your company.
your company. Enjoy
SCOTTY CAM: 45km south west of Melbourne
across Port Phillip Bay in Mount Eliza,
we kicked off season 22 of The Block.
# Hey, hey. Just got better. #
I'm so nervous. Oh, my god.
(SIGHS) Holy...
One by one, the teams arrive.
Here we go. OK.
(GUFFAWS)
They're massive!
First on site were Brisbane besties.
Sev, an interior designer, and Courtney, a site manager.
I'm just an admin. Nothing exciting.
Albeit a secret one.
I am a site manager in commercial construction.
I'm not going to disclose that.
Jetting in from the West Coast were married couple Rosco, a FIFO worker,
and Lisa, a paramedic.
And you have a son? We do?
Yeah, we have Lando. He's two. He's the best.
Oh, another team. Hey, hey, everyone.
What's up?
Third in from Melbourne,
father and daughter duo Rick and Tayla.
(SCREAMS)
He's a builder and she's a PT. I do have a son, Hendrix.
We're doing this for him,
so I know it's all going to be worth it.
And that's what's in my brain right now.
Next up from Roxby Downs, South Australia,
are husband and wife, cattle station managers,
Adam and Jolene.
Sometimes we refer to ourselves as the bush bogans.
A bit rough around the edges. Yeah.
Rough diamond, eh?
And last but not least,
from the Gold Coast was mother of three,
Chantel and her personal trainer boyfriend, Wyatt.
Give me this bicep.
I'm so nervous.
He's got guns.
He's got calves the size of my torso.
So with all our Blockheads accounted for,
it was time to find out what they would be building.
These houses are absolutely stunning.
High-end, blue-chip real estate.
You might just be the luckiest Block contestants ever.
WOMAN: Ever!
And for the first time...
Have a look at that view there.
That's insane.
Can you believe that it's been 22 seasons of The Block
and we have never had a water view before.
(EXCLAMATIONS)
That view.
You can see the whole of the beach literally from here to the city.
But how will we pick who gets what house?
I'm glad you asked.
This whole week is going to be a house decider challenge.
(GASPS) We were washed
with sheer panic.
I want a fully fitted out guest bedroom by 9am on Sunday morning.
(LAUGHTER) Wow.
Would you like to go and look through the houses?
(CHEERING)
So all week The Blockheads will be battling it out
to give themselves the best shot possible to get the home they want.
But one thing they don't have to worry about
is where they'll be living.
As we've already arranged a luxury share house for the five teams.
It's a beautiful house.
I just don't want to stay with the contestants.
Roz, look. I am not mad about that.
Tonight...
It's the first day on site for the new recruits.
One is out of his depth.
He was asking us about the door openings,
and things 'cause he wasn't quite sure.
I'm just gonna cry in the corner.
Another is out of his mind.
We need a full reset.
I don't know.
A bit of yoga or something out the back here.
And someone is outraged.
Oh, (BLEEP). Mate, it's a stitch up.
They think I was stitching them up? Oh.
Do not say those words to me.
(DOG WHINES / THUNDER CRACKS)
# It's another day of sun
# It's another day of sun. #
The winner of the guest room this week
will get to pick their house they keep.
It's a challenge and a half. It is massive.
I feel like it's a good challenge.
Like you get to get straight into
the site we're going to be working on for the next 12 weeks.
Getting the house that you want is like -
you could win the whole show. Yeah.
This is now the most important week
in the competition as far as we're concerned.
The house we want is number four.
We know we need this house if we're going to win The Block.
Yeah, the thought of having to complete a room,
which is going to set us up for 12 weeks, it's quite scary.
It could be the....
Well it is. It's the decider of our future.
This year on The Block,
there are two distinct floor plans
divided among the five houses.
Houses Four and Five are located downtown,
and they share an identical floor plan.
For this week's House Decider Challenge,
all teams have been tasked with
designing a small guest bedroom.
(BLEEP), (BLEEP).
It says guest. Guest is guest, yeah?
Rick, what's happened? Don't ask.
Unfortunately for builder Rick,
he started insulating the guest suite,
which is a much bigger space located
at the front of the downstairs area.
Dad, being a builder... Strictly guest room.
he read the plans and said, "Guest." Guest room is guest room to me.
Probably got three quarters of the way through insulating.
Like full on. Yeah, it's probably complete.
Heaps.
Uh, we pretty much have to... Ripped it all out.
..rip it all out and throw it into the guest bedroom.
That's right. You pre-cut them.
Hopefully they fit in these sizes.
Oh, (BLEEP), mate.
Yeah, I'm not sure what happened there with Rick.
He should have done his due diligence.
He should have checked what room we're in.
(BLEEP)
But obviously rushing day one,
he didn't pick up on it.
There goes that massive head start we had.
SCOTTY: Next door in House Four,
married parents, Lisa and Rosco,
are using the exact same floor plan as House Five,
and have had no trouble finding
the correct room to start working in.
The bed's along this back wall. Yep, bed's along there.
We want to keep it simple this week because it's a short week.
Today it's Wednesday, first day on The Block.
So we are two days behind what we'd call a normal week on The Block.
You all good? Yeah, we're good.
OK. We'll get stuck in then.
Our impression of our builders so far,
Chris from construct, he's extremely organised,
highly motivated and very knowledgeable.
First thing we need to do now is put black plastic on the floor.
Oh, really? And then ply.
If the room doesn't turn out well, we know it's on us.
Hey, hon? Yeah, yeah, there's no excuses.
Taking the blame now?
Well, they know what they're doing, so...
Gulp.
We've had a small amount of experience
in the scheme of experience one could have.
It doesn't look any different from when I left.
We've done a few of our own personal projects.
Nothing high scale, nothing professional.
Nothing is fast paced as this.
We bought a Block of land outside of Perth,
about 40 minutes from the city,
and we just want to create a space where all our family and friends
can come and visit and stay as long as they want.
There'll be chickens out the back, fresh eggs,
a couple of animals we've probably rescued along the way,
and just live out our life there.
So we'll draw that up... Yeah, cool.
..and send it to you guys. Yeah.
I'll send you a picture. Yeah.
And just order it through TRUECORE.
Send help.
Earlier today, husband and wife Adam and Jolene
got the news that they, too, were in the wrong room.
Got our builders here ready to rock and roll?
Yeah, they're cracking. Yeah, just one thing wrong.
What? We're in the wrong room.
I knew it. Yeah.
Adam and Jolene are currently in House One,
and are located uptown alongside Houses Two and Three.
These three houses share an identical floor plan.
Adam and Jolene started designing their guest suite when they
should be designing their guest bedroom,
located next to the shared bathroom on the ground floor.
This is us. You know what?
I'm glad we got the other room to do up because it's half the size.
I was very thankful for Dan's little relocation.
And now House One has a mystery visitor.
I'm thinking, oh, what's this but, what have I done wrong?
And I was thinking, who is he?
He's someone important.
I can't remember who bring him to me,
but me in there, I'm like, "Hello, mister."
G'day I'm Adam. Hey, guys, I'm Notley.
# He's the man on The Block that everyone thinks is hot.
# He's Not-Notley
# And I'm not saying he's not hot
# He's hot, he's... #
Notley, how are ya mate? Nice to meet you.
I'm gonna be the Bunnings contact on site for you while you're here.
So I'll normally be working in the mini store in the HQ, but, um,
our friends at Ryobi thought, uh,
you might need some tools for the show,
so go through. Look at that.
We've got a heap of Ryobi kit for you,
so it's almost like Christmas Day day one.
This is coming straight in, so.
Holy, look at that.
It was really cool. It was cool.
It was awesome to have him on site.
Do you guys need a hand with anything?
Mate, we need a hand with lots of things.
Notley, you stick around for the next ten weeks...
We'll give you a job. ..and we'll give you a job, buddy.
Thank you very much.
# He's the best man on The Block that everyone thinks is hot
# He's...#
SCOTTY: While Notley is one of the many experts on The Block site,
personal trainer Wyatt is very much a novice.
Hey, guys.
Is this all the ceiling batons and stuff?
Is that what this is? Nah, this is the shaft.
Shaft? Sweet.
Alright, I'll go check. (WHISTLES)
I have currently zero building experience.
Peter. Wyatt.
Wyatt, nice to meet you, mate. Nice to meet you.
Um, we're coming from TRUECORE today.
Yep.
It's just something for you to take notes on when you need it.
Sweet.
Uh, so we supply all the light gauge steel framing on The Block.
So all your internal walls, joists, trusses, all that kind of kit.
Chantel leaves early because obviously she has to get to, um,
what do you call them consults and things like that.
But we haven't had a chance to discuss the plan, the layout.
I don't even know where the wardrobe is going at this point.
So what do you do when you're not at The Block, mate?
I'm an online coach. Yep.
So yeah, personal training plans and those sort of things.
Um, I do a little bit of support work a little bit of retail as well.
A couple of days at Nutrition Warehouse.
OK, cool. Um, yeah.
And I do a little bit of acting and
extra stuff on the side as well, so...
OK, cool. There's a lot of different things.
Yeah, I build flat packs and Lego and things like that.
Um, you know, but no, houses.
You've never drawn a wall frame? I have never.
Alright, let's show you how to do it.
All the gear, no idea.
That's my words, yeah.
That's a wall frame, right? Yep.
So we're looking at one of these walls here
that is going to be, say, 3,020 high...
That's going to be 4,100 long, right?
That's how we draw.
So it's basically x by y, right?
So you need to tell us sort of what the radius is, yeah?
So you'll just have to slide it in the hole
and then that'll be your grill through the middle.
Yeah?
Yep.
Give me two weeks and I should be pretty good.
It's a little numb.
I kept my tooth.
So hopefully the tooth fairy gives me some cash.
SCOTTY: Wyatt might be in a little over his head,
but thankfully,
he has some experts on hand in House Two.
Less talk about gym now.
As Block tiling legends
the Cursios are back.
You've got to go harder than everyone else now.
Don't worry, we're going to get this.
Of course. You must. Good attitude.
The share house last night, Rosco,
he had organised for the Curio brothers
to come over and meet everybody.
Bit of a surprise for you.
(CHEERING)
How you going? Hello.
The Cursio brothers have built up a reputation
as the best tilers on The Block.
Oh, did you get the flat one?
Perfect. Spot on.
Couldn't have done it without you.
Alright, I'm going to buy your undies,
pick up pizza, and I'll be back.
Oh, wow. Thank you.
We want the Cursio brothers 'cause they're like Block royalty.
Rosco, these guys gave us a call and they said,
"Look, we want you guys to be our tiler.
I go, "Who else wanted us to be their tiler?"
I think all of youse did. I think you all called.
I actually called the Cursio brothers
and they told me that they just weren't available.
Did anyone bring youse a gift, though?
(EXCLAMATIONS)
Just us? Just from WA.
Hopefully they're not too melted.
He was suck-holing.
He was, yeah.
He was proper suck-holing.
"Oh, come on, boys, come in."
Mwah, mwah, mwah, I'll look after you.
Rather than choose one of your beautiful people here,
which we would love to do,
we thought that we were going to say no to all of you,
but say yes to a house.
So we've chosen a house together.
I think House Two is the one that we like.
So we're going to stick with House Two.
So whoever chooses House Two gets us.
Yeah.
They're going to choose a house and not contestant.
We don't feel the connection with House Two.
So for us it felt like a bit of a...
a bit of an ending to a romance that never even started.
We're currently in house number Two. Yeah.
And now we absolutely plan on staying in house number two
because we want those brothers...
We want the Cursio brothers. ..to be our tilers.
How's it going?
Do you know how to draw up a TRUECORE?
He sort of showed me.
But I've got to draw up a little plan here.
I noticed Wyatt was talking to you guys about plans or drawings.
Yeah, he's asking us about the door openings and things
because he wasn't quite sure.
I think he's a bit out of his depth.
This is 100% what I'd be doing.
I'd leave it and go to the gym.
That's what I was thinking. No, no.
I was thinking getting a meal... 100%.
Wait til you find out the size of the door?
That's the most important thing.
Isn't the missus a carpenter?
She should be here. You should be doing the shopping.
They require the public liability for 20 million.
Yes. We only have ten.
Not good.
I don't know if I'm gonna find my people.
I need to call the girls.
Are we gonna all connect?
(DOG WHINES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
(FUNKY BEATS)
(DOG BARKS)
# You've got to love, you've got to love. #
SCOTTY: Up in House Three, secret site manager, Courtney,
and commercial interior designer, Seb, have big plans.
We are going with -
we're calling it Peninsula Modernism.
The ceiling has a inlay detail using timber floorboards,
a custom headboard that I'm going to attempt to make,
and micro cement,
that's going to wash over our walls and ceiling.
And of course, we'll micro cement the blue away from the wardrobe.
Oh, my god. On Monday,
on their first day on The Block, Sev and Courtney
selected a bold blue wardrobe for their guest bedroom.
We're going to go for the Habitat Veneta.
For the doors. Amazing.
Thank you.
Perfect. No worries. Thank you.
Then the following day,
the girls met Judge Darren Palmer,
who had this to say.
The brief is roughly white, light and bright.
Which sends Sev into a spin.
I wanted, like, some colour that was going to be, like,
reflective of the ocean.
And yeah, we just had Darren sort of say, no, no, no.
We're going to have to change our entire brief.
So everything she's been dreaming of and wanting to do
and really, truly believed was the right fit for this area,
she's throwing in the bin and starting again
and it's obviously really upsetting.
Shook. I'm really shook.
And I just want to be able to get the house,
like it's a big challenge. It's a big week.
But despite the setback,
Sev came up with a smart solution to micro cement
their blue wardrobe with a light neutral colour,
putting them back on track to fulfil Darren's design brief.
You want a micro cement that?
It matches the frame.
I back her design.
I know no matter what she comes up with,
it's going to be amazing.
Because... She's my rock.
I don't really - I just don't plan on telling anyone,
and it'll just come out naturally eventually.
You know, whether that's one week, three weeks,
the end of the project, when they see it on TV,
like I'm not really concerned.
And another advantage Courtney has as a secret site manager
is she knows how important it is to ask questions.
Dan!
# Why can't we be friends? #
Lots of questions.
Well, I've got questions. OK.
Who do I send some spec sheets for the, um...
Me. Yeah, OK, great.
I just had a question.
Do you think I could get the chippies
to help me with that installation just for week one?
Dan, I've been looking everywhere for you.
Do you reckon we'll be able to get House Three and House Four plans?
It's not just me playing the game.
They're all highly competitive.
Secret squirrel business activity going on.
Are you sure I can't just have your number
so I can call you when I need you? No.
Do you know how to send an email?
Adam, what are you doing here?
Putting a bit of yellow fluff in the walls.
Where were you?
Where you going to be? Shopping.
"Oh, Jolene, come and help insulate."
"Oh, hang on, I've just got to buy - go and buy something, goodbye."
I had to go straight into a Beacon lighting consult.
What's it like in the new car? Yeah.
(JEOPARDY THEME)
Is that drive?
Um, darl, I can't get it to work.
Yeah, here, look. It's in drive.
Take your foot off the brake and then put your foot on the accelerator.
I don't drive these electric cars.
(HARD ROCK)
I feel like I'm driving so (BLEEP) today.
Going into Beacon, I was like,
I'm going to be really cheeky and park the first easiest park.
Oh, I can't drive to save myself today.
Was scary. Stop it.
(BEEPING)
Is that how we park?
Anyway, I met the lovely Sicily.
Good, how are you? Good. Jolene.
Sicily. Yeah, nice to meet you.
She was a dream.
We're going with a warm coastal feel, so...
That's perfect, that's good. ..pretty organic.
As we walk through the showroom...
Yeah, I like that.
..I hone in on the beautiful travertine sconces.
I'm like, "That is it?"
You get a different grain for each piece.
Love. Each is unique.
The colour palette and the design, went from there.
Happy to go with them? And then the rest of them...
I think I like those ones.
SCOTTY: In keeping with their warm coastal feel,
Jolene has chosen brass switches for their downlights,
and travertine sconces.
Michael Haley. Haley Hire.
We do all the equipment hire. Yep.
There's a trailer on site at the back of the Bunnings shed.
Yep, nice. Yeah, we're in House Two.
We plan on staying there. Oh, good luck.
Well, after we win this week...
I've heard the story. ..we're just going to lock it in.
Oh, good on you, mate.
Good luck. I like your determination.
(LAUGHTER)
And Chantel just popped out to the shop
to do some furniture shopping.
I'm having to do a consult at Beacon.
So if we win that room, you know who to thank.
We were talking to him. We knew he could do it.
Basically, I just had to pick the lights for the guest bedroom.
Oh, my goodness.
I'm not ready for this.
It left me a little bit frazzled. I'm not gonna lie.
Goodness. Yeah, full on, hey?
I am not around lights, I don't know.
That's alright. You're all good, I got you.
John was amazing.
He was very informative and told me where I need to do
all the down lighting and so on and so forth.
That's easy. We'll just go with that one.
That's the nicest one, I reckon. Beautiful.
For lighting in their guest bedroom,
House Two have opted to go with four simple downlights
to match the overall simplicity of their room.
As the weeks go on, I think we'll get more comfortable.
But it's definitely a shock being like thrown in day one.
Hi. Hi.
I'm your lighting designer. Hi, Tayla.
Nice to meet you. Steph. Steph was so good.
Yeah, it took me about an hour
because I was going from this to this.
That's nice.
That in the small size.
That's for a feature. Yeah, OK.
These are the two wall sconces.
I got some jam and sc-oh-nces.
It's not jam and sc-oh-nces. Sconces.
We want flat. Nothing sticking out the ceiling.
This and then the gimbal.
I've got a giblet.
It's called gimbal. Which is a gimbal.
I've called it a giblet.
And that's your switches.
Oh shivers - switches.
I thought a giblet was like something from a chicken.
You know chicken giblet? (PRONOUNCES WITH SOFT G) A giblet.
Giblet, see. Giblet.
So we're doing that, I'm sorry.
How do you turn that on?
Like, I didn't even flip a switch that I had to get those.
Oh, that's good.
Are you OK? I'm OK.
Crack my back? Oh, OK.
Do you know how to do that? Yeah.
Also got my back cracked by Sev.
(DRUM ROLL)
(CRACK) Oh, she did it.
Yes!
With her back cracked into shape,
Tayla has decided to deck out House Five's
light, white and bright guest bedroom
with a fan, some jam and sconces, and giblets.
(SQUAWKS)
Where is my girl?
She's just got into the thing.
Thank you. I'll see you soon.
I'll see you later.
Beacon guys are, mwah, chef's kiss.
Sorry, I've got construction helmet hair going on.
It's completely fine.
I went and got some wall lights. I love them.
I love how irregular they are.
They look like a new line, which I'm very excited to utilise.
OK, awesome. Thank you so much.
We will have wardrobes along there. Yeah.
Bed here.
Walking into Beacon
for the first time was like a kid in a candy store.
I was like, I like that, I like that, I like that.
I like that. House decider challenge.
Which house do you want to win and why?
I honestly, if we win, we're going to be sitting up there going...
We're stuffed. (WHISPERS) Which one?
Um... We have not decided.
We also - we haven't seen a floor plan for the other houses.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Is that possible?
Do you know? Do you know?
Should sabotage her.
Yes, I did take a little photo.
Bang.
Took it, got out of there.
(DOG WHINES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
# I've been a good little worker bee
# I deserve a gold star #
(ROCK MUSIC)
(MUSIC SLOWS AND DISTORTS)
Did you bring me a fork? Oh, yeah.
Thank you. Chantal. You're welcome.
There was no fork this morning when I went,
I had to eat it with my hands.
Wyatt, how many Youfoodz have you had today?
Um, since all day today.
I think I had somewhere between six and eight.
Plus I had my own breakfast.
That's dinner post workout.
That's one of my lunches.
That's my other lunch.
Only eating about 3,600 calories right now,
but to me, that's nothing, like I'm starving.
Um, I'm used to having like 4,600 calories and still being hungry
so I can just constantly eat.
I gotta really track myself.
I finished high school and went
straight into the army as a rifleman,
but unfortunately I diagnosed with type one diabetes
a month before I turned 22.
Um, out of nowhere.
Relying on insulin,
you can't go out field and not be a liability.
So I had to leave.
Transitioning out of the military
is probably the hardest thing I've ever done.
It was the biggest shock of my life.
You got your career set out for you,
and all of a sudden everything's gone.
You're starting again.
I took about a year doing some training and like my
cert three and four in fitness.
So I feel like it was almost a blessing in disguise.
My diabetes, the movement, the training and the strict diet
makes my blood sugar, like, I know exactly what it's doing,
like, all the time.
I'm gonna get this just clean chicken and sweet potato.
You better get one of each for you.
I was thinking that.
Love good Youfoodz. It was a few.
I love the Youfoodz that are helping with my diabetes
and keeping my blood sugar well.
So, you know, thank you, Youfoodz.
SCOTTY: While Wyatt keeps an eye on his blood sugar levels,
over at House Five,
Rick the builder is keeping an eye on his rivals.
House Four's already got their ply down.
You've got two chippies there all day.
Whatever an hour. Heads up.
You know, that's only a one man job.
You really don't need two to do that.
What are you hoping will be done by the end of today?
I'd love to have that sheeted, door skirts.
So you are doing skirts?
I'm doing a P50 skirt
where it's concealed into the wall.
Skirts, and then plastic comes down on top of it.
A P50 shadow line is a recessed gap
that gives a clean, modern look to the room,
but does require a crack plasterer to make it look its best.
Thank you.
I've got a bit of a problem. Yeah.
They require the public liability for 20 million.
Yes. We only have ten.
That doesn't take much to change.
It doesn't take a lot to change.
They're not going to do it for me.
Who's that? Office.
(SIGHS)
Public liability is only for ten.
We need 20.
That was clearly explained on the email I sent to you.
What's the cost involved?
I'll pay for it. I don't know.
Can you find out what the premium is?
I'll have to pay for it.
These guys won't sign him on unless he's got the 20 million cover.
So I said, I'll pay for it. I don't care what it is.
I can't have him leaving.
I need the big boss to say yes before we can do it.
Can you can you let me know,
like within the next half hour or so?
They need it. Otherwise, we can't do it.
Yeah, can you find out in the next...
I'm trying to call him. Yeah.
How you feeling? Not good.
Didn't sound too confident.
Didn't sound too confident, so...
I'll wait for Tayla to get back, to start ringing around.
Not ideal.
Applying for The Block is my dream.
I've always wanted to do.
It started many years ago.
Six years.
Dad's been through a lot.
Um, you know, with his health and everything.
I got diagnosed with kidney cancer, and two years ago,
I got diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Yeah.
Excuse me.
I told you we needed tissues. That's alright.
Dad just has taught me how to be solid rock, yeah.
Oh, shit.
No problem.
Yeah, so I think, uh - excuse me.
This would be good for us.
For me. Yeah.
We can be strong.
It's all good.
So, yeah, just the pressure on six o'clock till ten
isn't gonna kill her.
I would have stayed here all night.
OK.
I was at Beacon
then figured why not kill two birds, one stone?
Freedom's down the road.
Ross is hounding me for, um, uh, sconce heights,
so I kind of need to know bed height.
# Oh, my...#
Oh, my god, this is it.
Oh my gosh, I love it, I love it.
This is it.
This is absolutely my bed. I need this bed.
You know, when you see something and you just know immediately.
I know, it's stunning. Soft curve.
Yeah, it's everything I want and more from my bed.
I found the one.
(LICKING SOUND)
I licked it, so it's mine now.
No one else can have it.
SCOTTY: So with their bed licked and picked,
Lisa and Rosco's guest bedroom
will also feature a custom made, egg-shaped niche,
DIY textured walls, beige carpet, and their Beacon lighting.
So while Lisa's over in our consults,
we had a visit from Ash Weston from Ray White.
Hey mate. Nice to meet you.
Rosco. You too.
Yeah. Alright, we've got some high vis.
Yeah, yeah, you can be me for a little bit.
It's brand new, so tag still on it.
Immediately I felt like we, yeah, we got along well.
He's a family man. He's a good guy.
As it stands, The Blockheads have only been given the floor plans
for the houses they're currently in.
While they are still free to explore the rest of The Block site,
they can only speculate as to what the layout
of the other houses may actually be.
I think it's either the master or the guest suites at the back.
Yeah.
Took him through House Four.
This looks amazing.
Beautiful home. Great space.
And he loved the layout.
That's a really good sized backyard. Yeah.
I walked him up to the vacant block next to House One.
Oh, yeah, wow. Yeah.
He was immediately blown away.
That is... Yeah, that's epic.
That's pretty...that's impressive. Yeah.
My gut feel says go to the high side of the street.
Try and get views if you can get the views.
Also because of the sheer scale of that upstairs space.
That is impressive. OK.
I think the house Rosco and Lisa should be going for
should be House Three.
I think it's got the impressive views.
It's also got a bit more privacy on that left hand side as well,
and it also feels quite nicely tucked away and private
in the corner there as well.
Food for thought.
I hope I didn't confuse things. Thanks so much.
I appreciate it. It's a big decision.
Yeah.
So what house do you want now and why?
House Three is the better option.
In terms of auction day, House Three with a view.
SCOTTY: So it seems that Lisa and Rosco have their eyes on House Three,
which is currently Courtney and Sev's property.
And it just so happens that Courtney and Kev are eyeing off
Lisa and Rosco's House Four property.
On this planning and strategy,
I believe you took a little secret photo of someone's plan.
Ah, this is...
Yes, I did take a little photo.
I was at Beacon,
the house we want Ross and Lisa House Four.
It's plans were smack bang in front of me.
I didn't even, like, go hunting for it.
It was just right there, and I was like...
Bang!
Took it, got it out of there.
I just saw an opportunity,
and I just thought Courtney and I could have a little squizz over it.
Courtney and I... It's not square on.
..we can say right now that's the house we want.
But, you know, we need to go through those plans
and make sure that it works for us.
And there's no areas that we think we're going to run into trouble.
I thought, yeah, it could just give us a little advantage
if we do slide into that house.
(DOG WHINES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
(ROCK MUSIC)
I've got an idea.
These guys won't sign him
unless he's got the 20 million cover.
He's just on the phone with the big boss now.
Push up the premium from 10 to 20 million.
The sparkies are in there now.
So I just got to get the installation ticked off,
and we're ready to start.
It's done now. Done now. Thank you. Appreciate it.
Yeah? Yeah.
I'll finish the induction. Yeah, OK, yeah.
Lisa's found a calling, I think. Yeah. It's good.
Yeah. Doing well.
Lisa, how much do you love insulating?
Oh, my gosh, insulating.
(BLEEP)
It's itchy.
Ah!
It is thankless.
Oh, for (BLEEP) sake.
It's probably my least favourite thing.
(CONTINUOUS BLEEPS)
It's a lot harder than it looks.
(BLEEP)
I watched them do it for seasons... (BLEEP)
and this is far worse than I could have imagined.
Jolene. Where is Jolene? Nobody?
Maybe she took my knife, too. No she didn't.
I'm just going to be Inso.
The Inso Man.
Call me the Inso Man.
# Inso Man
# Hey, here he comes again
# Inso Man Inso Man. #
Like a finger in a fish's bum.
# He's there to install
# Inso, Inso Man
# Inso Man. #
It is not wise to leave Inso Man for any length of time.
Hopefully, I reckon this room will be insulated
another three or four weeks to get there, I reckon, hey.
When you're Inso Man and you hit a point where you
realise you're past the point of no return of itchiness,
certain things happen to the brain.
You can't come back from.
We need to go back down there.
No, this is the room you've got to be in this week.
It's not a guest bedroom.
Can we reset the room? As what?
That's the space you're working in? Yeah.
Whatever you want to do with that, it's up to you.
Did you spiral? I went to another dimension.
We need a full reset now. OK.
And we need probably -
I'm just going to go and do a bit of, I don't know,
a bit of yoga or something out the back here.
Righto.
He'd had a little meltdown about the room change.
I can tell you're rattled... No, I am, mate, I am.
..so I thought I'd get the plans just to show you.
I still see this as a guest bedroom, because these two people
are going to be living in the home sharing an ensuite.
The guests, they don't need an ensuite.
They can walk out and around.
I think you're maybe overthinking it a little bit.
Maybe I'm just an overthinker.
I've never thought about it that way.
I haven't had a good think about that.
(LAUGHTER)
Yeah.
SCOTTY: Over at House Three,
site manager Courtney is all about the attention to detail,
and she's pushing things as far as she can.
I want to mount the light switch in through here,
so it comes -
when you walk into the room,
like your switch is on the side of your cabinet.
We are going to be pains in the butt.
I don't think it's annoying.
I think it's just knowing what we want.
I'm gonna say no.
You're gonna say no, OK.
That's going to compromise our joinery.
I feel pretty under the pump, but I like being under the pump.
It's my favourite...
Sounded really suss.
Compromising the actual visual look of the joinery...
Sure. ..it's not a decision I can make.
OK.
So I'm just going to say, no, on my part at the moment.
And then I'll try and get approval.
If you get the all clear... Yeah, we can go ahead.
..from the top... OK.
..then I'm happy to work with you. Alright.
There's always a solution to every problem.
You just need to figure it out.
If you just stay calm, you'll be fine.
Oh, no. Do you want a smile?
I'd like to. I made a phone call.
Yeah. We're gonna do it.
I can get the switch?
On the side? We're gonna do it.
Oh, thank you so much.
Now, of course, that's not the only alteration
you want to do to the cupboard.
Uh, when do you plan on telling Rob
you're going to be micro cementing it?
(LAUGHS)
Oh, you're doing little squares?
Just get this. Yep.
Then you just do that? Yep.
So do you want me to rip that out? Please. That'd be good.
Dan, come out the first time and it was too ugly.
All this won't pass.
That's got to be pushed back. Pushed back.
Neaten up this. Second inspection...
Wyatt. Yep.
Come here for a sec.
..there was some thin little gaps.
Can you see through to the other room?
Oh, yep. Yeah, that's called a gap.
Doesn't want to see any light.
So that was good to know second time around.
I'm just gonna cry in the corner.
Suit up boys.
Oh!
It's a stitch up.
This is the standard.
(DOG WHINES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
SCOTTY: It's all systems go in Mount Eliza
as we head into the last couple of hours on site for day one.
So it's high time to pay a visit to the Blockheads
in their guest bedrooms.
Am I being dumb?
See the little nose bit there? Yeah.
Just go away and have a good, hard, long think about it for a second.
House One have most of their ply floors down and walls insulated.
Hello, Inso Man.
Inso Man!
Given yourself a nickname on day two.
Well, someone's got to, you know.
So I hear that his inso work is outstanding.
You can't be second best if you're Inso Man,
you've got to be the best.
Your first ever Scotty walk around.
It probably wasn't as nerve wracking as I thought it was gonna be.
No, well, he come in all happy
and hopefully we've done a good enough job.
# Inso Man. #
This is fantastic. What about ceiling?
We've got a batten that out. When's that happen?
Yeah, we're gonna batten that out. Uh, probably tomorrow.
We're just going to concentrate on the floor.
I'd like to see you try and batten this out.
As soon as this floor goes down, we'll have a good crack at that.
You've only got an hour. Yeah.
By the end of the day,
we want to get that floor finished, screwed down, inso signed off.
So in the morning, we got a clean run, plaster, yeah.
And then Friday morning, you wake up and you sand it.
Yeah. And then Saturday you style it?
Yes. She styles it.
Yep. Oh, mate, I was never talking to you.
I know we've got a rush and everything,
but at the end of the day,
we want to hand over the best product we can
to the person who buys it, because that's what we want.
Thanks, mate. Good luck. Well done.
Thank you.
Downtown in House Five, they've made good progress
insulating and plastering their guest bedroom.
Well, until Foreman Dan drops by.
What's going on there?
That should be flowing through to there.
I knew that was gonna be a bit of an eyesore walking in through there,
but I thought once this painting's on the wall,
that's going to take your eye off that.
Hey, mate, how are you? How are ya, bud? Good.
Well, Scotty, look at that little detail over here.
Judges are going to go straight there. Bang.
These are the details they'll be looking at.
It could come down to that.
They'll be like, "Why? What's going on there?"
Yeah, I wouldn't have that little detail of that other plaster there.
Yeah.
Well, I'm doing P50 around the bottom,
so I could possibly do something around that.
Have my shadow line around...
Yeah, on your timber reveal. Yeah.
Well, you can do your shadow lines, mate.
I hate shadow lines, but anyway. You can't do it here.
Scotty loves cornices and architraves.
I've gone all P50 square set mouldings...
So sexy, sleek. ..around the door frame.
I'm gonna take them off,
pack ten mil and just run the sheet straight into it.
You're gonna take it off? Yeah.
If he happens to walk through once we're finished,
I think he'll like what we've done.
Yeah. Will he?
I think he will, yeah.
He's actually miles ahead of everyone,
and he's had no one here helping him.
You've done well. Yeah, good on you, mate.
Yeah, good luck, Rick. See you, buddy.
Thanks, guys.
Next door, House Four have their ply floors down,
and have partially insulated and plastered.
Lisa, I noticed that you've got two blokes in there
with nail bags on. Yeah.
Does that mean you've got two chippies today?
For the last couple of hours of today, yeah.
Two chippies for this room is too many.
Because what they're doing is bashing the pins in.
Yeah. You know, Rosco could do that.
Scotty felt like we had too many trades on site.
I see his point. It was valid.
Treat every dollar like it's your last.
You're not gonna be happy there's a third one coming.
Is there? What?
You got a third chippy coming?
You can't have three blokes in there putting that plywood floor down.
I don't know what's happening. Things have gotten out of hand.
First day.
I think we're just learning what can be done
simultaneously and what should be done in what order.
You get those two boys and your third man that's coming
to insulate and then help those guys sheet it.
Yep. Go. You're in charge.
You are the foreman.
Let's start barking some orders.
Uptown House Three have their ply floors down
and have partially insulated.
Oh, hello. Hey, Scotty.
How are you going, girls? Yeah, really well, thank you.
Have you got plasterers here? Yeah.
So if we can get partial sign off today,
our chippies are going to throw those sheets on.
Chippies. How many chippies you got?
We've got four on site at the moment.
Four? Yeah.
We're blowin' the budget this week, Scotty.
I told you not to blow the budget. It was only yesterday.
Yeah, I know, but we've got to win a house.
No, no, you can't win a house... We'll be tight looking forwards.
..and blow your budget in the first week, girls.
You are stitching yourselves up.
But I'm also making my own bed head.
Oh, hallelujah. I know.
Scotty Cam had a few points.
Mainly that we might be exceeding the budget a little
bit too much for week one.
As a project manager,
I feel you should be managing your project a little bit tighter.
Yeah. Not just, "We got to win."
"Let's just throw everything at it."
That just can't work on The Block.
It doesn't. I know.
You know, when we came to the show,
we said we won't blow it the first week.
The first week will be conservative. So you said that to yourself?
Yeah, but then but then you flipped around and said,
"Oh, this has to pick a bloody house for you."
So... So it's my fault.
Yeah, yeah, so basically... I'm not deflecting,
but I'm sort of deflecting. No.
And then we were still on target.
Everything was going to be fine.
And then Darren comes in and then gives us a new brief.
Well, you know, you don't have to listen to everybody,
but the brief about managing your budget is big,
and managing your time is big. Yeah.
We just need this week to be perfect.
We really, really want to win it.
We really want to, um, our choice of the house.
And then we're going to get really strict with our budget.
Alright, you've got 45 minutes to get going.
Ah.
Geez. Hang on. Let me get that for you.
It's a hard hat site. Give me my helmet.
Thank you very much. Sorry.
Make sure that's in the edit.
And for the last stop on my guest bedroom tour,
House Two are fully insulated and plied.
Hey, Scotty. Hello, mate.
We've just passed insulation inspection.
Finally. Our third inspection.
Oh, yes.
Looking back now, our first inspection compared to our third.
It is like an art piece in there. Like the Mona Lisa now.
Did I hear some rumours?
They think I was stitching them up. Oh.
Do not say those words to me.
Yeah.
You can't get away with anything around here.
You can't.
Especially with these microphones on.
On The Block, we make sure everything is perfect.
We can't have gaps in the inso.
It's got to be absolutely perfect.
What did I say to you at the dinner the other night?
I never set anyone up to fail.
Never use the term this is a stitch up.
I will blow up deluxe, mate. I'll shut you down.
I took it, but I don't think it was me that said it.
I don't think I was saying it.
I don't think I was the one particularly saying stitch up.
I thought Chantel said it.
No I didn't. Is he stitching you up?
Yes, he is. Whoa, whoa.
This is a stitch up.
Don't say that or you're out. You're sleeping on the couch.
Alright, I'm gonna leave you because you haven't got much time.
I don't care, mate. It's alright.
Good work, champion. Thanks, Scotty.
(DOG WHINES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
All good? Yeah, we're packing up.
Thank you.
Check that out would ya.
Look at this.
About to put the padlock on already.
Where does the padlock go?
If you can work it out where to put it.
Looks like we're not locking it.
Unless you can figure that out in a minute thirty.
Come on, Ads. That'll trick them.
That'll trick him. (LAUGHS)
# Let's go. #
Oh, man.
Lucky last.
# Let's go. #
Did I show you what the lighting was going to look like?
So that's them? Yeah. That's nice.
Yeah, so this is all texture.
You already got water in here. It's warm though. You want that?
Yeah. That's fine I don't care. Where are you off to, mate?
Going to train.
We're going to try and train legs, because all the low stuff,
all the kneeling's hopefully done for the week.
So if you're hanging Gyprock overhead,
definitely you've got to go back to legs.
You're back on legs that day. Yeah.
That's it.
Being around other people, you know,
when you just want to have your peace and quiet
is going to be pretty tense.
Quickly get out while it's sunny,
and then get back and try and lock down
all the, um, budgeting stuff.
Make sure I do that every day.
I feel like it's going to get to Saturday
and there's going to be like four hours worth of admin to do.
Well, I'm lucky I did lots of lifting,
and then I did my legs today too, so I'm covered.
Cool. Alright guys.
I'll see you later. Enjoy.
At the end of the day, gym's 24 hours.
And, you know, if I've had a big day or a bad day, you know,
and I want to get in there and blow off some steam,
I can make myself go.
You're happy with that?
If you're happy with it, I'm happy with it.
OK. So, yeah, I've just got artwork and...
(POWER TOOL WHIRRS)
When was the last time you lived in a share house?
I've never lived in a share house.
Check that baby out.
Oh, 143 guys, 143.
Look at my tattoo. 143.
It means I love you. That's crazy.
There's definitely a lot of people.
There's a lot of noise.
Yeah, there's no chill. There's no chill button.
Dad. Yeah.
Has anyone got, um...
Are you hearing...? Pull it up. You're yelling.
I don't know if I'm gonna find my people.
Anyways, hang on a minute. I need to call the girls.
If I'm gonna, you know, gel with all the girls.
Hi, sweetie girl, where are you?
We're just, um, heading home.
Love you. Love you. See you soon.
Bye bye. Bye.
It's like, are we gonna all connect and, you know,
become friends like we'd seen in previous seasons?
Am I just going to be stuck with him, or am I going to...?
That would be terrifying.
That would be terrifying to anyone.
..get to spend some, you know, some, yeah,
some time with the other couples and the other girls.
I'm gonna go to Bunnings tonight. I'm going to go for a tub.
I'm gonna go get this spiky stuff. A tug?
Oh, my god, dad.
Keep it quiet.
I'm glad I'm in the caravan.
I'm a bit older, you know, I'm in my mid-40s and,
you know, I've lived remote.
I think we have to keep our eye on the prize.
And I've gotta deal with that.
So, yeah.
No, no, it's all good. You're talking about me?
No, no.
Can you please put some bloody clothes on?
Do not. I'm not having another night.
It was not me.
Well, yeah.
We're just...we're exhausted. We have not stopped all day.
We hadn't taken a break.
Honey, did you get my bag by any chance?
It's on the other side.
So you weren't avoiding everyone? No, not at all.
We weren't avoiding. We're basically ate where we fell.
We were spent.
Let's do it all again. Have a lovely rest.
I hope you guys have some family time.
But I can see why
it would have looked like we were avoiding people.
Yeah, no, thanks, gorgeous.
So, how'd you go? Why were you gone for so long?
I missed you. Don't do that ever again.
We're having fun.
We love Tayla. She's just such a fun girl.
This is Court. Hello, sweetie. How are you?
This is my friend Courtney.
And that's Sev. Hello.
And there's Pa.
Now, do you want to see my bunny stuff really quickly?
Yep. Yep. How are you?
How was your day? What did you do? How old is he?
He's six.
Do you see the grandkids a lot?
Yeah, I do, yeah. That's so good.
I do, yeah.
Look, the joy you have for a grandchild,
it's just you can't explain.
And Rick's beautiful. Rick is just...
He's a wonderful man, and it's so good.
I think he's going to be like a father figure
because he's just such a gentle man.
You get to spoil them.
And I guess that's a lot of fun.
Like it's pretty. We think they're both so special.
It must be pretty cool being a grandparent.
It's great.
We're getting along with everyone so far.
Yeah, hopefully.
Watch this space. Yeah, watch this space.
House Four asked me for two bags of insulation.
Is that alright? Yeah, yeah.
Thanks, Rick. I thought do the right thing.
We've had a win.
And it's backfired because we're standing around waiting now.
We have a game changer up our sleeve.
I was just wondering if you might be able to
send me through the CAD drawings.
If we go up on House Four,
we will have the views in House One, Two and Three.
First few nights without Lando.
Yeah, I'm not good at all.
Like, help.
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