They've been trying to sell Ivana Trump's house in New York for a year now, but no one wants to buy it
'08.09.2023'
Lyudmila Balabay
The house of the late Ivana Trump has been trying to sell for almost a year, but no one wants to buy it. Therefore, they recently reduced the price on it, although even after that this mansion cannot be called cheap, writes New York Post.
Seller updated on September 7 advertisement for sale, and the price of a gold-decorated home on East 64th Street dropped 15%. Now they are asking $22,5 million for it - $4 million less than originally.
Trump, who died last July, lived in the house until her last day. Her body was found at the foot of the grand staircase. Friends and children of the deceased say the woman adored the 8-square-foot (725 sq. m.) mansion.
“My mom loved the house,” her son Eric Trump told the Wall Street Journal last year. Proceeds from the sale of the house will go to Eric and Ivana and Donald Trump's two other children: Donald Jr. and Ivanka. This is the house where the politician's children grew up.
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The late Czech-American businesswoman and socialite purchased the historic limestone home after her divorce from Donald Trump in 1992. She paid $2,5 million for it (equivalent to about $5,4 million today).
Over the decades of living in the luxurious 17-room townhouse, Ivana is said to have transformed the space into the epitome of her maximalist self.
The six-story, five-bedroom, 5,5-bathroom home abounds in grandeur, from a Pepto-Bismol-colored mirrored bathtub to an animal print-covered library. The house has an abundance of gold decorations, lamps and chandeliers in the Versailles style.
In his book Raising Trump 2017, Ivana described one living room with the words “this is how Louis XVI would have lived if he had money.”
In addition, there is a garden behind the house. Notably, the building does not have a full kitchen (Ivana has openly admitted that she hasn't cooked much in recent years), but there are two small galley-style kitchens.
