The K££ns House
Well well and we all believed they would be moving straight back in didnt we!!From the Local TimesNeighbours of MPs Alan and Ann Keen say there has been no sign of the couple attempting to move back into their constituency home - two months after squatters were kicked out. The couple’s “main home” in Brentford remained boarded up this week, with metal shutters securing the ground floor windows, following an alleged sex attack during the squatter’s farewell party on July 11. The Keens, who have been living full-time at their £700,000 Thames-side apartment since their main home fell into disrepair last year, said at the time they were determined to move back in as soon as possible. However, residents say they have seen no sign of the couple dubbed “Mr and Mrs Expenses” - and said they would rather see the squatters back in residence instead of the house languishing. Neighbour Daniel Laws, 30, a teacher, said: “There has been very little activity there. No builders, no Keens, nothing, it’s just empty. “There is no building activity, I go past there every day to Morrisons and I haven’t seen any activity at all. It’s still an abandoned house.” He said some residents in the street felt disappointed the squatters were evicted, adding: “While the squatters were there, there was actually a sense of community. I met more of my neighbours from that squat than I ever did from three years living here without the squat. “To be honest I would just rather the Keens moved out the area. They are being investigated for their claims and they obviously don’t want to live here.” Another neighbour, a father-of-two who asked not to be named, said: “They boarded up inside the door and some of the windows, but nothing has gone on since a week after the squatters moved out. “I haven’t seen the Keens here for well over a year, then again I’m not always looking outside so they may have slipped past and gone inside. “I don’t know what their arrangements are, but they certainly haven’t had any work going on in there.” Mrs Keen, MP for Brentford and Isleworth, and her husband, MP for Feltham and Heston, claimed £140,000 over four years for their second home, which is less than 10 miles from Brentford. Mr Keen said they had been delayed moving back to Brentford while they took legal advice, and builders were set to begin work this week. He said: “The legal advice is regarding everything that’s happened to the house and the people that have been involved in and probably contributed to the problem. It’s not a straight forward issue.”
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