Overview

• Joanne Venet regained possession of her €450,000 villa last month after a five-week eviction process handled by a specialist agency.
• The de-squatter team found the three-bedroom property badly damaged and strewn with cocaine and cannabis paraphernalia.
• Unpaid rent and bills from the occupant totaled €5,600 over four months before eviction proceedings began.
• Post-Brexit Schengen rules limiting British nationals to 90 days in 180 complicated Venet’s ability to manage the eviction.
• She has listed the villa for sale and is campaigning for reforms to speed up evictions and strengthen landlord rights in Spain.