The house stands no longer.
The government usually approach home owners with their standard offer of 220,000 (22,000) to move out.
Often this is inadequate for owners who spend several times more in building their homes.
Despite this, most people accept the compensation but some refuse.
The offer then went up to 260,000 yuan last week.
Let us look at some of the toughest nail houses all over China.
Luo Baogen house before it was demolished on December 1, 2012.
The owners are trying to get more compensation before giving permission to demolish the house.
It was hailed as the coolest nail household in history.
They finally reached an agreement with the company and their house was demolished in April.
In these pictures we see the demolition of nail house in Guangzhou January 8, 2008.
(REUTERS / Joe Tan)
A nail house with an area of 3000 sq.m.
The last building standing at the site prepared for the construction of a new residential complex in Hefei.
The owner refused to move out because of differences in compensation.
Several nail houses block the traffic in Songjiang district, Shanghai on March 22, 2011.
Around his house is the building site.
A nail house stands still at Yongji streeet, Jindong district, Zhejiang Province on Dec 23, 2010.
A nail house stands in Shuguang West Road, Chaoyang district, Beijing on Dec 16, 2010.
A nail house stands erect in Liede village, Guangzhou Province on Nov 28, 2007.
The nail house before a commercial building in Changsha, Hunan province on Nov 14, 2007.
On the top photo - House of Wu Yang in 2004.
In the picture below: the same place, only this time without a home Young.
(ROBERT SAIGET / AFP / Getty Images)
Sources:China Daily,Telegraph,The Atlantic
