Real estate auctions get political

October 7, 2008 by Mark Pollak

Anyone who has ever been to real estate auctions will know some pretty odd things can crop up once the deal is sealed.

Houses can turn out to be not all they seemed cracked up to be – or more than cracked up, in the case of barely-noticeable subsidence. Furniture may or may not be included and carpets may be there on viewing then strangely not there after auction day. Beware the auctioned home carpet fairies.

Anyone who finds themselves short of floor threads in this way can pop along to another auction and pick up some attractive green leaf patterned carpet – courtesy of the Tasmanian Parliament. ABC News reports several items from the House of Assembly are to be sold off due to a renovation project - and desks, seats from the public gallery and panelling all up for grabs.

Interior design for politics fans

Quoted by ABC News, the speaker of the house said of the patterned carpet:

“If you look at it long enough you know it will almost send you bonkers.”

Not the type of interior to attract yuppie tenants then, unless they are into specialist parliamentary home themes.

Club together and buy a golf course

This already appears to be a week for weird auctions – the Kent and Sussex Courier, UK, reports anyone with £1.5 million down the sofa can pick up a golf course, the Kent and Surrey Golf and Country Club, after the owner decided to sell up.

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