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swcoulthurst

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 3:56pm

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emanoeladrian wrote on Sun Sep 10, 2023 3:43pm:

As far as I know UK is not anymore in EU. I was refering to EU countries and I did not mention UK. Anyway in UK if anyone is breaking your house and is beating you when you show up on the door.. who is getting behind the bars? In Spain you as the owner for disturbing the well being of squatters. ...

...I doubt that in UK is the same.

I think you will find this was a problem before the UK left the EU and was a law introduced by the EU. Again facts first. THIS IS NOT JUST A SPANISH PROBLEM! Also as far as protecting your own property. If you assault a burglar  you are the one in court for assault. Not the burglar. Please research before you post.

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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 4:13pm

swcoulthurst wrote on Sun Sep 10, 2023 3:56pm:

I think you will find this was a problem before the UK left the EU and was a law introduced by the EU. Again facts first. THIS IS NOT JUST A SPANISH PROBLEM! Also as far as protecting your own property. If you assault a burglar  you are the one in court for assault. Not the burglar. Please r...

...esearch before you post.

Who is talking about assaulting anybody? We are talking here for a legal actions as calling the Police and to complain that foreign persons illegally occupy the property. Only in Spain is it possible for the police to turn a blind eye in cases like this.

Some years ago an airline captain  woke up in the middle of the night with a thief in the house. He took his legally owned weapon and fatally shot the thief.

The justice in Romania acquitted him as being in legitimate defense.

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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 4:45pm

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You really need to check your research. The police can do nothing in any country. Its a civil matter if they won't leave. Not criminal. Hence you have to go through the civil court of law. Again. This is not a Spanish problem as you seem to infer.

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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 5:03pm

swcoulthurst wrote on Sun Sep 10, 2023 4:45pm:

You really need to check your research. The police can do nothing in any country. Its a civil matter if they won't leave. Not criminal. Hence you have to go through the civil court of law. Again. This is not a Spanish problem as you seem to infer.

Breaking into a property in any country in EU is a penal act and you go direct in the front of the court after you are arested.. at least for few days. The police will remove you from the occupied property immediate. Not sure how is in UK when you come home and after you call the police showing that other people are in your house. But sure in Spain is up side down that should be the normal way.Ex. in my country the protection of private property is a constitutional act. Is in the Constitution of Romania.  

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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 5:53pm

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Same as any other country if th person inside the property claims squatters rights. However if you have just gone outvand come back then you have a period within which thecpolice will remove said people from your house. Totally different scenario. Obviously you don't listen and appear to think that Spain is the only country with squatters. I'm pretty sure Portugal, Italy, Greece that you mentioned and your own country of Romania also have squatters. 

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Lee 03189

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 7:20pm

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swcoulthurst wrote on Sun Sep 10, 2023 5:53pm:

Same as any other country if th person inside the property claims squatters rights. However if you have just gone outvand come back then you have a period within which thecpolice will remove said people from your house. Totally different scenario. Obviously you don't listen and appear to think th...

...at Spain is the only country with squatters. I'm pretty sure Portugal, Italy, Greece that you mentioned and your own country of Romania also have squatters. 

It is a PROBLEM in Spain as once they are in and claim squatters rights you have to go to court and it could take YEARS to  get them out and cost you a Fortune as well as leaving your home in a terrible state - in the UK you can get them out in 24 Hours 

An IPO order requires the squatters to leave the house or building within 24 hours. If they do not, they may be arrested by the police and could face legal action.

see - https://www.propertysolvers.co.uk/homeowners-hub/legal/squatters-rights/#:~:text=An%20IPO%20order%20requires%20the,and%20could%20face%20legal%20action. 

Lee 03189

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 7:23pm

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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 7:23pm

emanoeladrian wrote on Sun Sep 10, 2023 5:03pm:

Breaking into a property in any country in EU is a penal act and you go direct in the front of the court after you are arested.. at least for few days. The police will remove you from the occupied property immediate. Not sure how is in UK when you come home and after you call the police showing t...

...hat other people are in your house. But sure in Spain is up side down that should be the normal way.Ex. in my country the protection of private property is a constitutional act. Is in the Constitution of Romania.  

It is a PROBLEM in Spain as once they are in and claim squatters rights you have to go to court and it could take YEARS to  get them out and cost you a Fortune as well as leaving your home in a terrible state - in the UK you can get them out in 24 Hours 

An IPO order requires the squatters to leave the house or building within 24 hours. If they do not, they may be arrested by the police and could face legal action.

see - https://www.propertysolvers.co.uk/homeowners-hub/legal/squatters-rights/#:~:text=An%20IPO%20order%20requires%20the,and%20could%20face%20legal%20action. 


Lee 03189

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 7:23pm

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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 7:23pm

swcoulthurst wrote on Sun Sep 10, 2023 4:45pm:

You really need to check your research. The police can do nothing in any country. Its a civil matter if they won't leave. Not criminal. Hence you have to go through the civil court of law. Again. This is not a Spanish problem as you seem to infer.

It is a PROBLEM in Spain as once they are in and claim squatters rights you have to go to court and it could take YEARS to  get them out and cost you a Fortune as well as leaving your home in a terrible state - in the UK you can get them out in 24 Hours 

An IPO order requires the squatters to leave the house or building within 24 hours. If they do not, they may be arrested by the police and could face legal action.

see - https://www.propertysolvers.co.uk/homeowners-hub/legal/squatters-rights/#:~:text=An%20IPO%20order%20requires%20the,and%20could%20face%20legal%20action. 


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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 8:03pm

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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 8:03pm

swcoulthurst wrote on Sun Sep 10, 2023 5:53pm:

Same as any other country if th person inside the property claims squatters rights. However if you have just gone outvand come back then you have a period within which thecpolice will remove said people from your house. Totally different scenario. Obviously you don't listen and appear to think th...

...at Spain is the only country with squatters. I'm pretty sure Portugal, Italy, Greece that you mentioned and your own country of Romania also have squatters. 

There are NO squatters in Europe except Spain !! Do a little search please. The term squatters doesn't exist because the property is recoqnised by the low and constitution.

The term is replaced by thieves or house breakers, precisely because they cannot live in other people's houses legally or semi-legally. The justice system recognizes Private Property, not like in Spain.

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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 8:20pm

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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 8:20pm

Lee 03189 wrote on Sun Sep 10, 2023 7:23pm:

It is a PROBLEM in Spain as once they are in and claim squatters rights you have to go to court and it could take YEARS to  get them out and cost you a Fortune as well as leaving your home in a terrible state - in the UK you can get them out in 24 Hours 

An IPO order requires the squatters to leave the house or building within 24 hours. If they do not, they may be arrested by the police and could face legal action....

I saw it the first time no need to post 3 times. No you cannot get them out in 24 hours. I take it you haven't seen the programs on TV. Including the company property solvers UK. They have to go to court which can also take years. Also I haven't said anywhere it isn't t a problem in Spain. What I did say was it is a problem everywhere and not just in Spain.

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