Clive Palmer kicked off his own body corporate

Angry villa owners have tried to oust Clive Palmer from a new body corporate at his Coolum resort.

The residents are taking a stand against one of Australia's most powerful men in a bid to have the resort returned to its glory days.

“It's deteriorating, it's unfriendly, it's not a community and it's absurd for us to be paying levies every month,” villa owner Isabelle Morgan said.

Today, villa owners took the first steps to regaining control of their holiday homes at the first general meeting since Clive Palmer bought the resort in 2012.

“I will never sell my villa, and I will encourage my children and my grandchildren to just keep this beautiful little haven for their own use for as long as it takes,” villa owner Madeleine Gilmour said.

The properties are in prime position overlooking the 18th hole of the golf course, and within earshot of a life-sized dinosaur named Jeff.

“We’re really going to try and control the body corporates so that we can just use our villas, we're happy to pay the levies,” Madeleine said.

One of three housing schemes within the boundaries of the resort, owners say they have been denied access despite still being charged levies since Mr Palmer took over.

Mr Palmer denies the claims.

“We haven't been able to come up and occupy our own home, how can this be so?” Isabelle said.

Today's meeting was the showdown residents have wanted for almost two years, and tensions were high.

The owners were worried that the administrators were doing all they could to disqualify their votes.

In the end, administrators blocked Mr Palmer and three of his associates from obtaining four positions on the committee consisting of seven members.

“I'd love him to sell it to somebody who cares for the place, for the wonderful haven it is on the Sunshine Coast,” Madeleine said.