Donald Trump's childhood homes sells for almost £1.5m after mould and feral cat infestation

Donald Trump's childhood homes sells for almost £1.5m after mould and feral cat infestation US President Donald Trump lived at the estate until age 4 after his father, developer Fred Trump, built the home in 1940 in an affluent neighbourhood US President Donald Trump's childhood home has sold for nearly $2 million (£1.48million) after a massive renovation. The New York City residence was once a mould-ridden cat den, but the facelift has transformed the former Trump residence into a modern abode. Trump lived at the Tudor-style Queens 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. The sale price, $1.93 million (£1.42m), appeared Friday on real estate websites after a buyer, whose name has not been disclosed, entered into a contract in July. The seller, Tommy Lin, purchased the five-bedroom, three-bathroom home in 2025 for $835,000 after it sat vacant and neglected for years. He then invested another $500,000 on an eight-month interior overhaul that added amenities including a chef's kitchen, herringbone wood floors and spa-like bathrooms, the New York Post reported. The home has changed hands several times in recent years, including 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, complete 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, with water damage and mould from a burst pipe and a colony of feral cats taking up residence where Trump spent his earliest years. 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.