Family Shut Out Of Their ‘Dream Home’ By Romanian Squatters Who Moved In Over Christmas – Daily Mail

With the building works nearly over, Julian and Samantha Mosedale and their three children were looking forward to moving back into the home of their dreams.

But their hopes have turned into a nightmare because a group of Romanians occupied the property over Christmas.

To add insult to injury, police told them that they were being ‘racist’ for questioning the squatters’ right to live in Britain on benefits.

The unwanted guests have changed the locks at the three-bedroom terrace house and moved in their own furniture.

Mr Mosedale, an illustrator, and his wife, a catalogue manager, both 45, had moved out of the house in Tottenham, North London, in July 2007 for extensive structural and renovation work.

They rented another property and regularly visited the £285,000 house to oversee progress.

But, after spending Christmas visiting relatives in Essex, they returned to the house on January 3 to find the squatters installed.

They now fear they could soon be homeless because they can only afford to foot the cost of rent and mortgage payments until March.

Mrs Mosedale, whose three sons are ten, eight, and five, said: ‘We called the police as soon as we found out they were in there. An officer suggested I was racist when I asked if they were Romanians, and did they have a legal right to be in this country.

‘We are hard-working citizens yet get treated like criminals when our home is stolen. This whole thing is making me feel constantly sick. All we want to do is get on with our lives.

‘We feel let down by the law, by government, and by the police, in fact all the authorities that one would expect to protect society.

‘The house had builders in it while the renovations were being done. It was only in the last couple of months that it was left completely empty.

‘Our lawyers don’t know how long it will take us to get them out and the stress is really getting to the whole family.

‘The kids are upset at the idea that other children are playing with their toys in the garden.

‘Our son Jake is old enough to understand what is going on and he is finding it difficult to sleep.

‘All the children are incredibly unsettled.’

Yesterday, the couple obtained a county court order giving the squatters 24 hours – until 2.15pm today – to leave. But Mr Mosedale fears they will not give in easily.

He said: ‘When the papers were served on them they tore them up and threw them back at the guy who’d taken them round.’

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