The Block 2023 has been filming in Melbourne for the last few weeks, and during this time, a pop-up McCafe has been providing local residents and Block tradies with free beverages.
However, the McDonald’s McCafe is apparently no longer giving out free coffees and teas to residents after someone “snitched” to the local council that the pop-up didn’t have a permit.
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A Macca’s insider told The Daily Mail, “The council said McDonald’s is not allowed to serve the neighbours because someone snitched to council … so one person has effectively closed it down for everyone.”
Residents are extremely disappointed with this turn of events.
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“It was a great meeting point to not only catch up with other neighbours, but to talk to the workers and find out what was happening with The Block,” one local said.
“So someone has ruined it for us all. That’s a real shame,” said another.
This is the latest thing to cause outrage among residents living near The Block 2023’s site.
Recently, locals have been annoyed that Block workers – including The Block creator Julian Cress and his $500,000 Porsche – have been repeatedly parking in front of their driveways, ultimately blocking access to their own homes.
And in March of this year, residents were outraged when Channel Nine sent an “intrusive” letter.
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In the letter, the network revealed it would be filming a television commercial for the renovation series and asked locals to keep their cars off the street, including “modern cars” as vintage cars from the 1950s was the theme.
“We will bring various 7 x 1950s cars to park on the street and period piece props and costumes. As we are dressing the street we do request on Friday evening that you please not park on the street or in your driveways,” the letter read.
“We will film on the footpath outside house — with our camera looking towards house — and –. Can house — kindly keep any cars off site so we don’t have a modern car in the shoot. That would be greatly appreciated.”
The residents house numbers have been redacted for their privacy.
One resident revealed on Facebook they reached out with a representative as they didn’t want to park their car elsewhere.
“We requested to put our cars further up the driveway as this request was a bit much for us!,” they wrote.
“It doesn’t work for us to not have the car at the house this weekend…unfortunately they didn’t consider the potential impact of people’s possible reactions.”
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Overall reactions to the letter was “unreasonable” and residents didn’t ask for The Block to be filmed on the street, therefore there was “no way” they would abide by those rules.
“In all seriousness, get some money out of them. Park cars on your lawn and invite someone over for a BBQ in the front yard,” one person wrote.
This article originally appeared on our sister site, Now To Love.
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