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A $16 house in Dallas, occupied by squatter Kenneth Robinson, belongs to the bank once more.

Robinson left quietly Monday morning after a judge gave him till Feb. 13 to hit the road. Bank of America had foreclosed on the upscale home last month.

Robinson had filed papers last June to claim the empty, $340,000 house in the Dallas suburb of Flower Mound and invited the media in for tours, according to the Associate Press.

While living in the house, he kept the lawn mowed and the property looking spruce.

He claimed the property under an adverse possession statute, which says, in essence, that someone can claim abandoned property. That usually takes about 10 years in Texas, according to the AP report. While it wasn't clear how long the house had been empty, it was certainly less than 10 years.

Regardless, the neighbors didn't like the idea much. Maybe because they paid considerably more than he did, muses The Consumerist. Regardless, dude is gone.

AOL Real Estate has a picture of the house right here.