NEEDLES, BLOOD, FAECES IN ’DISGUSTING’ SQUAT HOUSE
THE nauseating interior of a needle-ridden Southport squat house has been revealed as the site is finally demolished.
The house on Queen St was notorious for housing illegal squatters, despite being bought by an investor for $1.5 million in 2016.
Demolition on the site started last week.
“Thousands” of needles were found throughout the two-storey shack, some with tubes filled with blood still attached.
They were on the floor, in piles of rubbish, in the walls and in every room.
The workers claim power and electricity had been cut off to force the inhabitants out. However, it did not work as buckets of faeces and bottles of urine were found throughout the house.
Piles of rubbish filled the rooms and grime covered the bathrooms.
“There were 15 squatters when we got here the first morning who we kicked out,” a worker said.
“We’ve taken two buckets of needles to the needle exchange.
“The rubbish was two-foot high, there was rotten food scraps everywhere. They were pooing in buckets and leaving them around, bottles of urine. The mattresses were disgusting. We had to wear double masks just to be able to do the job.
“I have never seen anything like it in my life and they were living in there.”
Southport councillor Dawn Crichlow said it was about time the house was demolished.
But she was forced to lobby the Chinese absentee owners to finally get it done.
“It took me a year because the owners don’t live here and they didn’t co-operate,” she said.
“The police were going to that one every morning and they have more important things to do.
“The people around there were living in fear.”
The site is owned by PSR Southport Investment Pty Ltd., which is owned by Chinese businessman Robert Huang. The company bought the property in July 2016, along with sites to the back and side with plans to build residential towers.
PSR Southport Investment did not respond to a request for comment.