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A desperate grandfather has appealed for help five years after British squatters occupied his Costa del Sol house.
Birmingham native Kenneth Jobe (pictured above), 84, told the Olive Press he ‘hasn’t got much time left’ and is ‘exhausted’ after going back and forth with the courts in a bid to remove the English couple.
K.B, an expat of 33 years, and his partner have allegedly failed to pay more than €50,000 worth of rent for the €400,000 three-bed house in Mijas (pictured above right), since 2020 – allegedly helped by a ‘squatter’s bible’ that is used by so-called ‘okupas’ across the country.
They have also allegedly moved in their two sons, aged in their 40s – a fact they have neglected to tell the courts. The Olive Press contacted K.B. but he refused commenting through an attorney.
Jobe, still grieving the loss of his son to cancer, believed his nightmare had ended when a Malaga judge ordered that they be evicted from their home and the locks replaced.
But, incredibly, last month the ruling was overturned after it was determined that the squatters are vulnerable and face the risk of becoming homeless.
Jobe said: “I just want to get into my home… the tenant is pleading poverty but has two older sons living there.”
He continued: “Plus he doesn’t pay community fees, so they want him out.”
“And when I try and negotiate he outright refuses…he’s a really nasty person.”
Jobe claimed that he had been fighting the family in Buenavista since 2020 when he filed his first eviction notice. The family stopped paying rent on their Balcones de Mijas property for several months.
The area is filled with affluent Brits who are ‘sick’ of the squatters’ mess, with one video seen by the Olive Press showing mattresses dumped on the porch, next to multiple cars covered in dust.
Jobe, the owner, added: “It is tiring me. I can’t imagine that the courts have sided against him. I don’t have much time left.”
“I’m just getting desperate. The legal fees have cost me a fortune and I’ve been dragged down.
Paul Stuart of Palm Estates told The Olive Press that the eviction had been cancelled after they claimed vulnerability.
“They know the law, they’ve got something called ‘the squatter’s bible’, which tells them all the laws and how to get around everything.
“They are British. They receive their pensions, and take advantage of the legal systems. It’s an awful situation.”
A family friend, meanwhile, branded the squatters ‘disgusting’, claiming that when he begged them to move out, they demanded a fee to do so.
This newspaper reported that he said, “It’s disgusting”.
“Poor Ken had spent years visiting Mijas, and it’s been his dream for his final years to spend them there.
Ken has been dealing with this for months, and it is vile. He lost one of his sons back in April, which was a huge blow to him.
He added: “I pleaded with them to leave and they said ‘we will work something out’, and they had the nerve to demand a fee to move out.
It’s disgusting that they are holding the family hostage.
