The childhood home of Donald Trump is on the market for $2.3 million.
Photo: Allyson Lubow/Brown Harris Stevens
The house in Jamaica Estates where Donald Trump lived as a baby before growing up to become an even bigger baby is now on the market for $2.3 million. The listing is to the point: “Once the childhood home of President Donald Trump, this property carries a rich historical pedigree, now complemented by meticulous contemporary craftsmanship.”
Investors have been squeezing whatever they can get from this place in the years since Trump’s ascension. As The Wall Street Journal reported, Michael Davis, a private-equity guy, bought the house for $1.39 million on Election Night in 2016, betting, it turns out correctly, that Trump would win. On the day of Trump’s 2017 inauguration, Davis sold the house to a Chinese buyer for $2.14 million. Then he leased the house back from that buyer and rented it out on Airbnb for $800 per night, filling it with furniture from the Waldorf Astoria, which was closed for renovations, and plaques that said unsettling things like: “In this bedroom, President Donald J. Trump was likely conceived by his parents, Fred and Mary Trump.” That all fell apart in September of that year, when Oxfam engineered a publicity stunt by renting the house during the United Nations General Assembly and inviting refugees by to share their stories. The owner, who apparently didn’t like any of this, bought Davis out of the lease.
The wood stove and the tools are “believed to be original to the home,” according to The Wall Street Journal.
Photo: Allyson Lubow/Brown Harris Stevens
Photo: Allyson Lubow/Brown Harris Stevens
The $500,000 renovation includes smart toilets.
Photo: Allyson Lubow/Brown Harris Stevens
One of the bedrooms where it cannot be confirmed whether or not Donald Trump was conceived.
Photo: Allyson Lubow/Brown Harris Stevens
Then the house sat, falling into disrepair. A small colony of feral cats appeared. It apparently smelled very bad. Then, in February, it was bought by a real-estate developer for $835,000. A subsequent renovation, to the tune of $500,000 per the Journal, transformed it into a beige box that the listing describes as “blending presidential history, refined interiors, and modern luxury.” Those luxuries include smart toilets — and no feral cats, one assumes.
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