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Donald Trump’s Despite being temporarily affected by a horde of feral cats, a childhood home in New York City is hitting the market.
The house has become a pilgrimage site trump fans and protest sites for his political opponents over the years.
Built in Jamaica Estates in Queens, the Tudor-style home is now on sale for $2.3 million. The president’s father, Fred Trump, began construction of the home in 1940, but eventually sold it when the family moved to a larger home.
trump He lived in the two-storey, five-bedroom house for four years before relocating to a larger property with his parents.
according to wall street journalA burst pipe left the interior of the property covered in mold, forcing its buyer Michael Davis to heavily remodel the house.
Davis, a founding partner manhattanThe Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm purchased the property for $1.39 million just hours before Trump became president. Despite surveys estimating an overwhelming majority Hillary Clinton’s Direction, Davis’ bid was successful.
He transformed the house for $2.14 million and decorated it with quirky Trump memorabilia, including a plaque in one of the bedrooms.
The plaque reads, “In this bedroom, President Donald J. Trump was probably born by his parents, Fred and Mary Trump.” wall street journal,
The house was furnished using pieces Waldorf AstoriaAnd Davis told reporters that “the only thing to read at home was ‘The Art of the Deal’.”
However, Davis’s plan to rent out the property as Airbnb inadvertently backfired. Rented it out to Oxfam America charityThe group invited refugees and the press into the House as a publicity stunt during the United Nations General Assembly, intended to draw attention to the unfolding refugee crisis.
Real-estate developer Tommy Lynn took over the house after Davis and told reporters that when he first started renovating it “there was no running water, no electricity in the house.”
Lynn claimed she was also forced to deal with mold due to broken pipes in the basement, which the developer at the time described as “unlivable.” The poor condition of the property meant he bought it for the bargain price of $835,000, although he spent $500,000 renovating it.
But Trump is often reticent when it comes to talking about his childhood told Jimmy Fallon in 2016 That the dilapidated condition of the house made him “sad”.
When comedian Jimmy Fallon showed him an image of the property the future president said, “This is where I was born.” “I had a great childhood; oh, it hurts to see this, I want to buy it.”
Independent The Trump Organization has been contacted for comment.