Feral neighbours overrun new Melbourne apartment complex

Degenerate neighbours who fight all night, deal drugs and pass out in the hallway could face the boot from a new apartment complex after their fearful neighbours took a stand over their feral behaviour. WATCH THE VIDEO.

Degenerates have overrun a new apartment complex with the situation so volatile an axe was left at one person’s door.

It’s understood up to 15 of the private complex’s 79 units have been rented to social housing tenants with about half a dozen repeatedly causing trouble.

There have been fights in the middle of the night, suspected drug dealing and people passed out in the hallway.

Police were called when residents found a screaming four-year-old girl in the street at 4am when her mother went on a “Macca’s run”.

Residents said they had no idea they would be living alongside social housing tenants when they bought into the complex, which is in the Whitehorse municipality in Melbourne’s east.

One owner was so scared she slept with a knife and furniture stacked against the door.

Owners say they’ve found people sleeping in the hallway and the lift of the complex. Picture: Supplied

But the trouble-causing tenants are understood to be facing the boot.

The Herald Sun has been told authorities are now considering moving tenants at two units in the complex, which is in the Whitehorse municipality in Melbourne’s east.

Another was understood to be under close watch.

Police were also ramping up patrols after the Department of Health and Human Services contacted them.

The owner, who after just four months moved out of an apartment she spent years saving for, told the Herald Sun: “There is a lot of fear.”

“I bought a knife from Bunnings that I used to sleep with under my pillow,’’ she said.

“I used to push furniture against my door at night.

“I’d wake up just shaking having no control over my body.”

Residents spoke to the Herald Sun on the promise their identity and the complex’s exact location are withheld.

They fear the problems, which began in November, will affect their house values and worry about reprisals.

An abandoned trolley inside the problem apartment complex. Picture: Supplied

Power cords have been run from common areas into apartments.

Intruders have been found in backyards and running through hallways, letterboxes tampered with and one apartment branded a hoarder’s den.

One woman reported a neighbour shining a torch on her and making crude remarks each time she ventured outside.

Power cords have been run from hallways into apartments.

“There’s plenty of socially-minded people in the building — nurses, teachers, other public servants,’’ the homeowner said.

“We just want to be safe in our own homes.

“There was a huge axe left in front of the door in the hallway. Some tenants feel that could possibly be a bit of an intimidation tactic since we’ve asked for more security cameras.

“When it was advertised it was pitched to be boutique, luxurious apartments and a place of community.”

“You can do the checks on the suburbs and do all the right things but without actually having an idea of the neighbours before you move in how are you to know?”

The building’s owners corporation secretary said she had filed dozens of complaints with the Department of Health and Human Services.

“I have lost count,’’ she said.

“There does not seem to be any action taken.

An axe was left at the door of one apartment in what owners suspect was retaliation to the installation of CCTV. Picture: Supplied

“We are happy to live with people who are disadvantaged but I think there needs to be a proper screening process.

“We are afraid.”

A DHHS spokesman said senior representatives had met with owners and the body corporate and implemented several measures including an increased presence on the site.

“We have been in contact with tenants, private owners and the body corporate since issues have been raised with the department, this includes following up on all maintenance requests,’’ he said.

“Housing staff will have a further meeting in the next fortnight with the body corporate and Victoria Police to develop a way forward.”

Victoria Police spokeswoman Alex Day confirmed it had received “a number of calls” to attend the apartment block.

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“The calls received relate to public order, family disputes and crime issues,’’ she said.

“These calls and subsequent police attendance have and will continue to be investigated whilst engagement with other government agencies is progressing to resolve identified issues.”

Opposition housing spokesman Tim Smith, who met worried owners about six weeks ago, said he would seek assurances action would be taken to make the complex safe.

“It’s outrageous,’’ Mr Smith said.

“The government has an obligation to ensure the people they are providing accommodation to in the apartment block are abiding by the law.

“None of the people in this complex have any issues with public housing tenants living in their complex — they have an issue with people terrifying them.”

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