Yang Wu and Wu Ping, a couple, owned a house in Chongqing, China.
Developers wanted to redevelop the area after having obtained government permission. They purchased all the surrounding land, including the houses of their neighbours. The neighbours were each given compensation packages consisting of cash and an apartment in the city.
Yet, the couple held out for more than 3 months, as they felt that the compensation package offered them was not equitable. They wanted an apartment that was of comparable size to that they were about to vacate.
Soon, the developers grew impatient and frustrated. They proceeded to bulldoze all the surrounding land, leaving the couple truly ‘high and dry’!
Imagine living in a house, on an island, in the middle of a giant pit!
Read more about this amazing situation, and other similarly ‘isolated’ homes, here:
Isolated Homes
What was the final outcome of this standoff? Read here:
Chongqing Nail House
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