Chinese Family Turn Abandoned Toilet into Cozy Home

Family from China proves it is applicable even if the house is an abandoned public toilet in the city of Shenyang .

Lingjun Zeng was born in a small village , in northeastern Jilin Province of China . As a boy , he dreamed of one day attending college , but because his family was too poor to leave it behind his dream and settle for being a cobbler and repairs shoes for a living . But just because he can not pay to go to college , does not mean that he wants to spend the rest of his life in his village . He had bigger plans for himself, so one day , with 50 meters yuan ( $ 8) in his pocket , he left for Shenyang , the largest city in northeast China . Being a hard worker and a skilled cobbler Zeng helped make living in the big city , and he was soon achieving around 2,000 yuan ( 315 ) per month . But it was not enough for him to get his own place .

Six years ago , tipped him off to a friend an abandoned hotel toilet is available for rent at a very low price . He immediately borrowed the money he needed and derelict toilet hired as her new home . He took down the old door and all of the cubicles made ​​of wood , and put down some planks to cover the toilet bowls and make room for a bed . The cubicles are dismantled converted to storage space and , although the area is only 19 square meters in size , he somehow found space for his own small shoemaker workshop .

In 2008 Zeng Lingjun met his current wife , also a migrant worker . They married in 2010 and had a baby then. Now the three of them were living in abandoned toilet . At one point , they saved enough money to move to a standard 80 square meter apartment , but they found themselves back in their old home days after they moved out , can not afford to pay all expenses . Although never lets the smell they forget they live in a toilet , Zeng and his family just flush the toilet every time the stench becomes unbearable , and just have fun their lives together. After all , who needs luxury when your loved ones are nearby and you have your health ?