Inside Donald and Ivana Trump’s ‘starter’ mansion: they bought the 20,000 sq ft Connecticut home after getting married, then Ivana won it in their divorce settlement before selling it for millions

Jul 24 , 2022

Where did Donald and Ivana Trump live after they first got married? Photos: @FanaTeresafana/Twitter, Pizza Hut Commercial, Coldwell Banker

Donald and Ivana Trump, who share three children, Ivanka, Donald Jr. and Eric, got married in 1977 and bought their first mansion in Greenwich for US$4 million

The couple split up when Ivana found out he was cheating with Marla Maples, and she won the home in the divorce settlement, selling it a profit, at US$15 million

Back in 1982, five years after their wedding, Donald and Ivana Trump bought their starter mansion. The future president was only 35 and Ivana was just 33 when they bought a grand home of nearly 20,000 sq ft on a peninsula in Greenwich, Connecticut for US$4 million, according to Love Property.

A luxurious home filled with lavish decorations

Donald Trump (left) and his wife Ivana Trump arrive at Circa 1986 restaurant. Photo: dpa

Ivana was remodelling the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan at the time, which Donald bought in the early 1980s.

Donald and Ivana Trump bought their first mansion together for US$4 million. Photo: Coldwell Banker

She was able to incorporate many of the same materials in the decoration of their new home creating a residence dripping in gold leaf, elegant chandeliers and crown mouldings.

Ivana sold the home in 1998 for US$15 million

Donald Trump talks with his ex-wife Ivana Trump. Photo: Reuters

When they finalised their divorce in 1992, Ivana won US$14 million, the Greenwich mansion and a flat in Trump Plaza in the property settlement, per The New York Times. She later sold the home in 1998 for US$15 million.

Ivana and Donald Trump’s home sold for US$15 million, over triple what they bought it for. Photo: Coldwell Banker

Then the mansion’s new owners immediately began a renovation to tone it down a bit adding tennis courts, an indoor lap pool, sauna and a 4,000 sq ft addition with guest suites.