Lofty conversion: Tycoon ordered to pull down two villas he built on poles above the roof of his factory in China

Hong Kong businessman actually got planning permission

Authorities admit villas don't match blueprints he submitted

The illegal structures will now be torn down 'before they can fall down'



For property owners in a crowded country like China, adding a roof extension could be the perfect way to expand their homes or businesses.

But pity the neighbours of this man, who, not content with a simple skylight, added two whole houses on top of his factory.

And is if that wasn't bad enough, the red-brick villas are supported only by flimsy looking concrete stilts.

Now that's what I call a loft extension! Hong Kong businessman has added two villas to the top of his three storey factory

The two villas are a mirror image of one another and are supported by only thin concrete stilts

They have ordered the dangerous structures to be torn down, warning that they could fall into the factory below.

In a statement they said: 'They were built without permission and they will be demolished before they can fall down.'



These 'chateaus in the clouds' join a growing list of illegal DIY jobs that have capped city high-rises throughout China, such as the mountaintop villa in Beijing.

Workers have now demolished a Beijing roof-top mountain villa after residents of the 26-storey apartment block complained of cracked walls and damaged pipes

Professor Zhang Biqing built the 8,610 square-foot structure on top of a 26-storey apartment block without permission and was ordered to tear it down in August.

Residents said that there was only a small loft apartment there when he bought it, but he quickly installed a rock garden, swimming pool and villa in its place.