The property in the Salt Lake City suburb of Herriman in Utah was modelled on the appearance of the colourful home where Carl and Ellie Fredricksen live out most of their lives in the animated film, and has been designated the "official" Up house by Pixar and Disney. It was built by designer Adam Bangerter and features every possible detail from the movie, including a blue kitchen complete with retro fridge, microwave and oven.
The new owners are Clinton and Lynette Hamblin of Petaluma, California, who had long searched for a home similar to the one in the film. When they heard that the Herriman house was for sale they travelled to view it and were surprised to find the price tag lower than many of the homes they had been looking at in their home state. "We just love the message of the movie – adventure is out there," Lynette told the Salt Lake Tribune. The couple will move in on her birthday, 4 January, next year.
The Up house has been a boon to tourism in Herriman, where civic leaders have even honoured it with a special resolution. More than 45,000 people have toured the property, including another California couple, Lisa and Geoff, who posted this extensive photoshoot of the interior and exterior online.
In Up, we first see the house as Carl and Ellie arrive as optimistic newlyweds. Later, they build a nursery (which also exists in the "real" Up home – see the pics in the link above) but are disappointed when Ellie is unable to become pregnant. Many years later, after Ellie dies, Carl lives in the house as a curmudgeonly loner, but he achieves a new lease of life with the help of a perky "wilderness explorer", Russell, and several thousand helium-filled balloons, which transport the pair and the house to the wilds of South America for the kind of adventure Ellie would have cherished.
Bangerter told the Associated Press earlier this year: "[The house] illustrates what home ownership really is, and it's not an investment. It's part of the American dream to have a house to care for, to improve and to make part of your family."
The new owners are Clinton and Lynette Hamblin of Petaluma, California, who had long searched for a home similar to the one in the film. When they heard that the Herriman house was for sale they travelled to view it and were surprised to find the price tag lower than many of the homes they had been looking at in their home state. "We just love the message of the movie – adventure is out there," Lynette told the Salt Lake Tribune. The couple will move in on her birthday, 4 January, next year.
The Up house has been a boon to tourism in Herriman, where civic leaders have even honoured it with a special resolution. More than 45,000 people have toured the property, including another California couple, Lisa and Geoff, who posted this extensive photoshoot of the interior and exterior online.
In Up, we first see the house as Carl and Ellie arrive as optimistic newlyweds. Later, they build a nursery (which also exists in the "real" Up home – see the pics in the link above) but are disappointed when Ellie is unable to become pregnant. Many years later, after Ellie dies, Carl lives in the house as a curmudgeonly loner, but he achieves a new lease of life with the help of a perky "wilderness explorer", Russell, and several thousand helium-filled balloons, which transport the pair and the house to the wilds of South America for the kind of adventure Ellie would have cherished.
Bangerter told the Associated Press earlier this year: "[The house] illustrates what home ownership really is, and it's not an investment. It's part of the American dream to have a house to care for, to improve and to make part of your family."
