- A New Zealand homeowner is offering a free Tesla with the purchase of their house.
- They are doing this to make their home stand out from the crowd.
- It also can "bring some positivity back" to a difficult property market, the estate agent told Insider.
A homeowner is hoping to expedite the sale of their house by offering a free Tesla electric car worth $60,000 with the purchase.
The seller of the house in Auckland, New Zealand, who is remaining anonymous, is hoping to combat market challenges to the sale of their seven-bed property, priced at $1.1 million, by adding in the unusual deal of a free car.
The property, a five-bedroom home with a two-bedroom 'granny flat' as well as off-street parking for up to six cars, needed something special to catch the eyes of potential buyers, Insider was told.
The new owner will get to pick the Tesla Model Y color from five options and it will then be ordered and shipped from the manufacturer, Sky News reported.
Estate agent Prince Kapoor at Barfoot & Thomspon estate agents told Insider that the Telsa was added to the deal as the house was similar to many others in the area, and they "wanted to be different."
The housing market in New Zealand is slumping, say reports. House prices were down 10.9% in October, their biggest drop in 30 years, and fallen for 11 consecutive months, Sky News reported.
Kapoor told Insider that "the main reason we came up with this idea is that the Auckland market has gone down by 10% or more. Buyers are more scared to buy as they feel the market might go even down.
It's all negative, so we wanted to bring some positivity back with this Tesla offer, and so far, we are getting a huge amount of inquiries."
The house, based in suburban Auckland, is set on 1,561 ft² of land, according to Barfoot & Thompson's website.