Chinese city builds bridge around house after owner refuses to move

[beijingwalker]

LOL.. Epic troll

Chinese city builds bridge around house after owner refuses to move

 

[beijingwalker]

Life in the fast lane: Chinese city builds a motorway bridge around a tiny house after its stubborn owner refused to move for 10 years

• Owner of the house refuses to budge for the government project in Guangzhou
• Footage shows the property wedged between two wings of a new highway link
• The resident said she did not mind living there, calling it 'quiet' and 'liberating'
• Local officials claimed the woman had rejected all of their compensation offers

By BILLIE THOMSON FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 12:59 BST, 6 August 2020

A Chinese city has built a highway bridge around a tiny house after its owner refused to sell it to the government for a decade.

The building is one of many examples of 'nail houses' in China - or 'dingzihu' in Mandarin - where homeowners reject compensation from a developer for its demolition.

Footage released by local media shows the property tightly wedged between two wings of the newly opened Haizhuyong Bridge in the metropolis of Guangzhou in Guangdong province.

The one-storey house contains a 40-square-metre (430-square-foot) flat and is situated in a pit in the middle of the four-lane traffic link, according to Guangdong TV station.

The owner, known by her surname Liang, said she had not agreed to move because the government had failed to offer her a replacement property in an ideal location.

She added that she was happy to deal with the consequences and did not mind what other people thought of her.

'You think this environment is poor, but I feel it's quiet, liberating, pleasant and comfortable,' she claimed.

An insider told the station that Ms Liang had demanded the government give her four apartments, but the government had only agreed to two.

According to another interview recorded by Pear Video, she claimed the government had offered her substitute accommodation next to a morgue, and that was why she hadn't settled.

The 'nail house' has sparked an internet sensation in China after footage and images of it emerged on social media.

The government of Haizhu district said on Thursday that officials earmarked the plot on Huandao Road for demolition in 2010 to build the Haizhuyong Bridge, reported Guangzhou Daily.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...bridge-house-stubborn-owner-refused-move.html

 

[SD 10]

LOL.. Epic troll

Chinese city builds bridge around house after owner refuses to move

damn

 

[Chakar The Great]

While people criticise China being an autocratic state??

Had this happened in India or US, owner would have been thrown out on the street.

 

[beijingwalker]

Nail house
Traditional Chinese 釘子戶
Simplified Chinese 钉子户
neologism for homes belonging to people (sometimes called "stubborn nails") who refuse to make room for real estate development. The term, a pun coined by developers, refers to nails that are stuck in wood, and cannot be pounded down with a hammer.

Funny Nail Houses in China

 

[Dungeness]

LOL.. Epic troll

Chinese city builds bridge around house after owner refuses to move

She is one hell of a tough lady! Tougher than the authoritarian Chinese government.

 

[beijingwalker]

The irony is that most those old houses were given to them by the government many decades ago, they didn't buy them.

 

[beijingwalker]

"Nail House": Building built around Tombstones, Graves
A fancy apartment building was slated to be built in Taiyuan in Shanxi Province, but one family refused to move the remains of their ancestors, claiming they were not being paid enough for the inconvenience and suffering.

 

[beijingwalker]

Chinese 'Nail House' Becomes Tourist Destination

Tuesday, 18 August, 2020 - 05:30

The so-called "Nail House" in China, which its owner refused to make way for a highway project, has become an Internet sensation and tourist attraction after a two-lane road was built around it, the German News Agency (dpa) reported.


The homeowner told a local TV station in Guangdong province that she was unhappy with compensation offered by developers who were building the Haizhuyong Bridge, a roadway which crosses a small waterway in the city of Guangzhou.

Videos of the 40-meter wide house, located in a central part of the megacity, went viral on Chinese social media after the bridge opened on August 3.


Footage shows a number of visitors exploring the area below the bridge, and the old house still standing.


The house is an example of a Chinese "nail house": structures that remain like stubborn nails stuck in wood, when residents refuse to make way for major infrastructure projects. Developers can be forced to build highways, bridges, and even other housing developments around them.

https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2454546/bioprinting-microrobot-treat-gastric-wall-injuries

 

[beijingwalker]

LoL.. A smart way to make money.

 

[- Singh Saab -]

 

[Musings]

You have to give credit to the Chinese. In the UK - they would get a court order and force them to move.

 

[PakAlp]

Uk farm house with motorway built around it

 

[Nike]

This, think when the project is going on, from the dust, noisy machine working days and night and other incovennient. I believe she is not human to begin with able to stay sane and keep her attitude the same

 

[beijingwalker]

Taiwan TV: A nail house in Chinese Guangdong province holds their ground for 17 years, refuses to move unless the government pays them 300 million Yuan ($47 million)