Camelot

Camelot Property Management Ltd. (Dutch: Camelot Beheer BV) is a vacant property management firm started in the Netherlands in 1993. Camelot manages commercial and residential property on behalf of landlords and property developers, assigning people to occupy vacant buildings to deter squatters - wikipedia

Occupiers pay a deposit and a weekly management fee. They are required to provide security and maintain the property. The occupiers do not have tenancy rights and have fewer rights than squatters. Other companies offering similar property guardian services include Guardians of London, Ambika Security Ltd, Vacant Property Specialists and Ad-Hoc Property Management.

Camelot also provide squat eviction services and security guards. The company successfully lobbied the French government to introduce anti-squatting legislation.

Property guardianship offers low cost rooms and workspace in commercial and residential properties that would otherwise be vacant. Becoming a property guardian appeals to young professionals, keyworkers and artists looking for affordable rent, who do not want to sacrifice on space or location.

Squatters sit behind a Camelot sign at the organisation’s former Europe HQ in Shoreditch, east London. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian - theguardian.com