A Chinese man purchased a 34th-floor apartment in a 32-story building, only to discover four years later that the building did not extend to his floor. He has not received any compensation.

A Chinese man bought a flat on the 34th floor of a newly developed building only to be told four years later that the building only had 32 floors. The man, surnamed Shen, from northwestern China’s Shaanxi province, bought a new-build flat in a village near the provincial capital city Xian in 2013. He bought a 90-square-metre unit on the 34th floor of a building which cost 2,646 yuan (US$400) per square metre. It was about one third of the average housing price, because the residential compound.....