It soared 13 floors to reach a height of 144 feet.

Sutyagin grew up in a two-storey flat and felt lonely all his life.

So once he had acquired wealth, he started constructing this house and kept at it for fifteen years.

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“So I added another and it still didn’t look right so I kept going.

What you see today is a happy accident.”

Finally in 2008, the court ordered the house to be demolished.

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Over the following year, the house was pulled down.

Photo credit: unknown

Sources:Telegraph/architectuul.com/Rg.ru

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