Disney fan snaps up replica house from Pixar's Up

Utah home builder Bangerter Homes recreated the home that Carl and Ellie Fredrickson lived in in the 2009 Pixar movie Up, and now it has found a buyer. 

Using the movie as a guide, Bangerter created a two-storey, colourful house with details including a mural over the fireplace and the painted mailbox. However, unlike the original, the Utah house has a basement (which would have been impractical for flying in the film).

"There weren't blueprints out there for the Up house it's an animated movie. So we scaled it out using our experience as custom homebuilders," Adam Bangerter, who received permission from Disney for the project, said at the time. 

"It really shows you don't have to have a palatial mansion. A home is a place where you create memories."

Movie fans Clinton and Lynette Hamblin have bought the four-bedroom house for $400,000 and intend to move from their current home in California to live in it.

"We just love the message of the movie — adventure is out there," Lynette told The Salt Lake Tribune.

The home has been attracting 1,000 Disney fans a day, and it will remain open to the public until the Hamblins take possession in early January.

"There’s Disney magic all through it," Lynette says. "We’re so glad so many people have had a chance to see it."