An advert for a house in
Indonesia has gone viral online after the woman selling it offered to throw in
an unusual extra feature for free — her hand in marriage.
The Internet ad reads for the
most part like a regular house listing, saying that the single-storey property
has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a parking space and a fish pond.
But it also proposes to buyers a
“rare offer” — “when you buy this house, you can ask the owner to marry you”,
alongside a picture of Wina Lia, a 40-year-old widow and beauty salon owner,
leaning against a car in front of the house.
The ad said that terms and
conditions apply, and notes the offer is “for serious buyers and
non-negotiable”. The house in Sleman, on the island of Java, is on the market
for 999 million rupiah (about $75,000).
News of the offer quickly spread
among Internet users in social media-crazy Indonesia.
Boldies99, a user on popular
online forum Kaskus, said Lia was “quite smart — even though the house will be
sold, she will remain the owner.”
Lia told AFP she was “shocked at
the reaction”, as she had been overwhelmed by journalists coming to interview
her, and even the police in the conservative, Muslim-majority country had been
asking questions.
The police “came to verify the
news as they consider it as an improper advertisement. But I explained to them
that it was not my idea,” she said.
The mother of two explained that
she had asked a friend who was a property agent to help her find a buyer — and
in the process a husband — but she had expected him to pass on the news to a
limited number of people, not put an ad online.
“I told a friend of mine who also
works as property agent that if there is a buyer who is a single man or a
widower who wants to buy a house, and at the same time look for a wife, he can
let me know as I’m also a widow,” she said.
She added that there was only one
potential buyer, who had visited on Wednesday, but refused to give further
details.
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