Beach front property, shoreline with seawall - law problem?

You need to get a copy of the title to the land in question. You can get this at the same place where you filed your title when you (or another) purchased the property.

Lawyers are very affordable here. It should not cost much for one to get a copy of the title.

After you see the title and the history of the property you can then make decisions as to what to do.

 

I am a 100% Filipino

 

I think to go down that route would only entice another lot to move in once the word gets around that there's free money available.

 

I have experience with this,, the proper route is to play their game.. Ask how much they want to move. When they give you a price say ok, i am going to give that amount to a good lawyer and you will get nothing. Any competent lawyer has connections with the DENR, City Engineers Office. DOH,, DOLE, Noreco if they have electric and DCWD if they have a water connection without a land title. Let the locals handle it just help them out a bit.. These people have turned squatting into a well paid profession even though its against the law.. The city government payed millions to buy out all the squatters on foreshore and private land on the boulevard extension to the north..

 

This kind of thing seems to be fairly common. As it turns out, my in-laws are squatters and have their house built near the shoreline in Basay. Originally they had a sea view and it was amazing. Then the fishermen started building nearby and eventually one built in front of them, closer to the water.

The place closer to the water floods with every typhoon, but they won't move because they own a large boat and the shoreline access makes life easy. Having your sea view blocked would be bad enough, but they also own several dogs that intermate and now it is a pack of 20 snarling mutts that bark at all hours of the day and night. The business has completely ruined the shoreline as the fishermen throw and break their glass bottles all up and down the beach, and litter like they've never seen a garbage can before.

The short of this, is that these squatters living there isn't anywhere near the worst of the situation and their theft of this land needs to be handled as abruptly and with as much hostility as you can muster, while keeping it all legal. Do not be kind or you'll regret it.