The Pixar movie Up was a magical story about a man who users balloons to fly his house away, and a Seattle home gained some notoriety a few years ago when it was called the real life Up house. But now that house looks to be in trouble, and it might actually soon be torn down.
Back in 2006, Edith Macefield became famous when she turned down $1 million to sell her house to real estate developers. She refused to move, saying the money didn't mean anything, and in the end the developers built around the home, according to ABC News.
This will sound pretty familiar to anyone familiar with the 2009 Pixar movie Up, where elderly Carl refuses to move out of his house to make way for development, eventually flying away in the house when given no other option. Up was in development before Macefield's story broke, but parallels were still drawn between the two and the home was dubbed the real life Up house. In fact Disney embraced this similarity and in 2009, they placed balloons outside the house to promote the movie.
But now the house looks to be in trouble. According to Reuters, the house went up for auction on Friday but did not attract any bidders. The opening bid was set at $216,270.70. Now the house will be left in the hands of the bank, and it's at risk of being torn down in the near future.
A Facebook event was organized on Friday to bring a balloon to the home which received 117 participants.
Macefield herself passed away in 2008, leaving the house to construction superintendent Barry Martin. He sold the house, and it eventually went into foreclosure, according to Fox News.
Right now the future of the house is pretty unclear. If only life could be as magical as a Disney movie.
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