Adrian Portelli’s $100,000 move after couple complained about $4.25m home

An Aussie businessman has offered up $100,000 as a final twist after a couple were slammed over their “embarrassing” reaction to winning a $4.25m home.

The saga over the $4.25 million The Block house continues, as the winners for the giveaway of the items allegedly taken from the home are revealed.

Melbourne businessman Adrian Portelli reportedly purchased the Gisborne home – 45 minutes from Melbourne’s CBD – in November last year after it featured on the popular reality TV series.

He later announced to his followers he would be raffling off the home through his company LMCT+, with couple Kevin and Andrea Griffin ultimately becoming the lucky winners.

However, the situation quickly soured after the couple accused Mr Portelli of removing $100,000 worth of items from the fully furnished property.

Mr Portelli – also known as ‘Lambo guy’ – hit back at these accusations, insisting the items that were removed from the house were not included in the terms and conditions of the prize.

He then ran a $1 raffle for all the items that were taken, with all the money going to helping homeless Australians.

Couple Kevin and Andrea Griffin won a $4.25m Gisborne property. Picture: Jason Edwards

Adrian Portelli has hit back at the couple after they accused him of removing $100,000 worth of items from the property. Picture: LMCT+/Instagram

Some of the bigger ticket items allegedly removed from the house included wine, a wine fridge, kitchen appliances, a toolbox, a meat smoker and a treadmill.

Now, the new owners of the items have spoken out, praising Mr Portelli and his business partner Troy ‘Candy’ Williams as “Aussie legends”.

Following last week’s draw, a woman named Sheree took to Facebook to confirm she and her partner had won the prize for the “mystery Block house missing goods”.

“Adrian and Troy are true Aussie legends with what they do an don’t in any way deserve the cra* that has been thrown at them since they raffled off the Block house,” she wrote.

“I take my hat off to both of you guys and the work you guys do to help others out!”

The post was then reshared to the LMCT+ Instagram page, with the company noting it was “so refreshing to have grateful winners that have won The Block items last night”.

The raffle raised $15,202, which the company said would be given to homeless people around the country.

In a further twist to the saga, Mr Portelli has committed to donating an additional $100,000, which was what the Griffins claimed was the total value of the items he removed from the house.

CCTV footage at centre of dispute

Prior to releasing the video of the walk-through of the house, the Griffins shared CCTV footage of Mr Portelli and a group of men appearing to remove a number of items from the property.

Ms Griffin told the Herald Sun she “couldn’t believe it” when they uncovered the footage.

“We were just like, what the hell? Why has he done this?” she said.

Her husband told the publication that if he had known valuable items were going to be taken from the property, then he would have opted to take the $3m cash that was offered as an alternative prize by Mr Portelli.

Adrian Portelli is seen on CCTV at the property. Picture: supplied

However, the business man later revealed the items that were taken were not included in the terms and conditions of the giveaway and the house was still given to the couple fully furnished.

He also shared an itemised list of dozens of items the Griffins are allegedly claiming were removed from the property.

Along with the bigger ticket items already mentioned, the list also includes things like candles, books, towels, lotion, wooden spoons, gumboots, dog bed and dog food.

“The Block contestants do receive many items from sponsors that aren’t included. So in the in the shed there was a lot of items like a treadmill, there was the wine that contestants won, there was toolboxes, etc,” Mr Portelli explained.

“Now in our terms and conditions we do state that the house comes fully furnished and yes, it came fully furnished with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of furniture however, apparently there’s hundreds of items that are missing.”

Mr Portelli said it was up to him to decide what he did with the items that were removed, adding, “Who bloody cares?”

These are some of the items Mr Portelli claims he has been accused of removing from the home. Picture: LMCT+/Facebook

‘Where did my wine fridge go?’

After the Griffins accused Mr Portelli of wrongly removing $100,000 worth of items from the home, he released a video of the couple‘s very unimpressed reaction when touring the multimillion-dollar, mortgage-free home they had just won.

The video starts with Ms Griffin asking, “Is that heated?” to which Mr Portelli responds that he doesn’t know.

“It would want to be,” Mr Griffin adds.

It is not immediately clear what the couple are referring to, though the home does feature a pool as part of a landscaped outdoor area.

Mr Portelli said that he wasn’t “too sure” but noted there were multiple bathtubs in the home, before offering to show the couple the rest of the house.

Mr Portelli shared footage of the Griffin’s reactions when they were shown through the house. Picture: LMCT+/Facebook

“Where did my wine fridge go? There was a wine fridge there,” Ms Griffin said upon entering one of the living areas.

“There’s a couple of lamps in there. We can sell those on eBay,” she is heard saying in another clip.

While looking into one of the rooms, Mr Griffin notes that they “forgot to give that ceiling its final coat”.

“I am going to pick the s**t out of this,” he said, adding that “someone is in for a hell of a lot of trouble”.

In the video the couple point out issues with the house and items they believe were missing. Picture: LMCT+/Facebook

They also point out items they could ‘sell’ on eBay. Picture: LMCT+/Instagram

In another clip, the Victorian man is seen holding an extension cord and shaking his head, claiming: “They didn’t rectify that problem”.

“I have got all this time now to be an a**hole to whoever built this joint,” Mr Griffin noted.

The footage sparked immediate outrage from social media users, with many slamming the couple’s reaction as “embarrassing” and branding them “ungrateful” and “petty” after winning a prize the majority of Aussies could only dream of.

“I’m actually gobsmacked watching the handover video …. that was enough for me,” one person wrote.

Another person slammed their reaction as “un-Australian”, noting there were so many people “doing it tough” who can’t even get their hands on a rental property, let alone afford a home loan.

Others even went as far as to brand the couple the “biggest sooks in Australia”.

Originally published as Adrian Portelli’s $100,000 move after couple complained about $4.25m home