House nails

• Home-nails

House-nail - a neologism that came from the Chinese language. House nails as a mass phenomenon appeared in China during the chaotic building large cities.

Usually, home-nails were once part of the quarter, which was demolished. Sometimes in the construction of new buildings, roads and even runways hosts some fundamentally refuse to leave their homes, and as a result their houses are preserved, sometimes for several years, but strongly stamped on the background of the surrounding architecture.

Meanwhile, the nails at home has become a symbol of a powerful resistance to the fastest growing economy in the world.

The phenomenon of home-nail, we have hard to find. Yet in China, there is an incredible respect for property.

For example, home-nail in Anhui Province, China (picture dated February 2, 2010). The owner would like to receive more compensation before agreeing to the demolition of their buildings.

This owner even refused to sell a piece of land to builders, as a result of the excavation dug around and found himself the owner of the building on its own island. Chongqing, China, March 22, 2007.

"The Island" near Chongqing, China, March 21, 2007. It is clear that such a structure is unsafe and could collapse at any moment.

April 2, 2007 is a building with an "island" yet demolished. Owner lasted 3 years, but lost in court.

This is another handsome in Zhejiang Province, July 17, 2013. And this is the owner of the building. She refused to move, considering the small compensation, and now lives a year because, although at the beginning of 2013th the house was cut off water and electricity.

The six-story building on the construction site of the future of the financial center in the central area of Shenzhen City, April 17, 2007.

"nails" are not only at home. Here is the grave-nail at a construction site in Shanxi Province, December 6, 2012.

The bottom of the construction site looks like it's very unusual. Shanxi Province, December 6, 2012.

Another view. Grave-nail at a construction site in Shanxi Province, December 6, 2012.

The same grave-nail 13 December 2012. It looks absurd, but in China, respected property. And yet, between the owner of the grave and the construction company it signed an agreement. compensation payout amounted to 128 dollars! Yes, because this amount all happened. Around the grave of the nail already established a platform to move it to another location.

Also, these discordant buildings can be found in the US, UK, Germany, Japan and other locations can. For example, a case is known from the Japanese family that fundamentally refused to leave his house, the site of which we were going to build the airport. As a result, the house was in the middle of the runway.

But home-nail in the middle of the highway, the city of Xi'an, 14 August 2013. Family of seven people continued to live here without electricity and water.

View from the other side. Xi'an City, August 14, 2013.

This is the host, too, was not satisfied with the payment. Chongqing, February 4, 2009.

The Guangzhou on this construction site begin to build a new residential area. House-nail right there November 28, 2007.

Demolition-nail home the previous image, Guangzhou, on January 8, 2008. The owner has lost the case in court and agreed with the demolition.

This is another great example. House-nail on the square in front of the shopping center in the district of Changsha, Hunan Province, Nov. 13, 2007.

Home-nail at a construction site in Yunnan Province, October 30, 2010. On the right is visible at the bottom of its owner, which is gaining in the pit water.

Another house-nail in Hubei province, November 19, 2013.

When the Chinese authorities decided to build a road here, they had to demolish a residential area, resettling its inhabitants. But one family has considered that the proposed compensation to her new home does not build and refused to move. The struggle was 4 years! Venling, China, November 22, 2012.

And now December 1, 2012-nail house was demolished. The farmer and his wife agreed to take compensation in the amount of $ 40 000. The highway finally earn normally.