Sleman (Indonesia) (AFP) - 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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