House Literally Cut In Half After Divorce

Luis Geraldo dos Santos came home from work one day to find half his house missing!! Turns out she had sold her share in the house to the government who wanted part of the site to build a new stadium for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

The couple had split, but had shared the house with their 4 children for the past 10 years

Luis told MailOnline: 'I think they went a bit too far really. I mean, isn't it enough having to live with your ex for the last ten years?'.

Some of the land in the neighborhood has been tagged for demolition to make way for the new Olympic park, residents have been offered compensation while others are vowing to hold out.

For those that take the compensation, their homes are being demolished the same day

Luis, who separated from wife Edileza more than ten years ago but continued living with her, recalled: 'I came home from work knowing my ex-wife would be gone and thinking, marvellous, I'll have the whole place to myself.

'But when I arrived I saw that they'd chopped it in two. I could hardly believe what I was seeing.

'The house is exactly half of what it used to be. Even the living room which she and I shared, and the dining room where we ate meals together, has been cut right through the middle.

'The demolishers later told me they'd been ordered to remove my ex's half of the house, as that's what she'd been compensated for. So they did.