From Kent bungalow to flat above a brothel and now in the heart of ... trends now
If polls are to be believed, in a few months' time the Leader of the Opposition Sir Keir Starmer will be moving into digs considerably more salubrious than his first rat-infested London flat above a massage parlour.
Over the years, living for Sir Keir got leafier and more liberal as he up-sized across his beloved north London…
Property ladder: Sir Keir Starmer, with his wife Victoria, has seen his share of residential moves
When Keir Starmer was born on September 2, 1962, his parents lived in this village (mentioned in the Domesday Book) with his 15-month-old sister, Anna.
But the house was not big enough and when his twin siblings, Katy and Nick, arrived the family moved on.
The bungalow in Woodchurch, Kent, where Sir Keir Starmer was born
This three-bedroom house in Hurst Green, near Oxted, Surrey – staunch Tory 'stockbroker belt' – was where Starmer shared a bunk bed with his brother.
He says the property, now worth £597,000, 'gave us stability through the tough 1970s'. Here, his mum also ran a sanctuary for donkeys she rescued.
This three-bedroom house in Hurst Green, near Oxted, Surrey – staunch Tory 'stockbroker belt' – was where Starmer shared a bunk bed with his brother
After studying at Leeds University and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, the young lawyer unwittingly chose a flat above a sauna and massage parlour in Archway Road, north London.
The landlord had recently been jailed at the Old Bailey for living off the earnings of
