SCOTTY: Previously, our contestants took part in a challenge
We won something!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
..while another team focused on a different challenge...
How are you? I'm David. Tom. Nice to meet you.
Tonight 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 guest bedrooms...
We're going for something completely different.
..strong winds wreak havoc...
DAN: Things are getting dangerous.
We 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.
Just one little problem, though. I'd say major.
(SIGHS)
They were like, "Your window is not centred to the room."
(DOOR SLAMS)
(BIRDSONG)
(DOG BARKS)
(MAGPIES WARBLE)
It's Friday morning.
The contestants' builders have made great progress
while they were away on the challenge.
There's gyprock up and Kinsman wardrobes in,
and Ankur and Sharon are waking up in a good place after yesterday.
MAN: How does it feel to wake up the winners?
It feels good today.
It feels good not to be the losers.
It's not about being a winner.
It's just not about coming, like... you know...significantly last.
Yeah, that's Shaz's only concern.
I was actually celebrating even getting a point,
'cause that's how much the small wins mean to me.
Just don't wanna be a loser!
So, I was like,
"Yay, we won something!"
WOMAN: The gnome!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I just wanna be in the race where, potentially, we can play the gnome.
We have to come close to be able to use it.
Yeah, half a point to a point. Yeah.
(BIRDSONG)
House One is also waking up in a winning mood.
Gyprock and wardrobes - tick.
And of course, last night they secured real estate agents
David Wood and Natalie.
Why are Tom and Sarah-Jane so thrilled about this today?
Well, yesterday, during the Domain challenge,
the teams got the opportunity to meet
several real estate agents and landscapers.
Come on in. Oh, yep, yep.
(GASPS) Oh, my goodness. Wow!
David Wood and Natalie were hot property.
RACHEL: We actually reached out to Natalie and David
and asked if we could have a chat with them.
And they weren't the only ones to leave the duo a message.
Hey, David. How you going? Good to see you again.
I called Natalie to ask her if she wanted to represent us
in the auction.
Our new real estate agents.
But little did they know
you've got to be in the game if you want to win it.
Last night at the Lebanese barbecue thrown by the boys,
Tom and Sarah-Jane made their move.
We were ahead of schedule, boys executed properly,
and Omar and I decided to throw a Lebanese barbecue.
The feast was the boys' only meal for the day,
as they complete their last week of Ramadan.
WOMAN: This is amazing! Good work, good work!
Thank you, guys, for coming. So good!
Everyone was so happy.
Like, literally it's the first time
we've actually had a proper, proper, like, hangout.
So, everyone was just in a good vibe.
Omar knows!
You beauty!
(LAUGHTER)
But while everyone is distracted,
one team is playing a strategic game.
TOM: Babe, come here. We just gotta make a quick call.
Sorry, sorry!
Wait, continue. BRB. Sorry!
Mid-barbecue, we thought it was gonna be a good time
to sneak aside while everybody's...
Eating. ..mingling, and eating.
And we would give David Wood a call and see if he, uh...
See if him and Natalie wanna work with us
and represent our house, and sell our house.
It's going. It's sold.
Real estate guru David Wood
is a three-time Block-winning auctioneer.
Sold.
(CHEERING)
DAVID: (PHONE) Hello?
Hey, David. How you going? Very well!
My name's Tom. I met you today. Tom and Sarah-Jane.
G'day, Tom. How are you?
Good, mate... Hi! I'm here as well.
Hi, Sarah-Jane. How you going? Oh, yeah, very well, thank you.
We wanted to touch base with you to see if you were interested in...
Representing us, yes. ..working with us, yeah.
We just said, "We really wanna work with you."
Like, "Has anyone approached you? Could you come represent us?"
We got such an amazing vibe from yourself and as well from Natalie.
And I said, "David, I need you, I want you. Don't say no."
And David said,
"Oh, my god, Sarah-Jane, I was feeling the exact same way!
"Lock me in!"
Yes, that's...yeah, that's exactly what he did.
(LAUGHS) (MIMICS SARAH-JANE) "Lock me in."
Might have tweaked that conversation a little.
Oh, we'd be delighted to. Thank you.
Awesome, mate!
Oh, amazing! Thank you so much!
That's a pleasure. Thanks for the call.
Thank you. And have a great night.
See you, mate. Bye. Bye. Bye.
(JAUNTY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
Great. Now, we just did a FaceTime with Cleo, if anyone asks.
OK. We're not telling people? No!
OK. Alright. Not yet? No!
Let's just wait. OK.
I'm dying. I'm dead.
Oh, my god. That's so good!
It's not often that you get a really cool real estate agent
that you're happy to work with.
Who has so much experience.
Like, he's done so many Blocks. So many Blocks.
Give me a kiss. Come on. Celebration.
It's worked out really well for us. Really well!
I wouldn't want it any other way.
No, we would NOT want it any other way.
(LAUGHS)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Oh! What's being served up, boys?
Fast-forward back to today...
MAN: You think anyone else was looking, sniffing around,
maybe hoping to get David and Natalie on board?
Yeah, I think a few other contestants
probably were going to call David and Natalie.
I don't know if they have.
Like, the consensus after the challenge yesterday
was that all the teams were gonna,
like, call the real estate agents that they had met, and...
Yeah, everyone said they were gonna
put their feelers out to all of them.
We haven't told anybody about... That we got David last night.
..about our goss, so...
We're just keeping it on the down-low.
We don't really have any...
We're not really gonna tell anyone unless someone was to ask.
I wouldn't lie to their face, but we don't...
Yeah, if they ask, I'll tell them, but it's our business, not theirs.
But the word has already spread.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
More bad news.
The real estate agent that we approached yesterday
is already working with another team.
WOMAN: Oh, no!
I got a text the next day from David - not even a phone call -
saying, unfortunately, they have already signed on
with other contestants for The Block
to represent them in the auction.
Do you know what, if it's not meant to be, it's not meant to be.
If they didn't want to represent this house, it's their loss,
because this will be the biggest, best house
that will sell for the most,
and they'll miss out on a bunch of commish, so...
Yeah, it was disappointing,
but I was more like, "When did they do that?"
DAVID: (PHONE) Oh, we'd be delighted to. Thank you.
You'd be silly to think that, like,
these other couples are not competitive.
You snooze, you lose, bitches!
(BIRDSONG)
Over in House Two, Kinsman has also made great progress,
and it seems House One isn't the only team strategising.
Ryan has also been thinking ahead to landscaping.
He just needs a little help from Foreman Dan.
I do have a question for you.
We've noticed that there's a whole bunch of boulders
laying around the site.
DAN: Hmm.
We would love to pinch them all.
We want to try and re-use some of the boulders they pulled out
for the excavation of these properties.
They're scattered all over the property.
You know, we had a meeting with our landscaper,
and we thought, "Why not re-use this, if we can?"
You know, so, there's so many, and they're massive.
Every boulder on site, you want?
We'll take as many as we can. Yeah?
We put ourselves so far in the red last week
that if we didn't make it up this week,
we'd be struggling for the rest of The Block.
So, we may as well use these boulders to our advantage.
They're free.
I would have thought everyone would have already asked this question.
Right. But no-one has.
Well, whatever I need to do to get on to it,
to try and grab as many as I can...
Wow, there's just so many! Let's use them.
Can you just keep it hush-hush until I grab them all?
First in, best dressed, mate.
It'd save us a (BLEEP) load of money.
While we're on the subject of landscaping,
this year the Block has been built on Wurundjeri country.
Buried in the land itself
is 33,000 years of history of the Traditional Owners.
So, our contestants will have to take great care in their landscaping,
and this morning they're being led
in a cultural heritage awareness induction
by Wurundjeri elder Ron and archaeologist Annette.
Today we gather on the Wurundjeri country.
Acknowledge past, present, and emerging elders.
Also always was, always will be.
(SPEAKS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE)
Can we get everyone to say... (SPEAKS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE)
(ALL REPEAT INDIGENOUS PHRASE)
That means "welcome to our ancestors' country".
So, welcome, everyone. (ALL MURMUR)
We had the Indigenous site induction today.
Today you're gonna be taught how to be honorary archaeologists
to manage the cultural heritage that's on the property.
I found it really interesting, really interesting.
It's a part of Australian history that none of us really know about
and have been taught enough about.
The Wurundjeri people have been here for time immemorial.
We have a date of 33,000 years in this area.
We do have two sites that have been found.
There's one up there that has all the fencing around.
That is where artifacts have been found,
and that's been cordoned off and left, so we can't touch that.
We also found about 13 underneath that car park.
Now, these are stone tools.
The fact that there might be artifacts below us is amazing.
RON: They're the best Aussie-made tools you're ever gonna get.
You buy them tools from overseas,
what - they break within a couple of years.
Them tools will last for thousands of years and still hold an edge.
They passed around some little... some little findings.
That's a core. That's a blade.
The stone tools that they make are extremely sharp.
Apparently they're, like, as sharp as a samurai sword.
There's a sharpness scale called a MOA scale.
A Swiss Army knife is six and a samurai sword is ten.
These are nine.
Please don't rub them along your skin.
Don't rub them up your arm to see how sharp they are.
MAN: Arggh! That's sharp, bro. Shh!
It seems the warning came a little too late for these Blockheads.
I'm sick of going to A&E. "Oh, is that sharp?"
(LAUGHS) Yeah, no, yeah - they're sharp.
So, we learnt what to do if we find an artifact.
MAN: If we're digging a footing for a retaining wall,
once we do that dig,
we need to get an inspection from Ron
to make sure that there's no artifact present.
Yeah, if you were to uncover something
that might be of importance,
how to look after it, how to set up a boundary, who to contact.
Don't pick the artifact up and take it back to the office.
No, no, leave it there.
No, it's gotta stay where it is, 'cause I need to GPS it.
Then take a photo of it.
I'll tell you whether it's an artifact or not.
We all wanna do the right thing by the Wurundjeri,
and now that you're inducted,
the onus and the responsibility is on you to do the right thing.
So, now we know what to look for,
and we can, yeah, preserve what we find.
(BIRDSONG)
SCOTTY: It's Friday morning of Guest Bedroom Week,
and at my place, Duncan and I are in good shape.
# Whistle while you work... #
Give this a light sand, mate, and give it one more.
I think so, yeah, OK.
Having already completed these rooms in the old house,
we're now working on a guest bedroom
along with the other contestants this week.
14 tubes of No Gaps, filling all those gaps up.
I'm about to do a walkaround, Dunc. Oh, where?
I'll go and see everybody else. Sure.
And I'll guarantee you, they won't be putting their final coats on.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
SHELLEY: Meanwhile, across town...
(FUNKY MUSIC)
Well, I am getting Scotty a housewarming gift.
He better like it!
So, this is my art studio.
Oh, my goodness, this is beautiful! Thank you!
Is this ours? This is ours.
Ours - well, his. Oh, I love that!
A work like this, how long would that take you to do?
It depends on if I'm working...
With two young kids coming and going.
It is - whenever my kids are asleep, I'm out here,
and then they're at child care two days a week.
So, I've been doing some landscapes,
just studies of the Macedon Ranges of late.
It fills my cup to be out here. So, I just love it.
How beautiful. I love it so much.
Now, the question is, will this fit in the back of my Ford Puma?
That's a good question.
Look at you go. Yes! Perfect!
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
(HORN HONKS)
I'm coming through your corridor.
Oh, hey, Duncan! Shelley, how are you?
How are you, mate? Hello, Shel...oh!
What do you think of this? Oh, wow!
I think it's magnificent! Well, it's for you!
You may remember Jessie Rigby.
She did an artwork for Norm and Jess in The Gatwick.
Right.
But she happens to live, like, 100 metres down the road.
Oh, right. She's a local Macedon artist.
Happy housewarming! Oh, thank you.
Get the house finished so I can come and stay.
I'm really glad you're here, because I hate painting,
and now I have to go,
but also I've got a really important decision
that you need to help me with.
Ali, how are you? Hello. I'm good.
I need Shelley's help picking out the Colorbond roof
for the new section of the house.
I've got a range here.
Country simplicity, that's what we want.
Oooh! Well, there you go. Thank you very much, Ali. Beautiful.
It sounds like a leaderboard for an advertising campaign.
I'm starting to think that we've got the beautiful galvanised,
which I absolutely love...
Yep. Yep.
..and then we've got the Gully there.
We could bookend the galvanised with the Gully there.
Yeah. Well, that's Gully there. Is that Gully?
Yeah, it is. Doesn't look like it, does it?
It looks a lot darker. Shows so different.
'Cause you've got a lot of light reflecting off the roof down there,
but, yeah, it's a beautiful colour.
Well, that would be lovely.
Bookending, I think, would work really well.
That's my Colorbond roof sorted for the new pavilion.
But I'm not the only one who needs help choosing the right colour today.
Did you have any ideas for what you were gonna do for the pavilion?
Something dark.
Well, that's easy. Night Sky is, like, a jet black...
Yep.
..whereas the Monument Matte, it's got a subtle, soft finish.
It's really nice. It's quite upmarket.
I think it's... It is.
..it's really...it would elevate the build really nicely.
All these consults we have are super important
because it's about picking the right colours, the right products.
So, we decided on Monument Matte.
I reckon we lock it in. Yeah.
(UPLIFTING PIANO MUSIC)
And speaking of the new section of the build,
our teams have a few more decisions to make.
This year, apart from the new pavilions,
they're also getting a four-car garage,
or what I like to call the Stratco sheds,
and they'll need to decide on the roof, cladding, and garage doors.
G'day, fellas. How are you?
Today is the day to lock in the garage door component.
G'day, Ryan. I'm Matt from 4D. Hey, Matt.
And 4Ddoors have sent their A-team to help teams choose their doors
so they can be built in time for shed reveal.
We can paint them in any colour that you want.
So, you've got a selection of colours that is unlimited.
OK. Start thinking.
I could probably tell you right now. Like, I like that.
OK, so, we wanna do that with windows.
With windows, but with timber cladding, but with windows.
The biggest decisions that you have to make are just,
you know, waltzed up and knocked on your door,
and we've got someone here,
and you've gotta pick all of your shed doors right now,
and here's 400 colours, and tell me which one you want.
I need to plan, obviously. They're huge doors.
So, if I gave you until Monday morning to make contact with me...
Oh, yes!
At the latest, I could give you until Monday morning.
Oh, that's... We'll take that.
Friday lunchtime. Monday lunchtime.
Thursday lunchtime. Monday lunchtime.
Wednesday lunchtime. Monday lunchtime.
You're pushing it! Tuesday morning.
Tuesday morning. Final offer - Monday lunchtime.
Tuesday morning? Monday afternoon - 5PM.
Oh, wow! Done!
(LAUGHS) Of course we're gonna take that!
(LAUGHTER) Done! Monday afternoon.
(MAGPIES WARBLE)
Over in House Four,
powerhouse tradie couple Dylan and Jenny are tracking well.
They have big plans for their guest bedroom this week,
going for a warm colour palette of country checks.
They are also the only house with a walk-in wardrobe this week.
And while Jenny is out picking up furniture
and styling pieces for the room,
Dylan is continuing in their guest room.
What we got left to do?
Bit of wainscoting, mate, and... Nice!
..yeah, get that up for you. Sweet!
Hand the door - a bit of arc and some door furniture, and then...
The rest is up to me, mate. The rest is up to you.
Pretty much. Paint, paint, paint.
So, tomorrow, we can style,
and then tomorrow, we might even crash in the new room.
Oooh! Tomorrow night? Oh, OK.
Don't speak too soon! (LAUGHS)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
The Block is a hive of activity this morning,
with Kinsman robes and Carpet Court finishing installations,
and deliveries of all shapes and sizes to every house.
And they say the best things come in small packages.
Hello! Catch is here!
Welcome to the wind tunnel of Gisborne South!
This is a welcome pack for you guys from Catch.
Thank you so much.
It has some little goodies in there,
some treats just for you two to enjoy.
Oh, it's heavy! Thanks, guys.
SHARON: Wow! ANKUR: Oh, my god. Food!
Oh, the grocery range! Really?
I've also got an iPad for you both.
So, you can shop online for the next 12 weeks.
For us? For you!
We're gonna be best friends for sure.
Yeah, we will. (LAUGHS)
(WIND WHISTLES)
Boys! OZ: Yo!
High winds today. Yeah.
I know... We've lost two fences already.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
I'm looking at where you're staying. That was over on an angle.
Things are blowing around. Things are getting dangerous.
Now, what's going on over here?
Yeah, we're gonna get rid of all that today.
But why are we letting it get this messy?
Literally that's...that's...
We got loose sheets of plaster -
the wind picks up, it can hit your worker here.
Yep. We got an incident.
There were high winds occurring at the moment,
and he was just afraid -
and obviously it was safety purposes,
so we understand where Dan's coming from.
We'll get all of that moved today for you.
No, now - not today.
Honestly, we've had a shed, a small shed, fall over on another site.
Yep.
As you know, time just slips away, and things just build up.
We've just been so busy. So much to do.
Things like this happen, bro.
Over in House Three, Sharon is frustrated -
there's a lot of issues today
and she's trying to get out the door to shop.
SHARON: So, we don't have our carpet?
MAN: No.
(BLEEP)!
Why?
(SIGHS) Supplies. Completely out of stock.
Rama from Carpet Court has driven an hour to the Block
to solve a carpet shortage problem.
The carpet Sharon has chosen for the house
is unavailable because of continuing pandemic supply issues.
The reason why we needed to pick the flooring on Monday
was because of supply issues,
which everybody is aware of, I suppose, in the world.
The tone is the same as this, yeah? Yes.
I have 50 metres in stock hold for you on this.
OK.
I swear to god, nothing is going right today.
It's just bad news after bad news. It's not your fault, but, like...
The Block. (LAUGHTER)
(BLEEP), man! I don't even know why I'm here.
Um...yeah, OK, cool. So, that's darker.
That's darker, that's just greyer. That's similar tone.
OK, cool. What's that one just called? Alpine Retreat.
OK, so, this is similar.
So, we'll see how judging goes and let you guys know.
Yep. Awesome.
Alright. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you. See you later.
I'm supposed to be in Kyneton,
and every five minutes, like... these guys are great,
but I'm not gonna be able to pick up my art today if I don't leave now.
So, that's why I'm stressed out.
It's just, yeah, I need to get...
and they're waiting for me there too.
Looks like they could be waiting a little bit longer,
because yet another delivery has rocked up,
but hopefully this delivery cheers Sharon up.
Hey, mate! Yay!
Yay! Schots is here! Yay! Schots, Schots, Schots is here!
Is this whole truck for us?
This truck is for you.
Looks like it. Thank you.
Beautiful, eh? That's unreal.
Yep, that's what we need. Thank you.
Shazza, you can go if you want, love.
Yeah. I've got this.
Love you! Bye! Love you. See you!
And at last, Sharon makes tracks.
Ohh, man!
MAN: Are you stressed with all these decisions,
or are you getting better at dealing with...constant decisions?
What I think happens is,
I think there's a universal pool or something,
where it's, like, OK, this many decisions,
and you get through those decisions and you go, "Yeah, I'm good,"
but then small stuff happens all the time.
If we miss the mark again this week,
there's gonna be real troubles.
# On the road to nowhere... #
(BIRDSONG, COWS MOO)
(ELECTRONIC DANCE BEATS)
SCOTTY: It's Guest Bedroom Week on The Block,
and contestants are travelling far and wide
to source furniture and styling features for their rooms,
and today Sharon is searching in Kyneton.
This week Ankur and Sharon are planning to restore
one of the original fireplaces in their house,
and Sharon is looking for objects to offset is beauty.
What I want today are specific little pieces to put around the room
on top of the fireplace and the study nook
that are very much, uh, country, and rustic.
So, the whole room's not rustic.
Now I need to put elements in that are rustic.
So, country, rustic, and antiquey.
I've heard a lot of great things about your store here,
and I definitely wanna nab all the good stuff
before everybody else gets here.
We're trying not to tell anybody else about this place.
I will need a little bit of guidance,
'cause I blew my budget last week.
OK.
We're still sticking to, in terms of the style of the whole house,
to country luxe.
It could be, like, a, um...in the study bit, like, a paperweight.
Exactly, yes, exactly,
or a little bowl or something like that.
Do we need to put a couple together in a bowl?
We can try that, so...
Or do you think it's OK to just have one on its own?
Oh, I think you can do either way.
Whatever you want. Yes.
That was always my game plan -
to put antiques into my house wherever it was,
knowing it was an 1890s build,
and knowing that there's some amazing antique shops
within the region.
I like... 'cause it's the right colour!
Alright, well, you pick what you like.
You pick which one you think would be best.
I think that's more blue. This is a bit greener.
Yep.
So, um...do you like that one? Yeah.
Last week I got stuff for my bathroom.
There was two things in that room from the 1890s,
but Shaynna, who claims to love antiques,
didn't recognise either of them.
So, regardless of that, I'm still sticking to my game plan
and getting some antiques in my bedroom.
This one's good.
I like the texture in that.
(MYSTICAL MUSIC BUILDS)
I can do this.
Oh, some bigger ones down the back here, Sharon, if you...
OK.
..want to look at big ones down here.
OK.
OK. Alright. So, that's 360 on card?
But don't let anybody else in, OK?
If anybody else comes from The Block, tell them you're closed.
I think I'll write a note next to the piece and say, "Shaynna,"
with a big arrow, and say,
"This is an antique piece from the 1890s."
Wow. She'll be your best friend after this.
Mmm. She doesn't watch the show, I'm sure.
(LAUGHS)
Meanwhile, back at The Block, Shell and I are doing the rounds.
First up, we're visiting Tom and Sarah-Jane's small guest bedroom.
Oh, look at the...the busy workers. Oooh.
SARAH-JANE: Hi!
I'd just like to say, right from the top...
(LAUGHTER)
..congratulations!
You are my favourite competitors on The Block,
because you have set a cat amongst the pigeons.
You've locked in Natasha and David Wood.
Yeah, we're rapt.
It's a competition, right? Yeah.
Yep. And everybody was too slow!
And you guys jumped on it and got them.
We're actually a really loud couple,
but when it came to getting David Wood, we were like this.
Well, it's a great edge,
because you've got David, who knows the Melbourne buyers.
You've got Natalie, who knows the Ranges better than anyone.
Put them together... It's a power couple.
He's sold more Block houses than anyone, apparently.
Yes. So, we're pretty excited.
And he's your real estate agent-slash-auctioneer.
Correct. So, there's your double combination.
And I've said this many times -
you've gotta have a beautiful house,
but you've gotta have a great real estate agent and a great auctioneer,
and you've got both of those in David Wood.
Yeah. Yeah, we were very lucky.
And, look, this room's coming together really nicely too.
Slowly. Beautiful!
It's a small baby.
We should be able to save ten grand this week.
You will get up in the morning to this amazing view.
Yes, I'm just taking all that in. So...
You know, you dress this beautifully, you're gonna do...
..your execution's gonna be great, 'cause I love this, the wainscoting.
It looks fantastic.
Scott and Shelley loved our room.
Told them the idea about my tree wallpaper.
Grafico wallpaper going here,
and I asked for it to be trees of the Macedon Ranges.
So, it's gonna be, like, your oak, your pine tree.
Like, 'cause when I think Macedon Ranges,
I think oak trees.
I think the Avenue of Honour in winter,
which is, like, the most amazing view you'll ever see,
and I grew up always going down there, that street.
To compliment the grey-green wallpaper,
Tom and Sarah-Jane are using a rich brown colour palette,
timber bedsides, and gold wall sconces.
Looking good, guys.
So, are you gonna come to the barbecue tonight?
Yep. Yes!
I'm cooking tomahawk steaks for everyone,
and then everyone's gonna blow up at you two
for nicking the real estate agent.
Oh, the games have gotta begin sometime.
This is it, right?
Week two - everyone's still lovely and friendly, which is fabulous.
I'm enjoying that side of it,
but it's good to see you actually playing the game.
Yeah. Once again...
(LAUGHTER)
Nicely played! Yeah, thanks, Scotty!
# When I'm a-walking I strut my stuff
# Then I'm so strung out... #
The Truecore steel team are busy
putting up the framework in the new pavilion.
This is where Omar and Oz have big plans.
We want to do a nice polished concrete floor
for the new modern extension.
That polished concrete floor
is going in the whopping 185-square-metre extension,
and will cover the hallway, kitchen, pantry, and living and dining.
MAN: Is this a secret from everyone?
Um, we are trying to avoid telling anyone
because we wanna keep it to ourselves.
We do wanna be the only people on the Block to have polished concrete.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
And right on cue, Holcim are here with some samples for the boys.
Have you got a few ideas yet on what you want?
Wait a minute - that is NOT the boys.
We're going for a bit more of a modern design.
We wanna, like, add some industrial aspects.
Think lots of timber. Yep.
Concrete. Sure.
So, it's all for your living area, kitchen...
Our living-kitchen-dining. Yep.
OK. Yep.
I quite like this! Oh, that's quite dark.
Yeah, but our kitchen's quite light.
I think that we can afford to do something like that.
OK.
Well, now it looks like two teams are doing it in their living areas.
Very, very happy.
This is something that Rach and I absolutely love
and are very excited about.
Polished concrete is the go.
Yeah, on Sunday night, when we got our feedback from the judges
regarding, like, the more country, the first thing I thought was,
"Don't you dare take my polished concrete away from me."
# For the Holy Grail... #
SCOTT: It's Friday afternoon
and Shelley and I are checking in on the progress
across all five houses.
('DON'T CHANGE' BY INXS PLAYS) # Won't fall down...
SCOTT: Rachel and Ryan in house two
are hoping to win over the judges this week
with their contemporary country guest bedroom...
..featuring a green panelled wall, gold sconces,
and a bench seat to take in the view.
Love this colour!
Yes, we love... Love these handles.
Yes. Love this carpet.
Oh, the carpet. Oh, wow!
SCOTT: There's a lot to love in this room.
Oh, look at all the colours out these windows.
Gee, it's a beautiful place, isn't it? (LAUGHS)
It's gorgeous. That's what we're trying to do.
We're trying to bring the green in here.
It is an artwork straight out there.
You've got some panelling going on there?
This is the feature, Scotty.
Well, this has never been seen...
No. ..and that's what we love.
The judges love stuff that they haven't seen before.
Because they've looked at a thousand bedrooms.
And how are you covering the windows over here?
If anyone wants privacy, then they've got both options.
They've got a sheer and a blackout shutter too.
Privacy from your nosy neighbours.
(LAUGHTER) Exactly right.
I heard there was a bit of dodgy neighbour action
happening last night.
Dob... It wasn't that dodgy, Shell.
Or it's just smart. Smart.
Yeah, it wasn't dodgy. Yeah, fast, swift.
Someone's locked in a real estate agent from yesterday.
Tom and Sarah-Jane.
Oh, Tom and Sarah-Jane! Tom and Sarah-Jane got them?
Oh! (LAUGHS)
Sneaky, sneaky, sneaky.
Quiet little House One and I need to mention as well,
Ryan and I were out last night filling up House One's gas bottles.
While they were making real estate phone calls
and snatching up David Wood from straight under our nose.
We've already made a few calls.
We're quite happy with the progression
of our real estate agent.
We had a really good chat today with Marty Fox.
Oh, yeah?
You might remember Marty Fox from the Brighton block.
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the castle of the Block 2020.
Nice line, Marty.
We're going and we are...
He represented House One's Harry and Tash.
If you could keep that in this room, Scotty?
What's that?
Just our little Marty Fox reference.
Absolutely. I won't tell anyone
as long as you don't tell anyone about Tom and Sarah-Jane.
(LAUGHS)
# Clap your hands, clap your hands...
SCOTT: In House Three and we've come to congratulate
the Domain Real Estate Challenge winners.
Hello?
Hey, Scotty!
Winners are grinners
and you've got five grand towards your landscaping from yesterday.
Yeah! Yeah, that's already put away.
That's done. That's it?
So, the price from yesterday is going straight to...
100%. He's like, "No, it's in a siphoned account."
We just can't get into it. Lovely.
And you might bust out the gnome this week.
You may not have to bust out the gnome.
You have to get close to bust out the gnome.
So, that's the goal. Exactly. Not like last week.
Not like last week.
Oh, look, don't take it to heart.
OK, you know, it's constructive feedback.
For sure. And we've taken it all on board.
I'm deliberately, this week,
in line with the judges' stuff and whatever,
went for a bit of a safer, brighter room.
Last week, they said it was too cold
and we're wanting warmth and comfort and country.
SCOTT: House Three are out to warm up the judges
with an addition of an original fireplace
to their luxurious country room.
They've added VJ panelling
and a ceiling rose with pendant light.
I like the fireplace. You like it?
Yes! It's an original.
You know, there's a bit of detail in there
and if you fix it up nicely, it will be beautiful.
An original piece from the home.
Now, did you like any of the agents you met yesterday?
We did, but yeah, unfortunately, we've heard
that potentially they're off the market already.
As you know, I talk too much
and after we did, you know, the challenge and whatever,
I was just saying to the group, I was like,
"I really like these guys from Belle."
"I'm going to try to sign them up."
You said it out loud in front of everybody?
I did. Yeah, and I'm like...
Oh, Sharon!
I know.
But how do you feel about your neighbours? Just...
..jumping in? It's a competition.
We understand and good on them... I mean, it hurts.
..for like nailing it, really? But we're all here to do well.
They're on the front foot,
that we probably needed to be a little bit quicker.
We're dumb-dumbs and we're to honest and transparent,
so anyway, that's fine.
Have you got an agent now? No.
(LAUGHS) That's next on the list, to get an agent.
We've got a few feelers out but we'll have to lock it in.
We'll sort it tonight.
It didn't really click that yes, we should start locking this in.
The agent plays a massive role, like not only on auction day
but as a sounding board when you're building your house.
# This could be my life...
SCOTT: Next up, we're checking in on a couple of Queensland chippies
in House Four.
Where are we going? Come in, come in.
Where are you? Come on in.
Hello. (LAUGHS)
Wow! Welcome.
Oh, the arch. The arch is back!
Hello.
Wow, I love this already. This feels nice.
You've already got your carpet down.
Yeah! Lovely.
It's an outstanding guest bedroom, isn't it?
It is. I know, that walk-in wardrobe is lovely.
Walk-in wardrobe. Yeah, really beautiful.
SCOTT: Dylan and Jenny's north-facing guestroom
is also the only guestroom with a walk-in wardrobe this week.
And then are you bringing some colour in here on the walls?
Tell me you're doing this. Yes, we've got Grafico.
He's putting a lovely gingham wallpaper on the back here.
What's gingham?
Checkers.
Kind of like what you're wearing. Did you know what that is?
No.
SCOTT: House Four's country coastal guestroom
feature wainscoting and pale gingham wallpaper,
as well as a matching chequered blanket.
Hang on!
I have a check blanket in my room too.
And the couple are also splashing out on a Slim Aarons print.
Hang on!
I have a Slim Aarons print as well.
What a co-inky-dink.
Scotty and Shelley loved our place,
so they didn't even say anything bad, did they?
No, nothing bad. No.
It's good when they come through on a Friday.
Although it's too late.
You feel like if you get good feedback,
you know you're in the right direction.
Yeah, so, it's pretty good. Happy days.
We know that your execution is going to be outstanding
'cause it has been in the three rooms that you've done.
The challenge room, the house decider room
and the bathroom. Execution was fantastic.
So, it's really P and I do say this a lot, but it's yours to lose.
Yeah. Styling.
Yeah, yeah.
Pressure's on, Scotty. (LAUGHS)
They're hard words. That's a lot of pressure, Scotty.
Now, did you like any of the agents you met yesterday?
Have you sign yourself up an agent yet?
We do have a lady that I'm meeting
but I just don't want to lock someone in straight away.
I do want to meet a few people
but I'm pretty sure I've got someone.
I think it's really important to have a good agent
because, well, they can make or break it.
It's going to be most important for someone to understand
what people are looking for when they come out here.
You know what? I love you guys 'cause you're having fun.
Yeah. You're laughing all the time
and you're doing the work and getting it done beautifully.
Stoked to be here. Thank you.
"Stoked to be here." That's what I mean.
I'm so glad. That's what I mean.
I'm so glad. That's sick, man.
(LAUGHTER)
My hands don't work. I don't know.
It's either rock-on...
Shuckers. ..or shuckers.
(LAUGHTER)
We'll get Scotty throwing shuckers by the end of it, eh?
See youse. See you later.
See you, guys. It's rad, it's rad.
It's rad. That's sick, man.
(LAUGHTER)
(DOG BARKS)
SCOTT: After their winning bathroom last week,
Shell and I are looking forward to seeing what House Five
have in store for us today.
Hello. Hello?
No one's here.
Hello?
No. No one's here.
(CROWS CAW)
SCOTT: While Shelley and I have a sticky-beak,
I've sent Frankie off to round up the boys.
Have you found them? Where are they? Where are the boys?
We sent them to look for them. Where are the boys?
Are they coming?
You found them! Oh, here they are.
Hello, gentlemen. How are you?
Please come into your guest room.
It's always good to see Shelley and Scotty.
PRODUCER: Are you still starstruck? Yeah, of course.
It's Shelley, mate.
SCOTT: House Five's guest bedroom will include dark timber floors,
a wall-to-wall feature VJ bedhead,
a luxurious rug, and his-and-hers wardrobe.
They're even venturing out of their comfort zone,
adding a mist green colour to their palate.
Shelley loved the floors
and I think that's a big part in any guest bedroom.
I like the dark chocolate. This is lovely.
So, if we style it right and make it over...
But I don't think any other house is doing floorboards throughout.
Yeah, we're the only ones out of the five doing floorboards, yeah.
Now, did you like any of the agents you met yesterday?
Have you signed yourself up an agent yet?
We haven't signed one up
but we are going to have a chat with Kirrily.
She was the one in the first house.
She's lovely. She...
So, we actually got good feedback about her from someone that we know.
Well, you'd better be quick because people are ringing up already.
Yeah, I know. I know that one house
has already secured one of the agents from yesterday.
Well, they're ringing up, but we've actually got her here,
so we're going to go and have a chat with her.
She's here? She's outside.
Oh, she's here now? Yes.
Well, that's more important than us. You sneaky buggers.
(LAUGHTER)
We need a good agent. So, we'll take her.
Righto. Well, go and have a chat to her, boys. Well done.
(LAUGHS)
(LAUGHTER)
Darling, we're coming!
(LAUGHTER)
We actually got along with Kirrily during the challenge day.
Thought about an agent?
Kirrily seems like she knows exactly what she's doing,
so we definitely want to have a chat with you, if that's alright.
So, we gave her a call and she said she wasn't far,
she said she was only ten minutes up the road,
so we invited her around to give her a little tour
and see what she thought of the property we're building.
Oh, my gosh. Check it out.
I love the tiles.
Do you like them? Yes.
They're gone a great style for the bathroom.
Love that Hampton look with the tiles.
Choosing our real estate is a big part of this game.
We need to choose one now, ASAP, and it's a relationship
that we need to build from the start to the finish line.
They've got the vision, I see where they're going.
It's just how we can achieve that highest price for them.
Thanks, Oz. Thank you very much.
We'll speak to you. Yeah, sounds good.
Done, done. Thank you. See you.
SCOTT: House Five aren't the only ones
interested in securing Kirrily.
Kirrily. Hello?
We got along so well with her and thought she was amazing.
KIRRILY (ON PHONE): I think we'll work great together.
Yeah? Oh, good.
So, today we locked in Kirrily from TCC Real Estate.
Ooh! Yes! OK.
PRODUCER: You snooze, you lose on The Block.
SCOTT: House Four have stolen Kirrily from House Five.
But the boys have landed on their feet.
The CEO of Ray White called us.
They said they heard some very, very good things about us
and our property so we've decided to go with them.
SCOTT: So, with houses one, two, four and five
all securing real estate agents,
only Ankur and Sharon are still on the market,
and who better to give them advice than Alice from Domain?
Knock, knock. Hello!
So, yesterday, we had a chat about agents,
which I felt quite excited about.
She assumed that we'd be completely onto
like engaging with a real estate agent straight away.
And was disappointed that we weren't onto it.
Here's what I would do, OK?
I'll tell you how I would actually do this.
I have my shortlist here.
And then I look at what listings are in the area.
Then I scroll all the way down here
to this little secret spot where it's got the agent profile
and you can find out what there've been up to
and then their total sales,
average sale price, et cetera, et cetera.
Because agents are great sales people.
But you've got to make sure the substance is there.
Done. But get it done.
When I come back next time, I want it done.
We definitely need to be putting, like, our best foot forward.
SCOTT: Coming up next... (BELL RINGS)
You always know there's something happening
if there's a new visitor on-site.
And you're not going to want to miss this.
There's one little problem though.
I'd say major.
(SIGHS)
They were like, "Your window is not centred to the room."
(DOG BARKS)
# We're standing on sacred ground... (THUNDER)
SCOTT: As the sun goes down on another day at The Block,
it's time to fire up my Kalamazoo barbecue.
We went to Scotty's TGIF and it goes off.
Oh! It's rare.
Oh, thank you.
Looks really nice.
Thank you, Scotty.
$50,000 worth. Let's see.
(THUNDER)
There was a barbecue at Scotty's tonight,
slash cyclone...
Rain coming in at 90 degrees. ..slash horrific weather event.
It is what it is, right? Victoria.
We had beautiful cheese board
and amazing meat fresh on the barbie,
as well as Bernadette from Suncorp.
So, I just happened to be here. (LAUGHS)
Bernadette, yes, she's from Brisbane actually,
and I knew as soon as we seen her
that there was going to be something happening.
You always know there's something happening
if there is a new visitor on site.
(WHISTLES)
Thank you for coming to my barbecue.
(LAUGHTER)
Although we're squashed on the verandah undercover
'cause we're getting a monsoon here right now.
Well, you just got to go with the flow these days, don't you?
You've gotta have resilience, Shell, haven't you?
Absolutely. That's what you do need to have.
Now, look, not only do we want you guys
to develop these properties to attract top dollar for the buyer,
but we also along the way, obviously,
want you to think about sustainability and resilience,
so the new owners can live here comfortably
for many years to come, safely.
We do have a guest with us this evening.
Bernadette from Suncorp.
She's one of the executive managers there
and she does have a really nice surprise
for you all tonight.
We're here to inspire you
around thinking about the ways that you can make these homes
batter protected for the future.
We continue to advocate for really practical ways
that homeowners can make their houses more resilient
to floods, bushfires, storms like this,
and at the same time,
try and reduce our impact on climate change
with any measures available to us.
We want you to incorporate as many ideas as you can think of,
sustainable ideas.
To help you achieve those goals,
Bernadette and her very good friends at Suncorp
are giving you a special gift. (DRUMROLL)
Oh!
(BELL RINGS)
(CHEERING)
That is the Suncorp game changing bell.
(CHEERING)
If you've got a game-changing idea for your properties,
you come down here, ring the bell and pitch it to the both of us.
Oh, awesome!
And even better, this year, thank you to Suncorp,
they are doubling your game changer budget.
(CHEERING)
So, each and every team has the opportunity
for a $20,000 game changer...
Wow!
Party!
..inspiring you to think big.
That's big money.
Yeah, massive.
Everything is bigger on The Block this year, isn't it?
This is the important part.
Each team can only have one game changing idea,
so the others can't use that. OK.
So, like they say in the country, the early bird gets the worm.
20 K.
Just like that.
It's a big advantage. A bit of a tease.
If you think of something awesome like that's a literal game changer.
We had ideas, hey? I don't know.
Big ideas.
My thing was maybe do we use it for a bore,
do we use it to really bring some water onto the property?
That was my first thing.
My second thing was wine.
Now, blabbermouth, don't tell anyone our ideas.
You are... Anyways.
You are a blabbermouth too.
(ROOSTER CROWS)
SCOTT: It's Saturday morning
and time for Keith and Dan to make their rounds.
First up, house one.
Hey! Have you finished?
We just got the doorway to do.
Yeah, we've got to paint the door. The panel and the glass up top.
And we've got to paint the window sill.
That's it. Love the room.
Thank you.
I was feeling really good.
Like, it was an easy day, like no painting.
Literally, easy day.
Just one little problem though.
I'd say major.
(TENSE SOUNDTRACK) (SIGHS)
And they were like, "Your window is not centred to the room."
(HAUNTING SOUNDTRACK)
It got worse.
For you it did, not me.
But look, once your shutter goes on,
you're not going to be able to open this.
Yeah, I know.
This is just so tight.
Yeah, it is. Yeah.
I don't think Sarah-Jane was aware of it. She's aware of it now
and I think Tom's got a smack in the bum for it.
I didn't mean to get you in trouble, mate. I'm sorry.
I'm not worried.
I don't know how they're going to fix it.
We've sort of suggested try and get some curtains
and a block-out blind but still... I dunno.
It's not going to look right, is it? No matter what they do.
(HAUNTING SOUNDTRACK)
SCOTT: (WHISTLES) Tools down!
VOICEOVER: It's the Sunday night...
I want the bedspread.
..of your dreams.
I think when people think Sarah-Jane,
the next word they think is sophistication.
Who put that there?
Tom, I will literally punch you in the (BLEEP) face.
Tom and Sarah-Jane are demonstrating a real sophistication.
The Block's first ever bedrooms...
Wow. Best students ever?!
..on a grand country sale.
It feels... just right for this house.
The cosiest, dreamiest havens of pure bliss.
How crazy is this?
Almost as crazy as watching you do it. (ALL LAUGH)
Australia... sit.
Hey, (WHISTLES) sit down, you knucklehead. (DOG WHIMPERS)
And enjoy a night
of stunning reveals.