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Seeing as a move to the lounge seems imminent:


Narnia, I think these specific squatters deserve to be ripped off by bad colin but the owner deserves a straight, well fitted cat flap and good Colin would probably want more work so I vote for good Colin.

JAMESF Wrote:

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> I know some of these squatters very well. They are

> quite dishonest. They are not homeless individuals

> as they all live at home with their parents and

> take turns to stay in the house. One of them lives

> in my house and every time I go to work I come

> back wandering what else has been stolen. BE

> WARY.

>

> They are not homeless individuals in need of a

> home.



I know these boys and they are very honest.

  • 2 weeks later...

Oh my God, I can't believe I missed this thread, it is fecking genius!


Bit late, but just to quickly throw in my 2p...


Well I think I've heard enough now. The house was only bought a few months ago - by a private landlord, with planning permission pending. If the acceptable end of squatting (and I think there is one) is occupying a derelict building, owned by a faceless public body who leaves it to rot in perpetuity - then this particular occupation is nearer the other end.


If the landlord went round there in the middle of the night and encouraged them to leave - with the aid of a big stick - good luck to him.



Pretty much agree with *bob*. There is a place for squatting IMO, stories like Asset's (waaaay back) are examples of where squatting is acceptable, and even useful. This however, just stinks of a bunch of little tw@ts who wanted to have a nice play house in a nice safe area, because they'd be too scared to take over a flat in Brixton. I, like others on here, have been friendly with "propa" squatters in the past, and I suspect that they'd look at these children, and want to see them out on their ears.


I am glad it is a property developer who has bought it, rather than a family who wanted to live there, but that doesn't make me any more sympathetic to you, I hope you get dragged out of there, and given a bit of a kicking for good measure.


Sorry for bringing this thread back, just gutted I missed it, and felt the need to comment.


Oh, and JAMESF,


No doubt when you're all qulaified and working in the City you'll all buy a second home in the country as an alternative and look back at the radical good old days with fondness.


Made me laugh! >:D<

Keef Wrote:

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> I am glad it is a property developer who has

> bought it, rather than a family who wanted to live

> there,


Squatters or no squatters I can?t think of situation where it is ever preferable for a property to be sold to a private property developer/landlord profiteering off families need for housing while denying them access to their own homes.

I do not understand Brendan's post at 3.32 pm. How many families would be able to take on a huge house like the ones fronting Goose Green? I think they are all flats anyway. By a property investor buying it and turning it into flats he is providing more housing for people in need. Buying or renting, homes will be available. Surely that is better than having an empty house sitting there or occupied by jumped up punk squatters who don't even appear to need a home.

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