174 Crown Street Darlinghurst NSW 2010

To whom it may concern

We both reside at next door to the above property and would like to petition - the conversion of 174 Crown street, from a commercial establishment to a residence. The main reason for this is that we both genuinely believe that the owner is/has converted this building to a backpacker hostel rather than a residence.

When parking the car, via the back lane, we both looked into the garage of 174 and noted not only a pile of mattresses (more than the number of rooms) but also a shopping cart full of microwaves. Upon discussion with our neighbour at 172 Crown street, who runs a barbershop out of his premises, and who stands in the shop front for the majority of the day, also noted the comings and goings of 174 with a constant stream of different people.

The "residents" of 174 have also been causing a disturbance in the neighbourhood with the police having to be called on two occasions, in as many weeks. The first incident occurred on the night of 17th of May when a violent brawl erupted outside both premises. We personally called the police on the night in question and as soon as the people fighting heard sirens they stopped the altercation and those who didn't run away started running into 174.

Our neighbour at 172 also gave us the reference of the other incident which occurred at 170 Crown Street, where the tenant was having beer bottles thrown at his house. This too was reported to the police, and a reference number set up for any further complaints. This number is: 355397KIT9 Further more to the disturbances the use of marijuana is so strong that it seeps through the wall into our living room.

Additionally, as the size of our recycling and dustbin are only 110L each (we are a total of 5 residents) we are finding that our bins are being used to the point of being overloaded and we are left without bins. When all the bins are full (once again they're using all the residents bins) they are dumping bags of rubbish (mainly beer bottles, junk and mouldy food) on the street.

We have been living in the area since last October but since the conversion a few months ago as you can see we have had our fare share of issues. We urge you to investigate the original submission as to reinforce we duly believe that it was lodged without genuine intent. We both separately spoke Eleanor Robertson and she advised us to contact your department. We also believe that there is a compliance issue in relation to this conversion i.e. environmental health, fire safety and possible immigration control issues. Should you have any further questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact one or either of us on the details below.
Yours Sincerely,