SQUATTERS - Another Horror Story !!! - Page 3

Troll is putting it very mildly. There seem to be many around these days who try to belittle people and make themselves seem worldly wise. Mostly they fail but, no doubt would disagree. Sincerely hope it isn't accurate, true story.

I have wondered if the people who try to discredit the stories of Squatters are maybe people who don't want the word to get out incase it affects house purchases and the economy  etc ???

Does make you wonder. Hands over ears while chanting La La La La La La ? 

Personally, I've no problem with people posting threads like this. 

If it increases awareness of potential risks associated with the purchasing of property then fine. What I would say is, squatting is not an issue unique to Spain. It happens everywhere. Furthermore, some of the issues in resolving those issues may drag out much longer in circumstances where the property may be a holiday home or where the property owner is not a resident of that country and therefore has less familiarity with the laws that apply or how the legislation can be brought to bear so as to bring these issues to a conclusion.

In saying that, I think it's widely acknowledged that Spanish law re Squatters is more sympathetic than in the UK and probably elsewhere in the world towards them.

But it's not rife - and that is what I would want to highlight. It happens, and it would be a nightmare to deal with if it does. It's happened to me in the UK and it's not cheap to resolve there and from what I understand would be more expensive in Spain.

There are measures you can take to limit the risk and I would encourage everyone to take those - many threads have talked about those in the past so I'm not going to replicate that.

Get a monitored house alarm 

The problem maybe doesn't go away but you can move it onto someone else

;-/

You are able to get specific insurance against squatters as well. 

 See:

Hogar despreokupado - Web Corporativa Línea Directa Aseguradora (lineadirectaaseguradora.com)

This is really Very Helpful - Thank You George, I will be using this insurer. 

At last the voice of reason. The OP Lee has carried the story so far he feels compelled to follow it through, to most people it’s just a fake conversation made up by him or the fake taxi driver, but, as we say, it’s came this far might as well keep the nonsense alive. As for the conspiracy theorists about worrying about house prices and denial, maybe that’s a thing, I don’t know, but it won’t effect me in my hotel every year, ya daft mare

It doesn't matter whether it is true or not because it is happening, so learn from this story, install an alarm with monitoring to police as you have to get them out within 24 hours so have someone in place that you can ring to sort it for you.