SCOTTY CAM: Previously on The Block...
Suncorp and Scotty gave us $22,000 for our ensuite this week.
Master ensuite week kicked off...
Just tell me how it's gonna go.
..with the usual planning squabbles...
Listen. I'm trying to explain to you what is functional.
..and building wobbles.
What happens, Omar is it's just flapping in the breeze.
You know what I mean?
But amongst last night's gobbles...
The Domain superpower
will give the winner the power to decide the auction order.
Yep, the Domain superpower leaderboard is back.
That is the silver bullet in winning The Block.
ALL: Ooh!
So tonight, with a new fire in their bellies...
Hammer.
..the race to waterproof on Wednesday...
We're ready for a floor inspection.
..is on.
I'm seeing a sag in the top of that niche.
But will all our Blockheads make it?
It's just scary because they've
obviously got the power to shut you down.
You can get overawed when they're in there.
It's super stressful and it makes me super nervous.
When it's time for inspections I can't even stand in the room.
I walk outside because I just feel like
I'm gonna vomit and diarrhoea myself.
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In the beautiful Macedon Ranges in country Victoria,
Wednesday is just beginning.
Now, to some, Wednesday is commonly known as 'hump day'
but this week on The Block it's...
Whoo! Waterproof Wednesday's back.
Waterproof Wednesday.
(SINGING) # Wednesday
# Waterproof Wednesday Waterproof Wednesday
# W for Water and Waterproofing Wednesday. #
But what exactly does that mean?
Plasters on top of plumbers.
Plumbers on top of electricians.
Electricians on top of our carpenters.
All the trades who don't do this sort of trade
are helping all the other trades just to get it across the line.
Every join on the floor needs to be caulked with polyurethane.
Every nail hole, every join from wall to floor needs to be caulked.
And we need to get our inspection passed.
Just be prepared, slog your bum out,
and get that waterproofing done Wednesday night.
SCOTTY: Let me translate.
There's heaps to do P floors, walls, insulation, gyprock.
And it all has to be approved by Keith before they can
even think about waterproofing.
And while some Blockheads are a little slow
to get moving this morning,
Omar and Oz in house five are off to a flying start.
Whoo!
Hey, house five, how are we vibing?
MAN: Let's go. ALL: Let's go!
We want to sheet up today.
We want to get that signed off, get the plasterers in straight away.
Make sure it's all good for a beautiful night of waterproofing.
Three, two, one, let's go, boys. ALL: Let's go!
(LAUGHTER)
Yeah, baby.
So, we're just gonna go all guns blazing.
Can someone cut me a noggin 406?
And get me a nail gun, please.
So, all their build team is already on site...
406, boys.
Going hammer and tongs...
And you just make sure it's the same size?
..to get through today's series of inspections as quickly as possible.
Honestly, we've got the best team.
Head of team is Dan from PremBuild
and then we've got the plumbers and we've got the plasterers
and we've got the electrician.
Geez.
Honestly, because we've already done so well in our previous bathroom
Oz and I were very confident we could literally do better than that.
Back in week one, the boy's beautiful bathroom took out the win.
It's Omar and Oz!
So they're confident they can take out this week's bathroom too.
I'm buzzing, boys.
So, we're actually really excited for this week. Aren't we?
But knowing the pressure is up there.
Yeah, the pressure is there.
Pressure certainly is there because
the boys' master ensuite is the smallest on The Block.
But they've gotten a bit creative to solve their space issue
by building a nib wall.
It conceals their double shower
but still lets the light through from Velux above.
And if they agree on the precise location of their bath...
Where do you want it though?
Right there on this corner, bro.
That corner? Yeah, please.
..they reckon they're onto a winner.
Hey, Roh, you got that lintel?
Very confident, to be honest,
because we won first week and now it's the wet area.
I think we call it the wet area, man.
Yeah.
We love getting wet. As in shower wet, baby.
As in shower roses.
And bathtubs. I think I should shut up now, guys.
Sorry, man.
Sorry, Omar.
Oh, gosh. Dear Lord.
Good morning.
Welcome to my house.
Across The Block, the other houses
are just starting to fire up for waterproof Wednesday.
Are you gonna take it?
Yeah, I'm trying to. Hang on. Just still trying to get it.
Say "Ahh." Ahh.
In house three, Ankur and Sharon
can see the bones of their room taking shape.
SHARON: I'm really excited about this room.
It's all coming together.
We just need the wow pieces.
After the room win last week, with the help of a gnome...
It's...
Ankur and Sharon.
..the team with the least amount of tradie experience,
like, no experience whatsoever,
are feeling more confident this week.
BOTH: We won!
Well, Sharon is anyway...
You guys don't agree that the spa's a wow piece
but I think it's a wow piece.
It was in the 1970s. We'll see if we can bring it back.
It's different to what you think it's gonna be.
..because Sharon is adamant they're putting in a spa bath.
No, not one of those.
An ultra modern luxe one.
Shaz wants another secret weapon, a double-sided fireplace.
Been hustling hard trying to find anyone who's got a fireplace
that would be appropriate for our house so, not wood but with LPG.
Yeah.
And also someone to install it in a day's notice is just impossible.
Impossible.
Or is it?
Now, I don't know if you're gonna be able to help me
'cause it is Wednesday
and we're doing a master ensuite bathroom.
I think it would be amazing.
We've got this wall here, to have a divider in-between
which would come in by way of a double-sided fireplace.
With a master bedroom wall adjoining the ensuite,
Sharon wants a double-sided fireplace to service both rooms.
I definitely have one for you.
And no-one else is doing it this week?
No. Yay!
I got a fireplace from Rinnai!
If I had a crystal ball and I could,
I suppose, manifest two wins in a row,
I would certainly hope for that.
I think it would be really difficult to beat us now that we've got
the Rinnai fireplace
and we'll win this one genuinely, not by the gnome.
A genuine win. Maybe a ten.
One, two, three, Rinnai for the win.
Rinnai for the win! Whoo!
Over in house two, Ryan is all work...
Hammer! Actually here, matey.
..and Rach is all about staying out of the way,
working her Block bucks to stretch their budget further
and win over the judges.
I'm going through all of our suppliers
and just seeing what furniture I like,
Seeing what goes with my style of house.
To try and see where I can save my money.
I'm about to call Satara
to get this beautiful wooden stool for our bathroom.
I'm on Provincial Home Living.
And at the end of the day, we just
have to hope that the judges start to come around to our style.
The style they're going for this week
is a grey-green matt tile for the double shower.
And behind the double vanity, a splashback.
These tiles are bespoke and fluted.
They'll also have a big freestanding bath.
Things can change very quickly.
So I'm just hoping for that.
Fingers crossed.
TOM: You seen Keith?
We're ready for a floor inspection.
Tom is ready and waiting for their first inspection,
the floor frame of their master ensuite.
The floor that will have the heritage style star tiles.
On top of that, a claw-foot bath,
a double vanity,
and an epic chandelier.
Hey, Ryan?
You seen Keith?
Keith? Yeah.
No.
Keith's in house four doing their floor inspection.
DYLAN: Got a little bench seat.
Shower there, shower there, a bench seat along there.
We wanted to get the framing inspection done.
'Cause it's in a rush for waterproof Wednesday,
I just would have liked to have it ticked off.
But before any framing is ticked off,
Keith has to inspect their bench seat.
It runs the entire width of the double shower.
JENNY: Probably one of the biggest showers The Block's ever seen.
That's pretty cool.
Doing that 140 on the back side of it and booting it,
it's then taking that load.
Oh, you've got one on the backside of this?
Yeah. Right.
In here? Yes.
Oh, yeah. Right.
Yeah, that's good.
Well done, you finally passed.
Cheers, Keith.
Yeah, we got the tick of approval. Good to go.
So, we're on. Ready to rumble.
Hey, what's going on here? You've got a big doorway.
Yeah.
Are you gonna have a round door?
(LAUGHS) No, it's just gonna be an opening.
Right. So, no door.
Me personally, I'd have a door to the bathroom.
Yep.
For a number of reasons. Yep.
Yeah, you're on the throne.
I was gonna say, where's the toilet?
It's in here. It's there.
At least you can't see that. Bath here.
So you don't see it as you come in.
So if someone comes in and springs you, you're sort of hidden,
I suppose.
I reckon it's... Seriously, I reckon it's a risk.
Yeah, I know.
All I'm saying is let's just say a judge doesn't like it,
you might lose this week.
Yeah.
Mate, 10k is gonna come in handy every week.
Yeah, I know. We'll probably get slammed on that most likely but...
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KEITH: G'day, Omar. OMAR: How are you, champ?
Good, buddy. How are you? Good, mate.
What am I inspecting?
Floor. Floor.
Floor here, mate.
SCOTTY: It's waterproof Wednesday
so for our Blockheads, today is full of inspections.
How solid's that?
It's pretty good. That works really well, guys.
Yesterday the boys had a stability issue with their nib wall.
What happens, Omar is it's just flapping in the breeze.
You know what I mean?
So the problem went to Doug the engineer.
We've just spoken to Doug and he likes the Ezipier option.
Perfect.
Douglas the engineer, always coming with the goods.
Legend. Thanks a lot, guys. I appreciate it.
Twenty-four hours later, the nib wall passes inspection.
I'm liking the way you're building, mate.
Everything's built strong and tough, and neat.
And if a house hasn't passed all their inspections by 6pm,
they won't be waterproofing tonight.
Simple as that.
Solid as a rock. Eh?
Mate, it doesn't get any more solid than that.
No. Beautiful. Alright.
Thanks, guys.
ANKUR: Thanks, Keithy. Thank you. Thanks, Keith.
MAN: Morning, Keith. KEITH: Morning, Mick. Morning, Tom.
TOM: Hey, Keithy. KEITH: How are we going?
Yeah, good. I hope. Got any issues?
No.
So, we called Keith for a frame inspection so we could sheet.
Normally it takes about sometimes up to an hour to get Keith
but Keith being the great man he is, he comes straight away.
Now, I heard you needed me urgently.
I didn't say it urgently. I'd love an inspection.
I just wanna hang out with you too.
More importantly. (CHUCKLES)
I wonder long you'll be saying that for, Tom.
Tom's Keith's number one fan. Yeah, I love Keith.
(LAUGHS)
(ROMANTIC MUSIC)
He's a good man. Love Keith.
Love Keith. We know.
Floor's good. Yeah?
Yep. Tick. Beautiful.
While all the house inspections are going on,
there are also meetings and deliveries.
And going on top of Tom and Sarah-Jane's new pavilion right now
is the Colorbond roof.
This is Peter from Truecore.
I'm Peter. Dylan. Very nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, mate. He's checking in with house four...
Just to talk about your lightweight steel frame.
Yep.
And to show you what your house is gonna look like...
Cool. ..when it's got a roof on.
Yes, sick.
..checking with house one.
But if you want to add some walls. you've just gotta draw them up.
And house two.
So, here's the model of the frame. Yep.
If you're looking at doing things like a chimney...
We're definitely going to need a chimney
'cause we're definitely putting a fireplace in there.
Yep.
That's right, Peter's locking in any changes our Blockheads want to
the framing layout of their brand-new huge pavilions.
All held together with Truecore.
We just need to measure out and we can just build you something
that goes right the way through, if you want.
So, right there on the spot we went out there
and drew up to put a fireplace chimney in
and he's drawn it up for us.
What a great fella.
House three have got a very important appointment too
with their prospective agents.
After you, Shaz. Thank you.
Hi. Welcome to our mess.
How are you? It's not so bad. Good, thanks.
Lovely to see you, Shaun.
And Ankur and Sharon have headed straight
for the high end of town for their real estate representation.
So, we were behind the eight ball with choosing the agent
so we did a bit of research.
I mean, I know it doesn't go with your outfits but...
That's alright. No worries.
Sotheby's is known to be a luxury brand
who represent clients of networks of kajillion dollars.
Now we're all good. Now we're cooking. Yay.
They have clients that we would never even know about
or hear about who have money,
who are prepared to spend money.
So, you've had a look at the plans. Yep.
What are your views so far?
Initially I was worried.
I was like, they won't want to work with us.
Hi, Keith. This is our potential real estate agent.
How are you doing?
Because they're very selective about who they choose to represent.
They don't just pick anybody.
So, we thought it's a good idea
and were told it was a good idea to bring agents in to have a look
at the plan of the property before we get full-on into the building
so we're making right choices for potential buyers.
So, I'm interested to hear what you guys are thinking
for this beautiful property.
For this week, what do you guys feel about...
Because we're doing master ensuite which is this space here,
happy with the size of that?
Yeah. Yep? Great.
That works at every high-end home I've sold.
I reckon you're on the right track. OK.
Seriously. Yeah.
Did you guys know that we won? BOTH: Yes.
We saw the room. It's great.
So potentially you could be on a winning team.
Yeah, well, we're on the winning team.
Thank you.
We're locking in an agent. Yes.
The whole massive thing.
Lovely to meet you. Thank you so much for your time.
Thank you so much for coming.
It's Sotheby's. Like, they are elite, luxury.
That is a big... We think it's a big win.
I'll leave that with you. That's unreal.
I will keep it somewhere safe and we'll chat for sure.
Thank you.
And the best agent in the land and the world, probably.
Yeah, let's go with that.
SCOTTY: Right, with the agent locked in, it's back to inspections.
After passing their floor frame inspection earlier, house three
are hoping for the same result with their wall frame inspection.
MAN: Frame inspection. Frame.
Yeah. Ah-ha.
Try and get that ticked off so plasterers can start.
The niche.
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Mmm.
Well, I'm seeing a sag in the top of that niche.
(GULP)
ANKUR: Yes so, Keithy has an amazing eye, no matter what people say.
People say he needs to go to Specsavers.
Yeah and also that can't read his phone.
But he can see 1mm off.
But he's always right. He's like, "Oh, it's about 3mm off."
Grabs his level.
You can literally see that he's right. 3mm.
Yeah, there's definitely a sag in it.
Dammit.
So yeah, there's an issue with the niche. A big issue.
Sorry to spoil the party but I'll come back in a little while
when you've finished it off.
Yeah, so, I think timing wise,
I think we might not make actual waterproofing.
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SCOTTY: All our Blockheads
and all their tradies are going hell-for-leather in hopes
of passing all their inspections before Keith knocks off at 6pm.
If they do that, they can get waterproofing tonight.
Chippies are working around plumbers
who are working underneath plasterers.
It is chaos.
But in house three, the plasterers haven't even started yet.
They're massively behind trying to fix the bow in their shower recess.
And Keith is back.
That's looking better.
Lintel in, beautiful.
Well, all ticked off, mate.
Sweet. Thank you.
So, Keithy just came in,
did our inspection or final pre-waterproof inspection,
one of the six today.
All done, Ankur. Thanks, mate.
Can actually get some plastering.
Alright. Get the plasterers.
Everything's now starting to go to plan.
Hey, boys.
We're good to go now. All signed off.
Plasterers will get in there, sheet it all.
Then once that's done I'll put the heater on, dry it,
and then the waterproofer will come in and do waterproof Wednesday,
which is amazing.
Good stuff. Alright.
Fingers crossed.
When you say these sort of things everything tends to go to rubbish
so just keeping my expectations where they should be but yeah,
for now, all good.
SCOTT: So, the race is on.
We are two hours out from Keith's clock-off time.
Everything has to be finished and signed off.
SARAH-JANE: Alright, what do you want from me?
TOM: Go along every single one of these.
We've gotta put Sikaflex. OK.
So, shout out to my parents who think that I'm useless on the tools.
With bathroom week you have to keep on track or else you're done.
Mmm.
SCOTTY: So, every house is frantic except house two.
Hello, hello. Hi, mate.
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Floor's good.
The inspection with Keith, he came
and was very impressed with the tidiness and the caulking detail.
I love it. Very thorough. Everywhere. Everything is neat.
Just taken me a couple of hours just to do the floor.
You've got a good team, mate. It's paying dividends.
Thanks, Keithy. Well done.
Thank you very much, buddy.
He was only here for two minutes, had a quick look and was out.
So we made waterproofing. We made it. We did a good job.
So, tell me you ran with it, Tommy, where the floor meets the wall.
Sick of at that as well. Oh, OK.
So, at 5:30pm Keith decided to rock up
prior to when we were ready for inspection.
Hey, Tom? Yeah, mate?
I've got an issue.
When it's time for inspections I can't even stand in the room.
I walk outside because I just
feel like I'm gonna vomit and diarrhoea myself.
Mmm, righto.
Like, just from nerves. That's why... Yeah.
Down there, next to the door over there.
Super duper stressful.
It's super stressful and makes me super nervous.
Yep? Now...
That gap is too big.
One of the Villaboard pieces that met the flooring had like,
a gap bigger than 5mm which is non-compliant.
So I want 3mm. Over there as well.
Yeah.
Alright? Yeah.
Between 3mm-5mm.
They're too big. We can't have that like that.
I've got waterproof guys coming from Rose Bay.
What, now? Yeah.
They're literally half an hour away.
Our tilers, they come from two hours away.
They were in the car.
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Bathrooms are just so hard.
Half an hour? Yeah.
Well, it's 6pm in 31 minutes.
And if you're not waterproofing by Wednesday, it's just so stressful.
Mmm.
KEITH: Sorry, guys.
SCOTTY: As Tom gets moving, so does Keith,
making his last round of inspections before he leaves at 6pm.
House four, Dylan and Jenny, have just gotten their tick of approval.
House five, Oz and Omar, can start waterproofing too.
Meanwhile, at house three, after
scrambling all day, now is their moment of truth.
We basically need, I don't know, the fifth inspection to be signed off.
So, pre-waterproof inspection needs to be signed off
so tiling and everything can start.
Keith and Dan I think yeah, it's
just scary because they've obviously got the power to shut you down.
You can get overawed when they're in there.
Like, it's stressful.
Yep, I tick you off. Thanks.
Keith signed it off and we're happy
to go for waterproofing which will be finished tonight.
Hey, Keith, we listened to you.
We got rid of our old tile and this is the new one.
Yep. Good. Gotta go.
See you. (LAUGHTER)
Thanks, Keithy. See you, mate.
SCOTTY: Keith's in a rush
'cause he clocks off in three, two, one minute to go.
Babe, do you wanna keep caulking? Yeah.
'Cause I've got to do every join as well.
Yep, no problems.
Waterproof Wednesday, I guess it can create a lot of stress.
MAN: Where's waterproofing? TOM: Where are they?
SARAH-JANE: On their way.
We just need to get it inspected.
And if you don't get that signed off by 6pm then...
Everyone leaves. Go home. Everyone leaves.
Keith and Dan have got lives out of here too.
(SIREN BLARES)
It was 6:01pm.
It was stressful.
Because we were like, at 6pm he's gonna be home.
It's like we missed the boat.
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(EXHALES)
It was lovely of Keith actually to stay back for one minute.
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(TENSE MUSIC)
I'm impressed. Hey?
I'm impressed.
You got a lot done in a short amount of time. A hell of a lot done.
Workhorse, mate.
That'll give you the tick, buddy. Thank you.
We got signed off.
And for everyone watching, it was dead set 6:01pm.
Yeah.
Yeah mate, I've gotta bolt. Well done.
Good stuff. Alright?
Your waterproofer can start. Thanks, Keith.
Thank you.
We got signed off and that means
that our tilers that were already 1.75 hours into the drive
coming to Gisborne,
were gonna get there and could actually waterproof.
Yeah.
Folks, if you don't leave here in eight minutes, you won't make it.
A challenge...
But where's your mail slot?
There, right there. I know.
..with a 10k up for grabs.
You can see everyone going... (BUZZES)
And just making these amazing things.
We need that money. It'd be a good 10K.
It's gonna be a $10,000 winning letterbox, right?
Like, we need it really badly.
Like, if we don't win it, we'll steal it off whoever wins it.
Yeah.
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SCOTTY: Ahh, the Macedon Ranges in Victoria.
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So peaceful.
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KEITH: Delivery, delivery. Mail is here.
What have we got? Come and see, buddy.
(LAUGHS) What are you wearing, Keith?
Keith got out of his buggy with his hat on,
he walked up with his postbag on.
I thought, here we go.
(WOLF WHISTLES)
You're not gonna strip, are you?
Keith's gonna get his gear off here.
What is going on?
No.
You have a riddle there. I need you guys to read it loud and clear.
But oh, no, he gave us a card.
"Meet us at The Mill market, Castlemaine
"for today's Colorbond challenge."
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(JAUNTILY) We're off to Castlemaine, we're off to Castlemaine,
we're off to Castlemaine to the timber mill.
('MILLION VOICES' CONTINUES)
Come on in.
Stand behind a surprise, wherever you like.
Welcome to The Mill in Castlemaine and this incredible vintage bazaar.
I love this joint.
All around Australia in country towns, people compete
to have the most interesting post-box.
And that's exactly what you guys are gonna be doing today.
So, lift up the sheets and let's see where we're all starting.
Ooh! Wow!
RACHEL: So, we have to put a letterbox.
We're given our roof of our letterbox.
We picked the one with the skillion roof
because our house is the only one with a skillion roof.
And these tiny little resilient roofs
will inspire you to build the post-box
that will eventually be planted out the front of your houses.
Wow.
That's not the only reason to build something very special here today.
Thanks to Colorbond...
today's prize...
..is $10,000.
WOMAN: You're kidding.
$10,000 up for grabs.
We think we're gonna be great.
We can win. 100%.
That is one big cheque in the mail.
Yep.
But here is one post-box that I built earlier.
Wow!
This took me three hours to design, source the materials, and build.
Because I'm a good bloke, I'm gonna give you four hours.
Thank you, Scotty.
OK, your time starts now. Off you go.
Oh, my gosh.
The challenge was Colorbond, $10,000 for grab
and it's pretty much build a country style mailbox to keep
and put in front of your houses.
We have four hours to do it and we have to go to a bric-a-brac store.
Hello, guys. WOMAN: Hi.
How are we?
We all had $500.
Too expensive. No.
And we had to go grab some things to make this mailbox within four hours.
We honestly thought house one,
Tom, he's very hands-on 'cause he's a plumber.
So, I think we try to replicate our house.
Cool. Mmm, alright. See you.
Two. Ryan, hands-on, plumber.
Oh. (CHUCKLES)
We're just gonna buy that. (LAUGHTER)
We're done.
Three.
Three would have maybe struggled a little bit.
SHARON: Ankie, can you help me?
Hey, love.
We're non-builders.
The only non-building couple in this competition.
That would be the first time they are trying to build something.
And four. Four definitely. Dylan and Jenny.
JENNY: What is that? Drawers?
Yeah, it's pretty cool.
All's I gotta do is make a box. I know.
Both builders, carpenters, so we were up against it.
We want a big storage for some big packaging,
you know what I'm saying, Omar?
Yep.
I don't usually go shopping
so I felt like I took the lead, to be honest.
If I can pick it up in one go, we're taking it.
Here we go. Moment of truth.
(DRUM ROLL)
Squat for it. (DRUM ROLL CONTINUES)
(STRAINS)
Yep, we've got it. Go for it. (LAUGHS)
Antique, old-style.
Honestly, we're killing it. BOTH: We got it.
See you guys later. We're done.
SCOTTY: So, Oz and Omar have picked an old meat safe.
They'll have to cut a mail slot somewhere
and their Colorbond roof will go on top.
RACHEL: We just want to really replicate our house.
RYAN: Why don't we do...
You know how we're gonna have the stack stone
or something on the back where the fireplace is?
Could kinda build that at the back.
We need that money. It'd be a good 10K.
These are what we need.
You beauty!
We haven't had a win in this competition
so we need it really badly.
Like, if we don't win it, we will steal it off whoever wins it.
Yeah.
There are these. These are gonna be our little stack stone pebbles.
Rachel and Ryan want to replicate their new pavilion
with their Colorbond skillion roof.
And they're gonna try and make a stack stone chimney on the side.
Alright, let's go start making it.
We can come back once you start. That's what I was thinking.
You've just built a house. As if you can't build a box.
See you, guys. Bye, guys.
Good luck. See you soon.
Dylan and Jenny's box will be built
from scratch on top of some drawers they've just sourced.
Thomas. Tom!
Oh, Tom. Look at this.
Alright. Oh, Tom!
Eugh! "Oh, Tom."
Here, look. I don't need that.
That's perfect. For what?
Just thinking of textures. No.
It looks like timber. I can't work with that.
OK. Pretty excited for the challenge.
But everything I picked he's like, "No we don't need that,
"we don't need that, we don't need that."
Don't worry, you can lead the charge. Go.
I had a vision in my head with how I wanted to do it.
I'll just come back in.
We're just gonna make a little house of ours, really.
Yeah.
So, Tom decided we're going to build
a little replica of our little country home.
Yeah. We're looking at things that can make what we want to do and then
I can always come back while Tom starts
if things aren't looking good.
Yeah, that's it.
Tom's decided they're building
a mini version of their original homestead,
with little bits and pieces to bring it to life.
(HORSE NEIGHS) (SWING CREAKS)
With their bric-a-brac picked and stacked...
Yeah. That's a find.
..our Blockheads' letterboxes are underway.
('JUNGLE BOOGIE' BY KOOL & THE GANG PLAYS)
(TOOL WHIRS)
Except for Ankur and Sharon who are struggling.
ANKUR: So, I think basically...
Oh, my god! So...
Thanks, honey.
So, the box itself, I think we just keep simple.
From the depths of not being able to use tools I think it's more so we
use our skills in design, planning.
So, come up with something that's still simple to build
but then looks like it wasn't simple to build, basically.
Yeah.
I reckon this is wicked.
Can I have a look?
'Cause it's got everything on it.
Can I see?
I'm telling you. What, this big?
Surely that comes off the top, doesn't it?
It doesn't. Doesn't it?
No. Well, that's ridiculous them.
Any opportunity where there's free money being handed out
you've gotta be giving it your best crack.
But we'll utilise the skills we have, yeah.
SCOTTY: Ahh,
I'm not sure you're utilising anything right now, Sharon.
Or Ankur.
And time is ticking.
Tick-tock.
(DOOR CREAKS SHUT) (THUNDER CRACKS)
(DOG HOWLS) (WINDMILL CREAKS)
(SOUND OF ROOSTER CROWING)
SCOTTY: The Colorbond letterbox challenge is at full throttle...
(INDUSTRIOUS MUSIC)
(MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY)
Ankur and Sharon haven't even started their engines yet.
They're still in the shop.
Anks and Sharon haven't got back from shopping yet
and I actually got worried a bit, to be honest.
Everyone's starting on their project
and I wanted to go back in to see if they're OK.
Yeah, true.
(SIGHS)
We're here at The Mill in Castlemaine.
It's basically a bric-a-brac place
where you can buy whatever you want.
Got some amazing things. So many cool antiques.
The challenge itself is build your own post-box.
So effectively we've got the Colorbond roof and then build
a decent sized post-box that will be in front of our house.
Today, instead of $5,000, it's actually $10,000,
which is huge because that's like a win for a room reveal really.
That's ugly as. It's pretty ugly.
The boys got a really good one but of course we're like,
we're the only couple that doesn't have building experience.
So we were trying to find something in there that makes us
not have to construct something from scratch.
Smart move.
What about this? Possibly.
'Cause it's already made.
I know that's what we need to... Grab it.
..be sorting out. Grab that over there.
We're good now, honey.
So, the concept is basically this is obviously the main part of it
so we don't have to rebuild anything.
The tie-in to the house is
all this Victorian era bric-a-brac little stuff will go on there.
So, keeping it simple. Keeping the construction simple.
Design and creativity is where we'll show our flair.
And style.
SCOTTY: So, Ankur and Sharon
are hoping their letterbox will end up looking like this.
Everything's going to be good.
(TOOL WHIRS)
Unlike Ankur and Sharon, Dylan and Jenny are both handy on the tools.
We found a little... It's like a drawer type thing
and we're gonna put letters, books, gifts, all along it.
DYLAN: Do this all bright colours so that pops.
Yep.
And then we'll try and emulate a small version of our house on top.
How much longer have we got? MAN: Three hours.
Oh. (BLEEP) Laughin'.
Our other blockades are putting their stamp on their letterboxes
So, I'm working on the chimney.
PRODUCER: Are you happy with it Rach?
No, not really. Not yet.
I think I will be at the end. But right now I'm not.
It's gonna be a $10,000 winning letterbox, right?
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
My mate, Joe the postie!
G'day, mate.
Joe, who works for Australia Post,
is here to tell them what the regulations are
when it comes to a country letterbox.
Joe the postie, seriously? What a guy.
With all due respect to Joe, he's a bit of a postal nerd. Correct?
Well, 33 years in the job, Scotty.
Yep. and he knows everything about the post.
(LAUGHTER)
If there's one person that knows everything
about what a mailbox should do and need, that's Postie Joe.
Hello, boys. Hey, mate, how are you?
Meet Joe. How are you.
Joe. Good size. Really good size.
One of the best here. Thank you, mate.
Ooh!
So, now we're just trying to figure out where to put the slot.
Well, make sure you can't put your hand in and grab it, the mail.
So you have a slot up the top and a lock at the back.
Yep.
Everything that Postie Joe said...
Right there, boy. That's it.
..is pretty much what Oz and I decided to take into this challenge.
Even if we have to put a tank in and out, a lock.
We can make a hole.
We want to make sure that the pigeonhole for the letter
is a proper size and it will be lockable.
Are we building a mailbox or a safe, Omar?
Tom's vision for a mini version of their original homestead
is coming to life.
A rustic homestead with room for a horse and a swing.
I built a little frame for a house and then yeah, I cut
all the old hardwood fence panelling up,
cladded the house in it.
SARAH-JANE: I'm taking these doors off this little thingy
so that I can use them as my house doors on my mailbox.
If you want these doors...
Oh, you just... If you break that off, how is it gonna...
we've got no hinges.
We want brand-new hinges. Well I just saved...
When I have a vision I'm just like, get out of my way,
this is how I'm doing it.
Wait a second.
Aren't you putting the door and everything on here?
This is the front of the house, isn't it?
Yes. Where is the slot?
Just above here. Yeah, so...
But this is the front door, yeah? And windows and that.
How do you fit a parcel in though that's that big?
Like you said, accessible. Yeah, you're putting it up the top.
But where's your mail slot? There. Right there!
I know. I don't think... I think it's not big enough.
I wanna use the doors but we've just gotta use them right.
He shuts me down so then I'm like, why are you shutting me down for?
Like, you shutting me down?
And I was going to do it quite big. Alright.
Not just a little. Sure.
What do you think? Yeah, whatever you think.
So yeah, just like a regular day, really.
Well, use your brain. I'm just not gonna talk.
That's great.
I'll be here eating my oats bar if you need me.
I don't need you.
(WHISTLES)
Oi! Two hours to go. Start running.
That's one hour of tools left
and then one hour to get their letterbox to the judging location.
Not a lot of time, really.
And it looks like Ankur and Sharon have a long way to go.
We dan see everyone going... (BUZZES)
And just making these amazing things and we don't know what we're doing.
We have to put this on.
But you need to screw the holes in.
I don't know how to do it.
You've got to do it...
He said make some holes in or something. I don't know.
It's hard for us. We don't know what we're doing at all.
Yeah, I know. Just glue the thing?
Screws and bolts.
So, we knew we were a little bit in trouble.
That's just fallen off.
Eugh, it's a disaster.
Yeah. It's crap. It's crap but...
Yeah, what do you do?
What can you do?
SCOTTY: Well, you could go like the clappers.
Because this challenge is nearly over.
# We'll stay right where we're at... #
Hey, ladies and gentlemen, our first team is leaving.
See youse!
Yay! See you, boys.
And we were still trying to make the thing
and then the other teams start to leave.
Folks, if you don't leave here in eight minutes, you won't make it.
And then it got to the point where Scotty was saying,
if you don't leave in eight minutes you're going to get disqualified.
Get it in your car. Let's go.
I'm serious. Is it screwed on, Dyl?
Thanks, Scotty.
Righto.
Jen, just slow down.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Alright. This is the moment.
(STRAINS)
Yeah, baby.
ANKUR: It was pretty grim when everyone left
and then we were still trying to do stuff.
Yeah, and...
There was literally, what do you call it?
Tumbleweed rolling through The Mill.
And at that point, all we had was a poorly painted white box.
It looked really bad.
If that's a permanent, you know, positioning on our house,
structural thing on our house,
I couldn't finish it like that.
Should we just finish it?
(DOOR CREAKS SHUT) (THUNDER RUMBLES)
(DOG HOWLS) (WINDMILL CREAKS)
(BIRDS CHIRP)
# Well, did you miss me
# Walk on water just to kiss me... #
Gosh, look at that view!
# Oh, come and get me... #
I can see a wind farm. I see alcohol.
I'm coming!
# Dream girl... #
SCOTTY: It's a challenge day
and Tom and Sarah-Jane are the first to the post
with what they hope is today's best letterbox.
That's a winner. How is that? I hope so.
I'd love to win this.
Wine? You spoil me, Colorbond.
(GASPS)
Do you reckon the winning team gets to stay in this?
('DREAM GIRL EVIL' BY FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE CONTINUES)
There was this little, tiny escape, tiny home.
The sunset with nice mountains,
to us they're priceless, dream, million-dollar views.
You can't get any better.
And that was the view it had. And then the waiter with champagne.
Fire pit. And he was like, oh...
Little bellboy. Is that a bellboy?
No, that someone that's brings up suitcases at hotels.
I thought a bellboy is you ring a bell and a boy comes and does stuff.
(PUFFING) Wow.
Oh, my god! I'm cooked.
Oh, cramp! Are you serious?
Ow, wow.
SARAH-JANE: One by one all the teams start arriving
with their letterboxes...
RACHEL: We had to have the biggest letterbox.
And team Shunks... Were not there.
..was not there.
SHARON: We're nearly done. Can we just finish it?
What about this? Will this work?
(SNORING) Probably not.
I said to Anks, I was like,
"Do you wanna hang back and finish the job we started?"
So we actually produce something
worthy of being placed in front of our property.
Alright, done. Yes, well done.
I actually feel good.
Yeah, because you're a little bit torn
because you don't want to take away from the winner from being like...
'Cause if we rocked up as a disqualified couple...
Late. A lot of it would be about us.
(OVERLAPPING SPEECH)
Whereas they deserve their glory.
We (BLEEP) took too long choosing our things.
SCOTTY: Well, for those that did finish on time
I have a little surprise.
Ooh!
RACHEL: Oh, it's Shaynna!
OMAR: Seeing Shaynna for the first time was cool.
Actually seeing someone that is judging you week in, week out.
We wanted to ask her so many questions
but it wasn't the right time.
Honestly. Yeah.
What about that view!
Thank you. Amazing.
Unbelievable.
Well in fact, one of you is gonna have a tiny escape,
a night away here with that view.
Including 10,000 bucks.
Shall we go and have a look at them then?
Let's go and look.
First up Omar and Oz's letterbox.
The design was very accessible.
To be functional, we had a lock
which was apparently very important, Postie Joe said.
And on top of that
we wanted to give it that nice country Macedon Ranges vibe.
This is an old meat keeper. That's amazing.
So they had to get bits and pieces.
And of course we supplied the roof for them so that's how they started.
Oh, that's perfect. I love the curve on that.
Wow. That's massive.
Next in line, Dylan and Jenny's.
For our letterbox we had drawers
and we coloured them all different colours
and put "Honey," "Eggs," "Vegetables," "Fruit".
I thought it looked really cute.
So, I don't mind this one
because you're if getting some food deliveries or things like that.
Yeah, and then you've got your parcels going in there.
Now for the middle letterbox which is Ankur and Sharon.
There's is minimalistic as you can see.
I was gonna say, is it like a disappearing one?
Yeah, it's... Yeah.
Moving right along to Rachel and Ryan's skillion roof number.
We're excited about our skillion roof.
So, to have a skillion roof letterbox, I mean, talk about flow.
We're all about flow in house two.
Not a bad concept.
That's just... What is that?
Oh, they're rocks. Yeah, local rocks or something.
Oh.
And finally Tom and Sarah-Jane's very own teeny-weeny tiny house.
SARAH-JANE: It's like a little house
and a paddocky picket fence,
little rustic barn windows up the top,
a porch swing,
then a horse there out the front of the paddock.
The horse... The horse is cool.
That was a child's toy, antique toy.
Oh, that's cute. I like that.
And I'm loving the swing and the horse.
It's just got character.
The brief was to build a country style post-box
that was not only functional and durable but also using
the creativity of the bric-a-brac that was available to you.
Shaynna, how did they go?
Oh, I think you all did amazing.
Except the people who didn't turn up, of course.
(LAUGHS)
But I think there's one team that really nailed it and being creative
and making sure it looked good for their country home environment.
And it's...
Tom and Sarah-Jane.
(BLEEP) Shaynna. PRODUCER: Why?
'Cause Oz... She's the one that judged it.
Oz and I, honest to god, whatever Postie Joe said,
if he was the judge that day,
I swear to god we're walking away with 10K.
It was the horse, wasn't it?
All of a sudden Shaynna wants to come and judge our (BLEEP) mailbox.
Unbelievable. What's she, a mailbox expert?
Hey, congratulations, Tom and Sarah-Jane.
Oh, thank you.
10,000 bucks from Colorbond coming your way
plus a Colorbond tiny escape for the night.
Yeah, baby.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Winner, winner, chicken dinner! Whoo!
Home, sweet home.
So, you move the food.
Wow.
And it's a bed for little people like us.
The taste of winning is beautiful. Yeah. Our first win.
10 grand so... Yeah, we're stoked.
We're really happy with that win. We're very lucky.
It's good to be away from all the mayhem at The Block.
So nice.
So nice to have our little Colorbond tiny escape.
That is going to be so stunning to wake up to
and we're gonna wake up and look at that gorgeous view.
This is paradise.
(LITTLE FART) (TOM CHUCKLES)
Say "Excuse me."
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# Ever since the day
# You came into my life... # (OMAR LAUGHS)
Oh my god! What the...
I'm done, I'm getting out of here.
VOICEOVER: Tomorrow...
(SILENTLY SCREAMS)
Come here. I just wanna go home.
Two boxes of tiles, all smashed.
..and tantrums.
(MUFFLED SOBBING) (BLEEP)
(SNIFFLES)
Bathroom bubbles are bursting.
This is a disaster, mate.
We are out of our depth.
I'm not... (CROSSTALK) You can't try things...
Thomas, are you listening to me?
And... A very special guest.
..Kyle and Kara are back.
Oh my god! Ay!