Despite being offered huge amounts of money, an Australian family refuses to make room for a new development. This is how they live, in the midst of modernity, frustration and joy.
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Where does the family live? As realestate.com.au and dailymail.co.uk consistently report, there is essentially a Gallic village like from Asterix and Obelix in western Sydney in Australia. Surrounded by a new development area and besieged by investors, a single family is holding out on a property that has been held for decades.
The Reddit post above summarizes the change around the prominent property in fast motion. The former farm landscape has now become a densely built-up settlement, with one exception right in the middle.
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No move despite offers worth millions
What are they being offered and why? The exact amount currently being offered cannot be determined with absolute certainty. But the family is currently being offered the equivalent of around 30 to 35 million euros for the approximately 20,000 square meter property. Depending on the layout, 40 to 50 individual small houses could be sold by investors behind the area called “The Ponds”; with a profit equivalent to millions of euros. But it looks like the gap in the residential area will remain.
Although prices have been rising for years and, according to local residents’ reports, residents are literally bombarded with stacks of cards on the door of the five-bedroom villa, they remain stubborn.
What do the neighbors think? According to statements from residents of the area quoted in the articles linked above, the family’s behavior is met with approval. Above all, the immediate neighbors, who have their houses on the sides of the largely open area, are hoping for perseverance. They find the view of the countryside much more pleasant than the narrowness that otherwise characterizes living together in the district.
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