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An elderly widow refused to sell her home to the highest bidder and instead took a lower offer from a young couple who promised to live in the home rather than demolish it.
Rosemary Bartlam decided to sell the home she had lived in for more than 50 years in Holland Park West in Brisbane's south-east after the death of her husband Edward last year.
But every prospective buyer who showed an interest in the octogenarian's three-bedroom bungalow intended to bulldoze it to the ground and start over again.
Ms Bartlam eventually sold the property for $705,000 to young couple Madeline Pyke-Moran, 23, and Josh Cawse after they vowed to live in the home and look after her garden.
Rosemary Bartlam (left) sold the home she had lived in for more than 50 years in Holland Park West in Brisbane's south-east to young couple Madeline Pyke-Moran, 23, and Josh Cawse (together right) after they vowed to live in the home rather than demolish it
