Squatters

Like many here I really do not understand why this 'squatters' law exists. It does explain why our local social housing provider goes to great lenghts to secure empty properties.
 
Watch parliament debates on the BBC and see if your local MP is in parliament that day. If he/she is then go around their house and ring the door bell if no-one answers break in an squat for a few weeks. If a few hundred MP's got hit by this the same week I wager the right to squat would be removed so quick the ink would not be dry on the draft.
 
the UK is an absolute joke when it comes to laws...
yes, if your house is empty (that includes weekend breaks etc) squatters can legally move in and live there, you aren't allowed in your own house without written permission from the courts and the police are not allowed to enter to remove them!!
it's a joke, wish i lived in the US of A
 
I'd like to see if Superewza would remain so true to his revolutionary hyperbole should he come home to find squatters had commandeered it while he was away. I suspect not.
 
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The whole situation is a joke. The owner not being allowed to break into his own property is possibly the stupidest thing I have ever heard.

I wouldn't be wating around outside, that's for sure.
 
I'd honestly get the golf club that's in the back of my car and break some skulls, making me rage just reading that article!!!!!!!


what makes it worst is the people who have taken possession are skinny little rats who need a shave and some bigger jeans!!

Their parents must be SO proud
 
Iv had 2 cases of squatters in empty property, both left 5 minutes after we arrived, absolute **** take and they shouldnt be entertained.
 
Father forced to beg squatters to get out of his new £1m home through the LETTERBOX


I'm sure it's easily solved; the filthy-hippy-druggy-don't-deserve-to-lives are in an impossible position!!

How the hell are they supposed to fit through that tiny letterbox :rolleyes:
 
Evangelion said:
It beggars belief that this house was not properly secure in the first place. Renovation is no excuse for poor security.
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What makes you assume it wasn't 'secure'?

Short of turning it into a fortress plenty of places can easily be squatted despite having secure locks fitted on doors/widows.
 
NO ONE can occupy your primary residence and claim 'squatters rights'. If you come back from holiday and someone is in your house, then you are a Displaced Residential Occupier and can break the door down and gain entry back to your house once you have informed them of your status.

The police can also arrest the squatters upon suspicion of an offence under Section 7 of the Criminal Law Act 1977, which says that it is an offence for a person who is on residential premises as a trespasser to fail to leave having been required to so by or on behalf of a displaced residential occupier.

Gets a bit more complicated if it's not your actual 'home' i.e it's a second home you let out but don't live in yourself. But if you've moved out to let renovations take place for example, i think you should still be a DRO and if you just bought the place but haven't moved in you should be a DRO or protected intended occupier which has almost the same rules.

I have no idea what they're on about in this story unless we're not hearing the whole truth.
 
dbov22 said:
the UK is an absolute joke when it comes to laws...
yes, if your house is empty (that includes weekend breaks etc) squatters can legally move in and live there, you aren't allowed in your own house without written permission from the courts and the police are not allowed to enter to remove them!!
it's a joke, wish i lived in the US of A
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England not UK, other countries in the UK have different laws on squatting.
 
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