Chinaman refuse to sell his house, now surrounded by an highway!

[singveld]

Won't sell up? Enjoy living in the middle of a motorway! Road is built around a house after elderly Chinese couple refuse to move

A lone apartment building stands in the middle of a newly built road after an elderly couple refused to relocate.

Luo Baogen and his wife insist on living in the half-demolished building in the city of Wenling, in Zhejiang province, China because they believe that the relocation compensation offered by the government is not enough.

Now the only building left standing, the five storey block is a strange sight as cars drive around it while the couple remain living inside.

To ensure the couple’s safety, adjacent rooms in the building have been left intact but all their neighbours have moved out, according to local media.

The road paved through the Xiazhangyang village leads to the Wenling railway station and is yet to be officially opened.

Mr Baogen and his wife believe that the compensation on offer would not be enough to cover their rebuilding costs.

In the People's Republic of China, during most of the Communist era, private ownership of property was abolished, making it easy for residents to be moved on - but now the laws have been tightened up and it is illegal to demolish property by force without an agreement.
Property owners in China that refuse to move to make way for development are known as 'Nail Householders' referring to a stubborn nail that is not easy to remove from a piece of old wood and cannot be pulled out with a hammer.

Earlier this year, Hong Chunqin, 75, and her husband Kung, who live in the two dilapidated buildings with their two sons, had initially agreed to sell the property in Taizhou, in Zhejiang province and accepted £8,000 in compensation.

But then she changed her mind and refunded the money once work on the road had started.

 

[General Kala]

Epic..................

 

[wendychan]

you mean they didn't send some people to "get " him since he refused the compensation?
i hope he lives in that house for a LONG LONG time.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Chinaman developer cannot reroute? Talk cock this is to bully the couple to move or factor in they will die off soon then the road will be paved over....matter of time only.

In sinkieland my ex indo tycoon boss refused to sell his row of shophouses in geylang for a condo project.....ended up the developer had to build around his property.

 

[longbow]

I am actually impressed with Chinese laws. In Singapore, Gov will claim eminent domain and buy your house at market price and that is that.

This is the case in Western countries especially if the project benefits the public - like in a public road or railway track. And why didn't anyone send gangs to beat up the old man, as would be the case in Japan. Seems like Chins's laws protect the individual quite a bit

 

[watchman8]

I am actually impressed with Chinese laws. In Singapore, Gov will claim eminent domain and buy your house at market price and that is that.

This is the case in Western countries especially if the project benefits the public - like in a public road or railway track. And why didn't anyone send gangs to beat up the old man, as would be the case in Japan. Seems like Chins's laws protect the individual quite a bit

you are admiring the wrong stuff. The Chinese laws are so cock up that they can't handle such issues properly. The single family that refuse to move and blackmail the government usually also have backing from powerful friends or relatives.

 

[PROFILER]

you are admiring the wrong stuff. The Chinese laws are so cock up that they can't handle such issues properly. The single family that refuse to move and blackmail the government usually also have backing from powerful friends or relatives.

Don't think so. If got powerful friends or relatives, there will be no highway cutting through their house.

 

[PROFILER]

I am actually impressed with Chinese laws. In Singapore, Gov will claim eminent domain and buy your house at market price and that is that.

This is the case in Western countries especially if the project benefits the public - like in a public road or railway track. And why didn't anyone send gangs to beat up the old man, as would be the case in Japan. Seems like Chins's laws protect the individual quite a bit

Yes, you're right. China post-communist era has a much more democratic set of laws than Singapore, which seems to be still living in Japanese occupation era.

 

[Cestbon]

If me . I will set up. Pit stop offer drink/food.

 

[looneytan]

an highway!

 

[watchman8]

Don't think so. If got powerful friends or relatives, there will be no highway cutting through their house.

All the more they like it. Then can demand for multiple times of fair compensation by stalling time and to be last to move out

 

[ilovesingapore]

the tyranny of democracy is utter idiocy and stupidity.....china is opening up and developing rapidly. the mindset of some of the people remain stone age!!!

 

[numero uno]

Chinaman developer cannot reroute? Talk cock this is to bully the couple to move or factor in they will die off soon then the road will be paved over....matter of time only.

In sinkieland my ex indo tycoon boss refused to sell his row of shophouses in geylang for a condo project.....ended up the developer had to build around his property.

this is a Bullsh!t extortionist couple. If you read he report properly the accept the money and then later refund them. If you look at the photos, towards the left and right of the highway are also houses!!! so what nonsense you talking about rerouting??? moreover this is a highway for the common good, NOT a shopping centre. what happenes is probably the garmen trying to built a highway and it's planned route probably happens to cut across his house andd when the cr@p at tiong couple realise that the highway builders cannot reroute as there are similar houses to the left and right(look at the photos closely), they regret taking the money and try to extort for a higher price. Don't underestimate all these Ah tiongs no matter how old they are. It not about sentimental value or principle(which they accept nad probbaly found out later that they were in a position to extort more from the government builders). Hence the govt probably gives up and built round their stupid house(land is cheap in China). If these is a shopping complex built by private companies I am sure they woudkl employ gangsters and thisidiotic couple woudl be out in no time.
don't believe what all these old at tioings say. Like the bus drivers, if they find out something where they can extort they would do so and cow beh cow bu. go ask thiose businessmen who do business in China and they would tell you the common folks there are nothiing but cheats, hence the whole cr@p cheating society from top to bottom. sinkieland no different actually.

 

[ilovesingapore]

some stupid mindless zappers are real stoned and drugged and dumb!!!...bloody twit!!!twat!!!twig!!!...cowards with no balls!!!

 

[singveld]

No longer living in the fast lane: Elderly Chinese couple finally give in and let bulldozers pull down their house after motorway was built around it

At five storeys high, it stood in the middle of a newly-built motorway as a symbol of resistance.

But after refusing to relocate while authorities built a giant road around their home, an elderly Chinese couple has finally admitted defeat.

In front of a crowd of onlookers, bulldozers and diggers moved in to tear the stubborn house to the ground.

Luo Baogen and his wife previously insisted on staying in the half-demolished building in the city of Wenling, Zhejiang province, because they believed that the relocation compensation offered by the government was not enough.The couple were the only the only remaining occupants of their neighbourhood after the road was constructed to lead to a new rail station on the outskirts of the city.

The road had not yet been officially opened while the couple still lived in the property - a situation that would have made their occupancy even more dangerous.

Duck farmer Luo, 67, had previously refused the Government's paltry compensation of 220,000 yuan (£22,000) for relocation. He spent 600,000 yuan (£60,000) completing the house.
It is understood that the couple finally accepted an increased offer of 260,000 yuan (£26,000) so see their home demolished.

Chinese authorities often pressure residents into accepting compensation packages if their homes are in the way of development projects. Extreme methods, such as cutting off utilities, are often used to hasten the eviction.

But Luo's village chief said that the man had voluntarily accepted the offer and had tired of the attention his home was receiving.

Beginning of the end: Work began on the house's deconstruction on Saturday in the city of Wenling, Zhejiang province. It is understood the couple finally accepted a compensation deal to relocate

Tumbling down: Onlookers gather to watch the house being demolished. It had become a symbol of resistance against developers

 

[SecretMessages]

Lone Chinese home on main road destroyed

Date December 2, 2012 - 12:13AM

Before and after ... owners of the lone house on the main road agree to compensation. Photo: Reuters

Authorities have demolished a five-storey home that stood incongruously in the middle of a new main road and had become the latest symbol of resistance by Chinese homeowners against officials accused of offering unfair compensation.

Xiayangzhang village chief Chen Xuecai told The Associated Press the house was bulldozed on Saturday after its owners, duck farmer Luo Baogen and his wife, agreed to accept compensation of 260,000 yuan ($39,500).

There was no immediate confirmation from Luo, whose mobile phone was turned off on Saturday.

The couple had been the lone holdouts from a neighbourhood that was demolished to make way for the main thoroughfare heading to a newly built railway station on the outskirts of the city of Wenling in Zhejiang province.

The razing comes a week after images of the house circulated widely online in China, triggering a flurry of domestic and foreign media reports about the latest "nail house", as buildings that remain standing as their owners resist development are called.

Luo, 67, had just completed his house at a cost of about 600,000 yuan when the government approached him with their standard offer of 220,000 to move out, which he refused, Chen has previously said.

The offer then went up to 260,000 yuan last week.

It was not immediately clear why Luo accepted the compensation in a meeting with officials on Friday when the amount of money offered was the same as a week ago.

Village chief Chen said Luo was tired of all the media attention and voluntarily consented to the deal.

"Luo Baogen received dozens of people from the media every day and his house stands in the centre of the road. So he decided to demolish the house," Chen said.

Authorities commonly pressure residents to agree to make way for development, sometimes with extreme measures, such as cutting off utilities or moving in to demolish when residents are out for the day.

In Luo's case, however, he had told local reporters last week his electricity and water were still flowing.

Real estate has been one of the big drivers of China's runaway growth in recent decades.

But the rapid development has run into objections from many of the hundreds of thousands of residents who have been forced out to make way for new housing, factories and other business ventures, creating a major source of unrest.

AP

 

[Leongsam]

It's a hideous monstrosity. It should never have been built in the first place.

 

[tualingong]

it was the govt who sent in the reporters to intimidate him persistently until he capitulates.

this is how the chinese govt. treats people who wants to narrow their income gaps through getting a fair deal from the profits of the govt. through hustlings.

they even tapped your phones and see what you are up to.

and try their best to intimidate you until you surrender.

then later they themselves could take a bigger pie of the share through corruption and abuse of power.

then they send their kids abroad and siphoned the peasants fair share of the money abroad.

this is how things worked in chn. thousands of years still havent change.

my personal need has more priorities than the needs of the collective.

communism is just an aspiration. share the profits with your comrades?

it is all bullshit.

 

[wendychan]

NOT unbelievable...money conquers all, or the pursuit of the money

 

[I_Hate_Pappies]

How can this be allowed in a communist country? This will never happen in Singapore, a democratic society.