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March 17, 2007
A room with a view
Not a particularly nice view, mind you. But at least it's not New Jersey - where they'd have just taken his house against his wishes.
House is an islandDevelopers have turned a house into an island in China after the owner refused to move out.
Developers turned a house into an island after the owner refused to move out in Chongqing city, China /Lu Feng
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.
Posted by joke du jour at March 17, 2007 10:58 AM
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