Category Archives: Landlord

Nowadays affordable living space is a very rare commodity and with a dog it’seven harder to find a place, it’s nearly impossible. During our adventures, we met our fair share of greedy and questionable landlords, we paid more rent than we could afford, we got ripped off by agencies and friends. One landlord was admitted to a hospital after he had a nervous breakdown, another was a welfare fraud and much more.
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Indy’s BLOG – On the road….

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There are still very nice people out there and we are happy to meet them. While living in Badalona we met Jack, Teresa and Miguel. Jack is Indy’s best friend and they are very nice people which didn’t hesitate to offer us a place to sleep when they heard that we are in trouble. We can sleep on the floor of their Yoga studio. This is no long term arrangement, only for a few days, but most important we are safe for the moment.

This week Vil needs to go to Amsterdam for an interview as Senior Digital Sales Consultant, another application is still open and after all that there is another interview for a homeworking position for a big american company.

All in all it looks quite promising, but we already know that we can’t rely on a feeling, so we expect the worst and hope for the best.

 

Indy’s BLOG – Last Day Squatting  – “Full programm…”

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Well, this day was interesting. We were physically threatened, had the police in the house, made a official statement, packed all stuff and finally we are out of the house.

What would you do if three f*****ing gypsies standing in front of you and threatening you? I don’t want to be misunderstood, normally I am more then liberal and tolerant, I have absolutely no prejudices, but these guys where scum, the absolute worst and so we better left to avoid any stress or damage.

But we can’t accept something like this without any kind of response, so we called the police and they arrived within minutes. They told the “lying twat of owner” to open the door, so that we can pack the rest of our stuff in peace, but they told us that there is no way we can return into the house.

I never thought that we will move some day with a police escort. 🙂

Fortunately a very good friend lives nearby,  we carried all our stuff to the place and we can stay there on the floor for a couple of nights, but nothing for long time.

Bark

Indy’s BLOG – Squat-Note

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Email sent to owner.
“Hi,
XYZ is gone and for my part I will NOT leave tomorrow, because I have no place to go and I don’t go on the road. I do have a signed rental agreement with XYZ and this will prove that I do already live in the house for a certain time. I am a legal tenant and you can’t expel me with out an official order.
Feel free to call the police. Before you do so I will point you to this article:
I am very sorry for the inconvenience, but in this situation I have no choice. Stephan ripped me off and we need to live with the consequences. For my part I need to survive, I am diabetic and sick and I won’t make it on the road. Don’t misunderstand me, I understand your problems, but I am sorry for me it’s really about surviving and with you it’s just about money. I would be willing to discuss a rental agreement with you, maybe we find a way we both can agree on.
I apologize for the inconvenience
Regards
Vil”
Let’s see if this works.

Indy’s BLOG – We’re officially squatting a house! :)

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From today on we are officially squatting a house in Badalona. We have no gas, electricity and internet still work, but we don’t know for how long. Our legal status is unclear and it’s possible that the police will eject us any time, but until then we prefer to stay here in the dry with a roof over our heads, instead of sleeping somewhere in the streets under a bridge.

Hmmm, I am not sure if this is funny or scary!

Whiff

To follow our “Squatting Adventure” klick squatting!

Indy’s BLOG – The status so far…

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Today the landlord stood again in front of the door and demanding something. I couldn’t understand what they where talking about, but one thing is sure; the whole situation smells fishy to me.

We will need to leave the place anyway end of the month and that’s actually quite sad, because the house is very nice and there is enough place for me. Also Badalona is a nice place to live, only twenty minutes with the train and we are in city center.

IF YOU KNOW ANY PLACE WE CAN OCCUPY THE SOFA FOR A FEW DAYS IN FEBRUARY, PLEASE LET US KNOW!

JOB

Today Vil had an interview for a position as a “Business Development Executive” for a big software company in Barcelona. The recruiter sounded quite impressed and Vil is quite sure that they will call back soon for a second interview. Lets cross the claws! 🙂

HEALTH

Vil’s health improved dramatic, in the morning he is not sick anymore, he doesn’t need to take all the pills and that’s very nice to see.

BLOG

Vil is busy rewriting stories, adding more details and media. Now we have around 150 stories in our blog and surely we will continue to write.

Indy’s BLOG – We are so fu**ed!!!!

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We are so fu**ed!!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful festive time, that you had the chance to be with family and friends and that you could feel the spirit of christmas.

For us christmas was a bit different, more a rollercoaster and in the moment it seems that we are heading with full speed against a wall.

All stated when our landlord in Raval went literally mental and threatened us. He was de-illusional and a danger to himself and others, so we needed to leave the room immediately.

Luckily we found a room in Badealona via Facebook very fast. The room was promised to be long time, but tonight (26.th December) the owner showed up and clarified that there is an eviction order and that he will proceed with it January 1.st. We were literally “fu**ed” again!

Now we urgently need a room in Barcelona Subway area. ASAP! We look for a room, whatever…….. We can pay a decent rent!

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