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Donald Trump’s Greenwich mansion finally has a buyer after 15 years

Umito October 30, 2024

A Connecticut mansion once owned by former President Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana, sold for $31.5 million this week after being on and off the real estate market for 15 years.

The Trumps first purchased the Georgian-style waterfront residence in Greenwich, Connecticut, in the 1980s. After the couple divorced in 1990, Ivana took control of the property, which She owned it until financier Robert Steinberg and his wife Suzanne Steinberg purchased the residence in 1998.

The house – located at 21 Vista Drive – has 11 bedrooms, 18 bathrooms, eight fireplaces and a five-car garage. Built in 1939, the former Trump residence spans 19,786 square feet, on 5.8 acres of land. During the Trumps’ tenure in the mansion, it was, predictably, “decorated very lavishly,” according to a 2022 report. Bordered report.

“The previous owner is known for choosing world-class properties, and this fits that category,” Robert Steinberg told the Wall Street Journalin 2022. “There was enough land to do what we wanted. »

The Steinbergs spent two years renovating the property – removing Trump’s gold finishes and adding 5,000 square feet of space inside the home. Outside, the couple rebuilt a swimming pool, built a tennis court and added a putting green. Other luxurious amenities of the home include an indoor lap pool, a cinema room and two matching spiral staircases.

The Connecticut mansion has been in and out of the market since 2009, when the Steinbergs initially listed the property for $50 million. In 2014, the couple increased the asking price to $54 million, before lowering it to $29.9 million, in the years immediately following the pandemic.

During this years-long saga, the Steinbergs never received a serious offer to purchase the house.

“I had a Chinese buyer (who) was seriously interested, but his feng shui advisor told him it wasn’t right,” Robert Steinberg told the Wall Street Journal (NWS), in 2022. The Steinbergs declined to identify the 2024 buyer to the Wall Street Journal.

Click to see photos of the Greenwich, Connecticut mansion.