Lorenzo said he knew that the semi-detached house he bought a week ago had been illegally occupied for four or five years. He had been trying to “dialogue” with the resident for three or four months, but he was always slow to do so. “I tried to locate him, but he didn’t even bother to help me. I tried to negotiate with him, but he doesn’t listen.” I wanted to give him a hand, help him financially and whatever he needed. Because at the end of the day, I need it to support my family.” he tells ABC.
However, Lorenzo acquired the house in Toledo, on Avenida del Tilo in the Valparaíso urbanization, without seeing it before and without knowing what was inside: “If no one opens it to me, there will be no one in the house. “And I was convinced that I was buying a vacant house.” “But to be sure,” he continues, he went to APD Security Iberia, an eviction company. Its director, Antonio Plana, went there this Tuesday with some of his employees to try to negotiate with the squatter. However, They didn’t find him in the house, something that had not happened for days, according to the company.
Notified by APD Security Iberia, as they explain, Eight national police officers showed up at the door of the house at around 3:15 p.m. this afternoon.. Lorenzo was not there because he was traveling, but his parents were, who had traveled from Villarrubia de los Ojos (Ciudad Real) to the capital of Castile-La Mancha at the request of their son.
Without the presence of the squatter and after having made affiliation with the dozen people who hadincluding the installer of an alarm company and the author of this information, the agent leading the group explained the situation to Lorenzo’s parents, who had previously informed the owner of the house using Antonio Plana’s telephone number.
He assured them that the agents They had “indications” that someone was living in the cottage, illegally connected to the light, but without giving any further explanations to the owner’s relatives and although at that time there was no one inside. He also warned that one could not enter the house, with lush vegetation at the entrance, because one could commit at least one crime, break and enterin addition to mentioning others, such as coercion.
The Squatted Chalet Snag
He remembered the law, whether he liked it or not, and that the means of evicting a squatter were judicial and police. He has already said this. Lorenzo’s parents’ confusion, who left by car as they had come while the employees of the eviction company remained on site.
Around six in the afternoon, they were able to talk from the street with a man inside the chalet, who identified himself as a friend of the resident and who had been taking care of his accommodation for several days. “I don’t need to open the door because the house is not mine,” he replied to end the conversation.
