'We saved £25,000 in a year' boast Cornish holiday home squatters

Three young professionals had a celebration champagne buffet on a beach in South Cornwall last week, only yards from their seaside squatted holiday home, and brazenly vowed to continue their tactic of squatting 'whatever empty Cornish house they wanted.'

'If it's empty, got enough white goods and within commuting distance of our jobs then we'll take it,' claimed Harry. Refusing to give Rentfreecornwall his surname, Harry revealed he was earning £22,000 per year before tax - well above the average Cornish wage - at a reputable international firm's Cornish offices. His co-squatters earned similar amounts working at a local authority.

'We're young, we're earning good money, why waste it on paying rent to subsidise some middle aged bore's buy to let?' added Harry.

The three squatters claimed to have found the property on a holiday home lettings web site, then legally gained entry to the property and using UK laws to secure the property as their residence. Since moving in a year ago, the squatters have saved up £25,000 between them. Rentfreecornwall were then shown co-signatory bank account statements showing a balance of £25,700.

'We've all put money in each month, as if we were paying rent, then when we've got enough we might buy our own house as a property holdings company. We're capitalists as much as the next guy!'

A Cornish property expert admitted yesterday that squatting Cornish holiday homes was now 'out of control', with otherwise well off professionals viewing squatting Cornish second homes as a 'free for all.'