As is common in China, the apartment complex in Tianjin sold the units before they were completed.
Their concerns are just one example of the wider challenges that persist in pockets of China's property sector.
Following early efforts to recoup their money or to garner information about their property purchases, a few buyers said police visited their homes, sometimes in the middle of the night.
"I feel like I've been tricked this whole time," one buyer said in Mandarin, translated by CNBC.
In all, Nomura estimated late last year that there are around 20 million unconstructed and delayed pre-sold homes in China.
Persons:
Wu Qing, Fred Dufour, I've, Dan Wang, Evergrande, Nomura
Organizations:
Afp, Getty, BEIJING, CNBC, Hang Seng Bank
Locations:
Tianjin, Beijing, China