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Number 25 Albert Square is a house in Albert Square, Walford.

History[]

25 Albert Square is a private owned rented property. In the first episode, someone is seen at the downstairs window watching Reg Cox being taken to the ambulance from the neighbouring no. 23. Later the same year (July), a man and a woman who look to be 60 years+ stand outside the house as Hassan Osman's hearse also leaves no 23. The house is later revealed as the home of Tom Clements and his (unseen) sister. Following his sister's death Tom did a council swap with Dot Cotton, who lived in the flat next door. They swapped homes on 12 May 1987. Ethel Skinner moved in with Dot for a short while but soon moved out again after it caused their friendship to suffer. Dot's husband Charlie and son Nick also lived with Dot on and off but would often leave due to their poor treatment of Dot.

In April 1989 Dot took pity on heroin addict Donna Ludlow, and after leaving her alone in the house for a few hours Dot returned to find Donna dead from an overdose on the floor in the front room.

Dot left Albert Square in August 1993 and the building was rented in November by the Jackson family (Carol, Alan and their four kids Bianca, Robbie, Sonia and Billie). The family separated after Bianca's affair with Dan Sullivan.

When Carol left the square, Robbie and Sonia moved back in with their grandfather, Jim Branning. Dot later married Jim and returned to her original home.

Robbie left to live in India, Sonia married Martin Fowler and moved into the the Fowler home (45 Albert Square). Naomi Julien also stayed in this property but only temporarily. Garry Hobbs and Minty Peterson moved in but did not like Dot's strict house rules and ended up not staying for very long. Jim's grandson Bradley Branning stayed with Dot and Jim as he hand just landed a new job at a London bank. Sonia again returned after splitting up from Martin Fowler and later Naomi.

Bradley briefly moved out to live in a flat with his new wife Stacey Branning, but he moved back in with Dot after her affair with Max Branning was revealed. 

Clare Bates returned to the Square in 2008, and stayed with Dot until she departed 6 months later.

At Christmas 2008, Nick returned with his daughter Dotty Cotton . They stayed there until Dot kicked Nick out after he tried to kill her. Dotty remained for another 8 months until she returned to live with her mother.

Since Jim needed specialist care following his stroke, Dot decided he would be better looked after in a care home. In May 2012, Dot decided to depart Walford for a couple of months. Whilst she was away Cora Cross, Arthur Chubb and Poppy Meadow were living in the property.

On Dot's return she discovered that the rent had not been paid for a considerable amount of time and that the council may charge her with fraud for not declaring the other tenants, the council later dropped the case. Dot eventually asked Cora to leave and Poppy left the square after being dumped by Arthur. Dot lived alone with Arthur as a tenant and unlikely companion until her estranged grandson Charlie Cotton, Jr. moved in during Spring 2014, later followed by his mother Yvonne and returning father Nick.

In April 2016, Abi Branning moved in after she was kicked out by her boyfriend Ben Mitchell but later moved out. In June 2017, Dot had a serious accident after tripping over her cat Dave causing an injury to her hip, Sonia returned home to find Dot lying on the floor. Seeing that Dot needed constant care Sonia moved back into Number 25, with brother Robbie joining her. In October 2017, Dot decided to leave the square again to go and stay with Sandy and Dotty in Wales though, she made a brief return home in January 2018, after finding out Abi was in a coma brainstem dead.

In 2018, Bex and Martin moved in with Sonia after Martin split with Stacey. Martin later moved back in with her after a few months. Dot again returned in October from Ireland, worrying about her health she payed a visit to former GP and friend Dr Harold Legg. Dr Legg and Dot reunite and he tells Dot that he is dying she offers him to move in with him and he accepts, though he dies in February. After finding out Dr Legg left her his money and the estate in his will a shocked Dot once again departed for Ireland. Again Dot returns home for the final time in October 2019, bringing Dotty back with her from Wales, just in time for Bex's departure to Oxford, though Bex overdosed and defers her place for a year.

Also that year Martin moves back in after Jean Slater kicks him out. In December, Dot managed to buy the house from the council using her inheritance money from Dr Legg. Sonia also invites Martin to move in. Dot departs for good in January 2020, and moves to Ireland and later in March Bex also left home to go traveling. Martin moved out to live with his new girlfriend Ruby Allen over the Summer. Kush Kazemi moved in after Whitney invited him to do so. Dotty later asked Tiffany and her husband Keegan Butcher-Baker to lodge with them. Kush was killed by Gray Atkins shortly later.

While visiting Walford from October to December, Liam Butcher stayed there. He later left for Germany again, with sister Tiffany joining him. After the Christmas 2021 reveal that Tom Cotton was not Sonia's father, Tom and Dotty were kicked out by Sonia, leaving only herself and Whitney living in the house. On 31 December 2021, Janine Butcher persuaded Sonia to let her move in after leaving The Vic.

After Dot passed away, Sonia anticipated that Dotty would inherit the house and said to her that she would need to start looking for a new place to live as Dotty planned on selling the house so she could travel the world. On the day of the will reading, it was revealed that Dot had given the house to Sonia, leaving Dotty furious, demanding Sonia give it to her which Sonia rejected, as a result Dotty trashed up the house and threatened to set it on fire Tom stopped her and in a fit of rage left the square after insulting Sonia.

In 2023, Sonia took in a lodger, named Jed, who is a free spirited hippie. Sonia quickly grew frustrated with Jed and planned to evict him, however she couldn't find the time to do so. In a bid to impress her, Sonia's new boyfriend, Reiss Colwell, took it upon himself to evict Jed. Whilst doing so, he revealed to Karen Taylor that Jed is actually the son of a wealthy businessman, and wasn't really called Jed, but Edward Chadwick. Embarrassed after being found out, Edward left Number 25, and Sonia asked Reiss to move in.

After the truth comes out about Reiss murdering his comatose wife Debbie, and kidnapping Bianca, Reiss goes on the run. He later returns as Bianca is sitting alone and the two have a confrontation, with Reiss once again running away. Bianca chases him into his car, and as he speeds off, he ends up crashing into The Queen Victoria. Gas canisters left in the barrel store of the pub cause an explosion, but Reiss manages to survive. He makes his way inside, where Sonia is stuck in labour, with Bianca and their cousin Lauren. Reiss is killed instantly when a bathtub falls through the collapsed ceiling, moments before Sonia gives birth to his daughter Julia.

Sonia allows the Carter’s and Knight’s to move in whilst the Vic is undergoing reconstruction. Sonia gives her house keys to Lauren and Peter Beale to rent the home once the Carter's and Knight's move back into the Vic, before stating Kathy told her Lauren was saying they would need a bigger home once their baby is born.

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Notes[]

  • No.25 is one of three houses on the square to have a downstairs bedroom, the others being No.31 and No.18. (as of 2022)

See also[]

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