Tony's career in property
The Blairs will be shifting their belongings from Downing Street into the Connaught Square mansion that they bought three years ago for £3.65 million. This home is to be linked to the adjoining mews house – which was acquired by the Blairs earlier this year for £800,000 – to form an eco-conscious and ultra-secure complex fit for a former world leader.
Connaught Square is the latest and probably the last stop on the Blairs’ scramble up the London property ladder from the scruffier side of town to an elite central quarter. This journey to Connaught Village – which was once known as Tyburnia after the nearby infamous place of execution – has not always produced for the family the profits that have been enjoyed by other middle-class households who have played the market with more skill.
