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NEW YORK — <\/span>Donald Trump’s childhood home has sold for nearly $2 million after a renovation transformed the New York City residence from a mold-ridden cat den to a modern abode.<\/p>\n The president lived at the Tudor-style Queens estate until age 4. His father, developer Fred Trump, built the home in the affluent Jamaica Estates neighborhood in 1940. The family hasn’t owned it in years.<\/p>\n The sale price, $1.93 million, appeared Friday on real estate websites after a buyer, whose name hasn\u2019t been disclosed, entered into a contract in July.<\/p>\n The seller, Tommy Lin, had purchased the five-bedroom, three-bathroom home last year for $835,000 after it sat vacant and neglected for years.<\/p>\n Lin, a developer, spent another $500,000 on an eight-month interior overhaul that added amenities including a chef\u2019s kitchen, herringbone wood floors and spa-like bathrooms, the New York Post reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n 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<\/a>. <\/p>\n 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 cutout of Trump, copies of his book \u201cThe Art of the Deal\u201d and a framed People magazine cover featuring Trump.<\/p>\n