Property Gertos article week 3

A squatter won the right to keep a $1.7 million home after

• an appeal to the Supreme Court was successful

• an appeal to the Supreme Court was withdrawn

• mediation

• negotiations between the two parties lawyers

Property records showed that the 498 square metre, 3-bedroom, 1-bathroom, 1-car space house was advertised for rent at $?? per week.

• 560

• 600

• 650

Gertos took ownership of the Sydney inner west home and

• was awarded occupational rights by the court

• moved in shortly after the court decision

• was awarded the title deed based on squatter's rights

• sold the house thereafter for $2 million

Squatter's rights and adverse possession

• are different legal concepts

• can be used interchangeably

• have no idea, phone a friend

Gertos was visiting a client on the same street and said the house

• was not locked, the backdoor was off its hinges

• was locked and he was forced to climb through one of the broken windows

• was partially renovated

He claimed he changed

• the locks and replaced the front door and renovated the house before leasing it

• all the locks and leased the house

• the locks and replaced the rear door and renovated the house before leasing it

Gertos spent a total of $?? on the house in 1998 and 2014

• $143,000

• $108,000

• $35,000

The previous owner, Henry Downie had passed away in 1947 and had

• left a Will

• left no Will

• does not specify

Did Gertos say the following:

"Why should these people be rewarded with what they say is a family estate when they couldn't care less about who died?"

• yes, he did

• no, he did not

• who cares?

Gertos alleged that the family did not communicate with each other for ?? years

• 50

• 60

• 70