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SCOTTY: Last week on The Block...
You win this challenge today, you win that car.
ALL: What? No way!
..the biggest challenge prize ever.
SARAH-JANE: It's not for your house.
You keep it. It's for you.
And the lucky winners?
Sharon and Ankur.
No way! (CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)
The team in the worst financial position ever.
At the moment, they are thousands in debt.
I'm concerned how they're gonna finish the build.
So, I had to step in.
I haven't done this since the Oslo. I'm cutting you guys off.
This was the worst week for me on The Block.
Absolutely.
This week, with just three weeks to go...
So, the wardrobe can't go on that wall.
..our Blockheads tackle the last space inside the house -
the final guest bedroom.
TOM: Now I gotta rip the hallway apart to make this work.
(BLEEP) hell!
That's not all.
Literally get rid of this study.
They also have to complete a Redo Room.
Perfect everything that wasn't done right.
Redo Week.
Yeah, it's full on. I'm keen as to go home.
And as if two rooms to do wasn't enough...
I am going to invite 100 potential buyers...
..a challenge.
..to inspect your property.
TOM: Wow!
Wow, Redo Room, guest bedroom, and the listing.
(BLEEP)!
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(DOG WHINES)
(CHILLED GUITAR RHYTHMS)
This, my friends, is the first day of the final week
building rooms inside these epic houses.
(CHILLED GUITAR RHYTHMS)
What's the time?
Eugh!
(LAUGHTER) Oof!
Ahh!
I was having the craziest dreams last night.
DYLAN: Were you?
It's Dylan and Jen!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Last night was so good! Second win in a row.
Might win this week as well.
As dreams come true in House Four,
for House Two, it feels like a recurring nightmare.
# Welcome to my breakdown... #
So, judging last night, it was very tight.
There should have been a light switch next to the bed,
and I reckon we would have been ten-ten-ten.
Yay, another win for Dylan and Jenny. Two in a row.
I'm so happy for them. They beat us by half a point.
Whoo! (CHUCKLES)
It's such a tight competition.
All those little things, like power points by the bed, matter.
# Welcome to my breakdown... #
You know?
Well, first stop at this morning's Domain open for inspections...
The winning house.
..Dylan and Jenny's kids' bedroom.
Scoring a perfect ten from Neale...
I'm feeling the love in this room. Yeah.
It feels authentic, it feels genuine.
..they took out the week with 29 points.
I just know that any kid is gonna walk in here
and say, "Pick this house."
(FUNKY DRUM BEATS)
Oooh, it's nice!
RACHEL: Ohh, it's cute. It's really cute.
She's done well with the styling in here.
TOM: I like the wallpaper.
I'm not a huge fan of that wallpaper.
Oh, I think it's really nice!
I think it's really, really lovely,
but I wouldn't put it in a kids' room.
Like, I don't think everything fully matches,
but maybe that's fine.
I don't know if it's a ten, though.
What do you reckon - does it deserve a ten?
Yeah, for sure.
I wasn't talking to you, sorry.
Who are you talking to, sorry?
(TOY LAUGHS) Oh!
Hang on, I think I've seen something. Take half a point off.
Oh! What is it?
Oh, they haven't connected their electrical up.
Oh. No lights.
That's half a point gone. We should have tied.
(LAUGHTER)
You wanna see who won
'cause you wanna know if that's worthy of beating you,
then you wanna see who came last,
because they had a lot of (BLEEP) talked about them.
So, you wanna go really see what it's like,
but you don't care about anyone in between.
Right, well, for the impatient of you out there,
Rachel and Ryan missed out on the top spot by just half a point.
Their kids' bedroom missing a bedside light switch
earnt them a score of 28.5.
Tom and Sarah-Jane came in third on 27.5 with their nursery.
# If I wasn't me... #
Ankur and Sharon were up there -
just off the podium on 26.5,
and the one we've all been waiting for, 'cause it came in dead last.
Omar and Oz's...
Not a kids' room. They have chosen to present it as a TV room.
Right.
..earnt them just 21 points.
It's very strange! Yeah, it's not good styling.
That bunny's staring at me. It's giving me the evil eye.
Yeah.
Shaynna honestly now thinks you have two Redo Rooms to do.
OMAR: I don't think they quite understood what we wanted to do.
We wanted it to be a second living room-bedroom.
The cabinetry was probably a bit too much
and took away a fair bit of space.
Whoa! Look at the cabinetry.
That looks like a giant watch cabinet.
RYAN: I think it just looks too squashed and too tiny.
It's like they've just crammed everything in.
JENNY: Where would you put a bed?
Well, it's not a bedroom.
Who wants to buy a $4 million house that's four-bedroom
when they can go next door and buy a five-bedroom?
Fair point. (DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
Now, last night I assigned Redo Rooms
with a $5,000 budget to our Blockheads.
House One - living room.
House Two - guest bedroom, green wall.
Yes, green wall. Yep.
House Three - living room.
House Four - living room.
House Five - master bedroom.
Yep.
This week - Redo Week.
Perfect everything that wasn't done right.
Redo Week.
Omar and Oz were assigned the master bedroom
as their Redo Room this week,
but are now doing an extra Redo Room,
fixing up last week's space.
The advice that they gave is very spot on, man.
We'll get the boys to get rid of those cabinetry.
We'll take them out, put them on a pallet.
So, let's do it, man. Let's give them what they want.
So, in last week's room,
all of the cabinetry is coming out
and the sofa will be pushed back,
and could be replaced with a bed, if required.
But as for their other Redo Room, the master bedroom...
Judges hated it.
I don't think the study space actually adds value.
SHAYNNA: Put in a king size bed,
and that will change the feeling and the look so much.
You just need to find a way
to turn the room into a proper master bedroom,
with enough storage for a couple.
We're taking on the criticism on not being a functional bedroom.
So, Omar and I have decided to literally get rid of this study
and actually make it into a his-and-hers wardrobe.
Done.
Off the side of their master was a study space,
but this week, they'll turn that into another walk-in robe.
Yep, that's two walk-in robs - one for him and one for her.
I think the one thing we might have to do
if we change that bed to a king size.
We'll have to get new, smaller bedside tables, and that's it.
That will look amazing. That will actually work perfect.
Word by word what they've told us to do.
So, we're excited for their reviews...
We've done exactly what they want.
Well, in House Four, for their Redo Room,
Dylan and Jenny gave the judges exactly what they didn't want
back in Living and Dining Room Week.
Shaynna's advice is to take out some of the country elements.
Put in a bit more contemporary.
They've got the mix wrong, without a doubt.
There are gonna be people out there
that love this interior and the way it's been styled,
but are they gonna be the people who are prepared to spend $4 million?
I don't think so. (BULLET RICOCHETS)
So, Jenny's legged it to Freedom for a styling consult.
I went for the very, like, country theme,
but the contemporary country, which they were after,
and I really love it.
So, that's what I wanna continue going with.
So, we're changing a lot.
We've got a new big couch, coffee table.
New dining table, new chairs.
We're gonna paint the Venetian plaster wall white,
getting rid of the chandelier, moving the fan.
They'll walk in here and be like,
"Ooooh. They did redo it, that's for sure!"
You could even plan
and have a couple of sort of mixed textures in there,
just to try and have a lot of different tones accommodated.
Yeah, that'd be nice, actually, yeah.
While Jenny overhauls her living and dining space,
Tom and Sarah-Jane are doing the same to theirs,
because that's their Redo Room too.
Alright, babe, this is going. This is being returned.
Return to sender. Yep.
Um...this will then flip this way.
I'll have a new L-shaped modular couch.
Is it gonna all fit?
Thanks, I'll...yeah, it's fine.
Rip this off the wall. They didn't like it.
So, the judges gave us our living room as the Redo Room this week,
because on week seven, when we did that,
their feedback was...
I feel like there's this vast space with a couch that's too small.
Because of the scale here, something bigger, something grander.
DARREN: All I see is a mess of cables.
You know what, I was wondering why
the clock is sitting there in the middle.
That's why.
I was open to that feedback from the judges straight away.
I'm trying to figure out how much room I have for another couch.
Yeah, what's the measurements for the other couch?
I don't know. I'm trying to see how much room I have.
Alright, well, what do you want me to do? I'm trying to help you.
The only thing that I struggled with
was, like, OK, you want more seating, but where do I put it?
Because I was so invested in making sure
that all the fireplace was viewed from every angle
and I didn't want to block this and that.
Alright, there's your couch - 2.6 metres.
Right now, that's touching this couch.
No, it's not, 'cause that couch is further down!
Alright. No worries. Cool.
Once I kind of let go of that idea, I was like, "Oh, yeah, cool."
Say, here, so, you...
No, I'm just trying to work out what you're doing.
Don't get...think, like... Because it's your face!
I'm just... It's just your face!
(FUNKY RHYTHMS)
You're looking at me like this! No, I'm not, I...
It's your face! You look at me like this!
I'm not having a bar of it. Catch you later.
What did I even do?!
See you later, love. Work it out yourself.
Work what out?! I already used you for working it out!
He does love me, and I do love him, deeply.
(BLEEP)!
The TV unit's gone, more seating, new couch.
It will look a lot better.
House Two's Redo Room is from ages ago.
We're redoing our first guest bedroom that we did week two.
Shaynna loved the bespoke wall panelling.
I really like a contemporary take on a VJ,
which is sort of what it is.
Darren was also a fan of the panelling,
but he didn't like the application of the paint on it.
DARREN: It is really messy.
I can see every brush stroke, I can see every roller mark.
Also, I don't love the colour.
I love that green wall - it's a beautiful colour,
but now that we've done the rest of our home, it doesn't work.
It doesn't go.
So, we're just gonna paint that wall?
Yep.
I wanna get a king in that room, 'cause it's so big!
Yeah, well, it'll fit a king, won't it?
It'll fit a king spaciously.
I'm actually thinking of switching
quite a lot of the furniture out in that room.
..but I would like to re-use it
in the guest room that we're doing this week,
'cause that'll save us some money.
Sounds good!
Everything that we're doing right now is budget-conscious.
We don't really wanna spend any money in that room.
So, we were given a $5,000 budget - I wanna pocket that.
I wanna pocket that money.
Let's go.
All our Blockheads have kicked into gear...
(HANDBRAKE CLUNKS)
..but the handbrake is still on in House Three
for their Redo Room and their final guest bedroom.
ANKUR: Yeah, obviously we were redoing our living and dining space,
but we need to get a budget approved for the week now going forward
because I mismanaged the budget.
Yep, last week I had to have a very tough conversation
with Ankur and Sharon.
You... Mm-hm.
..have got, like, an encyclopaedia of unpaid bills.
You guys are tens of thousands of dollars over the budget...
In the red, I know. Yeah.
I'm cutting you guys off. OK.
You're gone.
You don't make any decisions with trades, purchases, or anything,
unless it goes through me or Jo.
Mm-hm. OK.
You got no more money. Right.
(EXHALES)
So, what that means is, this week,
all the Block houses received $13,000
to complete their final guest bedroom,
and $5,000 for their Redo Room -
a total budget of $18,000.
House Three won't see any of that money
because they are $53,000 in debt,
meaning their final guest bedroom
will be built to a certifiable standard,
but nothing more.
Basically, gyprocked and one light.
To style their room, they can use Block Bucks
and the generosity of our suppliers,
but nothing that costs any extra money to build,
unless I approve it,
because the rest of this week's budget
will go to paying down their massive debt.
Every single trade or expense associated with the room approved.
By Scotty and finance.
For Jo, we need a breakdown of hours -
how long it's gonna take, and just the charge that we know.
We're highly stressed
and we've got heaps to do for the living and dining space.
I've asked the boys for a quote for the Redo Room for the grouting,
which we're allowed to do,
'cause that didn't get finished last time, it needs to get finished,
and in terms of that guest bedroom,
does that mean we're not allowed...
..we're not gonna be able to have pelmets this week?
Yep, so, no pelmets.
Yeah, 'cause that's a chippie cost that's extra, hey?
No pelmets, no bench seats. Yeah.
(DRUM BEATS)
We're a bit, like...just paralysed.
Yep.
Yeah. Yeah. It is what it is.
It is what it is, and hopefully that gets approved,
and Scotty can see that we're not being exorbitant
and trying to hold back
and doing our best just to finish the house
to a standard we're proud of.
Alright, so, total...$7,360.
Alright, done.
I'm gonna email that to Finance.
But I always keep thinking about, like, how did we get here
and why are we in this position?
We're the nice guys that got screwed.
# I would find a way... #
(DRIVING GUITAR MUSIC)
SCOTTY: The Block this week is huge,
and with the Redo Rooms underway...
(DRIVING MUSIC CONTINUES)
..mostly...
(DRIVING MUSIC CONTINUES)
..the majority of our Blockheads
are now moving on to the final room they will build inside the house -
the last guest bedroom.
# Give me... #
Come on in, guys!
Boys, last one.
We wanna copy the same guest bedroom in the modern.
Literally, they absolutely loved it.
For this guest bedroom, it's pretty much the same
on what we did a few weeks back - just keep it the same.
Cabinetry on that side? Yep.
Polytec... Polytec panels all the way through.
Doors at the bottom.
Little desk on this side now. Yes, sir.
Pretty much what we've done over there, literally mirror it.
Copy it there. Done. That's it.
Because they're replicating the other room,
here's the original drawing for over there.
Pendant lights and Venetian plaster,
bed, artwork, sheer curtains, built-in desk.
Just gotta flip it,
and there you have Oz and Omar's final guest bedroom.
Grafico on this side now, instead of the Venetian plaster?
Yep.
Literally what we've done over there, copy and paste.
Perfect.
Easy. Let's go. Let's get into it.
House Four next door, however,
aren't quite so clear on what their final guest bedroom will look like.
Judging by the gas bottle, it might have a barbecue in it.
(SIZZLING)
Mmm, interesting.
In the guest bedroom, we're gonna do, like, a...I don't know.
We're still trying to think.
Maybe, like, an older teenage kind of room.
Oh. So, no barbecue, then.
I don't even know where to put this.
But we're still in the middle of thinking about it.
What wall is the wardrobe gonna be on, then?
That wall? DYLAN: That wall, yep.
We were thinking, like, a green,
but now we're thinking something different,
so we just have to figure that out.
# This could be... #
Ahh, there it is.
# Everlasting love... #
# I can't get enough of your love, baby
# Oh, no, baby... #
Well, for Jenny, at least, their vision is now clearer.
So, guest bedroom, we've got Laminex panelling on the back wall.
Some really cute bedside tables,
velvet back bedhead, some really cool lamps from Alex Muir.
Kinsman wardrobes will do a study nook in it.
Yeah, a study nook. Like, a teenager's room.
I'm getting a lovely artwork going on that wall,
and then I guess the view as well.
Like, it's amazing,
and it's gonna be a deck, eventually,
with French doors opening up to it.
So...beautiful.
I think we can do a trifecta. I reckon we got it in the bag.
Down the road in House Two,
Ryan and Rachel are taking a no-frills approach
to their guest bedroom.
So, these are our smallest rooms of the house.
So, there's not a lot we can do
by the time we throw a queen-size bed in.
So, we're just thinking wardrobes on the left, queen bed on the front,
two bedside tables,
gorgeous chair that's gonna look out
on that beautiful view of Mount Macedon,
and then we wanna put some live edge timber in as well.
We've got no-one on site today.
No builders, no carpenters - there's no need for them.
Our material's only just turned up.
So, the boys will come tomorrow morning and batten the floor out
and then the plasterers will come in the afternoon
and start hanging the sheets.
As Scotty's always said, gotta save money for landscaping.
We're being very smart about where we spend our money,
what we spend our money on.
I mean, we're in a circumstance now where a house has been shut down.
And that house is next door - Ankur and Sharon's,
whose finances have been shut down by yours truly.
So, we have to have blinds, but we're not having any pelmets.
Yeah, but...you know.
Subsequently, Ankur and Sharon are in a holding pattern
until The Block's finance manager, Jo,
approves their predicted spending for this week.
Because of our budget constraints,
we now have to go through an approval process with Scotty Cam.
Every little cost that's incurred has to be budgeted first.
We've sort of been conservative
and I've gone for an approval of about seven grand for the room.
So, hopefully that gets through.
That's not doing anything extra.
We're lucky that this room's been framed up
to a point where not heaps of extra work needs to be done.
That's because, back in week one,
this was the House Decider Challenge room that Joel and Elle built.
It's ours! It's Joel and Elle's first room on The Block, you know?
This is the first time you guys are seeing what we can do.
Turns out it was the only time we would see what they could do.
(AEROPLANE ROARS)
But the Bondi babes did leave
a fully framed up room behind in House Three.
So, yeah, happy with that,
and, yeah, waiting on... I sent it to Jo for approval.
So, hopefully it comes through with that amount approved.
Their budget email was received.
In my absence,
I've sent Jo from Finance to House Three with some questions.
Hi! How you doing?
SHARON: Hey, Jo. How you doing? Good, thanks.
So, they've sent me through, essentially,
labour for their week ahead.
A lot of that was demo work for today.
So, I just wanna clarify - how many people are here doing demo today?
So, there's two, three, four, five?
Five people doing demo for what looks like a fairly existing room,
I think, seems a bit, um...top-heavy.
There is chippie, Kane, Ryan, and Liam.
OK, so, four. So, we'll take that out?
Yep. Cool.
Now, there's no cost in here for materials.
So, the materials have already... like, so, the framing is OK.
There's pine already there, so we don't need money for materials.
Great.
And for both rooms,
we actually ordered materials last week for these rooms,
before we knew everything was happening.
They've got the materials pre-ordered,
so there's no materials cost there.
Any room details?
So, is there any other features in the room that you've...
We'd love to, but I don't think we're allowed to. (LAUGHS)
Scotty's not here today.
So, he's given me the OK for them to push on with today
based on their proposal.
So, everything is good to go at the moment
if they keep on pushing on and putting in the hard work,
but Scotty, he'll be here tomorrow
to talk through with them a little bit further
about how they can get lean on their figures.
Thanks for that, Joey. Thanks, Jo. I appreciate it.
That, I will, but for now,
House Three can finally make a start on this week's build.
(DRIVING ELECTRONIC BEATS)
In House One, Tom and Sarah-Jane are planning their final room
down to the millimetre.
3,650.
This is a really small room, isn't it?
Yep.
Is this the smallest room we've done?
Po...possibly, yeah. I reckon.
Yeah. Alright, well, I'll put the cabinetry here.
Yep. OK?
I want that all cabinetry.
King-size bed, rattan bedhead, bedside table, bedside table,
and then...I already created this this morning with Damian,
'cause we are spreading tartan throughout the world.
(BAGPIPES PLAY) Beautiful. That's really nice.
Look at that. Ahh!
So, what walls is that going on? All of them.
Sweet!
So, guest room - walk in,
gorgeous houndstooth tartan Grafico wallpaper.
Beautiful rattan headboard,
matching rattan bedside tables, Kinsman cabinetry opposite.
Lovely.
Pretty straightforward this week, to be honest.
But then...
Wait, wait, wait!
So, the wardrobe can't go on that wall.
MAN: (PHONE) The measurement on that left-hand wall, as you look in,
the entry into the bedroom
is too close to the wall for the joinery to fit.
And they were like, "We can't put the cabinetry on the left-hand side
"as you walk in into the door."
And I was like, "Well, no, you have to."
And he's like, "No, we can't. It doesn't fit."
Basically, you need 600 plus a bit of wiggle room
from the wall to the architraves...
..and we've just measured 588.
So, when you swing the door open,
there's not 600mm behind the door.
For the cabinets, wardrobes. For the cabinets.
Oh, well, the problem is it's a completed hallway.
We've finished. That hallway's all been revealed.
And there's bracing in the wall. It's not as easy as that, yeah.
That...that cabinetry, it has to go there.
Like, all the returned air was designed to go into that space.
Yeah, yeah.
So, what do you need - 600? And wiggle.
What's plus - 5mm, 20mm, 100mm?
Give me a measurement and I'll try and make this work.
Because now I gotta rip the hallway apart to make this work.
(BLEEP) hell!
(THUNDER RUMBLES, DOG WHINES)
# I'm only human... #
TOM: (BLEEP) hell!
The measurement is 595.
Yeah, had a couple of dramas with wardrobes
not really working out with the doorway.
SCOTTY: Back in Hallway Week, Tom installed this bedroom door,
but the wardrobe cabinetry they wanted to put in behind that door
with this week's final guest bedroom
is 600mm deep, so it won't fit,
because Tom didn't allow enough room for it.
So, the doorway, we need to move over.
This here, Sarah-Jane...20mm.
If we move this whole thing over 20mm...
It's just we'd have to fix all the arcs up in the hallway,
and the skirt, blah, blah, blah.
But it's a load of work to do.
There's all big cross-bracings in the wall for the Truecore frames.
All the electrical in the hallway will get altered.
It was...
So, we can do it, but it's a lot of work.
Just gonna have to move that door over.
Just means everything's gonna be delayed now in this room.
Everything's pushed back.
Yeah. We've gotta get it done.
So, just gotta move it and get it done.
Over it.
Although this is the final week for our Blockheads
to be working inside their houses,
outside, at House Four,
a special delivery is arriving for last week's winners.
MAN: Is that a tree?
Hey! Whoo!
We're back! Round two!
Oh, have a look at that!
Yeah, the plant runner rocked up with our beautiful new tree.
We told you we'd be back! We said it, yeah!
Congrats! Thank you!
Thank you! Happy days!
Two wins in a row. I'm so happy.
I think that's my favourite part about winning -
I love when the trees rock up.
It's like your trophy is in your yard. (LAUGHS)
Wait till next week. Just wait till next week.
(LAUGHS) You should've just brought it with you.
We put it out the back near our pool and vegie garden.
Oh, my god! Look at our tree!
Yeah, that looks so cool!
I think it's a good thing that we didn't win at the beginning,
'cause I'd probably rather start winning at the end,
'cause then you have the money to keep going.
Yep, across the board, money is pretty tight,
and so is time.
(DRIVING ELECTRONIC BEATS)
And it's Tuesday already.
so our Blockheads probably don't want any disruptions.
RACHEL: (PHONE) We have Scotty's at 8:15 sharp for a meeting.
Scotty's at 8:15?
You know, there's nothing better
than being told on a Tuesday morning,
"Let's go down to Scotty's for a brief announcement."
Morning, everybody. ALL: Morning.
Sarah-Jane missing. Everything alright?
Yeah, her mum's friend passed away late last night.
So, she's just gone to help her out at home.
Did you know he didn't even call me to say,
"I'm going to Scotty's, there's a big announcement going on"?
Nothing. I spoke to you the night before.
But you didn't know anything about it the night before!
Yeah, I know, but I spoke to you.
OK, but if I got summoned to Scotty's and you were at home,
I'd be like, "Oh, my god, oh, my god!
"I'm going to Scotty's! We got an announcement!
"Hold on to your knickers! I'll call you back!"
Uh, please make welcome our very good friend of The Block
and Domain property expert, Alice Stolz.
Good morning! Great to see you all. (APPLAUSE)
OMAR: I did think he would give us some good news.
I thought he was gonna give us some budget for...
..like, extra budget for the next few weeks,
or maybe an extension would help.
Now, Alice is here to kick off this week's challenge!
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM) Whoo!
Yeah, it was neither of the above.
And this is a corker.
This week you'll be working closely with your real estate agents
to create an unforgettable Domain property listing.
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)
You'll need to write a compelling copy
and style your homes for a professional photo shoot
that says your house is the best on The Block.
Now, this is a crucial challenge for you guys.
This is gonna be the first time
that many people actually get to see your entire property
in the one place.
Now, you need to think about
what's gonna make your house stand out from the others.
Yes, great advice, Alice,
but there's no point in doing
all this property listing stuff and photo shoot
if no-one comes to see it!
Ahh!
So, this week I am going to invite 100 potential buyers...
Oh, my god! (CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)
..to inspect your properties.
(WHISPERS) 100. That's a lot.
To get your houses ready and styled for the photo shoot,
you'll all get a budget of 5,000 bucks,
thanks to Domain!
So, you need to scrub up yourselves, put on a really good feed,
get your houses ready,
and set a really good first impression,
because these potential buyers have the power
to change your fortune.
On each of their phones will be your property listing,
and they will vote for the house that best lives up to that listing.
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM) OK.
The team that gets the most votes will win $10,000 cash.
Ahh, money!
Wow!
If this week was gonna be hard, just made it very, very hard.
Redo Room, guest bedroom.
We wanted to do the first guest bedroom,
and then the listing!
(TUTS) Me and Omar love a competition, mate.
And by the way, there's a gnome floating around here somewhere.
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM) (LAUGHS)
That's ten grand and a gnome.
I'm gonna win this Domain challenge -
we, sorry - but you know I get very competitive.
(LAUGHS)
So, $10,000 cash.
$10,000 reasons for you guys to work flat out this week.
See you later. Good luck! Good luck!
Thanks, Scotty. Thanks, Alice! See you, guys.
ANKUR: Right now, we're in complete shock
on what the challenge has added to our week.
Like, I can't, like, honestly see it, like...like, happening.
So overwhelming.
(DOOR SLAMS, DOG BARKS)
('I'M SO EXCITED'
SCOTTY: It's Tuesday morning on The Block,
and I just dropped the most important challenge of the year
on our Blockheads.
This week you'll be working closely with your real estate agents
to create an unforgettable Domain property listing.
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)
They have just 48 hours to get photos and copy submitted
before I invite...
100 potential buyers to inspect your properties.
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)
Wasting no time,
they have jumped straight on the blower to their agents.
(RINGING TONE)
WOMAN: (PHONE) Hello?
Hello! Hello.
Have you heard about the challenge?
Well, we've been hit with a challenge this morning.
MAN: (PHONE) OK.
And when I say, "We've been hit with a challenge",
I mean you and I.
We need to book the photographer in
and we need to start writing some copy.
WOMAN: (PHONE) Yep, alright.
So, here's my concern - the place is an absolute shemozzle.
We need to get it cleaned, we need to get it tidy.
We need to restyle it, get it ready.
MAN: (PHONE) OK.
I'll give you a call after lunch today.
Leave me to organise all that stuff for you.
Yep, perfect. Let's do that.
(LAUGHS MIRTHLESSLY) Um...
KIRRILY: We'll be up there in, say, 15 minutes. Is that alright?
Oh, in 15 minutes? Yeah, that's sweet.
Um, how's everything looking? (LAUGHS)
Um...
(IMPACT BOOMS)
Uh...
We have to take nine photos of our property
and put it online by Thursday morning, 8:00.
So, yeah - boom!
DAVID: If the deadline's Thursday morning,
I think we probably need to shoot it late today,
because otherwise we won't get photos turned around
if we shoot it tomorrow.
OK.
I'll see if I can get a photographer up there this afternoon.
So, I'll ring Sarah-Jane now. OK.
Um, I plan on tackling the challenge by ringing Sarah-Jane
to let her know about the challenge.
Hey. How are you?
Sorry. I was on the phone to David Wood.
SARAH-JANE: (PHONE) Oh, OK. What's David saying?
So, he's coming up here at 3:00 today.
We're gonna start some photo shoots.
So, I've gotta start cleaning everything.
Um...
I started panicking and I was like,
"Oh, my god, Mum, I'm so sorry, I have to get home.
"Like, we have to clean out our whole house, apparently.
"We have a challenge."
On top of the challenge,
our Blockheads still have the final guest bedroom and Redo Room
to complete this week.
So, to say this place is chaotic is an understatement.
(DRIVING GUITAR RHYTHMS)
Agents are coming in.
Swearwords are coming out. (BLEEP)!
Stress levels are going up...
SHARON: It is, like, too much work.
..and one house is calling for back-up.
Glasses on.
(GLASS SHATTERS, ALARM BLARES)
So, I pulled the lever. Scotty came up.
Scotty!
What do you actually want to do with the Hipages lever?
Weatherboards. We want the exterior weatherboards done.
You know, our decking's starting to go down.
So, while we're doing that,
let's start putting the cladding on the wall - it was time.
Hello, Rache! Scotty!
I'll take some photos of the exterior.
I'll get on the Hipages app. We'll get chippies here.
Yeah! Excellent!
Alright, I'll get on the case. Thank you, thank you!
I can't wait,
'cause it's one step closer to bringing everything together,
shaping what our house is gonna look like.
Well, that's one less layer of stress for House Two to deal with.
(CHILLED GUITAR RHYTHMS)
Amongst the mayhem... (BLEEP), that's heavy!
Oz! Oz!
I need your help, big fella!
..Oz is taking a breather.
Ozzy!
(OPERATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
Look how beautiful she looks.
Ozzy!
Come on, big fella!
He does this a lot.
(OPERATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)
Oz!
(OPERATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)
Love me some Colorbond.
Someone else taking a breather off-site is Foreman Dan.
# Breathe
It won't be long now
# Breathe... #
Oh, you beauty! 2,500 points.
Oh, g'day. How are you?
Hi. How are you? I'm good, thank you.
Just wondered if I could get my free coffee.
(TINKLING MUSIC)
Have a good day. See you later. Thank you. See you.
# It won't be long now Breathe... #
Hurry back, Dan,
because it's defects inspection time for the Redo Rooms,
and this year, I've outsourced to an expert from Simonds Homes.
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
Hello? Oh, boys! We're all here. Oh, Scotty!
Here we go. How are we, fellas?
Now, I've got a very good mate of mine -
the state building manager from Simonds Homes,
who's known as:
Normally you don't want this bloke in your house,
but remember he's giving you the 5,000 bucks for the Redo Rooms.
Whoever wins this Redo Room, it's gonna have to be absolutely perfect!
So, Blue Tape Nate,
anything that springs to mind in the defect department?
Blue Tape, he's looking. He's got those laser eyes.
(ELECTRONIC THUDDING)
I think we'd definitely be giving it another coat.
You can see the cutting in up there needs to be touched up.
We legit had four coats in this place.
You need another two. DAN: Oi!
Blue Tape Nate was pretty good with us, actually.
He just said we needed a bit of touch-up on the painting.
KEITH: Tom! TOM: Yeah, mate?
It's Blue Tape Nate from Simonds Homes.
Oh, hey, Nate. How are you?
And we're here discussing defects.
Blue Tape Nate! I love it! Blue Tape Nate.
(LAUGHTER)
I'm gonna give Nate a roll of blue tape.
Oh, I'm colourblind.
You know, the painting's a little bit horrible here,
obviously trying to cut around things.
Yep.
Little nicks in the wall from all the tradies coming in,
but overall, the quality here meets the standard that you need to be at.
Awesome. You've done really well.
Thanks, mate. That's good feedback, mate.
Yeah, that's great! Great feedback.
SCOTTY: But not all houses are built the same.
You've missed that, that, that, that, that...
This house is so bad,
Blue Tape Nate has run out of blue tape
and had to change colours to green.
Go around and just use a little torch like this.
Oh, there'll be, like, so many of them.
Um...the ceiling is pretty disappointing, to be honest.
A lot of ceiling joins.
Just really takes away from the whole room
when the ceiling looks like that.
DAN: It's not up to standard. JENNY: Mmm.
You got all that natural light bouncing off.
You're gonna see everything.
It's full on. I've got three weeks left, right?
We gotta clad the whole house, do our Game Changer,
and somehow, in between that,
sand the whole house back, paint it all again,
deck the whole house.
('DECK THE HALLS' PLAYS)
No, not that deck - that deck.
Alright. Alright.
Sweet. Just don't sleep for three weeks.
Let's get out of here. Yeah.
It physically can't happen in three weeks. No way.
It's full on. I'm keen as to go home. (LAUGHS)
The stress is compounding for all our Blockheads,
and House One is buckling under the pressure.
SARAH-JANE: Tom, I have to get everything out of the house
because the photographer's coming today!
Well, it sounds like Sarah-Jane is back.
TOM: Put it in the trailer, please, for the hundredth time!
No, you don't want it in the shed...
There's $10,000 of wine and you're leaving it out in the open!
Sarah-Jane's come home all guns blazing.
I think she's a little bit overwhelmed
with how much cleaning out we have to do...
..and I'm just trying to find a pair of shorts.
Tom? Tom?
Where is Tom?
Where's all our clothes?
Why do you need our... what do you ned clothes for?
I'm getting changed. I'm too hot.
We don't have time for you to be getting changed. Sorry!
There's too much stuff and you can't just keep throwing things around...
Well, I'll keep looking for clothes.
If I wanna get changed, I can get changed.
Is there a reason the photographer's coming today?
Everybody else's photographer...
..like, Rachel's is coming at 2:00 tomorrow.
We're gonna have to cancel the photographer!
Well, cancel it, then, mate.
Oh...settle down!
And what are you doing with your clothes? Where are you putting them?
Oh, Sarah-Jane, you're turning into an absolute feral rat!
He called me feral. He called me feral.
I just don't like the word 'feral',
and he called me feral, and I was like... (EXHALES)
I've turned feral. I've turned feral!
You're being feral, like...
Feral! Yeah.
OK, you wanna see feral? OK! You...alright, let's go.
Like, let me show you how feral I can be.
You're a (BLEEP) feral!
I just hate that word.
Like, just call me crazy.
Call me a psychopath. Like, I'm not feral.
Feral!
(THUNDER RUMBLES, DOG WHINES)
SCOTTY: Because of my challenge announcement,
the whole Block has gone a bit...
Stressed! Stressed!
We're doing Domain walk-throughs on Friday.
100 people are gonna be walking through this space.
RACHEL: So, we're having some photos taken tomorrow afternoon,
and I'm desperate for someone to come do a clean at our house
and just do the best that they can with what we've got.
The pressure on the Blockheads to get these houses in showroom condition
is immense!
Oh! I love how I have hidden muffins everywhere.
Haven't had breakfast yet.
JENNY: I'm stressed about it.
There's obviously just way too much crap in here, isn't there?
Thank you, love.
It's gonna be such a fun 48 hours, guys! Can't wait!
It's gonna be a roller-coaster!
Yep, strap yourselves in, folks,
because I'm not sure this week is gonna be fun for anyone.
(UPBEAT ROCK RHYTHMS)
But hopefully some shenanigans on my lawn later
might cheer up our Blockheads.
(LEAF BLOWER ROARS)
If that doesn't work, these guys will.
Oh! (LAUGHS) How you going? Scotty!
You might remember Ayden and Jess from The Block - Triple Threat
back in 2015.
Wow!
But today they're here representing Taylex Wastewater Systems.
These wastewater systems are so resilient,
they can be used to fight fires,
even if the home has been disconnected
from the main water source.
Ready to go!
It's much improved than the old septics, isn't it?
Mate, Taylex is above and beyond, like, Australian regulations.
This is 65 times better water quality than any other system.
World leaders. World leaders, yeah.
And you should see - the water that comes out of this is crystal clear.
It's amazing for your grass. Put it on the trees.
The old water, we used to call greywater,
and it was grey, wasn't it?
Yeah, it was. It was worse than grey, yeah.
So, inside the Taylex, there's essentially six compartments.
It all does its thing. You don't have to worry about it.
Yes, all you gotta do is sit down.
You just sit down. That's exactly right!
At least twice a day, you know? (LAUGHS) That's right.
You coming for tea tonight? Mate, love to come to tea, yeah.
Yeah, ripper! Winners are Grinners.
I'm gonna serve that water at the table.
Might not let them drink it. (LAUGHS)
No, no, I'm only joking. (LAUGHTER)
Of course, I'm not going to make the Blockheads
drink the Taylex wastewater tonight,
but their gardens eventually will,
because these amazing tanks are being installed at each house this week.
How cool is that?
Now, before we get to tonight's dinner,
I'm going to give our Blockheads a chance
to win a big prize for their house.
We went down to Scotty's house. Walked in.
Hi, Scotty!
Oh, hello. Welcome! Come on in!
Then there was just, like, a wardrobe
of old Victorian sort of clothing.
Oh, my god, is it murder mystery?
I love a murder mystery dinner party.
TOM: Looks like we're going to the races.
We're playing croquet! Oh!
On the lawn.
It's Victorian times! Awesome!
Ohh!
(REFINED) Would you like a game of croquet?
No, thanks.
Why aren't you using your posh voice?
Oh. (HIGH-PITCHED) No, thank you, madam.
So, would you please get dressed in some attire
and meet me on the front lawn in ten minutes?
Oh, my god! That's cool.
That's for you.
We're getting some pearls.
SHARON: Are you wearing that one? MAN: You wear this.
Does it fit you? WOMAN: Gloves?
I'm Anks.
(REFINED ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)
(LAUGHTER)
(REFINED ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)
Oh! Oh, hello! Sir Oz!
Sir Scotty.
Very good, everybody!
And Omar - Sir Omar.
Very lovely to be here, sir.
(LAUGHTER)
OK, you're all dressed beautifully.
I'd like to introduce you to Ayden and Jess.
Does anybody recognise them?
Yeah. Yeah, on The Block.
These guys are past contestants, just like you guys.
Give them a round of applause.
(APPLAUSE)
Lovely to meet Jess and Ayden. Yeah.
Always good to meet another Block contestant
'cause they know how hard it is.
I think it was a bit different when they did it seven years ago.
Well, it was much smaller then. (LAUGHS)
We are the judges in the game of croquet.
We are the referees.
I'm gonna give you the rules in a minute,
but the prize
is this $10,000 zero-turn Kubota mower
to sell with your house.
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)
I would love the mower. I'd love the mower more than anything.
That's all he does all day, is mow the lawns.
(LAWNMOWER WHIRRS)
OK, here we go. Shot number one! Just...
(GASPS) Oh! Next! Come on!
Yeah, it turns out Tom's really average at it.
That was alright.
Oh, god, what a let-down! That was it!
House two. He's a leftie!
Leftie. Leftie.
MAN: What was your tactic? What was the game plan here?
To get the ball through the hole.
(LAUGHTER)
It's risky. (INDISTINCT)
(ALL EXCLAIM) That's rough.
Gee, well, this is gonna take a long time.
You guys are (BLEEP) house at this. (LAUGHTER)
You can see how people really like this game. It's so riveting.
So, here's the quick version.
(DRIVING ROCK RHYTHMS)
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)
# And double the stakes... #
Good shot! AYDEN: Cracking shot.
WOMAN: My head looks so weird.
Get in. No way!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, what a good shot!
No, no, not your shot. It is my shot!
I don't understand how people are hitting this.
You keep swapping sides, babe.
Because I don't understand where people are coming from.
And then I was back when Sarah-Jane came along.
Anyway, I got...
Couldn't work out if she's left-handed or right-handed.
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)
Oh, no, that was pretty ordinary.
That was horrible.
I didn't ask for commentary either, Scotty!
I'm bilingual! I mean, I'm... (LAUGHS)
Ambidextrous? Ambidextrous.
(JAUNTY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
(DOOR SLAMS, DOG BARKS)
('WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS' THEME PLAYS)
(LAUGHTER)
SCOTTY: Welcome back to the SCG - that's Scotty's Croquet Ground...
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)
Oooh, 1920s croquet.
..where the play today is a bit short of marvellous.
MAN: Well done! (CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)
TOM: Well done, babe. SARAH-JANE: Thank you, my love.
(LAUGHS)
It was just a little game of croquet out on Scotty's lawn.
Up for grabs tonight is a $10,000 Kubota ride-on mower.
I'd love to sell this house with a ride-on mower, so let's win this.
All about making your dreams come true, babe.
(LAUGHS)
That's a good shot! Oh, good shot, darling!
MAN: That was a four! Yes!
It's unbelievable!
Rach killed it. Rach did really, really well at that game.
Oh! (CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)
Good shot! MAN: Well done!
You're in the vicinity. That's not bad!
(LAUGHTER)
MAN: MVP. She was MVP for sure. She was.
(CHEERING)
I am...unassuming. No, you're not that talented.
People, like... yeah, very unassuming.
People look and they think, "Oh, Rach, oooh."
And I'm like, "Nope."
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
We won! Of course we won.
('MY SHARONA' BY THE KNACK PLAYS)
Get on your mower!
(LAUGHS)
What are they called - U-turn?
Zero-turn. Zero-turn.
A zero-turn Kubota.
(SCREAMS)
# When you gonna give me some time, Sharona? #
MAN: Nearly mowing us down like the crazy lawnmower lady.
That's me on my Kubota.
Whoo!
# My Sharona... #
Alright, I'll stop, I'll stop!
(CHEERING)
With the lawnmower heading for House Two...
Thanks, guys!
..the Blockheads can head to my house
and check out the guest bedroom I completed last week,
making the interior of my digs now complete.
WOMAN: Oh, wow!
WOMAN: Oh, this is so cute! (CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)
JENNY: Oh, cute! Oh, that's super cute!
Oh, that's the bathroom! My god! Oh, that's cute!
Yes! Now it all makes sense! Super cute.
Wow! Good job, Scotty.
(APPLAUSE)
Oh, thanks, guys.
I'm gonna pour a wine. Anyone, wine?
Yeah, wine? Wine? Wine?
(GULPS) Oh! Mama needed that! I needed that.
Yeah, I needed that.
And now we can get on with this week's Winners are Grinners dinner.
It's just like a weekly family dinner, though, isn't it?
Yeah, it's really nice.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, firstly,
welcome to Winners are Grinners dinner.
Welcome our guests, former contestants, Jess and Ayden,
who have been fantastic.
I got a really big announcement to make.
Do you? Mmm.
You might wanna put your knives and forks down for this one.
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM) No, Scotty, don't!
I'm already right on the edge of a breakdown -
just right on the edge!
No, I just wanted to say that Jess and Ayden are here
because they represent Taylex Systems,
the wastewater system that you're all using.
All part of our seven-star rating,
which we're all getting in our homes,
and they're streets ahead of any other system
that's ever been used in this situation.
Jess, tell us a little bit about it, please.
Yeah, the old stuff, which is the old septic system,
used to look a little bit something like this.
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM) SARAH-JANE: Gross!
That's the greywater. AYDEN: That's what comes out of it.
Yeah, used to, in your septic. This is your new Taylex system.
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)
The huge benefit of having this water
is that it's better for the environment
and that you can put it on your grass.
So, you guys are gonna have your Taylex systems working here
and they're gonna be watering the lawn.
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM) Oh, my god, amazing!
So, yeah, even when it's super, super dry,
you're gonna have these beautiful fresh lawns.
But you need to go to the toilet first.
A few times, yeah. Yeah!
(LAUGHTER)
Now, a big round of applause for Dylan and Jenny,
because they got a ten.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
It's outstanding, and you know what a ten means?
Ohh!
If you get a ten, Catch.com.au give you the Catch Cow...
Oh, yay!
..and you get to smash it, and inside here is $5,000.
Oh, you can't smash it. Look how cute it is.
Yeah, well, not for long. (LAUGHTER)
Yeah, so, I've never broken a Catch Cow before.
Oooh!
Jen will do that. Thank you.
But I got Scotty's hammer and I was like...
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM) (SMASH!)
MAN: Oh, Jesus! (LAUGHTER)
Jenny's swing almost put it through the table.
(LAUGHS)
I thought it would be harder than that!
Sorry, I just gotta get a bit of porcelain out of my eye.
Sorry! Did it actually go in your eye?
No, no, I'm alright. Just hang on. (LAUGHTER)
Oh! I got it out. (LAUGHTER)
Fine! I'm fine!
DYLAN: Almost a bit of porcelain in Scotty's eye.
Yeah, I did it a bit too hard. I was like, "Oh!"
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This is the first time
that potential buyers will be coming through our home.
Oh my god.
VOICEOVER: It's time...
How good's that?
..to make a big splash...
(LAUGHTER)
..in The Block's biggest pool ever.
(DRAMATICALLY) The biggest pool in Block history.
(BEATBOXING) # Pool, pool.
# Biggest, biggest... #
The buyers are on their way...
This is a dog's breakfast. (DOG WHINES)
..but Sharon and Ankur
are about to hit the roof.
Our plastering was scuffed.
It all needs to be straight.
I actually think this whole ceiling's gotta be pulled down.