The building is the latest example of Chinese ‘nail houses’ (Pictures: Guangzhou Daily/Weibo)

Developers in China decided to build a highway bridge around a tiny house after its owner stubbornly resisted offers to sell it for more than a decade.

The building is the latest example of Chinese ‘nail houses’ – or ‘dingzihu’ in Mandarin – where homeowners refuse pay-offs to hand their property over for demolition.

Footage released by local media shows the small home tightly sandwiched between two lanes of the newly opened Haizhuyong Bridge in Guangzhou.

According to Guangdong TV station the single-storey property comprises a 40-square-metre flat and sits in the middle of four lanes of traffic.

The tiny house sits sandwiched between four lanes of traffic (Picture: Guangzhou Daily/Weibo)

It was earmarked for demolition a decade ago (Picture: Guangzhou Daily/Weibo)

The owner, named only as Ms Liang, said she refused to sell up because the government did not offer her a replacement home in a suitable area.

She added that she was happy dealing with the consequences and does not mind what anyone else thinks.

The ‘nail house’ went viral after images and footage of it were posted to social media.

After repeated offers to purchase the property officials decided to simply build around it (Picture: Guangzhou Daily/Weibo)

Authorities in Haizhu district said the plot had been earmarked for demolition back in 2010, Guangzhou Daily reports.

Ms Liang is the only person out of 47 households and seven businesses still there.

The ‘nail house’ went viral after images and footage were posted on social media (Picture: Guangzhou Daily/Weibo)

All of the others had vacated and moved elsewhere by last September, officials said.