According to reports, “Home Alone” star Macaulay Culkin sold a New York City condo he purchased when he was just 19 years old, making a $6 million profit in the process. This was his first real estate transaction.
The New York Post was the first to disclose that the 44-year-old actor had sold the three-bedroom, two-bathroom property for $7.75 million off-market.
According to real estate records, Culkin, who rose to stardom at the young age of 10 by playing the cunning Kevin McCallister in the hugely successful “Home Alone” franchise, paid $1.73 million for the house in 1999.
Rachel Miner was the actor’s first wife at the time, but they divorced after only three years.
After that marriage ended, Culkin kept the property for more than 20 years. In that time, he has welcomed two children with Brenda Song, his longterm companion, whom he started dating after they costarred in the 2019 film “Changeland.”
According to reports, Culkin and Song currently reside at a large mansion in Toluca Lake, California, which the former child star bought for $8 million off the market in 2022 from fellow actor Kiefer Sutherland.
It is thought that the couple’s principal house is that property, which has five bedrooms and six baths.
But Culkin recently disclosed that he has been thinking about include the famous house that was the McCallister residence in “Home Alone” in his portfolio.
In May 2024, the infamous “Home Alone House” was up for sale for $5.25 million. Months later, Culkin disclosed that he had considered buying it “just for giggles.”
At a December appearance at the Rosemont Theater in Illinois, Culkin told the crowd, “I had half a mind to buy it-just for giggles,” according to the New York Times.
The actor went on to say that he envisioned transforming the made-up house into a “movie fun house” where viewers could sled down the stairs a la Kevin in the film.
Unfortunately, such situation never materialized.
“I have children. He gave an explanation of why he had decided against buying the property: “I’m busy, man.”
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Rather, the house was purchased by an unidentified buyer, who, according to documents, paid $5.5 million for it on January 15, 2025.
The buyer of Culkin’s New York City apartment is likewise unknown; according to the Post, documents related to the transaction were only submitted to the city register on January 21.
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According to property records, the 5,937-square-foot condo was listed for $7.75 million on January 10 but was taken off the market the same day.
The building where Culkin previously called home was first constructed in 1856 as a hat factory and is still known as The Dandy, according to a listing for a separate condo in the building that is asking an eye-watering $32.5 million.
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The building is surrounded by a busy community of stores and eateries in New York’s well-known Noho neighborhood, although Culkin stated in a 2016 interview with Vulture that the neighborhood had undergone significant change while he had held the apartment.
“The neighborhood has changed significantly. Downstairs, a Wiz was present. Everything is now NYU’s property,” he said.
At the time, Culkin disclosed that he was alternating between his loft in New York and France, saying that he was first attracted to the European location because he thought no one there would recognize him.
“No, it turned out that they did recognize me; they simply didn’t give a damn. ‘Where have you folks been my entire life?’ I said,” he said in jest.
