Neighbours were less than impressed with George Calombaris’ windowless backyard gym but he claims they are going to love what he does next.
The celebrity chef said his neighbours would be ‘rapt’ when they saw the new additions he had planned for the controversial gym tucked out the back of his Melbourne mansion.
‘There’s no question about it. Once it’s finished, our neighbours are gonna (sic) be rapt,’ Mr Calombaris told Herald Sun.
Neighbours were less than impressed with George Calombaris’ windowless backyard gym (pictured) but he claims they are going to love what he does next
The celebrity chef said his neighbours would be ‘rapt’ when they saw the new additions he had planned for the controversial gym tucked out the back of his Melbourne mansion (pictured)
Mr Calombaris (pictured) said he did not want to displease anyone when asked about his gym
Helen Elsworth, 71, (pictured) has described the gym behind her Toorak apartment as a ‘monstrous eyesore’ which she compared to a public toilet block
‘It’s pretty simple. The project is not complete yet. It’s an unfinished building site.’
The boxy steel structure, which Mr Calombaris has partially wrapped with a timber fence, is windowless on three sides and dominates the view from Helen Elsworth’s bedroom.
Ms Elsworth, 71, has described the gym behind her Toorak apartment as a ‘monstrous eyesore’ which she compared to a public toilet block.
The stylish retiree, whose first-floor apartment backs onto the jutting pocket of land where Mr Calombaris has built his gym, told Daily Mail Australia the building was a ‘monstrosity’.
Ms Elsworth, who has lived in her apartment for 33 years, reserved her harshest words for Mr Calombaris rather than his wife Natalie Tricarico, who owns the property.
‘He’s the worst neighbour I’ve had in my life,’ Ms Elsworth told A Current Affair.
Ms Elsworth said Mr Calombaris’ dark coloured boxy gym with no windows was a ‘monstrosity’
The celebrity chef said his gym (pictured) was not complete and needed more additions
The Masterchef host, who will be returning to television screens next week with season 10 of the popular cooking show, said the gym was legally built
However, Ms Elsworth slammed the gym claiming it destroyed the views from her apartment
The 71-year-old said she had to keep her blinds closed all ‘day and night’ to block out the gym
‘He should be living in Central Australia somewhere, where he can’t bother people, not in the suburbs.
‘I’ve got to keep the blinds closed day and night – well, all day. Shocking.’
The Masterchef host, who will be returning to television screens next week with season 10 of the popular cooking show, said he never wanted to displease people.
‘I don’t want to upset anyone in my life,’ Mr Calombaris told News Corp.
‘We’ve done everything to the letter of the law. I think they’re gonna (sic) be absolutely ecstatic with it.’
Mr Calombaris said his neighbours would be ‘absolutely ecstatic with it’ once it was finished