I have a house in Spain. Sometimes we've been living there for long months celebrating everything: from New Year to the Night of San Juan. Can you imagine the level of my surprise when a friend of mine has sent me once the photo of some car peacefully parked in my garden? We've faced phenomenon 'acupas'. "Non-local" or even native people squatting ghost houses and the owner can't anything until the suit takes place. The process can last months while ocupases can live in your home and do whatever they want inside. The abandonment of your house is up to gangs willing to enjoy ocupas life. And you know what? Once I kick them out from my home (that would be a standalone story someday), they moved just to the neighborhood street where their co-bandits were occupying another villa.
During the dead season, there are many ghost habitations in France and Spain. Manu of those do not alive even in summer. One of the basic reasons for it – homeowners cannot afford constantly increasing utility billing. Here is the average chronological path to "home bankruptcy".
