Nimbism Chinese style.

[SmoothCriminal]

Apologise for the dm link in advance

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2236746/Ro...

Wish this would happen in this country when the hippies start climbing trees!

Just realised I spelt the title wrong blaming the iPhone!

[scenario8]

There are similar if less dramatic and photogenic examples within the UK. Compulsory purchase tends to sort things eventually, mind (not without ridiculous lengthy and expensive delays of course). I see smaller examples within the private housebuilding sector where individual homeowners try the billy big ball approach with developers holding out for more and more money but eventually either end up with nothing as the developer moves onto other sites or they end up with an amended development around them and a blighted property without the cash in their back pocket.

[JCW]

Looks like a Rover 75 in the foreground. Chinese version or original?

[The Don of Croy]

Looks like the house erupted through the tarmac.

Not sure about the telegraph pole left in the roadway either.

Will now check my highway code for appropriate signage...

[davepoth]

JCW said:

Looks like a Rover 75 in the foreground. Chinese version or original?

Chinese version, the light clusters are a bit different.

[/beard]

[martin84]

Yes the Chinese bought the rights to the 75 for about £2.86 and it's made as the Roewe or something like that.

[jbi]

it's a Roewe 750

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roewe_750

main difference is the wheelbase stretched 103mm (4.1 inches) and offered with 2 petrol engines. A 2.5 V6 or a 1.8 turbo.

That house will be brought down once the courts have ruled they have received a fair amount. They are just holding out for a better price.

Edited by jbi on Thursday 22 November 19:51

[TheHeretic]

Reminds me of the farm n the M62.

[fiatpower]

Wonder what the odds of a heavily ladened lorry crashing into it any time soon.

[Pints]

That made me chuckle.
Seems perfectly safe. What could possibly go wrong?

[davepoth]

fiatpower said:

Wonder what the odds of a heavily ladened lorry crashing into it any time soon.

Fairly good; I expect there's a big envelope full of money for whoever does it too...

[anonymous-user]

I can imagine his thoughts as he looks out of the window in that picture to be along the lines of "aaaaahhhhhh maybe that wasn't such a good......."

[Hoofy]

Could he open a Chinese takeaway/drive-through? (Or just "takeaway" as they might call it over there.)

[Rouleur]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/chi...

They said that the compensation offered was not enough to cover rebuilding costs, according to local media.
Their house is the only building left standing on the road, which was paved through their village Xiazhangyang near Wenling in Zhejiang province.

Thousands of cars will soon be speeding past the building every day on their way to the railway station in Wenling, a metropolis of

Stubborn families said they could open up a shop for business.
Resident Zhang Ling, 46, told the Mirror: “They didn’t offer us enough compensation to leave so we’re staying. It could be a good opportunity for us. We could open up a drive through shop on the ground floor.”

Property owners in China who refuse to move to make way for development are known as ‘Nail Householders’ referring to a nail that is not easy to remove from a piece of old wood and cannot be pulled out with a hammer. One of China's most famous 'nail houses' has been given its own enclosed courtyard in the middle of a newly-built shopping centre.
Once traffic starts roaring past, these nails might be prepared to be prised out.

[Vvroom]

Large detached property, not overlooked (by other houses), excellent transport links...

What's not to like?!

also, here http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by Vvroom on Friday 23 November 08:00

[Digga]

In the country that is supposed to be the solution to the worlds onging, low labour costs needs... Little things like this indicate the boundary limits to the mobilisation of their billions.

[shunaphil]

Don't we have our own version aka "Little House on the Prairie" on the M6? Why is that there?

[Digga]

shunaphil said:

Don't we have our own version aka "Little House on the Prairie" on the M6? Why is that there?

Stott Hall Farm, M62. Same reason; stubborn natives.

However, the routing around the obstruction was done far more sensibly: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll=53.6393...

[Dracoro]

shunaphil said:

Don't we have our own version aka "Little House on the Prairie" on the M6? Why is that there?

No, the reason for the split road is the surrounding geology, nothing to do with the owner "refusing to sell up".

As I recall, the land is farmed but no-one lives at the house - could be wrong about that though according to below article....

Edited by Dracoro on Friday 23 November 09:29

[marshalla]

Digga said:

Stott Hall Farm, M62. Same reason; stubborn natives.

However, the routing around the obstruction was done far more sensibly: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll=53.6393...

Wrong reason. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/content/articles/200...