The childhood home of US President Donald Trump has sold for $1.93 million (£1.42m), more than seven decades after it housed the president. The Tudor-style residence in Queens, New York City, was once a mould-ridden cat den but has been transformed into a modern home.
Sale details and renovation
A sale price of $1.93 million appeared on real estate websites on Friday after a buyer, whose name has not been disclosed, entered into a contract in July. Tommy Lin, the seller, purchased the five-bedroom, three-bathroom home in 2025 for $835,000. Lin invested a further $500,000 on an eight-month interior project that added amenities including a chef's kitchen, herringbone wood floors and spa-like bathrooms.
Trump lived at the estate until age 4 after his father, developer Fred Trump, built the home in the affluent Jamaica Estates neighbourhood in 1940. The family has not owned the property in years.
History of the property
The home has changed hands several times in recent years. It was sold for $2.14 million months after Trump became president in 2017, according to Zillow. The buyer was an entity called Trump Birth Home LLC, and the home was briefly offered for rent on Airbnb. The rental came with copies of a life-sized cardboard cut-out of the president, copies of his book "The Art of the Deal" and a framed People magazine cover featuring the US leader.
It was listed for sale again in 2019 with an asking price of $2.9 million, but went unsold until Lin purchased it. In the meantime, the home fell into disrepair. Water damage and mould was caused from a burst pipe, and a colony of feral cats took up residence.
Trump's real estate legacy
The president, now 80, got rich in the real estate business. He put up his namesake Trump Tower in Manhattan, where he lived for decades before parlaying his fame and wealth into politics. As president, Trump is overseeing his own residential overhaul: adding a massive ballroom to the White House and adorning the Oval Office with the kinds of gold-plated fixtures that are a hallmark of his properties and aesthetic.
