alisa jaffe from our seattle station has the story. it s definitely a landmark. it s definitely a really cool, one of the many really cool things, small things about ballard. reporter: the future of the tiny up house is up in the air again. popped balloons fill the chain fence around the vacant ballard bungalow that edith maysfield refused to sell to developers before she died. you can tell there s a story and i think every story deserves its place. she fought so hard to keep her home. reporter: maysfield wanted to live out her last days in the little house, now overshadowed by growth and reportedly rejected a million-dollar offer to sell to developers, a move that inspired a movie. we love driving past. it makes everyone happy. reporter: last april, the property went on the auction block, but the highest bidders for the 100-year-old home have just backed out. the mother and daughter had planned to open a coffee and pie shop called edith pie, but the building s age and co