Rural: The family also bought Greenville Cottage, next-door to the £5.75million South Pavilion

 


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Alan Farrell,

Dublin, Ireland,

5 hours ago

They used to pay them with 30 pieces of silver

Rodd,

Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom,

5 hours ago

Disgraceful, all bought with blood money

JG,

Lowestoft, United Kingdom,

5 hours ago

That’s the life! Being a ‘Peace Envoy’ sure brings untold fortunes.

Rach1122,

Leeds, United Kingdom,

6 hours ago

As long as none of this is on expenses……….!

BagLady,

Sihanoukville, Cambodia,

6 hours ago

Hope they’ve paid all their stamp duty.

CityRich,

Manchester, United Kingdom,

6 hours ago

Aside from the moral issue of this man still having any kind of freedom, how is it that he can afford the property portfolio of a multi-millionaire? It is true that our ‘perfect’ democracy is institutionally corrupt.

ctrl-alt-delete,

Suffolk, United Kingdom,

6 hours ago

Bought with blood money.

Sl_tivarius,

Birmingham, United Kingdom,

6 hours ago

They should paint all their houses red, just to remind people how Teflon Tony made his millions, by being a warmonger.

Reality,

UK,

6 hours ago

All that blood money has to go somewhere I suppose.

Gianfranco555,

Whocares City,

6 hours ago

Please do not allow Euan into politics. One is enough.

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