Ten-story pyramid-shaped house built in defiance of demolition notices.
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A STUBBORN homeowner turned his humble adobe into a towering pyramid after his village was flattened to create a luxury resort.

Chen Tianming, 42, ignored demolition orders and built a 10-storey ramshackle tower in his village in southwestern China.

Ten-story pyramid-shaped house built in defiance of demolition notices.
Chen Tianming stands on one of the storeys of his homeCredit: AFP
Man standing in his multi-story, ramshackle home built in defiance of demolition orders.
It took Chen seven years to build the mammoth structureCredit: AFP
Man inside a multi-story, ramshackle wooden house.
The storeys are cobbled together from plywood and wooden beamsCredit: AFP

Chen has spent seven years and over 100,000 yuan (£10,300) building his towering labyrinth, according to AFP.

Authorities flattened most of Chen’s village in 2018 to make way for an 800-acre luxury resort, complete with a theatre and artificial lake.

His hometown of Xingyi, nestled in Guizhou province, is famed for its lush rice paddies and idyllic mountain views.

Despite being offered compensation, Chen’s parents remained steadfast, unwilling to abandon the house built by his grandfather in the 1980s. Chen made a commitment to safeguard it.

So Chen took a stand, slowly stacking the stone bungalow higher and higher.

He now boasts a 10-storey, pyramid-shaped maze of staircases, wooden beams, balconies and improvised add-ons.

Chen told AFP: “I started building out of practicality, trying to renovate and expand our home.

“But then it became more of an interest and hobby that I enjoyed.”

His lack of building permits and refusal to obey demolition notices has sparked multiple run-ins with the local government.

But Chen claims he does not mind – his worries disappear when he’s up in his bungalow, gazing at the mountains and distant buildings.

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He said: “People often say it’s unsafe and should be demolished… but I’ll definitely never let anyone tear it down.”

While the resort project was eventually scrapped, Chen’s neighbours had already moved out, their homes razed to the ground.

Despite this, Chen says he continues to receive demolition threats.

In August of last year, officials labeled Chen’s impressive home as an illegal structure and commanded him to demolish all additions, sparing only the initial bungalow, within a five-day period.

Chen says he has lost several preliminary hearings and spent tens of thousands of yuan battling the notices in court.

He awaits his next hearing.

He said: “I’m not worried. Now that there’s no one developing the land, there’s no need for them to knock the place down.

Lighten up with decorative lanterns at night, his house has unsurprisingly become a tourist attraction.

Neighbor He Diezhen expressed to AFP that she considers the home “beautiful,” noting that “if there are no safety concerns, it might even become an official local landmark.”

Chinese media have compared the whimsical tower to creations made by the legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.

It comes as another stubborn homeowner built a tall, narrow house to spite his neighbours who tried to get him to sell.

Developer John Atkins built the eyebrow-raising structure in Jacksonville, Florida, deliberately to look over neighbours’ gardens and block their views.

The new owner, Mike Cavanagh, 51, is defiantly proud of the nuisance it has caused.

Man standing in front of his multi-story house, defying demolition orders.
‘I’ll definitely never let anyone tear it down,’ Chen proudly saysCredit: AFP
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