SCOTT: Previously, guest bathrooms were revealed.
Whoa. Ooh la la.
And there was a lot to love.
Wowee.
This is a different league.
What is that?
Except when it came to House Five's moss feature wall.
Oh, God.
This area of absolute sheer disaster.
Use a different bathroom if it offends you so much, Marty.
In fact, don't come into my house, Marty.
Pee on the street.
Leah and Ash scored their first win of the season
thanks to the gnome. Winner winner, chicken dinner!
But it meant robbing it from their besties in House Three.
I'm going to target them now. House Two is on the hit list.
Rivalry starts.
Tonight, living and dining room week kicks off.
I got it. I got it.
Oh, my god.
And the task ahead is massive.
It's frantic. There's a lot to do in here.
Yeah. It's huge.
Yeah.
As the Blockheads tackle some of the biggest
and most important spaces in the house...
It's living and dining, it's the heart of the home.
The pressure was on.
It's all happening!
I'm scared. I'm scaring myself.
Our room is a pile of dirt.
Look at it. On Sunday morning, it has to be finished.
That. Look at it.
Also, there's trouble in Charming Street.
Yeah. Dynamics definitely have shifted.
You know, Leah and Kristy have formed quite a really
close relationship and that's great.
We will win that gnome back and we will throw it
through House Two's window at some stage.
You can't all be best friends.
Really? Tell me more.
Good morning. Woke up Monday morning, feeling fabulous.
I've jumped out of bed. I've had a shower. Washed my hair.
I'm ready to seize the day.
Last night, we used the gnome to sneak the win.
Leah and Ash!
(CHEERS)
Yep. Even though Christie and Brett's bathroom
received the highest score last night,
Leah and Ash played their one point gnome
to steal the win by half a point.
It's a funny win because it's a gameplay win.
We were really excited that we could use the gnome
and that we could play that kind of game.
There wasn't a second, second thought for me
and just straight up, snake it.
Are you pissed off at your neighbours?
We are no longer gnomies.
We used to be homies.
Now we're... Gnomies.
Look, Kristy and Brett, they totally get it.
I think. I think.
The thing is, it is a game.
The gnome is a massive factor,
and it was kind of fun to be on the other end of it.
So we will win that gnome back and we will throw it
through House Two's window at some stage.
Just getting some winning coffee over here.
Winning, you reckon?
What, are you going to steal this too?
I guess you don't pay for it anyway.
So it's all good.
How are you feeling?
As, like, actual losers.
Actual losers? I don't know. You'd know most.
So it appears the gnome hasn't done too much damage to our Block
besties in House Two and Three.
But over in House Five, Eliza and Liberty,
who tied equal last after judging,
aren't feeling quite so chipper.
We really, really liked our room last week, so I think Marty's again,
comments and scores just made us a bit flat.
I can't get my head around it.
I really can't.
I mean, what is it?
I feel like taking a little bit off
and spreading it on my soup this evening.
We don't care about winning, but like...
Of course you do. It's more money in the bank.
We don't. We just want comments that help us.
I know it's a game and like a TV show...
You want constructive criticism that you can work off.
Marty to say nothing else apart from like,
"Oh, I hate your parsley wall. Here's 7.5."
It's just, like, annoying.
It's just, we're confused.
We're trying to keep our eye on the end goal.
I think that's really important because
we feel good about the house we have.
The tricky thing is just week on week,
we've sort of fall to the bottom of the pack
and we are embarrassed with the feedback we get.
Take everyone's feedback.
Just don't take the judges.
Talk to all the contestants.
All the trades and just go with your gut.
Yeah.
I always reckon the best way to shake off last night's
judging is to get straight into
the open for inspections, so our contestants
can do a bit of judging for themselves.
Let's kick it off with the winning room.
Or should I say the room that received the highest score?
Kristy and Brett's bathroom, that was trumped by
their neighbours gnome.
It's got a great feel. It's quite sexy.
It's just a really nice energy in here.
Kristy and Brett have found their groove.
This is phenomenal.
Wow.
Feels relaxing.
Feels very like...
You're somewhere on holiday in Italy.
Yeah, I really like it.
I do think that it probably should have won.
In my eyes, yeah, this, this is the winner.
Lucky for the gnome.
Lucky for the gnome for Leah and Ash.
Um... Man.
I don't like these tiles.
I just don't like them.
I don't like that.
That needed to be a tile one.
Is this stable?
I'm not... I'm not a fan of these things.
Oh, there's a spider.
Yeah.
Did they have... They didn't have underfloor heating.
That was the critique that they got.
We're just being beaten by rooms
that have significant things missing.
Underfloor heating.
I'm not saying we needed to win.
I'm not saying we should beat this at all.
I'm just saying the divide should not be as big.
It's frustrating. I'm over it.
So no underfloor heating, no face-level storage.
It's all that stuff. You're like, you can't not do that.
You can't not. Well, apparently you can do it all.
But do you know what, Lib?
If we don't do it, I promise you, we'd get points taken off.
It's really frustrating.
I'm over it. I need to go. I'm over it.
I'm not over it, clearly, but, like.
Moving on.
The next stop is House Two's bathroom,
which technically took out the win by just half a point,
thanks to their one-point gnome.
These guys love marble.
I love that herringbone pattern and how they've stopped it.
It's sort of the Dado line.
I mean, that feels expensive to me.
I think they've done a really good job.
This is beautiful. Yeah.
Oh, my god. The tiling and herringbone is so nice, isn't it?
I actually love this.
And this was what I wanted to do in our first bathroom
to go to a certain height and then split it.
Can't do it now because they'll be like,
"You stole my thing, I'm going to steal your (BLEEP) win."
Very beautiful.
Oh, my god. This would cost an absolute fortune.
# It's gonna take money. #
Looks luxe. Looks expensive.
Yeah, it looks expensive.
If they didn't win this week, they'd probably be going to CBA for a loan.
Yeah. They're really going for that
look where you can see the money.
Do I need to stand on street corners?
Because how are people paying for this bloody marble everywhere?
Don't know. Jesus.
The room was OK.
Should have it been within one point of our room anyway?
Maybe not.
It is very runner up, you know, very second.
And I think that's probably what it deserved.
Second.
You think you know someone.
Next up and House One's tiny powder room was punching
well above its weight, coming in third place.
All the details are really, really considered.
There's actually a lot happening in such a small space,
but it's all working in harmony.
Great feel when you come into the room.
It feels very, it feels luxe, even though it's small.
They've actually done an amazing job.
For the space that they use.
They're unreal.
If this was bigger, we were in trouble.
Oh, yeah. I can't get over the texture of that paint.
And they were saying all they did was add sand.
Yeah. Like it makes such a difference, doesn't it?
I don't know if I'm loving the sand.
It should have been Venetian.
Powder rooms are somewhere you can just do something wild.
I would have loved to have seen probably
something a little bit more wild, but.
I mean, this is really nice, isn't it?
It's simple.
How? Sorry.
Come on.
That we came last.
Come on.
House One,
god, it just makes us depressed because their room was perfect.
But, like, literally a third of the size of ours.
A third? Try a sixth.
OK. And like, they beat us.
Liberty, this (BLEEP) on us.
I know, I know. It's frustrating.
It's just not fair to be up against that.
And also come last because they're just not on the same playing field.
There's three tiles on the floor.
I'm actually not exaggerating.
It's just frustrating and confusing.
House Four's powder room came in equal last place,
but still with a respectable score of 25 points.
That light is stunning.
This stone is beautiful.
I love the French pattern on the floor.
All of that impact just halts for me because
I walk in and all I see is a dunny.
I love this. I think it's stunning.
See, I do not think that they deserve
to come last with us. Neither.
The marble bit. I can see why that was a wow thing.
Love Steph and Gian's styling.
But yeah, I could understand the judge's comments
in terms of the layout.
Watching the show, you know that if the first thing
you see when you open the door is a toilet,
you're going to get slammed for it.
But maybe they could have just made this smaller.
And the toilet could have gone on that side.
That's true.
Walked into Steph and Gian's powder room.
Um, yeah.
Great stone. Beautiful.
Beautiful stone. Just no creativity in how to use it.
It's like she's gone,
"Oh, let's just put stone in here" and doesn't know what to do with it.
It's the weirdest thing I've ever seen in my actual life.
Why do I need all this space in a powder room?
Change a baby.
No, like, yeah. Oh, my god. That's it.
It's a baby change table.
Final stop this morning is House Five.
The girls' bathroom tied for last place with their
moss feature wall dividing the judges.
I am not grabbing that whatsoever.
I just don't understand it.
I can't get my head around it.
I really can't.
Don't you dare say you love it.
Oh, for goodness sake, don't you dare.
It's growing on me. Like moss.
This is the green moss.
I don't like it.
You know what? You're either going to love it
or you're going to hate it.
I hate it.
I like it.
I don't like it.
I don't hate it.
Maybe if it was sprayed beige, but personally,
I wouldn't put it in my house.
Oh, my lord.
(INDISTINCT)
Um. Yeah, it doesn't work.
Not everyone's taste, that wall.
Very odd.
Ugh.
Don't think that's normal.
It's moss. That's very high in salt.
Would you say you liked the look of it
more than you like the taste of it?
It probably tasted better than it looked.
Oh, how it smells.
Oh, it smells awful.
The girls have got some really good ideas.
That pubic hair wall is not one.
It's like Shrek's pubes.
Shrek's pubes.
# Somebody once told me the world is gonna... #
After the Domain open inspections,
we make a real concerted effort to go around to each person
and let them know some positive comments
on what we liked about their spaces.
Your room was so beautiful, guys.
Thank you!
Like perfect.
We loved it.
And we just find that Ash and Leah are probably
the ones that don't do that so much.
Ash said that the wall was Shrek's pubes.
I'm trying to like the pubes on the wall, but I can't like them.
It's like week after week after week after week of just,
like, not having overly positive comments to say.
They just never, ever say anything positive.
Even when we won, like last week when they came out of our room,
they just don't really... They just ignore us, sort of thing.
Apparently the girls said to Steph
that we don't give enough validation.
We don't go straight to that person
and say what we loved about the room.
First of all, I probably didn't like your room.
There wasn't a lot of validation that I could give.
Second of all, why do you care what I think?
Truly?
It's like whole mutual building respect scenario is just not there.
I was keen to see how they would win because they hadn't won.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Leah and Ash don't really like speak to anyone much
around site about what they think
or they just kind of, maybe they're preoccupied
or maybe they don't really care.
It'd just be nice to...
Hear something positive.
I don't know.
They're not good losers,
but they're also not good winners, I don't think.
No. Yeah.
When I see someone in passing, I say, "Hey, Lib and Liza.
"Ash thought your wall was Shrek's pubes.
"I thought it was a risk and I will always appreciate that."
So I thought, how much more grovelling do I need to do?
Really?
('ROCKIN' THE SUBURBS' BY BEN FOLDS PLAYS)
# I'm rockin' the suburbs
# Just like Jon Bon Jovi did
# I'm rockin' the suburbs... #
First day of a brand new week
and the Blockheads have two brand new spaces
to contend with. In just seven days,
they'll present their living and dining rooms to the judges.
We knew that this week was going to be a big one.
It's living and dining.
It's the heart of the home with the kitchen.
They're really big, important rooms to nail.
So the pressure was on.
Who's scared? Me.
Are you, though? I don't know. I don't know.
I'm very nervous for this room,
but I think I'm just going to go full throttle on it.
All of our teams will be working in the original part
of their houses this week.
House Two's first bold move is to change up their floor plan.
We swapped the living and the dining.
We swapped those around so that we could
make more space in the walkway areas.
We want to bring life into our house.
We want to start mimicking the exterior,
the curves and bring that inside,
really trying to channel this '70s art deco. Key styling items,
beautiful multicoloured chair from Fenton and Fenton.
That was the inspiration for the room.
That was the very first thing that I picked.
So as you walk into our room, you see the fireplace and the TV
on the right. There is a beautiful curved lounge.
Then you walk down some rainbow piano stairs
into a sunken dining space.
I think I'm doing Venetian.
I'm doing this from Beacon.
It's all happening!
I'm scared. I'm scaring myself.
It's really vibrant this week.
It will divide opinions and that's completely fine.
But I think the style is, it's really well thought out.
We're calling it psycho deco... Psychedelic deco.
So we're like - I say, psycho.
You say... Psycho... Psycho.
Can't wait to hear what other people think.
While House Two go full psycho ahead,
over in House Five, sisters Eliza and Liberty
are stressing about their budget.
Absolutely, we've spent more than we would have liked to,
but I just don't know what we would have done differently.
Like it's all just gone on trades.
Last week, these guys had the biggest bathroom to deliver,
and it's the same story this week, coming in at a whopping 65m2,
their living and dining area is almost double the size
of the rooms the other teams are planning to build.
All of this needs to be done and look at the current state of it.
So this is the family room and then that's our dining.
But look at it. On Sunday morning,
it has to be finished. That, look at it.
Such big spaces each week,
and having not yet won a room,
it's no surprise that the girls have spent
more money than any other team.
So to help them out, I've set up a meeting with
Jo from Finance to give them some tips.
I find Xero really easy to track costs.
Might be beneficial for you guys to start keeping track of things.
This is your cash balance.
It's automatically linked to your bank account and you can see all
your transactions in here and you can allocate it to each week.
So, you know, that was a week one cost.
That was a week three cost.
You can add bills.
Yeah, it's really streamlined.
I think you might benefit from it.
Yeah, that's great.
We were actually hoping to tighten our sphincters
a bit with living and dining,
but everyone's like, "Oh, this is what sells the house."
And I was like, "Didn't you say that about every other room?"
But so we sort of then had to think about wow factors, i.e.
the fireplace and things like that.
We can get the fire. So I think we feel good about that.
And it's easy enough to pick nice chairs, bar cart, all of that.
House Five's living room centre around
their impressive 360-degree fireplace.
They'll have a seating area at one end
with a couple of chairs and a bar cart,
and at the other end will be a large couch and porta timber
feature wall, surrounding their TV.
Their dining room will feature a big ten-seater table, buffet console
against the window, and a colourful piece of art on the wall.
It's so much space, there's also a lot of lighting to consider.
So they're meeting with Mandy from Beacon for some expert advice.
Hey, guys. Hi, Mandy.
Manyd, bless her, she's really speaking to two people
who have no idea what they're talking about, lights-wise.
You've got seating area.
It's good to have a light or a lamp, something like that.
Yep. We can put a smart globe in it too.
So if you want to actually have it powered
via iPod or something like that,
you can turn it on and off at set times
and whatnot and play around with it that way. OK.
Over at House Three, and Kristy and Brett
are also making a bold move this week.
Unlike other teams, they'll be doing less instead of more.
This week, we are doing living, but we're not doing our dining
because of the configuration of our house.
Kristy and Brett's living and dining areas
are separated by their kitchen.
So last week, Kristy approached Foreman Dan with an idea.
What I'm proposing that for Sunday of living and dining,
I reveal living.
But then... Kitchen week... Kitchen week,
I'll add dining.
We took it to Dan and he agreed and Scotty and got it all approved.
But despite only having the one space to deliver, this morning,
Kristy is struggling.
You guys give us a rough design of what you guys want
us to do for the room, where you want it to be.
Well, right now, I'm like, I have no idea.
I don't even know where our light goes or anything.
So this week was a little bit of a fluster because we do
have so much stumping, it is going to hit the budget.
Couple of weeks ago, both Houses Two and Three
were told they had dodgy foundations
and they needed to re-stump and build their floors from the dirt up.
So unfortunately you guys have to rip the whole flooring system out,
including the stumps and put new concrete stumps in,
new bearers, new joists.
While only some of House Two's rooms are affected,
unfortunately for Kristy and Brett,
they're having to re-stump their entire house,
which means a massive extra cost each week.
So project manager Kristy is keeping her priorities
in order when it comes to design.
So originally, I wanted to have a full stack stone wall.
As you enter into the living area,
unfortunately there's a costing component associated with that.
Quite a large one, so we're having to redesign
on a Monday, which isn't ideal,
but we're going to get rid of some wants from the wants list.
I've already axed the stone because it's going to be too expensive.
We're not going to win this week, so we might as well just save
as much as we possibly can because we're going to have to
(BLEEP) stump this whole bitch of a house.
That room looks like a floor and four walls in my head right now.
It's all I've got. I've got nothing to add to it.
The guys are like, "Get me a plan."
I've got sparkies being like, "What sort of lighting are you doing?"
I got nothing. I'm drawing absolute blank today.
I hear what you're saying. But you need wow factor of, like,
"Yeah, that's unreal."
OK, I'll just plan a whole (BLEEP) living room that, like,
is the feature for the whole house in a day.
Yeah. Cool. Living is such a big, big thing of a house.
So the pressure's on big time in this space.
Um, I'm second guessing everything.
You want it to be a good looking room,
and you want it to match your aesthetic,
but it's hard to do within a budget, for sure.
(BLEEP). I'm just haemorrhaging money.
It's just not where I want to be this week.
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As the Blockheads continue planning
their living and dining rooms, this week,
they're faced with an added challenge.
Tomorrow is a public holiday,
which means no power tools and no trades allowed on site.
So it's always a big push when we have a shorter week.
Plus, we have such a big space.
It's frantic.
A lot to do in here. It's huge.
Yeah.
Architect Steph has got big plans for her rooms this week,
and it all starts with switching up the floor plan,
by moving the kitchen closer to the outdoor area.
So this week, we're doing living and dining, and for the first time,
you're noticing that we've actually changed the layout.
So where you're going to see the dining room is actually
where the architect proposed for the kitchen to be.
This week's rooms set the scene for the rest of the house.
So it's a pretty big thing for us to get this week right.
Doesn't the fireplace come out here?
It's sort of wherever we want it.
The fireplace is slotted in this section in here.
The most important bits for living and dining are probably the artwork,
the couch and the fireplace.
Those are the three main hero pieces.
House Four's living and dining rooms will be separated by
a niche bench, which will include a double-sided fireplace.
Dining side will feature a large rug,
eight-seater dining table and two artworks.
And the living side will include a TV,
curved couch and plenty of extra seating.
So you're happy to have TV unit on that side
and then storage on this side. Mmhmm.
Trying to get all the framing and stuff
done today so that we can insulate,
lay the floor and have windows installed on Wednesday.
So are you happy for me, first thing, I'm going to try
and get all the floor down here and then we can sort everything else.
Yeah.
A lot to do. Mondays are always, like, wild.
Like, it's kind of just like...
Ugh, Mondays. Mondays.
As well as dealing with a new room on Monday,
I've given the contestants the entire schedule up front this year,
so they will have to manage the build as a whole.
That means forward planning
and thinking about their future spaces.
And today, House One and Two's pools are going in.
Very good. Very good.
Oh, that's so exciting.
It's all happening today.
Do you want a bit?
No, I'll just get it in a minute.
With their new pool in place,
Kyle and Leslie shift their focus back to this week's rooms.
So this is the dining room.
So we've got door there, door there.
We do have the smallest living dining space.
So it was really just about how we can furnish
the space without it feeling too
over furnished and lacking of space.
The bathroom these guys presented on Sunday
was one of the smallest in Block history,
and it looks like it's the same story this week,
with their combined living and dining area
coming in at only 25.5m2, that's less than half
the size of Eliza and Liberty's in House Five.
I guess our style has been minimal from the start,
which is great because it doesn't mean
we've got to fill it with stuff, but...
It's looking tiny.
This section here is going to be our dining room.
You got a tape measure?
I can see one right there.
We've already got Christian Cole dining table
that's going to be placed in our dining room.
Because our dining table is 1800.
So I need to be able to see it in the space. On the back of our
week one win...
Kyle and Leslie!
..Scotty mentioned that Christian had offered a dining table
to one couple and was only going to make one for one couple.
So I was like, "Yes, please."
So Christian was making a custom round table for us.
He discussed the size of the table with Kyle and agreed on an 1800
because we thought that would fit beautifully in the space.
And so that was really exciting.
House One's eight-seater, custom-built Christian Cole
dining table, with inbuilt lazy Susan, is valued at $16,000
and it will be the main feature of their dining room.
They're enclosing their living room by building
a new wall to feature their TV and fireplace.
Then they'll style with a couch, coffee table and artwork.
Christian's table, I would say,
will be the hero for our dining and the arts,
the hero for our living room and together, just Bonnie and Clyde.
Are they good people, Bonnie and Clyde?
No. OK. I'll find another duo.
Let me take that back. Bill and Ted.
Thelma and Louise.
I think that's a no-good couple.
Batman and Robin.
Yeah, let's go with that.
On that note, Leslie wastes no time and is off to the shops.
So I went to Globe West because I needed dining chairs.
I think there's actually a little dining chair section over here.
Oh, these are nice.
It was really about finding the right height
and the right colours for the space as well.
You know, we're very neutral down at House One.
I think we're going to go the ivory speckle on this chair,
which is going to be stunning.
While she's out, Leslie's also decided to drop in
at Mitre 10.
185, 1410, 100mm.
I did a bit of shopping and when I got to check out,
there is a Mitre 10 claw.
For those of you playing at home, it's a skill tester,
but a Mitre 10 one for Blockheads.
Last week, I announced that the Mitre 10 claw
will be available once a week for contestants
to try their luck at winning some awesome, and not so awesome prizes.
And today, we have three contenders.
Leslie, Gian, and Liberty.
Let's see if any of them can claw a winner.
Oh.
Be good to me, Big Ted.
Give me something.
Whoa.
So I got to play, and I won a teddy.
Two and a half grand.
Thank you very much.
From Mitre 10. Thank you, Mitre 10.
Where do I cash it in?
Toss the boss.
What does that mean?
Come on, Mitre 10.
Toss the boss.
Liberty and Gian will have to flip a coin with cashier, Liam.
And if they win the toss, the entire bill from today will be covered.
Heads.
Tails. Can we do that again?
Nah, can't. Sorry, man.
Oh. You got to call it when it's in the air.
Ready? Yep.
Tails.
Hoss the boss is brutal.
The boss has won two out of two.
Sorry. That's mean.
Won! Let's go.
Back at House Five,
Eliza is still trying to wrap her head around
the huge amount of work required this week.
Today's a cooker because our room is a pile of dirt.
So for a space that already needs double the normal amount of time...
Yeah, it's frightful.
Hi, Dan. How are you, mate?
Happy Monday. Happy Monday.
We have got a huge week, living dining.
It's always massive. Massive.
A lot to do. Yeah.
Well, if you actually see right now where your dining room is...
There's nothing there. We are miles behind.
Yep. And we've got a lot of weather later in the week,
and we've got to get the true core up this week.
So talking with Nine in Six, what we can do...
Yeah. We're actually going to give some chippies
to help get this subfloor down today.
Awesome. So we're going to give a couple of chippies in there.
Let's smash it out. OK, cool.
You guys can concentrate here. Get all this done.
Amazing. Is that hitting our budget?
No, we're doing it. Amazing.
It was really good that Nine in Six could see that
yeah, there was a big obstacle in front of us,
and I think they realised that if they
didn't help us that they wouldn't be able
to complete the work that they needed to.
So we greatly appreciate them acknowledging that.
And yeah, coming in and lending a hand.
OK? Yep. All right.
Nice work, team. Thank you.
So it's my builders, Nine in Six,
to the rescue, for the sisters in House Five.
I understand that this is like, now all about time management,
trade management, planning everything to a T.
But I don't understand what's going on.
So, like, I'm relying heavily on Mark, our builder.
I don't know.
I know I'm sort of a deer in headlights.
Coming up...
Cheers. Congratulations.
Leah and Ash unleash.
She's an acquired taste, Steph.
This is fantastic.
I love the goss.
You can't all be best friends.
And what happens at the Scotty dinner stays at the Scotty dinner.
It's week five of the competition and our Blockheads have now been
both living and building in close quarters for over a month.
Oh, my god.
While relationships between neighbours began quite friendly,
the honeymoon period is well and truly over.
And cracks are beginning to show.
I feel like the dynamic between contestants
has shifted a little bit.
We were probably closer to Leah and Ash when we came in,
but we've probably grown relationships with Steph
and Gian and Leslie and Kyle now, particularly Leslie.
We love her. She's like a little mum figure to us.
And then Kristy and Brett and Leah and Ash are super close.
Can you guys leave late?
So we've still got someone to hang out with?
Yeah, dynamics definitely have shifted.
You know, Leah and Kristy have formed quite
a really close relationship, and that's great.
You can't be that close with all five couples.
I mean, you know, that's just a reality.
Everyone's different.
But we haven't gotten the chance really, to get to know Ash and Leah.
That's the bottom line.
And they've really not gotten to know us as people.
It's fair to say there's a pretty big divide
between you guys and Ash and Leah.
Yeah, I think we both just stay in our lanes.
Our friendship with House Three, you know, it's very unique.
They're connected very quickly.
They're our people. And we just love to joke and laugh.
Got to get ready for my little trip away.
Enjoy this.
Are you guys still friends or what?
Get away from those tradies.
She's such a sore loser.
I wouldn't be a sore loser if I actually lost, would I?
You did lose.
We were all close from pretty much day one, which was great.
But now we're starting to feel like
the other three houses are just not maybe
including us because they think that we
probably come as a package deal.
We hang out with House Two because they're out
and about and down for fun.
House One sticks to themselves.
House Five stick to themselves, and Steph's always about, so.
Yeah, there's a bit of a dynamic shift for sure.
I feel like it might be a Three and Two situation.
So it seems the Block is split into two camps,
Houses Two and Three on one side and house One,
Four and Five on the other.
Good to know going forward.
Got it. I got it.
Over in House Two, Leah and Ash are ready to leave
for their Ford getaway.
Just another benefit of stealing the win from House Three on Sunday.
See you later, losers.
The best perks of winning is you get to go away
for the night and have dinner with Scotty Cam.
# Country road... #
So we're off to Kyneton. Oh, my goodness.
Was nice to get away.
Kyneton is beautiful.
It's a really picturesque country town.
We checked in to a very funky motel.
Oh, this is cool.
That was sick. It was like a '60s, '50s, '60s vibe.
This is funky.
Isn't that cool?
This is a vibe, hey.
This beats The Block.
I've asked Leah and Ash to meet me at the local pub,
which houses a cocktail bar and vintage homeware store...Kabinett.
Hello, Scotty.
How are you?
We ended the day having drinks with Scotty.
Cheers. Thanks so much.
Congratulations.
Yeah. Oh, that's delicious.
So this, this is an amazing place.
It used to be a pub, but it's also a homeware store.
Do you see as you come up the stairs?
Yeah, we did see a little antique... So after a couple of cocktails,
Scotty presented us with $1,000 to go shopping at Kabinett.
Shopping time.
Thank you so much!
So Kabinett is just full of funky homewares,
beautiful glasses and all things to do with kitchen and bar.
Oh, I love these.
Look at them.
We're trying to sort of set up a bit of a bar cart in the living dining.
Nice.
So we stocked up on all things related to the bar,
which was perfect for this week.
Well, hello.
Oh, how'd you go?
Yeah. Good. Do you want another cocktail?
Because I've got Brodie to make me a new cocktail.
It's called a brown fizzy bomber.
Two of them. Two of them.
Now, the last couple of dinners I've had, Steph and Gian been with me.
Oh, yes. Wow. Confident. Are they?
Oh, yeah.
I think she's confident in absolutely everyone's style.
Really?
Tell me more.
Oh, look, I think she sort of has given me some advice.
She's giving advice.
You wouldn't believe it, would you?
Haven't asked for it.
She's an acquired taste, Steph.
She's like (BLEEP) cocktail.
This is the thing. We're in a rabbit hole.
You've got five strange couples.
And I don't mean strangers.
I just mean strange.
And we're all living together.
You can't all be best friends.
This is fantastic. I love the goss.
And what happens at the Scotty dinner stays at the Scotty dinner.
And I've got one more surprise for these guys before they leave.
Sam, our mate here. He's got a fantastic cocktail for you.
You guys are going to want this one.
Ready? Shake it up.
Oh, yes.
It's your $10,000 prize money.
Yes!
I was wondering when that would come.
Thank you, Sam. You're welcome.
Leah and Ash celebrate in style.
Kristy and Brett have also decided to treat themselves.
We are going to put on a barbecue tonight for the boys.
Yeah, a couple of waters, barbecue and...
And bond as a good team.
A winning team. A winning team.
And who's the feed for? Our workers.
Because Ash and Leah stole our trip away with their runner-up room.
They used their gnome.
So, yeah, it should have been us out with Scotty.
It would have been better company for him.
But he'll have to deal with hearing Leah go on and on.
And Ash take four hours to tell a story
so they can have that nonsense, he'll be spewing.
I bet.
There's a thread in it that you can adjust the height.
So it's...
We get along really well with our build team.
Get on it, mate.
It's going to be weird not seeing these people
every day after The Block.
Like I already miss them.
These guys do have an epic team.
They forged ahead with the build today,
despite the delay in Kristy's design plans.
Floor down on a Monday.
What a rare thing. Unheard of at our house.
Our team is really dedicated and they'll do anything
to make it happen.
They amaze me week after week.
MAN: It's almost like they've moved in.
It is almost like they've moved in.
(SNORING)
(GIGGLING)
(FARTING)
(GIGGLING)
Sam farted.
It was a public holiday on Tuesday and site was
literally a ghost town.
Public holidays are a weird feeling.
No one's coming in to work.
No one's using power tools.
Morning, Kyle. Morning.
Sounds like you're the first one up.
Yes, I did notice that this morning, there was not
a lot of movement happening around The Block.
Today's not just a public holiday.
It's also a very special occasion in House Five.
It's Eliza's birthday.
# Happy birthday to you
# Happy birthday to you... #
I'm someone who used to celebrate sort of
like birthday month, week, etcetera.
But yeah, as you get older, you kind of just want to ignore them.
So 37... We don't need to talk about it.
Because of the public holiday,
there's no builders on site today and no power tools allowed,
so everyone is keen to get off The Block and celebrate with Eliza.
OK, so given it's your birthday today,
we've all got a little bit of a surprise for you.
A massage? Not a massage.
I'm going to put a little blindfold on you
and we're going to take a little car trip.
Oh, my god.
And you won't know where we're going until we get there.
Oh, good lord. How do we feel about that?
If it's massage, or nails, or cake eating, then really good.
Pop that on. What would be worst case?
What would be your worst nightmare?
Um, the beach, getting wet.
Um, any of those things.
(ROCK MUSIC)
So I organised a little surprise for Eliza,
which was to take all the contestants down to URBNSURF.
Surprise!
Oh, good. It's a body of water.
Surfing. Fun.
Go.
So when the blindfold was taken off
and I saw this is what we were doing,
I genuinely was like, how can I get out of this?
Are we getting our nails done by the water?
Doing something like URBNSURF was my worst nightmare.
I'm not really interested in sort of bodies of water
unless I'm sitting next to them drinking a cocktail.
How good does this look?
So good.
We're practically in the Maldives.
Despite her reservations, Eliza suits up with the rest
of the Blockheads for a demo with surf coach, Sam.
So has anyone surfed before?
ALL: No, no, no.
Everyone claims they haven't had surf experience.
There are some people who just look like naturals.
Like Brett looks sort of athletic.
Ash looks like he'd surf, so I don't know whether they were lying,
but everyone reckons they don't surf.
OK, so back into your surfing stances.
G'day, Sam. How are you, mate?
G'day, Scotty. I didn't know you were coming.
Yeah, I'm here.
You were one of the best surfers we've ever seen here at URBNSURF.
Stop it. You always say that to me.
I know. I'm a superstar at surfing.
I'm not going to go in today because I don't want to embarrass you lot.
And I figured we should make it a little bit interesting.
So the best wave of the day as judged by me, 2000 bucks.
Cash.
It was Eliza's birthday, but when Scotty rocks up,
he's always going to probably throw some money at it.
So it took the experience to another level.
Everyone was desperate for a little bit of cash.
So, with a sweet incentive
up for grabs, these grommets are ready to hang ten.
I'm going to struggle to give this two grand away.
I was very reluctant to get involved in URBNSURF.
I'm a land mammal, but once I sort of got
out there and got on the first wave,
I was like, OK, this is a bit of fun.
Yeah, I really enjoyed it.
It was a lot of fun.
Look, I don't know if surfing's for me.
Waves just kept coming.
I just couldn't catch a break.
I honestly can't feel anything.
But Ash looked like he was getting the hang of it pretty quickly.
Pumped a few out.
Ash doing very well.
My money was on us.
I've seen not much co-ordination throughout the other teams.
We both got up on our first wave.
Kristy just popped up and started cutting waves.
Didn't miss a step.
Here comes Kristy again.
Very stylish.
I feel like I was really good.
Actually surprised myself.
I thought I did OK of a job.
Surprised me, too.
You were good from the start.
I took a bit of time to get into it.
Gian is absolutely hopeless.
My first wave, I had a massive wipeout, like copped a face,
like up the nose, in the mouth, every orifice of water.
And I was like, I think I'm done here.
But I was like, no, come on, don't be a quitter.
Very, very slowly,
I sort of, like, worked my way up to a standing position.
Eliza finally standing up.
I reckon I was pretty good, to be honest, on the waves.
I really enjoyed it. I had a ball.
Liberty looking good.
We love getting off The Block with everyone,
like seeing that other side that you
don't really get to see when people are
going gung-ho during the week on site.
At first I was really angry about what Lib had created here
today because she knows that this is not something
I would enjoy doing and it's my birthday and you
like to do things you enjoy on your birthday.
But now I'm really grateful.
Anything that pushes me to do something I wouldn't normally do,
I need to just run with.
And then you just feel so rewarded and fulfilled afterwards.
And that's how I feel now, so...
After a busy morning in the water at URBNSURF,
the Blockheads and I are now checking out
the onsite bar by Three Blue Ducks,
and I've arranged a special birthday treat for Eliza.
Scotty was kind enough to bring a birthday cake. Cheesecake!
A cheesecake. My favourite.
Hip, hip, hooray!
To be fair, I'm into any kind of cake. Make a wish.
I also need to announce the winner of today's two grand
prize for the person I think rode the best wave.
Some of you had never surfed before.
That was pretty obvious.
So for style and for longevity of waves, it goes to...
Kristy.
I won! Yes. I'm so excited.
Ring the bell. Yes.
So it's my first challenge that I won.
Kristy Slater is what she goes by now.
And I've also got another award.
For most improved.
So $500 to the birthday girl. Yes!
Do you know what, that means a lot.
Because I wanted to give up and I didn't.
And so power to me.
Totally.
Thank you so much.
After a huge day off site...
It's now time for everyone to return to The Block.
(SNORING)
So we come back to The Block, rooted.
She's dead asleep.
Surfing really takes it out of you.
Oh, (BLEEP) a brick.
Oh, days.
So exhausted.
I walked in the front door and my mum and dad
and sister greeted me with a bottle of bubbles.
Happy birthday!
Oh, my god.
It was a lot. It was overwhelming.
It was shocking. It's not something my family do.
Shake up bottles of expensive champagne
and throw them on you to greet you.
But it was a nice little birthday treat.
And I think from now on, that's how we should do all our family reunion.
Have a look at what we look like.
That's lovely. Purple suits you.
That was a good time for them to visit because it wasn't mayhem.
You reckon they just got the wrong idea of what The Block's like?
It was very calm.
It was very, very quiet.
Because of the public holiday.
So kitchen's there and living is out there.
So this yesterday, this was all a pile of dirt.
Oh really? It was nice to have them there.
We showed them around and they were pretty, like flabbergasted
at what we'd achieved.
Oh, wow. I love that.
That looks amazing.
Isn't it amazing? Oh, well done.
What is that?
Moss.
What does that do?
It's air purifying. You don't have to water it.
It was just something a bit different because,
like, look how plain the room is.
It's different.
And what do you think of the moss wall?
I really liked it. I thought it was different, innovative.
I loved it, actually.
Something different.
Marty particularly hated it.
This area of absolute sheer disaster.
He was pretty harsh in his comments.
Well, that's not helpful.
Not hot for Marty Fox?
Not from what I hear that he says.
I think the girls would be more grateful for constructive feedback.
Yeah. Who's Marty Fox?
He's the real estate guy.
It's our parent's worst nightmare for us to be on a reality TV show.
But I think seeing all this, they're like, OK, this is kind of cool.
Really proud of those girls.
Can't believe what they're doing.
No experience.
Incredible.
And you guys weren't super excited about the idea
of them coming to join us on a reality TV show?
We had some concerns. Not initially.
It will be entertaining. We're not idiots.
You're not supportive of it, then?
Why, are you worried we'll embarrass you?
Because of the stress we knew they would be under
and the fact that they didn't have a lot of experience.
But I think we are reassured, having been here today and seeing...
It's a big difference, seeing it all,
it's fantastic.
Are you genuinely surprised at like what we've done?
I am so surprised.
This is amazing, isn't it?
Isn't it so strange? So strange, especially in this room...
This is going to be our living room next week.
Like where the couch is.
Today actually ended up being a really cool day.
Thank you for coming.
Happy birthday, Eliza.
Happy birthday.
Thank you so much, everyone.
Great birthday.
Building the biggest family rooms ever
pushes the Blockheads...
I'm frustrated.
To make big mistakes...
I see this, living, dining,
and I'm like; it's too small!
I'm happy with how it is.
Do you want to sell your house?
break big rules...
That's not the way we do it.
On The Block, you go and build to regulation right?
- Yeah - Then we inspect.
(GROANS) He just gave me so much 'tude.
and the sisterhood...
That's just the beginning and the end of it.
hits...
We're not gonna sell the house!
That's it, I've had enough.
breaking point.
Is this a new low for me?