Friday Funny: When Your House Really Does Become An Island

A real estate company in Chongqing city, China, turns the home of a man who refuses to move into an island. [Includes a stunning photo.]

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March 16, 2007, 2:00 PM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"The villa owner refuses to move, so the real-estate developer has had to dig out all around it to force him to," says a saleswoman at Weilian Real Estate Sales Company.

'He wants 20 million yuan, or he'll stay till the end of the world.' "

Thanks to Archinect

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