Residents claim neighbour blasts loud music plus airhorn, yells profanities - but he rejects criticism

Residents of a small Ashmore Gold Coast cul-de-sac claim a neighbour blasts loud music at night, plus an airhorn and yells profanity - but he says his behaviour is “totally fine”.

Eddie Young says of complaints from neighbours: “My wife and children and all my friends and family don’t have a problem.”

Welcome to the neighbourhood from hell.

Residents of a small Ashmore cul-de-sac claim they are feeling the strain from a neighbour who blasts loud music late at night, as well as an airhorn, yells abusive profanities from his driveway and has targeted a neighbour with a garden hose.

With just six homes on Coobah Court, residents claim they are suffering and, despite multiple complaints to council and police, nothing has stopped problem neighbour, Eddie Young, who owns the property.

Mr Young, in response to Bulletin questions about claims of bad behaviour, said he suffered from Tourette’s Syndrome, his behaviour was “totally fine” and “my wife and children and all my friends and family don’t have a problem”.

A nearby resident said he had reported a number of incidents to police who regularly attended the street.

He said the music and the shouting stopped while police were around but resumed some time after that when police had gone. He said he had rented another home as his family could not handle living there anymore, with his children’s teachers noticing their fatigue.

The resident claimed the situation had been ongoing since he purchased the home last year, with other neighbours claiming it began long before.

A letter to council and police last August, signed by all affected residents before the nearby resident moved in, detailed their claims: “I am writing this letter on behalf of myself and my neighbours within our cul-de-sac to request the police to take action to permanently stop one person from continuously and purposely making life a misery for all,” it read.

“This man deliberately annoys his neighbours by playing very loud music, blasting an air-horn, using abusive and obscene language. This behaviour often occurs all day and well into the night and early mornings,” the letter claims.

Eddie Young: “I’m not perfect, I play my music and I love music, it’s saved my sanity and my soul, but I’m not up all night. On a weekend or Friday night, the latest I have it on is until midnight.”

“Police have visited his house on many occasions. On the last visit by the police (after he soaked a neighbour with his garden hose by aiming it over his fence) he turned the music up again and blasted his air-horn within five minutes of the police leaving,” it claims.

“Residents from all houses (are) signing to request action is taken to stop (Mr Young) from his appalling behaviour.”

The nearby resident said some of his neighbours were elderly and in poor health. On some nights his wife would cry.

Division 6 Councillor Brooke Patterson said the City of Gold Coast had no legislative authority to act on the alleged issues described in the letter, but she urged the neighbours to keep a noise diary and to report issues regularly to police.

“Having evidence is the most important thing, the council can step in if a noise diary is kept but even then that action is limited. This is more of a police matter.”

A Queensland Police Service spokesperson said: “Police have received reports relating to noise complaints at a Coobah Court address in Ashmore.

“Officers have attended the location on multiple occasions over the past year. On some occasions, no excessive noise was detected.

“On others, officers have spoken with a resident who indicated he has a medical condition that may contribute to verbal outbursts.

“Police are also investigating a separate incident at the same address on June 23, following reports of an altercation between two people. Investigations are continuing. There are no further details available at this time,” the QPS spokesperson said.

Mr Young said the neighbourhood dispute began after someone complained about his daughter’s car making noise and had escalated since.

Eddie Young adds: “I have tried to resolve this but people won’t come to the party. But people who cross me come off second best so be careful.”

He said while he did regularly play music, he did not believe it was disruptive to neighbours.

“I’m not perfect, I play my music and I love music, it’s saved my sanity and my soul, but I’m not up all night. On a weekend or Friday night, the latest I have it on is until midnight,” he said.

While Mr Young at first denied that he had turned a hose on a neighbour, he later admitted he had done so after the neighbour’s children made fun of him.

“A neighbour was filming me while I was twitching and having an episode. Then they wonder why they get squirted with the hose through the fence.”

Mr Young said he had been taken in for questioning at one stage but no charges were laid.

He said he was bullied for his disability as a child and was not diagnosed until he was a teenager.

“Pressure, stress, no common sense, denial and lying triggers my Tourettes,” he said.

“I have tried to resolve this but people won’t come to the party. But people who cross me come off second best so be careful.”

The nearby resident said police told him neighbours could apply for a Peace and Good Behaviour Order (PGBO), requiring a person to stop any activity threatening to cause harm to a person or property. A person who breached the order would face serious consequences, including a fine, and or imprisonment.

He said he was meeting a solicitor to try to apply for the Order, action that would take time and money, but he said he was willing to pay that price to help other residents.

“I know some of them are older and unwell, they shouldn’t have to be going through this. They have been so supportive, as have others online, and I feel like even though I am seeing the worst of human behaviour, I’m also seeing some of the best.”

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Originally published as Residents claim neighbour blasts loud music plus airhorn, yells profanities - but he rejects criticism