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The difference between tenants rights and what guardians are entitled too can vary depending on the guardian company. I know that some have curfews, no guests policies and the ability to evict with as little as 24hrs notice. Often the living conditions are less than satisfactory. A commercial property I visited recently that was meant to house around 8 - 10 people had 20 living there against the agreement between them & owners. They do stuff like this because each of the 'service users' has to pay. For the place I'm talking about the cost was pretty much the same as a cheaply rented place. Then they charge the owners and pocket tons of money.
psg1ben-
Standard practice. The 'guardian' numbers always inflate year on year along with cost and 'fees', till it either 1. Becomes unruly or 2. Council starts sniffing, then it's a case of break it down and acquire more property.
The longest one I've been in was a shade over two years before a combination of greed/flaunting of the rules/personal profit bought it down.
Chak
All I can gather is that the terms do not give 'full tenant rights', but isn't this abundantly apparent to anyone becoming a guardian?
It is a £3m office- I'm going to assume there is a lot of space, is 12 the maximum occupancy? Is there an opportunity for other homeless people to join and make it a residence for a while? If so how will they decide if someone merits some space in the same building with them?
Other recent 'media worthy' squat setups on empty estates put this effort to shame.