--- description: A homeowner in Indonesia has put her house on the market, and herself with it title: For Sale: Indonesian House, Wife Included image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Indonesian House Is for Sale and Comes With a Pond, a Backyard and ... a Wife by [Kevin McSpadden](/author/kevin-mcspadden/) and [Yenni Kwok](/author/yenni-kwok/) Mar 10, 2015 8:05 AM CUT by [Kevin McSpadden](/author/kevin-mcspadden/) and [Yenni Kwok](/author/yenni-kwok/) Mar 10, 2015 8:05 AM CUT 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. "undefined") 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 "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3738528/house-indonesia-wife/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3738528/house-indonesia-wife/"},"headline":"This Indonesian House Is for Sale and Comes With a Pond, a Backyard and ... a Wife","datePublished":"2015-03-10T08:05:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:30.366Z","description":"If you don't talk the price down, you can marry the owner","url":"https://time.com/3738528/house-indonesia-wife/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","viral","house","indonesia","real estate","World","wedding","property"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin McSpadden","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Yenni Kwok","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/yenni-kwok/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3738528/house-indonesia-wife/","name":"This Indonesian House Is for Sale and Comes With a Pond, a Backyard and ... a Wife"}}]}] ```