SCOTT: Previously, the Blockheads got to work
on their work-from-home spaces,
located in the old houses
and those old Aussie brick houses brought some surprises.
KEITH: Treated pine stumps.
Now, unfortunately, you guys have to rip the whole flooring system out.
That's quite a lot of work.
And the surprises didn't stop there.
(CRACKING)
STEPH: Guys, what was that?
MAN: That was the ceiling going.
GIAN: No way.
That's (BLEEP)! What the (BLEEP)!
From then on, it was all about getting those ceilings down...
DAN: Really concerned about the existing plaster on the ceilings.
We need them down by the end of the day.
We can't have the risk of it all getting wet and then falling on you.
..as the Block hunkered down for rain.
We have got 10 to 20mm of rain.
Ash, we need these ceilings down.
You've seen how much is coming tomorrow, yeah, rain?
We've gone around, we've told all the contestants.
We don't want rain coming through those ceilings
Saturday night before reveal.
(RAIN FALLS) (THUNDER CRACKS)
LEAH: Hang on, hang on, hang on.
(GASPS) You've got to be actually joking me!
Tonight...
(THUNDER CRACKS)
It's like Armageddon, don't you reckon?
It's like the end of the world.
..Cyclone Ilsa wreaks havoc.
LEAH: It was bucketing down.
Look at that all running down the wall.
Will house two...
So the judges can't turn a blind eye on the entire room?
..even have a room to present?
(TEARFULLY) It's just so unfair!
And come Sunday, some rooms are awash with praise...
SHAYNNA: Wow. DARREN: That's slick.
These girls have got spunk.
I love everything about it.
..while others are a washout.
DARREN: The conditions have gotten into this room as well.
SHAYNNA: Their ceiling has fallen.
That's just the sound of tears, isn't it?
It's just heartbreaking. Mmm.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
It's Saturday,
the last day our Blockheads have to complete their work-from-home spaces.
Don't be fooled by these blue skies.
Today, a cyclonic storm is forecast to hit Melbourne.
Tropical Cyclone Ilsa
is continuing to generate damaging winds and heavy rain
as it barrels south-eastwards
and most of Victoria can expect a wet and windy Saturday,
including Melbourne.
(STATIC)
And for anyone who has the slightest clue about renovating,
that's not good.
DAN: Getting a lot of rain tonight.
Midday, we might get a little shower and then scary after that.
24 hours before reveal, today it looks like it's sunny, it's warm
but I've just checked the Weather app
and we've got 20 to 40mm of rain
coming later this afternoon and this evening.
It's quite concerning for Keith and I right now
because we've got rooms that we're building this week.
Above them, there is no roof,
so this big downpour that's coming, if water gets through, you know,
we don't want these ceilings dropping on the judges' heads.
So, how are our Blockheads preparing
for what could be the biggest storm The Block has ever weathered?
Knowing that there was gonna be rain,
I just wanted to make clear to the guys working above us
"You're covering our roof.
"We are not having leaks in this room. We are presenting it.
"We're revealing something we're proud of. Fix this."
So we've got to rip down all this
because they reckon that it's holding too much water
and it might collapse with all the rain that's coming.
Are you guys gonna put new tarps up as well?
MAN: Yep. We'll put tarps up.
We don't want anything to be missed that will put us in a bad position,
so Gian made, like, a really good thought process there
to actually really be on the people above us to be, like, "Hey..."
Yeah.
"..do not leave here without everything being secured,
"tied and covered."
KRISTY: So, one of the things our builder does
is he actually created and built some wood pillars
that would go within the ceiling,
so the water will run down off our tarps.
Preparing for the storm. Prepared, yeah.
LESLIE: Anything anyone's talking about is this rain that's coming.
KYLE: We don't have a roof over our room,
so it's a case of trying to cover up everything we need to.
LIBERTY: So we've been told there was a little bit of rain coming.
ELIZA: We don't have ceilings, we don't have roofs.
It's a nightmare and we want it to go away.
PRODUCER: Do we know a storm's coming?
Some people said that there was rain coming
but I don't know, people down...
Like, we get storms up at home...
BOTH: Queensland!
..and, like, we get, like, 50mm, like, whatever, pretty quick
but people say down here, "Oooh, yeah, it's raining."
I'm, like, "Oh, yeah, what?" They're, like, "15mm."
(LAUGHS) I'm, like, "Oh, that's nothing."
SCOTT: And even though Leah and Ash
have experienced the seriousness of water damage on the Block...
What should we do about this?
..this morning, they seem pretty relaxed.
PRODUCER: Is there anything you've got to do before the rain hits?
Probably gotta do a few things before the rains hit.
Why? You don't seem too concerned.
Oh, well... She'll be right.
Yeah.
SCOTT: So, there you have it - she'll be right.
Leah and Ash aren't too worried about the storm,
so what are they worried about this morning?
Saturday, pretty much Saturday morning,
you're nearly gonna say that you're 24 hours away from reveal...
24, 25, 26 hours, whatever. It depends what time.
But, yeah, you've got a day.
So we had our gyprocker coming... (LAUGHS) Thanks, Ash.
Yeah, well, just for those playing at home, if you can't...
So, like, after Saturday comes Sunday.
Anyway, we hadn't sanded on Friday night, so still no paint.
Everyone else had started painting.
Our gyprock just wasn't drying. Yeah. So...
Yeah, I was a little bit, like, yeah, at this point,
we still have to fit doors, fit some shelves...
And the fireplace.
SCOTT: Leah and Ash are planning a 1950s-inspired work-from-home space
featuring a glamorous focal artwork, blue walls
and a custom-made fireplace.
And the marble has just arrived.
Wallstone came.
We brang it into the room, had people there ready to install.
And Dan comes in and goes, "You can't have it like that."
Normally, you want one independent substrate like that.
You don't want two different ones.
It's just the stones are gonna go over the face of this.
It's gonna get glued to chipboard
and then it's gonna get glued to the bricks.
Timber reacts to moisture in the air through seasons,
so it can shrink, expand.
If there is any movement,
it could potentially cause a crack in the stone
at this breaking point here.
And we were, like, "Oh, OK. Like..."
"Sorry." "It's cool to know right now."
Like, I'm paying these guys by the hour.
Cool.
Oh, well, we'll just leave it like that. Looks good to me.
At that point, I was, like, "We won't even get this stuff on."
Cut-grind. You can cut-grind these.
Both sides cut back 6mm, Villaboard. We're safe.
MAN: Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what we'll have to do.
Let's get stuck into this. Yeah.
(TOOLS WHINE)
So I got the grinder out.
Grind, grind, grind...
Chip, chip, chip...
Hammer drills, everything.
MAN: Let's keep going, let's keep going. Can't stop.
Got it to a point where we were happy with it.
Rob got, like, all the side bits of Villa back on
and then Dan comes in and he's, like...
Looks good. "Yeah, sweet."
So, curveball, bang, sorted out.
# Painting, painting, painting
# Can we start getting into the painting? #
This is gonna be an incredible room. It's now up to us to bring it...
Yeah. ..all home.
LESLIE: You've got your hose. KYLE: Yes.
This morning, we are spraying.
Saturday morning, we're in a good spot for tomorrow.
We've got wet paint on the wall which we're drying off
and then it's just about waiting for fit-outs,
curtains, electrical fittings... Carpet.
SCOTT: Kyle and Leslie's work-from-home space
will maximise natural light
and include two soft armchairs, an ottoman, a gallery wall
and a timber workstation.
Yeah.
I wish it was this easy for work.
In house five, Eliza and Liberty's big pieces are going in
and it doesn't get much bigger than their hero art piece this week.
ELIZA: Nice piece of art. Pity someone else is using it.
Oh, no, it's sort of is, isn't it, because it's so nice.
Like, it cheapens it, do you know what I mean?
Eliza and Liberty are doing a guest bedroom
and work-from-home space this week
and the central styling item is the artwork.
Look familiar?
So we found out yesterday that Leah has the same artwork as us
in the room this week,
which is a little bit disappointing,
only because, like, we're both having it
as, like, a main feature in our room
and it was a really expensive piece of artwork.
The artwork is a $4,000 piece.
Like, this is a huge piece for any room.
I have the whole '50s theme going with my room.
I'm feeling strong vibes to it.
I've got blue as my wall colour,
I've got all these tones drawing back to this artwork,
as do they.
To hear that Leah was using it as well was just a bit flattening
because I'd rather have known
because I would've either used it in a different week
or probably not at all, knowing she was using it.
But it was so late in the piece,
there was nothing we could really do about it at that point.
Crappy situation.
Coming up... (RAIN FALLS)
Cyclone Isla is here.
LEAH: It wasn't just a drip, drip, drip. It was bucketing down.
Oh, you've got to be actually joking me!
ASH: We watched the ceiling, like, completely crack
and, like, hundreds and hundreds of litres just... (IMITATES CASCADE)
And come judging time...
SHAYNNA: This is glamour-zon!
..the work-from-home spaces are put to the test.
I'd work from here.
But not all rooms pass.
SHAYNNA: This feels like we're at a commercial office.
This is a bag of Skittles.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
SCOTT: It's Saturday,
the day before the work-from-home spaces are revealed
and with just a couple of hours before tools down,
the rooms are taking shape.
House four are streets ahead and have already finished their painting.
Steph and Gian are planning a work-from-home/media room
with custom cabinetry and soft furnishings.
It's coming together real nice. Yeah.
Joinery's installed.
I know that Steph wants to have everything visualised.
And then we start styling. (CLICKS TONGUE)
In house one, while their first coat of paint dries,
Leslie is getting on top of their finances.
# Another day, another dollar... #
LESLIE: Opened up my Goal Tracker account on the CommBank app
and I'm just giving it a nickname now,
so any spare cash we've got at the end of the week,
I'm just gonna transfer it over.
With budget being just a bit tight,
I want to make sure we've got money for sort of wants and wishes
that we want along the way.
Done.
In house two, Leah has been scrambling to find a cabinetmaker
after a last-minute design change.
So I needed some cabinetry and I needed a wall built
and I needed some floating shelves.
Floor-to-ceiling cabinetry
that was meant to be on either side of the double doors
will now be replaced with low cabinetry and floating shelves.
I also needed to find a cabinetmaker.
Hello. Are you there?
If only she'd used the hi-pages app,
all this stress could have been avoided.
Oh, my god. Nobody wants to answer my phone call.
When will they ever learn?
So our builder Rob goes,
"Look, you can try this cabinetmaker that I've used before.
"You can see how you go." So I call them.
(RINGING TONE)
I'm, like, "Before you say no, just say yes."
(LAUGHS)
I was, like, "I have two scraps of the Bottega Oak panel
"that I used the week before.
"I just need them turned into doors
"and I need some carcass for the cabinets."
Do you know what he did?
1:00... 1:30, he came.
Miracles!
Feeling really good about it.
In house three, after last night's disastrous attempt
at painting their wall panelling black...
The black is really hard to paint.
It's just coming up with lines because of the grainage on the wood.
..today Kristy and Brett have decided to ditch the black altogether
and keep their work-from-home space light and bright,
with white-panelled walls.
They will also add concealed cabinetry, a rounded timber desk
and herringbone floors
and all that equals a lot of work.
Two and a half hours until tools down in house three,
they are way behind.
They're doing all this intricate joinery as a whole wall.
They've gotta do mitre cuts,
they've got all these niches that they've got to do.
I reckon there's about three to four hours of cutting,
plus they've got to do skirting boards.
They're gonna cram all of this into two hours.
And with the most work left to do on their room,
Kristy and Brett are nowhere to be found on site.
PRODUCER: Where are Brett and Kristy?
I think Kristy's offsite doing some shopping.
Brett, I actually don't know. He's floating around.
He might be doing some painting. I don't know.
So you've lost Brett? Yep.
# Love me tender... #
PRODUCER: What are you looking for?
Just a little Elvis record would be nice playing in the background.
A bit of '50s vibe.
# Never let me go... #
I think the rest of the houses are in a pretty good spot to finish.
It's gonna be a late night for them all painting
and getting the room spot-on
but house three's the only one at the moment
I'm really concerned about.
(RECORD SCRATCHES)
BRETT: Remix.
SCOTT: It's almost time for tools down for the day...
Ten minutes to go and we've got heaps to do.
..and all kinds of magic is going on around the Block.
MAN: Oh, Houdini! (BRETT LAUGHS)
If I have one more person ask where you are, I'm gonna lose me mind.
MAN: Hold on, we'll move this. MAN: Yep.
(IMITATES VIOLIN PLAYING)
That's all how far it comes out, is it?
MAN: Did you order a desk, like an office desk?
No, it's this thing. It's quite thick.
What grade is it?
MAN: One long cut to make.
Straight. Everything's cut.
KEITH: OK.
That's it, guys!
No more power tools!
Yo. Don't stress. Tools down.
Good thing I don't need any power tools. OK.
Great week. Come over here.
I've got a treat for you from Macca's.
Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo!
KYLE: Oh, righto, Keith.
Big week, guys. Well done.
ASH: It's not bloody over yet.
SCOTT: Now, you remember the storm
we've been warning the Blockheads about all week?
Well, it looks like it's rolling in.
It's like Armageddon, don't you reckon?
It's like the end of the world.
It's a really eerie feeling with the storm brewing and no roof.
Like, the tornado's come through or something.
Just waiting for a cow to fly by.
(WIND BLOWS) (MOOING)
(RAIN FALLS)
# Someone told me long ago
# There's a calm before the storm... #
Cyclone Isla is here.
The rain started and it didn't stop.
# It's been coming for some time... #
I don't think anyone realised that it was gonna be this bad.
We thought, a bit of rain but nothing like this.
# Have you ever seen the rain? #
It starts raining... (LAUGHS)
..and the storm's rolling in
and then our group chat starts going off.
(CAMERA CLICKS)
ASH: It was tools down.
We started painting the ceiling
and I noticed, like, two little tiny drops.
That was the start.
Then, probably within 20 minutes,
one of the light sockets started leaking.
LEAH: Done, guys.
Honestly, just completely done.
It just progressed from there.
Then the bulkhead started leaking, started leaking from the corners.
Oh, our ceiling rose!
Oh, you've got to be actually joking me!
Then it started coming out of... We had four downlights in that room.
It started coming out of all four of them.
It wasn't just a drip, drip, drip. It was bucketing down.
Just done.
Why did we have to have it again?
Second week in a fricken row.
We are just slogging it out all week
and it was just disintegrating before our eyes.
It was... Oh! Yeah.
It was gut-wrenching.
This is (BLEEP) because we literally can't even go into the running.
It's like the judges can't turn a blind eye on the entire room.
ASH: Oh, babe, don't worry about it.
No, I am worried about it because it's just so unfair.
LESLIE: I was about to send a photo
of some little drips coming through our downlights
and just scrolled through to Ash and Leah's ceiling
just pouring with rain.
LEAH: Just can't deal.
And then the girls, Eliza and Liberty in house five,
just same thing.
Our wallpaper started to buckle. It started to peel down.
Our paint all started to peel off
and it was just dripping a deluge onto our carpet.
It's just, like, all running down the wall
and, like, it's just completely lifting and peeling off
and the paint's all peeling off.
What a shite show.
I hate to say I told you so, but is there a lesson in this?
Our prepared Blockheads seem to be faring well.
PRODUCER: Has the rain affected you guys at all?
Lifted our spirits.
How's the rain affecting you?
No. BRETT: We're one of the lucky ones.
We haven't copped anything yet.
KYLE: We had a tarp and stuff over our room
but we've had rain coming through a couple of downlights.
Not too bad in here. No.
LIBERTY: Pits of hell. Bottom of the pit. Bottom of the pit.
And digging deeper.
ASH: She'll be right.
(RAIN FALLS)
At about 3:30 or nearly 4:00...
LEAH: Hang on, hang on, hang on.
(GASPS) What's that?
..we watched the ceiling, like, completely crack
and, like, hundreds and hundreds of litres just... (IMITATES CASCADE)
Never seen anything like it in my life.
LEAH: Completely done.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
SCOTT: It's a rainy Sunday morning, just a few short hours
until the work-from-home spaces must be complete.
# The apocalypse... #
And a severe weather system caused by Cyclone Ilsa
has led to non-stop rain.
Cyclone Isla's a B with an itch... (LAUGHS)
..is what she is.
12 hours of constant rain.
This is Mother Nature at its best.
Good morning. Good morning.
Morning.
Waking up this morning, our room looks worse than it did last night.
Like, I left one little bucket out
and I thought, "I'm not opening anything."
We woke up this morning and it wasn't just in the bucket.
It was pooled on the carpet.
It was coming through the sides of the walls.
Our room will probably be presented with some buckets.
Buckets to catch drips
might just be the latest styling trend on The Block.
MAN: Sorry about your wallpaper there, Eliza.
ELIZA: Yeah, it's good, isn't it?
The water coming in, we we're kind of just at peace with it
and we were, like, "Out of our control.
"Let's just do what we can control in this room."
And I would've loved to have, like, steamed the bedsheets
if I had the chance, but who's got time for that?
We had to leave about 700 Post-Its
to explain why things weren't there when they should've been
and it's the rain's fault.
Post-Its included
"LED mirror no longer working because it's been shorted somewhere,
"somehow."
"Do not use this power point. They have water in them."
"Ignore this big splodge of paint on the wallpaper."
"New wallpaper coming because now it's, like, flopping off the wall."
Yeah, there was lots of bits and pieces.
(RAIN FALLS)
BRETT: Kristy was up first today.
Still raining.
It was still just as gloomy.
All I know is I've just woken up and this room isn't leaking,
so I'm gonna take that as a win.
PRODUCER: What's left to do?
So, we've got to build the desk, like, style everything,
put the record players together, put all the appliances together,
fill the cupboards, everything.
Oooh.
GIAN: We got three or four hours of sleep.
We were up at 7:00, 7:30.
Exactly the way I left it last...
Can't say it was a rush to tools down.
It was more so "Let's put everything in place.
"Let's do last-minute cleaning.
"Last-minute thoughts."
PRODUCER: It feels very calm here.
It is. It's quite zen.
SCOTT: After the significant rain damage last night,
house two has been cordoned off for safety.
So, we did not have access to our space this morning.
It was an exclusion zone for us.
I don't know how the room even...
would even come together.
We were very deflated.
I just don't have any energy now.
I'm just a bit, yeah...
(CLEARS THROAT) Mmm.
There's a lot of feels here and... Yeah.
It is. It's...
It's a hard week.
Every week's a hard week. Yeah.
But this has ended... Just...
And not have a conclusion or, like, and end feels (BLEEP).
(RAIN FALLS)
SCOTT: Rain, hail or shine, it's tools down at 9:00am
and it's almost that time.
OK. KRISTY: Thank you so much, Gian.
You're an actual lifesaver.
LESLIE: I don't want them symmetrical.
Yeah, that's good. Oh, yeah, that's good. Yeah, yeah.
Look how much mess I made painting.
I was just delusional last night.
Oh, my god, my arms.
I should probably put it to 9:00, right?
(WHISTLES) Tools down!
# Come home with me... # (EXCLAIMS)
That was good. Good week. Mmm.
LESLIE: Let's go.
I think it's come together quite well,
despite being wrapped in plastic.
Good job, honeybun. Good work.
LIBERTY: Good job. That was a cooked week.
What happened again?
BRETT: Well done.
# Come home with me. #
As I heard "Tools down," I just face-planted on the floor.
I just lay there like a dead body.
Draw the paint line around me, please.
(KRISTY LAUGHS) I'm done.
# Tell them all I said hi Hope you've been well
# You've been asleep while I've been in hell
# Tell them all I said hi... #
Hello. Hello.
WOMAN: Hello, Scotty. MAN: Hey, Scotty.
Hello. Hello. Hey, Scotty.
MAN: G'day, Scotty. Don't you all look fantastic!
And look at the gnome. He's all dressed up.
Hey!
All tropical. He looks great.
Now, have I heard, Eliza, you've lost your voice?
(RASPS) Yeah, sorry. That's perfect.
(LAUGHTER)
I'm gonna have a quiet night.
(LAUGHTER)
Good evening, everybody. CONTESTANTS: Hey, Scotty.
Now, I tell you what, that went down to the wire, didn't it,
and a few of you struggled big-time
with those cyclonic conditions that came in overnight.
Wow!
The Block throws a lot of things at you but that was brutal, wasn't it?
Needless to say,
cyclonic conditions is the natural enemy of the renovator,
especially when you haven't got a roof on.
Now, there's gonna be some repairs to ceilings that need to be done.
That's on me. I will be doing that with the building team.
Consider those rooms complete. Don't give them a second thought.
They're gonna be magnificent when they're finished
and I'll handle that, OK?
WOMAN: Thanks, Scotty.
Now, speaking of building, it's very difficult to build a room
in the old part of the house, isn't it?
Now you know what Steph and Gian have been going through
for the last two weeks.
Yep. All that whingeing.
(LAUGHTER) Yes.
It's certainly a lot easier to build a room in a Truecore steel frame
rather than a 1950s brick house, right?
MAN: Yeah, it is.
There's plenty more of that where that came from...
(LAUGHTER) ..so you've gotta get used to it.
Now, I had to do some ceiling repairs to house two,
so I sent the judges to the other end of the Block to start their tour,
so tonight's feedback is gonna kick off with the girls in house five.
Yay! # That's what makes us feel better
# When we feel it, we show it
# And act like we know it
# But don't despair That's what makes us feel better
# I hate it, I love it
# I'm in it Eh... #
Here we go.
('I'M TOO SEXY' BY RIGHT SAID FRED PLAYS)
This week has been a ginormous rollercoaster ride.
Eliza and Liberty have created their work-from-home space
at the front of the original house.
It seems very juvenile.
Had it have been empty, I would've been happier.
We couldn't have been in a worse headspace this morning,
particularly me.
I would rather have come last
and not have been told that you might as well have not done a room.
We're gonna egg Marty's house. (LAUGHS) Yeah.
So, this week was a working-from-home space
and because we've done working-from-home space
in our studio out the back,
we decided to do it as a guest bedroom.
New room, new week.
I just feel so overwhelmed and I just don't know what I'm doing.
So I was obviously, yeah, super down in my confidence levels
and questioning everything,
so I had a consult with Deb from Freedom
and she basically just talked me through how we can hone our styles.
We're more mature than that. OK. OK?
So, Deb flagged that maturity for us is a big thing.
After today, I had that help and now I feel like I'm back again.
So, like, it's worth asking for the help.
Please save this and rewind it and play it to her again next week
when we're in the hole again.
You've got sort of fake timber... Yeah.
..and then fake grass cloth. Yeah.
It's all gonna look a little bit fake.
We have to now quickly change it.
I really hope the judges take away
the fact that we have done some learning and growing in the space
and made some improvements and different...
based on their feedback.
# I want to know, want to know is this how you feel, baby?
# Is this how you feel? #
SHAYNNA: Whoo! # Is this how you feel, baby? #
MARTY: Here we go. The sisters.
The judges arrived today
also feeling pretty shellshocked about the weather last night,
especially Shaynna, who lives locally and also bore the brunt of it.
Well, considering we've had some pretty crazy weather,
the fact we all are in one piece and dry,
as well as this room being dry,
with the few little bits that we're sort of seeing, I think it's great.
She was frankly amazed you guys had delivered a room at all.
That goes for all of you.
Darren agreed, saying obviously it's upsetting for you all.
"You must be gutted."
But he was very impressed by the room he found himself standing in today.
DARREN: It is an improvement from what we saw last week.
Yeah. The fact they've pushed through shows their measure.
These girls have got spunk.
LIBERTY: Yay.
Can you not do that movement on national television, please?
(LAUGHTER)
She can't talk. She's miming now.
(LAUGHTER)
I feel like they've listened to the feedback
and walking in here, it does have a really nice feel.
I love the fact that they didn't set this up as a work-from-home space
because like we've seen last week, having the two desks in the studio,
that ticks that box.
Having the bedrooms upstairs, particularly the master,
I think this as a guest room from the floor plan
is a massive, massive bonus from them.
However, it could so easily be the rumpus room.
It's got great flexibility
and I feel like when people walk into this room,
it's not going to turn anyone off
and they can market a five-bedroom house.
And that's important on the brochure.
Is that your plan? Five bedrooms? Yep.
Ripper.
But I think that they definitely didn't need a desk here,
considering that they've got a double desk in the studio.
There was much talk about the desk and the mirror.
SHAYNNA: What do you have an LED mirror there for if you're working?
And the table's probably too deep to even do your make-up.
Well, that's the thing.
So if you're gonna have an LED mirror, sell the idea of it.
ELIZA: OK.
Shaynna said you have to think about the story you are trying to tell,
not just with the room but with each area within the room.
It's no man's land because it's a work-from-home,
it is a beauty parlour that's not
and then it's a guest room with chocolates.
So that needs to be simplified of one action.
What Shaynna was liking very much this week is the colour palette.
I feel like what we saw last week was a bad version of the '90s
but I feel like this is a good version of the '90s
because this is not far off late '90s, 2000 colours
and the '90s are so in at the moment.
However, this blue "grass cloth-like wallpaper,"
it reads like a replica of something.
In this market, to a luxury buyer,
you don't want the replication of something.
You want something with authenticity.
So if you can't afford to have a $500 roll of grass cloth paper,
which is fine,
then I wouldn't replicate it
with something that doesn't have that texture to touch.
Then it was onto the artwork
from which you've clearly taken a lot of inspiration for the room.
Art's about creating a mood. Mmm.
It's about, "How do you feel in a space?"
It feels vibrant. It feels playful.
But I actually think the artwork adds to that feeling
of a lack of authenticity
because it is Slim Aarons-like.
The more the judges looked at the artwork, the more they realised...
Oh, my god. This could go in the pool house!
I was just about to say... Yes! Get rid of Melbourne map.
That goes in the pool house! ELIZA: OK.
MARTY: Take that off the wall, stick it on the back...
Yeah. ..of the couch
and all of a sudden... It changes that.
It changes this. And it changes this.
Overall, girls, the judges wanted me to tell you both
that this week's room is a massive improvement...
Yay. ..on last week.
In fact, for Darren, it's 100% better than last week
but probably still only 80% of what he wants to see from you
in the weeks ahead.
That's a good compliment. Well done. Very good.
That's it. Very good. We're happy with that.
All I wanted was a comment about that we've improved,
that we're growing, that we're making, you know, a difference
and we've done that, so how can we not be happy?
(GULLS CRY)
SHELLEY: How would you like to win $30,000?
Yep, 30 grand, thanks to Disney+.
Head to the Block website now
and vote for the couple you think has created this week's best room.
The results later in the show.
(DANCE MUSIC PLAYS)
SCOTT: OK. Steph and Gian.
This week was action-packed.
# Are you ready? #
Steph and Gian created their work-from-home space
in the middle of their original house.
The winner, it's Steph and Gian!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
GIAN: Oh, my god!
STEPH: I still can't believe that we won.
It felt good.
It felt a bit surreal winning from where we were two weeks ago.
Today, we wanted to get ahead of the ballpark
and we knew that we had to soft-demo only.
We needed to gut the room completely.
I just want to make it multipurpose.
It's definitely a study for us
but I want someone to walk in and be, like,
"OK, I've gotta put a bed in here..." Yep. "..and I can." Yep.
(CRACKING)
Guys, what was that?
It was actually the ceiling coming down.
That (BLEEP). What the (BLEEP)?
It was wet, heavy gyprock.
That obviously sent some alarm bells.
Hello. Hi.
Hey, guys. Hi.
I'm feeling like you've got a win under your belt,
it's given you a spring in your step.
You are undefeatable.
Just following that momentum. Yeah.
PRODUCER: Judges are in there now.
What are you hoping they're taking away from it?
STEPH: I hope they see that we have provisioned for the room to be
in one way and another.
I hope that they like the forward planning.
# As it was
# You know it's not the same as it was
# As it was As it was... #
SHAYNNA: Wow.
I think it's a room to take in 'cause it's doing a lot of things.
But I just want to say, I love the commitment to the beams.
MARTY: Same. Actually, I'm sold on them.
Me too. I really am sold on them.
'Cause I feel like the profile of the exterior of the house
goes with this.
Absolutely.
And as a work-from-home space, she reckons it's pretty amazing.
Because you've got two desks
and then you can sit here and do presentations
because there's obviously a TV.
And then it hides everything else.
DARREN: That's slick.
That looks really cool.
I'd work from here.
Marty was immediately loving the sophistication of this room.
It feels high-end.
The buyers in this marketplace
will absolutely walk in and really appreciate it.
I mean, you know, you sit down and open this up, sit back, relax.
Like, it is just a really chilled-out space.
I just... I love everything about it.
Darren had been very quiet to this point.
I wasn't sure about the beams in the bedroom
and I was converted by taking a different point of view last week.
Now I've had to pivot back.
I'm just not sold. No, I am not sold.
They're very obtrusive.
It feels like it brings the ceiling lower.
The fact that I can almost touch that
but the ceilings are close to 2.8,
it's feeling lower than it needs to.
This feels really heavy to me.
Apart from that, however, he thinks everything works.
This, as a functional workspace/ media viewing space, brilliant.
But in a four-bedroom house,
wouldn't you have a multifunctional sofa bed?
Like, you'd make that a sofa bed.
It gives you an extra practicality
of using the space for something else for overflow guests.
So I think that's a missed opportunity.
But that's it.
Everything else is cracking.
He thinks the styling is excellent
and he really likes the artwork, saying it's very clever.
I think it's really cool.
It's a really cool way to do art that's not art.
I really love these beautiful floors.
I can't wait to see that through the rest of the house.
That colour, this soft grey,
it's a really harmonious colour palette
and I think the interior
is definitely going to fit the exterior of this house.
I think the great thing about this room
is the absolute connection to the studio we saw last week
and the fact that we know this style.
The consistency of what we've seen so far is unbelievable.
Execution throughout is really excellent.
From week one to now in week three, their fourth room,
the standard of the build has just improved exponentially.
The last two weeks,
we've seen a completely different level of attention to detail
and build quality.
Marty knows how hard it is to do a renovation
when you're working with different builders week to week.
"The quality of this room shows your real commitment
"to delivering your house at a high standard."
The craftsmanship in here is superb. Their vision is clear.
They're just absolutely on top of their game and it's so commendable.
Marty is on board with the Steph and Gian train now...
(LAUGHS)
..and he's very excited about the house you are building
for this market.
That's it. Thank you.
MAN: Well done.
We're driving the Steph and Gian train.
Yep, and... We're glad that Marty's on it.
We're glad that he's on board. All aboard.
(HORN TOOTS) (GULL CRIES)
OK. Kristy and Brett.
(TYRES SCREECH)
This week has broken me. (LAUGHS)
I'm broken.
Kristy and Brett's house is on the corner block
and has a unique floor plan.
Unlike the other houses, which have backyards,
house three has a generous front yard,
where the pool and deck will be located.
Their work-from-home space is located at the front.
Public holiday, no power tools.
We have had our crew go through
and rip up the flooring to find pine stumps.
That's throughout the whole house. KEITH: Oh...
So, unfortunately, you guys have to rip the whole flooring system out.
Crack here. Not looking good.
The mortar in our bricks is actually coming away.
I'm seeing daylight all the way through that.
We're gonna have to re-brick it. Mmm...
We just had all the sheeting done up, which is amazing to see.
Today's been a lot
but looking in there now, we've had a lot also done.
We have the plaster up, we have the flashing dry, ready for paint.
We have cabinetry in.
We are blown away with where we're at now.
We had a short week. We had all the delays.
We've done this room
on technically two and a half to three days.
And that's incredible.
# I never thought to hold you
# I never thought that you might need an anchor... #
This room is exactly how I would want my office at home.
MARTY: Kristy and Brett.
There was a lot of debate in your house today about your room
and most of it was about what the room should be.
We're at the front of the house... SHAYNNA: Mmm.
..and we have a floor plan that's quite unique
from the other properties.
We're overlooking a very large front garden,
which will have a proposed pool
and I'm standing in a study.
I'm not too sure this... this is doing them any favours.
Shaynna asked everyone to take a seat.
So, Marty, are we in trouble?
You've both been very, very naughty.
(JUDGES LAUGH)
Or are these guys in trouble?
I... I think they're taking work-from-home too literal.
This feels like we're at a commercial office.
Is this the best use of space?
Darren was just trying to get his head around it.
What we've got is space for a queen-size bed and...
Yeah, so, I mean, cupboards big enough to be robes.
This could be a bedroom.
But he isn't sure that's what it should be.
To your point, the interesting thing about his room
is it is part of the outdoor area,
so it's...it's confusing.
Darren could see, however,
that an enormous amount of work has gone into the room,
especially with all of the laminex panelling.
I love this round product.
I think the application is bold.
It gives a lot of that lovely linear element.
It makes the ceiling feel higher.
I like the two walls of beautiful drapery,
I love the herringbone flooring.
It's got all the things in here that a luxury market would like.
But the question remains, is it too corporate?
Marty has the same concern,
considering it looks out to the deck and the pool area.
How does the buyer engage with people on the deck,
in the swimming pool, in the outdoor areas from this type of set-up?
They've got the space.
I see a TV here. I see a couch.
I see access onto a deck, onto a swimming pool.
This is really valuable real estate within the house's floor plan
and for me, they've just missed the whole mark.
Marty is also concerned that the rooms you are presenting
are not connected to each other.
If you think of the last two weeks,
we've got Moroccan, we've got New York
and then we've got this, like, soft sophistication.
If three photos were taken, this is a bag of Skittles. Yeah.
What I would say to that point is I think this, of the three,
out of that 'taste the rainbow', is the right colour.
This is the right flavour.
This is the right approach for this house in this market, right?
100%. Yeah. Run with it.
Darren says nothing about the build of the room needs to change
and what you have delivered certainly shows the flexibility of the room
but agrees it could be styled better to sell the dream.
That disconnect between the purpose of this room
and the purpose of the outdoor space.
This is a corporate office looking over a pool.
It doesn't sell that dream.
Marty said you have a quirky floor plan and you need to own it.
You've got your backyard as your front yard
and that is a really hard thing for a lot of people, a lot of buyers,
to wrap their head around.
So it can't be half-half. They have to just own exactly...
Mmm.
..where its best use of form is
and that best use should be entertaining.
This isn't entertaining.
As Darren said, thinking back to the Brighton series,
Jimmy and Tam had a corner block with a quirky floor plan
and they owned it and worked with it and then they won The Block.
That's it. Thank you.
Well done.
If they were implying the fact that it should have been, like,
an entertaining bar for the outdoor entertainment,
they're gonna get a rude awakening
when they see our outdoor entertainment
in our outdoor entertainment area.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
# Welcome to the madhouse
# You've never seen a place like this... #
Leah and Ash.
# Welcome to the madhouse. #
This week was the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.
No middle.
Leah and Ash's work-from-home space sits here at the front of the house
to make a first impression on buyers.
This is giving me showroom kind of vibes.
I don't feel the soul.
Felt like someone pulled my soul out.
Mate, any more soul and I'll be a skeleton.
You've got timber stumps too, which don't comply.
We have to re-stump, guys.
And the winner is the seahorse.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
$5,000 cash. But wait...
And more importantly, the gnome.
Friday, the boys were trying to build these hanging, floating walls
that I needed because the cabinetry was gonna slip under them.
It was just, honestly...
We just need to bring the false wall
just because I've changed the cabinetry.
Leah and Ash are amending their original wardrobe design
to hide plumbing.
They now have a false wall and shallow shelving up top
and cabinets down the bottom.
PRODUCER: Is there anything you've got to do before the rain hits?
She'll be right.
(RAIN FALLS)
We watched the ceiling, like, completely crack
and, like, hundreds... hundreds of litres just...
(WATER CASCADES)
Scotty spoke to us.
He said, when it is safe enough,
he would bring in a little bit of a team
to help finish all the pieces that I had lined up,
put the room together through FaceTime.
So when the judges talk about our room,
it'll be really us feeling it for the first time too.
Whoa.
MARTY: Pour me a drink.
(LAUGHS) Pretty much.
# If you like pina coladas
# And getting caught in the rain
# And the feel of the ocean
# And the taste of champagne... #
What I do want to say is the fact that we had a cyclone,
the fact that their ceiling has fallen
and Scotty's had to get people in to temporarily fix it,
the fact that that was happening last night and they kept going,
I just want to commend them on that.
We know you copped it the worst.
You could've been defeatist about it
but you kept going and that is a credit to you both.
Cheers. Well done.
SHAYNNA: This is glamour-zon.
Who wore it better?
This is the perfect interpretation.
So, the glamour from that woman with the glasses
really sets the scene for this room.
So, if it's a case of who wore it best
with the Camerich artwork this week,
then, sorry, girls, the prize goes to house two.
This is a really big swing.
I mean, this is a huge statement.
This is not a cheap room. Mmm.
That stone is alone a huge investment.
Was it?
Yeah.
I mean, we said go bold again and it's definitely bold.
SHAYNNA: Yeah.
I mean, the colour palette's divine
and it really links to what they've done in their past rooms.
This is a completely different feel
to the corporate office we just came from,
even though it's a desk with two chairs.
Because of the colour, because of the application,
it has so much more warmth to it.
Marty was very impressed
that you had delivered the boldness again this week.
He really liked the impact of the room.
I love the fact that they've, you know, matched their cabinetry.
They've kept it consistent. Mmm.
They've put investment into this centrepiece.
However, they're in a family area... Yeah.
..and we don't have one single bedroom on the ground floor,
which means that technically this house is now three bedrooms,
because as we all discussed last week,
the studio needs to be rearranged to pull a bed down.
Mmm.
They're sitting in a lane that is very dangerous.
He thinks this may become a real issue with buyers.
Essentially, you are now on a path to going to market
with a three-bedroom house,
whereas your neighbours in this competition
will mostly have four, maybe even five on their brochure.
I'm telling you now, you have to have four bedrooms in this suburb.
You need a bedroom on the ground level to service a guest
and it's also...
It's opposite a perfect bathroom.
So, great to have the effort, great to have the personality
but if you're not researching the market before you do the work,
it's quite a big risk to take.
Yeah.
It's again taking that work-from-home space
too literally
in the fact of the...we've had this beautiful area here...
This could actually be your workspace
looking out into the garden, sitting there.
And then this is your bedroom.
I wouldn't change the colour. I wouldn't change the essence.
I would keep that artwork.
But the fact is they're selling a three-bedroom house right now.
Darren thinks this is a very, very good room on its own merits
and is very functional as a work-from-home
or second lounge room
but he also agrees with Marty -
it really probably should've been a bedroom.
It is definitively clear this should've been a bedroom.
This is anchored by a stone fireplace that takes up space.
We don't have the amenity of robes.
We've got the space for it but you don't have the depth.
You've got this big double door.
So, to make this anything other than what it is,
it's gonna take a redo room budget.
Incorrect. Yeah, that is incorrect.
Tell me.
That cavity, as you walk in the door, has purposely been...
Those nib walls have been purposely built as 600 deep.
The cabinets underneath are 600 deep.
That... Yeah.
The niche of the floating shelves is a false wall.
We had to hide some services in there, so...
Yeah. But he should know that.
But cabinetry... He's been in the game a long time.
(OTHERS LAUGH) He should've picked up on that.
SCOTT: Mmm. Surely.
But imagine putting a bed here and covering your feature.
As soon as the bed goes in... You won't be able to get...
..you won't be able to see... Bingo.
And it will look like an afterthought. Correct.
In summing up, they said...
If we were told it was just going to be a study, work-from-home space,
without any of this sort of stuff, I'd be going, "Oh, give it to me."
I would be, because I love it.
But they can't ignore the functionality issues
and the importance, in their opinion,
of going to market with a four-bedroom house.
That's it. Thank you.
Thanks, guys. WOMAN: Very well done.
It's very unlikely
that a buyer will use that as a fourth internal bedroom.
However, we ticked the box if they want it to.
Yeah. It was designed so you could pull them cabinets out underneath.
And we will convert those wardrobes free of charge.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
# Talk to me, baby Ai-yai-yai-yai-yai... #
OK. House one, Kyle and Leslie.
# We'll eat cake by the ocean Uh! #
My week summed up... Ugh.
Mine's, like, a "Eeee..."
If you were to be working from home in house one, you'd be here.
It is another short week with the public holiday today.
We've made a decision not to have our builders in as well.
KEITH: You can't just waste a day.
We're tempted to do some demo but when you can't make noise,
it's really difficult.
I'm not an expert, you know.
We need 450mm clearance... Yep.
..between bearer and soil, which you haven't got.
We were told this at 5:30.
Keith goes home at 6:00pm. 6:00.
My clock says 5:59.
Oh...
All good, guys. We got there.
PRODUCER: What were you actually doing Thursday night?
(DRILL WHINES)
We were screwing sheets in. It wasn't loud.
You had a noise complaint last night.
It was made fairly clear that it was our first warning and only warning.
Hello. Good morning. Good morning.
I need to discuss your budget.
You're spending too much money early on and we want to nip it in the bud.
Yep.
This week, I have budgeted for 10K
and I'm obviously just trying to make back some cash from last week.
I think our room is going to be appealing
because it is somewhere where someone can go and have a desk
and a space to work in.
It's quiet. It's at the front of the house.
But it's also somewhere the kids can come in,
put a movie on, relax with friends over,
so I hope that comes through.
# On a cloudy...
# But your mama always said look up into the sky
# Find the sun on a cloudy day
# On a cloudy day
# But your mama always said look up into the sky
# Find the sun on a cloudy day
# On a cloudy day. #
Wow.
SHAYNNA: So light and bright,
especially where we've just come from.
MARTY: Completely different.
The conditions have gotten into this room as well.
(WATER DRIPS) I can hear it.
It's just the sound of tears, isn't it?
It's just heartbreaking. Mmm.
But at least we have a finished room.
They put it together.
I'm just... I'm awestruck by everybody today.
Mmm. Yeah.
Shaynna was definitely very impressed with your room.
I think the consistency of this team is just incredible
in the fact that, you know, what we saw last week
may not have had enough in it to suit the space
but it's the same look, feel.
It actually feels very elegant and classy but relaxed at the same time,
especially, like, using this type of chair and furniture and that ottoman
to just give that sense of casual comfort.
I think their aesthetic is really quite beautiful
and suited to this area.
They really get it. Mmm.
I mean, you can just see how their marketing will come together
and from behind the screen, people will just be swiping,
wanting more and more because of how consistent they are.
Darren thinks the finishing of this room is spot-on.
What we've got here is a media viewing space,
it is a work-from-home space
and it could easily be a bedroom
if that buyer wanted a fifth bedroom on this floor plan.
However, I'm not quite sure that pushing everything against the walls
is the best layout for the furniture in this space.
The door position. Bingo.
This is a little too tight and then... Yeah.
..you've got all of this space over here.
Shaynna thinks the coffee machine is great styling
but probably wants its own power point.
But for her, this room is selling the dream.
It's just really good styling. I just think the quality is amazing.
I would like to know why they are averse to skirting
because it might look very clean and neat
but, god, it's not functional.
People put in skirting boards for a reason, you know,
to stop the vacuum cleaner from scratching the gyprock.
LESLIE: Sure.
Yeah, we actually want to use skirting boards
but it's, like, the first thing that drops off
when we're running out of time.
But it's obviously something that we're gonna need to include.
But how smart are these guys, when you think about it.
It feels like they've done a lot this room
but there is no built-in robes, there is no TV cabinetry.
They've essentially got a panelled wall,
one, two, three, four pieces of furniture
and we're sitting here saying this is amazing.
It just shows how smart these guys are at marketing to the buyer
that they think will like this home.
And you've also clearly saved money
for the rooms that will really need the investment.
That's really part of this game.
It's how do you get to the finish line
and finish the whole house to the level that you started it?
Kyle and Leslie have a really good chance of doing that
'cause they're playing the long game.
"There's nothing in this room that is very high-end
"but what you have delivered nonetheless feels luxurious.
"This room has just enough in it apart from skirting boards."
(LAUGHS) That's it.
Awesome. So good.
KYLE: Really happy with that feedback. Yeah.
It was our plan coming into the show
to style a home that was consistent and had continuity throughout.
Mmm. And we're just gonna roll with it.
(GULLS CRY)
# Why, why, why, I feel like a $1 million bill... #
OK. Scores.
OK. Darren Palmer.
Kyle and Leslie.
DARREN: The things they've included, they've got the right things.
Whoo! (WHISTLING)
(BLEEP) (LAUGHS)
Leah and Ash.
We don't have the amenity of robes.
You've got the space for it but you don't have the depth.
LESLIE: Oh, Jesus.
Kristy and Brett.
This is the right approach for this house in this market.
Hey, our first eight... Oh.
Wow. MAN: Hey.
Jeez. Wasn't expecting that.
Steph and Gian.
This, as a functional workspace/ media viewing space, brilliant.
WOMAN: Did you get a ten? STEPH: No, a nine.
Eliza and Liberty.
It is an improvement from what we saw last week.
There's a bunch of good details in here.
Interesting. Here we go. Oooh...
Marty.
Kyle and Leslie.
MARTY: You can just see how their marketing will come together
because of how consistent they are.
Leah and Ash.
I'm telling you now, you have to have four bedrooms in this suburb.
You need a bedroom on the ground level to service a guest.
Kristy and Brett.
This is really valuable real estate within the house's floor plan
and for me, they've just missed the whole mark.
KRISTY: Yeah. Suck it, Marty.
Steph and Gian.
MARTY: The craftsmanship in here is superb.
Their vision is clear.
LESLIE: Oh...
STEPH: Eight and a half.
LEAH: Yeah.
And Eliza and Liberty. LIBERTY: Oh, my god.
MARTY: I feel like they've listened to the feedback
and walking in here, it does have a really nice feel.
ELIZA: Seven.
OK. I'm disappearing.
Leah and Ash, the gnome, it's available to you.
Do you want it?
No? OK.
OK. Shaynna Blaze. Kyle and Leslie.
SHAYNNA: I think the consistency of this team is just incredible.
Leah and Ash.
I wouldn't change the colour, I wouldn't change the essence
but the fact is they're selling a three-bedroom house right now.
Kristy and Brett.
This is a corporate office looking over a pool.
Steph and Gian.
You got two desks and then you can sit here and do presentations.
I'd work from here.
Eliza and Liberty.
It's no man's land because it's a work-from-home,
it is a beauty parlour that's not
and then it's a guest room with chocolates.
Totals.
OK.
Winner of week three on The Block, the work-from-home space,
and taking home a very handy 10,000 bucks from Ford is,
by half a point again...
Oh... KYLE: Steph and Gian.
It's Steph and Gian again!
(STEPH AND GIAN LAUGH) (APPLAUSE)
Aw! Oh, my god.
PRODUCER: Winners. Yes.
I know! (LAUGHS) Crazy. Crazy.
People say 'crazy'... You did a good job.
I know. We find it really, like...
I don't know, we're bad winners. Like...
We're really bad winners. (LAUGHS) Yeah, I don't know.
'Cause we're, like, "Oh, we feel bad for other people."
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
But, yeah, we're really happy, obviously. We are. We are.
SCOTT: The so-called bad winners, Steph and Gian,
have come out on top for a second week in a row, with 26.5 points.
Kyle and Leslie came in second just half a point behind with 26.
Kristy and Brett came third on 24 points
and tied in last position on 22.5 points
were Eliza and Liberty and Leah and Ash.
Congratulations. Back-to-back wins.
Wow. Well done. 10,000 bucks from Ford.
And I look forward to our little getaway...
Again.
..dinner tomorrow night when we head out for our Ford getaway.
And we're heading down to the Peninsula
and we're going to the fantastic Sorrento Hotel...
Oh... Yes!
It's gonna be awesome and we'll stay the night there.
Meanwhile, the others will be tackling the bathroom.
Let's hope the weather's kind. Good luck. Goodnight. See you.
CONTESTANTS: Thanks, Scotty.
Brilliant. Thanks, guys.
LESLIE: Thanks, Ash.
ASH: Losers again. Losers again.
Congratulations. Thank you.
Good job.
(CRYING)
ASH: You right, babe?
Yeah.
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VOICEOVER: In the most controversial week yet...
LEAH: It was never going to be a calm conversation.
You haven't put your life on the line here.
You're not up to scratch.
..from the biggest bust-up
to the smallest room ever built.
It doesn't matter about the size.
Does size really matter?
ELIZA: That's stunning! And...
That is... That is stunning.
In 19 seasons, there's very little that hasn't been done before.
The sisters'...
It's excellent, it's genius, it looks that good.
Is it a fungus on the wall?
Yeah but listen... In the bathroom?
...'mossive' secret weapon
will divide Australia.
Isn't it beautiful?
I dunno.
A blockbuster...
Shelley was like, "I hate it."
Is it easy to remove?
Bathroom week...
SHELLEY: Our room reveal galleries
are now open for your inspection
exclusively at The Block website.