Enter the domestic world of Donald Trump, a realm where penthouses, carpeted staircases, marbled kitchen islands, crystal chandeliers, movie theaters, golf courses and houses with other houses in the backyard is the norm.
As if it would be anything else.
Before we get tired of everything Trump, here’s a quick tour through some of the man’s domestic excesses. While he’s owned many properties over the years — and currently owns others — these four estates are something else.
Make yourself at home.
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The Haroldyn House, Greenwich, Connecticut
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Maison de L’Amitie, Palm Beach, Florida
Trump owned this 60,000-square-foot oceanfront home from 2004 until 2008, when he sold it to Russian tycoon Dmitri Rybolovlev for around $ 100 million due to “mold” issues.In addition to a massive pool, the house featured 24-karat gold fixtures in the bathrooms and a fountain in the driveway.
“I don’t care about the house. I bought it for $ 41 million, put in $ 3 worth of paint and gave it a good cleaning — and I sold it for the highest price ever for a single family home,” Trump said after the sale, when word spread that Rybolovlev planned to tear it down.
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The Trump Albemarle Estate, Charlottesville, Virginia
Trump bought this property in classic Trump fashion: very strategically, in 2012, for pennies on the dollar. What was once a $ 100 million estate was sold to him for around $ 13 million after its original owner, the former wife to media mogul John Kluge, experienced some setbacks in the wine industry.The 26,000-square foot neo-Georgian manor in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, with its Roman hall and vineyard, is now a Trump bed and breakfast.
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The Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach, Florida
Mar-a-Lago is a 17-acre headache for Palm Beach residents that was originally built for Marjorie Merriweather Post (of cereal fortune). Trump bought it in 1985, eventually turning it into a private club.The estate boasts 58 bedrooms and 33 bathrooms, and what home is complete without a 75-foot tower that can be seen for miles? Not this one.
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