A COUPLE who won a stunning £1.4million home had been left fuming when they arrived to seek out half of the house lacking.
Kevin and Andrea Griffin, who bagged the expansive Australian pad, stated it was stripped of ornamental and luxurious objects when they turned up.
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The couple accused the earlier owner of eradicating over £33,600 value of items from the house, in Gisborne.
The earlier owner, Melbourne property tycoon Adrian Portelli, has slammed the allegations that he ‘stole’ objects from the house.
But CCTV taken a day after it was ‘bought’ exhibits Portelli and a bunch of males eradicating objects together with wine, a meat smoker, treadmill, kitchen home equipment and a robotic lawnmower.
He has since introduced a £50,000 giveaway for all the objects that had been faraway from the house.
Kevin and Andrea found the clip when they went by their “dream homes'” safety footage after transferring in and posted it on-line.
Andrea informed the Herald Sun: “We had been just like, what the hell?
“Why has he done this?”
They won the home in a giveaway after paying for membership in Portelli’s enterprise LMCT+ for over a 12 months.
Members are entered into unique competitions, with prizes together with properties, bikes, vehicles and boats.
The enterprise, based in 2018, sells subscriptions which price as much as £50 a month.
Portelli stated in a video on-line that the objects taken “weren’t part of the giveaway”.
“It was just half of the present, it wasn’t in our t’s and c’s (phrases and circumstances).
“Our t’s and c’s say it is a absolutely-furnished house, which is what we delivered on.
“Whatever I do with these things is as much as me. Wherever I need to use them personally or I need to use them to stage future giveaway homes, who bloody cares.
“Unfortunately, it’s people like this that ruin it for everyone and it makes us not want to do things like this again,” he added.
The businessman additionally stated he is been despatched abuse and threats in consequence of the couple’s claims.
Some messages have labelled him and his workforce “thieves” following the launch of the CCTV clip on-line.
He additionally stated he is been issued authorized letters.
The Australian entrepreneur additionally launched “behind the scenes footage” of the couple touring their new home, the place they seem to select faults with the property.
His enterprise is at the moment below investigation in two states over allegations that it broke playing legal guidelines.
South Australia’s Consumer and Business Services and the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission are each investigating complaints about LMCT+.
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