Margot Robbie continues construction of Los Angeles dream home amid wave of crime and homelessness

Margot Robbie and her husband Tom Ackerley are pressing ahead with the construction of their new dream home in Los Angeles, despite being warned to 'get out' as the neighbourhood suffers a wave of crime and homelessness. Margot Robbie, 30, and her husband Tom Ackerley, 31, are pressing ahead with the construction of their new dream home in Los Angeles despite being warned to 'get out' as the neighbourhood suffers a wave of crime and homelessness High-vis clad workers could be seen digging holes in the dirt, while other builders continued boarding up the skeleton of a half-built home. The Australian actress and her British filmmaker husband, splashed $6.5million on two adjacent plots of land near Abbot Kinney Boulevard in the once-elite beachside Venice neighbourhood in 2019 Just keep digging: Construction continued as usual on Monday as bulldozers plugged away at the site Venice has seen a vast increase in homelessness and crime since the COVID-19 pandemic gripped Los Angeles, with hundreds of tents now lining the beach's famous boardwalk. The show must go on: High-vis clad workers could be seen digging holes in the dirt, while other builders continued boarding up the skeleton of a half-built, wooden home Crisis: Venice has seen a vast increase in homelessness and crime since the COVID-19 pandemic gripped Los Angeles, with hundreds of tents now lining the beach's famous boardwalk 'I know people here who will target Margot's house for burglary because they know she's got money,' they warned. Getting out: The couple are already trying to offload one of their LA properties, having listed their smaller home in Hancock Park for $4.5million late last month Desperate to leave: Margot and Tom's neighbour in Venice, Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan, 81, also recently told fans he was 'desperate' to leave his crime-stricken Venice neighbourhood and return to Australia Homesick: 'I'm living in LA County, which is 10 million people and half of them have got Covid.