A SURPRISE family is fending off the onslaught of development in their neighborhood by refusing to sell their beloved 5-acre home.
The Zammit family are sitting on a £25m gold mine in Sydney but unlike neighbors who have long since let go, they tell the developers to keep “dreaming”.
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Their sprawling five-bedroom property with a 200 meter driveway is located in The Ponds area in Sydney’s west, where hundreds of new homes have popped up in recent years.
The desirable area is only a 40-minute drive from the city center and offers stunning views of the Blue Mountains.
The house looks oddly out of place amidst identical newly built buildings, where its 1.99 hectare garden can accommodate more than 50 new homes to fit inside.
However, when their neighbors got up and left – choosing to sell to the developers – Zammits managed to hold out one last time.
They refused to sell, despite multi-million dollar bids, and prevented developers from grabbing the final plot of land.
“The fact that most people sold out years ago, these people took hold. All credit to them,” local agent Taylor Bredin told 7News.
“Depending on how much you push the development plan, you can push anywhere from 40 to 50 properties on things like this, and when subdivided, a 300 square meter plot of land will get a million dollars.”
In short, the land could be worth more than £25 million, especially after ten years of their private rebellion.
The house itself continues to make headlines for a David versus Goliath-style battle against corporate growth.
Like the plot of Disney-Pizar’s “Up” – Zammits quietly move on with their lives as construction clatters and explodes around them – until the neighborhood they know completely disappears.
Diane Zammit mused about a neighborhood that was once “agricultural land dotted with red-brick houses and cottages.”
“Each home is unique and has a lot of space – but not anymore. It’s not the same,” she told Daily Mail Australia.
However, they will continue to turn down any offers for their home and “Tell them they’re dreaming”.
Newbies in the neighborhood even appreciate Zammit’s dedication to staying put.
One local told the Mail: ‘I’m so glad they refused to sell – which means we have a much safer dead end for our kids – and their big lawn outside. next to us made us feel like ‘there’s been a lot of space.
“Our neighbors don’t understand it because the other houses are so close together. We’re so grateful! I hope they stay.”
In another place, a The real woman suspected of inspiring the story “Up” after she forced developers to build a shopping mall around her house in Seattle.
In a beautiful tale of defiance, Edith Macefield – who moved in with her mother in 1952 – refused to sell five decades later even when she was offered £770,000 and construction was already underway. around her.
Meanwhile, another person brave woman is resisting strength of the Masters golf tournament, when she refused to sell the house in which she lived for more than 60 years.
“We really don’t want to go.” she speaks.
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