And that's our program.
Thanks for your company.
(BIRDS CHIRP)
SCOTT CAM (PRESENTS): Previously, Sharon got on the defensive
after her bathroom flop with the judges.
If you're going to treat her like this,
you're gonna have to deal with me.
She goes, "That's my house. I love this house.
And I'm really angry that they did this."
Well, it's not your house, babe.
The boys sent shockwaves through The Block
with their bathroom win.
(LAUGHTER)
Shockwaves, I'm making tsunamis, mate.
Tsunamis, yeah. (LAUGHTER)
And Rachel made a mercy dash home to spend time with the kids.
I can't give 110% here
if I think my kids were upset at home.
Tonight, Sharon hits breaking point.
Nothing's covered now.
I just was like...
You just felt like you left... Let everybody down.
Can the boys shock The Block again?
It's like always on us. Get it done right.
And look who's back.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
Everyone wants a gnome in their back pocket.
Tonight's nosy neighbours challenge
sees our Blockheads visit three classic country homes.
If they ask the right questions
they could walk away with five grand
and an old favourite, the gnome.
"It's time to become a nosy neighbour."
I'm always a nosy neighbour.
(LAUGHS)
What is that? (LAUGHS)
(DOOR SHUTS) (BIRDS CHIRP)
(DOG BARKS)
(GOAT BLEATS) (KOOKABURRA CALLS)
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
Ah, Block live 2022.
New blood red skies but the same blurry eyes.
I don't know why I'm so tired. Good morning.
In house two,
Rachel has returned after an emergency trip
to see her children.
Look at that sky. Look at that sky.
That's unbelievable.
Oh, going home and seeing them, I've never felt that feeling before.
I've never been away.
We've never been away from our kids for more than like a couple of days.
And especially we've never been away where it's been both of us ever.
It was just over a week ago,
these two were parachuted into The Block as the new couple.
The kids have not been coping with the separation.
It's OK. It's alright. You don't wanna talk, bubby?
That's OK.
So, Rachel made an urgent home visit to see them.
Eight days before I was, you know, planning
when dancing was going back and soccer starting and whatever
and then all of a sudden three days later we're on The Block.
(CHUCKLES)
So, there was a lot of emotion
like a lot to wrap our heads around,
let alone our little people wrapping their heads around
what was going on.
Yeah.
(JOYFUL MUSIC)
Hey!
It was great to just go home and hug my babies.
Aw!
('STILL FEEL.' BY HALF ALIVE PLAYS)
# I still feel alive When it is hopeless... #
I had a great sleep.
Much-needed, fantastic sleep last night.
So, Rachel is back and ready to tackle the guest bedroom.
Rachel and Ryan's guest bedroom
is located at the front of the house next door to the bathroom.
Yep, the bathroom they delivered last week,
the bathroom that almost broke her.
To build a country home is our dream.
And so we have been planning this home
that we would wanna build for years and years and years.
And we built that in the bathroom.
And then we got told, "No, no, that's not it."
Please don't dismiss this beautiful building
that you've got and please don't dismiss the fact
that people are moving to the country
to buy to the country.
This week, Rachel is determined to win back the judges
by giving them what they want,
plenty of country in their guest bedroom.
Like it's detailed for the window... Yeah.
..at the same height, I love that.
Yeah, if we can do that above the bed...
That's giving them their country vibe.
That's... All I wanna do is give them their country...
..while keeping it, yeah. Doing...
('AS IT WAS' BY HARRY STYLES PLAYS) Going in the direction...
that you wanna go in.
Rachel's throwing lots of country styling in her room,
beaded wainscoting on the walls,
oak features like her bedside tables,
and natural earthy tones referencing their bush surrounds.
But while Rachel's confidence might be back,
next door in house three, Sharon's confidence is shot.
It was really hard to wake up and just be motivated.
In my everyday life,
a lot of what I commit myself to I achieve
and I kind of do well,
and it is a foreign sort of feeling to I suppose fail,
and I don't deal well with letting people down.
This week, Sharon and Ankur's guest bedroom
is located next to the bathroom they delivered last week
and has an east facing window
boasting sundrenched country views.
But this morning's off to a bad start.
Even though she's inexperienced,
Sharon is in charge of their Mitre 10 timber budget.
This morning, she's discovered it's fast disappearing.
And she doesn't know why.
Please, can I have a quick chat about just like stuff from Mitre 10.
Yeah, go for it. So, what's...
'Cause what's covered and what's not covered?
Do you know?
Nothing's covered now. Nothing's covered now?
Mm-hm. Not even the timber?
No, that's all part of your Block bucks at least.
So, 35 K, whatever, and it's all just coming...
'cause we've gone through 20% already,
we've only done one room.
We're just gonna chew through this.
I've given each team
a generous Mitre 10 budget for timber.
But Sharon's just discovered they've blown 20% of that budget
on their first room.
I just was like... You just felt like you let...
..the team down. Let everybody down.
I was questioning why I was here.
You know, my ability to do anything of value in this competition.
But Sharon is determined to turn this ship around.
Not only will she respect the heritage of the house
that the judges have been demanding,
but they'll save some money by recycling.
It's gorgeous.
How many you've got? Yeah.
You can put one of these in every bedroom
if you wanted that heritage style.
Yeah. ('CURE FOR ME' BY AURORA PLAYS)
# But I don't need A cure for me... #
That original heritage fireplace
will be the feature of the guest bedroom,
plenty of period features and a white bright colour palette.
We know the house needs it.
Yes, they definitely want us to pay respect to it
and I think it is good 'cause you can carry that stuff
through the house as a connection and a flow
through the old build anyway.
So, it works on two fronts.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Coming up, the competition heats up...
That piece has already been selected.
..as Sarah-Jane gets out-shopped by another house.
Jenny, I see you. Asalam walekum.
There's a new bromance brewing.
He's gonna be laying in bed tonight sniffing this jacket.
And later, who will take out the 5 grand prize
and the all-important gnome
in this year's first Block challenge?
We had to be nosy neighbours.
Let's go. What do you wanna know?
I can find it out.
I saw that on your number plate.
Yeah, Queensland.
Might have become nosy Sharon on The Block.
(DOOR SHUTS) (BIRDS CHIRP)
(DOG BARKS)
It's day three of guest bedroom week.
And there's one question echoing throughout The Block.
What is country style?
(CHEERFUL MUSIC) (BIRDS CHIRP)
Is it the lush rolling hills?
Is it the moo cows and the big tractors?
Is it the heritage lined streets, quaint country towns with scones,
jam and cream, or the vintage furniture stores?
Or is it the peace and serenity?
Tom.
Hey, Tom. (CROWS CAW)
Yeah.
When you got a second can you come grab this ceiling rose?
It's heavy.
While everyone struggles with the country brief,
house one and Sarah-Jane in particular
have been nailing that question since day one.
That is so original. Right.
It's beautiful.
This feels like a contemporary bathroom
but a bathroom that is completely appropriate
for this country location.
We set our style from day one.
A challenge room and I think... I haven't varied from my style.
I reckon everyone's trying
to catch up to our style to be honest.
I've got all my lights. Pendant?
Yeah, I'm using the pendant from the other room,
the challenge room.
Macedon, Macedon, Gisborne, Macedon, what do you think?
You think oak trees, pine trees, maple trees,
like that's what you think.
Tom and Sarah-Jane's guest bedroom is at the back of the old house
with a great view to the Macedon Ranges
which have inspired Sarah-Jane's new colour choice.
The autumn at the moment, all those colours,
so, it's like my linen is gonna be the colour of autumn leaves.
And it all just started coming together.
Sarah-Jane's packing her guest bedroom
with all the period features the judges love,
with a ceiling rose, wall sconces and her autumnal colour palette.
But now that I've got my idea about the autumn colours
with the trees and everything, I know exactly what I'm looking for,
so, I'm off to the shops
to get all my linen and my little knickknacks,
my little decor.
(ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)
(MUSIC STOPS) (TOILET FLUSHES)
(MUSIC RESUMES)
I'm out early today shopping.
I'm probably the first of all the contestants
doing the shop.
It's good.
I like it 'cause if I see anything, I can shotgun it.
(LAUGHS)
I have come to L and M to get myself some throw blankets,
some decorative pillows for the guest bedroom
and I hear this is the place to come.
Yeah.
So, I feel like I'm on track now
and I'm ready to just kill this spare bedroom,
this guest bedroom.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
That piece has already been selected.
By somebody on The Block?
So, I can't buy it.
Yeah.
I did want to get like this chequered wool throw.
It has been taken by another contestant.
Jenny, I see you.
Ah, Jenny,
faster on the draw this morning and house one aren't surprised.
After tying for second place last week with their bathrooms
things are heating up in the country design stakes
between house one and four.
Sara and Tom are quite good at country style,
that's something that I didn't think coming into this
I'd have to really worry about a certain style like so much.
But they are country style... They nail it.
..through and through.
So, I probably think they're the ones
we'll probably be head-to-head with the most.
I find Dylan to be very chilled out.
But then, Jenny...
Then I find his partner Jenny to...
I think she's very competitive. Yeah.
You guys are legit super competitive.
(CHUCKLES) Yeah, we are really competitive.
I just wanna do good for us.
We wanna win and do the best job for us.
So, like, we're like, so competitive like with ourselves I feel.
(LAUGHS) It's random. Yeah.
We're different maybe. Mm.
To help all the city slickers
get their head around new country design,
I invited them over to my place for a bit of inspire.
And ever competitive Dylan and Jenny are running with it.
We got... Yeah.
We actually made some decisions after leaving there
so, we already had ordered our sheer curtains
like dropdown hidden pelmet
and we decided to change them to just the curtain rods.
Yeah. Darker furniture.
Yeah, change our furniture to darker furniture as well.
('COOL FOR THE SUMMER' BY DEMI LOVATO PLAYS)
I think I found Scotty's bedhead and Scotty's bedside table.
Is that lamp from here?
Um, yes. It is.
That's that little side table... That looks really cool. Yeah.
Yeah, I might have to get that for one of my rooms.
Yeah. So, inspo from Scotty Cam.
We actually really like Scotty's style like it is very country
and I wouldn't normally do that,
but I think we took a lot away from him.
It really gave us some inspiration for this week I think.
('AS IT WAS' BY HARRY STYLES PLAYS)
This week, house four's guest bedroom
has views to the north and east
and it's located at the back of the old house
next to the bathroom they delivered in week one.
Dylan and Jenny's guest bedroom boasts three skylights,
and is the only room with a walk-in robe.
Jenny's using warm country tones
and checks in the bedding
and taking a big risk with chequered wallpaper.
It's way out of her comfort zone.
I think I'm most worried 'cause I did gingham wallpaper
and then I had the gingham throw so I'm like, "That's clashing."
I'm a bit worried about that.
# Better together, ooh... #
So, as house one and house four battle it out at the shops...
# Better together. #
..house five has a less time demanding method
to their design choices.
The rosemary and eucalyptus botanical room spray 200 mil.
Yep.
The other one was the Salus Ultra
Moisturise Rose Facial Mist.
Yep. OK, cool.
Can I also get a bathrobe?
Can I get the resort bathrobe?
You need some moisturiser, I reckon, too.
I got some. You got some?
Absolutely. Friday's fine.
Alright. Thank you very much.
I'm trying to order everything now,
otherwise I'm gonna be running around like a headless chicken.
How good's this, mate, eh?
You're having a ball, aren't ya? Shopping done.
Shopping done? (DOOR SHUTS)
(BIRDS CHIRP)
(DOG BARKS)
(BIRDS CHIRP)
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
It's day three of guest bedroom week,
the hills are alive with the sound of music.
(TOOLS WHIRRING)
Well, to my ears anyway.
Just listen to that Block Bush symphony,
as walls go up and floors go down.
Earlier this morning, the boys from Sydney, Omar and Oz,
were playing catch up, still demoing the last of their old room.
# When I'm around you... #
House five's guest bedroom is located near their front entrance
and next to their winning bathroom.
The boys shocked everyone
when they took out the first room reveal...
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
We won! We bloody won!
Let's go!
This is all neutrals,
all textures, traditional, contemporary.
This is that palette done exactly how it should be done.
And while they are a bit behind with their build,
they've already crushed their design and planning.
Oh, that's it.
Thank you, guys. OK.
I don't see anyone making decisions like us.
Yeah, we execute to the point, bullseye.
Bullseye.
The good thing about Oz and I is that he's got something,
there's never a chance where I'll be like,
"Oh, no, no, no, no, no,"
just because I wanna make the decision.
We're a team at the end of the day.
Omar and Oz.
We definitely wanna walk into the room and see that.
So, we don't wanna cover up with the drape behind that.
Is that alright? OK.
Do you feel pressure to get the room right?
We have that normal pressure. Week in, week out.
We've been going off a big win last week.
Obviously, it's like always on us to get it done right.
The boys are planning to frame their window with a desk and chair,
two Kinsman wardrobes and a giant rugged mirror.
Do you think people would underestimate
you boys coming in this together maybe think you don't have style?
For the ones that don't know us, of course.
Yeah.
They think that we'd have no style, we've got no game.
But the ones that know us,
they know that we're on the right track, baby.
Yeah.
We're doing our people proud, baby.
Ah, there's one other Blockhead
trying to muscle in on the winning team.
Asalam walekum.
Walekum asalam. What's going on?
Hey, buddy. (SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
What's happening? What's happening, mate?
No, not much. You?
Tom is funny.
After he stole one of my shirts and put his name on it.
You don't know what he does and what's under his sleeve.
Tom is just a stalker.
Tom is a stalker of Oz and Amar.
While I'm the winner, man.
He's gonna be laying in bed tonight sniffing this jacket...
Yeah, I love it. ..like a creep.
It was just a few nights ago
a new Block bromance was made official.
Say around midnight we'll do a little fire with marshmallows.
100%. Yes.
I'm happy to light it at my place.
Tom is funny so he's easy to get along with
and he's such a straight shooter.
So, he doesn't really like beat around the bush.
He just tells you how it is, which we both like.
And today, as good neighbours do,
Oz and Omar are there when Tom needs a hand.
I need muscles to help me get this mattress in.
Why do you wanna go that way?
Alright. Hold it, hold it. Hold it.
No, hold it flatways. Oh, OK.
There's two things there.
Alright, ready? Yeah, that way.
One, two.
(LAUGHTER)
# I feel alive... #
Oh, my god. You pricks.
Tom is a funny dude.
But you can't just underestimate him.
Once Tom dusts himself off though, he's straight back to work,
which is what he's becoming known for on The Block.
I think having a trade on the show is very, very important.
Like in house one,
Tom can pretty much do all his plumbing himself.
So, I reckon it would help a lot.
I seem to be a lot more hands-on
than majority of the other contestants.
We've done all the walls and plastering
will be totally finished.
So, it's been a very productive day.
Morning, Tom.
Hi, Keith. How're you going?
I'll actually come and give you a pat in the back.
Yeah, right.
I reckon I spent two hours in here yesterday watching you work.
Yep.
You've been going flat chat and the other thing is,
you're doing a really good job.
Cheers.
You're doing all the cutting at the moment.
Yeah. Everything's all neat.
Yeah, today I was just helping out the carpenters,
just cutting all their helpings for them.
The more Tom works,
the less money we have to pay somebody else.
Yeah.
So, not only are you doing chippy in,
you're actually doing it really, really well.
And you're saving yourself a lot of the money.
So, keep going. You're doing a great job.
Thank you. You're really impressing.
Yeah, cheers. Thanks, mate. I appreciate it.
At the other end of the spectrum
are the actor and the accountant in house three.
I'm the big boy.
In demo, I take the role of like literally clean up.
So, Liam and Chibby or whoever's there
will smash everything down and I will then take that
into my trailer and then down to Bingo bins.
We have three trade couples, like proper trade couples.
We have two trade couples who do renovations and stuff.
We've got us who are trying to prove ourselves
that we are worthy of being here and competing with those guys.
We need to do something to make this work
'cause we're not trying to win.
We're just trying to (BLEEP) survive.
But right now, Ankur's racing to CSR,
after a mishap with their Gyprock.
We're still figuring out the process of communication.
Our builder thought our plasterer would have ordered it
and our plasterer didn't order it
and he did have to go and get it physically so.
So, I did have to go pick it up actually.
Andrew. How you going? Nice to meet you, Andrew.
Very good. Come in.
Apparently we don't have the plaster that we need.
Right.
But do I need to know what I'm ordering
or I need to get on to my builder.
Well, there are a couple of questions for you.
Yes.
Hopefully, these are accounting questions.
40 mil screws, are they collated?
Are they coarse or needlepoint screws?
Oh, dear.
What do you screw into? Softwood.
So, I can give you five instead of 4-48s, is that OK?
We don't actually stock 48s.
As soon as I rocked up Andrew from Gyprock
started talking to me in like gibberish.
(SIGHS)
I have collated plasterboard screws.
What are they used for?
Looking like they are used for...
They are used in one of these babies.
You're gonna put them on a zip strip through there with plastic
and every time you press the button, the screw goes into the material.
Yep. Another one pops out ready to go.
So, it's like bang, bang, bang, bang.
So, it's like a nail gun but a screw gun.
Exactly right. I'm learning every day.
But I'm happy to learn new things, so that's completely fine.
I learned so many things.
I learned about collated screws that are coarse and fine.
They go in a screw gun.
I wanna use a screw gun and nail gun now.
Am I licensed to do that?
Is there an issue with those roof racks?
Um...
There's an issue with that inside of the car, it's not very clean.
Unfortunately, he forgot to unpack the transit
and I put rubbish in it a week ago and then I don't know,
I got sidetracked and then I'm like...
Story of my life.
We never finish, follow through with the thing at hand
and we just like go on different tangents, don't we, Ankur?
I got distracted.
I was lucky, he went on the roof so it's sorted.
Thank you very much. No worries at all.
Adios. Please to meet you.
(DOOR SHUTS) (BIRDS CHIRP)
(DOG BARKS)
(CHEERFUL MUSIC) (DOG BARKS)
(ROOSTER CROWING)
It's guest bedroom week
and so far most houses have their walls up
and are close to hanging plaster.
# Woke up this morning From the strangest dream... #
(MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY)
Hey.
What do we got here?
We have a little note on the door with some white sugar.
Hey, Rach.
We got a little something.
Sugar cubes. Challenge.
"Time for your first challenge."
(LAUGHS) (LAUGHS)
You're kidding.
I've got so much to do today.
"Are you ready to get to know
some of the locals and their properties?"
Oh, yes.
"There are three houses out there for you to explore.
Be inspired, ask the right questions
because it's time to become a nosy neighbour."
They said we had to be nosy neighbours.
Let's go.
I'm always a nosy neighbour. (LAUGHS)
What does that mean?
Noisy neighbour. Nosy?
I can't be a nosy neighbour? (LAUGHS)
('LET ME MOVE YOU' BY SABRINA CARPENTER PLAYS)
# One, two, three, come with me
# We can work it differently
# One, two, three, And dance with me tonight... #
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Oh!
What do you got, Shelley?
I spy some nosy neighbours.
Alice, your first look at our contestants.
Yeah. A motley crew.
They are. Good morning.
Good morning. Hello. OK.
So, we went to Scotty's house
and surprisingly Shelley and Alice from Domain was there.
Welcome, everybody, to the first challenge
of the season.
And I'd like to also introduce to you
the Domain property expert, Alice Stoltz.
Alice, welcome to Gisborne.
Thank you, Shelley. It's great to be here.
Now, if Alice is here we know what's going on, don't we?
It's the Domain challenge.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
Now, Alice, tell us a little bit about Gisborne, where we are.
Gisborne is the largest town nestled in these beautiful Macedon Ranges.
Demand in Gisborne is red hot.
Property inquiries on Domain have gone up 34% in the past year,
and we know that now hybrid working is here to stay
along with working from home.
So, all of a sudden, all those people
who are dreaming about tree changes can actually now really consider it.
And today, you're gonna meet some of them.
(CHEERS) Yes.
Thanks to Domain,
we have got three properties with their owners ready
and waiting to meet you and welcome you into the area.
It's an exclusive open for inspection.
And just like you guys,
these guys were city slickers as well
and for various reasons they decided to get some fresh air
and some acres to boot.
Whoo-hoo! Yes.
So, we want you to be inspired.
We want you to ask all the questions,
because once you have inspected all three properties,
we're going to be playing a little game
we like to call Nosy Neighbours.
(ALL EXCLAIM) Yes.
And trust me, being a sticky beak will be an advantage.
OK.
We need to be nosy
because there's gonna be a quiz at the end of the day.
Did I mention the prize, girls?
Not yet, Scotty.
Thanks to Domain, 5,000 big ones.
Three houses and 5 K up for grabs.
Yeah.
We all need that for our backyards, don't we?
Yeah. Yeah.
So, get out there and be the nosy parkers
that you've always wanted to be.
See you later, get on there. Bye.
Thank you. Good luck.
I'll be watching.
(LAUGHTER) (DOG WHINES)
# Here we go... #
Our Blockheads are now off to visit three classic country homes.
Remember, if they ask the right questions,
they can walk away with five grand.
And I've got a little surprise up my sleeve
and they don't know it yet, but there's a gnome in play.
('FLY AWAY' BY TONES AND I PLAYS)
These three spectacular properties are all owned by tree changers.
The first property our teams are visiting
is located in the heart of Macedon.
It has a sleek modern interior
and the land includes a large equestrian area and stables.
The owners are Gary and Wendy, and their daughter Sydney.
And their agent is Kirrily from TCC Real Estate.
# Music sounds better with you... #
First to visit Gary, Wendy and Sydney are Sarah-Jane and Tom.
Hiya. Sarah-Jane.
Alice. Nice to meet you. Hi, Alice. I'm Tom.
I'm Kirrily from TCC Real Estate.
The agents that sold the houses to the owners
were there representing themselves.
Excuse my socks. Please.
They're very bright. Hiya!
So, it was our first kind of taste of meeting
a real estate agent as well
that could possibly support us later in the game.
First we went to Wendy and Gary's.
Ahh, what a lovely home.
# Got me upside down... #
Tell me everything, Wendy.
And don't forget to be nosy, Sarah-Jane.
I'm nosy by nature. You don't have to worry about me.
Wow, was this door here? Did you do this door yourself?
Yeah, I felt like we'll do good at this job
because I love to talk, I like to ask questions.
Do you work from home?
Mostly. Wow.
Tom loves to ask questions too.
What kind of heating do you have?
We have air conditioning. Yeah.
Love those bedside tables. Did you buy this?
This is plush.
They have a Olympic sized equestrian arena
that they built on their property.
(CLASSICAL MUSIC)
What are you using it all for?
There's a lot of horse properties around here,
more than you'd imagine.
I think it gave us an idea about horses.
Just having some horse facilities on our property.
Yes.
It's designed as a top level equestrian property.
Didn't even think to ask... Yeah, we didn't.
..them the value.
And who'd ask somebody how much they paid for their house.
Yeah.
We aren't going to people's houses sniffing through their undies.
And say, "How much is this valued at?"
That's a bit rude.
While it's a struggle for Tom,
being nosy is what our next visitor becomes famous for.
# Neighbours,
# Everybody Needs Good neighbours... #
My time on 'Neighbours' gave me a huge advantage
when it came to this challenge
because my character was the noisiest on the show.
She ran the cafe in Erinsborough and knew everybody's business
because obviously, everyone would come
and have serious conversations at that cafe.
Hello. Hello.
Hi there.
May we have some shelter from the rain?
Of course. Please, come in. Come in.
I'm a lawyer. He's an accountant.
I can ask a lot of questions and I'm hoping to ask
all the right ones so we win $5,000.
How long have you been living here for?
Why? Why did you come here?
I had to become nosy Sharon on The Block.
What a shed! Yeah. How much did it cost?
The original budget was around 500,000.
Wow.
Right now, it's sitting at 653. Right.
What we did take from there though,
there's like a self-sustainable living quarters
completely separate to the house.
So, that is something that we'd definitely look into maybe
incorporating into our property.
Yeah, there was a lot of inspo in these properties
in terms of what we could achieve on our property.
We are naturally, naturally nosy people.
And what we know is that we need to be nosy.
We might do a quick, hotshot, 20 questions if that's OK,
because we're planning on winning 5,000.
This is it, my friend.
Now, that shed, the arena, is how big?
74.5x21.
And you moved in 16 months ago from Berwick.
You have a good memory.
Listen, I wanna win that money. Yeah, it's going very well.
So, we did our best.
Next to visit are the boys from house five.
So, boys, we're here in this beautiful home.
You need to ask a lot of questions to hopefully win this challenge.
Yeah.
Is this something you're gonna to be good at, Oz?
Nah.
I was... I was worried about this game we were playing.
'Cause I don't like to be nosy.
My parents told me to have... always have respect.
This is awesome. Very nice. Wow.
That's just my little study, my little cubby hole,
my little work room.
And then there's Dylan and Jenny asking all the wrong questions.
Didn't ask anything about how much the house got sold for.
Jen goes, "Oh, how often do you go over for wine
to your neighbour's place, Wendy?"
(LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) I don't know.
They said to ask questions. And things like that, I don't know.
You can be honest, Wendy.
Mostly. They probably do.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
And obviously, they knew what questions we meant to be asked.
So, she's like, "They are so far off the bar".
Yeah. (LAUGHS)
"What do you drink much here?
Do you..." (LAUGHS)
Is there any clues in the bathroom or anything?
No. (LAUGHS)
Freedom and Spike, I feel like they're gonna ask
what the horse names were.
Yeah, we remembered the horse names.
Way off mark. Way off the mark.
Coming up,
there's five grand up for grabs in our nosy neighbours challenge.
Nosy.
That's good enough nosiness for two people.
Would you recommend, in terms
of being able to heat up your home, what grows best here?
And a surprise guest.
So, gnome, and he's had a tree change.
Everyone wants a gnome in their back pocket.
(DOOR SHUTS) (BIRDS CHIRP)
(DOG BARKS)
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
It's the Domain nosy neighbour challenge.
Today our Blockheads are visiting three local homes,
meeting the owners, local agents
and hopefully learning all about the local real estate market.
Challenge time.
He was like, "Be super nosy
and ask as many questions as you can,
because there's going to be a quiz later."
Correct. There's five grand for the winner.
We are one house down
and there are two more homes for our teams to visit.
Second, we went to Madhavi's place.
The second property our Blockheads are visiting today
belongs to recent retiree and tree changer Madhavi.
Madhavi's property sits on 11 gorgeous acres
and features an olive grove and stables
that provide income from the adjustment of horses.
The house is modern and low maintenance,
just what the retired doctor was looking for,
when she moved here for Townsville.
Her agent is Helen from CONNECT Real Estate.
Well, Madhavi moved here two weeks ago...
Oh! ..from Townsville.
Oh, wow. Oh, wow!
And a big tree change and wanted some cooler weather.
And this is a 11 acre.
# Let's come together... #
So, it's very similar
to what you guys have got with your 10 acres.
Yeah. Yes, it's got an olive grove.
Yeah.
There's probably around about 200 plus trees there.
Yep.
So, they'd make about 500 litres of oil just as a family venture.
So, we took away a lot from all of these houses.
Yeah, we're seeing stables, sand horse pits I'm gonna call them.
(HORSE NEIGHS)
Everybody's so horse-based around these areas.
Yeah, there's a lot of equestrian around here.
There's a lot of families, yeah.
Yeah. Yeah.
I love the olive grove.
I really love that and love stables
but we were thinking stables anyways,
but it's just kind of bringing that fact home.
Yeah.
What did you love about it, babe?
Everything you just said. Oh, good.
We're on the same page for once, god.
(UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC) # I will take you...#
Madhavi bought a property that had stables in there
and was living alone.
Why? Why?
I just asked the same question. (LAUGHS)
Look, I wanted to move somewhere cool.
And I also wanted some peace and tranquillity.
I'm a neighbour and I'm a lawyer as well.
So, I am a professionally trained person to ask the right questions.
What would you say is your preference?
When you came in here were you looking for the modern look
with a little country twang?
Or were you looking full country?
And what are people looking for?
If I did do poorly, I would hate myself
so hard if I didn't... if we didn't win.
Just don't tell anyone else anything.
Just let them figure it out for themselves.
(LAUGHS)
Ryan and Rachel, meet Madhavi and Helen.
Real estate agent was Helen from CONNECT, a local agent.
Hey, can we have a bit of a walkthrough,
is that alright, and be nosy neighbours.
Nosy neighbours. This suits Rach to a tee.
I don't actually really need to participate in this challenge.
Rach's got enough for nosiness for two people.
I've got four bedrooms, three bathrooms, three car garage,
olive groves, 200 horse stables arena.
Am I missing anything? No.
What other questions do you have?
Not any that I can think of.
# Aim high I can feel... #
Oh, wow.
What questions I'm going to ask him?
Jeez, "How much you did you buy this house for?
How much did you sell it for? When did you move in?"
It's rude, don't you think? How long have you been here?
Two weeks. Two weeks.
And you came from? Townsville.
We're asking so many questions, sorry.
No, no, that's fine. Don't mind us.
We're trying to win $5,000. But I guess it's a game.
It was like a massive olive farm.
The family that used to live here
they would sort of harvest it once a year
and make about 500 litres of olive oil.
That's a passive income. Something really smart.
Retire, off the grid, just go and pick your olives, good idea.
It's a stable?
Yeah, so you got the four loose boxes there
and a tack room.
Oh, that's awesome. Yeah.
We'll be nosy enough to get the right answers.
Guys, how are you?
Hello. Good. How are you? Dylan and Jenny, meet Madhavi.
Hello. Hi. Hello. How are you?
Hi. Nice to meet you.
Madhavi, a lovely lady. Do you have horses?
No, I don't. (LAUGHTER)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Ooh! Very nice.
How big is that?
What is that? 40x20 or something. Yeah.
Looks cheap and easy to knock up, eh?
Yeah, 100%.
And there's like a little shelter there.
That's cool. I like that.
It's so nice.
That was a really nice home.
# I just wanna wish you well
# I just wanna wish you well. #
House number three was owned by a lady called Natasha.
Lovely, old cottage, 1800s.
Property three has been lovingly restored and renovated.
This historic home is surrounded by beautiful gardens,
including a working kitchen garden.
For owner Natasha Morgan, a landscape architect,
it's been a labour of love.
Her agents are Natalie and David Ward
of Belle Property group.
How's your greeting party?
I know. Hi. I'm David.
Tom. Nice to meet you. We met Natalie and David...
Yes. ..from Belle Property group.
Yeah, Belle, yeah. Which is very cool.
Well, everyone would know David because he sold
more winning Block houses than anybody.
(APPLAUSE)
And I saw David and was like, "Hey. Work with us please."
(LAUGHS)
Welcome. This is the garden.
('GREEN GREEN GRASS' BY GEORGE EZRA PLAYS)
# Green, green grass, Blue, blue sky... #
The landscaping was everything. Beautiful.
We'll wander through and have a chat as we go?
Yes, please. Let's do it. Yep.
So, this is all strawberries and blueberries.
Amazing. You're a lady of many talents.
I know. Everything.
You're gardening. You're landscaping.
It's the whole reason why I moved to the country.
So, I was a landscape architect
working in a high-level working on botanic gardens.
I was like how do I create a life that I really wanna like live well?
Yeah. Live with the seasons.
Oh, we're envious. This is awesome.
Come on in. (GASPS)
Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, my...
Wow. Wow, wow.
This house, the earliest that they found it
dating back to was like the late 1800s.
There's a lot of wooden doors,
wooden windows that led a lot of draft in, you know.
Exactly.
It's all just about how much you actually heat the place of.
Yeah, it's the heating. It's the heating.
We got to look into that heating. Yeah.
Floorboards, like everyone seems to have floorboards throughout.
Yeah. Honey, I'm home.
(LAUGHTER) You wish.
We went to Natasha Morgan's house,
which was an architectural delight.
Wow. There is so much light.
Do you start off with say, "OK, the structure of the room,
this is where I'm putting this," and then work your way around
and then bit by bit, put it all together?
Or have you already got a vision in your mind?
Things evolved. Yeah.
I didn't do it all at once.
You know, we're on a really tight budget.
Really, really tight budget. Like us.
We've got a tight budget too. Oh, yeah.
If we don't save anything, you know, we...
Yeah, so I'm always thinking about
what I can do that's like really simple,
I mean, you know, the curtains are drop sheets.
What impressed me the most about that,
she said that the whole property was literally built up
on from the oil of a rag, like it looks expensive
but she said it didn't really cost that much.
Yeah, there's a lot of heart in this house.
Yeah, yeah. You can feel it. It's a home.
Yeah. Yeah.
I wanna live here and I want people to think that about our house like,
"I wanna live here.
This is the house for us."
Look at this set up, bro. Oh, my god.
# Country girl... #
Welcome. (LAUGHS)
This is amazing.
That was probably the best house we visited that day.
This is so nice.
How she had just literally kept a lot of the nice,
old-school features
but made it like into a nice modern place.
You've done a fantastic job.
It being old and bringing it back to life...
Absolutely. ..wow.
Thank you so much. Crazy.
Yeah, Natasha's place, all her garden was amazing,
got like a lot of inspiration from that.
The house was originally a O'Connell's store
in the Spargo Creek Post Office which opened in 1902.
There was magazines open on the table
and we're like dissecting and thinking there's gonna be
like a hidden question here.
My mum cried when I bought this house.
And me and Jenny kept reading like the Women's Weekly going...
Like she was in the magazine... "Is this page open here...
..for a reason?" ..so, it could have been like...
Page 42. (LAUGHS)
Brown snake.
(LAUGHTER)
Oh, I just feel like it could be definitely part of the challenge.
You don't know what you're nearly asked...
If we were writing the questions,
"How many eggs were missing in Natasha's kitchen?"
One. One.
(DOOR SHUTS) (BIRDS CHIRP)
(DOG BARKS)
(BELL RINGS)
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
It's time for the pointy end
of our Domain nosy neighbour challenge,
it's quiz time.
The auction is about to begin.
(GAVEL STRIKES)
Scotty and Shell had all set up with tables for everyone,
chalk and a little chalkboard to write the answers on
and Scotty had a beautiful tie on.
So, his tie was hideous. Oh.
What was it, red, orange? I don't know where he got that from.
OK, it's now time to test your nosiness.
Yes. In The Block first...
(DRUMROLL) ..nosy neighbours.
(CHEERING) (UPBEAT MUSIC)
Cue the game show music.
Nosy neighbours. Go.
There's a prize of $5,000 cash from Domain,
but we also have a big surprise here.
An old mate of mine.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
It's the gnome and he's had a tree change.
(PERCUSSIVE STING)
There was a gnome. Ah.
The little magic gnome that... Yeah.
..you can take a point away from somebody
which we haven't met yet.
So, that's up for grabs, too, it's not just 5 K.
Gnome. Oh! Wouldn't you love to get that.
Turned green too for the tree change.
You have in front of you paddles.
You also have chalk on which you are to write your bids.
We thought it was a quiz. But as it was an auction.
They ask questions, you have to write the number down,
whoever gets their paddle up with the number first,
um, wins points.
Shelley, house one, question one.
Question number one.
Well, today I welcomed you all
to a truly exceptional country estate.
There was one particular jewel in the crown
at Wendy and Gary and Sydney's house.
It was the amazing equestrian centre.
What did this impressive arena cost?
Wait!
(GAVEL STRIKES)
Yeah. Yep.
Wow, that was quick.
Rachel and Ryan had their paddle up first.
Yeah, they did. 650,000.
Incorrect. Oh, incorrect, paddle down.
You're out.
633. No.
653. Correct.
Sharon and Ankur are right. Yay!
We won something. One point. We haven't won anything.
Now, we play some nosy Shelley on house number three.
Correct. Alright.
OK.
Question number two for Gary and Wendy's home.
What is the current market value of Gary and Wendy's home?
(GAVEL STRIKES)
The answer is 3.25. House five gets it.
Yay! (LAUGHS)
And a nosy Shelley goes to...
House number five.
We are now moving on to house number two
which was Madhavi's home.
A fully renovated family home with modern styling
and immaculate presentation and its very own olive grove.
How many litres of oil does Madhavi's 200 trees
produce in a season?
(GAVEL STRIKES)
Go.
I was first. You were first.
500. Well done. We won.
Here we go. Well done, well done.
I was watching carefully, they were first.
Oh, it's like Sharon, she was...
I can't believe how quick she wrote.
The next question is,
what is the current value of Madhavi's home?
(GAVEL STRIKES)
Go. 1.8.
OK, it's incorrect.
Who went up second?
House number one? Yeah, it's correct.
(CRICKET CHIRPS)
We're correct? Correct.
Oh, yay. Yeah, baby.
Right on, babe.
That's how we do it at house one, people, right there.
Ah, my chalk snapped 'cause I was writing so vigorously.
We asked stupid questions.
Oh, we just didn't know the answers.
Yeah, we were just off, so far off.
It's one of those things, you know.
Moving on to the third property you saw today,
Oak and Monkey Puzzle.
There is a lot of history to this property
and historians inform us
that the property was built in the 1800s.
Let's make this one the last question, Shell.
In which year did this home become the post office?
Wait. Hands behind your backs.
(GAVEL STRIKES)
I'm first. Oh, how do you right so quick?
Three, three was first.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
She was superhuman speed writing her numbers
to the questions.
Super... It was... It was not human.
She was too fast.
And her writing was like to perfection.
The game is over. There is one winner in this game.
And that is Ankur and Sharon.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
We won something.
I'm so glad they won because they deserve a win.
And how nice was that to win?
I was actually celebrating even getting a point
'cause that's how much small wins mean to me,
just don't wanna be a loser.
She's a nosy Neville, that Shaz.
Oscar winning.
(LAUGHS) Yes.
(APPLAUSE)
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
It was good for them. She needed that bit of morale boost.
So, we're, we're happy for them.
But I would have... I could have done with that gnome.
Everyone wants a... everyone wants a gnome in their back pocket.
(GNOME LAUGHS)
Tomorrow night on The Block, Shelley and I drop by...
It's a small baby. We're calling it the cubby house.
..as the teams get on with their guest bedroom...
We're going for something completely different.
..strong winds wreak havoc...
Things are getting dangerous.
We've got loose sheets of plaster.
The wind picks up, we got an incident.
..and teams begin to think endgame.
Every boulder on site you want? We'll take as many as we can.
You'd be silly to think that
these other couples are not competitive.
The games have got to begin sometime.
And could that naughty little gnome
go off like a grenade on Sunday night?
The winner of week two on The Block Tree Change is...
(GNOME LAUGHS)
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