‘Thousands of needles’ found in nightmare Southport squat house

A VIDEO has shown the shocking squalor residents of a Gold Coast squat house lived in, with workers revealing thousands of needles were discovered at the site. WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO

THE NAUSEATING interior of a needle-ridden Southport squat house has been revealed as the site is finally demolished.

The house on Queen Street 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, with the workers on site responsible for clearing the “unliveable” asbestos-ridden squalor house.

Workers Warren Bale (left) and Mark Jenson with containers of used syringes they found on site. Photo by Richard Gosling

“Thousands” of needles were found strewn 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 previously been cut off to force the inhabitants out, however this tactic did not work.

Buckets of faeces and bottles of urine were found throughout the house as a result.

Piles of rubbish filled the rooms and grime covered the bathrooms.

Needles and tubes with clots of dried blood.

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When the men arrived to the house to begin demolition, they counted 15 people in the house at once, literally living in their own filth.

“There were 15 squatters when we got here the first morning that we kicked out,” one of the tradies said.

“We’ve taken 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.

Inside the derelict property before it was demolished. Photo by Richard Gosling

“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, however she was forced to lobby the Chinese absentee owners to finally get it done.

“Thank god for that, it’s great to see it slowly going down,” she said.

“It took me a year because the owners don’t live here and they didn’t co-operate.

“The police were going to that one every morning and they’ve got more important things to do.

Workers say this is one of three buckets of used needles found in the house.

“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 main road prime real estate in July 2016 for $1.5 million, along with sites to the back and side with plans to build residential towers.

The Bulletin has reached out to PSR Southport Investment for comment.