Squatters who were kicked out of a mansion in central London have taken over a seven-storey property worth £25 million.
The group spent a week at a multi-million pound property in Eaton Square before being removed by police and enforcement officers on Wednesday (February 1) morning.
The activists, who say they belong to the Autonomous Nation of Anarchist Libertarians, have now relocated five minutes away to an empty building on Grosvenor Gardens.
The home formerly belonged to the renowned archaeologist Augustus Pitt-Rivers.
One squatter, who did not want to be named, said the property, near Victoria Station, was "massive", with a chandelier in every room.
"It's big - it's like seven floors. It's a lot bigger than the other one," he said.
"I sorted out my room already and I can't find it. It's massive."
The blue plaque on the front of the property says the building was the home Pitt- Rivers between 1827 and 1900.
We'll 'just find another place' when we're removed
Between 20 and 30 people are inside the property, and more were expected to join them, the activist said.
"We are just going to go out and look for homeless people really," he said.
"We'll just walk around - they'll be in doorways or somewhere.
"It's a room to stay in isn't it? Even if they don't want to stay permanently."
He added that the group expected to be removed but would "just find another place".
"There's empty buildings all over the place, you just don't know about it," he said.
The squatters had occupied the palatial home in Eaton Square since January 25 in protest at the number of unoccupied residential properties in the capital.
They earlier said they were "disgusted" at being removed, following a court ruling on Tuesday.
The group lined the street outside the property, believed to belong to Russian oligarch Andrey Goncharenko, with bags of clothes, blankets and boxes of food.
Jessica Ellis, who said she had been in the multimillion-pound property for three days, described the problem of homelessness in London as "severe".
The 23-year-old from Victoria said she is "one of the lucky ones" who has got supported homeless accommodation to return to.
She said: "I have been homeless. I know the severity of the homelessness situation."
The property should be put to good use for people in need if it is not occupied, she said.
"I think if someone like him buys a property like this and if within 12 months still hasn't lived in it or used it for anything, it should be turned into some place for the homeless."
Dwain Kaye, 32, from London, said he had been "illegally evicted" from a property in Brent and sought refuge at the squat.
He said: "When we asked for proper paperwork for our property, we came back one day to find our stuff in the streets and we had to leave."
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