The £4.5million mansion of a Tory MP once touted as David Cameron’s successor is being rented out for £1,950 a night on Airbnb.
The news emerged as the Sunday Mirror can also reveal Adam Afriyie is facing court action from an HMRC bankruptcy petition over unpaid tax.
And that comes after Axonn Media, the firm which helped make him worth up to £100million, was separately plunged into insolvency.
Mr Afriyie, 54, was once dubbed the Tory Barack Obama and was a shadow minister. But his business empire has fallen into disarray in recent years.
Since October last year visitors have been able to rent Grade II listed Old Windsor House – built in 1700.
The former coaching inn and monastery is in Old Windsor, Berks, near the Thames and boasts a croquet lawn, tennis court and swimming pool.
One reviewer said: “Most amazing Airbnb we have been to. I want to go back right now.”
Reviews show the property has been rented a minimum of eight times this year, so at least £15,600 was paid based on the current advertised price of £1,950 for one night.\
The home is registered solely in Mr Afriyie’s name. But he has not declared the income – which he said went to his wife – or his ownership on Parliament’s register of interests.
Parliament’s rules say property worth more than £100,000 or rental income over £10,000 a year must be declared.
The Lib Dems have slammed Mr Afriyie’s decision to rent out the Windsor mansion, currently for sale at £4.5million.
Ex-leader Tim Farron said: “While millions struggle to get into basic housing and thousands sleep on our streets, Tory MPs are renting out their mansions.”
Mr Afriyie, who sold his Westminster home for £9.5million last year, said: “There’s no requirement to declare my private homes in the register of members interests, because I have never claimed Parliamentary expenses for
them nor received rental income from them.”
He said that he would ask Parliament’s registrar for advice and update the register if he had made any mistakes.
