Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2023 12:36pm
Our neighbours experienced this, they went back to the UK for 3 months during the summer, when they returned they found families of squatters living in their property, they had eaten all the food and worn all their clothes ,neighbours thought that the van that was parked there was the owners so didn't raise any alarm. They stayed for nearly the whole of the 3 months, only leaving a week before the owners returned. Which made them think that they knew of the owners movements. This was a property on the campo.
Another situation was, friends rented out their property to a English family with 2 children long term, after 6 months they stopped paying rent, so the owners gave them notice, and then when they didn;t move they took them to court, because they had 2 children the courts refused to evicted them because it would be making the children homeless, which apparently is unacceptable in Spain. Anyway 5 years on and this family is still squatting in the property and the owners can do nothing. This was in a property just outside Pinoso. also campo.