At the Three Kings parade in Palma, a woman came to public attention for carrying a sign advertising a studio flat for sale. Noemí Rotger explained that the flat had squatters but that she needed to sell it as she was planning to move to China, which is where her husband and children live. She was critical of legal insecurity arising from squatting law in Spain. According to her, the squatters had gone to court to have themselves declared 'vulnerable'. The squatters are a mother and three children.
Woman who advertised her flat for sale at Three Kings is denounced for 'squatter' harassment
A mother and three daughters live in the studio
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Richard PearsonWhether they can do it or not isn't the issue. They can, and in the case of the Cala Bona Aparthotel that's precisely what they did. The issue is that it requires 24x7 fully awake presence by pros trained in this procedure, which is expensive. There are eviction firms that do this. In Cala Bona, the guardia civil was the 24x7 presence, and the squatters discovered that if they leave, they can't get back in. The squatters tried to get some suppliers to clandestinely bring them food and water, but they eventually got caught. So, the guardia civil offered the remaining squatters immunity from prosecution to get them to leave immediately, rather than sit it out. And it worked.
Morgan WilliamsThought you wouldn’t. You don’t like being fact checked, do you, even though you have complained about Meta and X not using them anymore. Talk about hipocrysy. You rabbit on about “mis-information”, and here you are doing exactly that. The annoying thing about this is that apart from the 16 gullible readers (to be polite) who have given you an upvote, dozens more will now tell everyone they know that an “expert” explained in the Daily Bulletin how to get rid of squatters easily, cheaply, and more importantly, legally. I repeat, if you can prove that I am wrong and that you are right I will gladly retract all of the above. Your silence or continued silence will only demonstrate that my original comment was correct.
Morgan WilliamsAre you going to back up your claim and prove me wrong, or not ?
Morgan WilliamsSorry, but that is not technically correct. Once the squatters have established themselves inside of an apartment or a house, they can come and go as they please, especially if children are involved. The only person who can authorize an ejection is a judge.
Zoltan TeglasThen the obvious question is: why don’t they change the law ?
This is very disturbing and as can be seen has caused many problem´s between all the people in the community dividing and making everyone look at each other wondering what do they want , mutual respect is gone trust is Gone Bank´s are also very suspect of many of the community the politicians use the law to create the division´s to keep themselves in power , the law need´s to be changed but like all these thing´s if it will ever happen ???
Organ WelshmanNot that I have any affection for squatters. It's legalised thievery. Period. But going in with a baseball bat and causing injury will only send you to jail, and the squatters keep the place anyway. At YOUR expense. Be practical. There's other legal ways without the courts. One is to hire bouncer(s) to sit at the entrance(s) and let them out, but not let anyone in. You have that right, since it's your property and they have no contract. Eventually, they have to leave if for no other reason but to get food. But they can't come back. Sorry. Squatting sucks. And the laws protecting them are stupid. But sending yourself to jail while they laugh themselves into another year or two of free rent isn't a very wise tactic.
Zoltan, don't care, these people are filth.
Organ WelshmanYou obviously don't know the law regarding these things. 'get few mates together and physically throw them out' - you'll be arrested.
No sympathy for the pathetic squatter woman. Get the US guy Flash Shelton in. He signs a lease agreement to live in the property then breaks in and harrasses the occupants. He puts cameras in each room changes the TV if the squatters are watching something, puts on load music, makes smelly food, makes noise all night etc. etc. The occupants always leave. Or simply get s few mates together and physically throw them out.