María Vicente is the owner of an apartment in Son Rapinya (Palma) which she and her husband Lorenzo rented out last year to a couple who have since declared that they are squatters. The rent was lower than it might have been because the couple were expecting a child. The owners had sympathy for them and kept the rent down.
Tenants of a Palma apartment who have declared that they are squatters
False documentation was used in order to rent the apartment
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I don't understand how people put up with this. I wouldn't go to the authorities, I would get a bunch of mates, break the door down and kick them out. Any resistance they get the crap kicked out of them. Then throw their stuff on the street and change the locks, end of. These people are filth.
They talk about squatters' rights. No. Squatters have no rights. They're squatters. No legal documents, no contracts, no nothing. They're simply thieves of property by another name. And as thieves they need to be prosecuted for trespassing onto property that doesn't belong to them and evicted. The Council's apparent "blind eye" attitude doesn't help. In this case the owners have been greatly taken advantage of by the squatters who evidently had pre-intent of bad purpose from the get-go. The Authorities need to support the owners in evicting the squatters and reclaiming their home. There is zero justification for what is happening to the owners and the full force of common law must be brought to bear against the squatters to show that no one can steal someone else's home. The owners will now have to face taking costly legal measures to re-claim their property. In some other countries it would be simpler. The owners and enlisted "friends" would simply enter the property, pick up the squatters and march them out onto the street. Job done. I hope for everyone's sake it doesn't come to this here in Palma but the Authorities must put a stop to these squatters now or it just might.