Squatters take over Gordon Ramsay's London pub
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Re: Squatters take over Gordon Ramsay's London pub
#2>The Kitchen Nightmares host unsuccessfully attempted to free himself from the lease in a legal battle at the High Court in 2015.
i'm guessing it's been vacant since at least then?
There needs to be some mechanism for communities to reclaim spaces like this. they have value to a town, and leaving them vacant has a cost. i'm not sure giving them over to squatters is the right solution, but there needs to be consequences for property owners who harm a community by taking up space and ensuring it provides zero value to anybody by leaving it vacant.
Re: Squatters take over Gordon Ramsay's London pub
#3>The Kitchen Nightmares host unsuccessfully attempted to free himself from the lease in a legal battle at the High Court in 2015. i'm guessing it's been vacant since at least then? There needs to be some mechanism for communities to reclaim spaces like this. they have value to a town, and leaving them vacant has a cost. i'm not sure giving them over to squatters is the right solution, but there needs to be consequenc…
The property owner pays taxes, right? So the mechanism now is that investors don’t like to pay taxes and expenses without income to offset.
I don’t know if the UK has eminent domain, but in the US the city can use eminent domain to purchase and do something. But in this case, I think if anyone wanted that property, they would purchase it. So it’s a bit of a tough problem to fix by government intervention.
And Gordon Ramsey restaurants are pretty luxury, so it’s not like there’s some essential gap by this pub being empty until someone wants to purchase the space.
Re: Squatters take over Gordon Ramsay's London pub
#4>The Kitchen Nightmares host unsuccessfully attempted to free himself from the lease in a legal battle at the High Court in 2015. i'm guessing it's been vacant since at least then? There needs to be some mechanism for communities to reclaim spaces like this. they have value to a town, and leaving them vacant has a cost. i'm not sure giving them over to squatters is the right solution, but there needs to be consequenc…
That pub closed last month according to https://whatpub.com/pubs/NLD/5989/york-albany-london
Re: Squatters take over Gordon Ramsay's London pub
#5It's unbelievable that squatting isn't a criminal offense.
I saw someone solving this problem by subsequently leasing the squatted premise to someone else, and then occupying the residence. Because the person wasn't the owner but a renter they had more rights than the landlord. I wonder if this is the right solution for all of these squatters.
Re: Squatters take over Gordon Ramsay's London pub
#6>The Kitchen Nightmares host unsuccessfully attempted to free himself from the lease in a legal battle at the High Court in 2015. i'm guessing it's been vacant since at least then? There needs to be some mechanism for communities to reclaim spaces like this. they have value to a town, and leaving them vacant has a cost. i'm not sure giving them over to squatters is the right solution, but there needs to be consequenc…
Google reviews from 10 months ago, so at least active till then
Re: Squatters take over Gordon Ramsay's London pub
#7It's unbelievable that squatting isn't a criminal offense. I saw someone solving this problem by subsequently leasing the squatted premise to someone else, and then occupying the residence. Because the person wasn't the owner but a renter they had more rights than the landlord. I wonder if this is the right solution for all of these squatters.
you gotta outsquat the squatters
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-12/out-squa...
Re: Squatters take over Gordon Ramsay's London pub
#8>The Kitchen Nightmares host unsuccessfully attempted to free himself from the lease in a legal battle at the High Court in 2015. i'm guessing it's been vacant since at least then? There needs to be some mechanism for communities to reclaim spaces like this. they have value to a town, and leaving them vacant has a cost. i'm not sure giving them over to squatters is the right solution, but there needs to be consequenc…
The property owner pays taxes, right? So the mechanism now is that investors don’t like to pay taxes and expenses without income to offset. I don’t know if the UK has eminent domain, but in the US the city can use eminent domain to purchase and do something. But in this case, I think if anyone wanted that property, they would purchase it. So it’s a bit of a tough problem to fix by government intervention. And Gordon…
>The property owner pays taxes, right?
My understanding is that they do not, for a listed building that is vacant.
Re: Squatters take over Gordon Ramsay's London pub
#9Could this possibly lead to a new Gordon Ramsey series?
Re: Squatters take over Gordon Ramsay's London pub
#10>The Kitchen Nightmares host unsuccessfully attempted to free himself from the lease in a legal battle at the High Court in 2015. i'm guessing it's been vacant since at least then? There needs to be some mechanism for communities to reclaim spaces like this. they have value to a town, and leaving them vacant has a cost. i'm not sure giving them over to squatters is the right solution, but there needs to be consequenc…
Double the taxes every year it's vacant.