For sale: Home, sexy blonde

2005-11-04 22:03

Washington - For sale: house in Denver, Colorado, $600 000 - complete with bride.

Jewellery manufacturer Deborah Hale, the house's owner, announced on a website that she was putting her home up for sale on the Ebay online auction site with the twist that she comes with it.

The shapely blonde, 48, says she wants to find a bidder, aged 40-60, to share the home with in a long-term relationship.

On her website, housewithbride.com, Hale said she bought and remodeled a 1910 bungalow in Denver, but was not satisfied living alone in it.

"There was only one problem - I had not met that special someone to share this house with. My attempts included dating services, blind dates and connections through friends, but I still had not met the man to build a life with," she said.

"Finally I decided to give my best effort towards something whereby that special man could 'find me'," she wrote.

Advertised

She advertised the three-bedroom, three-bathroom home fully furnished, with a pool table, hot tub, tanning bed, big screen television and lawnmower for the lucky buyer.

The house is priced at $600 000, with herself added in as "priceless".

Photographs on her website show a statuesque woman with long, blonde hair - "100 percent Norwegian by heritage", she notes.

Hale said that she planned to sell the house on Ebay in a non-binding transaction, meaning that she and the winner of the deal could back out if necessary - presumably if they found themselves incompatible.

Hale, who owns a firm that designs and produces jewellery, said she envies the long marriage of her father, a Christian minister.

"I was privileged to observe a successful, loving and giving marriage, and knew that it was not only achievable, but also immensely gratifying."

"I am committed to find that same success in a relationship," she said.

- AFP