The offer has since gone up to 260,000 yuan ($41,000).

What is unusual in Luos case is that his house has been allowed to stand for so long.

Other families havent been so lucky.

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The owners turned down an offer of 300,000 but eventually settled with the developers in 2007.

via DailyMail

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