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A Chinese city has built a highway bridge around a tiny house after its owner refused to sell it to the government for a decade.

The building is one of many examples of ‘nail houses’ in China – or ‘dingzihu’ in Mandarin – where homeowners reject compensation from a developer for its demolition.

Footage released by local media shows the property tightly wedged between two wings of the newly opened Haizhuyong Bridge in the metropolis of Guangzhou in Guangdong province.

Footage released by local media shows the so-called 'nail house' situated in a pit in the middle of the newly opened Haizhuyong Bridge in the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong province

Footage released by local media shows the so-called 'nail house' situated in a pit in the middle of the newly opened Haizhuyong Bridge in the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong province

Footage released by local media shows the so-called ‘nail house’ situated in a pit in the middle of the newly opened Haizhuyong Bridge in the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong province

The owner said she had not agreed to move because the government had failed to offer her a replacement property in an ideal location. An insider claimed she had demanded four flats

The owner said she had not agreed to move because the government had failed to offer her a replacement property in an ideal location. An insider claimed she had demanded four flats

The owner said she had not agreed to move because the government had failed to offer her a replacement property in an ideal location. An insider claimed she had demanded four flats 

The one-storey house contains a 40-square-metre (430-square-foot) flat and is situated in a pit in the middle of the four-lane traffic link, according to Guangdong TV station

The owner, known by her surname Liang, said she had not agreed to move because the government had failed to offer her a replacement property in an ideal location.

She added that she was happy to deal with the consequences and did not mind what other people thought of her.

‘You think this environment is poor, but I feel it’s quiet, liberating, pleasant and comfortable,’ she claimed.

The building is one of many examples of 'nail houses' in China - or 'dingzihu' in Mandarin

The building is one of many examples of 'nail houses' in China - or 'dingzihu' in Mandarin

The building is one of many examples of ‘nail houses’ in China – or ‘dingzihu’ in Mandarin

Officials earmarked the plot on Huandao Road for demolition in 2010 to build the bridge

Officials earmarked the plot on Huandao Road for demolition in 2010 to build the bridge

Officials earmarked the plot on Huandao Road for demolition in 2010 to build the bridge

An insider told the station that Ms Liang had demanded the government give her four apartments, but the government had only agreed to two.

According to another interview recorded by Pear Video, she claimed the government had offered her substitute accommodation next to a morgue, and that was why she hadn’t settled. 

The ‘nail house’ has sparked an internet sensation in China after footage and images of it emerged on social media.

The government of Haizhu district said on Thursday that officials earmarked the plot on Huandao Road for demolition in 2010 to build the Haizhuyong Bridge, reported Guangzhou Daily

The 'nail house' has sparked an internet sensation in China after footage and images of it emerged on social media

The 'nail house' has sparked an internet sensation in China after footage and images of it emerged on social media

Residents of Guangzhou have flocked to take pictures of it

Residents of Guangzhou have flocked to take pictures of it

The ‘nail house’ (left) has sparked an internet sensation in China after footage and images of it emerged on social media. Residents of Guangzhou have flocked to take pictures of it (right)

Ms Liang is the only person out of a total of 47 households and seven firms that still lives there. All of the others had moved away by last September, officials said.

Authorities claimed to have offered the resident many flat candidates as well as cash compensation schemes, but she had rejected them all.

They added that engineers had studied the relevant safety issues before constructing the overpass.

The government promised to carry on communicating with Ms Liang.

Source: Daily Mail AU

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