We rented a house from friends (well, really their father's estate who had died the year prior, it was put up in a school auction) outside Nice a few years back

We rented a house from friends (well, really their father's estate who had died the year prior, it was put up in a school auction) outside Nice a few years back. They had a caretaker go by the house a few days before we were to arrive only to find evidence someone was living there. It was supposed to be vacant. The squatters were (very luckily) not there at the time and they called the police right away. The police said make sure they can't get back in or else you will be in court for 2 years trying to get them out. They hired a company to sit guard 24/7 and locked up the house and sold it as quickly as they could. When they first told us we were like oh it's ok we will stay there if you got them out! I am glad they insisted that was a bad idea and found us a new house, the squatters tried to get back into the house a few times because it turns out they had hidden some drugs there. The good news is that my friend and his brother came over to sort out the mess and we were able to hang out for a few days! Great town except for all the squatting :)