| It is a little bit more complicated. There are a few people buying those privately-built house(literally it is called small-property-houses in China) because it is much cheaper compared to market price. However, there are some big flaws of those house: 1, It is not protected by law, the house can't be registered under buyer's name. It has been reported that some people living in those house was driven out by the government or the land owner. 2, As a buyer, you can not bind house-registry(namely hukou) with those house, so, children will not have the right to attend nearby school because those house are not belonging to any school district. 3, Also the land owner will be punished for building those kind of houses. In all, although there are a few private-built house near to big cities like Beijing, generally it is not an option. |