A retiree reported that he lost the main source of income he had planned for his retirement after his home was occupied just three days after buying it in Roses, in the province of Gerona, Spain.
The affected owner, Ricardo Moraes, explained that the property is located in the Santa Margarida urbanization and that it is currently used as a warehouse for merchandise linked to the top manta, the illegal sale of counterfeit products on public roads.
Moraes is also president of the association of merchants and residents of Santa Margarida and decided to make his case public in an interview with the newspaper El Periódico.
The house was occupied three days after the purchase
.The affected party reported that he had sold his real estate business with the objective of investing in two united apartments to obtain rental income during his retirement
.However, just three days after completing the purchase, he discovered that the property had been occupied.
“It's really hard. It changes your plans. Now I'll have to go back to work because I can't count on that income,” he lamented
.As he explained, from his own home he can observe the constant movement of people entering and leaving the occupied apartment.
The apartment became a warehouse for the top manta
.Moraes assured that the occupants use the property as a warehouse for merchandise destined for illegal sale on the
street.“It's very frustrating to see your apartment become a business for others,” he said.
According to his testimony, the house functions as a logistics point for the storage and distribution of products linked to the top manta, a practice that causes concern among merchants in the area.
They denounce organized occupancy networks
The owner maintains that behind many occupations there is a previous organization that detects
empty homes.As he explained, squatters often identify properties that are for sale or that remain unoccupied for long periods.
