Filed under: Car Buying, Trends, Coupes, Sports/GTs
"For Sale: Four-bedroom, three story home in desirable neighborhood. Free Ferrari with purchase."
Remember a few months back when a female homeowner in Denver was offering her hand in marriage to whoever purchased her $600,000 home? While we're not sure Deborah Hale ended up with any takers, a bloke in England has come up with a riff on her proposition-- perhaps one a bit more appealing to automotive enthusiasts. The pair even look to have similar potential for frighteningly high-maintenance tabs-- in this case, Mike Odysseas has put his Neville's Cross, Dunwood, home on the market, and he's throwing in his 1998 Ferrari F355 F1 as a lawn ornament.
According to the owner, the four-bedroom home (constructed in 2005) is appraised in excess of £367,000 (that's more than $654,000 to you, Yankee), and for that princely sum, Odysseas will cough up the blood red Italian as well.
Predictably, the real-estate stunt has garnered the owner a good amount of attention, including British television, newspaper, radio and now... Autoblog.
Full details on crib and car follow after the jump.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dan 1:24PM (1/25/2006)
"Predictably, the real-estate stunt has garnered the owner a good amount of attention, including British television, newspaper, radio and now... Autoblog."
OH SHIT!! They better watch out! The immense wide-reaching powers of AUTOBLOG are to be had!
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Paul Spehar 1:26PM (1/25/2006)
Now Jeremy and the Top Gear crew will have to unleash The Stig on that house...
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Nick 1:46PM (1/25/2006)
Considering what exotic cars cost to insure in England, I'm not sure if this helps or hurts the guy...
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Justin Bell 6:37AM (1/26/2006)
Perhaps the Ferrari is to make up for the lack of a decent view and landscaping.
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ian 10:34AM (1/26/2006)
20 says the ferrari is stolen
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Car-la 10:54AM (1/26/2006)
I really wonder i f this works out. Maybe he should just try to sell both of these separately. But then, it's worth a try, and with the media exposure he has, it might be successful.
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Sharon 9:34AM (1/28/2006)
In my opinion, the car is the only selling point! Take a look at the place. From the shot above it already appears the car is the deal. I went to the site though and it's small, and basically awful (and the decorator of the whole place should be publically slain, okay pelted with items...the show houses are hideous)! Go and have yourself a laugh. PS, the largest bedroom is approx. 12'10 x 10'6. OY
I have been to England and I understand the housing sucks but why on Earth would anyone pay that kind of $ for such a sucky place? It says it was built in 2005 and he's already trying to unload it as well... I think someone should consider buying it, taking the car, shipping it over here (still cheaper I'm sure) and according to the sites the houses are selling for more than this one, so pawn it off again.
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harry 10:11AM (1/28/2006)
you cheap bastard, if you don't have a mayback (2005 or better) i wouldn't even consider purchasing your home.
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adam 11:19AM (1/28/2006)
isnt it maybach???? lol and those are ugly cars anyways...there just to...shapey...heres my input...crapy house...crappy car....now if itwas a mustang cobra witha supercharger or something...then..i might consider buying it..IF i HAD that kind opf money to begin with....well that still makes the house out to be only like 40k less....so maybe a saleen....then i might consider...
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joe 12:08PM (1/28/2006)
Thats an amazing marketing ploy. I would buy it if i was in london.
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John 12:28PM (1/28/2006)
Hey, ya gotta give this guy credit! He has been doing his homework and has created a selling point with the help of the media that most will never experience. I'll have to admit that his chances of selling this package is above average and lets not forget that "There's a sucker born every day"!
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George 1:07PM (1/28/2006)
He is probably doing just opposite of what he saids he is. Selling the car and giving away the house....
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karie 1:25PM (1/28/2006)
Oh please....if I had that kind of money...I wouldn't want such an old car/lawn ornament....or that so-called house....but...like someone else on here said....there's a sucker born every day....
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tracy 2:05PM (1/28/2006)
i have a TRAILER and a broken down ford truck in front for sale only $200,000 us lol
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the chad 2:37AM (1/29/2006)
Haha, I found this funny. Anybody on here live around the SF Bay Area or anywhere in Cali? 2bed/1bath apts sell for over 400k. I have a 4bed/2bath house built in 70s, not even 2k sqft, worth over 650~700k. Nothing special, no 2mb networking, single story, you get the idea. I think avg home price in the city I live in is over 850k. If I threw in a Ferrari w/ my house for 650k, it would be sold in 2 hrs! But of course home prices here are nuts...
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