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A Perth couple desperate to rent out a home in the southern suburbs have posted a hilarious advertisement on Gumtree begging people to move into their “financial black hole”.
Kobie Hughes put a “straight ad” on Gumtree for their two-bedroom, one bathroom home in Medina four weeks ago, but didn’t get one response.
She then tried Facebook and even registered the house with a couple of online real estate sites, without any bites.
The back deck of the Medina property offers up a comfortable living space. Photo: Gumtree
Fearing the banks would soon come knocking on her door, she decided to put a new “light-hearted” ad on Gumtree in the hope she would tickle the funny bone of would-be renters. And it’s working.
“Despite having bought this property at a peak time in the market and paying a small fortune for a cardboard house, this financial black hole truly is an awesome place,” she wrote in the ad.
“For one thing it comes with 2 pretty fantastic landlords, who are considering a title change to “Earth Guardians” in order to try and remarket Medina to hippies as the new Freo (Earth Guardians that you pay rent and water usage to). An over-saturation of the rental market led us to a desperate attempt try advertising directly to soon-to-be released parolees; an attempt that was soon shut down by the Department of Corrective Services (and the neighbours).
The Medina property may attract the hippies who cannot afford to live in Fremantle. Photo: Gumtree
“In light of this we switched our focus to societies next level of undesirables. We now hope to attract hippies that can’t afford to live in Fremantle because having a job would support the evil corporations keeping us all slaves to the hamster wheel lifestyle by dangling the unreachable carrot of financial independence and early retirement and thereby perpetuating societies [sic] underlying engine of fear and anxiety (much like those farming game apps that you can download on the App Store).”
Ms Hughes’ witty description of the “selling points” are some of the most honest you will ever read about a home.
Especially when she tries to sum up the local watering hole, only a short stagger from the house.
“This pub is a rare find in a city of increasingly modernised and upmarket venues…as this charming tavern has kept its feet smelling carpet and may or may not still have a wee trough against the bar,” she wrote.
“There are some endearing old characters that frequent the bar; as a woman it can be great fun to head in there at a time when they put on bar nibblies, pop a spot right next to the grub and enjoy feeling like you’ve stepped back into the 1930s when an apoplectic old man appears at your elbow to give you directions to back to your kitchen.”
Ms Hughes, who told WAtoday she wrote the ad in 20 minutes, said she had been blown away with the response.
And more than 5500 people have viewed the ad.
“I got 20 messages from people yesterday and 15 people said they are interested in renting the house,” she said.
“And I’ve got a few comments from people who thought the ad was funny.
“I was hoping people would find it funny or maybe have a laugh. The first as was up for four weeks and not one person responded, so I decided to try something different.”
The 32-year-old admits Medina might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but reckons the place is a bargain for $300 a week.
“Medina gets a bit of a bad reputation, but it is a happening place,” she laughed.