Shameful Tenant Tactics To Avoid Eviction

[Humbug]

Okay here is the status update for any Spanish Landlord who might be interested.

Firstly , I need to correct my previous post .

1. The tenant had to hire his own lawyer for the 1st appeal . It seems that free legal aid is not made available for appeals . So he had to use his own money.
2. The tenant decided he would appeal to the Supreme Court of Spain - he fabricated falsely paid invoices for building works done in the interior of the flat up to 10.5k euros (in the month he moved into the flat in 2007).
3. The Supreme Court pushed back his appeal saying they could not accept the appeal unless the tenant had proved he had paid all rent arrears up to date (which he hadn't).
4. Tenant made up some story that he'd paid our rent to some charitable organisation .
5. The Supreme Court ruled that his appeal was to be rejected and allowed the tenant another chance to appeal against their rejection
6. The tenant did appeal , knowing full well that by doing so , the Supreme Court would take over a month to reply because they go on holiday for the whole of August.
7. September arrives and we hear from our Lawyer that the Supreme Court rejected the case and pushed it back to original court that raised the first eviction notice.
8. As soon as that happens the tenant is allowed free legal aid again , so he sacks his current lawyer.
9. The eviction order is fast tracked and we are told the tenant will be evicted in 7 days.
10. 4 days before eviction , the eviction order is suspended by the courts because the tenant has not got legal representation.

So to all you potential Spanish Landlords out there , DO NOT RENT YOUR FLATS!!!!

The current Spanish Court system is institutionally biased towards tenants and provide so many loopholes to avoid eviction. They also provide lots of opportunities for appeals and even 'appeals against appeals' to make you pay extra court and legal fees.

So now we have to wait for the tenant to get legal representation while he still lives rent free in our flat . It has taken since May 2016 to try and evict him so don't believe all this rubbish about quick eviction laws in Spain - its all lies.