Are there really alot of squatters in Gandia Beach area partucularily the Kentucky area around Calle Senil ?

If you conduct a search for 'Squatters ' using the search option you will find that it is becoming a big problem in Spain especially for foreign owned holiday homes.  If a squatter does invade your property you can prepare yourself for a traumatic ,stressful, expensive 2-3 years trying to evict them via the squatter biased court system. Basically once they get in , the police do nothing , you have to pay 3-4k in court and solicitor costs to evict them and you must (according to the current laws) pay all their utility bills if the contracts are under your name. You cannot cut off the supply as they can prosecute you plus there is also the risk that they will trash your place and scarper before the eviction date . Then of course it may all start again if another squatter invades your property.  The squatters also get free legal aid to fight you in courts and won't have to pay a penny while you become a nervous ,angry and frustrated wreck.

In my humble opinion (and first hand experience), stay clear of Spain until the laws are changed but don't bet on it happening very soon because the far left parties want squatting made legal.

There is a big problem at the moment with squatters all over Spain. Nice urbanisation or not, there will be squatters.

At this time I would never buy property that will be left empty.

Look at this thread:

Has anyone any experience of Squatters?

Steve 

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Contact the Spanish PM and Minister Of Home Affairs demanding they amend their current laws regarding squatters. Their laws are biased towards squatters taking ownership of peoples properties and belongings leaving owners homeless and bereft of all their personal possessions sometimes for years.

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