Often-compared to the Pixar movie 'Up ' , home-owner Ms Macefield , 84 , was offered $ 1 million to vacate her house . She refused , staying in the home she had spent almost 60 years in , forcing developers to build around her . Edith Macefield became a reluctant folk hero and passed away in 2008 at the home in Seattle as she had wished . She left the house to one of the construction crew at the neighboring project who had looked after her . He sold the house to developers who were unable to make their plans work and the property was foreclosed . It is now up for auction and the new owner will likely knock it down with a wrecking ball due to its dilapidated state .
Often-compared to the Pixar movie 'Up ' , home-owner Edith Macefield , 84 , was offered $ 1 million to vacate her house . She refused , staying in the home she had spent almost 60 years in , forcing developers to build around her . Ms Macefield became a reluctant folk hero and passed away in 2008 at the home in Seattle as she had wished . She left the house to one of the construction crew at the neighboring project who had looked after her . He sold the house to developers who were unable to make their plans work and the property was foreclosed . It is now up for auction and the new owner will likely knock it down with a wrecking ball due to its dilapidated state .