＂If you still have the ability to buy a house in this life, you must buy an existing house.＂

According to the client news of the New Yellow River, from the outside of the floor, the "Yihefang" is not much different from the surrounding communities-the walls are neat and bright, and many owners have couplets and window grilles on their balconies. It is only a few hundred meters away from the nearest commercial complex, and a little further west, it is a subway station and an intercity passenger hub station. And there are many schools nearby, "serious school districts".

No one can think that this is a property that has been unfinished for nearly eight years. The interior of the community is another scene. The rainy road turns into a "cement" road, and construction waste piled up in hills can be seen everywhere. The corridor has not been completed yet, so residents have to build their own roadbed with bricks and boards. The bigger difficulty is that most buildings have no water or electricity because they have not yet been handed over.

Yihefang is located in Liuying Road, Baqiao District, Xi ‘an. There are 13 buildings and 1287 households in the first phase, 6 of which are high-rise buildings and the rest are multi-storey. The building is basically completed, but it can’t meet the delivery conditions. Liu Xiaoqiang said that at the beginning, the developer verbally promised to hand over the house by the end of 2014, but the contract was marked as June 30, 2015.

Today, only one building in the community has delivered the house and one building has successfully saved itself. The owners of the remaining buildings have consulted the relevant departments many times, and the answer is that the developers have no money, and they have to go bankrupt and reorganize to re-introduce new investors. The Baqiao District Government also replied through the Internet that the Yihefang project is a reconstruction project of Xiangwang Village in Xiwang Street. Due to the financial difficulties of the developer Xi ‘an Side Real Estate Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Side Company), all the projects involved in the first phase, the second phase and the third phase were suspended.

The reply also said that after the problem occurred, the buyers repeatedly reported to the districts and streets, and the districts and streets also organized developers and owners’ representatives to negotiate and solve the project construction and compensation plan, and guided the owners to protect their rights through legal channels.

But some owners can’t wait. Some people have lost their job opportunities and are unable to afford rent and mortgage; Some people have heard that after bankruptcy and reorganization, there may be variables in housing property rights. So some property buyers choose to move into rough houses. According to the owner, some people first moved in on February 28th this year, and more than 300 households moved in in January. More people are wandering between rental houses and "new homes".

Live in a rough house

Liu Xiaoqiang, a native of Luonan County, Shaanxi Province, worked hard in Xi ‘an in his early twenties. After struggling for more than ten years and saving some savings, he and his wife Lili discussed improving the living conditions for the small family. So in the summer of 2013, I paid a down payment of 150,000 yuan to buy this house.

Liu Xiaoqiang was deeply impressed by the situation of buying a house. One day, he drove a night taxi and pulled a passenger who lived near Xiwang Street. The other party told him that there was a new property opening. "The cost performance is particularly high, next to the subway station and passenger center, it is only 4,750 yuan, which is several hundred yuan cheaper than the surrounding ones." After listening to him, he was tempted and it was convenient to think of going back to his hometown. The next day, he couldn’t take a rest during the day, so he took his wife to the Yihefang sales center.

Buying a house is not an easy decision. The couple ran more than ten times and saw that the five certificates were complete and half of the floors had been built. The couple finally felt relieved. After years of savings and money borrowed from relatives and friends, they finally got enough down payment of 150 thousand. The total house payment is 450,000 yuan. They took out a mortgage of 300,000 yuan for 20 years, and paid back about 2,300 yuan each month. After the interest rate dropped, they still paid back 1,955.05 yuan each month. Just after signing the contract, Li Li excitedly took the contract to a nearby school to consult about transferring her children. "At that time, I felt that the names of the community were beautiful."

Luo Juan, a migrant worker with a household registration in Lantian, bought a house in Building No.1, which he plans to use for his son’s marriage in the future. The contract also says that the house will be delivered on June 30, 2015. But by the time of delivery, others said that "the property was unfinished", which was the first time she knew the word "unfinished". She didn’t believe it. "How can such a big company not pay the house?"

According to public information, Side Company, the developer of the Yihefang project, is insolvent, which leads to the housing failure. Later, Beijing Xuhui Chaoyang, the creditor of the company, submitted an application for bankruptcy and reorganization of Side Company to Baqiao Court. In 2018, Yihefang entered bankruptcy and reorganization procedures. At present, the case is still being processed.

Luo Juan gave up after seeing it on the spot several times. At that time, the community was overgrown with weeds and few workers. Other owners came to check the progress together, and everyone left contact information with each other and joined the group. Now there are 477 people in the "message tracking group" and 421 people in another group called creditors.

Before that, she rented in the village in the city with her husband, son and father-in-law. Later, she caught up with the demolition of the village in the city and had to pay twice the rent to rent in an old building of 60 square meters. The room still has no heating and bathing facilities, only two bedrooms, and when my daughter comes back, the family lives very crowded. After the warm weather this year, she and her husband moved to a rough house. "Although the conditions are difficult, at least they live in their own house."

Others choose to live in rough houses, just like Liu Xiaoqiang, in order to keep their own houses.

The announcement posted by Baqiao District People’s Court in the community on March 1, 2022 stated that the project had entered the trial procedure. During this period, it is forbidden to walk around the construction site without the permission of the construction party in the name of checking the construction progress. It is forbidden to incite forced occupancy, seize houses and other acts that disturb, affect the progress of case trial procedures and hinder litigation under various pretexts.

In this regard, many people said that it is not clear that the news of buyers mostly comes from the owners. "Because some people say that after bankruptcy and reorganization at the end of March, your house may not be your house. So many owners quickly moved in. " Since the key has not been handed over, the purchaser took the contract and found the unlocking company.

Some houses lack doors and windows, and the owners find people to install them themselves. Cars and large pieces of furniture are not allowed to enter the community for the time being, so the owners have to move in necessities such as simple beds, chopping boards and gas tanks first. Some owners said that many families only have one or two people, but more than 300 households have lived in rough houses.

More than a thousand stories have only one ending.

Living in a rough house, the most urgent problem is that there is no water and no electricity.

When the reporter visited, he found that there was a drinking fountain downstairs on the 11th floor where the whole building had been delivered, which became the main source of domestic water for residents. People carry all kinds of buckets to get water from here, and then go home and pour it into bigger buckets. Older people often use large mineral water bottles to run a few more times. In addition, the residents of Building No.2 who successfully saved themselves also have water for sale. A 4.5-liter Nongfu Spring mineral water bottle can carry two barrels for one piece.

Saving water has become the biggest consensus here. After washing vegetables, the water will be reserved for washing hands, and children are not allowed to play with water. Luo Juan told the New Yellow River reporter that almost everyone cooks pasta with soup. On the one hand, it can reduce the frequency of drinking water; on the other hand, it is inconvenient to go to the public toilet outside the community.

In addition to beds and kitchen utensils, every household has "home appliances" including solar lamps. This is a simple lighting tool relying on solar panels, which is scattered in the best lighting place in the blank room. When the weather is good, it is fully charged and can last for several hours. On cloudy days, residents can only use a battery-mounted headlight for lighting.

In the eyes of outsiders, people who live in rough houses are in a state of "losing contact" for a long time every day. Because they are worried that the power consumption of mobile phone networking is too fast, most people only connect to the Internet at mealtimes. It’s also very troublesome to charge the mobile phone. Liu Xiaoqiang bought three charging treasures to replace them. When there is no electricity, he will come back when the rental house is full. Luo Juan, who doesn’t often return to temporary housing, will spend 3 yuan to rent a shared charging treasure in the store, basically every two days.

Without mobile phones, owners don’t have many ways to kill time and go to bed early at night. Luo Juan has a thick quilt. Even so, she still doesn’t dare to take off her coat when she sleeps, and sometimes she even needs to cover it with thick clothes. There are tarpaulins and cartons on the wall next to the bed, and people who are not satisfied also buy curtains, which can make them sleep a little more comfortably.

Other non-daily necessities also appear in the blank room, such as couplets and window grilles. Luo Juan said that these things are posted to let others know that the house is owned. She also saw media reports that neighbors printed the contract. "I didn’t go through the formalities of closing the house, so I came in and lived. The contract was posted at the door to prove that this is my house."

People who live in often get calls from neighbors, who ask for help to see if anyone lives at home. The concept of neighbors has become broader in Yihe Square. No matter which building residents are, everyone is commensurate with neighbors. "We are all in the same boat. Although there are more than a thousand stories behind more than a thousand families, there is only a bad ending."

A stagnant life

A few years ago, two children often asked Lili, "Mom, when can we live in the community?" She always said "soon" with confidence, and the result was eight years. Now that her son who was at school has gone out to work, she no longer has the courage to give an answer.

At present, the couple and their little daughter are still renting a village in Changle slope for 500 yuan. According to Li Li, it is still very cold to turn on the air conditioner in the house in winter. My youngest daughter likes to do manual work, but she finds it inconvenient to wear gloves. As a result, her hands are frozen all winter. Just after the end of this year, my colleague saw it and asked, so she had to lie and say that she was frozen in her hometown. "Now I still live in Xi’ an so badly, so I’m afraid of being laughed at."

"The desire to live in a new house and live a good life has not been realized." Li Li told the New Yellow River reporter that most of the owners are ordinary migrant workers in the surrounding areas, and everyone’s life has stagnated or even regressed with the unfinished house. She has heard that the owners who borrowed money to buy a house in full are afraid that they will not be able to collect the house and will not be able to make up the difference at the current market price. I have also heard that some owners have divorced because of the unfinished house …

For Li Li and his wife, the most embarrassing thing is that they failed to let their father who died of illness live in a new house. "When I bought a house, my family subsidized money. Later, I heard my mother-in-law say that my father-in-law had been complaining about us in his hospital bed. He thought it was a new house, and we were unwilling to take the elderly to live."

In recent years, Li Li has less and less contact with relatives and friends. At the beginning of the rotten tail, the owners posted on their social media one after another. Li Li never posted it, for fear that acquaintances would know. But she will still seriously praise and comment on everything she sees. In real life, when a friend asked about the recent situation of the house, she also quickly changed the subject. "They at least have their own house, and I am embarrassed to say that I feel too embarrassed," she added. "We should be the most backward and miserable post-70s."

Lili and her husband thought about living without buying a house. Maybe they have applied for public rental housing, or there is no mortgage pressure at all. The family returned to their hometown in the county and lived in peace and contentment. Her husband continued to drive a taxi, and she had a store of her own …

Luo Juan said that her mind’s eye was too small to put aside, and she didn’t worry too much about the house. Now she needs to drink tranquilizing and brain-nourishing liquid to help her sleep every day. Originally, she drank a box of five days, and she finished it in three days.

My 23-year-old son works in a hotel, and he doesn’t get paid when his business is bad. My son talked about his girlfriend, and she tried to ask about marriage. The parents of the other party said that they had a house before they decided to get married. She thought, I have a house, but this statement failed to be said in the end.

The owner upstairs passed by and heard some noise in the room, so he came to visit. At some point, several people began to plan the renovation of the new house. The hostess wanted to separate the living room from a small room so that both children could have their own bedrooms.

However, the topic finally returned to buying a house. "If you still have the ability to buy a house in this life, you must buy an existing house." (The characters in the text are all pseudonyms)

Original title: My home is in an unfinished building: a rough house and a stagnant life.

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