Pensioner forced developers to build around home despite £770k offer in real-life Up
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dailyrecord.co.ukA stubborn 84-year-old woman forced developers to build a new mall around her tiny home after turning down a million dollar buy-out offer.
Edith Macefield refused to move from the 108-year-old farmhouse, despite pleas from desperate planners who wanted to bulldoze the property.
She even rejected a $1m [£768.285] offer for the home in Seattle, Washington, with her story making national headlines back in 2006, according to the Daily Star.
The small property, which many believed was the inspiration for Disney's smash-hit film Up, still stands resolute among the five-storey complex surrounding it.
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