6 Stubborn Nail Houses

Posted by Miss Cellania in Architecture on June 10, 2009 at 1:30 pm



In Pixar’s new film Up! a homeowner refuses to sell when development moves in to the neighborhood. This situation occurs quite often in real life, and the remaining property is called a “nail house” because it sticks out like a nail among the newer (and almost always bigger) buildings. deputy dog has the stories of six such property owners. Shown is the home of Edith Macefield in Seattle (featured previously at Neatorama) which was festooned with balloons recently as a promotion for the Pixar film. Link


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5 comments to "6 Stubborn Nail Houses"

  1. Skipweasel
    June 10th, 2009 at 3:41 pm

    You'd never get planning permission in the UK to build that close right round three sides of a house.

  2. Shannon
    June 10th, 2009 at 7:41 pm

    It's not a house but for years and years there was one strawberry farmer who wouldn't sell his land to Disney. There would be the Disneyland hotel the parking lot that other hotel Disney bought and one random strawberry farm.

    He must have died because now you have have Downtown Disney, California Adventure and no strawberry farm.

  3. sibyll
    June 10th, 2009 at 9:41 pm

    She won't sell her house, but she'll pimp it out to Disney.

  4. Miss Cellania
    June 10th, 2009 at 10:48 pm

    sibyll, Mrs. Macefield died a year or two ago. I don't know who made the promo deal with Pixar.

  5. Christophe
    June 11th, 2009 at 12:00 am

    Money is not everything...


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