ABOVE: How one cat managed to bump the price of a home in Australia by $140,000
For many, the process of selling the family home can be daunting. You hope to make enough to not just cover the initial investment, but earn a substantial profit as well.
For one family in Australia, their most profitable investment may well turn out to be their pet cat.
Michael and Fran Perceval put their Melbourne, Australia house up for auction this past Saturday. The five-bedroom home was passed in at $2,060,000, and their real-estate agent Glen Coutinho went about trying to lock down a buyer.
That’s when he was told that one of the bidders had fallen in love with a particular part of the house: The Perceval family cat, Tiffany.
A fixture on the couch during tours of the home, Tiffany apparently captured the affections of the children of the one of the prospective buyers – and a decidedly unique real estate negotiation was on.
According to the Herald Sun, Fran Perceval jokingly suggested to her real estate agent that Tiffany could be included in the sale, because “she believes the house is her property”.
The offer came back from the buyer-to-be at $2.2 million dollars.
Meaning the inclusion of the paw-some feline had bumped the price of the home by $140,000.
According to the Percevals, their son Sam was not too pleased to hear of Tiffany’s sale – though the family thinks they may be able to change his mind.
“We’re thinking we’ll put $20,000 in a pile next to the cat and say to Sam: you choose,” Fran Perceval joked.
We’re also hoping they give a cut of the proceeds to Tiffany herself.
After all, Su-purr-ior sales skills like that are hard to come by.
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