Boris Johnson is set to make £700,000 profit from sale of Islington former marital home after getting offer ‘very close to’ £3.75m asking price as he prepares to move into Number Ten

• Carrie Symonds will move into No10 if Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister 
• The couple have purchased a new home in Camberwell to ‘put down roots’ 
• It comes as Mr Johnson has received a sizeable offer for propery in Islington
• £3.75million property is the one he shared with estranged wife Marina Wheeler

Boris Johnson could pocket £700,000 profit from the sale of his ex-marital home in Islington – after buying a new £1.3million three-storey Victorian house with new girlfriend Carrie Symonds.

It is anticipated Ms Symonds will move into No10 if Mr Johnson manages to win the Tory leadership election tomorrow, in which he is heavily favoured.

But the couple completed on their new property, close to Ms Symonds’ flat in south London, last week after deciding to ‘put down roots’ together – whether Mr Johnson becomes Prime Minister or not.

On Friday Ms Symonds was seen moving furniture into the townhouse in Camberwell, with her mother Josephine Mcaffee.

It comes as Mr Johnson, 55, has received a sizeable offer, believed to be close to the asking price, on the property he shared with soon to be ex-wife Marina Wheeler.

Mr Johnson, 55, has received a sizeable offer on the property he shared with soon to be ex-wife Marina Wheeler (pictured)

It comes as Mr Johnson, 55, has received a sizeable offer, believed to be close to the asking price, on the property he shared with soon to be ex-wife Marina Wheeler (pictured: when the couple were together)

It is anticipated Ms Symonds (pictured) will move into No10 if Mr Johnson manages to win the Tory leadership election tomorrow, in which he is heavily favoured

If the offer is accepted on the home – which was put up for sale for £3.75million – and split equally between the pair, they could make £700,000 each, on the Grade II-listed abode in Islington.

Speaking about Ms Symonds moving in Downing street, a source told The Sun : ‘This does not change anything about No 10.

‘Boris and Carrie wanted to buy somewhere together as a sign of their commitment and where they could put down roots together.

‘They will get married when they can — and use this place as a marital home.’

There had been multiple rumours Mr Johnson and Ms Symonds were due to split after the row over red wine being splashed on a sofa at her Camberwell flat.

During the row, the former PR executive was heard screaming ‘get off me’ at him, and also accusing him of being ‘spoilt.’

Inside the former home of Boris Johnson. It is understood the prospective Prime Minister has told civil servants he needs money for furniture at No10 because his ex-wife has kept all his belongings

But the, one source told the Mail on Sunday:  ‘This most definitely shows they are stronger than ever, and they are in this for the long haul. 

‘There have been lots of presumptions that all is not well between them but they couldn’t be further from the truth.

‘Like any other couple, they want their own place and they want a future together, things that have happened lately have brought them even closer together.

‘Carrie is an independent woman and she is very much still expected to carry on working at Oceana, in ocean conservation.’

Mr Johnson is the favourite to beat rival Jeremy Hunt, but has already been lambasted for spending money on taxpayers furniture, because his estranged wife kept his belongings.

Just days before his expected move into No 10, The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Mr Johnson is to receive free furnishings – including a new bed – after telling civil servants he ‘didn’t have any stuff’.

His demand has angered mandarins, with one Government source saying: ‘We were very surprised as he is not exactly a poor man, is he? His bill is quite toppy.’

Previous Prime Ministers have billed the taxpayer for renovations to the property, but not for ‘fixtures and fittings’.

 Mr Johnson has earned more than £830,000 since resigning as Foreign Secretary a year ago and former Liberal Democrat Cabinet Minister Sir Ed Davey said he was writing to the Cabinet Office to demand to know how much had been spent on Mr Johnson’s furniture.

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