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The Strange Suburb In Sydney apos;s South-west With Three Half-houses

2021-05-29T16:34:17Z

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Two more half-houses have been found in the same Sydney suburb where a young family have been left distraught by the final result of their dream home. Mortgage broker Bishnu Aryal made headlines this week when he revealed he had forked out more than $700,000 for his dream home to be built - but instead ended up with a bizarre-looking duplex due to a communication bungle with construction company ZAC Homes. One side of the house is a grey and windowless wall where the other half of the building looks like it should be. Rather than having another building attached to the side, like with a regular duplex, the lot sits empty - giving the Aryal family home an unfinished look, with startled passersby even stopping to take pictures of it. As the father-of-two's predicament continues to divide the internet, with some blaming him and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] others the builders, two similar half-homes have been spotted in a street parallel to Mr Aryal's home in Edmondson Park in Sydney's south-west. Bishnu Aryal (pictured) end up with 'half a house' after forking out more than $700,000 for his dream home in Sydney's south-west Two more half-houses (one pictured) have been spotted in the street parallel to where Mr Aryal lives in Edmondson Park One looks very similar to Mr Aryal's duplex with a windowless wall facing an vacant lot. The other a few doors down on Changsha Road is less noticeable as it's next to a freestanding home on the adjacent block. It's unclear whether Zac Homes also built the other two 'half houses'. A Google street view image taken five months ago shows a ute emblazoned with Zac Homes' logo parked outside one of the other half-houses. Another Google street view shows company signage on the lot near the other half- house. Neither homes appeared to[# 'You would have thought they were going to build the other half of the house, but instead they just fill it in with like, an ordinary house, which seems really unusual,' a neighbour said. RELATED ARTICLES <a href="#" data-page="prev">Previous][# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/news/article-9468797/Building-company-respond-family-HALF-house-spending-700k-dream-home.html 'It's a mess': Twist in building mix-up that's left family... ] [/news/article-9462035/Shocked-dad-plunges-700k-Sydney-family-dream-home-left-HALF-house.html Dude, where's my house? Dad who spent $700,000 on a dream... ] Share this article Share A Google street view from five months ago shows a ZAC Homes vehicle parked in front of one of the two half-houses in Changsha Road Another street view shows ZAC Homes signage (circled in red) near the lot of the other half-house Mr Aryal moved to Australia from Nepal for a new life and saved for 10 years to buy a lot in Edmondson Park for $398,000. He signed a building agreement with construction company Zac Homes in 2016 for a custom off-plan build, which set him back a further $322,000. The agreement was for a free-standing home but, three years later, Mr Aryal was horrified when he checked the progress and realised contractors had built a duplex on half the block - with a huge windowless grey wall erected down the middle. 'I called the supervisor and asked him what's going on, why is the house like this? And he said 'it's a duplex, semi-duplex', and I nearly fainted that day,' Mr Aryal told A Current Affair on Monday night. 'Where's my house?' he said. 'I want the rest of my house.' 'It's not a free-standing house, it's not a duplex, it's half a house. And it looks embarrassing.' Bishnu Aryal and his wife (pictured). Mr Aryal moved to Australia from Nepal for a new life Mr Aryal's home standing among a range of free-standing homes. He says he did not know the building plans changed Mr Aryal said although his English isn't perfect, he definitely did not sign up to have half a house. Zac Homes told A Current Affair the the plan when construction began was to build a free-standing home on the block, but claimed Liverpool Council later said Mr Aryal's block had to be an attached dwelling. The construction company also said he had multiple opportunities to pull out of the agreement. But Mr Aryal claimed he trusted the [http://ccmixter.org/api/query?datasource=uploads&search_type=all&sort=rank&search=process&lic=by,sa,s,splus,pd,zero process] and did not look at the new plans for half a duplex when they were sent over, and instead forwarded them to the bank. Neighbour Muhammad described the home as a 'pretty ugly'. 'A lot of people are always taking photos on the street. They think it looks pretty ugly.' Mr Aryal had to move in during Covid because his wife was pregnant and they had nowhere to go after he began losing work, but says he's been waiting nine months for an occupation certificate - which authorises the use of a new building. Mr Aryal now wants to raise awareness so no other home owner has their dreams shattered. 'There's been a lot of emails, messages and calls with sympathy and empathy in the last few days,' he told news.com.au. 'But nobody has been able to help.' The building company behind a bungled duplex have taken to social media refusing to take responsibility and blaming Liverpool council for the situation - despite Mr Aryal being left with 'half a house' ZAC Homes addressed the situation through their Facebook page on Tuesday, saying the situation 'hasn't been caused by us' and blamed Liverpool City Council. 'The fact is the owners of the lot next door have failed to proceed with building their home and that's why the certifier has continued to refuse to issue an Occupation Certificate,' the building company said. They also say they've waived a large fee for Mr Aryal as an offering of good faith. 'We've done all we can. We are conducting on-site meetings with the Certifier, making representations to Council, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour du lịch phượng hoàng cổ trấn] and we've lodged a complaint to Fair Trading NSW,' ZAC Homes added. 'To help alleviate some of their stress we're deferring the final payment and we've waived a fee of $23,000.' 'It's a mess. We know that. Even though this situation hasn't been caused by us, we are doing what we can to ensure that the right thing is done by Mr Aryal and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] his family.' Mr Aryal now wants to raise awareness so no other home owner has their dreams shattered. Pictured is what was supposed to be his dream family home data-track-module="am-external-links^external-links"> Read more: [ ]

China Drops Shanghai As A First Port Of Entry For Beijing-bound...

2021-05-29T12:24:59Z

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HONG KONG, June 8 (Reuters) - China on Monday dropped Shanghai as one of the first ports of entry for international flights bound for the capital, Beijing, while four new cities were added to the list and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] Wuhan, where the coronavirus was first identified, will be a "backup". Incoming international flights to Beijing have to land at one of 16 designated airports, where passengers are screened. Passengers who test negative for the virus are then permitted to reboard the plane to Beijing. The revised list of airports names Chengdu, Changsha, Hefei, Lanzhou, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Hohhot, Jinan, Qingdao, Nanjing, Shenyang, Dalian, Zhengzhou and Xi'an, with Wuhan as back-up. The notice from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) did not say what was meant by [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=back-up&btnI=lucky back-up]. It did not specify the reason for the changes, but said they were made "based on the epidemic development". A total of 337 imported cases had been reported in Shanghai by Sunday, the municipal health commission said. U.S. President Donald Trump and other top officials in Washington have repeatedly criticised China's handling of the coronavirus outbreak, which has infected more than 4 million people globally and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] killed more than 400,000. China has bristled at Washington's accusations of wrongdoing and insists it has been open and transparent. (Reporting by Twinnie Siu in Hong Kong and Colin Qian in Beijing; Editing by Nick Macfie)

Residents Fret As China apos;s Virus Exclusion Zone Widens

2021-05-28T02:41:00Z

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By David Stanway and Martin Pollard CHANGSHA, China, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Walking through the drizzle outside the railway station in the city of Changsha on Chinese New Year, local residents said it was only a matter of time before they became part of a lockdown aimed at containing China's most lethal new contagious disease since 2003. Changsha, home to 7 million people, remains on the outside of an ever-widening [http://search.huffingtonpost.com/search?q=exclusion%20zone&s_it=header_form_v1 exclusion zone] in central China as local governments try to stop the spread of a flu-like contagious disease that originated in the city of Wuhan about 355 km (220 miles) away and has already killed 42 people. More than 10 cities in Hubei province have already been shut down, and local residents in neighbouring Hunan - the home province of Mao Zedong - said they were resigned to the possibility that they would also be sealed off in the next few days. "My first concern is for myself. I'm worried that the virus may infect me. I'm also worried about people in Hubei," said Wang Junnan, a 23-year-old aviation safety officer from the city of Zhuzhou, about an hour from Changsha. Nearly all cities in Hubei to the north cut transport links over the past two days after the provincial capital Wuhan, a city of 11 million where the outbreak started, imposed a lock-down. "There isn't much I can do. All I can do is have the mask on whenever I can," Wang said. "You can hardly find masks to buy at this moment." One pharmacy nearby had almost sold out, with the shop assistant saying they only had one "cheaper, less effective" mask left. More than 1,300 people have been confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus, traced to a Wuhan seafood market illegally selling wildlife. The vast majority of cases have been in Hubei province. Reuters journalists were briefly stuck in the city of Xianning, which neighbours Wuhan, when the city closed transport links on Friday night, the eve of the Lunar New Year. The departures board at the city's railway station was blank, the ticket kiosk staffed by two women who said they could not sell tickets. But local authorities in Hubei and neighbouring Hunan do not yet appear to have developed a properly coordinated response to the crisis, with most cities choosing to try to seal their borders at all costs. Xianning police urged Reuters journalists to [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?sel=site&searchPhrase=head%20south head south] to the city of Yueyang, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour viên gia giới] which lies across the provincial border in Hunan, but Yueyang was sealed off by another police roadblock and dozens of cars trying to leave Hubei province were also forced to turn back. However, in the early hours of Saturday morning, the route into Changsha, another 200 kilometres (125 miles) south, remained unblocked. Residents said they expected tougher measures soon, as cities, transportation operators and businesses across China extended closures aimed at curbing the spread of the virus. "I saw in the newspaper that someone was caught earlier today trying to leave Hubei and get to Hunan using the Didi application and they should be arrested," said Wang. "These measures are difficult, but they are necessary," said Wang. Hotel staff in Changsha also told Reuters they had received instructions not to allow anyone from Hubei province to book rooms. Peng Aihua, a 71-year old Buddhist nun walking outside Changsha train station, remained phlegmatic, even though the disease has spread panic through the country. "Why would death scare me?" she said. "I haven't reached my time to die yet." (Reporting by David Stanway and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] Martin Pollard in Changsha; Writing by Tony Munroe; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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