Bank now ‘best squat ever’

Published on 03/10/2012 02:02

SQUATTERS who have moved into a property that belongs to a high street banking giant have described it as the “best squat ever”.

The group of nine – including students and those “between jobs” – said the 3,500 sq ft property on Pembroke Road in Bristol was used by Lloyds Banking Group as a private bank.

It spreads over four floors and includes large rooms with high ceilings, a kitchen and a lift. A number of the elegant rooms in the unfurnished building have been turned into bedrooms, and a sofa and garden furniture have been placed in a conservatory attached to the building.

The squatters believe the property would cost approximately £81,000 a year in rent plus more than £40,000 in business tax.