Rat and Mouse
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09
Jan
Boomtime for squatters in London

Remember the Grosvenor Street squatters who, toward the end of last year, helped themselves to a piece of prime Mayfair real estate, moved in and drove the Daily Mail nuts with their flagrant disregard for everything that's sacred in this country? Anyway, they were evicted. Or so we thought. Actually, it appears they've traded up the property ladder, leaving the frankly tatty £6m house for something much more suitable... a Clarges Mews property that sold for £22.5m at the height of the boom. The current owners (a management company) only realised the house had become occupied when a Christmas tree appeared in one of the windows. The temporary residents are hosting film screenings and a variety of free workshops at the property. Legal action has been taken.

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Brilliant. But the best thing about it is a user's comment in this Daily Mail article about it (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1110286/Squatters-ditch-6million-mansion-new-home--22million-house-Mayfair.html): "How much money do these squatters receive in benefits ??"

I love it! It's like someone was charged with the task of writing the most Daily Mail-readeresque response possible, and succeeded wildly.

http://www.digressica.com/

Posted by digressica at January 9, 2009 4:58 PM


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