Home Becomes An 'Island' In Building Row.

1. Anita
   March 12th, 2007 at 10:16 am

   I wonder how they get in and out? Maybe they have strong enough connections for a government helicopter escort?

2. Runa
   March 12th, 2007 at 11:46 am

   The new is incredible, but the picture is MORE incredible!

3. Skippy
   March 12th, 2007 at 12:50 pm

   This is like that old Bugs Bunny cartoon!

4. Storm
   March 12th, 2007 at 3:54 pm

   I guy I know (or knew) went through the same thing more or less. While he kept refusing to move they dug and dug but his building was never completely surrounded like this one.

   Eventually, after holding out for years, his building started to come apart, now being located on the very edge of a cliff. All other tenants were long gone. Last time I visited him, there was a wide crack that had started to split his living room in two.

   Those were strange times. But THIS photo... looks so surreal that the first thing you think is that it has to be a fake.

5. Aramax
   March 12th, 2007 at 4:22 pm

   The building is useless now... erosion will destroy the little bit of dirt under it and when the water will flow.

   There's no tree and barelly enough space to make a fence to prevent anyone from falling in the water.

   This is proof enough that you can't stand alone against a government... it's the same here in quebec ( Canada ) they are going to enlarge a highway and need to expropriate near 100 family because of it and there was one guy with his gas station/garage ( Nicely located since the highway was really near ) who was living la vida loca at that spot and didn't wanted to move. The money the government was giving was just compensating for the value of the building disregarding his business value.

   They're still in negotiation with the guy but all point out that he will have to move... they refused his idea to build the highway around his building because of trafic trouble witch is ridicule since the guy could refund the extra cost with the profits of such a project alone.

   Government playing dirty with small business.

6. quinnn
   March 12th, 2007 at 9:40 pm

   That first step's a doozy

7. blake
   March 12th, 2007 at 9:41 pm

   They could easily put stilts under the building and move it to a different site. It's been done with structures FAR more massive than this little shack.

8. quinnn
   March 12th, 2007 at 9:46 pm

   and is the area actually being turned into a lake? or was the term island (in quotes) just a metaphor?

9. Jim
   March 13th, 2007 at 1:48 am

   I doubt they're living there now. Obviously there isn't any way in or out of the house, but also there is no power lines, water pipes or sewer pipes going to/from the property.

   I similar situation happened in my home town years ago after they legalized gambling. The city promised a casino land that it hadn't yet acquired. There was a business located there and they guy refused to move. The casino ended up having to build a walkway that went over his land.

10. choke.
    March 13th, 2007 at 10:03 am

    why would they dig a big hole around this building and then leave it that way? it doesnt matter about the digging. they will just build new buildings around it and in a couple months it will be sandwiched inbetween a bunch of new construction. they cant get in and out now, but in no time there will be new concrete all around it and the old house will have new neighbors.

11. Zenman
    March 15th, 2007 at 4:53 pm

    These folk may not have power or water, but they do have a huge septic tank.

12. Astrid
    March 31st, 2007 at 8:05 pm

    Actually the people ARE still living there in defiance at the Government bullying that backs developers and has forced all the other neighbours out. The wife keeps the husband supplied, and he winches all his foodstuffs up with a pulley, but I can't for the life of me figure out if and how they get in and out.

13. Colin
    July 16th, 2007 at 6:19 am

    All this about morality is rubbish. These people were just waiting for a BIGGER payout... which after costing the developers lot's of money because of delays they got. The couple were happy to move, but felt the payment they were offered and all their neighbours accepted was too low, so they just waited and refused to move until they were paid more... so don't feel sorry for them, they're greedy scum.

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