The Grangegorman Squatters are at the court of appeal later to try and stop their eviction.
Receivers want to sell the site; which consists of three houses, a yard and warehouse for four million Euro.
But those living there have turned the derelict site into a community garden, art and recording studios and have the support of their local community.
Resident Paddy O’Kearney says they hope they’ll be allowed to tell the courts about the work they’ve been doing there.
"We've used this derelict site and developed it into various different projects. Be it a garden, studios, art studios, human habitats as well using upcycled materials".
Another resident says it's kept local children out of trouble.
"I've never seen anywhere where all those kids, sometimes out on the street they're killing each other and they come in here, they all get on. Because they know they won't be allowed to stay in here if they messing. They just come in here and they get on with their various projects. Some of them might be writing, some may be doing a bit of art. Some them might be just sitting around by the fire or helping sweep the gardens or planting some veg or watering the garden".
Ken lives near the squat and uses the studios, he says even the Gardai support the initiative for local teenagers.
"If you ask the Garda, go around the corner and ask any Garda Station around here, they'll tell you that people robbing bikes, bikes being stolen, things being robbed from shops and other things like that. That crime rate has gone down, dramatically, just for the pure fact that the people doing that are in here now".