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Squatters
Re: Squatters
by Chrisdee » Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:34 am
I don't know what law it is.
blingle wrote:Chrisdee wrote:The squatters have more rights than the owners, it's completely and utterly wrong. Plus the English couple who turned up and found their home occupied had to continue paying the water and electric, it's against the law to cut it off. Both lots of squatters work and have decent cars, of course they do, they're not paying for anything! The squatters on our urb have no water or electric of their own as obviously it was cut off before they moved in due to the ladies death and non payment I presume. The law needs to be changed to protect the home owners. So many people say if that happened to me, I'd have them out, I'd get the boys in, don't think they realise what kind of trouble they'd get into if they did.
But (alluding to my post above), which "law" is it that needs to be changed, Chris???
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Re: Squatters
by Chrisdee » Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:36 am
Here you go:
Squatting in Spain is made possible by the 1994 Law " Ley de Arrendamientos Urbanos" (Urban Lease Law), which allows people to occupy unused or abandoned properties without the owner's permission. They must then prove that they have used the property for a certain period of time.
Squatting in Spain is made possible by the 1994 Law " Ley de Arrendamientos Urbanos" (Urban Lease Law), which allows people to occupy unused or abandoned properties without the owner's permission. They must then prove that they have used the property for a certain period of time.
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Re: Squatters
by Chrisdee » Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:47 am
It's also 48 hours you have not 24 to get the police involved who can throw them out but, most seem to have a bogus rental agreement which the police accept. The ones down the road were really a nice family, I thought they'd bought, I even bought their boy chocolate and used to chat to them, had no idea they were squatters, when it came to light they said they'd been scammed, who knows. The thing with living here you don't always know what's going on, what with people renting out their homes etc, in the UK you normally know your neighbour's and the goings on. It's hard to keep track here. The only thing you can do is get alarmed and secure everywhere for when you're not here.
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Re: Squatters
by blingle » Sat Sep 30, 2023 11:27 pm
Chrisdee wrote:Here you go:
Squatting in Spain is made possible by the 1994 Law " Ley de Arrendamientos Urbanos" (Urban Lease Law), which allows people to occupy unused or abandoned properties without the owner's permission. They must then prove that they have used the property for a certain period of time.
"Unused or abandoned".
Generally, a holiday home is neither.
Hmmm....
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Re: Squatters
by Paul58 » Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:28 am
George-g wrote:Hi looking for some help and information.
1of the properties in our community where the resident has passed away and the property has now got squatters, within the past 24hrs. Guardia local spoke to the squatters and said they couldn’t do anything. No family so can’t denouncia them .
Looking for help are there any other options.
Thanks for any replies
George
If the property in an apartment within a block with a cupboard housing shared services, water & electricity, I would suggest that the community arrange for security gates for access. Once this is done then the utility providers can be allowed to disconnect any unpaid services and disconnect any illegal connections. The squatters won't stay too long in an apartment without services.
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Re: Squatters
by Chrisdee » Sun Oct 01, 2023 9:26 am
We have a gated community and padlocks on the cupboards, they chop them off to access the connections.
Paul58 wrote:George-g wrote:Hi looking for some help and information.
1of the properties in our community where the resident has passed away and the property has now got squatters, within the past 24hrs. Guardia local spoke to the squatters and said they couldn’t do anything. No family so can’t denouncia them .
Looking for help are there any other options.
Thanks for any replies
George
If the property in an apartment within a block with a cupboard housing shared services, water & electricity, I would suggest that the community arrange for security gates for access. Once this is done then the utility providers can be allowed to disconnect any unpaid services and disconnect any illegal connections. The squatters won't stay too long in an apartment without services.
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Re: Squatters
by Paul58 » Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:07 am
Chrisdee wrote:We have a gated community and padlocks on the cupboards, they chop them off to access the connections.Paul58 wrote:George-g wrote:Hi looking for some help and information.
1of the properties in our community where the resident has passed away and the property has now got squatters, within the past 24hrs. Guardia local spoke to the squatters and said they couldn’t do anything. No family so can’t denouncia them .
Looking for help are there any other options.
Thanks for any replies
George
If the property in an apartment within a block with a cupboard housing shared services, water & electricity, I would suggest that the community arrange for security gates for access. Once this is done then the utility providers can be allowed to disconnect any unpaid services and disconnect any illegal connections. The squatters won't stay too long in an apartment without services.
You need a good security gate covering the cupboard with high security locks. We used 3 separate deadbolt locks on the gate with extra protection to prevent sliding a lever to attack the latch. The police were informed and they warned the squatters against breaking into the cupboard. They were able to get water locally using water bottles from the bin and used a car battery/inverter to power a TV. They left after 2 months.
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Re: Squatters
by PGA » Sun Oct 01, 2023 1:49 pm
Chrisdee wrote:The squatters have more rights than the owners, it's completely and utterly wrong. Plus the English couple who turned up and found their home occupied had to continue paying the water and electric, it's against the law to cut it off.
This is something that always confuses me (as well as adding insult to injury!).
If one does not pay a utility bill, is that illegal? Ergo, if you stop paying your bills and the natural consequence is supply ceases. how can that be an illegal act?
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Re: Squatters
by Chrisdee » Sun Oct 01, 2023 2:32 pm
That's my thinking too.
The house on our urb had the meter taken away as the woman whose house is occupied died do obviously bank account ceased and bills not paid. Scare tactic or law to have to pay the bills for these scumbags?
The house on our urb had the meter taken away as the woman whose house is occupied died do obviously bank account ceased and bills not paid. Scare tactic or law to have to pay the bills for these scumbags?
PGA wrote:Chrisdee wrote:The squatters have more rights than the owners, it's completely and utterly wrong. Plus the English couple who turned up and found their home occupied had to continue paying the water and electric, it's against the law to cut it off.
This is something that always confuses me (as well as adding insult to injury!).
If one does not pay a utility bill, is that illegal? Ergo, if you stop paying your bills and the natural consequence is supply ceases. how can that be an illegal act?
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Re: Squatters
by Slater39 » Sun Oct 01, 2023 2:35 pm
Can this company not get them out. Might be worth the community paying if u can't get hold of anyone who might own the property.
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