Buyers of a Pāpāmoa Beach house needed a High Court order to remove the previous owner.

The quotes from the owner sound rather Sovereign Citizen to me, it seems we have a bit of that particular flavor of nuts here, unfortunately.

It sounds like a nightmare for the new owners.

  • Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nzOP
    1·
    13 天前

    Yeah, that’s exactly what it sounds like, similar language and all.

    I hope this doesn’t cause too many issues for the new owners.

    • Drusas@fedia.io
      2·
      12 天前

      They were also unable to rent the property to service their mortgage, which placed them at risk of default.

      Hard to be sympathetic to either party.

      • Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nzOP
        2·
        10 天前

        I’m no landlord fan either, but the whole system kinda falls over if owning a property doesn’t mean you actually own it, and the previous owner can just stay there indefinitely.