Edith Macefield’s little house in Ballard is known as the ‘Up’ house, a hearty symbol of old Seattle standing up to the building boom that’s fueled by the tech industry in town.
In mid-March, we reported that Macefield’s house failed to find a buyer at auction. A media tour and more stories later, including this report by the New York Times this weekend, and the legend continues to live on. At least for now. If the house fails to find a buyer within the next week, it might really be the end.
“Zoning now precludes residential use without a variance from the city in what is primarily an industrial and commercial district, and demolition is a distinct possibility,” the commercial broker charged with finding a buyer for Macefield’s home, Paul Thomas, told the NY Times.
On a side note, while Macefield’s house is known as the Up house, the Times adds that a Pixar spokesman said that the Up house wasn’t based on “any real location.” That doesn’t stop fans from associating the two stories however.
The deadline to find a buyer is April 20. You can reach Thomas, “the no B.S. broker,” via his site here. And take the video tour of the house below:
