China’s nail houses are well known all around the world because they are something unusual. Small, old & rusty houses in middle of newly build roads, highways or apartments. They are owned by people in dispute with the amount of compensation with the government.
This new road from China’s Henan province is almost complete except the small patch where the house stands because he refused to accept the compensation offer. According to the workers the owner is still living in this only house on the road.
This old house is located in Nanning, Guangxi province between new apartments and a new road. The owner doesn’t want to allow the demolition of his old house. So now no one can get the benefit of the new road except the old man in the house.
The owner of this half demolished building is in a dispute with Chinese government over compensation amount so now the road is complete except the area which is covered by the building. This photo is from China’s Zhejiang province.