Squatter house buried under rubbish in Southport, Gold Coast
A squatter’s house located next to a popular party strip has been buried under piles of rubbish, prompting frustrated residents to call police.
The abandoned house on Norman Street in Southport, on the Gold Coast, is full of rubbish strewn across the property’s front garden.
At the entrance to the house there is trash, but also clothing, discarded carts and even a partially torn mattress.
It has prompted locals in surrounding houses and apartments to view the prudish scenes as a major health hazard.
A neighbor told me 7 News Used syringes were allegedly thrown from the rubbish dump in the front garden of the property onto the balcony of her neighboring house.
The house (middle of the photo) looks like any other property in the area, but if you look beyond the broken fence in the front, you can see the filthy state of the property.
An abandoned house (pictured) in Southport in southeast Queensland is buried among piles of rubbish scattered across the property’s front garden, forcing police to intervene after squatters were spotted at the property
According to the resident, it has become extremely difficult to live next to the property, which has been left with a pile of rubbish over the past year.
The abandoned house, surrounded by a tall gray fence, has been home to several squatters.
Gold Coast councilor Brook Patterson said the illegal occupants of the home were confronted by Queensland Police officers.
“We are dealing with criminal behavior there,” Ms. Patterson said 7 News.
“The squatters have been very aggressive towards our local law enforcement, towards the residents and towards the tradies trying to clean up the place,” she said.
The property, which is surrounded by a high gray fence, looks like any other home in the neighborhood.
The property is surrounded by an apartment complex and another house on either side.
But if you look closer, through an opening in the broken gate at the front of the property and from the balconies of the neighboring apartments, you can see the piles of rubbish strewn across the front garden.
Piles of rubbish, including general waste and clothing, have been discarded all over the front garden of the house, with residents of nearby properties considering the house a major health hazard
Ms Patterson said police had to remove the squatters from the property after locals lodged complaints with the council to have the matter dealt with.
She said the council ordered the house’s owners to clean up the mess, but when they hired tradies to remove rubbish from the property, their tools were stolen by the squatters.
“So this is (now) a criminal case. This is a police matter,” Ms. Patterson said.
“I have written to the Minister of Police requesting urgent attention as this is not possible without police intervention.”
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Queensland Police for comment.