A Boston-based real-estate agent once represented a client who had a hidden room with a mummy head. 'We ended up selling it very close to ask, with the head.'
Three real-estate professionals reveal some of the strangest things they’ve negotiated into a purchase contractWhat was the strangest thing you’ve ever negotiated into a purchase contract?Two years ago, I was selling an amazing penthouse in the South End of Boston. While I was previewing it, I hit a panel on the wall that I thought was decorative, and it clicked. It turns out it was a hidden door that led to a closet, and inside was a brownish sarcophagus mummy head on a display table.
I asked the seller, who was my client, what it was, and he said he was really into art and that I shouldn’t worry because he was taking it with him when he moved. I then showed the apartment to a buyer, and she hit the door and the mummy head appeared. I apologized and said the seller was taking it, but she was intrigued and asked if he would be willing to part with it. I told my seller she really loved the apartment and wanted to put an offer in, but that she wanted the head.
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