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Neil Shaw

Squatter is living in formerly grand hotel - all on his own

Britain's luckiest squatter lives in a hotel that used to be one of the finest in the country - all on his own. Tom, 30, moved into the Grosvenor Hotel one day when he pushed at a key card door - and it opened.

The 150-year-old hotel has been left unused for about two decades - with rotting furniture filling the rooms and graffiti covering the walls. Tom has since started living in the massive building which was built in 1875 but has fallen into a serious state of disrepair - and has started doing it up.

Every night he climbs the grand staircase to use one of the various rooms - all of which he has started tidying up and making habitable. He enjoys stunning views across Bristol - although he does have to dodge precarious floors and beware of non-existent ceilings.

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