The city of Hamburg has advertised the refugee housing as a potential guesthouse, workshop, playhouse or yoga studio. While buyers might think they’ve scored a bargain, transportation costs could come as a surprise.
The northern German city of Hamburg has listed 50 former refugee houses on eBay classifieds for €1,000 ($1,140) a pop, according to a report by daily Süddeutsche Zeitung.
The city purchased the temporary wooden houses in 2015 at the height of the European migrant crisis, but they are no longer needed.
The structures received overwhelming interest and the ad was taken down on Thursday afternoon, just 48 hours after it went up.
“The response on the first day was enormous, we had around 100 inquiries,” said Daniel Posselt, spokesman for the Central Coordination Unit for Refugees. “There was interest from all over Germany.”
The advertisement said the 28-square-meter (301-square-foot) wooden buildings could be used as a guesthouse, workshop, sports and play house or yoga studio. The original price of the tiny homes when they were built was €23,000 per unit.
“All interested parties will receive an answer, but that can take some time,” the authority tweeted.