1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,120 That's tomorrow. I'm Ally Langdon. 2 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:02,760 SCOTT CAM: Previously... 3 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,600 Did you need a bucket, Steph? (LAUGHS) 4 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,760 ..we had some nervous Blockheads in HQ last night 5 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,000 because the prize for best studio space was a whopper. 6 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:13,920 There's $50,000 up for grabs. 7 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,000 $10,000 from Ford, 8 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:18,160 a $20,000 upgrade from Kinsman 9 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,720 and a ridiculously, stupidly expensive handbag... 10 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,160 (LAUGHTER) ..from Hermes. 11 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:25,280 $20,000! 12 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,400 But the judges were brutal. 13 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:29,240 I think the styling is so bad 14 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,920 that had it have been empty, I would've been happier. 15 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,000 And the punches kept coming. 16 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:39,600 This is giving me, like, a real estate showroom kind of vibes. 17 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,840 SHAYNNA: I don't feel the soul connection to the bathroom in here. 18 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,080 This isn't hitting the mark from a buyer's perspective. 19 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:50,600 LEAH: I actually don't know how to continue in this competition. 20 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:52,680 But one room came out on top. 21 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,200 The winner is Steph and Gian! 22 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:56,520 House four took the loot. 23 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,280 STEPH: I can't believe it! 24 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:00,240 I didn't think we were gonna win anything! 25 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:06,240 Tonight, our Blockheads start ripping into the old original houses 26 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,160 for the work-from-home spaces 27 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:12,560 and these 1950s charmers very rapidly lose their appeal. 28 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,320 KEITH: Treated pine stumps. 29 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:15,760 MAN: That's throughout the whole house. 30 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,320 Oh... 31 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,520 There's a lot of faces going, "Oh." 32 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:20,640 I've got some bad news. 33 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,400 And it's Keith's job to deliver some disastrous blows... 34 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,480 Ash. Yo. 35 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,360 We've got a bit of a situation... Yeah, we... 36 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:29,920 ..which isn't good for you guys. 37 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:32,800 ..that'll impact two houses for weeks to come. 38 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:34,480 It'll eat into lots of my time. 39 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:35,760 So much more work. 40 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,520 Lost a day every week. 41 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,800 Meanwhile, Liberty goes into a tailspin... 42 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:42,200 I just don't know what I'm doing. 43 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,240 ..and makes a crisis call. 44 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,240 Hi, Mum. (CRIES) WOMAN: What's the matter? 45 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,400 I just feel so overwhelmed and I just don't know what I'm doing. 46 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,600 (GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS) 47 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:00,720 It's another Monday morning in Melbourne... 48 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:01,880 (BIKE BELL RINGS) 49 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,000 ('FOR REAL' BY MALLRAT PLAYS) 50 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,200 However, this one's a public holiday. 51 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,520 But in this little suburban pocket of Hampton East, 52 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,520 it's the start of work-from-home week on the Block. 53 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,960 And after last night's judging of their studio spaces, 54 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,520 a new start is just what some of our Blockheads need. 55 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,520 PRODUCER: How are you feeling at the back of the judges' comments? 56 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,520 I'm feeling like I have no will to live. 57 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,040 (LAUGHS) 58 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,400 Oh, mate. 59 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:39,440 Oh, the confidence last week was absolutely squished 60 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,280 and now this week there's just nothing there left. 61 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:44,800 Just squished. 62 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,760 I'm still quite concerned and just confused 63 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,880 what we've done that was so bad. 64 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:54,280 Shaynna thinks you backed off too far on the sense of soulfulness. 65 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,920 I don't feel the soul connection to the bathroom in here. 66 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,960 Mate, any more soul and I'll be a skeleton. 67 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,200 ASH: I think we've been really overthinking everything, 68 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,840 really overthinking it and... 69 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,960 Really? ..yeah, to come last, like... 70 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,680 Imagine if we didn't overthink. 71 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,480 I forgot we came last. (BLEEP). 72 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,600 I forgot we came last! 73 00:03:15,640 --> 00:03:20,440 Also struggling with last night's feedback in house five is Liberty. 74 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:22,920 Yeah, when you're told from one of the judges 75 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,600 that they'd rather see nothing in the room than what you put in it, 76 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:28,960 it's kind of, like, defeating, isn't it? 77 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,480 I think the styling is so bad 78 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,880 that had it have been empty, I would've been happier. 79 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:33,920 (SHAYNNA LAUGHS) 80 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,040 LIBERTY: For me, it's, like, personal 81 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,480 'cause, like, I did the styling. 82 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:41,800 It's just really hard, though, because you lose, like... I... 83 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:43,320 Eliza said to me yesterday, like, 84 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,360 "Oh, you've finally found your groove and you're in, like, 85 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:47,960 "a really good spot and you're having fun with it and everything" 86 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,480 and I kind of felt like that too. 87 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,000 I kind of feel really good about everything. 88 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:52,840 And then to hear that feedback, you're, like, "Oh..." 89 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:54,600 It just brings you back down so many pegs. 90 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:56,840 I was, like, "You should do this as a career." 91 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,880 (BOTH LAUGH) 92 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:04,720 Oh, god. 93 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:05,880 How embarrassing. 94 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:10,080 Well, not everyone is embarrassed this morning. 95 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:11,680 STEPH: I still can't believe that we won. 96 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,520 I think that's the doubt that we're just, like, 97 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,320 "Oh, are we good enough?" you know. 98 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:19,920 That was last week. 99 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,880 To be honest, I thought it was a dream, though. 100 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,400 Like, and when I woke up, I was, like, "Did we actually win? 101 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,040 "Was that us?" GIAN: Yeah. 102 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,320 We wanted to deliver a room that we were proud of 103 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,440 and we tried to execute on a lot of the detail 104 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,000 that we weren't able to in week one. 105 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:37,800 PRODUCER: And you won a nice bag. 106 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:39,240 Yeah, nice bag. 107 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:42,240 That Kelly bag is very nice. 108 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:45,440 It's definitely gonna add to that master robe... 109 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:50,000 so the buyer will be very lucky. 110 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,920 SCOTT: The buyer will be lucky 111 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:55,800 because that Hermes bag now comes with the house, 112 00:04:55,840 --> 00:05:00,800 all thanks to this - Steph and Gian's cosy guest studio. 113 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:03,400 The judges absolutely loved the warmth of their space 114 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,960 and awarded house four 24.5 points, which gave them the win. 115 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,640 Oh, look at the fire! 116 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,160 DARREN: No wonder it's warm. 117 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:12,960 Love it. That's gorgeous! 118 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,280 And now the beams work. And now the beams work. 119 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,480 If they apply this type of style to the rest of the house, 120 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,560 I mean, what a stunning home. 121 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,480 Let's see if the other Blockheads agree with the judges 122 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:26,560 at this morning's... 123 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,440 Domain open for inspection. 124 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,680 Oh! I like this. 125 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:35,200 This is so stunning! 126 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,240 I love all the colours. Very earthy. 127 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:40,720 Mmm. She's got a really earthy style. 128 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:42,480 That fireplace is awesome, though, isn't it? 129 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,560 Like, you walk out from being on a building site... 130 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:45,600 I know. 131 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:47,520 ..and it feels like you've just walked into a home. 132 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:48,920 It's absolutely beautiful. 133 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,240 I knew when the judges said soul, this is what they want. 134 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:53,000 They want pillows. (SCOFFS) 135 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:54,760 I don't know, I think it's a beautiful room 136 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:58,280 but for sheer scale of our area... 137 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,160 We can fit three of these in our space. 138 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:01,640 Maybe four. 139 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,280 Yep, Kyle and Leslie's studio last week 140 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,600 was significantly bigger than everyone else's space. 141 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:14,360 In fact, it was two rooms, a guest bedroom and a Pilates studio 142 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,640 and it came in second place with a score of 23 points. 143 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:19,080 (APPLAUSE) 144 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:20,280 Wow! 145 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:22,080 Look at the size of this! 146 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:26,760 Are you serious? (LAUGHS) This is insane! 147 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,240 What they did in a week is mind-blowing. Mmm. 148 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:34,960 And Steph's not taking her eyes off her treasured Hermes Kelly bag, 149 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,920 so she's taking it on the tour. 150 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:38,760 Oh, yep. Oh, wow. 151 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,800 BRETT: Wow! This is cool! KRISTY: I actually really like this. 152 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:44,440 It's a great guest bedroom. 153 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,360 Wow... I'm about this room, man. KRISTY: Mm-hm. 154 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:48,960 LIBERTY: Are we allowed to take photos? 155 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,880 We're obviously not gonna copy stuff but they did say we had to... 156 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:54,560 Take note. ..take note of the styling. 157 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:55,600 GIAN: Love that artwork. 158 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:57,680 STEPH: And then this space is just stunning. 159 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:01,960 LEAH: Oh, so awesome! God, this is gonna market well! 160 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,720 It will... ASH: Holy! 161 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,640 ..photograph amazing. Won't it just! 162 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,360 Coming in third place on 21.5 points, 163 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:12,840 Eliza and Liberty's multipurpose studio 164 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:17,520 copped some brutal styling criticism from Marty Fox. 165 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,560 It just seems like they have missed the mark on who the buyer is. 166 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,320 The finesse and the styling, it seems very juvenile. 167 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,720 STEPH: Wow! 168 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:28,680 LESLIE: Oh, this is nice. 169 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:30,640 STEPH: It actually feels really nice too. 170 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,120 I personally think that comment of delivering an empty room 171 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,760 was so unbelievably harsh. 172 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:40,120 ASH: Yeah. Yet we still came last. 173 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,400 Mmm. I'm not understanding it. 174 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:46,160 What have we done that is so, so bad? 175 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:52,160 In equal last spot with 21 points was Leah and Ash's studio. 176 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:57,320 SHAYNNA: We've got five side tables, we have two chairs 177 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:59,720 and no-one can talk to each other. 178 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:01,920 It's a really odd placement of furniture. 179 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,280 This isn't hitting the mark from a buyer's perspective. 180 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,400 Some very tough feedback, gang. 181 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,320 Oh, cute! 182 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,520 I really like this. 183 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,040 So, is this, like, a sitting room or...? 184 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:16,800 It's sort of feels like that, doesn't it? Yeah. 185 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,960 But I guess their thing is they've got the drop-down bed. 186 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,680 KYLE: I'm keen to look at his bed. 187 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:22,800 LESLIE: Oh, that's cool, isn't it? 188 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,000 GIAN: I do get what they did with the murphy bed 189 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:26,600 in terms of saving space 190 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:28,160 but then they've cluttered 191 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,400 where the murphy bed would otherwise come down, 192 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:32,240 so to kind of have the murphy bed set up, 193 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:33,840 you're kind of closing this off completely. 194 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:35,880 You know what, it's a very tricky space... 195 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:36,960 Yeah. 196 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:38,080 ..that needs to be organised 197 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:40,360 while thinking about what's happening in the rest of the house. 198 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:41,400 Correct. 199 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:42,760 So we can't fully comment on layout. 200 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:44,480 (LAUGHS) That's just how I am. I know. 201 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:45,680 (LAUGHS) I can't. 202 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:47,800 It doesn't make sense to me without seeing the floor plan 203 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:49,320 and what's happening everywhere else. 204 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,280 I completely reason with the kind of soul comment 205 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,600 and I just think that's been amplified 206 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:56,960 by the type of textures and materials they've used. Yeah. 207 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,120 # Boring and old are the things you're told... # 208 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,960 SCOTT: Also coming in last place on 21 points 209 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,480 was Kristy and Brett's New York loft studio. 210 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:07,600 Great views. 211 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:09,840 The steel balustrade. 212 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:11,280 The study, the olive... 213 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,800 It's got a really nice feel to it. 214 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:17,680 But if I'm actually going to be in here for more than just sleeping, 215 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:19,760 what do I do? 216 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:24,200 I mean, this should be a lounge. It should have the sofa bed. 217 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,320 It's just not actually utilising the space. 218 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:31,400 LESLIE: It smells like a losing room. 219 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:32,840 (KYLE LAUGHS) 220 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,080 The four Veluxes are gonna be awesome, though. 221 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:36,480 Oh, so good. 222 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:38,520 GIAN: Right. STEPH: Put the bag down. 223 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:40,720 It does feel... Multipurpose. 224 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,040 ..multipurpose. It's definitely self-contained. 225 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:44,200 Like, there's everything. 226 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:45,680 You've got your study desk, 227 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:47,720 you have your, like, kitchenette sort of situation. 228 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:49,960 I assume bar fridge under here? Yeah, bar fridge. 229 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,360 You have... Is it? Yep. 230 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,040 You have the robe. 231 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:54,800 So maybe a small table. 232 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,560 ELIZA: The only thing I would think is, like, would you do, like, 233 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:58,720 a reading nook there? 234 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:00,440 LIBERTY: 'Cause it's a lot of space. ELIZA: Yeah. 235 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:01,520 I mean, that's the only thing. 236 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:03,760 I mean, look at the cushions, like, right... 237 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,520 Yeah, I love the bedhead. I love the art. 238 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:07,840 We just have no idea what we're doing because... 239 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:09,040 We just love everything. 240 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:10,520 LEAH: I love it. 241 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:12,200 ASH: These guys are on a trip. 242 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,040 100%. 243 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,360 This is so, like, lovely and cosy and gorgeous. 244 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,600 Dead last is so not deserving for this. 245 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,160 STEPH: Really like it. This would look amazing with the light. 246 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:24,640 It's a beautiful space. GIAN: Yeah. 247 00:10:24,680 --> 00:10:26,600 It's a beautiful space. I like the skylights. 248 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:33,520 Steph and Gian won last night, 249 00:10:33,560 --> 00:10:36,760 so they got a $20,000 bag as part of the prize 250 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,440 and so she wouldn't let it out of her sight, with the 10K inside, 251 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:41,600 so 30 grand she walked around with all day today, 252 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,000 doing Domain open for inspections. 253 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,360 STEPH: Morning! 254 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:46,920 Oh, look at you, you little... Oh, yeah. 255 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:48,600 I love that you're doing it. 256 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:50,160 LEAH: Yes, we noticed the red Hermes bag. 257 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,480 You're just oozing Grace Kelly. 258 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,080 Is that, like... Is she, like, rubbing it in or...? 259 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:56,160 (LAUGHS) 260 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,240 Are you gonna walk around holding that all day? 261 00:10:58,280 --> 00:10:59,840 No. KRISTY: Yes, she is. 262 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:02,200 'Cause I'm gonna (BLEEP) snatch that. 263 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,240 (GIAN LAUGHS) Do you want it? 264 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:05,880 No, no, no, I don't actually want it. 265 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:07,440 (BLEEP) looking bag, anyway. 266 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:08,720 (LAUGHS) Whatever. 267 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:15,840 And Steph's not backwards in coming forward with her opinions either. 268 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,560 STEPH: So I just came back from yours. I really, really like it. 269 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:20,960 Now, on the styling bit, you know how they mentioned that, 270 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,880 I actually think the styling and the colour palette's, 271 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:24,160 like, really, really good. 272 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,000 I think they may be referring to 273 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,040 is you know how they probably potentially wanted everyone 274 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,200 to sort of make it more, like, connected to the pool? 275 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:32,320 Yeah. 276 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,080 Maybe they would've wanted it to just be more... 277 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:35,560 'Pooly'. ..'cabana-ey'. Yeah. 278 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:40,880 I was trying to help people see, especially for, like, the girls... 279 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:43,880 they were, like, really, really down on their styling 280 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,280 and I said, "It's not that your styling was bad. 281 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,520 "Maybe your styling was bad in that application." 282 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:51,200 So don't feel bad about your styling 283 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:53,920 'cause the styling actually really works in that situation. 284 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:56,000 Maybe he's talking... That comment is about... 285 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:57,840 Where exactly... ..where it is. 286 00:11:57,880 --> 00:11:59,560 Yeah, yeah. Do you know what I mean? 287 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,440 Being an architect, I'm able to visualise the spaces around 288 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,440 before they're even there to influence that space... 289 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:06,760 GIAN: Yeah. ..and that's how we design. 290 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,200 So that was my advice that I was sort of trying to give people. 291 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,120 It's not your style. Your house is very modern. 292 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,840 I have timber outside of my house. LEAH: True. 293 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:17,360 I'm reflecting on that. Yeah. 294 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:20,600 I've always been super open about being able to give advice. 295 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,480 Maybe they don't want the advice but I'm just happy to give it. 296 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,200 (LAUGHS) 297 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:30,000 But Leah has had enough of advice, especially from the judges. 298 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:31,760 LEAH: And they go, "There's no soul." 299 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,120 I'm, like, "What do you mean?" 300 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,800 I thought that artwork was soul. 301 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,400 I thought the lighting was soul. 302 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:43,040 The styling comment cut me deep. 303 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:47,480 I actually don't know how to continue in this competition. 304 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,560 Yeah, you do. You do. It's fine. It's fine. 305 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:50,920 I don't know how to... It's fine. 306 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:52,840 (CRIES) You're fine. Don't worry about it. Yeah, I know. 307 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,160 I definitely took it very hard, 308 00:12:56,200 --> 00:13:00,600 so I was very emotional, feeling all the feels. 309 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:05,800 And she cried on the shoulder of crew, contestants... 310 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:07,840 LIBERTY: I've cried twice this morning too. Don't worry. 311 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:10,280 We're just... Our confidence has just been shot. 312 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,560 Yeah. Completely shot. I know. Agreed. 313 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,880 And perhaps the most surprising of all... 314 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:15,960 (SIGHS) ..Keith. 315 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,000 KEITH: You alright? 316 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:19,880 What was the feedback? Brutal or...? 317 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,280 Long way to go. Week two. Early days. 318 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:28,400 (CRIES) Yeah. 319 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:30,720 Are you listening to what they're saying, the judges, or...? 320 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:31,760 (TEARFULLY) Well, I... 321 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:38,120 Well, so far you're, like...you are making good rooms every week. 322 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,080 And they... Yeah. 323 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:42,680 But just the feedback gets the contestants early days. 324 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:44,040 You've got to listen. Mmm. 325 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:45,600 Yeah, exactly. Long way to go. 326 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:47,520 I'm trying to listen. Don't get caught up in it. 327 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:49,640 I know. A lot of areas to go. It's just emotional. 328 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:51,240 Long way to go. Last night, I was... 329 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,400 Last night, I was, like, all good about it 330 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:57,960 but I just think, yeah, the walk-arounds... (CRIES) 331 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,000 are just starting to make me feel like 332 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:04,240 I've completely gone in a wrong direction. 333 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:08,840 (GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS) 334 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:12,240 # Baby, now, let's go Drive me away 335 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,480 # Get your body back to the rock of the fray... # 336 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,000 SCOTT: It's the start of week three on the Block 337 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,440 and for the first time, everyone will be working 338 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:21,760 in the original part of the house. 339 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,680 That means our Blockheads should be demoing 340 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:26,880 what will become their work-from-home space. 341 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,000 But there's no power tools today, 342 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,520 which means everything has to be done by hand. 343 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:39,240 In house four, Steph and Gian know all too well 344 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:42,200 what a nightmare these 1950s houses can be 345 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:45,760 because so far they have only transformed rooms 346 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,360 in the old part of their house, 347 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,000 so they understand what's required. 348 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:53,040 Today we wanted to get ahead 349 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,120 and we knew that we had to soft-demo only. 350 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,120 We needed to gut the room completely. 351 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,640 We also knew that we were going away with Scotty 352 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:02,320 for the 'winners are grinners'... Mmm. 353 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:03,360 ..dinner. 354 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:05,400 So we really had a shortened day. Gosh. 355 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:11,040 In doing that, we got our boys in to do some soft demo, 356 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,400 rip down what was Ash and Leah's challenge room. 357 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:19,200 That space is located here in the middle of the old house. 358 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,160 So, look, there was a lot to unpack 359 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:26,720 but we were just laser-vision-focused. Yeah. 360 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:27,760 # Y'all ready for this? # 361 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,800 ('GET READY FOR THIS' BY 2 UNLIMITED PLAYS) 362 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,120 We knew what needed to be demoed on Monday. Yeah. 363 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:38,840 We were wondering why other people weren't. 364 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:46,880 But they weren't used to it 365 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:50,560 because they used to a concrete slab with some Truecore framed walls. 366 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,400 And everything roughed in and... Yeah. 367 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:55,160 LESLIE: The things you do for us. Thank you. 368 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,560 The rest of our Blockheads definitely don't seem to have the same urgency 369 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:00,160 with their demo. 370 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:04,720 Public holidays are very slow-paced and a very different feel. 371 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,120 Not everybody had their builder in, so you kind of go, "Well..." Yeah. 372 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:08,480 .."if that's how everyone's doing it, 373 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:11,360 "maybe we can just do it the same way." Yeah. You know what I mean? 374 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:12,800 You've kind of gotta learn from others. 375 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:18,840 All the rooms worked on so far in house one and two and three and five 376 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:21,880 have all been built in the brand-new extensions, 377 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,480 where there was no demo required. 378 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,440 Built from scratch with Truecore steel frames, 379 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:32,320 they've had perfectly straight walls, level floors and new ceilings, 380 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:36,080 like what has been going up on the second storeys for the past few days. 381 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:39,160 But the work-from-home spaces this week 382 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,640 are all located in the old 1950s houses 383 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,000 and that's a totally different kettle of fish. 384 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:52,040 They've got to work with wonky walls, dodgy floors and caving ceilings. 385 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:56,080 So all our Blockheads should be going gung-ho with the demo. 386 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:02,840 (SLURPS) Oh, my god. That's delicious. 387 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:06,160 In house five, reno rookies Eliza and Liberty 388 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,320 are putting last week's feedback behind them 389 00:17:08,360 --> 00:17:10,600 and moving onto this week's room. 390 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:13,280 New room, new week. 391 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,440 The fact that, yeah, we're still doing this as a guest bedroom... 392 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:19,680 Yep. Definitely. 393 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,400 But I think we think about putting a little desk. 394 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:24,560 Yep. 395 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,000 So, this week was a working-from-home space 396 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:28,880 and because we've done working-from-home space 397 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:30,280 in our studio out the back, 398 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,760 we decided to do it as a guest bedroom. 399 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:36,760 The room the girls are transforming into a guest bedroom this week 400 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,640 is located here at the front of the house 401 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:43,200 and that means they'll be selling their house with five bedrooms. 402 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:44,480 # Cake by the ocean Oh! # 403 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:51,040 I need to just have, like, a look. 404 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:54,200 I just need to do some, like, research and stuff this morning. OK. 405 00:17:57,360 --> 00:17:58,520 Like what? 406 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:02,320 I just had, like, blue and orange... It just doesn't look high-end... 407 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:03,800 It is, 'cause it doesn't look high... 408 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:05,960 It does look high-end but there's a way of doing it. 409 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:07,160 It doesn't. Lib, are you joking? 410 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:08,680 It doesn't. What I put together, it doesn't. 411 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:10,520 Uh-uh-uh, 'Downer Debbie'. 412 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,760 You know what, I'm actually allowed to feel for a bit... 413 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:13,800 You are. You are. (BLEEP) 414 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:15,600 ..when you get comments like we got last night 415 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:17,600 and it's all to do with me, so... 416 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:19,160 We've just gotta stay... Yeah, that's fine. 417 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,120 And I feel better now. But I'm allowed to feel... 418 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,160 Like, I'm allowed to feel what I feel for a bit. 419 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,080 So, what do you reckon we do colour-wise? 420 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,400 (SIGHS) I just... I don't know. 421 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:34,440 We were never born designers. I know. 422 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:36,000 It's just embarrassing. 423 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:37,360 Anyway... I get it. 424 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,600 But let's learn from it. 425 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:42,040 That's the best thing we can do. 426 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,400 Imagine, like, just taking that feedback and running with it. 427 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:47,840 Coming up... 428 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:51,040 That's throughout the whole house. KEITH: Oh! 429 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,160 There's a lot of faces going, "Oh..." 430 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:54,800 I've got some bad news. 431 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,880 You just don't know what's going to be in the existing house. 432 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,360 ..the old houses... 433 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:04,120 We've got a bit of a situation here, which isn't good for you guys. 434 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:05,720 ..deliver some death blows for two teams. 435 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:08,720 Our room is an actual pile of dirt. 436 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:10,560 So much more work. 437 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:11,960 We've lost a day every week. 438 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,200 (GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS) 439 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:19,360 G'day, Blockheads. Shelley Craft here. 440 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:24,520 And when the sawing stops, the banter begins on the official Block podcast. 441 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:27,960 Every Monday night, I catch up with contestants, judges... 442 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,080 Whoa! 443 00:19:29,120 --> 00:19:30,400 ..and all your favourites... (YELPS) 444 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:31,960 ..so join me on the official Block podcast 445 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,720 on 9Now 446 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:34,760 or subscribe 447 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:36,840 wherever you get your podcasts. 448 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,200 SCOTT: It's a public holiday Monday in Melbourne. 449 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:43,800 # How bizarre, how bizarre... # 450 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,200 Monday, another public holiday. 451 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:47,760 There was no tools, 452 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:51,360 so decided to leave the trades out to actually give them 453 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:52,560 the day off. 454 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,280 So, while all is quiet at house two, 455 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,560 Leah and Ash have decided it's laundry day. 456 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:59,640 # Every time I look around it's in my face... # 457 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:01,680 LEAH: The only crap thing about going to a laundromat 458 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:03,040 is I actually have to follow through 459 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,280 with getting the washing out of the wash. 460 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:07,400 Normally, I just let it sit for five washes, hey, babe? 461 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:08,480 ASH: Yeah. 462 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:12,240 We have lots of washing to get through from... 463 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:14,040 Five loads. Yeah. About five loads. 464 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:15,080 Four loads, five loads. 465 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:19,480 I think, in terms of planning, I think we go forward with... 466 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:20,760 Studio. ..work from home. 467 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:21,880 Yeah. No, work from home. 468 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:23,000 No. Office. Office workspace. 469 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:24,480 But easily converted to a fourth bedroom. 470 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:26,880 Just sort of plan the room a bit 471 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,000 and got a few ducks in a row for the week. 472 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,640 Leah and Ash's work-from-home space, or fourth bedroom, 473 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,880 is located near the front door in the old part of the house... 474 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,280 and they're going Art Deco glam, 475 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:43,800 with double French doors, ornate cornice, a ceiling rose 476 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:46,600 and a new fireplace where the old one stood. 477 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:50,600 I've taken feedback from the judges really seriously this week. 478 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:54,080 They said last week that the flair was missing and the soul, 479 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:56,120 so I've bought back some punch. 480 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,400 Clean clothes coming up. 481 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,960 Smoke it up. I'm not smoking it up. 482 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:06,600 House three's Kristy and Brett have also decided today is laundry day 483 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,960 and they've beaten Leah to the laundromat. 484 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,320 I guess we had our planning session at the laundromat today. 485 00:21:13,360 --> 00:21:14,360 Yeah, we did. 486 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:15,880 So, two birds, one stone. 487 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,640 So, went in there with a bit of an open... 488 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:20,560 an open mind of how we were gonna do it. 489 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,920 Mmm. We got a few ideas together. 490 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,000 Kristy and Brett's work-from-home space 491 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:27,200 currently overlooks their front yard, 492 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,600 which eventually will be their main garden and pool area. 493 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,360 We are first time in our main house, 494 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,160 so our styling will be very different to the studio. 495 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,280 I guess contemporary is the right word... 496 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:41,840 Mmm. ..that we'd be running with there. 497 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:44,240 Modern contemporary, for sure. Yeah, modern contemporary. 498 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:48,120 This will be our style going forward from this coming week. 499 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:52,600 And they're going for an ultra-modern corporate feel with pops of black. 500 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,920 The panelling on these walls will be black, 501 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:58,080 black steel-framed chairs for future clients. 502 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:01,840 But they're still yet to source a sleek black desk. 503 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:03,280 What do you think of this desk? 504 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,320 This is a new part of our house, so it has to be black. 505 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:10,440 Yeah, not bad. 506 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,440 Back on site in house one, 507 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:16,640 Kyle and Leslie's work-from-home space 508 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:19,680 is located at the front of their original '50s house 509 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,440 and there's a lot of demo required. 510 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:29,160 Yeah, so it is another short week with the public holiday today. 511 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,840 We've made a decision not to have our builders in as well. 512 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:36,640 We've just come off the back of two very big weeks and that... 513 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:38,520 Yeah, very... Very... The budget's at the forefront. 514 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:40,400 The budget-conscious couple 515 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,080 are planning a pared-back work-from-home space 516 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:44,920 with bookshelves and a desk. 517 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,800 But they're adding a TV and sofa chairs 518 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:51,240 so the room can double as a second lounge room. 519 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:52,560 Where's the top part of this? 520 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,240 They may not have trades on site today 521 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,400 but Kyle and Leslie could do the demo themselves, 522 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,080 so Keith's gone in to crack the whip. 523 00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:03,520 KEITH: You can pull the ceiling down, take all these doors out, 524 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,840 the gyprock on here, remove all that. 525 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:08,760 You can't just waste a day. 526 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:10,080 We're tempted to do some demo 527 00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:12,160 but when you can't make noise, it's really difficult. 528 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,680 I'm not an expert, you know. 529 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,000 Watch that nail. 530 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,200 We probably could've gone harder at the demo. 531 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,920 # Moving on up You're moving on... # 532 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,840 Meanwhile, old house veterans Steph and Gian and their team in house four 533 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:36,080 have gone harder and made excellent progress on their demo. 534 00:23:36,120 --> 00:23:37,840 So I just want to make it a multipurpose... 535 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:38,880 Multipurpose. 536 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,360 It's definitely a study for us and we're selling it as a study 537 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,280 but I want someone to walk in and be, like, 538 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,960 "OK, I've gotta put a be in here." Yep. "And I can." Yep. Yep. 539 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,760 So their multipurpose space is being presented as an office 540 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,040 and they're continuing their feature ceiling beams, 541 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,040 going for built-in cabinetry and desks at either end 542 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:55,800 and bookshelves in between, 543 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,800 another desk in the middle of the room and a couch. 544 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,440 And Steph's already brought the space to life. 545 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,840 But that's the general layout. Uh-huh. 546 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,400 But it's not gonna be black. Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course. 547 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,680 PRODUCER: And you've got it all on your own software, 548 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,160 your own computer, rather than... Yeah. 549 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:12,200 ..a drawing? 550 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,520 All my plans are actually on my architect program. 551 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,000 It's really easy to visualise, put everything in spaces. 552 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,800 Art, art, the chair, the corner, the table in the middle. 553 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:24,240 So there's a benefit to being an architect. 554 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:25,440 (BOTH LAUGH) 555 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:26,800 SCOTT: With their plan locked in, 556 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:30,560 Steph and Gian can now take off on their Ford getaway. 557 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,480 So, this week, because we won, 558 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,320 we are off to the Balgownie Estate in the Yarra. 559 00:24:35,360 --> 00:24:37,760 # Like the feel of something new... # 560 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,080 Look where we are. I know. 561 00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:41,880 How exciting. 562 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,160 You blink and you're on a construction site 563 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,760 and then you blink again and you're on this amazing vineyard 564 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:51,320 and, you know, luxurious estate. 565 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,480 Hello. Hi. How are you? WOMAN: Hello. 566 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:55,840 Yeah, it was really nice. 567 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:57,240 Oh, wow! 568 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,160 (BOTH LAUGH) 569 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:00,520 How cool's that! 570 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,880 SCOTT: Yep, this year, the weekly room winners 571 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:06,240 get some quality downtime away from the Block. 572 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:07,520 It was nice. 573 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,120 It's always nice to un-Block, Steph and I call it. 574 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,160 It's been two weeks and I forgot... 575 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,320 What the luxe life's like. ..what the luxe life's life. 576 00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:17,840 Just because it helps you come back in line with reality 577 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:22,000 and, yeah, it was awesome going there. 578 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:23,960 (POP!) 579 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,640 That's what winning sounds like. 580 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:30,720 But they also get some exclusive one-on-one time with yours truly 581 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:32,680 and dinner is a chance for them to ask me 582 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,160 whatever they want build-related. 583 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,680 So, are you confident about your kitchen? 584 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,480 I am. I would love to run some ideas past you. 585 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:41,680 I want to see some plans. 586 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:46,000 The dinner is there, you know, to relax, I guess, 587 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,160 but for me, it's, like, no, this is an opportunity 588 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,880 so that I can pick someone's brain 589 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:53,000 who's got that much experience on The Block 590 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:54,480 and that much experience in life. 591 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,160 I love kitchens. I've built a lot of kitchens. 592 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,640 I love cooking, I love being in the kitchen 593 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,160 and so I really feel as though 594 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,080 the kitchen is the most important room in the house. 595 00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:05,280 You know that as an architect. 596 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:06,880 PRODUCER: You didn't waste any time, though. 597 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,080 You asked him a lot of questions too. I did. Oh, yeah. 598 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:10,600 Absolutely, 'cause I just want to confirm 599 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:12,200 what his thoughts were on the kitchen. 600 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,480 SCOTT: OK, so... OK, the first thing I can see straight away... Yep. 601 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:15,880 ..is you're coming down those stairs 602 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:17,360 and walking straight into an island bench. 603 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:18,760 OK. I see what you're saying there. 604 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:20,240 So, you're seating at the cooktop there... 605 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:21,640 What about, like, you know, that splash, 606 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,600 that oil splash off the cooktop? 607 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:25,000 I get you. It doesn't catch everything. 608 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:26,800 I get you. Because that seems to me... 609 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,040 That wall there is a waste. OK. OK. 610 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,120 You've got all this extra space here... Yep. 611 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,880 Do you need to do, like, a big square island bench? 612 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:34,960 Big. Yeah. 613 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,440 Yeah. All I'm trying to do... 614 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,320 Yeah. ..is throw a stick in the spokes. 615 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:40,000 And I want you to challenge us too, 616 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:41,600 so I think that that's super important. 617 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:43,680 The conversation with Scotty brought me so much. 618 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:44,800 It was really, really good. 619 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:46,600 PRODUCER: Who doesn't love a Ford getaway! Exactly. 620 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,400 Loved it. Ford getaways are awesome. Loved it. 621 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,520 (GULL CRIES) 622 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,360 SCOTT: It's Tuesday morning on site 623 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,560 and with the public holiday behind them, 624 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,720 the Block is back in full swing. 625 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,760 ('SLEEPYHEAD' BY PASSION PIT PLAYS) 626 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:19,800 And in house two, 627 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,560 experienced renovators Leah and Ash have five renos under their belt, 628 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:27,280 so are used to prepping their team for what lies ahead. 629 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,360 This is 300 gap. 630 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,160 Maybe this goes 370 gap. Yep. 631 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:33,200 And what I will do 632 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,720 is I'm gonna move all these tools in this other room in here. 633 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,360 So, this week, we are moving into the old part of the house, yeah, 634 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,000 so it's a totally different ball game. 635 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,960 Our guys are pretty excited to get up into the old part of the house 636 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,480 because they're all great carpenters that work well with timber 637 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,800 and, yeah, we're pretty pumped because this is what we know. 638 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:52,440 We know this sort of stuff. 639 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:56,480 Next door in house three, Kristy and Brett are also pumped 640 00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:00,240 because their build team are already firing on all cylinders. 641 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,280 BRETT: Back into full swing. Power tools are back, ready to go. 642 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:08,280 Main focus is pulling up all the floorboards to be able to... 643 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:09,960 KRISTY: Create the subfloor. 644 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,920 ..yeah, create the subfloor, get that all up to grade, up to code 645 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:15,120 and batten the walls 646 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,440 and start to look toward getting some plaster sheets on. 647 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,440 # Earth angel Earth angel... # 648 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,920 The old part of these houses are charming 649 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,200 but they were built in the 1950s 650 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:34,040 and some of the building methods back then were, well, questionable. 651 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:38,440 # I'll fall in love with... # 652 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,120 KEITH: Wow. Mmm. 653 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:41,400 Treated pine stumps. 654 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,280 We haven't actually seen this subfloor 655 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:45,680 until you've pulled the floorboards up. 656 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:46,920 Now we can see what's here. 657 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,680 That's throughout the whole house. Oh... 658 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:53,320 Wow. 659 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:57,240 So we have had our crew go through and rip up the flooring 660 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,920 to find a nice little surprise, pine stumps. 661 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:02,880 Apparently, that's what they did in the '50s 662 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:06,360 and that was holding the whole structure of our house up. 663 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:11,760 When you do a new build, do we ever have these stumps in place? 664 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:12,920 We don't. 665 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,680 Who knows, you might be able to keep them but I doubt it. 666 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,120 I'm gonna have to go and get some answers for you guys. 667 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,040 Well, there was a lot of faces going, "Oh." 668 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:24,200 Mmm. 669 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,560 So it took us a little bit to understand what that meant. 670 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:28,800 Keith... Keith's sorting it out. 671 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:31,320 That's alive... 672 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,560 That's gonna be consistent through the whole house, right, so... 673 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:36,360 That means day ones are gonna be mental going forward 674 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,160 'cause that's gonna be everywhere here, isn't it? 675 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,720 Just so much more work. Yeah, I understand that. 676 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,080 As soon as he said it, I was, like, "Holy crap," so... 677 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,480 Instead of that being an hour, that's a day. 678 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:47,320 We've lost a day every week. 679 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:52,640 Yeah, to go to sleep Monday and think, "You beauty" 680 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:55,360 and then just that complete 180... (IMITATES EXPLOSION) 681 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,600 ..where we pull up the floor and see that, and we were, like... 682 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:00,120 PRODUCER: It's a different ballgame, isn't it? It is. Yeah. Definitely. 683 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,320 It is. You just don't know what's going to be in the existing house. 684 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,120 SCOTT: Well, next door, Steph and Gian do 685 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:09,880 and so do their current builders. 686 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,320 With no stump issues to slow them down, they've raced ahead 687 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:17,000 and prepped their floor already in preparation for their new builder, 688 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,080 who takes over the reins today. 689 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,680 This is their third build team in as many weeks, 690 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:27,240 led by this guy, Jack. 691 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,960 Oh, we woke up about, like, 6:00 and we were, like, "Let's go." 692 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,480 Showered and on the road 693 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,480 because we didn't want to miss too much of on site. 694 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,400 Yeah, we were super eager. Our builder was starting! 695 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:36,440 Yes. 696 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:39,280 We're super, super grateful that you're able to come and, like, 697 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,000 get us out of the deep end. 698 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,600 Yeah. But, look, it's work-from-home week, so there's a fair bit to do. 699 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:44,960 Let's get in there and rip in. 700 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,360 As Jack and his team get underway, 701 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,880 Gian's turning his attention to the spa 702 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:51,640 in the hope he can sell it 703 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:54,240 because when Steph and Gian inherited house four, 704 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,280 they also inherited this monster. 705 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:03,080 Everything that we won from last week, which is valued at 50, 706 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,080 plus that, which is, say, 15, 707 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,040 that'll take us to 65, which is awesome. 708 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:10,360 Awesome. 709 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,400 And it'll go a long way for our landscaping week, 710 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,280 so, yeah, watch this space. 711 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,600 So we had that go live 712 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,680 and we actually had someone interested. 713 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:24,440 Steph. Dan! 714 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,400 I've just received some news from Nine In Six. 715 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:29,320 The pools are starting this week. Yeah, that's fine. 716 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:30,800 So we're starting to excavate everything. 717 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:32,760 Mm-hm. Our pool will be gone tomorrow. 718 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:34,680 They're gonna crane it out today. Oh. 719 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,400 So someone bought it? Yeah, almost. 720 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:41,600 OK. What did you get? I think it's gonna be 15. 721 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:45,080 Hundred? 15 grand? Grand. 722 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:46,440 Wow. I know. 723 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,520 Wow! I thought that it was worth more. 724 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:51,680 Wowee! Yeah. 725 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,320 OK, you've done really well. Hopefully it's a good lead. 726 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:56,440 Sounds promising. I mean, she says she's gonna pick it up. 727 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,280 OK, so I think what we might do today 728 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,920 is maybe crane it from the back to somewhere out here. 729 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:03,720 Can we put it on the garage... Potentially. Yep. 730 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:05,000 And then I'm just thinking, 731 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,120 how then do we get it from there onto this person's... 732 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:08,160 That's right. 733 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,040 I'm waiting for her to give me her number so I can organise all that. 734 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,720 OK. Let's get onto that... Yep. ..so I can go back to the guys. 735 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:14,800 Yep. Perfect. OK. Done. 736 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:16,400 Yeah, just had a chat to Steph in the street 737 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:18,560 asking her what's happening with the spa behind me 738 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,680 and she's just mentioned she sold it for 15 grand online, 739 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:22,760 which is amazing. 740 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:24,720 They got an offer for 15 grand. 741 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:26,920 It's a room win plus a challenge win. 742 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:28,280 That's a massive for your budget! 743 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:30,880 (LAUGHS) That's pretty good! 744 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,200 SCOTT: I tell you what else is pretty good, 745 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,280 the little surprise that Alice from Domain's got 746 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,280 for our Blockheads today. Hi, Brett. How are you? 747 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,000 Kyle and Leslie, meet Alice Stolz. 748 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:41,480 Hello! From the telly! 749 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:43,960 Pleasure to meet you both. Hello. Nice to meet you, Alice. 750 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,120 Alice is the property expert from Domain. 751 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:49,680 Great to be here. How are you going? Yeah, really good. 752 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:50,720 Really good. Yeah. 753 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:52,080 We really enjoyed our first two weeks. 754 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:53,560 They're on fire, Alice. Look at this. 755 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:55,640 I was gonna say, you're obviously doing alright. (LAUGHS) 756 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:56,680 You've hit the ground running 757 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:58,440 if this is what you're delivering already. 758 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:04,160 Now, the good news is that your house has now gone up on the Domain app. 759 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:05,200 Oh, OK. Oh, great. 760 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:06,960 Yeah. Oh, that's exciting. Oh! (LAUGHS) 761 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,080 The Domain app is the only place 762 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,000 that anybody can see all of the Block listings. 763 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:16,080 Alice from Domain, she showed us our house on Domain for the first time. 764 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:17,840 Well, it photographs magnificently, doesn't it? 765 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,680 Into the Pilates studio from in there. 766 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:21,920 (LAUGHS) That's it. 767 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,360 STEPH: Amazing. Amazing. 768 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,880 So it's really happening! GIAN: Wow. 769 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:27,160 LEAH: House two. 770 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,720 So you can see how important it is to appeal to buyers 771 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,760 because this is how people usually first are introduced to a property. 772 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,120 You guys have got a lot of work to do... BOTH: Yes. 773 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:36,600 ..to deliver on this promise. ASH: 100%. 774 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:38,840 And do you know what, because we're doing this right now 775 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:40,280 and the folks at home are watching, 776 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,640 they're gonna go straight to their phones and look at your listing... 777 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:44,080 Definitely. ..because we just told them. 778 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,360 They're all watching at home and now they're gonna look at it. Yep. 779 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:48,120 We've gotta give them someone to call, though, 780 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:49,600 so get onto those agents. I know. Yes. 781 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,960 Well, the agent that we're starting to have some chats with 782 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:56,320 and would love some advice on is Buxton. 783 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,280 They're really strong local agents down here... Yeah. 784 00:33:58,320 --> 00:33:59,960 ..which when you're buying and selling... Yeah. 785 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,800 ..particularly in an area like this, you want local. 786 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:02,840 Yeah, yeah. Yes. OK. 787 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:04,560 Is there anyone else you would suggest, though? 788 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,200 I'll show you how to find other agents. OK. 789 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,840 You just go into this area here, type the suburb you're looking in. 790 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:11,040 Yep. For us, it's Hampton. 791 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,480 And you can see all the local agents come up. 792 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:16,560 Alice from Domain showed us through the app. 793 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:18,880 Somewhere on there that we could actually search agents. 794 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:21,200 And you can see what they're selling, how many they've sold, 795 00:34:21,240 --> 00:34:22,680 you know, and you can actually get... Yeah. 796 00:34:22,720 --> 00:34:24,360 ..sort of intel of what's actually happening... 797 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:25,480 Yeah. ..with that agent. 798 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:26,640 So easy. Yeah. 799 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:28,960 It is a handy app. 800 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:33,440 Back to the build and in house three, judging by the look on Keith's face, 801 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:35,920 Kristy and Brett should brace for the worst. 802 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:39,000 KEITH: Um, I've got some bad news. 803 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:40,760 Now, you've inherited this house. 804 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:45,840 Unfortunately, this house has got treated pine stumps... 805 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:47,600 Yep. ..which don't meet code. 806 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:51,960 So, unfortunately, you guys have to rip the whole flooring system out, 807 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,480 including the stumps 808 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:57,720 and put new concrete stumps in, new bearers, new joists. 809 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:00,520 Right. 810 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,360 That's quite a lot of work. Yes. I understand. 811 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:07,200 So, house three need to remove the subfloor frame, 812 00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:09,840 take out the old pine stumps that support it, 813 00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:13,560 dig holes for new stumps, fill them with concrete, 814 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:18,440 pop in the new stumps and allow time for the concrete to set, 815 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:24,440 then build a new subfloor frame so the floor can be laid on top. 816 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,800 Quite intense. Yep. 817 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,120 Understand that, yeah. 818 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:31,320 This is going to take time out of their weeks going forward 819 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:33,560 and cost them a lot of money. 820 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,960 No, no good news at all for us. 821 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,000 Unfortunately, the way this house was built, 822 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,880 they used pine posts like what you would see on farm fences. 823 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,320 Not up to code and something that obviously needs to be changed 824 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:45,520 throughout the whole house. 825 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,080 So it looks like it's going to be a trend through each room 826 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:49,640 but what that means day one for us 827 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:51,560 is now every single time we do a room, 828 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,360 it is a massive demo for the whole lower level, 829 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:58,920 so concrete pillars need to be put in, inspections need to be done. 830 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:00,600 It's gonna be massive Mondays for us. 831 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:03,960 So, yeah, it's never great to start a Monday chaotic 832 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,760 but that's gonna be a trend going forward now, so... 833 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:08,760 PRODUCER: It's Tuesday today. 834 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,640 (GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS) 835 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,360 SCOTT: Welcome back to The Block, 836 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:21,800 where one of these charming 1950s houses 837 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:25,800 has turned into a living nightmare for Kristy and Brett. 838 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:30,360 KEITH: Unfortunately, this house has got treated pine stumps. 839 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:34,360 Well, in house three, I've just delivered some pretty bad news. 840 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:36,400 We've pulled up the floorboards in house three. 841 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,720 We had no way of getting in and seeing what was there 842 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:40,800 and we've discovered treated pine stumps 843 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:42,440 literally sitting in the sand. 844 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,840 That's throughout the whole house. Oh... 845 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,440 When we build these days, we use concrete stumps, 846 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:49,040 not treated pine stumps, 847 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:50,640 and they haven't set in concrete 848 00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:53,760 and unfortunately they've inherited house three as it is 849 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,200 and they have to deal with it. 850 00:36:55,240 --> 00:36:57,640 And that's what the team are doing right now. 851 00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,880 They've spent hours removing the old stumps 852 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,800 and now they're taking on the backbreaking task of digging holes 853 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:06,080 for the new ones. 854 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:08,760 A little bit of a taste of what we're in for, digging some dirt 855 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,320 in preparation for this re-stumping that is our new future. 856 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:16,000 I don't like the look of the future. (BOTH LAUGH) 857 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:17,680 Well, next door in house two, 858 00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:20,720 I don't think Ash is going to like his future either. 859 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,640 Oh, no. 860 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,360 (TENSE MUSIC) 861 00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:30,640 KEITH: Ash. Yo. 862 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,800 We've got a bit of a situation... Yeah, we... Yeah. 863 00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:34,400 ..which isn't good for you guys. Yep. 864 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,360 You've got timber stumps too... Yeah. 865 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,480 ..which don't comply. 866 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:46,720 So, unfortunately, mate, you're in the same boat as house three. 867 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,440 Yeah, we have to re-stump, guys. 868 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,320 (SNIFFS) 869 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:55,880 So, a full... Yeah, reframed subfloor, yeah. 870 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,600 We were starting one of the... 871 00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:02,280 'Cause we've been working in the, like, back bit, which is more... 872 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:05,720 LEAH: Short. They know where we've been working. 873 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,840 What is wrong with the pillars? The pillars are bad. 874 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:10,360 You've gotta take the old pillars out 875 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:12,000 and you've gotta put the new pillars in. 876 00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:14,160 They're not pillars, but anyway... Like, that's... That's it. 877 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:15,880 OK. 878 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:17,080 (EXHALES) 879 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:18,120 KEITH: OK. Alright. 880 00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:19,400 And Doug the engineer is here 881 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,720 and he'll give us a final detail to work to. 882 00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:25,080 Hopefully these aren't concreted in. 883 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,040 (LAUGHS) It'll be a bit hard. 884 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:28,800 The other houses didn't have it. 885 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,080 The stumps are sitting in the sand. OK. 886 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:32,440 Yeah. 887 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:34,400 No worries. Thank you. Thanks, Keith. 888 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:38,600 PRODUCER: So, how much time will that eat into your time? 889 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,160 Lots. 890 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:41,920 It'll eat into lots of my time. 891 00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:49,760 # We spend too much time together I want to be with you... # 892 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:53,360 In house four, they've had no hold-ups with their build so far. 893 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:58,560 But Gian wishes he could say the same about the sale of the spa. 894 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:01,280 We actually had someone reach out to us this morning 895 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:05,280 asking whether it was still available and we said it was. 896 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,080 We had a bit of back-and-forth chat about them, 897 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:08,560 just giving them some more details 898 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,880 and they were ready to make a 50% payment, 899 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:13,880 pay the rest upon pick-up 900 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:16,320 and then they went quiet. 901 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:18,760 They ghosted us. They ghosted us. 902 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:22,840 DAN: Hey, Gian. 903 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:27,520 We are in the process of craning your spa... 904 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:30,920 Right. ..on the back to out here. 905 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:32,280 Have you got anyone interested? 906 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,080 No, I've only got the one person so far. 907 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:35,480 But then they just dropped off. 908 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:37,800 They were fully ready to pay 50% and then 50% later. 909 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:39,400 What we're gonna do, it's gonna be craned, 910 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:40,960 we're gonna drop it out here but... Yep. 911 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:42,720 ..we can't have it sitting here for too long. 912 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:43,760 No, no, no... Yeah. 913 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:45,520 I'm just gonna drop the price and keep dropping 914 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:46,720 until someone picks it up. 915 00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,040 Because I don't want to leave it here too long either. OK. 916 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:51,800 OK? Keep on top of it, though. Yeah, I will. No, no, I will. 917 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:52,840 I will. 918 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:56,600 Next door, house five's original floor stumps meet code, 919 00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,120 so their team are onto building the new subfloor frame 920 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:01,800 on top of the existing stumps. 921 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:06,720 But Eliza does have some issues grasping some building basics. 922 00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:08,680 So, what's your task right now? What are you... 923 00:40:08,720 --> 00:40:10,840 Oh, cleaning up nails. No. Screws. 924 00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:12,960 I'm actually waiting for Mitre... Yeah, is that what they are? 925 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,800 They're screws, not nails. 926 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:17,280 What's the difference between a nail and a screw? 927 00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:18,760 Are you serious? 928 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:20,920 Are these because they've got... 929 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,400 What's the difference between a nail and screw? 930 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:27,240 Surely not. Surely not. 931 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:31,360 Oh... I mean, we're never gonna be able to answer the questions you ask 932 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:34,800 about what is the difference, so don't even bother asking it. 933 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:38,440 Nails. (LAUGHS) Look what comes up when I google 'nails'. 934 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:41,040 (LAUGHS) Fingernails. 935 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:43,920 'Cause I've been looking into getting mine fixed. 936 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:46,840 These are fingernails that are very dirty. 937 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,080 They look infected. 938 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:52,040 Probably not so helpful when you're building a house 939 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,960 'cause there's super specific things that probably made a big difference. 940 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,080 The builders get it. Yeah. 941 00:40:56,120 --> 00:41:00,320 While Eliza is clueless on the finer points of building, 942 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:04,120 Liberty has gone shopping with renewed faith in her ideas 943 00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:06,680 for styling their bedroom and study space. 944 00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:07,840 So, what are we doing? 945 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:09,400 The main things that I'm looking for today 946 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:12,000 are I've seen a specific bedhead that I love. Mm-hm. 947 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:13,520 It's the Hugo Ridge bedhead 948 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:16,200 in the boucle, like, cream, boucle colour. Yep. 949 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:17,560 I woke up this morning feeling, 950 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,200 like, quite good and kind of refreshed. 951 00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:22,600 Like, last night, I felt like I had my emotional spiral yesterday 952 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,200 and I went to bed last night feeling alright. 953 00:41:25,240 --> 00:41:27,600 Yes. Beautiful. 954 00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:28,640 Went to GlobeWest. 955 00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:30,440 I knew there was a bedhead that I wanted 956 00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:32,600 but I also can get a couple of bedside tables. 957 00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:35,400 That's gonna give you your luxe. 958 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:36,640 Thoughts? 959 00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:38,440 The leather tab's a nice touch. 960 00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:41,720 I guess the only thing I'm nervous about is clashing the timbers. 961 00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:45,040 They're gonna give you a really nice glam... 962 00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:46,280 Yeah. ..but muted colour. 963 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,600 Oh, my god. I just don't know. I'm, like, so out of... 964 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:50,720 I just feel so out of my depth. I don't know. 965 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:53,000 I just don't have any confidence in my decision-making 966 00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:54,120 when it comes to styling. 967 00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:55,280 I've lost all my confidence. 968 00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:57,280 Sorry, I'm being such a, like... Don't be. 969 00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:58,600 No, no, no, I can only... 970 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:01,040 After the feedback, I'm just, like, questioning everything I'm doing 971 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,040 and I feel like I've got no idea. BOTH: Yeah. 972 00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:09,840 I just question everything now 973 00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:12,120 and it takes me so long to make any decisions, 974 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:14,520 which you don't have time to waste when you're on The Block, 975 00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:16,640 so I then, like, went into a head spin 976 00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:21,600 and just, like, could not get out of it and just my mind was... 977 00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:23,080 Yeah, I just couldn't make a decision. 978 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,480 And you FaceTimed me and... I didn't Face... 979 00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:30,080 Oh, yeah, I FaceTimed you. You were very... 980 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:31,160 Yeah. ..all over the place. 981 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:32,880 Yeah. 982 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:34,720 I'm just questioning everything in the room. 983 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:36,640 I don't know what... Like... I'm like... OK. 984 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,120 Do we still do the blue? I just don't know what I'm doing. 985 00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:40,840 OK. Just... Just... Just calm down. 986 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,920 You're just getting so flustered and overwhelmed. 987 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:45,920 It's, like, not heart surgery, is it? 988 00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:50,680 Like, Lib, it's not life and death. Let's just... 989 00:42:50,720 --> 00:42:53,240 I know it's not but it's, like... I'm just... 990 00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:56,200 Like, I'm literally just questioning every single thing that I'm doing. 991 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:57,920 That's fine. You don't... 992 00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,520 OK. 993 00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:05,360 Alright, I'll just figure it out. I don't know. 994 00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:06,400 I was just lost. 995 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:09,880 I was at a point where I just didn't know where to go from there. 996 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:14,560 (GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS) 997 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:18,400 # Smile like you mean it... # 998 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:21,360 SCOTT: It's late Tuesday arvo on the Block 999 00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:23,800 but Liberty wishes the day was already over. 1000 00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:27,600 # Smile like you mean it... # 1001 00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:29,240 Hey, Siri, call Mum. 1002 00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:30,920 Yeah, like, I literally was in GlobeWest today, 1003 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,680 for, like, two and a half hours and, like, walked out with a bedhead. 1004 00:43:33,720 --> 00:43:35,800 Like, I could not make a decision 1005 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,800 and, like, everyone was trying to help me 1006 00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:40,800 but I was just so overwhelmed. 1007 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,480 Hey, Mum. (CRIES) WOMAN: What's the matter? 1008 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:46,640 I just feel so overwhelmed and I just don't know what I'm doing. 1009 00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:50,040 Oh, Lib, it's so difficult for you. 1010 00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,960 I basically left there, got in the car and called Mum 1011 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:54,280 and cried my heart out. 1012 00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:56,840 You are so tired and exhausted. 1013 00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:58,800 Don't lose confidence in yourself, you know. 1014 00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:00,600 How can I not, Mum, when everything I did... 1015 00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:02,360 Like, I had such a strong vision last week 1016 00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:04,120 and we felt so confident and so proud 1017 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:06,560 and that was the first time we've ever actually, like, felt, 1018 00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:10,080 like, proud of ourselves and then you just get, like... (BLEEP). 1019 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:12,800 And there's nobody that can help you with any of those ideas at all? 1020 00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:14,800 I'm just getting so many different opinions 1021 00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:15,880 and I'm just so overwhelmed. 1022 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:18,120 Like, our feedback was we have to go more luxe. 1023 00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:19,680 I don't know what luxe is. 1024 00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:22,040 I don't know what looks expensive. I just don't know anything. 1025 00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:23,600 Like, just feel so out of my depth 1026 00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:25,920 'cause I don't know all this stuff and, like... 1027 00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:28,760 I understand. And, I mean, they know you don't understand. 1028 00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:31,400 But I just think that's disgusting of that arsehole real estate guy 1029 00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:32,760 to say what he did for you. 1030 00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:35,080 Anyway, hopefully tomorrow will be a better day. 1031 00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:36,560 Will it? 1032 00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:42,600 Couldn't get much worse than today, so... 1033 00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:46,880 On site, houses two and three are frantically finishing off the digging 1034 00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:49,080 for their new stump holes. 1035 00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:51,400 It was a hectic day. We were all on the shovels. 1036 00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:53,640 We were on the wheelbarrows, digging, digging, digging. 1037 00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:56,720 MAN: We've only got 20 minutes until Conc's here. Yeah. 1038 00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:59,960 Concrete was coming at 3:00. It was go, go, go. 1039 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:03,320 So, the race is on to get those stump holes ready for the concrete truck. 1040 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:07,920 DAN: Mate, how are you? 1041 00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:11,200 But the holes also need to be up to code. 1042 00:45:11,240 --> 00:45:12,320 Good, mate. Yourself? 1043 00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:15,160 And Foreman Dan is in house two to inspect them. 1044 00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:16,800 Sure it's 350 by 350? 1045 00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:19,760 Are they bellying in? 1046 00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:22,560 Look, mate, that one is. Yeah. We need to square that one. 1047 00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:24,600 They can't be bellying in. They've gotta be squared up. 1048 00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:25,920 Yep. 1049 00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,520 Another ten and I'll come have a look. 1050 00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:30,600 Big job here in house two. The guys are almost there. 1051 00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:33,160 They've just gotta fix up a few holes, get them a bit square. 1052 00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:34,400 Concrete's en route right now, 1053 00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,280 so they've gotta be digging quick, these guys. 1054 00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:40,120 So, as house two step it up a gear... 1055 00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:45,160 house three are just as under the pump. 1056 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:47,080 (BEEPING) 1057 00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:50,200 And the concrete truck is here, 1058 00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:51,920 so Foreman Dan's headed back to house two. 1059 00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:54,000 Mate, I can hear the truck out the front. 1060 00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:55,960 I hope we're good. Conc's here. 1061 00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:57,200 Lucky it was an hour late. 1062 00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:01,680 And Keith's inspecting house three. 1063 00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:06,640 Now for the moment of truth. 1064 00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:10,120 (TENSE MUSIC) 1065 00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:12,840 Well, we've measured them all. We know they're all 350 or bigger. 1066 00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:14,040 Yeah. 600 deep. 1067 00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:15,240 Yeah. You're good to pour, mate. 1068 00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:16,400 Sweet as. Thanks, mate. 1069 00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:18,520 Into her. Let's get cracking! 1070 00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:20,160 KEITH: Yeah, all good. 1071 00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:21,840 Well done. Legend. Thank you very much. 1072 00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:24,360 Nice work, gents. That has set you back a bit, hasn't it, this? 1073 00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:29,400 It's, what, 3:40 and we haven't even got our stumps in yet. 1074 00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:31,360 Alright. Well done, guys. Thank you. 1075 00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:33,400 Carry on. 1076 00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:38,480 But with the tradies clocking off soon, the race isn't over. 1077 00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:41,720 The concrete now has to go in the holes. 1078 00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:44,320 And to make it even harder for house three... 1079 00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:47,960 We had wheelbarrows going but then we also utilised buckets 1080 00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:49,880 because it's too hard to cart that wheelbarrow 1081 00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:51,760 all the way into the space that we wanted. 1082 00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:56,040 DAN: Haven't seen the bucket method for a while. 1083 00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:57,080 Wow. 1084 00:46:57,120 --> 00:47:00,560 Full big two Mitre 10 buckets in either arm, carting it up 1085 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:05,120 and I soon felt my age when I did that probably 40 times. 1086 00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:07,320 Tired boys there doing it out of buckets. 1087 00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:10,480 (ROCK MUSIC PLAYS) 1088 00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:16,880 And once all the holes are filled with concrete, 1089 00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:19,320 the new stumps need to go in. 1090 00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:22,360 (ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES) 1091 00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:31,720 What a punishing day. 1092 00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,840 And by close of business in house three... 1093 00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:37,440 We did heaps 1094 00:47:37,480 --> 00:47:41,000 if you compare it to the hand we were dealt... 1095 00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:42,240 Mmm. 1096 00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:43,520 ..and we've done stuff-all 1097 00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:46,720 if you compare it to most other contestants this week. 1098 00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:47,920 (LAUGHS) 1099 00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:50,080 And how about house two? 1100 00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:52,720 PRODUCER: Are you on track for day two of the build? 1101 00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:53,920 No. 1102 00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:56,240 No, we are not on track for day two of the build. 1103 00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:57,720 Nego. Negative. 1104 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,200 We've got a lot of work to do in there. 1105 00:48:01,240 --> 00:48:04,160 Like, we're sitting in a pile of dirt and it's Tuesday night. 1106 00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:07,120 Our room is an actual pile of dirt. 1107 00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:16,320 Building the best home office is a tough nut to crack. 1108 00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:19,200 I hate this more than anything I've done in my whole, entire life. 1109 00:48:19,240 --> 00:48:21,160 There's cracks in the walls. 1110 00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:22,360 I'm seeing daylight, 1111 00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:23,400 not looking good. 1112 00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:25,560 Cracks in their confidence. 1113 00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:28,240 I just feel so overwhelmed, I just don't know what I'm doing. 1114 00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:29,720 But the biggest crack... 1115 00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:31,760 (SMASH) 1116 00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:32,800 Guys, what was that? 1117 00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:35,480 could be an: 1118 00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:36,520 What the (BLEEP)?