Posted on 04/12/2024 9:38:47 PM PDT by Libloather
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A swarm of squatters have shacked up inside the celebrity chef’s $16.1 million pub — using Ramsay’s own kitchen appliances to barricade themselves inside, according to a report.
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One person was seen barefoot and sprawled across on a black leather sofa inside the restaurant, with their personal belongings and debris, including empty wine bottles, strewn across the floor.
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“The pub was temporarily closed while he was finalizing a new lease, and during this handover period, a gang of professional squatters somehow bypassed all the security and CCTV, and got themselves in.
“They’ve now boarded themselves in the building and are slowly taking over the place, leaving their crap everywhere and brazenly telling locals this is now their home.
“They’ve glued tight all the locks and are cooking up a storm in the kitchen, which is especially galling for Gordon.”
The insider said there are at least six “professional squatters” — five men and one woman — living inside the restaurant and its attached bedrooms.
“God knows the damage and filth,” said the source.
Ramsay has reportedly called police to obtain an eviction notice, “but it’s proving an absolute nightmare.”
The squatters themselves have threatened legal action against anyone that tries to force them out.
Calling themselves “The Occupiers,” the group slapped a notice on the front door claiming they are entitled to stay in the pub because it “is a non-residential building.”
“Take notice that we occupy this property and at all times there is at least one person in occupation,” the notice reads.
“That if you attempt to enter by violence or by threatening violence we will prosecute you … You may receive a sentence of up to six months imprisonment and/or a fine of up to £5,000 ($6,200)”
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Squatters should have no legal standing and should be able to be killed.
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Ramsey is internationally known by everyone high and low, is powerful in the media as a celebrity, and worth about a couple of hundred million dollars.
This might bring some change in the laws there.
The solution should be that if a property is not occupied by the owner, by a business paying rent, or by a tenant paying rent for a specified amount of time, then the property can be condemned and auctioned off.
Governments are too chicken (or bought and paid for) to do this, so they allow squatters to do the dirty work for them.
And yes I know, libertarians would be perfectly okay with a person buying a property, holding it for decades, or even centuries via it being handed down to his children and grandchildren and doing absolutely nothing with it. But then, libertarians are naive utopians who don't realize that individuals' inaction can have very negative effects on the overall community that have to be addressed.
A shotgun is a good eviction notice.
He’s pretty liberal tho.
Kick the doors in and butcher them with chainsaws.
This crap has got to stop!!!
This should for sure bring a lot of attention to the squatting problem. It’s an invasion on private property and property rights... This won’t be long lived.
Alas, London mobsters seem to have declined in their willingness to violently enforce property rights.
“Calling themselves “The Occupiers,” the group slapped a notice on the front door claiming they are entitled to stay in the pub”
Not exactly Wall Street, but Occupy York & Albany
Kick the doors in and butcher them with chainsaws.
This crap has got to stop!!
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Agree.
TV chef Gordon Ramsay ditches California, moves restaurant HQ to Texas: report
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/tv-chef-gordon-ramsay-california-texas-restaurant-hq
This was an issue back in the 1970’s in the UK. People were worried about going on holiday for a couple of months and having squatters move in.
Then the law was changed in I think 1977, and it got worse.
I guess things improved when Thatcher took over, but we were gone by then.
Roasted long pig.
Yup.
better head for FL, Ramsey.
I suggest giant glue traps.
This is home invasion. Now with this, add business invasion to the list.
Property invaders like this are no different than the ones who bust your door down while you’re at home. And deserve to be executed, they are 1000% criminals.
Gordon needs to the the police he heard anti-gay anti muslim comments from them. The police will bust the doors down in a few minutes and after beating them up, take them to jail and fine them heavily.
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