Residents claim new Gold Coast build will be ‘sticking its bum’ across their view

A developer has defended its plans for a luxury 13-storey ocean-facing residential tower that neighbours fear will interrupt their idyllic ocean view.

RESIDENTS in a beachside Gold Coast unit tower are living in fear that their ocean views will be replaced with the “arse” of a neighbouring 13-storey unit.

The proposed tower at 1 Petrie St, Rainbow Bay, will have 20 units overlooking the ocean.

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But neighbours, who insist they always anticipated living next to a new development, fear the new build will replace their idyllic ocean views with airconditioning units and garbage chutes.

A town planner enlisted to help fight the proposal claims the development is more than twice as bulky as allowed under Gold Coast planning laws.

But the developer, S & S Group, has insisted its plans are in line with Gold Coast rules and precedents.

Rainbow Bay residential high rise development Flow, which its developer says incorporates greenery into nearly every aspect of the construction. Picture: Gedoun Constructions

Part-time resident and body corporate member Tim Allen, who plans to retire permanently to his apartment on the sixth floor of the neighbouring building, Carool, fears part of his view will instead be made up of aircon vents and a black painted wall.

“The bulkiness of the entire building covers almost the entire site - there’s no greenery,” Mr Allen said.

“They’ve got their arse to us, the back of the building.”

“All the building utilities are out the back, the rubbish collection is out the back, all the airconditioning out the back,” he said.

“They really are sticking their bum in our direction.”

Another resident, who preferred to speak on the condition of anonymity, said the project’s designs had made her feel “very disturbed.”

“What they have done is put all the noisy terrible things for us to look into,” the resident said.

“They haven’t considered noise from the airconditioning vents.”

She said another side of the building facing a park would be the best place to put utilities such as aircon units.

A render of the building's front, which a town planning report commissioned by neighbours said was 'bulky'. Picture: PDOnline/Cottee Parker

But S & S Group director Paul Gedoun said airconditioning units would be screened and not visible by neighbours.

“The southern interface provides extremely thoughtful consideration of neighbouring impacts by ensuring that no living areas look into the southern neighbour,” Mr Gedoun said.

He also claims to have reached out to the neighbouring body corporate a total of eight times without a response, a claim the neighbouring body corporate denies.

The development is within the height limit allowed in the area, and Mr Gedoun said greenery and landscaping had been incorporated “into almost every aspect of the development.”