President Trump’s run-down childhood home in Queens, New York, has been sold for a heavily discounted price, according to reports. The five-bedroom Tudor-style house in the affluent Jamaica Estates community was sold for $835,000, less than half of its original $2.14 million purchase price in 2017. According to sale deeds filed March 3, it was purchased by the Brooklyn-based LLC 1388 Group. Neighbors told Curbedin 2024 that the house had been overrun by around 20 to 30 feral cats, which had to be taken care of by volunteers. There was also a sign outside the two-story brick home that read: “DO NOT TAKE KITTENS FROM THIS PROPERTY.” The previous buyer, who dubbed themselves “Trump Birth House LLC,” reportedly listed the home as an Airbnb rental for a while. For $815-a-night, guests could sleep in the room where “President Donald J. Trump was likely conceived,” according to a plaque. Built in 1940 by the president’s father, Fred C. Trump, the young Trump only lived in the home until he was four years old. A neighbor told The New York Post that the house has been a vacant “eyesore” for years, adding: “We, the community, had to take care of it.” According to the neighbor, a water pipe burst, the basement was full of mold, and they had to pay out-of-pocket to upkeep the lawn. The home was originally purchased by a real-estate flipper for $1.4 million immediately after Trump’s first inauguration, and was later flipped again for $2.14 million. The home’s most recent buyer is also a known house-flipper, said The Post, and the house is currently being gut-renovated. Neighbors have considered raising money to buy the house and sell it to someone who would actually live in it.
