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# This Indonesian House Is for Sale and Comes With a Pond, a Backyard and ... a Wife

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by [Kevin McSpadden](https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/) and [Yenni Kwok](https://time.com/author/yenni-kwok/)

Mar 10, 2015 8:05 AM UTC

by [Kevin McSpadden](https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/) and [Yenni Kwok](https://time.com/author/yenni-kwok/)

Mar 10, 2015 8:05 AM UTC

A homeowner in Indonesia has put her house on the market, and herself with it.

The two-bedroom, two-bathroom home in Sleman — a sleepy district near the Javanese city of Yogyakarta — comes with a fishpond, spacious backyard and a chance to ask 40-year-old owner Wina Lia for her hand in marriage.

The asking price is the rough equivalent of $76,500\. “Buyers who don’t negotiate the price,” the sales literature says, “can ask the owner to marry (terms and conditions apply).”

Wina’s online ad went viral, prompting a local news outlet to track her down and confirm that the offer was genuine. “Indeed it’s true, Wina is ready to be married by a house buyer,” the headline says, as tweeted by Sleman’s unofficial Twitter account.

> [](https://twitter.com/IniSleman/status/575055166459674624)

Dian Purna Dirgantara, the realtor who concocted the plan, tells TIME that his advertisement is working.

“Since yesterday morning there are continuous calls, I don’t count how many, there must be dozens or even hundreds.” He clarifies that marriage isn’t a must. “If someone just wants the house, they can have that,” he said.

Wina, a single mother, told [news outlet Kompas.com](http://regional.kompas.com/read/2015/03/09/16350171/Beli.Rumah.Sekaligus.Nikahi.Pemiliknya.Mau.) that the idea was dreamed up when she mentioned her desire to once again find a partner.


“Dian suggested I put up the tagline ‘Buy the house and marry the owner at the same time.’ And I said O.K. to it. I’m looking for a husband anyway,” she said.

_Read next:_ [_Watch This Guy Propose to His Girlfriend 365 Times Without Her Knowing_](http://time.com/3736803/man-proposes-to-girlfriend-365-times/?xid=time%5Freadnext)

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