SCOTT CAM: Welcome back to The Block.
It's final bathroom and redo room week.
You're naive if you think a week on The Block
is going to be easy
because it never, ever is.
BRETT: How good's this!
What a week it's been. KRISTY: Oh, my god.
(LESLIE CRIES) There's been tears...
"Don't forget your bathers."
..there's been laughter...
Oh! Jesus, that's hard.
(LAUGHTER)
..and there's been a big old blow-up between house two and house three.
ASH: It's been two weeks and you look through us.
Grow up? Are you serious, Ash? 120,000% serious.
This week was eye-opening.
What do I want from you?
I want nothing from you! You want a vote from me, mate.
Yes, it's in regards to a particular person who will be, uh, unnamed.
(WHISPERS) Kirsty.
(SHOUTS) Who cares! I don't have to talk to you!
Psycho! (LAUGHS)
Tonight... DARREN: Awesome.
..teams reveal their final inside spaces for the season...
I love this bathroom. It's stunning.
..but getting there is going to be a challenge.
"I don't know how to put this nicely.
"You're not leaving until this works."
And with two gnomes in play, it's anyone's game.
LESLIE: We're probably gonna have a gnome-off.
Did you just burp? No.
Oh, gross!
(IMPISH LAUGHTER)
(GULLS CRY) (THUNDER CRACKS)
# We're jammin'... #
It's one of the busiest weeks on the Block,
with our teams taking on their final bathroom and redo rooms.
# Oooh, yeah... #
PRODUCER: Alright. First up, week in a sentence.
What have you got for me?
Mmm...
This week was a disaster.
SCOTT: A disaster indeed.
But don't just take Kristy and Brett's word for it.
Aido, we've come across an absolute disaster.
What's going on? Have a look.
You see, the disaster actually started back in week one
when the judges unleashed on house three's first bathroom.
I think they need to get really clear
on what direction they're trying to achieve,
whether it's contemporary shaker, industrial or Moroccan.
So that's why Kristy and Brett have decided to make it
this week's redo room.
So, we didn't want to change too much, just the back wall,
which was the feature wall.
Unfortunately for former tiler Brett,
when he's pulled off the tiles for that back feature wall,
he may have also compromised the waterproofing membrane.
What we thought we were doing
was we were keeping the membrane intact on the edges.
Our waterproofer was happy to mend into that.
AIDAN: Uh-huh.
Well, I think maybe that was on us.
We thought it was a small job.
I actually don't know what to say.
Um...
I'll get in there and have a bit of a better look but...
I guess we should've spoke to a few waterproofers.
And now Aidan from Nine In Six needs to assess
to see if house three can proceed with their redo bathroom.
DAN: Mate, that's a 30-grand mistake right there.
It's kind of like that thing, though, with the stumping.
You pull up the floor and you don't know what you get.
If you're gonna pull up tiles,
you don't exactly know what's gonna be behind there
and if you want to do it right, you do it right.
PRODUCER: Well, you do know what's gonna be behind it
because you put it there a few weeks ago.
So it is what it is.
(KYLE HUMS)
Last night was long but it was productive.
It got to, I don't know, midnight, 1:00
and we pretty much embraced the fact that we weren't gonna be sleeping.
PRODUCER: What are you up to, Kyle?
I'm just collecting all of the items
that Leslie needs to style the bathroom.
SCOTT: House one's final bathroom
is located on the first floor opposite the master bedroom,
while their redo room
is their controversial ground-level living room.
A lounge room should not be 3m x 3m in a four-bedroom house.
This could actually lose them the auction.
So Kyle and Leslie are taking on the judges' feedback
and have decided to knock out a wall and open up their living room area,
which is a bloody big job.
It feels like a marathon
and it is literally like getting through that, you know...
it's like a k to go and you just gotta push through.
It's a ride.
Hold onto your panties! (SNORTS)
ASH: Oh, no.
LEAH: I just got you 15 more litres.
Nope.
PRODUCER: Did you think this week was gonna be simple?
No.
To complete the bathroom, we need to have plumbing fit-off,
a whole wall needs to get tiled, grouted,
the shower screen doors need to be installed.
House two's bathroom is located on the first floor
adjacent to their master ensuite
and after receiving some constructive criticism...
We don't have one single bedroom on the ground floor.
..Leah and Ash have decided to convert their WFH space
into a WTF fourth bedroom.
We're gonna make this look SO good.
Hey, guys. It's me, Eliza.
We are on the home stretch with our kids' bathroom
and coming to you live from the toilet.
Eliza and Liberty's final bathroom is for the kids
and is located on the first floor,
while their redo room is their studio space
that overlooks the pool out the back.
We got some pretty harsh feedback from Marty Fox...
I think the styling is so bad
that had it have been empty, I would've been happier.
..so we're hoping that it can only be up from here.
But honestly, our builders are amazing.
So, Chris and Robbie from Build One,
brothers, they just step up whenever we need them.
They make us feel good, really comfortable.
Like us, they're sort of, like, chalk and cheese.
Mmm. They balance each other out.
PRODUCER: Who's the chalk and who's the cheese?
I'm cheese. Cheese, obviously.
STEPH: Hi, babe. GIAN: Hello.
How you going? Good.
How's it all going in here? Yeah, good.
I woke up a little bit earlier this morning
to make a start on our undercoat for this room,
just before everyone comes in to fit off and stuff like that, so...
So, this week we did the kids' bathroom.
SCOTT: House four's Jack and Jill bathroom
is located on the first floor,
tucked between their perfect-score 30-out-of-30 kids' rooms,
although one room the judges did not rate highly
was house four's week eight master ensuite.
SHAYNNA: It just doesn't work. It doesn't feel right.
And even though it is filled with texture, it lacks soul.
MARTY: I honestly feel like I'm in a quarantine facility.
I hate it.
Well, let's hope the changes
Steph and Gian are making to their redo room
don't go down the toilet this week.
We're obviously a bit, you know, traumatised by bathrooms
but granted, we're growing on the show.
Not height-wise. Not height-wise.
We're still short. We're still very short.
So now that we've established there's a mountain of work to do
for all our teams in just over 24 hours,
I reckon this morning might be a good time
to kick our Blockheads a bit of a curveball.
PRODUCER: You need to get ready. Why?
Where are we going?
But it's not a challenge?
(BLEEP)
PRODUCER: Hey, guys. I hate to do this to you.
LEAH: We went to bed at 4:30am...
You guys are gonna have to get up.
(BLEEP). We are (BLEEP).
Something's happening today.
It better not be physical because I'm done with the physical stuff.
Like, I'm so done with breathing in cold air.
So done.
SCOTT: Sorry, Leah.
Welcome to Caulfield Park,
home of today's CommBank penalty shootout challenge.
Morning. CONTESTANTS: Morning.
Don't you look spectacular! (LAUGHTER)
OK.
You need some more cash
to get through the final two weeks on The Block.
I could just give it to you but that's not my style.
No, no, no, no. (LAUGHTER)
We're gonna play for it.
I have got 5,000 bucks on offer from CommBank
and two legit Matildas, Chloe and Elise.
Give them a round of applause. (APPLAUSE)
They're some of the best soccer players in the world.
All you've gotta do is score a couple of goals through them.
(LAUGHTER) Easy, right?
Girls, that's gonna be easy, isn't it, for them?
Absolutely not, Scotty. No chance.
(LAUGHTER) There'll be no goals today.
Super competitive. No goals today!
So, how about you and I spectate over there
and we'll bring in a couple of blokes as goalies
that you've always wanted to kick in the balls...
I mean, kick balls at.
(LAUGHTER) Goalies, where are you?
# Jitterbug... # (MAN LAUGHS)
Here they come. # Jitterbug... #
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) # Jitterbug... #
ASH: Keith and Dan come running out with all that soccer kit on.
The shorts were a little bit disturbing.
Hello, mate.
Rightio.
All you've gotta do is kick a goal through these blokes
and you get 1,000 bucks.
Nice.
We've got five grand. First five goals, game's over.
You ready to go? LEAH: Yep.
BRETT: I love my soccer.
Better watcher of it than player
but still, it's nice to tee off some fast-paced kicks at the foremen.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Siuuuu!
I scored the first goal of the day.
Goal secured 1,000 bucks.
KEITH: That was yours. DAN: That was your side.
That was yours!
I'm pretty keen on soccer
because I was actually the captain of our under-12s soccer team,
so it takes me back.
Under-12s premiership.
I was, like, "I'm just gonna smash it."
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I know my way around balls. Take from that what you will.
CONTESTANTS: Come on, Lib.
I know how to handle every sort of ball.
STEPH: Come on, Lib.
Every shape, size.
SCOTT: Take a deep breath.
# Woman You know you're a woman
# You've got to be a woman... # (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I just know how to handle balls.
BOY: Come on, Gian.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, yes!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
MAN: Two from two, Brett.
ONLOOKERS: Oh!
Um... Just want to formally apologise to Keith.
The deflection off of Dan on my second kick
smashed Keith straight in the face.
(DRAMATIC OPERA MUSIC PLAYS)
ONLOOKERS: Oh!
So... Wrong foreman.
Yep. (LAUGHS)
(KEITH LAUGHS)
DAN: Mate, we saved it. All good.
Hey, it's a good save. Yeah! (LAUGHS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SCOTT: Rip it in.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
LEAH: Go, Lize.
Am I on here?
MAN: Go, Eliza.
Balls are not my strength.
(DAINTY CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS)
I brought shame on the sport of soccer
and I apologise to the Matildas for that.
Congratulations, teams.
Now, how much did we win, because it was very confusing.
How much did you guys win? One.
Two.
One. Two.
Oh... Congratulations. Yes. Well done.
A big thankyou to CommBank for the $8,000...
I made that up on the spot. I thought we needed some more money.
A big thankyou to the Matildas and a big thankyou to the crowd.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Now, you guys got your 8,000 bucks.
CommBank are huge supporters of not only the Matildas
but also right down to grassroots level.
The Maccabi Football Club here that's hosted us is a grassroots club
and they would like to donate $5,000 to the club
to help spruce up the female change room facilities.
Nice. Nice.
Big round of applause for that. (APPLAUSE)
OK. That's enough fun. Get back to the Block. See you.
# Control yourself Take only what you need from it... #
Back to the challenge
and our Blockheads still have a ton of work to do before tools down
in 20 hours.
Hello. Hey. How did you go?
We won two k. That's alright.
Got a goal each. Very nice.
Hoot!
Kristy and Brett's main focus this week is their upstairs bathroom,
which sits at the front of the house, tucked between their two kids' rooms.
Their redo room is their week one studio bathroom,
which you may remember was heading towards being a disaster.
So how's that redo room going, builder Dan?
This is (BLEEP).
So, we will not be presenting the redo room.
KRISTY: Nine In Six come in and said
actually the waterproof on the sides could potentially be compromised,
so you need to replace all of the shower tiles.
All the sheets are damaged,
so I feel like we've almost got to come to this point,
that point back, rip it all out.
So we're pretty down in the dumps that we can't reveal our redo room.
Well, in true Block tradition,
when times are tough and the chips are down,
you can do one of several things.
You can knuckle down and fix the problem
or you can do what Kristy and Brett did last night
and just go to the footy.
Quick end of the day here.
Shout out Channel Nine. That's good.
I think it would've been...
So, dammed if you do, dammed if you don't.
Everyone's got their genius ideas now that it's done
and they're all presenting to me...
Like, "Hey, shut up. Don't care." (LAUGHS)
There may have been better ways to do it.
This is the practice we went down
and we'll just wear it as a team and it is what it is.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
SCOTT: We're at the pointy end of the week
and our Blockheads will need to dig deep
if they're going to get out of the massive gaping hole
known as final bathroom and redo room week.
# This is why I don't leave the house
# You said the coast is clear but you won't catch me out
# Oh, why?
# This is why... #
Doing two rooms we always knew was gonna be hard
and I think it's just gonna get harder now.
It sure is.
But it doesn't help that we're ten weeks in
and some contestants still don't understand industry measurements.
Are you able to ring Reece,
find out if we can get any smaller hand towel rail holders?
We can't have it off-centre. It's just gonna look like...
But how much off-centre?
100mm.
Chrisso. 10cm.
Remember, no-one does centimetres. Millimetres.
I know, but I have to understand it in centimetres.
Because I have to do it against a ruler in my head.
But everyone's rulers are millimetres.
No. No.
I understand that the building world works off millimetres.
I've never been in the building world.
The rest of the world uses centimetres.
To me, I think, school, maths, rulers, 30cm.
I can picture 30cm.
That's what you're taught in school.
You're given a ruler that's 30cm
and you just go by that for the rest of your life
and I find that every tape measure that I've ever used...
and I've not used many but they're all in centimetres.
I wholeheartedly agree.
You can just tell me and I don't need to process it.
It's only when I need to picture things
that you need to put it in centimetres.
So... (DRILL WHINES)
I get it. Like, I've asked the question a few times.
It's because you can be way more specific.
There's a lot of zeros.
And then sometimes they do metres.
Is it 2,600 or 26-hundred or 2.6?
That's metres, so that's confusing.
You don't talk that in millimetres. Yeah, you do.
You do, 'cause if you went down to the tradies down there
and go, "210cm," they'll be, like...
Oh, god. Alright.
I feel like it goes centimetres, inches, millimetres.
That's, like, you know, six-foot something...
Oh, that's feet.
Centimetres, inches, feet,
millimetres.
PRODUCER: When are you generally using inches?
(LAUGHS) Six-inch...
(JACKHAMMER POUNDS)
SCOTT: Uh, let's maybe check in with Leah and Ash
and see how house two are placed with this week's rooms.
I think we're basically on track for our bathroom and our redo room.
Bathroom's just, like, chugging along.
All the trades that need to finish that off have been in there
and they've worked out their little schedule for the day.
Right now, the tilers are finishing off one wall.
Plumbers are fitting off.
As soon as that's done, the glass will go in
and the electricians will wrap it up.
And painting's all finished.
# I'm bringing sexy back... #
Sexy bath is upstairs being slotted into place.
# Yeah! #
Yeah.
Mmm, it's divine.
Well, one thing that's not divine are our Blockheads' budgets.
They're tighter than a... Insert Block-appropriate euphemism here.
And even though CommBank gave each team $250,000
at the start of the season,
it still only works out to be about 20 grand per room,
which is barely enough.
That's why room wins are so important to top up cashflow.
So, as baths go in, I'm over checking out budgets with Jo from Finance.
Jo, how are we looking? We've got some Xero action.
JO: Yes, we do have some Xero action, Scotty.
Kyle and Leslie I wouldn't mind chatting through.
They haven't had as many wins as the other couples.
No, no. Well, they've only had the one and a challenge, I think...
Yeah. ..along the way, yeah.
Exactly. So their budget's been 290 all up...
Mmm.
..which is a lot less than some of the others.
So, depending on how much they spend this week
will determine their cashflow for their outdoor spaces.
Well, Jo, I mean, I don't understand
how they're not across their budgets with this tool.
It's amazing. It is.
Most of them are completely across it using Xero,
so that's awesome to see.
Yeah. OK. They're across it. They just don't have money.
Yes. Correct. (LAUGHS)
Well, even though their budget is cooked...
LESLIE: You have that one.
It's a bit toasty. KYLE: Oh, right.
..at least house one know how to do lunch on a budget
because over at McCafe,
our Charming Street neighbours are throwing a fundraiser
for a local community centre.
Yeah, we've got a community barbecue on at the moment,
so I'm gonna give my donation... (BEEP)
catch up with my neighbours and, yeah...
(BEEP) feed my face.
Thank you very much for that, Adrian.
Speaking of sausages, house four have a snag of their own.
Midweek, pre-tiles.
We gave our shower screen installer some measurements
so he could work out the hinge cut-outs
for the toilet and the shower in the kids' bedroom.
I ordered the glass, got it delivered...
MAN: Just won't close.
It didn't fit.
It's literally that tile. That last tile.
And this was, like, the last detail to put on and it didn't fit by 3mm.
Jack came in, Adrian, Cursio came in.
Steph and I just basically looked at each other
and we're, like, "This has to work."
3mm. You need 3mm. Yeah, probably it's gotta be...
Under 3mm.
The tile would need to be shaved all the way down to the edge of this...
But before they shave down the shower tiles,
builder Jack has an idea to shave back the shower door hinge.
I could've cut this an hour ago. Yeah.
Do it. Let's do it. Let's go.
No, not cut it, just polish the back bit...
I said this an hour ago. Polish... Yeah.
In an ideal world, you would measure the opening for a shower screen
when tiles are on and everything is ready.
Looking back, we really should've had bigger tolerance
with the shower screen.
It should've been probably a little more in.
Alright. (DRILLS)
It's still touching.
Yeah.
So we told the shower screen installer, Josh,
"I don't know how to put this nicely
"but you're not leaving until this works."
(TOOLS WHINE)
We shaved back some of the tile to make it flush.
I reckon we tried to fit it about 20 times.
(DRILLS)
Do you want me to hold on this one for you or...?
No, no, you're right, man.
If you need something, you let me know.
That's it. Yeah?
And we finally got it. It was a big moment.
STEPH: Oh, how good! (ALL CHEER)
We've done it!
And as all of our houses worked tirelessly into the night...
(CRICKETS CHIRP)
..uh, sorry...
(SNORING)
..as most of our houses worked tirelessly into the night...
(ROOSTER CROWS)
..dawn arrives in the blink of an eye.
We just have to paint the skirts, hang some paintings,
put some doors on - doors and handles.
And then that's it.
PRODUCER: How's spirits, mate?
BRETT: Oh, completely over it.
I'm here because I'm telling myself I need to be here.
(LAUGHS)
Other than that, the spirits are low.
KRISTY: We're just...
We're gonna have to leave them a note and...
Yeah. Super disappointing.
I do like the changes that we made going with the black,
so I think it already makes an immediate difference.
I think it's gonna be worth it in the long run.
LIBERTY: Yeah, the final minutes,
we were racing from the studio to the bathroom.
We still are doing stuff right up until the last minute
because you just...
You don't want to walk away early
thinking there might be one more crumb on the floor.
('WHOLE LOTTA LOVE' BY IKE & TINA TURNER PLAYS)
# You need cooling
# Baby, I'm not fooling
# I'm gonna send you, yeah Back for some schooling
# Way down inside, honey, yeah... #
Oh... (HUMS) # I know you need it... #
# I'm gonna give you my love, oh I'm gonna give you my love
# Oh...
# 'Cause I want a whole lotta love
# I want a whole lotta love... #
Time. (WHISTLES) Tools down!
Oh... Another one down. You did it!
Well done. Alright.
Good job. Good job.
How stressful. Very.
Very stressful.
Such a shame that we didn't finish this room
because I think that bathroom upstairs
would've had a crack this week.
Yeah, I agree. Let's just present the one.
Yep. It is what it is. Yes.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
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.
SCOTT: It's judgement day
for our Blockheads' final bathroom and redo rooms.
# The shallower it grows The shallower it grows
# The fainter we go Into the fade-out line... #
Hello, Scotty. Hello.
Hello, Scotty.
Oh, once again, you all look spectacular.
Good evening... (CLEARS THROAT)
(LAUGHTER) It's not a good start.
Good evening, everybody. Welcome back.
CONTESTANTS: Hey, Scotty.
Ten weeks down, two to go. ASH: Crazy, mate.
What? LEAH: Oooh.
This coming week, you've got your backyards with your pools
and then after that, the following week, you've got your front yards,
your facades and your garage, the all-important street appeal.
It turns out that the swimming pool is ranked number one on Domain
when people are looking at houses in Hampton.
Mmm.
How lucky are you to have a bunch of plungies in your backyard!
Yes. It's fantastic.
But what you do with it will be crucial to winning this competition.
That Domain property data also tells us
that homes in the area with garages sell for significantly higher prices,
so save some money in your budget, whack it into the garage,
fit it out really nice
and then you can have somewhere to plug in your Ford Mustang
when you win it.
(LAUGHTER) That'll be a great day.
You don't have to keep it in the garage.
You can take it home. Oooh.
Speaking of Ford, of course,
we've got another 10,000 bucks up for grabs tonight
for the team that delivers the best bathroom and the best redo room.
Now, Neale Whitaker was back on deck this week...
Oh!
..with Darren and Shaynna. Lovely.
Oh, what a shame Marty's not with us. LIBERTY: Yeah.
Such a shame.
Wait till you hear what Neale has to say.
(LAUGHTER) LEAH: Oooh.
They're gonna let us know what they thought about your efforts right now
with some feedback.
# Would you lie to me? #
('LIE TO ME' BY VERA BLUE PLAYS)
House one, Kyle and Leslie. Here we go.
This week was rewarding.
That's what I was gonna say. Oh, was it?
Our redo room was living-dining.
It was too small and we copped a lot of criticism for it.
NEALE: I've got this overwhelming urge to push this wall away.
And that's the plan at the moment.
You can have your curved wall. Dougie's all approved it.
Yay! We're doing it.
At Reece today I selected my vanity.
Oh, Nicky, thank you so much for your help.
It was an absolute pleasure. Oh, my god...
Good luck. I hope you win. Thank you so much.
So, this week, we might not have to use the gnome.
What would be absolutely perfect for this whole obstacle course
is if we had a live audience.
Opens the doors.
Oh... Oh... Oh... (CRIES)
KYLE: And our family runs out. (SQUEALS)
It's such a journey and you possibly won't ever spend this amount of time
away from your kids again.
Yeah. Yeah, it was special.
I think the redo room... We've had the most dramatic...
Transformation.
..transformation, I would say,
because it is a structural transformation.
Yeah.
The redo room is gonna blow the judges away.
# I keep on slipping away
# I keep on Keep on slipping away... #
Alright.
The judges walked into your redo room and couldn't stop smiling.
Solved. It's stunning.
Neale thinks everything makes sense now
with your living and dining room space.
I remember I was here the week that we judged this previously
and it just felt so enclosed.
Now this feels generous and open.
As you know, the judges have been talking about planning issues
with your house for weeks...
I didn't notice that. Have they been talking about that?
(LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) I noticed.
(LAUGHS)
As you know, the judges have been talking about planning issues
with your house for weeks and Darren admitted...
I was, like, "I don't know.
"I do not know how you're going to fix this
"but it's important that you do
"because if you don't, you won't sell your house."
OK. Well, they took that on board.
But he still had one small criticism.
He feels there is still a transition issue between the table and the sofa.
It is a bit of a... Yeah.
..blockade against these openings.
But this all works really, really well.
And walking into this space, walking along that curved wall
and that lovely Porta mouldings... Mmm.
..and landing here with that gigantic TV and a great fireplace,
it does feel like the proportions required of a house of this size.
# Heart confetti from a Coldplay show
# And a handwritten love note
# You left at the foot of my bed... #
This is the first time in a long time
that I feel their floor plan and their aesthetic
have finally come together.
I mean, now it's feeling like a really comfortable sitting area.
It feels beautiful.
OK. Onto your bathroom upstairs.
KYLE: I feel like our bathroom this week
is well and truly as good if not better
than what took out master ensuite.
# In a perfect world
# You'd be by my side for the night... #
Oooh. It's so warm.
That's hot. That's super cool.
I love it. Wow.
So this is essentially a kids' bathroom.
Oh, OK. Yeah.
It's quite fancy. Very grown-up for a kids' bathroom.
Mmm.
I love the fact it's a small space
and they've been able to fit a vanity and put the basin to the side
to give more bench space, a bath, a toilet, a shower,
so they've been able to fit everything in here.
But...
Well, I'm just... There's a couple of things.
Shaynna did wonder if there's enough space upstairs
that you could've built a separate toilet.
Because when you first walk in, it's all about the toilet
and then also the way the bath has been placed,
your head goes at that end,
so every night you have a bath,
you're looking at the toilet instead of...
Mmm.
..that end, where you can look at that beautiful view. Yeah.
I don't know if there'd be many bathrooms
where you couldn't see the toilet from the bath.
(LAUGHTER) Yeah.
That'd be a bit tough, wouldn't it?
If you close your eyes, you can't see it, so...
You're in the bloody bathroom. You can face the other way.
(LAUGHS) (LAUGHTER)
They've got the space for a separate toilet
off that landing area.
Neale thinks if the brief was to create the bathroom for young people,
then it's moderately successful.
"It's very nice but it's not grabbing me."
You know, I would leave this bathroom
and probably forget the detail,
other than this.
Basically, every inclusion here is absolutely spot-on.
It's just where it's put. Mmm.
And it's the same issue that we've had over and over and over
with Kyle and Leslie.
They make great decisions and then put them in the wrong place.
Shaynna went a bit harder.
She thinks you had ten weeks to plan the room correctly,
so it's not like there wasn't time.
They could've been ahead of the game
and I feel like that this bathroom suffers
because the fact is you open the door
and if you're in that bedroom across the landing and your door's open,
you're looking straight at someone on the toilet.
Mmm. We're in week ten.
But that shouldn't be happening. It just shouldn't be happening.
That's it.
KYLE: Why does our bathroom...
You're not allowed to have a toilet and a bath in the same room
but everyone else can have a fricken toilet and bath
in the same room?
I'm like, what... I don't understand.
There's nowhere else upstairs to put a toilet.
In the hallway... Oh...
Above the stairs. Mezzanine toilet. Oh.
Taking a (BLEEP) over the mezzanine. (LAUGHS)
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
# You are my strange addiction
# You are my strange addiction... #
OK. House two.
PRODUCER: A week in a sentence.
Both eyes are open...
# And they can see clearly now the rain has gone... #
This week, the redo room, we chose to do our work-from-home space
and convert it into a bedroom.
So we have no cabinetmaker for this week.
And everything hinges on the robes.
They need to go in. Yep.
We have to convert this to a bedroom.
PRODUCER: Are you worried? Very worried.
LEAH: For the last couple of weeks, Kristy's been ignoring me.
ASH: And me.
Yeah, and it was just starting to just get to us.
It's been two weeks and you look through us.
Grow up? Are you serious, Ash? 120,000% serious.
You're bring a (BLEEP)wit, Ash.
The kids went straight into our kids' rooms
and, oh, they put them all to the test.
Everybody sit down. And ready for the show.
PRODUCER: What a week. What a week.
Now, is the gnome gonna get played?
(GASPING)
Maybe I'll go around to everyone individually and get a vote.
Will you play it? I don't think we need to.
I reckon we're in a good position to, like, take it out
because we've pretty much taken everything the judges have said
from that... Yeah.
..first judging night and rectified literally everything they said.
Our redo room, it's really cosy and I think it's well-proportioned.
Yeah, this bedroom feels more our house.
Leah and Ash, the first time you delivered this room,
you will remember the rain that damaged the ceiling.
The judging that week was also as harsh as the weather.
But as the judges walked in the front room on this sunny morning today,
they immediately loved the changes.
Mmm.
Hallelujah!
# So there you are, my love... #
Shaynna went on to say this is a huge success.
It was all green, dark... Mmm.
There was a desk, there was no carpet.
It was of a different era that didn't match the house.
Right. And it's cosy too.
It feels beautiful in here. Love that fireplace.
Gorgeous. I'm so glad they left it.
Like, the amount of money in that fireplace...
But it just looks stunning. It makes this quite grand.
I just think it's gorgeous.
Shaynna scored your lounge room and dining room very highly
and she now thinks this room really complements
those two spaces in particular.
This just didn't match.
You know, the fact this belongs to the house now, this is perfect.
Darren said he feels totally vindicated.
We were steadfast that this was the wrong use for this room.
It is definitively clear that this should have been a bedroom.
This is absolutely supposed to be a bedroom
and is one and works very well.
Yeah. I hate to say I told you so.
Darren will always love to tell you "I told you so"
and he normally does it with his shirt off...
(LAUGHTER) ..if you've seen his Instagram...
"Oops, forgot my shirt again."
(LAUGHTER)
You don't hate saying that at all. No, I really love it.
You love saying that you told them so.
I really quite like it, yeah.
And, look, they've actually got wardrobes where the cupboards were.
They were just shelves before.
What have we got in here? Just very rudimentary.
Neale thinks this is not just a good bedroom, it's a great bedroom.
Presenting it as a bedroom obviously is a sensible thing to do
but it's also a very generous bedroom.
It's quite a stately size, isn't it?
I love it. I absolutely love it.
Look at your sunny disposition. No, no, I'm very happy in here.
I'm radiant. Look at you.
Radiant. Radiant.
That's me. Let's go see the bathroom.
LEAH: I think this is probably one of our most simple bathrooms.
There's no curves, there's no crazy tiling.
I just think it's incredibly practical.
# Yeah, you know I'm feeling like I just need to feed my brain
# Got to lose my cool
# Got to lose my cool... #
You guys have delivered room after room
with a bold and brave colour palette.
And Neale was almost shocked.
So I think I was expecting to step into something
that was a little more saturated and a little bit more playful.
It's not a criticism. Mmm.
I'm just surprised that this is so muted.
I really love it. I absolutely love it.
I love the choice of bath. I think the layout works.
That is a bath you want to lay in.
That's a bath you don't feel squashed up against a corner.
It feels so elegant and so designer!
I love those tiles at the back. Yeah, so do I.
They've really done lots of different marble and textures
and I love this floor tile with it.
I think the floor tile is magic.
Darren noticed the horizontal towel rails.
# Gonna make some space for myself... #
You have horizontal towel rails... Yes!
..for the first time in any bathroom this entire season.
That deserves a dance, guys. OK. Alright. Well, that's good.
He said, "Brilliant idea. Finally."
He probably also said "I told you so."
Yeah.
They've all been used vertically
and it's been driving us bananas the whole time.
Yeah.
But this is how you use them horizontally.
And they still function to heat up your towels.
That's great. Yeah.
Great to lean on too like I'm doing now.
There was, however, a bit of debate around your basins.
What do we think of these? I'm not sure about them.
They look like sort of public drinking fountains.
They do... (LAUGHS)
They're quite mini ones, aren't they?
Well, now is the time where I say I love them.
Do you love them? Yeah. Like, LOVE them.
I can't decide. It's all about the action, OK?
So you go like this to splash your face.
Yes. Right.
Mess everywhere.
And I think it's the fact that the shaving cabinet should be inset.
It gives you more room. And the spout is too long.
Darren summed up by saying the room ticks all the boxes.
It's not a perfect room but it's not far off it.
It functions beautifully... Yeah.
..but it also looks gorgeous and it fits the rest of the house.
SHAYNNA: Leah and Ash know how to make a statement.
Yeah, they do, don't they? Yeah.
That's it. LEAH: Thank you.
Kristy and Brett. BRETT: Mmm.
This week obviously didn't turn out quite how you planned it.
Not at all.
Well, Darren walked in and said...
Nope.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
# You-ou-ou-ou-ou
# You never want to say goodbye-eye-eye... #
OK. Kristy and Brett.
Mmm.
PRODUCER: So are you guys OK? Mmm.
Yeah.
It's like when you are finishing a job and you've got two weeks notice.
Are you gonna finish that two weeks notice?
(LAUGHS) It feels like that a lot.
So, starting off the week, getting our redo room,
being another, like, bathroom, we looked at that, like, "Great.
"This actually works out in our favour."
We are looking to make quite a few changes to the first bathroom.
Business as usual, considering we win bathrooms.
Site barbie, house three. Site barbie.
KEITH: Now, Brett, I'm not sure that you're aware,
we are actually on a renovating show.
I seem to be a better cook.
I don't know, I'm not really here to build a house.
PRODUCER: What are you here for? A bit of fun.
# Hi-ho, hi-ho, off to (BLEEP) I go... #
There's a Mustang up for grabs
and I want to give Kristy and I every chance of winning it.
So now I want to propose that as my front yard.
ASH: Exactly. Exactly. You don't talk to us.
(SHOUTS) Who cares! I don't have to talk to you!
And then you only want to talk to us when you want (BLEEP).
What do I want from you? I want nothing from you!
You want a vote from me, mate.
LEAH: Are we all ready for a vote? I'm a no.
LEAH: No. Well, then, don't tile.
So I went up to my tilers and I said,
"You can waterproof for them but you're not tiling for me."
KRISTY: So, Thursday's plan is to get waterproofed,
then underfloor heating and then the tiling's gonna start.
Yeah, we are on track and I feel like we're gonna close this one out.
I think it speaks true to our character
that we still did want to put something in that bathroom,
the redo room and present what we could
with a note to explain maybe the situation to the judges
but also to execute and finish off our other room, rather than just go,
"Uh."
Well, Darren walked in and said...
Nope.
# I fooled you once and now I'll fool you twice
# I'm crawling under your skin Oh, the trouble you're in... #
Shaynna didn't even want to read the Post-It notes.
You know what, when I walk in and see a room like this...
Oooh, dear. ..and I see Post-Its like this...
When you see that amount of writing...
..they're in the bin.
I don't want to know about it. I don't want any excuses.
Darren wondered out aloud "If only they knew a good tiler."
Eh? Anybody?
Please tell me he's not a tiler. He's a tiler.
You'd think a tiler would know not to pull tiles out of a shower
that's been waterproofed
without the ability to re-waterproof the whole room
and the time to do it.
I don't understand, really.
On Friday, I saw you chipping all that stuff off.
The note from the judges on the redo room was just to do the arch.
Redo the arch.
Or, in my opinion, don't do anything
because you don't have the money, you know.
You just go, "Well, I don't have to do that.
"I can put that money elsewhere."
We didn't know that you didn't have to do a redo room.
Well, you have to do something.
You change the taps or you have to make some changes in there
to try and appease the judges.
And they mentioned in the redo room to redo the arch.
Yeah. That's where we... And that's what you had to do.
It would've taken, I don't know, two or three hours
or four hours, say, and it would've cost 500 bucks.
Mmm.
SHAYNNA: So, literally, it was all a case
they could've just put the tiles over the top.
That's all they needed to do.
And as a tiler, he would know that...
Yeah. ..they could do that, yeah.
Well, what we ended up with is a disaster...
Pretty much.
..'cause this is not the time in The Block, is it,
when you want to be faced with an extra problem like this
with just two weeks to go.
If only they were doing another bathroom this week.
Oh, wait. They were.
So they had the labour, they had the skills,
they had the knowledge not to make this mistake.
This should've been the easiest redo room on the Block.
This isn't a redo room. This is an undo room.
Ouch.
Our judges then went upstairs to the bathroom.
Hopefully some better news.
I really do like our wet room that we've put forward
and I think we would've had a decent crack this week
if we had delivered both, which really sucks.
# Leave my door open just a crack # Please take me away from here
# 'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
# Please take me away from here
# Why do I tire of counting sheep? # Please take me away from here
# When I'm far too tired to fall asleep? #
OK. Well, if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right?
This layout worked really well in their main bedroom ensuite.
It's exactly the same layout, except we have a bathtub in this one.
It worked really well in that room and it works really well here.
So they've repeated the same design. Mmm.
But like downstairs, this room isn't nearly complete.
That vanity is... Oi!
OK. Steady.
Right. (LAUGHS)
Oops.
Don't touch anything.
Yes. The toilet's not plumbed. This isn't plumbed.
I'm just sort of worried now that everything is completely unfinished.
I'm certainly not gonna touch anything
'cause I'm worried that it's all gonna come crashing down.
And almost just as these words left his mouth,
his foot kicked the doorstop... Oh...
..and it came right out of the floor. Oh, dear.
Yeah. It's... It's very... It's very unfinished.
Disappointingly unfinished.
And what they've shown us too hasn't been cleaned or...
It's so rushed.
I mean, look at the amount of dust on the floor
and, you know, on the walls.
It's chaos. It is chaos. You can feel it.
Not a great week for them, is it? No.
Brutal feedback. But that's it. BRETT: Yep. Thank you.
Well, all of those things were out of our control...
Well, besides the painting and the cleaning. But...
No, we've gotta wear that on the chin.
Well... We're gonna wear it on the chin.
But you're in control. Yeah, we are.
You are totally in control.
Yeah, we'll wear that one 100% on the chin.
Yeah. But nothing's out of your control.
It's all about getting your trades...
Like, that archway's not out of your control...
No...
..to make the decision to just do that.
100%.
I mean, Brett, you as a tiler would know, me as a carpenter know,
to strip those tiles off and get it back with the waterproofing,
it's almost impossible.
100%. Massive, massive job...
Yeah, there was... There was...
..and not something that can be done certainly when you've got two days
or three days to do it and then re-tile it...
Yeah, but I... ..at the same time.
We're ten weeks in... Yeah.
..so... You know that. Yeah, we've done it well...
We dropped the ball this week and we'll wear it.
OK. Well, just to be clear, it's not out of your hands.
# I've gotten under your skin All the trouble you're in... #
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
# Why, why, why, I feel like a million-dollar bill... #
SCOTT: Judging this week has been a real mixed bag.
That deserves a dance, guys. OK. Alright. Well, that's good.
Nope.
So, with three down and two to go, let's see how house four fares.
OK. House four. Steph and Gian.
This week, as our redo room, we redid our master ensuite.
So, this week was action-packed. Yeah, action-packed. Good one.
It's Steph and Gian. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, we woke up feeling really good, you know.
40 grand richer.
And then I thought to myself, "Actually, you know what,
"Scotty gave us another ten," so 50 grand richer.
Oh, god. Upon entering...
The skylights that had been installed by Velux...
Are not per plan. But not even in position.
Not even in the right specs. Size or space.
We can't fit 870 because there's not 870 between the rafters.
They've done their rafters differently
to what we originally said,
so we've fitted in with what they've given us.
But anyway, I had to get over it and then think, "What are we gonna do?"
Mmm.
My grandfather had taken a fall and he passed away.
He passed this morning. Aw! I'm so sorry.
That's OK.
Yeah, I know that he's proud and he actually is a big Block fan, so...
Yeah. ..I know he'll be watching.
He will.
(DING! DING! DING!)
Winners! We won.
Again.
We are the Blockout champions for 2023.
Oh... Ten grand richer.
(LAUGHS)
It's Richie Rich and Mrs Rich.
(LAUGHTER) This is lovely.
You've got a little toilet in there. Yeah.
Shower in there. This is fantastic. Yeah. I really like it.
When the judges walk into our redo bathroom,
they'll for sure see that we've taken their advice.
# Black and white film camera Yellow sunglasses... #
And we've gone a little bit further with it as well.
A bit of the styling is a bit more Japanese, I'd say.
Mmm. Gives it a nice homey feel.
Our judges walked into your redo bathroom today and you got a...
NEALE: Wow. ..from Neale straight away.
He said...
It's very me. (LAUGHS) I love it.
STEPH: Hmm.
So this is a redo room?
Shaynna talked him through what he missed out on.
That vanity was over where you're standing...
Yes.
..and those mirrors were in thin air, almost about to fall down.
Moving the vanity to the opposite wall is a huge improvement
and warming up the space with the Venetian plaster
is a big success also.
This Venetian plaster just makes it sing.
It makes all those tiles work with it.
This feels like I am in some incredible high-end resort day spa.
Absolutely, it does.
And adding the bench seat was a masterstroke.
I'm just besotted with that. Yes.
I love that so much.
It feels so in keeping with that sort of minimalistic Japanese...
Absolutely. ..look.
But also, it's super, super functional.
Brilliant. It's great.
Shaynna did have a couple of small criticisms.
She loves her storage, you know that.
She said you really should've gone that extra mile
and added face-level storage.
Yeah.
And the thing is, they have put the plumbing in,
so they've pulled that wall apart,
so to not have face-level storage doesn't make sense to me.
OK.
To have three drawers to store all your bathroom stuff,
including your toilet paper, extra towels,
because you don't want to run outside to the cupboard
for extra loo paper, so it has to be in here.
Got it.
Well, I look forward to seeing their main bathroom because if...
Oh, yes. ..this is the redo... Yes.
STEPH: I'm proud of the layout of the kids' bathroom.
I really wanted a Jack and Jill.
# I'll be your midnight bootleg firecracker
# I could blow up in your hand... #
I really think that they're gonna like it.
So do I.
# That's the point that I left... #
Into your Jack and Jill bathroom and it was another...
Wow. ..from Neale.
Darren noted the face-level storage cabinets.
DARREN: All I can see... Mmm.
..is those mirrors...
Face-level storage! ..in the wall.
(LAUGHS)
I'm, like, "Hey, guys, they exist 'cause you bought them."
Why you didn't put them in the master ensuite, he will never understand.
STEPH: Mm-hm.
Shaynna thinks the textures around this room are quite simplistic
but, boy, do they add up to a sense of elevated luxury.
Like, this beautiful marble again,
the same colour vanity as what we just saw in the new ensuite,
the texture in the tiles, the texture in the Venetian plaster...
This is glorious, isn't it? It is cool.
It is really, really impressive.
You know, I just love the materials palette.
I love this grass artwork.
I think that whole balance of these timber elements
and the woven elements... Mmm.
..this sort of green colour and the natural stone,
they're all so beautifully... Mmm.
..found. Totally.
I mean, it's the most luxurious kids' bathroom I've ever seen,
that's for sure. Yes.
But I guess, you know, being sensible,
they have got an eye on when the kids are no longer kids
and then the bathroom will still serve whoever's using it.
Yeah.
But...
STEPH: Mm-hm.
..Shaynna definitely had a couple of concerns.
What is that in there? Is that a shower?
Shower. DARREN: Mm-hm.
How do you think the kids are gonna go with that glass door?
And you would very gently... Oh.
..open that. (CLATTERING)
Yeah. Yeah.
Ouch.
So you need a little stopper at the top or bottom.
Yeah, you do. GIAN: Mmm.
There was also an issue with the lighting too.
They were standing in the room in the middle of the day and it felt gloomy.
SHAYNNA: Yes, mood lighting is important
but you've got to have functional lighting,
especially when you've got kids.
They think a couple of downlights over the vanity would've made sense
for functional task lighting.
The judges also noted the towel hooks were placed too high for children.
Shaynna had a go... NEALE AND DARREN: Yeah.
..but she could only just reach the towels.
I mean, she's shorter than you guys. We could reach, so...
(LAUGHTER) So they were about here, were they?
(LAUGHTER) Funny.
(GIAN AND STEPH LAUGH)
I do understand what you're saying.
They haven't thought about little people...
SHAYNNA: Mmm.
But it happens to be slap-bang
in the middle of two exquisitely conceived kids' bedrooms.
(GASPS) I love this bathroom.
You know how much he wants to give you a ten.
So, some functionality issues, but as Shaynna said...
But, gee, it looks good. (LAUGHS)
That's it this week on the Steph and Gian train.
(LAUGHS)
(GULLS CRY)
OK. Eliza and Liberty.
You're not feeling sick?
Always. A little bit.
PRODUCER: The week in a sentence.
What even happened this week?
This week, we did our redo room, which is our studio out the back
and our final bathroom upstairs.
For a toilet system... Mmm.
..we need 1300 for that wall. But you won't be, like...
feel claustrophobic when you're sitting doing a poo, will you?
OK. That's fine by me.
There's a lot going on in our bathroom.
All of our trades are trying to make the flooring even
and ready to go at insulating,
so we're trying to stay out of their way.
We had a bit of an argument
about the height of the niche in the shower.
That's too high for me.
Eliza wanted the niche, like, 20cm off the ground.
We're running out of time.
And Eliza came to the conclusion that I was right. Mmm.
Remember how we were gonna reflect the wallpaper in the TV?
MAN: (ON PHONE) Yeah. I love that idea.
I'll send you the file and just upload it.
Awesome.
Then we just need the little patch for the kids' room...
Yes. ..that we've also botched.
Yeah, yeah, that's OK. Thank you.
I'm so sorry about Lib.
Girls, we just want to have a chat with you both.
Steph and Gian came in and told us that they were giving us
half of the $10,000 prizemoney that they won at the challenge.
You deserve it. You deserve it, OK?
I don't think we've ever had anyone show us such kindness
in our whole entire lives.
This is not moss on a wall. This is good.
Yeah. I feel really good about it. This is fun.
I like it.
You will remember, Eliza and Liberty, Marty Fox thought...
MARTY: I think the styling is so bad
that had it have been empty, I would've been happier.
Mmm.
So let's hope this week is an improvement.
# Keep playing my heartstrings faster and faster... #
ELIZA: I think the judges will be impressed
with the new layout of the redo room.
I think they'll think that the TV wallpaper scenario is cool.
I think what we've delivered for the amount of money we've spent
is excellent.
# My true disaster Keep playing my... #
Awesome. Damn straight it was immediately.
Shaynna said...
I feel such a sense of relief right now.
You're probably feeling relief too. ELIZA: Yep.
Oooh.
NEALE: This is really cool. Oh... Oh!
And the Grafico wallpaper on the back wall is a hit
and the art TV with the Grafico art on it, inspired idea.
Whoa! (LAUGHS)
Bravo, whoever did that. I know.
That's incredible.
Darren recalled that famous Marty Fox comment
and said this is just so much better.
Deleting the TV over the sink, much better.
Hiding the microwave - tick.
Much less two-star motel and much more Hampton East family home.
But...
As a north-facing backyard with this amount of privacy,
that's the backyard to beat, right?
Yep.
That's also got an in-ground pool,
which means this is a poolside cabana of dreams.
It's one of the things that will help them sell the house
if they get that photograph right.
Mmm. It's like a hero...
Mmm. ..sale shot.
Absolutely, it is.
But you've got the back of a couch.
That's not the sort of shot you want to get the back of a sofa, is it?
Think about that hero photo for the all-important Domain listing.
But everything they've fixed in here is fixed.
They've done a great job.
It's a simple as spinning this sofa, turn some things around,
maybe ditch this and get a rug
so that when they do their marketing shots,
they get that perfect poolside dream cabana look.
Lesson done.
One more room to go.
LIBERTY: I'm most proud of the fact
that we went out on a bit of a limb with the bathroom
in terms of its look and feel
and we backed it in
and we're, yeah, confident and proud in our decision-making.
# I'm on the roof You're in your airplane seat
# I was nose-bleeding... #
So, regardless of what the judges say today, I really like that space
and I'm glad we did something a bit different and fun.
Upstairs to the bathroom and Darren said...
Boom! SHAYNNA: How good is that floor!
Neale described it as...
Jumbo terrazzo.
(LAUGHS) Macro terrazzo.
Whatever you want to call it... It is.
..it's fabulous.
Shaynna reckons it says fun, it says kids...
Sophisticated kids for sure. This will grow with them. I like it.
Darren thought back to your initial colour palette of blue and orange.
I met them and I was, like, "There are other colours in the palette.
"That's why it's called a palette."
And like last week, he really liked the fact
you have tried something different.
We have green, terracotta, dusty mint,
brass matching with the mustard tones
matching with the brass tones here.
They got it!
Dark green tiles paired with oak and brass, very sophisticated.
It's almost a similar green to the pines that I can see out there.
But it's mottled and, you know, it's got that handmade feel to it.
And then you have that high contrast of the terrazzo floor.
Looking at the rooftops, like,
you've got the terracotta in the rooftops,
so it's this beautiful connection to the exterior...
Mmm.
..and it feels really welcoming and joyful.
But... Mmm.
..out of all the rooms this week on the Block,
there was a real difference of opinions with this bathroom.
Eliza, Liberty, please, forget it.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
# Come mirror me... #
Out of all the rooms this week on The Block,
there was a real difference of opinions with this bathroom.
(SIGHS) I'm not loving this bathroom.
While he liked the wall tile and the terrazzo tiling,
he found the styling tokenistic.
You put things like this... Excuse me, Shaynna.
..to signify that it's gonna be used by children.
But that doesn't necessarily make it a kids' bathroom.
And I'm looking at that really random little group of things there
in the corner, which, I'm sorry, that's not what I expect to find
in a house that is gonna sell for, what,
around about the $3 million mark?
Neale acknowledges there are many things about the room that do work
but he does believe...
The things that they've put in here to make it feel childlike
I don't think are working.
Darren was completely aghast that Neale didn't see the playfulness.
I think it's really sweet that we have this sort of mint green here
in the styling
which ties in with the mint green here in the basins.
Look, you've picked up on one dreadful thing
that I hate in this room.
That robe needed to go anywhere else but there...
But so do the towels. They're dreadful.
All I want to do is pull out the styling items and say,
"Eliza, Liberty, please, forget it."
But they've actually matched the switch covers to the tiles...
Yes.
..which I'm really happy about, which means they've been listening.
The size of that shower is fantastic.
The bath is quite tiny, but that's OK. It's for the kids.
I think the vanity's fantastic.
We have face-level storage, then we have an extra shelf on there,
so I think it's really functional for kids.
Everything that's installed, though,
everything that is siliconed in or glued on is fabulous.
I like it. Whether it's kiddie or not, I like it.
The judges can see you have learnt a lot in the last ten weeks.
For Shaynna and Darren, the key judging criteria
are layout, functionality and execution
and for them, this bathroom is a standout today.
That's it, girls. Well done.
OK, scores. Here we go. Darren Palmer. Kyle and Leslie.
DARREN: There would have been a better layout.
This isn't the most impactful layout for this room.
Oh, for goodness' sakes. Are you joking?
Leah and Ash.
It functions beautifully
but it also looks gorgeous and it fits the rest of the house.
Kristy and Brett.
This isn't a redo room. This is an undo room.
Oh, that's very generous. Hmm. That's very generous.
Steph and Gian.
This is glorious. It is really, really impressive.
Eight and a half.
Eliza and Liberty.
Macro terrazzo. Whatever you want to call it, it's fabulous.
KRISTY: Nine and a half. BRETT: Nice.
STEPH: Yes, girls!
Neale Whitaker. Kyle and Leslie.
NEALE: It feels beautiful.
I mean, now it's feeling like a really comfortable sitting area.
Leah and Ash.
I'm just loving what I'm seeing. It's a good bathroom.
The bath is magnificent.
(INHALES)
Kristy and Brett.
It's very unfinished. Disappointingly unfinished.
Thanks, Neale.
Steph and Gian.
I mean, it's the most luxurious kids' bathroom I've ever seen.
I love it!
STEPH: Nine.
Eliza and Liberty.
NEALE: I like it. Whether it's kiddie or not, I like it.
All I want to do is pull out the styling items.
ELIZA: Dammit.
OK. We've got a couple of gnomes in play here.
Kyle and Leslie. Leah and Ash. No, we're good, obviously.
What do you want to do?
No, we left him at home anyway, so...
Saving it for the Mustang? Yeah.
I'm just saving it for a chance that I can actually win.
(LAUGHTER) Understandable.
See you in a bit.
Shaynna. Kyle and Leslie.
SHAYNNA: When you first walk in, it's all about the toilet.
But that shouldn't be happening.
Leah and Ash.
This belongs to the house now. This is perfect.
Kristy and Brett.
When I walk in and see a room like this and I see Post-Its,
they're in the bin.
I don't want any excuses.
Steph and Gian.
This feels like I'm in some incredible high-end resort.
Eliza and Liberty.
It feels really welcoming and joyful.
OK.
The winner of week ten on The Block, bathroom and redo room,
taking home 10,000 bucks from Ford, is, by half a point...
Here we go.
It's Eliza and Liberty! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(SCREAMS)
I can't believe we won that!
That is the most unexpected thing in my whole entire life.
I am so shocked.
I'm so happy.
So close to an authentic win! Mmm.
PRODUCER: Big call. Big call.
I know. What, not using it?
(IMPISH LAUGHTER) Yeah, it's alright.
I'm completely happy... I'm not kicking myself or anything.
Congratulations. Probably should've brought the gnome.
That's alright. Yeah.
Never mind. (LAUGHS)
But anyway...
You'll also be joining me tomorrow night
at a very flash hotel in the city, the Langham...
(LAUGHS)
..and I've organised a very special shopping trip for both of you.
It's the last Ford getaway of the series,
so I'm gonna make sure it's a ripper.
(SQUEALS)
What the hell! I cannot believe that.
Oh, my god. I'm so happy. I genuinely can't believe that.
Wowee. Wowee. Wowee. Wowee. Wowee. Wowee.
I can't believe it. I can't...
Now with three wins for the season,
sisters Eliza and Liberty are again on top, with 27.5 points.
That leaves house two's Leah and Ash in second spot with 27 points.
One point behind them was Steph and Gian, who nabbed 26 points.
Kyle and Leslie came in fourth for their two rooms with 23.5 points.
And in dead last, with two dead-set disasters,
it's Kristy and Brett, who received 18.5 points.
Now, we all know what's coming next week.
It's the last fortnight on the Block
and the first week of spending the last two weeks outside.
Absolutely crucial weeks ahead
that are gonna play forward on to your auction day results.
Very important weeks ahead.
Nobody knows this better than CommBank,
so they decided that they wanted to give you all
a bit of a budget booster to get you home.
That's right.
Each team will receive $10,000
so you can do your landscapes and make it really shine.
Thank you.
So great.
OK. Fantastic. Good luck, everybody. Let's bring the endgame home.
Two weeks to go. See you later. Bye.
Thanks, Scotty. # My Molotov... #
VOICEOVER: Australia, step outside...
(SCREAMS) Lib, I don't wanna go blind!
..for the greatest backyards and pools ever.
Welcome to the jungle.
But some Blockheads
can't keep their nose out of it.
Next door there's just... an ant army.
How is she affording them?
Is everyone happy for an audit?
No. We've gotta call it out.
I decided to cancel my deal that I made.
(SOBBING) Dirty, dirty.
And pretty women...
You can buy whatever you want.
Backyards and pools week.
(BOTH GASP)
(LAUGHTER)
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