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Ángeles, a Spanish owner, has recovered her home, located in Móstoles, Madrid, turned into rubble after almost seven years of renting.
The tenant couple, who have a daughter and who stopped paying rent for 21 months based on a certificate of vulnerability, looted and destroyed the property in retaliation after the owner refused to sell them the property at half price. Now, the material damage and the accumulated debt amount to 130,000 euros.
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“Apparently the family was normal, but they would think that the house was going to be theirs forever,” says Ángeles in Public Mirror.
“They have filled the house with debris from the street… I will get to the bottom”
The owner initially rented the house for a short period due to a work transfer, with the aim of not leaving it empty and precisely avoiding squatting. However, the situation led to economic ruin.
The debt due to continued non-payment of rent reaches 30,000 euros. Added to this figure are nearly 100,000 euros in material damage due to acts of extreme vandalism.
The tenants lifted and stole the entire floorboard from the house. In addition, they broke sinks, ripped out walls, destroyed furniture, and even went to the trouble of collecting debris from the street to dump it inside the apartment. The cruelty continued outside, where they left a Land Rover vehicle parked on the property completely destroyed.
“They have filled the house with debris from the street (…), this cannot be ignored. It seems that you rent it to protect it and what you do is unprotect it,” the woman confesses.
“I don’t understand why they are vulnerable if they installed air conditioning throughout the house”
The case exposes the deficiencies in the granting of social aid. Despite having a certificate of vulnerability issued by social services for having a minor in their care, the tenants demonstrated a high purchasing power during their stay.
“They installed air conditioning throughout the house and motorized the garage door, which costs a lot of money,” says Ángeles, highlighting the inconsistency of this status in the face of luxuries that she herself could not afford.
“It is a crime of aggravated damage, insurance companies have no heart”
To aggravate the economic outlook, the insurance company, SegurCaixa, has refused to cover the damage. Although the policy specified that the home was intended for rental, the company alleges that the incident is considered “vandalism”, a coverage that required a specific clause that was not contracted by the owner.
Given this scenario of lack of civil protection, lawyer Beatriz de Vicente recommends that the owner go directly to court through criminal proceedings. “It is a crime of aggravated damages for an amount that almost triples the damage they have caused with the money they owe them,” explains the expert, warning that this type of crime entails a conviction and the generation of criminal records for those responsible.
Currently, Ángeles has already initiated the relevant judicial procedures. While the court advances the investigation, the owner has had to alert the police after detecting that the former tenants continue to hang around the destroyed property.