By Kevin Airs For Daily Mail Australia 3/19/2022
Inside story of how a defiant Aussie family turned their back on MILLIONS from developers to live in their dream home - while hundreds of new-build houses are crammed around their sprawling acreage
• Family in Sydney's west have stubbornly refused to sell out to developers
• The massive strip of land has cut off separate sides of the new build estate
• Neighbouring property was valued at up to almost $5million 10 years ago
• Developers could squeeze around $40million-plus worth of new homes on land
A beloved family home in Sydney's west is the picture of defiance after years of its owners dismissing developers with the Aussie catchcry: 'Tell 'em they're dreamin'.'
The home is slap bang in the middle of a new-build development in The Ponds area near Quakers Hill which has seen hundreds of high-density detached homes spring up.
But while all their old neighbours gradually sold up and moved out, the Zammit family has held on and refused to sell, despite being offered millions.
Their beautiful home stands on 1.99 hectares and has a majestic, Windsor Castle-style, 200m-long driveway cutting through the huge lawn to the front door.
It boasts breathtaking views across to the Blue Mountains with the spectacular Newnes Plateau visible in the distance, but is just 40 minutes drive from the CBD.
The property slices through a huge block of the new development, abruptly turning through-roads into cul-de-sacs, with homes wedged up hard against the home's boundary fence.
The Zammits insist they are a very private family and refused to discuss the offers they've been made to move out.
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A beloved family home in Sydney's west is the picture of defiance after years of its owners
dismissing developers with the Aussie catchcry: 'Tell 'em they're dreamin'
