Previously, our five couples from all over Australia
arrived at an old holiday resort on beautiful Phillip Island
to create luxury family holiday homes.
# Promises
# A kiss for luck and we're on our way
# We've only begun
# Before the risin' sun, we fly. #
I cannot accept it.
I've been nothing but accommodating for you.
I'm more, I'm more angry than stressed.
Oh my god. What a stressful bloody day.
You idiot. Getting on my nerves. Me, me, me, me, me.
Don't talk over me and don't talk to me like that.
Bradley, I'm not having a wide bath. BLEEP.
I would have liked to maybe not tackle this alone.
First week.
I just feel like I'm failing. Honey.
Last week's bathrooms
brought disappointment for Jesse and Paige.
And Kylie and Brad.
This is heavy, this is dark.
It gives off a mid-2010s nightclub vibe.
Kristian and Mimi took out the win.
It's Kristian and Mimi!
And fattened their kitty
by a stunning $140,000 worth by prizes.
This week...
Hi, I'm Steph.
..Kristian and Mimi got some winning advice
from Steph and Gian.
The house is so consistent, the stone was the same everywhere,
the same colour palette, so...
There was a baby....
..a barbie...
This is what we could have had.
..and even a trip to the beach.
So calm.
Tonight, it's paint, paper, sticks and ducks...
Stop rushing me!
I can't make decisions when you're complaining!
..as our five teams push on
to finish their first kids' and guest bedroom.
And battle it out for the judges' seal of approval.
(LAUGHS)
This just goes, "Whoa, I'm here!" And it's cute as heck.
Oh, this is another level.
(PENGUIN TRILLS)
After two weeks of The Block on Phillip Island,
it's almost time to pack up tent city.
Good morning.
Because this week,
The Blockheads are building their first guest bedrooms.
Today, carpets, blinds, and curtains will go in,
as well as last-minute electrical,
and all the other comforts to make these rooms like home.
With no hot water connected to bathrooms yet,
Portashowers are all part of the deal.
House three's Haydn is keen for this part to be over.
There's no hot water.
Sometimes the showers get unplugged by people.
Last night, the boys made a rookie error.
Ran out of paint. Didn't order enough paint.
Halfway through the tin of paint, we realised...
We're stuffed. ..we are stuffed.
We're not finishing tonight.
In house four, Queenslanders Kylie and Brad are also behind,
due to Kylie changing a mind about her colour scheme yet again.
It's remarkably bright and... Light room.
I've got black wardrobes.
Kylie's black bathroom was hammered by the judges last week.
So, black was out and colour was in.
Initially I was taking on the judges' feedback
so I kind of went like a full 180.
Ended up wanting to do colour,
and I was doing Summer Peach,
and I picked a really nice colourful piece of artwork,
until Scotty and Shelley came around.
Black can be beautiful.
You've got to go with your gut.
You've got a vision, you've got to stick with it.
So then I rethought everything.
Kylie's flip-flop from black to colour to beige
to a bedroom that will look like this,
and they have a brand-new secret weapon,
a headboard trimmed in, you guessed it, black.
Like a really thin trim. Yeah.
We can do...
Yeah, I just want that black.
He's like, "Stop getting on Pinterest
"and looking at pictures." Especially late at night.
# All that I'm hearing from you. #
House five's Kristian and Mimi
also had a late one last night,
and it's put them ahead of the pack this morning.
How are you?
First to be almost ready for Flooring Xtra
to install their carpet.
So we've just got to give it one more quick roll on the ceilings
but that should only take about five, ten minutes.
So, I'm just gonna leave it with Mimes.
So maybe if you start unloading some stuff?
Kristian and Mimi's guest bedroom is on the ground floor.
The asymmetrical placement of the Porta timber,
bed head, and lighting is their big design idea
that they plan to continue in the rest of the house.
I think our theme is to offset everything.
We like asymmetry.
But painting, not so much. (YELLS)
After a week of ups and downs,
Kristian and Mimi are starting to settle into Block life
exceptionally well.
So last week, we won, which is very exciting.
OK. Let's just keep the good times rolling
and get another win under our belt.
In fact, Mimi's beginning to suspect she has found her calling at last.
My mum thinks that I am a disappointment.
Oh my god.
Her words, not mine.
Went to a private school,
all these extracurricular things, like piano, tennis,
violin, dancing, acting, singing, tap,
and she's like, "And you're not good at anything!"
But I feel like I'm really sure of myself on The Block,
which is really empowering.
Here. Your coffee.
In house two, Grant and Courtney are feeling positive
about their guest bedroom,
which they are setting up as a kid's room.
Wow piece for this week will be the wallpaper combination
with the arch. Definitely. Yeah.
The stripes with the pistachio green.
Sounds colourful and appealing.
What could go wrong?
You never know, we might really fail our kids' bedroom
because we don't have kids. I'm just nervous.
Like, I hope we've done all the right things
and stuff for kids.
And getting it right matters
if they're gonna snatch the winners' crown
from Kristian and Mimi,
who beat them last week by a mere half a point.
It's Kristian and Mimi!
We got great feedback from the judges on our bathroom,
but we still need a win. We still lost.
We're really, really happy for Kristian and Mimi, but...
It was tough not winning.
# Well, hello, hello. #
It's 9 am, and the Grafico crew
are heading to Jesse and Paige's, house one.
We're using Grafico wallpaper to create a really unique look.
They're hoping for redemption after a rough start to The Block.
It's not finished, the poor things.
We delivered an incomplete room first week,
so we haven't tested the waters with the judges
with our styling and what we can truly deliver.
Figuring out her own style has been a problem for Paige.
All our options are ugly.
I can't tell anyone what I like because I don't know the words.
And the pressure of The Block has caused tensions with Jesse.
I'm sick of BLEEP wasting time!
Stop. You can yell at me all you want,
but this is your problem
because you don't choose to talk to me about things.
He was yelling at me about wasting time
when no one was wasting time but himself.
Very out of character.
Tent city is almost pushing me to my brink.
And some days, I feel like I'm gonna lose my BLEEP over a zip.
Never thought I'd be so excited to see a single bed.
I've been sleeping in a tent.
Thank you, mate. Yeah, that's fine.
In house three, armed with more paint,
Haydn can finally finish last night's job.
But with hours of painting ahead of them,
other trades can't get into the room.
It goes here. Yeah?
So we'll just have to tell them to hold their horses.
Carpet layers will be here in about 22.
We've got carpets going in, we've got Grafico going in,
Home Pro installing our blinds,
sparkies for chucking in some lights.
Like house two, this week's bedroom is designed for younger guests.
This teenagers/kids room will have bunkbeds, a beanbag,
a TV and a PlayStation.
Plus, a colourful interactive world map.
Some would say we haven't left our teens.
With the Grafico going up in house three,
things are finally progressing.
But all trades are in a holding pattern
and foreman Dan is on the warpath.
This is becoming a joke.
Matt the carpet layer, he's had to go for lunch,
he's been racing around for hours to get into house three,
and they're pushing back saying don't come in.
So your ready for carpet?
No, we're not. No, not at all.
So, with the sponsors, we just can't hold them up.
We don't like holding them up either.
Yeah. He'll be back from lunch soon.
I'm bringing him straight down. The carpet's going in.
Yep.
There's a lot of stuff that had to happen
before he came down to install the new carpets.
Home Pro were doing our blinds. And it was very chop chop, flat out.
But next thing you know...
We got some defects in our room, starting with the roof.
I'll be honest, I reckon it's a whole new re-do.
You boys have paid for a job that's way below standard.
Way below.
I'm looking at this and seeing holes all the way around the Easygen.
I'm seeing scratches here.
This junction here, I don't even know what that is.
Plaster doesn't look too good.
The paint job's probably not the best,
but I think the plaster's definitely not come up as we wanted.
You see a better finish on a cake, Dan.
Our plaster ceiling's stuffed. It's unfortunate
we were let down by a couple of trades this week, so...
At the end of the day, we've got to be on it
and making sure if they haven't done something right,
or if we haven't done something right,
we fix it, so...
So, our chances... Of winning the room,
slim to none.
What about something like that? Coming up...
No! We'll get all the bark off of it.
The fence is there for a reason. Stop breaking rules.
..conflict on site gets ri-duck-ulous.
It's driving me crazy.
Come on. Can you just do this please?
He pressures me off the bat.
I can't make decisions when you're complaining.
And later...
You guys are gonna be my new family,
so I just want to thank you guys for being part of that.
..there's plenty of love in the room, but not for everyone.
It's flat. It is a flat room.
But it's design for design's sake.
And it doesn't feel high-end as well.
(PENGUIN TRILLS)
It's mid-afternoon on beautiful Phillip Island.
In house four, Kylie and Brad have backtracked
with their colour palette for their guest bedroom
to include more of their signature black.
So, changed the paint colour.
Changed the skirting colour, the door colour,
pretty much, literally everything.
As well as a late addition of a black trim around the headboard.
It'll look nice.
Far out. What do you reckon Marty's gonna say?
He's gonna hate it.
Look, I'm not selling my home to Marty.
I've decided. So I'm just gonna do me.
No, how good.
Doing Kylie also means changing her linen choices.
So now I need to pair it back with where I was originally going,
which is more neutrals, blacks, whites.
Look, I've got my main colour which is Elegant Beige.
And I think the Charcoal, that would look nice.
Yeah, which was the darkest.
So, we've got Charcoal,
and then we're sort of going for more of a wheat spread.
So hopefully I've paired it back enough,
but it's still got a little bit of character.
At house five, carpet is down, the bedhead is installed,
and it's all coming together.
And Kristian's confident they've got another winning room.
Oh my God, Mimi, our room looks unreal.
We could go back to back here.
Really?
The green that we chose is awesome.
Like, it looks so good.
Like really, really good.
Oh my god, I'm excited.
They just need one little thing to make this room complete.
Throughout the week on Mimi's travels,
she didn't find anything to fit in the pot that was in the corner.
Instead of buying a real plant, you should just get some sticks
or something. That's what I'm doing.
Well, you appear to be picking at your arm, Mimi, but anyway...
Oh my God, great minds think alike.
Because there's already green in that section,
because you want it to be seen, so I'm thinking something
a bit more, yeah, bit more dry.
So, Mimi's hitting the local homeware stores
to find something dry.
Today I'm looking for something dry for a plant in the corner.
I'm thinking more sticky.
Yeah, I've only got that sort of style.
Mm. I don't mind that.
Oh, OK.
Fake sticks? No good.
So, as stickless Mimi heads for home,
Kristian is taking the initiative
to solve this sticky situation.
I saw some sticks over here.
Look, what about something like that?
No!
We'll get all the bark off of it.
I want an actual tree.
Yeah, these are from a tree.
I don't know if we're allowed here, but...
No, the fence is there for a reason. Stop breaking rules.
Can we take this whole thing, Kristian?
That's perfect.
Mimi, that's a living tree.
You need something that's dead.
Mimes, it's a good shape, look.
We're not putting that in our bedroom.
I'm actually not even taking the piss.
I think that'll look nice.
You put it in.
I don't want any part in this.
But Kristian's sticking to his guns.
Oh, that's gonna look good.
Does it look good?
Be honest.
Oi.
Be honest.
It doesn't look terrible.
So I think, going into judging...
We'll see what they say.
We'll leave it there. Hopefully no one squashes it.
No one steals it?
At house one, Jesse and Paige are also bringing their room together.
All the big decisions have been made, except one.
He pressures me off the bat.
I'm not making decisions under pressure.
We went through four different pieces of artwork
from The Block Shop and Artist Lane
before we came across Anna Blatman's...
Duck. I feel in love with the duck.
I saw it, and I saw my whole life in it.
I just wanna see what it looks like kind of in the middle of the bed.
Try and straighten it a bit.
Just come on. It's really awkward.
What do you want me to do? Do you want me to decide?
Or do you want to complain? I do, but like, it's awkward.
Yeah, but what do you want me to do? Decide!
Decide?
There's like 10 places it could go.
Just put it up more.
You're driving me crazy. BLEEP sake.
Come on. Can we just do this please?
This is really heavy, honey.
You need to stop getting short tempered with me.
I don't give a BLEEP if it's heavy.
Far out, man.
I can't make decisions when you're complaining. I can't.
Just make a decision. You ready?
Up higher, please.
Up higher.
Higher. BLEEP.
Higher.
You're such a BLEEP. (LAUGHS)
And then I stepped in, and it wasn't that hard, was it?
I'll show you how it's done.
Yeah, looks great there.
See, I'm not complaining. See how easy that is?
All around The Block, it's full speed ahead.
House once, two, and five are already styling
and are so confident they've devised a crazy plan.
Pub!
We are going to the pub.
I need a wine and I need some food.
I think we have more than earned a nice night at the pub.
Lovely.
But houses three and four aren't feeling those pub vibes.
What goes with H? Spin it that way for us.
B.
This is where friendships ends.
I think if I had done the shopping, I would have bought solid furniture,
not out-of-a-box.
Yeah, there were chats about going for drinks and some meals,
just to get out of The Block,
so we could all just let our hair down,
but Brad and I, we hadn't started bringing any of our furnishings in
or started styling so I thought no, I just would prefer to stay.
So you did that, you stayed there and got everything done perfectly?
No.
Mimi and Courtney thought, "Let's get a bottle of red wine.
"We're in for a long night. What could go wrong?"
Want a glass? No, no, I'm good.
I got work to do tonight.
So you guys came back from the pub first.
Yes, we came back. With the boys, we left early.
Sucks when you have bucket loads to do
and everyone else is half cut, having a great old time.
Some kid's gonna love it in here.
Had a few drinks, had a bit of banter,
just let loose, no stresses.
It was such a good night. It was a really great night.
Can I have an extension lead?
The plan was to focus on getting the room done,
but instead, we ended up having them all just decide to come
and be social on our balcony, let's say.
I love that bed head!
(ALL CLAMOURING)
I don't know how we didn't get a noise complaint.
The neighbours were very rowdy.
If we had a bedroom door, we would close it.
But we haven't mounted that yet.
That is next. That's coming, that's next.
(PENGUIN TRILLS)
It's early morning on Phillip Island.
A few blockheads are tired and emotional after last night.
What time's the cafe open? Eight.
BLEEP.
Oh my God, I just...
(LAUGHS)
How are you? Give me 10.
(LAUGHS) Sorry.
Oh dear.
Fortunately for the partygoers in houses one, two, and five,
their rooms are essentially done.
It's just like vacuuming
and cleaning the window, and that's it.
I think I grabbed the ceiling paint last night,
not the wall paint,
so I just noticed a tiny spot, so I'm just gonna fix it.
Very happy with this room.
Wipe down, steam, vacuum, that's it.
You're pretty relaxed, Bradley. What do you want me to do?
Stay away from my door. That's what I thought you'd say.
We're only here till about three.
Got two hours sleep.
And now just trying to hang my first-ever door.
The last nail in the coffin for disappointment
with had to hang the doors this morning
and then found out that the door latch
is like a dozen... Like 15 mil out.
You're not having a good day, are you?
About 20 minutes to go.
20 minutes to go, 20 minute to go.
Hi! Wow.
Oh my goodness me, you guys are gonna win it again.
To me, I walk in and I go,
"I've got a winning room in front of me."
15 minutes to go, gang. Hey Scotty.
Wow. How are you going?
You put a smile on your face, you're happy.
Yeah. I'm so happy.
I tell you what, I reckon you're gonna win.
Oh! Hello, Scotty.
This is a winning room.
Let's hope so. That's what they said last week.
Five minutes to go.
I love it, boys, this is fantastic. Thanks, mate.
OK. What sort of cuisine do you like for the dinner tomorrow night?
I feel as though this is a winner. Oh, you think so?
I just feel it in my waters. Don't, don't give me goosebumps!
I feel it in my waters.
I think you've seen a few more bedrooms than we have.
Well, yeah, there's a lot of good ones.
Of course. Well done.
Thanks, Scotty. See you.
Thank you!
Now I'm pumped up, and then I'm gonna get deflated later.
I love how it's turned out.
I'm really proud of what we've achieved this week.
Let's just hope the judges agree.
Scotty seemed to think so, but then talking to everyone else...
He said the same thing to everyone. Bloody Scotty.
Well, they're all winners in my book.
But it's time.
(WHISTLES) Tools down!
# And it feels like summer. #
You did a great job.
I'm so proud of us. Good job. I love you.
I love it.
Mate.
We did good. We did good.
Are you gonna high-five me?
Yay! Good job.
What a week. How did we do this in a week?
# It's the time of the season
# When the love runs high. #
Time for the most important part of the week
where we all gather at my palatial headquarters
to find out which bedrooms have hit the mark
with the judges.
Scotty!
# It's the time of the season for loving. #
She's come up to say hello. Very smoky in here.
Hi, Scotty. Hey, Scotty.
Hello, hello. Hey, Scotty.
Scotty, how are you? Hello.
(WHISTLES)
Come on, back here. (WHISTLES)
Come back here.
Welcome. You all look spectacular.
You look fantastic.
Thanks, mate. Thanks, mate.
I tell you what, doesn't a week make a difference?
How much easier is it to do a bedroom?
So much easier. Walk in the park!
We were at the pub last night! You should have done two bedrooms!
That's what I reckon. Oh wow, no!
Two! When I did my rounds this morning,
I've got to say, I was extremely impressed.
In my book, you're all winners this week.
Let's do that! Thank you, Scotty.
But it's not up to me, of course.
# Bang-bang, there goes your heart
# Back-back seat of my car
# Wait a minute, let me take you there
# Wait a minute 'til you... #
And you want to know what the best thing is
about the rooms you presented today?
As of tomorrow, you can sleep in them.
(ALL CHEER)
Right, well, look, they are all fantastic,
but somebody is gonna win the 10,000 bucks from Ford,
so let's find out who it's gonna be. Jesse and Paige, house one.
Are you nervous?
Yes, I'm nervous. No, I'm not nervous.
You're not?
No, we had the worst last week.
I have no background in design. I have no background in styling.
I don't know how to define my style verbally.
Paige put too much pressure on herself about what her style is
and how she should do it that it just became too much.
This week was a rollercoaster of good times and bad times.
Everyone's just hounding me to find the name for my style.
I don't BLEEP know it.
The plan is to make a room that I don't like
because it's going to be ugly.
Got the bed. You got the bed?
Yeah.
Talk about little sexy man Jesse!
I love seeing a man in charge.
I don't like the handles. You don't?
No, don't like them now.
They just looked so different in the display the other day.
Like, I don't want to sit in a circle and Kumbaya
and talk about my BLEEP feelings when I don't have any.
# There she goes. #
The duck was a pivot.
It's so special, so special.
I'm actually feeling...
We're at a different space compared to this time last week.
There was definitely a stage where want to give up
and I didn't, and I felt so good for it.
Like, I am so proud of this room.
Last week, Jesse and Paige, you didn't get to finish your room.
No.
So it was so great for me to arrive this morning
to see a finished room. Well done.
And it seems the judges agreed with me.
This just goes, "Whoa, I'm here."
# Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar high
# Watermelon sugar high
# Watermelon sugar. #
Shaynna thought the wallpaper that you chose was phenomenal.
That's brave.
I have walked in here and I really feel at home.
Like, I just want to jump into this bed
the way that they've made it.
This wallpaper, as you said, is absolutely stunning.
Very high-end and it feels still coastal and beachy.
Darren thinks your bathroom last week didn't give him enough sense
of Jesse and Paige.
But this really does.
This is a finished room.
There's an ever so slight change of direction
to something that's a little more classic and still cool.
I think this is the right place to be.
The room feels coastal but not Philip Island coastal,
more city adjacent coastal.
Shaynna agrees.
This is more a traditional American Hamptons,
which me, I would say, would be a modern colonial.
I know you've been looking for a style.
Which you don't really have to have.
You've been looking for a name for it.
We have. But you got it now.
Yeah.
It's called, what was it again?
Modern colonial. Modern colonial.
Aww! Do you know what? It seems so obvious now.
But whatever the style in this bedroom is,
all three judges believe you got it just right this week.
Really?
I really like the blend of contemporary and traditional here
because you've got the square set ceilings,
we have the niche for the drapes.
Those little details really sit nicely against the stripe.
You've got this colonial panelling,
and the colonial panelling on the door,
and even the more traditional fittings.
Now, what they tried to do last week makes sense.
They're on the right path.
He thinks you should run with your style
the whole way through the house.
Shaynna did have some pointers saying just pay attention
to the little details.
I'm just referencing last week
where they had the traditional tapware
in a brushed colour, and then in here,
they've got a brass that has a brushed.
Inside they have a black, and then, on the doors,
they have a polished chrome,
so I would say turn all those into a brushed chrome
because it matches the look and feel.
If you've watched the show, which I'm sure you all have,
they really bang on about matching the metals between hinges,
door handles and things that. Definitely, yeah.
Then also, the lighting plan,
so we've got LED lighting which gives a soft light,
we've got the wall sconces, then we've got these downlights,
so I would have said put these downlights over here
for the wardrobe.
What she did really like was the way you designed
the Kinsman wardrobes to run wall-to-wall.
Really gorgeous ample Kinsman wardrobes.
Double hang, they've got the long hang.
The wardrobe colour is fantastic,
and goes really well with the crisp white
of the door and the wallpaper colouring too.
We've got strong wallpaper, we've got a big duck.
She thinks the Anna Blatman artwork was a terrific choice also.
I knew the duck was good.
I mean, this is night and day from last week.
To see that improvement within seven days,
for me, is a massive win for these guys.
I'm so happy for them.
This is sexy and this is classy. Yeah. Absolutely.
I think they've nailed their style,
and if they consistently do this look throughout,
I think it's gonna be a stunning house.
A great effort and a great turnaround from week one.
That is it, Jesse and Paige.
It's improvement, so that's a big thing.
We've made such big improvements over last week.
The judges give us a really good critique
of where we're going and where we should go,
so it was really positive.
(PENGUIN TRILLS)
It's time for you to decide which contestants you think
have created this week's winning room.
All you have to do is head to The Block website now
to cast your vote,
and don't miss the results a little later in the show.
Guest bedroom judging was a big turnaround for Jesse and Paige,
will the positive vibes continue for our New South Wales team?
House two, Courtney and Brett. Hey.
Summarise this week for us.
This week was definitely fulfilling. And rewarding.
This week, we decided to do a kid's room.
This is the room closest to the master bedroom
so we're thinking a younger kid, so 10 and under.
Do a niche here.
OK. So the bed's in the arch and then that will be the bedhead.
So you want to make the wall the bedhead essentially?
We're gonna add in a curve as a bedhead
and that should tie in with the curve
that's in the bathroom.
I wanted to do lighting that resembled a cloud,
like three different clouds.
Yeah, I was thinking like three different heights.
Yeah, sure.
We got a wall sconce for the craft area.
You want it to be a bit more fun as well in a kid's bedroom.
Need a hand with anything?
I knew I wanted to go with that pistachio green for the arch.
So I went to Mitre 10, found a really nice pistachio shade
and it was called Spring Green.
We've all got very different styles.
No one else is really doing a modern Mediterranean feel.
What we're gonna produce is gonna be very different
to what everyone else is gonna produce.
A bit more playful.
This week, I feel like we're going in pretty confident.
We've got a clear direction.
(LAUGHS EXCITEDLY) Wow.
Look at this!
# Do you really wanna live forever?
# Forever and forever. #
Marty had exactly the same sentiment as Shaynna.
I love these beds.
They're very unusual beds, aren't they?
I've never seen them that low.
Yeah, we wanted to make sure it felt spacious in there.
Amazing colours and it is very cosy and inviting.
Shaynna's favourite word this year is personality,
and she felt, Courtney and Grant,
that this room delivers personality in spades.
Marty also wanted to praise you for building a room
that is very functional.
If that was a double bed
and you just changed these three piece of art behind us,
this is easily an adults' room because it's not juvenile.
And it's cute as heck. Oh! The styling is incredible.
The colour is divine.
I just love it because we've got a beautiful green tinge to sheer
that just adds that sense of fun, sophistication,
the fact that we've got this beautiful pistachio,
and there's an ice cream over there
because that makes me feel like that's an ice cream.
We've got three pendant lights here, positioned perfectly.
Marty said, "I can't rave enough about this room."
I can imagine my daughters running in here, having a play,
running around, sitting down
in the little drawing nook, I call that.
I mean, it's a study nook,
but that is such a great little kids' drawing nook,
and these guys, they know what they're doing.
There's no downlights, it's beautiful and calm.
The feature lighting, the mood lighting,
everything is unfaultable.
In terms of execution and styling, it's right up there.
Darren thinks the room is sophisticated and layered,
but it wasn't faultless for him.
One tiny little tiny, tiny, tiny detail.
You're gonna break your toe. Bingo.
That's something you kick your foot on
and break your toe on. Absolutely.
These work just as well if they're right back there.
While you're there, can you open the wardrobes?
Of course I can.
Oh, cute. Cute styling. Stop it!
Wow.
There's something about little things.
So damn cute!
What Matty likes is how deeply you are thinking about your rooms.
There are so many little details.
From a marketing perspective,
when the buyer gets an emotional connection to a property,
that's when the best occurs with bidding.
I always find the value of somebody doing this attention to detail,
this love, care, and excitement into the low value rooms
shows me that they are going to bring it everywhere else.
This is amazing, and if it does continue
into those big master bedroom suites and kitchen,
all those other rooms,
these guys are gonna be hard to beat.
Bit of an early crow from Marty.
Don't jinx it, mate.
Marty said that last year and that team came last.
(LAUGHTER) No, I'm joking.
He didn't say that.
One thing Darren then realised about both house one and two this week
is that there is no heating or cooling.
And once he'd mentioned it, all three judges felt
that this was a major oversight.
I would a hundred percent be putting in a fan.
Even though this is an amazing design feature,
it is coastal, sleeping under a fan on a hot night,
it is really nice, and you do need it.
Marty is worried that the buyers will penalise anyone
who isn't addressing that basic amenity in the home.
That issue aside, Darren reckons you have presented a gorgeous room
that is just so damn cute.
That's it, Courtney and Grant. Thumbs up all round.
Very good week for you.
We've had great feedback.
Like, there isn't much more you can ask for.
I think we produced an awesome room. Yeah.
So just keep doing what we're doing.
(PENGUIN TRILLS)
# I feel love. #
OK, house three.
You alright, boys? Yeah.
This week was just as crazy as the last.
Being a kids' bedroom, it's gonna be different,
it's gonna be louder,
it's gonna be a bit more design for kids.
Here we go, we're gonna look at floors.
Know what you're looking for? No.
Not at all.
So Tanya gave us some great advice
that down the island gets very cold.
Carpet is often ran through most of the rooms in the bedrooms.
I reckon that one. Oh, yeah. That's it.
That's the bunkbed,
so you can swing off the TV from the bunk.
If you're gonna have a holiday place here on the island,
there'd be no holiday house here without some bunkbeds in it.
We were able to adjust enough space to fit in a little TV
for the kids to be playing some games on those wet days.
This is the TV you're looking for. Beautiful, sounds good.
The whole room is designed around the wall art.
It's a massive map of the world
with every animal in the world on it.
I'll be honest, I reckon it's a whole new redo.
That's way below standard.
Seeing holes all the way around the easygen.
I'm seeing scratches here.
Definitely don't feel like we're gonna win. No way.
We're calling it Ricky's roasting, and it's perfect for this Sunday,
so we gonna have some nicely roasted Ricky
with a nice side of potato H,
extra cheesy, bit of onion flavouring.
It's gonna be delicious.
# Sometimes all I think about is you
# Late nights in the middle of June
# Heat waves been fakin' me out
# Can't make you happier now
# Sometimes all I think about is you. #
Marty was hoping that somebody this week would present bunkbeds.
You've got your bunkbeds.
So you got off to a good start today, boys.
But he immediately wondered aloud...
Yes, but are they in the right spot?
Shaynna was immediately drawn to the wardrobes
and that awesome Grafico print.
'Cause that's hot.
I'm loving that.
I'd love to see my kids come in and play with all the little animals
and what are they, and that is so smart for kids.
Darren agreed, saying this does feel like an appropriate kids' room
in a holiday home.
I like this setup, I like the PS4, and Disney+ and all the...
This is good. It makes sense to me.
Maybe that's a little bit high for kids to be playing movies
or watching stuff from the floor, but it's a nice thought.
Marty however was still wondering about the orientation
of the bunkbeds.
I probably would've had the bunks running along this wall here
and the TV over there.
He thinks this layout is claustrophobic
and harder to photograph.
And if you look at the floor space,
this is a room which is about four metres by three and a half.
but yet we're sort of in a really tight space here.
And he also picked up on some significant issues
with the craftsmanship.
The painting of the ceiling is really rough.
It's more than paint, mate. Have a quick look over there.
It's plaster. It's very rough.
When you walk in the room, you feel off centre
about where you should go
because you're hitting a bunk when you're walking in.
You're gonna trip over the beanbag.
The door doesn't close.
Plastering is an issue.
This feels like a retrofit of a Phillip Island home.
Shaynna also noted that this was the third bedroom
they'd been in today with carpet on the floor.
We are right walking distance from the beach.
Like, you're gonna be dragging in sand the whole time.
This has been an easier week.
I was expecting more from them.
Darren was much more positive today saying,
"I don't see problems with this room."
I like the decision with the bunks,
I love the colour palette on the bunks.
I don't even mind the layout.
You've got lots of open space to go the robes.
I'd be happy with this room.
It's a good room, it's not a great room,
and we've just seen two great rooms.
I don't even think it's a good room.
I think the wardrobe is the hero.
The rest of it needs to be fixed, because the thing is here,
why do you just do a dado line on one wall
and then paint it in greys,
but you have Mitchells there,
like why not the other wall? I don't understand it.
They're trying to pull through the bathroom, into here.
That's what they had in the bathroom.
So they're trying but they're not hitting the mark.
But the buyers, there's no real major issue
from a real estate perspective.
So I agree with you, Darren, but I was agree with you
in the fact that it's flat. It is a flat room.
OK. I'm saying it's an issue for me.
For Marty, he said it's not competition worthy.
Guys, third room in a row
where we don't have heating and cooling.
Marty's looking for you to make a better emotional connection
with your buyers.
I mean, Haydn's just had his first born.
Like, come into this week with a bit more passion,
come into it with a bit of an open mind
of what do you want to build for your new child?
Like, if that had been injected into this week,
I think we would have been taken on that journey,
and we would've bought into it, and this is an opportunity missed,
where it's disconnecting the emotion from property.
If you draw on something in your life like little Matilda,
that gives you that emotional connection
in that room, you know? Yeah. Fair point.
Marty finished by saying...
I think it's the only show on the planet
where you can have five massive winners.
They don't have to be the highest grossing team,
but geez, they can make some serious money,
and set their families up because that's what The Block can do.
That's why you're here away from your baby and your partner,
because the sacrifice you're making
is to change your life. Come on, boys, bring it.
He wants you to work harder and smarter in the weeks ahead.
That's it, boys. It's over.
Thanks, mate.
We're gonna get full emotional this week
in whatever room reveal it is. We're gonna get full emotional.
I think, this week, the trades are in trouble.
(PENGUIN TRILLS)
It's guest bedroom week on The Block.
So far, the feedback has been mixed.
Now it's our Queenslanders' turn to hopefully impress the judges.
OK, house four, Kylie and Brad.
This week, I had sort of done a little bit
of what the judges asked, and mostly me.
It's such a catch because I need to take on the feedback
so I can sell the home
because I don't want to be creating something
that I wasn't envisioning.
I kind of went like a full 180,
so I thought painting the bedhead Summer Peach it's called,
which ties in really well with the art.
You're putting carpet in your bedrooms?
No, we don't do carpet because we're from Cairns.
Because I'm doing so many looks in different bedrooms,
there's just nothing that ties it all in together,
so I had already sort of predetermined
that I wanted to go with a timber flooring.
The structure in there is my bedhead.
I'm actually planning on doing like LED strips
around the two squares.
I'm paring it back so we're keeping with black cabinetry,
softening it with timber.
We're doing terrazzo handles.
We're taking on board the judges feedback
or are we moving in our own direction?
Look, I've taken it on.
I've scaled back.
No one wants a black bedroom.
They haven't seen it yet, so how do they know?
BLEEP, I'm just gonna change everything now.
I have questioned my styling and come full circle.
I'm in a good place mentally today.
So let's shatter it. Don't.
No, so I'm ready to hear feedback.
Alright, Kylie and Brad.
Ah! We have floorboards.
After you.
# I've got the eye of the tiger, the fighter,
# Dancing through the fire
# 'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar. #
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Shaynna walked in
and immediately loved your floorboards.
So far the only house on The Block that has considered that.
And a fan!
And doesn't it just feel nicer in here with that fan moving?
Yeah.
Compared to the other rooms today. Makes such a difference.
Darren wasn't a hundred percent convinced
about the styling this week.
This is really very classic.
It's elevated but I feel like it's as at odds to its location
as last week's room was in a different direction.
They've sort of got some of the things
that room really needed like this oak timber floor
and the oak elements, but this room, I feel like they've put things in
for the sake of putting them in
to make it look like it's tricked up,
but I don't think it works in this environment.
I feel like this room doesn't belong here.
Shaynna is with him on that point.
She's a bit perplexed.
It feels like art deco but it's not working
because it's not an art deco place.
Do you get that, like it was a very art deco room, wasn't it?
Yeah. On the bedhead.
Yeah.
Marty was your archenemy last week.
But this week, your biggest supporter.
This is palatable, this is marketable.
This is a room where if you had 10 buyers walk-through,
you're not having that jarring effect
by at least half of them,
like what we had last week, which I think was an issue.
I want to commend them for actually taking on
I think some pretty harsh feedback well and toning it down,
but they haven't lost sight of who they are.
Marty think the fundamentals of this room are great.
To make it better, you can easily change the bedhead
and the artwork.
This is a good room.
That can go away, that can go away,
and if somebody doesn't want this picture frame,
whatever this thing is, then that can just go as well.
The actual room itself, I'm just so happy
that it's not as intense and dated
and nightclubby as next door.
But Shaynna was adamant this is not the look you want to go for
for a holiday home.
It doesn't say beach to me.
And it's not the look that fits modern contemporary
which is where I thought they were going.
This is a very old version of a modern art deco feel,
and it doesn't feel high-end as well.
I just think Kylie has so much personality with her green hair,
and bring your personality.
I just feel that this is a compromise,
and from what we saw in the bathroom, this doesn't...
Is that them or is this them?
I feel like the bathroom is them, but bring your energy,
bring your sass.
Just remember that this feedback is all about option A.
That's what it is.
I know it's hard to listen to it sometimes,
but it's all about them trying to get your results
in 12 weeks' time.
And you know, that's the emotional connection
we've talked about. Darren agrees with Shaynna.
I don't get the feeling that Kylie loves this style.
Do you love the room?
Like, absolutely bottom of your heart love the room?
It's alright.
I paired it back for them.
I was listening to the feedback.
Yeah, so we've just got to find a balance.
Trust your instincts, look at the market,
do your research, have a look at some of the houses
that are in these coastal environments
that are cool, that have a little bit of rock 'n' roll to them.
Mixed opinions this week from the judges,
Marty is fine with the direction you've taken,
but Shaynna and Darren feel like you need to pivot
and fast.
There's lots to think about. That's it.
Well done. Thanks, Scotty.
More rock 'n' roll.
She said to pair it back,
and I also need to pair back my bedroom.
So I did. And now I'm too boring.
She said make it more rock 'n' roll. Which is black.
Rock 'n' roll, to me, is black.
OK, house five. Kristian and Mimi.
This week was... OK, the room in itself was easy.
Obstacles were harder.
On this side, we're gonna have a pendant.
So that's a big different texture. Yeah.
We've come up with this idea to try and have three
different textures on the main wall
where the bed's gonna go.
So, I made a boo-boo today. A big boo-boo.
Demolition permit, both our signatures
have been forged by Kristian.
What?
So, when we got the cupboards measured up,
I forgot to even think about the pipe.
I think we're gonna be losing half a cupboard.
Then he cut corners on insulation.
It's like you've been tearing it apart to make it fit.
Is something missing? The lagging?
The next day, that pipe struck again.
We had to remove the last cabinet so that I could lay the pipe.
And it still wasn't over.
What tape have you got? Yeah. Duct tape.
No. You've got to use the proper sealing tape for it.
I went to Linen House.
Got all of my sheets, all of my throws.
I'm actually using tablecloths as a throw.
Feature timber from Portas is statement.
Our room is a statement.
It's, yeah. I'm pretty confident going into tonight.
Darren had to put his shoulder into the door to get into the room.
It's a tight squeeze.
Haven't had to hip and shoulder a door for a long time.
It's a bit sticky.
Did you know that?
We left it open.
(CHUCKLES) It doesn't work like that.
Darren wasn't in love with the asymmetry.
I think it's interesting.
It looks like a great photograph, but it's design for design's sake.
(PENGUIN TRILLS)
Darren wasn't in love with the asymmetry.
But he had to admit it also works.
This is a very high calibre.
This is another level.
# Something about you
# Makes me feel like a dangerous woman
# something about, something about something about you. #
Shaynna really loved the asymmetry.
I love that we have one pendant and then we have a bedside lamp.
I love that it is classy.
Like, look at all the different textures
that are on here at the moment, including the rug.
I love the fact that we've got the Porta timber
which connects to the bathroom, and that was quirky as well,
so this is almost classic elegant with a slight quirk,
and then we've just got the details that are in the beautiful artwork.
Marty said, "I think this room
"compliments the bathroom beautifully."
So when a buyer walks through and they duck into that bathroom,
walk into here, I mean, as a downstairs master alternative,
this really ticks the boxes because it does feel very high-end.
The room is elegant and classy and natural, and very appropriate.
So to me, this isn't saying beach.
This is saying boutique hotel.
Boutique coastal hotel. Yes.
Build quality is excellent again.
The Kinsman wardrobes are stunning.
And they're sort of matching the bedhead
and the laminate that's on the wardrobes
which is actually quite clever
because this is gonna be like a little private garden there.
So, it's got green, green, green,
and so if they plant that out beautifully
with more green, it's like it's been just sort of enveloped,
and I just just feel this is a boutique hotel
in Phillip Island.
Darren did wonder about the placement of the switches beside the bed.
But with this detail, all these details,
that's the solution.
We've always said never have the switch as the feature,
and it just jumped straight out.
If you're putting effort into the details,
then put it into every detail.
But he did really love the felted wall bedhead.
Look at me, the weird creepy guy touching stuff again.
I just can't help it. (LAUGHS)
Marty thinks you are now taking the buyer on a journey
with the rooms represented so far.
And if they can continue this journey throughout,
these guys are gonna be extremely hard to beat.
I'm calling it early because how they're designing it,
how they're executing it, the craftsmanship,
it's very hard to fault.
The fact that we've got that shadow line
between the skirt and the wall,
we've got that no profile around the door and the architraves,
I just think that it looks like they've put effort and money
into fine details, and those things
are the things that elevate a house from good to great.
Marty also picked up on the details.
But how subtle are they in making it feel beachy?
Like you said, with the little whales on this display shelving,
but then even with the feature lighting,
using a light that's got rope in it,
like symbolic of the pier, throwing the rope for the boat,
they've got some driftwood, they've got the right colours,
they're paying homage to that beautiful island lifestyle,
but in such a sophisticated and really detailed way
that's not jumping out at you.
It's just enough for you to feel subconsciously
that this is a coastal property. Yeah.
Once again, Marty's opinion,
a room that will photograph beautifully,
be really appealing to buyers and renters.
Your room this week is not perfect, but it's very close.
I think the best feedback is that they said they can already see
the flow in the two rooms that we've done,
and we're just gonna continue that further.
And emotional connection is really important for us.
The judges think houses one, two, and five
have really nailed it this week.
Out of five houses, we have three houses that know who they are.
Whereas we've got two houses that really, they're not quite sure.
If one, two, and five keep going with their direction
and going higher and higher,
three and four are gonna get left behind.
Marty said shift gears and shift now.
Because if they don't shift in week three,
it's gonna be very, very hard to pull a big U-turn
and get out of the hole that I think they're in right now.
Yeah.
And that's it, scores, here we go. There's no half a point.
Here we go. Darren Palmer, Jesse and Paige.
This is sexy and this is classy. Absolutely.
Well done.
Courtney and Grant.
And it's cute as heck.
Ricky and Haydn.
I love the colour palette on the bunks.
I don't even mind the layout.
Kylie and Brad.
I feel like they've put things in for the sake
of putting them in to make it look like it's tricked up.
And Kristian and Mimi.
It looks like they've put effort and money into fine details.
(GAGS)
Marty Fox.
Jesse and Paige.
It's so cosy.
Like, I have walked in here and I really feel at home.
Never seen anyone do an eight or a nine like that.
Tactical almost.
I know.
Courtney and Grant.
This is amazing,
and if it does continue in all those other rooms,
these guys are gonna be hard to beat.
The eights are perfect, aren't they?
Ricky and Haydn.
They're trying but they're not hitting the mark.
Kylie and Brad.
This is palatable.
This is marketable.
Kristian and Mimi.
As a downstairs master alternative, this really ticks the boxes
because it does feel very high-end.
OK.
It's gonna be very tight.
I'll see you in a bit.
(GROANS)
BLEEP. Shaynna Blaze.
Jesse and Paige.
This just goes, "Whoa, I'm here."
Courtney and Grant.
This has a feeling of week seven.
This doesn't feel like week two.
Ricky and Haydn.
This feels like a retrofit of a Phillip Island home.
Kylie and Brad.
It feels like art deco but it doesn't say beach to me.
Kristian and Mimi.
This is a boutique hotel in Phillip Island.
OK.
The winner of week two on The Block Phillip Island,
taking home 10,000 bucks from Ford is, by half a point...
(PENGUIN TRILLS)
Welcome back to my luxury HQ
where five very nervous Blockhead teams
are about to discover who has scored the guest bedroom win.
OK, the winner of week two on The Block Phillip Island,
taking home 10,000 bucks from Ford is, by half a point...
Oh, who is it?
..it's Kristian and Mimi!
Here we go.
Back to back.
I think the judges trust us and our vision and our direction.
Maybe I can do this.
Well done.
Courtney and Grant, half a point again.
Very close behind. Always the way!
What can you do?
Congratulations, Kristian and Mimi.
Well done. 10,000 bucks from Ford coming your way.
You've also got a very special Ford get away with yours truly
tomorrow night, and I'm flying in some very special guests
so it's gonna be an educational dinner about The Block.
A well-deserved prize for Kristian and Mimi
with their 28 point win.
Bridesmaids Courtney and Grant have a close second
on 27 and a half points.
Third spot went to Jesse and Paige with a respectable 27 points.
And in equal last were Ricky and Haydn
and Kylie and Brad on 22 points each.
You're gonna have a target on your backs now.
They're gonna be chasing you. They're gonna be tripping you over.
They gonna be sabotaging you.
That's what they're gonna be doing.
Is that true, guys? Yeah.
Yeah, we're coming, mate.
I mean, they're probably not gonna be over the moon
that we're going away and meeting other people
that are gonna help us get better again.
It hurts not to win obviously. Half a point.
Nearly there again.
Yeah, of course, you want to win.
These advantages, they affect your place in the competition,
so that should put a fire in your belly
to just keep pushing forward.
See you later.
Off you go.
We're off. Thanks, bud.
To be fair, I thought we were gonna get slammed a lot harder.
Tomorrow is a new day, it's a new start, it's a new room,
and we are still determined as ever to win the next one, whatever it is.
See, it wasn't that bad, was it?
Oh, stop.
I'm a bad winner.
Not in a bad way, in a way that she loves winning
but she feels bad about everyone.
Don't cry. Don't cry, enjoy it.
That's exciting, you won two in a row.
Why are you crying? That's a good thing.
I don't know, I just hate it.
You hate winning? No!
Whatever, Mimi.
Our door shuts perfectly.
And Mimi and Kristian get scores like that
and they didn't have perfect finishing.
We are a bit like why try?
A few hours later,
everyone has gathered in the green room
for a post-judging drink,
except for a dejected Kylie and Brad who are heading to bed early.
First of all, massive congratulations
to Mimi and Kristian.
You guys are doing a fantastic job.
Congratulations.
Yeah, killing it.
Despite the hammering they got from the judges,
house three's Ricky has no regret.
First of all, on behalf of me and H, it's still surreal
being here with all you guys.
Let's enjoy the journey, and as long as you do that
and make a few friends along the way,
that's the most important thing, and for me personally,
I don't have any family,
like, I've got no one to worry about,
like apart from my dogs,
so you guys are gonna be my new family,
so I just want to thank you guys for being part of that
and I look forward to spending the next three months with you,
so cheers to you guys.
Cheers, Ricky.
Cheers, everyone. Love you all.
VOICEOVER: It's a big week with big plans.
That's just his face now.
It's just stuck like that.
Ensuites on the line.
We're not gonna let things go wrong.
Will we have floor to ceiling tiles?
Oh! Blockheads beware...
I don't care whether you've got... Did a day with a (INDISTINCT), mate.
It's waterproof Wednesday, mate.
Let's go mate.
Don't need to be spoken to like that.
You're skipping steps.
Dan did say we've gone behind his back.
We're being told to send everyone home.
We've been disqualified.
I feel like I've lost my dog.
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