Everyone loves a good underdog story, right? When we see someone who refuses to be intimidated and who fights for what’s right despite enormous government and corporate power, it gives us hope that the little people can make a difference.
Cases like these, also called “nail houses” or “holdouts,” have gained a lot of attention in the media, especially in China, where the courageous homeowners are receiving a lot of sympathy for standing up to what they see as the bullying from the powerful. This is something that everyone who has watched the film “Up” or the Australian classic “The Castle” can relate to!
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Edith Macefield steadfastly refused to sell her home, even receiving offers over $1 million. The film “Up” was inspired by her later in life.
02. While all the homes around her were being demolished, Mary Cook stubbornly refused to sell her narrow but magnificent home. In its current state, the house resembles a scene out of a children’s book, propped up against its massive neighbors.
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03. Initially, Vera Cоking was adamant that Bоb Gucciоne nоt buy her hоme sо he cоuld cоnstruct a casinо оn its lоt. Afterwards, she turned dоwn Dоnald Trump’s оffer tо buy.
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04. An Australian Homeowner Who Refused to Sell
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05. After one Toronto duplex resident refused to sell, the other half chopped it in half.
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6. This Slim Gothic Townhouse, Encircled By Enormous Prewar Apartment Complexes On Both Sides
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Chinese Authorities Constructed a Highway Around These Reluctant Homeowners 07. People lived there for a while, but after they left, the house became a symbol of the opposition to developers.
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As a result of Randal Acker’s refusal to sell his modest Queen Anne Victorian house in downtown Portland, a massive residence hall was constructed around it by Portland State University.
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09. Government officials in Guangzhou had to construct a ring road surrounding this apartment block after three families refused to leave.
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ten. Austin Spriggs’s Hоuse in Washingtоn D.C. The prоprietоr turned dоwn a $3 milliоn оffer but went оn tо sell the prоperty fоr $4 milliоn.
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Salah Oudjani has refused to sell the coffee house he has worked in for the last 46 years, despite the fact that it is the only building in what used to be an old neighborhood in Roubaix, Northern France.