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Lee Dalgetty

Edinburgh's John Leslie’s huge property portfolio in the city after rise and fall TV career

At the height of his fame, John Leslie was presenting shows such as Blue Peter, This Morning and Wheel of Fortune.

These days, his wheel of fortune looks slightly different. Using the Companies House service, we looked into his impressive property portfolio - and he’s been racking them up.

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With business partner Ian Cunningham, John owns properties across the capital under the company Les & Lex limited - as well as houses in Glasgow and London.

The company name comes from John's parents, named Les and Lex Stott. Let’s look at the properties they’re purchased here in the city. We counted at least 16, with a total portfolio value of over £3.5 million.

From Stockbridge, over to the old town to Polwarth and Bruntsfield there's quite the collection under the company belt. The most expensive purchase was made on Gillespie Terrace, with building 40 snapped up for a cool £425,000 back in April 2018.

All in all, its a pretty impressive portfolio.

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