Prime Minister Andy Burnham has spoken publicly about how his grandmother Kitty's bold decision to purchase a house in Liverpool transformed his family's fortunes, using this personal story as the centrepiece of his first address to Labour conference as party leader. He framed the house purchase as emblematic of how homeownership enables aspiration, stating that "with a good home, everything is possible."

The semi-detached property is located on Keble Drive in the Old Roan area of Aintree, built between 1930–49, and currently worth around £245,000. Burnham was born there in March 1970 after his grandmother walked three miles out of bomb-damaged Liverpool to put down a deposit without informing her husband. The current owners, Barry and Eunice Jones, purchased the house for £28,000 in 1984 and discovered the Prime Minister's connection only when a neighbour revealed it. Dolores Mahar, 88, who has lived next door since The Beatles were still recording, recalls young Burnham as a spirited child who played football in the garden before his family moved to Formby.