The supermarket closed and transformed into substandard housing at number 59 Aragón street in Vila must be evicted immediately, according to the decision of the Court of First Instance number 4 of Ibiza, which has ruled in favor of the property owner.
The sentence declares the lease contract terminated and forces all the occupants to leave the premises -as detailed this morning in Diario de Ibiza-, converted into an illegal shelter without authorization and in conditions that have been described as unhealthy and dangerous.
The situation of the premises came to light in August of 2024, when La Voz de Ibiza denounced that the former supermarket had become a kind of undercover multi-family, divided into ten rooms separated by plasterboard, where at least 20 people were staying in extremely precarious conditions.
In addition to the sanitation problems, such as cockroach and mouse infestations, the testimony warned of possible threats from the landlord, whom he identified as a Romanian national, usually accompanied by bodyguards.
Illegal construction sites, subleases and electrical risk
The court decision comes after the lawsuit filed by the property of the premises, which already in 2023 denounced serious breaches of the lease agreement, signed in August 2020 exclusively for the use of the space as a supermarket.
However, the tenant modified the structure of the premises without permission and began subletting living space without authorization.
A municipal inspection carried out in 2023 confirmed the seriousness of the situation. The technical report described the existence of independent rooms used as living quarters, lacking the minimum conditions of ventilation, lighting and sanitation.
In addition, the municipal technicians detected an overloaded electrical installation, wet floors due to the collapse of the sewage system and the risk of electrical accidents due to the use of unprotected power strips and cables.
The use as a supermarket was never respected
As has been proven in the trial, held last Tuesday, November 4, the tenant acted without the consent or knowledge of the owner, carrying out works and enabling the space as a home despite the “total objection” of the property, as published this morning Diario de Ibiza.
The judicial resolution recognizes activities contrary to the Urban Leasing Law, including unconsented subleasing, the execution of illegal works and the development of unhealthy activities.
This ruling closes one of the most paradigmatic cases of irregular use of commercial premises as substandard housing in the center of Ibiza, a practice that has grown in the heat of the housing crisis on the island.
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