House is an island

[Burns]

real story;

 

Developers have turned a house into an island in China after the owner refused to move out.

 

 

The villa now stands alone in a 30ft deep man-made pit in Chongqing city, reports Jinbao Daily.

 

The Chongqing Zhengsheng Real Estate Company wants to turn the area into a £40m 'Broadway' square, including apartments and a shopping mall.

 

But the owner of the villa says he won't move out unless the company pays his price - the equivalent of £1.3 million.

 

"The villa owner refuses to move, so the real-estate developer has had to dig out all around it to force him to," says a saleswoman at Weilian Real Estate Sales Company.

 

"He wants 20 million yuan, or he'll stay till the end of the world."

 

what a nutjob

[sab6024]

Bloke's mad. Wonder what he's smoking? £1.3mil.......doesn't want much then?

[andrewg1323]

he'll get the money in the eend though they need his house!

[luz008]

maybe he could fill it with water and have a cool moat and a draw bridge- the house would be worth alot more then

[sab6024]

maybe he could fill it with water and have a cool moat and a draw bridge- the house would be worth alot more then

 

That's a great idea.

 

There's a house in Newquay on an island. You have to get to it on foot over a bridge. Quite cool, but can you imagine coming home drunk? Could be interesting

[Vista]

maybe he could fill it with water and have a cool moat and a draw bridge- the house would be worth alot more then

 

That's a great idea.

 

There's a house in Newquay on an island. You have to get to it on foot over a bridge. Quite cool, but can you imagine coming home drunk? Could be interesting

 

I've got a photo of that house (Newquay) somewhere, I'm always envious of the owners when I see it, it looks fabulous. I'd be declaring it an independent state and writing my own tax laws!

 

As to the Chinese guy, good luck to him, developers make millions out of these things and people don't deserve to be pushed around in order to boost company profits.

[Burns]

I'd be declaring it an independent state and writing my own tax laws!

 

you could claim the vat back for your petrol and everything

[ALL4SHOW]

theres a farmer that did wouldnt move years ago & they had to build the motorway around his house think its the M62 on the way to leeds but i think they would just put a compulsory purchase order on it now

[Vista]

I'd be declaring it an independent state and writing my own tax laws!

 

you could claim the vat back for your petrol and everything

 

Unfortunately the Newquay Island house is just a House with a large garden on top of a rock pinnacle . It's joined to the mainland by a footbridge that's some 20 or 30 metres long, so you'd need to airlift your car back and forwards and would only be able to drive it to the bottom of your garden when you got it there

[antz]

[sab6024]

I'd be declaring it an independent state and writing my own tax laws!

 

you could claim the vat back for your petrol and everything

 

Unfortunately the Newquay Island house is just a House with a large garden on top of a rock pinnacle . It's joined to the mainland by a footbridge that's some 20 or 30 metres long, so you'd need to airlift your car back and forwards and would only be able to drive it to the bottom of your garden when you got it there

 

I'm quite sure that the house has a garage. Unfortunately on the mainland or Newquay as the locals call it

[luz008]

http://houseinthesea.uniquehomestays.co ... ails&id=28

[sab6024]

Yep that'd be the one. Didn't realise it was a B&B now. Cool though