Building Mistake

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Irregular News for 03.13.07

 

Saudi Arabia -- A man who accidentally built his house on the wrong plot of land in Saudi Arabia has been allowed by the landowner to keep the home.

 

The man, who spent nearly $270,000 building the home, discovered while arranging for electricity to be installed in the house that he had mistakenly built his home on a plot of land belonging to another local man, the Arab News reported Monday.

 

The second man initially refused to swap plots -- even when offered $27,000 in compensation -- and demanded that the trespassing house be torn down.

 

However, the landowner agreed to the exchange after seeing the completed house, the Arab News said.

 

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