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3650.
..the last guest bedrooms kicked off.
Pretty much the same with what we did a few weeks back.
Copy and paste.
There's not a lot we can do by the time we throw a queen-size bed in.
And while some struggled to come up with ideas...
We're still in the middle of thinking about it.
SARAH-JANE: Wait, wait, wait.
..others found themselves in a bedroom nightmare.
So the wardrobe can't go on that wall.
Now I've got to rip the hallway apart to make this work.
And if one room wasn't enough,
the Blockheads were given their redo rooms.
Living room, guest bedroom,
living room, living room... Yep.
..master bedroom. So overwhelming.
Tonight, our Blockheads get ready
for the most important challenge of the season.
Busy couple of days.
They're getting their houses ready
for 100 potential buyers to walk through their doors.
(CAMERA CLICKS)
"Luxury lodge living."
Oooh! (LAUGHS)
Plus, house one makes a splash.
Our swimming pool's going in.
This is actually really lovely.
# Pool, pool... # (BEAT-BOXES)
# Biggest, biggest... #
But not everyone is upbeat about this week.
We still have two massive rooms to reveal by Sunday...
KEITH: It all needs to be straight.
..and plaster problems plague house three.
Our plastering was stuffed.
I actually think this whole ceiling's gotta be pulled down.
So there goes the whole week, really.
Seriously, how do you fix it?
That will maybe put us back to, like,
the first couple failing to complete the redo.
(THUNDER CRACKS) (DOG WHINES)
INTERVIEWER: How's the rooms going? They're going OK.
So, our plasterers... there's not really much else
that we can do with the new bedroom.
The plasterers are coming first thing this morning.
But Rach and I have to start painting the redo room.
Busy week. Busy couple of days.
In addition to their guest bedrooms and redo rooms to keep them busy,
yesterday I set our Blockheads a very important challenge.
This week you'll be working closely with your real estate agents
to create an unforgettable Domain property listing.
Oh, wow.
But there's no point in doing all this property listing stuff
if no-one comes to see it,
so this week
I am going to invite 100 potential buyers...
Wow. Wow.
..to inspect your property.
RACHEL: Thanks, Scotty.
And if that's not enough, there's $10,000 and a gnome up for grabs
for the best listing voted for by the potential buyers.
I'm gonna win this Domain challenge. We, sorry.
But, you know, I get very competitive.
(LAUGHS)
But there's lots to do to get the whole house ready,
with potential buyers set to arrive in under 48 hours.
Sometimes we get challenges that I go, "I got this.
"I got this, I got this, I got this."
This is one of them.
Cleaners are coming at 8:00. Rach will help style.
Rach and I have to be able to go out and pick up a few things today.
There is every chance something will derail me in some way
but if I have a plan
and if I tell as many people as I can about my plan,
I have to make that happen
because I've gone and told everyone about it.
While Rachel and Ryan are thinking positively this week...
next door in house three,
the positive vibes aren't flowing much at all.
I think it's 6:00, around 6:00
and Anks has gone to CSR in Melton to pick up stuff for the plasterers
that wrecked the living and dining room.
27K plasterers who were our plasterers the whole way through
that overcharged us the whole way through
but the worst thing of all, the living and dining,
which is, like, our main huge, you know, selling point,
they wrecked all of the line.
Like, so all of the joins from the ceiling to the wall have been...
They were wavy.
These plaster problems were pointed out to house three yesterday
by 'Blue Tape' Nate from Simonds Homes
when he inspected each team's redo rooms.
So, look at this. Like, look at that.
Yeah. And how am I supposed to finish that?
That's what I'd say to him, because you guys have to paint it. Yeah.
But he became 'Green Tape' Nate
when he saw the severity of Ankur and Sharon's living and dining room.
And then say, look, you know,
"We want all this pulled off and redone properly."
Like, look at that.
So, getting the plaster fixed in their living room
is job number one today.
They have to stop it all up today, this morning, in order for us...
if we hope to have any chance of painting it for reveal on Sunday
but also for everyone to walk through on Friday
because that's our main, like, room.
So they need to fix it.
Or the photo... We have a photo shoot today as well,
so that's scary because the house isn't ready
but, like, we're just gonna have to find bits and pieces of the house
that are gonna look really good and take photos of those.
Yeah, so we're already overwhelmed with what we had to complete
and this is just, yeah, like, a massive spanner in the works.
There's heaps to do.
Let's get some coffees for house one.
Smell that. Can you smell those aromas?
Yeah, they're very nice, aren't they?
There you are, Dan. Thanks, mate.
No worries.
Very nice. Hope they enjoy it.
Thanks for the beans.
TOM: We've got a busy day today.
I think the next few weeks are gonna be very busy.
Tom and Sarah-Jane are not only presenting their redo living room
for judging this week
but also their last guest bedroom.
Their room will feature
a pink and purple houndstooth tartan feature wall,
king-size bed, a beautiful rattan headboard
along with matching bedside tables
and Kinsman cabinetry opposite the bed.
Good morning, mate. Oh, mate.
I bring you a nice freshly grounded coffee.
You're a mad dog. I haven't had mine yet.
That's why I thought I'd get you one. I asked the girls.
But you were into it already. I'm loading the ceiling with batts.
Oh. Yeah, we're gonna get around now and have a look at everyone's.
Oh, cool.
Look, I don't want to wake up your lovely.
She's awake. Oh, she is?
Yeah. Come on. Let's go and give it to her.
We had the cleaners come through here last night.
Looks good. Hey.
Good morning. I've got a coffee for you.
Oh! Is it chai latte? It's exactly what you like.
Please be right, please be right, please be right.
Perfect, Dan. Oh, thank goodness.
Thank goodness. You are so...
(LAUGHS)
You are so Dan today and you will not be Daniel.
Oh, thank goodness. Yeah.
It's a good start to the day for me. Yeah.
(MEN LAUGH) It is. I'm happy for you too.
Whew.
Now, no arguing today, you two, please.
Yeah. I want a nice calm day.
Yeah. I can't make any promises.
Have you got any tips, Dan? Oh, coming from me, with my wife?
No tips. (LAUGHS)
That's why I thought I'd ask.
No tips for me. (MEN LAUGH)
Scotty has given us our redo room,
so our redo room is our master walk-in bedroom.
As you see, we did have a daybed and a library.
We did remove that.
And we are going to put a his and her walk-in wardrobe.
# How am I supposed to pretend... #
That's right.
It's out with the study nook and in with another walk-in robe,
giving the buyers plenty of hanging space.
And other than that, we've kept it pretty simple.
This is what the judges want, which is what the feedback they gave us
and we're giving it right back, so...
I reckon it'll look good.
While house five seem to have everything under control,
over in the house three,
Ankur and Sharon's day seems to be going from bad to worse.
Their plastering team have been working hard all morning
in the living room
but our foremen aren't happy with the fix-up job that they've done.
KEITH: Let's check what they've done too.
The biggest hurdle we had this week
was the fact that our plastering was stuffed.
Let's check that one too, mate.
That one behind us.
Oh... Keithy, mate, this is a dog's breakfast, seriously.
I can see 10mm humps. Waves.
You can see them from down here.
We've got plasterers trying to fix up a mistake they made earlier on
and they're having trouble actually fixing it up.
The battens for behind the ceiling sheet
haven't been installed properly.
The only way you can really fix this is by removing the plaster sheet,
putting the batten straight, then putting the sheets back on.
I actually think this whole ceiling's gotta be pulled down.
Let's put a straightener in there, mate.
I feel for you guys, seriously. You're the client.
You've been screwed over here. Yep.
It's gotta all be ripped down.
Those were the conversations we were having on Wednesday,
that our whole ceiling was coming down.
Yeah, and so there goes the whole week, really.
And walls.
Honestly, that's the only way to fix this.
You're not gonna have 100 people come through
with a, what, 8m ceiling...
It'd be OK if you were a stand-alone home
and everyone understands we're still in construction,
but if other people are gonna see four other houses
where they have completed living spaces,
there's always gonna be a bias against you.
'Cause I'm looking over... Look at that one there.
I'm looking at all that. It's the exact same.
Seriously, how did you fix it?
Hey, guys, they're going home. Are they?
Looks like it.
Lexi, are you staying?
Have you paid any of your bill yet?
Not for that one. Beautiful.
Everything else we have. We don't pay a thing.
Don't pay a thing. It's not his fault. He's trying to... No.
He's actually trying to fix something up which is impossible to fix,
so it's not this man's fault at all.
It's the boss. We need the boss. It's the boss.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(THUNDER CRACKS) (DOG WHINES)
(FUNKY MUSIC)
RYAN: Waking up and seeing sun and blue skies,
I swear, it just lifts your spirit straight away.
RACHEL: Yeah. And we haven't had a lot of that.
# I need a break in the weather... #
It's like 85% of days that have rained
and you've also got your landscaping,
you've got materials turning up,
so when you see the sunshine, not only does it lift everyone's spirits
but it also gives you a bit of hope to think,
if this continues, we can pump the rest of this job out and finish it.
# For the very first time... #
But house three isn't revelling in the sunshine,
as their fix-up plaster job in the redo living room
still isn't up to the foremen's standards
and their plasterers might have to rip the whole ceiling down
to fix it.
ANKUR: The whole plastering was basically defective.
WILSON: (ON PHONE) Hello. SHARON: Hey, Wilson.
It's Shaz and Anks from The Block. How are you?
At the moment, basically because...
We just wanted them to fix the problem. Yeah.
We're still having problems with this ceiling.
What's your problem?
It's still wavy. It's still wavy?
Mmm.
Hey, Wilson, it's Keith. How are you, mate?
Hey, Keith. Good, mate.
I reckon the problem lies with the battens.
Have you ever heard of a stringline or a straight edge?
The battens are so far out,
I think it's gonna be impossible to fix it up.
That's what I'm thinking, Wilson.
I think you need to come up the ceiling about 600mm...
Yeah.
Correct.
Because, mate, once your battens are straight,
the gyprock sheet's gonna be straight
and the plastering is gonna be straight.
It all needs to be straight. Yeah.
From the bones. That's right.
OK, so do you want to instruct your guys to do that, mate,
so we can get a straight ceiling and wall junction?
Yep.
SCOTT: In order to straighten the plastering,
a panel will be cut into the ceiling to expose the battens.
The battens and their clips will be fixed straight,
which means the plaster will sit straight,
giving Ankur and Sharon the finish they are looking for.
KEITH: OK. Alright.
OK. No problem. OK.
Thanks, mate. Thanks, Wilson.
Thank you. Bye. Thanks, mate.
DAN: So, why didn't he do that in the first place? Correct.
Why are we trying to do a bodgy job over a body job?
Again.
Yeah.
Charging like a wounded bull and not doing it right.
Once they finalise it, finish it to a good standard,
then we can discuss with them what that crazy bill looks like.
Mmm.
It's... It's frustrating.
We've gotta be careful, though,
because we want Wilson not to run away...
Yeah, yeah. Absolutely.
We want him to come back and finish the job... Yeah.
..so we don't get angry at him at this stage. Yeah.
Let's give him one more opportunity.
If he doesn't give you a good job then, then we get angry at him.
Yeah. OK.
Next door at house four, the mood is no brighter,
with Jenny starting to feel the pressure
of her living and dining redo room, last guest bedroom,
plus this week's challenge and continuing landscaping.
I knew everything was arriving, all the furniture
and I think I was just hoping it all arrived and everything was right,
so that's all I'm stressed about.
And with a sigh of relief, deliveries start rolling in for Jenny.
I managed to get Freedom to deliver my couch early, which is awesome.
See, these aren't all that heavy. Yeah.
They're not all that heavy. Yep.
Send you a coffee? No.
And, yeah, it's just so important to us because that's the house...
That's what we want to sell with the house, that amazing living space.
No worries.
Not that extremely heavy. It's just awkward.
Dylan and Jenny are de-countrifying their living and dining room
by giving it a modern look.
They're replacing the old country style sofa with a comfy modern couch,
changing the dining table and chairs
and painting over the Venetian plaster.
But even though the comfy couches are here,
Jenny's still overwhelmed
with the amount of cleaning and styling to do...
not only for judging this week
but also for the Domain listings challenge,
which includes crucial marketing photos.
Dylan and Jenny's real estate photographer
is due in only a few hours
to take pictures of the whole house.
Like, it's just hard when they tell you to do something the next day.
Even to get this whole living room changed for today
is just, like, such a big ask.
I was probably a little bit overwhelmed
just thinking about how much we have to get done.
When you're in the thick of it, you're, like,
"Oooh, I can't see how this is gonna happen." (LAUGHS)
Yeah, I wouldn't worry too much more about a clean now.
Clean? Furniture out.
Yeah. Furniture out, start painting that wall.
I'm just worried, like, when the photographer comes in...
Yeah.
..we're gonna have to pull up all this ram board and (BLEEP) up.
I'm not thinking about we've gotta get photos
and we've gotta clean it again for them
because we're still working in here.
Well, I don't know. Like, it's... Just get cleaners in, then.
(BLEEP) (LAUGHS)
Today, we just have to make sure we don't stop and just keep moving,
clean the whole house, make sure all the rooms are nice and clean.
Yeah, just, honestly, keep cleaning.
It was just so important for us to get it finished
and for the buyers to see it properly.
RACHEL: Keithy. KEITH: G'day, Rach. How are you?
Good, mate. How are you? I'm great.
Question. Mmm.
Do you want to give us those two hours this morning?
Why not? (LAUGHS)
SCOTT: Rachel's hitting up Keith to help out,
as the foreman lost a bet playing golf
against the contestants last week.
MAN: Oooh.
KEITH: I haven't hit a shank like that for about (BLEEP) two years.
Yeah, what happened there, Keithy?
That was the worst golf I've played in my life.
I deserve to give you guys two hours work.
We might need a bit of cleaning, a little bit of insulating.
Yep. Oh, you're a legend!
Well, I owe you guys two hours, so here I am.
(LAUGHS) Thanks, mate.
I'll see you in ten minutes, yeah? What have you got going on?
You don't seem to be doing much. Do you want to come?
No, I don't play golf, for that reason.
(BOTH LAUGH) Alright, we'll see you soon.
Oh, that's a bad job to give him. Thanks, guys.
SCOTT: Coming up, plaster problems continue for Ankur and Sharon.
It's a crazy week we've got.
Rachel vents.
Ryan cannot admit that he's wrong ever.
That's a male thing, babe.
And the photographers arrive ahead of the Domain listings challenge.
"Luxury vineyard estate."
Oooh. (LAUGHS)
Now I'm wishing we did more.
(THUNDER CRACKS) (DOG WHINES)
# It started with a whisper and that was when I kissed her... #
With guest bedrooms, redo rooms
and a Domain listing challenge to prepare for,
it's all hands on deck at the block.
# Take me to your love shack Mama's always got a back track... #
Even Foreman Keith has been sent to work
after losing a bet at golf last week.
KEITH: G'day, Ryan. Hey, Keithy.
I put him straight to work
and I said "You can start insul-ing the roof."
I'll deal with them, mate. Excellent. Thanks a lot, Keithy.
No worries, buddy. That's awesome.
He did a great job.
See, you're good at it too.
Long way to go yet. I'll keep going for you, buddy.
OK, mate. You're a legend. No worries.
SCOTT: Keith helping in house two frees up Rachel to head to the shops
with her neighbour, Sarah-Jane.
What's happened to my nose?
Yeah, me and SJ are going shopping
and we're just taking the same car today,
so one car, one dream, one day.
Fantastic.
Mate, Ryan's gonna get murdered today.
He is being such an arrogant prick. Oh...
And, like, what he really doesn't understand is that, like, I...
I will kill him. Yeah.
I'm quite capable... Yeah.
..in murder.
And you know, look around. Yeah.
If I wanted to murder him... There is so much mud and dirt.
100%. Yeah.
Ryan cannot admit that he's wrong ever.
That's a male thing, babe. Yeah. That's a male thing.
Lachie said "What are you guys doing today?" and he goes...
Game plan right now, Rach is gonna either gonna go shopping
or she's gonna start clearing out
the guest bedroom that we're redoing.
And I went... No, Rach is going shopping.
That's what I said.
Either go shopping or clean out the guest bedroom.
Yeah. But I'm just going shopping.
And he goes, "Yeah, that's what I said."
OK.
And then she's gonna come back and clean out the guest bedroom
and I'm gonna start cleaning out the new room.
It is precisely word for word what you just said.
And he's, like, "No, it's (BLEEP) not!" I'm, like, "OK. I just can't.
"I just have to walk out now." No.
I just walked out this morning.
So we went to...
BOTH: # Freedom! #
# I won't let you down # Freedom
# Will not give you up # Freedom
# You gotta give them what you take... #
So I thought, "I'm going to get my new couch for my living room."
WOMAN: Sweet. No worries. I need that for my redo space.
So the judges gave us our living room as the redo room this week.
They wanted more rugs to bring warmth, they wanted seating.
I'm gonna get some extra couches, I'm gonna get the same rug,
but again, I'm gonna get another rug for the chairs near the fireplace.
Alright. I just want to have a look at lamps.
What else do you need to look at?
I really like this.
I like this for the guest bedroom in the new build.
I really like it.
It's very different from anything else I have
but it's earthy and I really like it.
I like it a lot. I really like it.
SCOTT: Rachel's well-liked pendant
will complement the earthy tones of their guest bedroom,
with the colour palette of the room taking inspiration
from the choice of art hung above the bed.
I like it too.
Oh... Is there...
Yeah, cool. Yep, I'm coming.
I was, like, is there a reason we're not getting in the car?
(LAUGHS) But no, it's absolutely fine.
Absolutely fine. (BOTH LAUGH)
After watching all that shopping,
I thought I'd jump online and buy something for Frankie.
OK, Frankie girl, you are gonna need a kennel.
catch.com.au.
Kennel department.
Bloody freezing outside, so we've gotta get you a nice warm one.
Oooh. There we go. This is the one. That's it.
Boom. Add to cart. Buy now.
(WHINES)
In house three...
# I just want to wish you well... #
..crucial marketing photos are being taken
for this week's Domain listing challenge.
# Welcome swallows dip and swing
# Take their cue from the slightest thing... #
And after stressing that they wouldn't be finished in time...
Oh, my gosh.
..Dylan and Jenny in house four are ready for their photographers.
# Why'd you give up on me so soon? #
Oh, the photos look incredible. They're so good.
(TAKES PHOTOS)
Yeah, it's all on track
and I'm starting to stress a little bit less.
# I just want to wish you well... #
Over in house one, Tom and Sarah-Jane are preparing for the arrival
of the biggest water feature The Block has ever seen.
We're at house one right now
and we're, what, two and a half weeks until The Block's finished
and how good's this!
We've got our first pool arrive on site.
# Oooh, crazy's what they think about me... #
So, today, our swimming pool's going in.
Biggest swimming pool in Block history.
Mmm. Biggest lounge room and dining and now the biggest swimming pool.
House one for the win. Done by the smallest people.
Done by the smallest people, yes.
I wonder if we are the shortest people in Block history.
Oh... Actually, no.
Do you remember that girl Sarah with the red hair
and she had that really annoying partner
and he was sooky and he couldn't do anything?
(CRIES)
DAN: Sorry, mate, we're not trying to upset you.
No... (CRIES)
KEITH: Are you alright, mate?
Are you alright? Come on, buddy. Come on.
I'm trying, but we're... (CRIES)
TOM: Oh, that bloke.
Do you remember? They always slept.
INTERVIEWER: Whitney and Andrew. Whitney and Andrew.
Why did I think she was Sarah? Whitney and Andrew, yeah.
They were both small. They looked small.
Anyway... Yeah, sorry.
# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Oh, here we go
# I feel it in my soul... #
Yeah, it's cool. I'm hanging to see this pool in.
SCOTT: The massive in-ground pool
will be situated to the north of Tom and Sarah-Jane's house
next to their basketball court
and connected to their home by an outdoor entertaining area.
# Pineapple Princess He calls me Pineapple Princess... #
It's been the talk of the town, this pool.
Everybody's wanted a piece of it.
# Ukulele on the hill above the bay
# Pineapple Princess I love you
# You're the sweetest girl I've seen... #
Looks so good, Dan. Love it.
# And be my pineapple queen... #
Lovely. Great job, guys.
The biggest pool in Block history.
# Pineapple Princess... #
# How bizarre... #
(LAUGHS)
# How bizarre How bizarre... #
Drop it. (BEAT-BOXES)
(LAUGHS)
It's pretty good.
How good's that! Imagine sitting here having a beer.
# Woof, woof, woof... # (BEAT-BOXES)
# Pool... Pool... Biggest, biggest... #
This is actually really lovely.
This view... Let's build it tomorrow.
This view from here is stunning.
# Biggest, biggest... # (BEAT-BOXES)
This is gorgeous.
# Pool, pool... # (BEAT-BOXES)
# Biggest, biggest... #
(BIRDSONG) (DOG BARKS)
DYLAN: Top of the morning. MAN: Top of the morning to you.
Where have you just come from?
I just did the lovely pre-start that you've gotta do every morning.
Nice. Hear what's happening for the day.
Learn anything new? No, nothing new.
Plenty going on. Always. A bit happening.
Gee, it's fresh on these Kubotas.
I feel like I'm on a ski lift or something down Perisher.
# Well, lookie here, lookie here Ah, do we have?
# Another pretty thing... #
SCOTT: With the last guest bedroom, redo room and Domain challenge
all happening this week,
Rachel in house two is spending her morning planning
while photos for her Domain listing are taken.
# Get away, get away... #
I just want to work smarter, not harder today
'cause there's lots to do.
(BEEPING)
All of our furniture, everything's ordered, done,
you know, we have back-up pieces,
our Kinsman wardrobes have all been designed and they're going in.
Like, I just don't want it to get to Saturday morning
and we've done everything for the challenge and nothing for the rooms.
This is the first time
that potential buyers will be coming through our home, you know,
and we want it to be the best first impression possible.
So I'm going for ten, ten, ten and the Domain challenge win,
so we're going for 35K this week.
In addition to the two rooms for the judging and the challenge,
on Monday Ryan pulled the Hipages lever.
Glasses on. (SMASHES GLASS)
So I pulled the lever. Scotty came up.
Oh, mate.
We want the exterior weatherboards done.
So then I called Jase and said,
"Mate, let's go. The lever's been pulled."
Let's go, boys. Stevie. Yo.
Got the James Hardie thermal strips, mate, ready to go.
Beautiful.
As the exterior of house two comes together,
next door in house one, the team that has the most cash
and started landscaping the earliest
are today continuing to motor ahead outside.
TOM: We started our landscape pretty early.
Our guys have just, like, started smashing it out.
# Live, baby, live Now that the day... #
And starting early has, like, really paid off...
Yeah.
..because, like, we're coming into the closing weeks
and our landscaping... And I'm not stressed.
..is...it's pumping. I'm not stressed.
Like, genuinely, I'm not stressed that we'll finish landscaping.
Like, I know we will. Mmm.
They're just animals.
The Love It army arrived and it just went... (IMITATES EXPLOSION)
Not only that, here comes the waterworks.
('CA PLANE POUR MOI' BY PLASTIC BERTRAND PLAYS)
Outside pool's gonna get filled up today, which is pretty exciting.
('CA PLANE POUR MOI' BY PLASTIC BERTRAND PLAYS)
Water goes in the pool.
We'll start backfilling, stabilising,
running the pipes and bits and pieces
and, yeah, making sure the pool stays nice and level.
Here it comes!
('CA PLANE POUR MOI' BY PLASTIC BERTRAND PLAYS)
And if the pool isn't enough, Tom and Sarah-Jane are utilising
another water feature on their property,
placing a shipping container next to their dam.
Our Suncorp game-changer shipping container's arriving, which is...
Yes. ..pretty cool.
All good, Paulie? All good, mate.
Four weeks ago, Tom pitched his radical idea
for his 20-grand Suncorp game-changer.
My idea is, roughly where this mound of dirt is,
we're gonna get a 20-foot shipping container,
bifold doors across the front of it, rolled turf over it,
solar battery system on it, little decking area, barbecue area,
off-grid in front of the dam with this beautiful view.
The doors are facing the dam... Yeah.
And from the house, just looks like a bit of a sloping hill.
Yeah, 'cause we're gonna roll turf over it. And roll turf over it.
Yeah. I bloody love it.
We're doing a hobbit hut.
(LAUGHS)
And today, the hobbit hut is landing at Middle Earth.
This is going to be a huge-ticket item, mate, for you.
A bit of a mission getting it in.
But, yeah, we got it craned in OK in the end.
MAN: That's it. Perfect.
Perfect. Beautiful. Touchdown, baby.
Touchdown. MAN: Happy?
Happy.
SARAH-JANE: Yes. It's so good.
And with some action happening on the roofs,
Keith has sent out a safety video.
We've got a safety culture... Oh, there's a video.
..little email, yeah. Who's that ugly-looking bugger?
I know.
KEITH: (ON VIDEO) Hey, guys. Just giving you a heads up.
As you can see behind me,
we have the Stratco sheds being erected in each house.
If you need to know when and when not to wear a hard hat, come and see me.
That's a good point. Because the last thing we want...
Is a hole in the head. (LAUGHS)
We've already got one there. (LAUGHS)
Yep, you don't want that.
And you wouldn't want to be house three at the moment either.
Their plaster in their redo living room
had to be fixed for a second time
and now Ankur and Sharon are nervously waiting
for Keith to tick it off.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Yeah, so Wilson and his team came back
and then used the right tools, fixed it.
KEITH: Well, the plastering is much better.
Much better? Yeah. Awesome.
And you haven't discussed the bill yet, have you?
We've discussed the bill but we haven't paid it.
We've had those initial chats.
Once this is all done,
then we'll finalise what needs to happen with that. Yep.
I feel like that's what you just have to do 90% of the day,
is have really hard, awkward conversations with people.
Yeah, just hold that money, mate... Yeah.
..until it's all fixed up.
But you still need to get a big reduction in that price...
Yeah. 100%.
Well, at least it's improved. Yeah.
Any improvement's good, isn't it?
Enjoy your day, mate. Thanks, Keithy.
Dan was saying we might need to tear this whole ceiling down.
Yeah. But it looks on point now, so it's good.
And I think it was always gonna look better once it was sanded. Yeah.
It's a crazy week.
We've got, like, challenges, reveals,
so the idea is to get it done by tomorrow.
If it doesn't get done by tomorrow, then I assume the buyers understand
it's a work in progress when they come through.
We need to prioritise that ceiling and the walls for Sunday reveal.
That's frustrating because that will maybe put us back
to, like, the first couple, what, doing a redo room
and then failing to complete the redo, which is not great. Mmm.
You can only do what you can humanly possibly do.
(THUNDER CRACKS) (DOG WHINES)
Our Blockheads are busy preparing for tomorrow's Domain listings challenge,
getting their whole houses ready
for the potential buyers to come and inspect.
RACHEL: We want to get as much done tonight as we can.
Tomorrow's gonna be such a big day.
Yep, tomorrow is going to be a huge day and an important one.
Last year, Mitch and Mark won this very challenge.
MITCH: I think it means a lot to us personally
that people loved our home. MARK: Yeah.
That's the biggest win.
And it set them up for auction day, as they went on to win The Block.
# Give me some loving... #
Then to come through walk-through, every room needs to be presentable.
Oh, OK. I'm ready.
I'm ready to schmooze.
I'm ready to sell this house. I'm ready to sell the dream.
I'm ready to get people interested and fall in love with this house
so that I can make bank at auction.
And with the Domain listing challenge on tomorrow,
Oz is headed down to the big smoke
to attend a highfalutin' corporate meeting with his agents,
even though he might not have dressed for it.
We're with our Ray White team from Sunbury and our corporate team,
Stephen and his team.
He's the CEO from Ray White Victoria.
About time to meet you, mate. Heard a lot about you.
Let's do it. Let's do it.
Let's see what we've got, boys. Come through, mate. Come through.
What a view! Great, isn't it?
It was a big deal.
There was 11 of us there in the boardroom,
literally just explaining exactly on how we're gonna market it.
We want to win. We want house five to win.
Of course. So how do we get everybody going?
We'll put some prizes behind it. Let's find that buyer.
Last season, we took care of the twins.
Going, going, going... Gone.
Yes! Yes!
(LAUGHS)
STEPHEN: We were second last time.
We want to go one better if we can this time.
I think you've done a great job.
Obviously it's built to live off the grid.
You know, you've got the multifunctional court
that we put on.
We've got a par-three golf course happening as well.
There is a helipad that's being installed too.
Bang, bang, bang.
I see us winning, guys, honestly. Done deal.
So, God willing, we'll get the win, guys.
As Oz takes care of business in the big smoke, back on site...
Omar and Oz's landscaper is showing Foreman Dan
the retaining wall they've started building in the front garden.
Yeah, so we got the sponsors' lists...
DAN: Yeah.
..and my eyes lit up when I saw Nick's product,
the Pentablock on there.
So it's essentially just like a concrete block
with some nice cladding on the front...
Correct.
..and just core fill for the strength.
Yep. That's it. More than a stacked stone.
So you've finished all this already?
Yeah, started about 11:00 on Wednesday.
Mate, what a great system. Yeah, thank you.
And it's just as busy inside Omar and Oz's house too...
with house five coming along nicely thanks to an army of trades.
Omar is in downtown Gisborne taking care of them.
Alright. Thank you.
Can I please get a flat white and a long black...
five family boxes and eight cheeseburgers?
Thanks, legend.
Thanks, mate. Thank you.
Back at the block, Ankur and Sharon are still feeling overwhelmed.
There's lots of painting still to do in their guest bedroom.
Their redo living room isn't even close to ready
for the potential buyers to see tomorrow.
And as all their funds are frozen due to overspending,
I'm about to drop by to discuss their budget for this week's rooms.
But before I get to house three...
What have you got there?
Oh, just a big bassinet
that I didn't end up using in my kids' room.
Oh, come and have a look at this. Alright, come on.
This... Yeah.
..dual cab turns into a single cab with a bigger ute.
Oh, wow. See that little lever there? Pull that for me. Alright.
And then, this comes out... Look at that.
..holds the bassinet.
Frankie, get in the back. Oooh, no... (LAUGHS)
Unreal. (LAUGHS) So good.
With that done, now I can head up to house three and talk budgets,
a topic that cash-strapped Ankur and Sharon are never too keen to discuss.
Whenever we hear Scotty's coming for a visit, I get really anxious.
Got PTSD from the last couple of visits that we've had.
Scotty. Anks.
A bit of a balance. We've had really good ones...
(ALL CHEER)
We've had really bad ones.
I'm cutting you guys off.
You guys are just spending money
without even looking at what you're doing.
How are you, mate? How are you, mate?
It's good to see you here. Oh, yes. Look at this.
Redo painting. I love it.
Well done. Yeah.
And you got your plaster fixed up. We did.
So, all good. Just coming to sand it now.
Hello. Hello, Sharon.
How you going?
This is fantastic and I wanted to talk to you about the room in there
'cause you're doing a great job under financial duress...
Yeah. ..which is great.
It looks good. I'll come down before I get dirty...
Yeah, let's go and have a look at it. Come on.
This week, our Blockheads were allocated a Suncorp budget of $18,000
for their rooms.
However, with Ankur and Sharon massively over budget,
I've taken control of their finances
and given them just $8,000 to complete their last guest bedroom
and $5,000 for their redo room,
meaning the remaining 5,000 goes back to paying
a small part of their massive debt.
Well, this is... This is the room.
..fantastic.
On a budget. Yeah. On a budget. Yep.
Ankur and Sharon's last guest bedroom
will have a modern romantic feel to it.
The beautiful bay window will frame the breathtaking views.
There'll be a feature wall with Grafico print
and a beautiful pendant in the centre of the room.
Well, and you know what, I've got your budget...
BOTH: Yeah. ..which it's really good.
It's alright? Of course it is, mate.
It's a shame it's week ten... Yeah, I know.
..but this is great.
We never spent incredulously. We never did.
It was always Block Bucks money but, like, the house is just huge.
Chippies. BOTH: Yeah.
It's only, you know, 1,000 bucks. Yeah, yeah.
And there's a few materials missing, which I reckon might be 1,000 bucks,
so we're gonna end up hitting that figure anyway...
Yeah. ..of 8,000 bucks, which is...
Perfect. OK.
All the sponsored bucks... The windows are sponsored.
The Laminex. The light would be Beacon.
And we're gonna be reusing sheers from another room
that were cut incorrectly.
Fantastic. Yeah. Yeah.
If you can keep this up for the next two or three weeks, you'll be sweet.
We've gotta get you across the line. BOTH: Yeah.
We need to... I want you to enjoy it.
I know you're not and you don't like me, but that's alright.
I can accept that.
But I'd like us to be friends and get you across the line
and sell your home because if you do what you're doing out there...
Yeah. ..with that living and dining...
Yeah.
..and finish that off in here and other places out here...
Yeah.
..this is gonna be an incredible home...
Yeah. Absolutely. ..that you can sell...
Yeah. ..and make great money.
Yep.
It comes down to we should've done that process...
Like, we were doing it but not to this degree of budgeting
and writing it out and getting it approved.
Alright. Good on you. Thanks, mate.
Thanks, Scotty. Righto. See you later.
See you. See you.
We can only do what we can do,
so we've got all the balls in place to get us over the line.
Now it's just a matter of Anks not being disrupted
in the painting of the ceiling
and our trades doing what we hope they are gonna do
and me cleaning and doing everything before tomorrow.
(THUNDER CRACKS) (DOG WHINES)
# Hey, keep it in, cut it out, kick it out
# Keep it in, cut it out, kick it out... #
TOM: Clean-up's going really good for the challenge.
SARAH-JANE: I organised cleaners... Oh, you're so good.
Yeah, I... I... You know what, I am. I am.
Yes. You're welcome. (LAUGHS)
While Sarah-Jane gets a little help from her friendly cleaners...
Hey, guys. Hi, guys.
David. How you going?
..Tom has got their real estate agents
to drop by for some last-minute help.
Hello.
As part of this week's challenge, our Blockheads must create and submit
an unforgettable Domain listing.
Alright.
This season, each of our houses are approaching their listing
in a very different way.
How good!
For house one, their listing is all about upselling.
It's the most beautiful kitchen on the block.
It's one of the most beautiful kitchens I've ever seen, full stop.
And it won. It did. It won 30 out of 30.
It got ten from all three judges. MAN: Wow. Yeah.
Well, it has to be the hero shot. It has to be. Yeah. Yep.
INTERVIEWER: Do you want to give me a 30-second pitch on your home?
A country retreat with exquisite views of the Macedon Ranges.
Welcome to this five bedroom, 3.5 bath
with a small business space.
Large business space. Large business space.
Filled with lush furnishings... 60 square metres...
..cool tones...
What's a cool tone? Shut up.
Call Belle Property if you would like to purchase.
That was good. Thank you.
That was really good, babe. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah.
For house two, their listing describes what's only just begun.
RACHEL: A few little lines. I'll just rattled them off.
"Luxury lodge living is at the heart
"of this magnificent state-of-the-art vineyard estate."
Oooh. (LAUGHS)
Yes, I think it was fair to include the vineyard,
even though it's not physically on the property
because work has started on it.
That's it. Shut the gate.
Submitted. Submitted, just then?
Shut the gate. Well done.
And open them again and let everyone in.
And buy this. And buy it.
(LAUGHS) And buy it.
At house five, their listing describes what might never happen.
Bro, that's our house. How good is that!
INTERVIEWER: Give us the pitch.
So it's a beautiful Queenslander home.
You have two winning bathrooms.
Beautiful kitchen with the Porta timber on the ceiling.
Everybody knows the baby piano.
And a massive basketball/tennis court.
Playground. Helipad.
Haven't seen it yet, but it will be there.
(LAUGHS) Good work.
For house four,
their listing is taking a much more pragmatic approach.
We didn't put anything in about, like, the outside of the house,
or what we're gonna do in, like, the future
because I thought the challenge was what it is and what you see,
so that's what we did.
And for house three,
their listing doesn't have anything to even sell yet.
And their real estate agent is here to see the clean-up progress so far.
OK.
Alright. It's just...
Alright. Where do you start?
Where do we put these pictures as well?
Like... And these heavy mirrors.
Yeah, we'll just do what we can do...
OK. ..in between now and then.
OK.
With their listing submitted, Sarah-Jane heads to the city
to style a most important feature for tomorrow.
Herself.
Hello, gorgeous. Hello!
Hello, darling. Honey, I'm home.
Oh, my god.
Went to A'Luere Hair by Peter Toth. Love you, Peter.
You look like a hot mess, babe.
(WOMEN LAUGH) What's this?
My hairdresser of 13 years. We just have a special bond.
He's been through me... with all my highs and lows.
I've never seen it this bad. It's disgusting, darling.
A hairdresser's just a safe space.
But lucky for Peter, Sarah-Jane has all the goss.
So, tell me, babe. OK.
Like, let me take you back to the beginning.
The first couple that came was Jenny and Dylan.
We call them 'Jylan'. Really lovely people.
Really, really lovely people. They don't really rock the boat.
They're a little bit boring. Like, nice but a bit boring.
You never hear anything exciting come from house four.
Tell me about someone exciting, darling.
Joel and Elle.
Quote, unquote, her own words, she's a global influencer.
Oooh. Yeah.
I don't know about global, which is a big deal to me.
Global is, like, 40 million plus.
We're talking Kim Ks. Then they left.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
That's a bit drama. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
It was, like, "What?"
Walked out, didn't tell a single soul.
Oh, my god. Then 'Shanks' came.
They're another couple. She used to be on 'Neighbours'.
Oh... So her name's Sharon.
But she's really struggling.
Sometimes, like, being around her is a bit hard...
Mmm.
..because she'll complain about the process...
Yeah. And it's, like, "We get it."
It is really hard. Like, I know it's hard.
I don't need to hear how hard it is for somebody else as well.
And then there's two boys. They're a big laugh.
Oh, Rachel. Rachel and Ryan.
They're the ones that replaced Joel and Elle.
You would love her. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
TOM: I haven't been to a hairdresser for years.
Back at the block in house three,
desperate to have their rooms ready for 100 potential buyers
heading to the block tomorrow,
Sharon has made a call to a very generous supplier,
hoping to get her hands on a humongous mirror
to put in her massive redo living and dining room.
The feedback from the judges was to have a big mirror and I called Brett
and I said, "Hey, mate, like, what's your biggest mirror?"
And he said "3300 x 2400."
And I was just, "Do you just, like, have one lying there?"
And he's, like, "Yeah." And I was, like, "Can I have it?"
And he said, "Yeah." MAN: Two, three...
ANKUR: Which is a crazy coincidence because...
Which is amazing. Yeah, it actually fits that space.
Perfectly fits for that space.
Well done.
They had to come up, you know... Through the mud entry point.
130kg.
It's a high door. We want to keep it up.
Coming up.
And in.
That's the biggest mirror they've ever put in, so everybody...
Biggest house on the block gets the biggest mirror on the block.
Gotta go up, get that over the ceiling.
MAN: Yep.
Leaning the top back and pushing it home.
One, two, three.
That's it.
Nice and easy.
Everything just had to go smoothly
because everyone had to get all of their (BLEEP) done before tomorrow,
which is when everybody's coming through.
INTERVIEWER: Was the mirror expensive?
No.
We definitely got some help from the Macedon Ranges Glass team
and it was within the budget, so we're all good with that.
But they didn't help us out a bit.
They just, like... We're so lucky. Yeah.
And with their massive mirror now in place,
Ankur and Sharon's thoughts turn to what is left to do tonight.
We're gonna stay up all night,
we're gonna do all the things we have to do
but in terms of, like, hammering ourselves for not getting it done,
I think it's impossible to achieve, so if we do it, it'll be a miracle.
It is what it is.
We might be the first couple to not complete a redo room.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(CAR HONKS) VOICEOVER: They're here...
SCOTT: One hundred potential buyers.
The episode...
Smell that? It's money.
..that could win The Block...
The team that won this challenge last year won The Block.
It's time to sell the dream to Australia's most cashed-up buyers.
We are putting half a pinot on our property.
We've got the biggest house ever on The Block.
Where's your three-par golf course?
It's right (straining) there...
(LAUGHING)
Which couple are sitting on real estate gold?
SCOTT: The team with the most votes is...
Judgement day: