All-out war has erupted on The Block after ‘bad guys’ Sharon Johal and Ankur Dogra accused one of their tradesmen of using money from their budget to buy tiles for his own renovation.
Their shock statement, which aired on Channel Nine’s home improvement show on Monday, was denied by the shopkeeper at the center of the scandal, who lashed out at the Melbourne-based couple in a steamy Instagram post.
Scotty the chippie, whose surname has not been revealed, said Sharon and Ankur had done nothing but ‘lie’ so far this season as he explained his side of the story.
A war has broken out on The Block after ‘bad guys’ Sharon Johal (right) and Ankur Dogra (left) accused one of their carpenters of using money from their budget to buy tiles for his own renown
He spoke out after Sharon doubled down on his accusations in a radio interview on Tuesday, saying that HIT WA’s Allan and Carly Scotty dipped into the couple’s budget to buy tiles for her own bathroom renovation , as well as to take sinks for his house.
When asked if the hosts if their carpenter had in fact stolen from them, Sharon replied: ‘Yes, one hundred percent true. It was a really tricky situation that we had to deal with
“It had been going on for a while and we tried to keep it behind the cameras because we know people have businesses and reputations to protect, but when they asked us about our budget it kind of went downhill. revealed.”
‘The thing that was disgusting – when we started talking about it during hallway week he said he was ordering them [the tiles] for our house. We didn’t need tiles for hallway week,” she added.
The former Neighbors actress went on to say the couple didn’t have the support of their builders and trades “from the start”.
Their shock claim was denied by the chippie at the center of the scandal, Scotty (right), who lashed out at the Melbourne-based couple in a scathing Instagram post
Scotty flatly rejected that account, taking to Instagram to clear his name.
“So we saw them lying and lying a lot and then they threw crazy accusations at me the other night,” he wrote alongside a photo of the couple in Monday’s episode.
He said he didn’t steal any basins and in fact agreed to buy them from Sharon and Ankur, and explained that the tiles were ordered during the hallway week in anticipation as they can often take several weeks to arrive.
“Yes, Sharon agreed to me buying the basins from her the week before because I reduced my weekday hours from the kitchen by a total of $400, so it’s not like I’m ever going in and decided to steal bedpans. We talked about it for over a week,” Scotty said.
Scotty the chippie, whose last name has not been revealed, said Sharon and Ankur have only been ‘lying’ so far this season as he explained his side of the story on Instagram ( Photo)
He continued: “And the tiles were ordered in case the laundry [week] happened because they took three weeks to make and were more like a contingency plan if needed.
Scotty explained that it’s often “difficult to get the materials you want in time” on The Block, which is why he ordered the tiles early, and that if Sharon and Ankur didn’t need them, they would have been returned for “credits”.
He said proof of his innocence is the fact that he was not kicked off the show immediately after Sharon made the allegations.
The Block has a zero-tolerance policy for theft and unprofessionalism of its builders, and if there was any truth to Sharon’s claims, he would have been kicked off the construction site.
He spoke out after Sharon doubled down on his accusations in a radio interview on Tuesday, saying that HIT WA’s Allan and Carly Scotty dipped into the couple’s budget to buy tiles for her own bathroom renovation , as well as to take sinks for his house.
‘If I really stole, why wouldn’t they have fired me? Do you really think The Block wants people to steal their sites? Why wouldn’t the superiors have fired me from the site? he said.
‘Everything was beaten as it seems [Sharon and Ankur] wanted to get rid of us for weeks.
“But they kept screwing us ‘lazy a**holes’ to finish the house so they could get their prize money.”
When reached for comment on Wednesday, Scotty confirmed to Daily Mail Australia that he ‘planned to use the basins for my house renovation’ but was prepared to pay for them as he already had declared.
He added: “The tiles were ordered in case they were wanted for laundry week, but it turns out the tilers never even picked them up. [after they went unused]which I didn’t know until after that confrontation in the hallway.
Scotty clarified that it was “the floor tiles that were ordered, not the wall tiles”, as was implied on the show, adding that there were still some pink wall tiles left due to a “last minute change in second master bedroom”.
Channel Nine declined to comment.
He said proof of his innocence is the fact that he was not kicked off the show immediately after Sharon made the allegations. The Block has a zero-tolerance policy for theft by its builders, and if there was any truth to Sharon’s claims, he would have been kicked off the site.