THE Perceval family prize their pet cat, Tiffany.
But she?s not priceless. In fact, she?s worth her weight in Tiffany?s jewellery: $140,000, to be exact.
No kitten around.
The Percevals auctioned their five-bedroom Glen Iris home of 19 years on Saturday.
The property was passed in at $2,060,000.
And it was then, as real estate agent Glen Coutinho negotiated to try to close a deal, that a cat clause entered the sales contract.
Mr Coutinho, of RT Edgar, said that a child of one of the bidders had fallen in love with Tiffany during the inspections of the home.
?Tiffany decided she would sit on the couch,? Fran Perceval told the Herald Sun. ?People would come through, and she?d observe them and be patted. She loved all the attention ? she does look a bit ornamental,? she said.
Ms Perceval had even jokingly suggested to Mr Coutinho that Tiffany could be included in the sale, because after all ?she believes the house is her property?.
But then the bidder offered to buy the home for $2.2 million ? as long as Tiffany was included in the deal.
Ms Perceval said they agreed to terms ? but her son, Sam, 19, isn?t too pleased and they?re still negotiating with him.
