Kardashians banned from living and filming in South Beach by neighbours

Filming has begun as Kourtney & Kim Take Miami -– but this time they won’t be living anywhere near glamorous South Beach! According to Belle Isle Blog, the Kardashian's hopes of renting a beach home on the Sunset Islands, DiLidi Island and on North Bay Road were blocked by irate neighbours who didn't want the hassle of having the reality-TV stars on their doorstep. The family needed signatures from immediate neighbours of the prospective homes they wanted to use for a three-month period of non-stop filming – and a support of 90 percent of home owners within 500 feet.

However, most residents kicked up a stink – complaining that the film crews and paparazzi would prove a disruption to their normally tranquil neighbourhoods. It has meant that Kourtney, Kim and Khloe – who has been filming have had to settle for a base nearly 14 miles away from trendy South Beach in gloomy North Miami Beach. “They found a gated community in North Miami Beach,” Raul Gonzalez of Miami Beach’s Office of Film and Print confirmed.

But despite their abode being in a desirable gated community, the area the 51,000 square-feet property is far from safe. “The area is known for its hourly hotels, strip clubs and high crime rate,” a source revealed. “It’s a far-cry from their usual posh digs, with just a 7-Eleven and an abandoned old bank close by.” Ooops, well at least they still get to film