For the second time this year, someone has the chance to buy a New York home that a U.S. president once occupied.
The childhood home of Donald Trump — built in 1940 — is on the market again, but with a $2.3 million asking price. The five-bedroom, five-bathroom Tudor was for sale earlier this year, and a private developer purchased it in February. The developer spent the following seven months — from March to October — renovating the Queens, New York, home and spending "north of $500,000," said listing agent Jevon Gratineau of Brown Harris Stevens.
Some of the upgrades focused on the mechanicals, but certain rooms also got facelifts, Gratineau told Homes.com on Monday.
"Now you have central heating and cooling in the building," he said. "The floors were taken down all the way to the beams, so now there's leveled floors. The roof is a new roof, and the plumbing is also new."
Gratineau said potential buyers began viewing the property, which also has a finished basement and a two-car garage, this week.
Some of the renovation work includes new herringbone hardwood floors across the first floor. The upgrades give it "a modern vibe," he said, adding that the main bedroom was purposely left wide open so the buyer can customize it "to their imagination."
But perhaps the most impressive part of the Trump home renovations is the kitchen, Gratineau said. The new appliances include two ovens and a microwave that can also be used as one. The thinking behind that move was so a family could move into the home and host large gatherings of friends or family, he said.
"You know, with the holidays coming up, who doesn't like to have a turkey going and something else [cooking] at the same time," he said. "It's a kitchen-lover's dream."
Before the developer's purchase, the two-story house at 85-15 Wareham Place in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood of Queens, New York, served as an Airbnb rental for years and then sat vacant, becoming a community eyesore. Jamaica Estates is known for its large Cape Cod and Tudor style single-family homes, but smaller, box-shaped Colonials can also be found throughout the neighborhood.
To be sure, Trump has not been a New York City resident since 2019 — the year he switched residency to Florida. Still, the president has shared positive memories of growing up in the Big Apple. In a New York Times interview, Trump described Jamaica Estates as "safe" and "very family oriented."
"Different parts of Queens were rough; this was an oasis," Trump said in 2015.