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| This "nail house" house sits on a mound above ground level because the developer dug out the land around it. Photo: China Stringer Network/Reuters |
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| A "nail house" once stood in the middle of this road in the Heilongjiang Province, but it is in the process of being demolished and removed. Photo: China Stringer Network/Reuters |
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| Cao Wenxia, the owner of this "nail house" in Hefei, lights firecrackers to celebrate the Chinese New Year. A bulldozer used to demolish nearby buildings sits ominously close. Photo: Stringer Shanghai/Reuters |
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| Residents of the Guangfuli area of Shanghai have collectively decided not to leave their homes, creating an entire "nail neighborhood." Tao Weiren sits in front of his two-story house there, which is surrounded by high-end condominium buildings. Photo: Aly Song/Reuters |
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| The last house in this area of Guangzhou stands in the middle of a construction site where an apartment complex will be built. Photo: Joe Tan/Reuters |
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| The owner of this six-floor villa refused to accept the compensation offered by the developer who plans to build a financial center on the site. Photo: Paul Yeung/Reuters |
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| An old residential building is surrounded by a newly built ring viaduct in Guangzhou, China. Photo: China Stringer Network/Reuters |
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| This "nail house" sits in the middle of a road under construction in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Photo: China Stringer Network/Reuters |
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| An elderly couple refused to allow their house to be demolished, so it’s the only building left standing on the road paved through their village in the Zhejiang province. Photo: China Daily Information Corp/Reuters |
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| A partially demolished "nail house" sits on a construction site in Anhui province while the owner seeks more compensation. Photo: Jianan Yu/Reuters |
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| According to local media, the brothers who own this house did not reach an agreement about how to allocate the government compensation, so they haven’t signed a relocation agreement. Photo: China Stringer Network/Reuters |
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| The last house in this area stands in front of a shopping mall in central China's Hunan province. Photo: Stringer Shanghai/Reuters |
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| The owners of the house filed but lost a lawsuit against the developer of the land, which will be used for a high-rise-apartment project. Photo: Joe Tan/Reuters |
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| When this photo was taken, Zheng Meiju, the owner of the building pictured, had been living without electricity or water for six months, according to local media. Photo: China Stringer Network/Reuters |
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| This "nail house" is surrounded by a ditch at a construction site for a new residential compound in Hubei province. Photo: Stringer China/Reuters |
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| The banner on this house reads, "strongly requesting the government to punish the developer who demolished my house, give back my home." Photo: Jianan Yu/Reuters |
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| A woman walks past a “nail house” on the outskirts of Nanjing, where the land will be used for a wetland project, according to local media. Photo: Sean Yong/Reuters |
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| The construction site where this house sits in the Chongqing Municipality developed as a new zone of apartments. Photo: China Daily Information Corp/Reuters |
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| Owner Zhao Xing, 58, collects water near his partially demolished "nail house" in Yunnan province. Local media reported water and electricity supplies had been cut. Photo: Stringer Shanghai/Reuters |
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| A three-story "nail house" with a Chinese national flag on its rooftop is seen in the middle of a newly built road in the Henan province. Photo: China Stringer Network/Reuters |
Source:The owners of these defiant 'nail houses' in China refuse to give in to developers - Business Insider
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