SCOTT: Last Sunday, Dylan and Jenny finally did it.
By half a point...
Dylan and Jenny! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Winning a hell week from hell.
Oh, we did it!
So after that, I gave our teams a breather.
An easy guest bedroom.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
And there must be something in the air.
Everyone except the boys are doing a kids' room.
Omar and Oz have decided on a cosy second living area.
The buyers may open it as a bedroom later on
but we are selling the house it being a living room.
But perhaps the biggest moment of the week was this.
You win this challenge today, you win that car.
The winner of the Everest Sport is Sharon and Ankur.
No way!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
That's crazy.
(HORN HONKS)
We won a car!
We won a car.
Tonight, our team showed just how far they've come in nine weeks
and the judges feel the love.
You think how they came here,
they had to leave their kids in a split second to be here.
I reckon there would be a lot of emotion in this room.
You can feel it. It's beautiful.
(BIRDSONG)
(DOG BARKS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
It's been a tough week.
I want to go home.
Bad weather...
It looks alright but, if it keeps raining, it could get a lot worse.
..and very tight budgets.
I paid $33,000 for last week, just my trades.
And then we discovered one couple was $53,000 in the red.
How did that happen?
Ankur and Sharon,
I'm really concerned about where their budget is going.
So it was time for an intervention and some tough love.
Can we cancel their credit cards right now?
I can do that.
Well, I am going to see them very shortly.
It's not going to be pretty.
Good luck. Thank you.
Their spending... plastering bills are ridiculous.
Their plasterer was $24,000.
And Tom and Sarah Jane's was $13,000.
Yeah.
Shelley and Scotty came in and we talked about our room.
It's really weird.
Before walkaround, Anks tends to have feelings
and this one, he was like, "This feels a bit weird."
But I just went with it.
Yeah, The Block's a rollercoaster, isn't it?
Yeah.
It's crazy. Yes.
I know you're down one minute, you're up winning a car the next.
Yeah.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Then I said, "Well, that 80 grand would have been great
"towards the budget."
And he was like, "Well, now you bring up the budget..."
Well... It's interesting that you mention that.
BOTH: Yes.
Because we were asked to do an audit
which we did and that was basically to find out
if anybody was really cheating.
BOTH: Yes.
Which we found there wasn't, it was a fair game
and that was good but what we did find, you...
..have got like an encyclopaedia of unpaid bills.
I haven't done this since the Oslo.
I'm cutting you guys off.
You're gone.
You chose this house and the very first day when you chose this house,
you go, "I know it's not a good decision
"but we're picking the biggest house on The Block."
I've already cancelled your Suncorp card.
You don't make any decisions with trades,
purchases or anything unless it goes through me.
In fact I'll make all those decisions.
All the money that I give you, I'm going to keep.
OK.
You got no more money.
What we are going to work out is in the last week,
whether we send your landscaper home.
OK.
And cancel the whole job.
What we need to do to get
to auction is to have plaster on the walls and lights that work.
I walked through the door.
There's four blocks pulling rubbish out or doing something.
I don't know what they were doing.
So we've got...
They're here because we've got an extra media room.
We've got an extra room to every other contestant with no budget.
So they're demoing the...
You should be demoing.
You can't be paying tradesmen to demo.
I'm going to send those blokes home right now on the way out the door.
Are we sweet?
Well, yeah, if that's the way it has to be.
I knew we were in the (BLEEP) with the budget
but I was blindsided by the action that was taken
and how swift and harsh.
In a sense, it was like kick our trades off-site in that moment.
You've got three weeks to go.
There's not enough money in my budget to cover
what you already owe.
OK.
What do we do with the extra room
that we've got than everybody else's?
That is not my problem, Sharon.
The thing is, you guys are just spending money
without even looking at what you're doing.
You're just spending it. You're thinking, someone will pay this.
No.
You haven't even budgeted.
I've given you allocated money each week
and you haven't even worried about that.
And you're an accountant, mate.
I can't understand.
This is like a week by week.
Not even a week by week.
We don't even know what's coming next week
and what budget's coming
so if I had a pool of money to put across 12 weeks,
I may have been able to manage it better
but that is a personal attack bringing my career into it.
Can I leave you on a bit of a positive?
What?
The last time you did this was Luke and Tess?
Yes. In the Oslo?
Yes. And they won.
OK.
So don't give up hope.
Yeah. Please.
No, we won't.
You got three weeks to go. You've got this far.
Yeah. OK?
Yes. So it's... Yeah.
But I'll tell you right now that these guys are in a worse position
than Tess and Luke were back at the Oslo.
So that's the scenario.
Come on. Let's go. See you later.
See you.
Yeah. Sweet.
So but we literally haven't paid any outside...
It's just a charge...
of tradies.
That's what it is.
We're good.
It's going to be the guest room.
That's what it's going to be.
Plaster and that.
Pretty much.
Get our chippy skills happening.
Don't worry. Don't let them make you cry.
Don't worry about it.
I was... After that news, he's essentially saying to us,
this big nail in the coffin that you're not finishing.
It's going to be pushing (BLEEP) up a hill trying to finish this.
You're 100% not going to finish it to a good level
because we don't have the money to do it.
We don't have the money to...
We can put Gyproc up. We can put a light in.
We just have to be smart about using Block funds and stuff like that.
We are going to try.
We are going to do all of that but after that news, it's devastating.
You've deliberately stuffed this up and we didn't.
We didn't.
We want to do well in this.
We didn't.
Yeah, I think the narrative...
Scott is basically saying
you guys are just spending money exorbitantly.
Like there's no tomorrow like someone's coming to save the day.
We asked for help with the trade situation of negotiating down.
We've tried really hard to do that.
We haven't received any help on that.
I understand it's our problem
but we haven't and then there is just like...
Which is worse for our trades to just pull them
so they've got no expected income
when they've committed to working with us.
So has Liam got another job for you to go to?
Yeah.
You've got other work?
Have you got another one to go to?
Yeah, yeah.
You've got heaps of work? I don't want to leave you out of pocket.
There's plenty of work.
Because I've just been through their budget and they've got no money.
I've been saying that for weeks.
I just cut their credit cards off
so you can jump in your utes and get to that job.
No worries.
Round them up.
Sorry, boys. You're all right, mate.
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.
Well, now it's time to break the news
to the other teams and chat budget.
Money is tight. You guys all right?
Yeah.
But only just? Yeah.
Like everyone else? OK.
Everyone used to just get the entire budget in the first week
and it was up to you to make that last until the end.
Until the Oslo where it all came unstuck.
Yes. The Gatwick, someone spent 75 grand on the first bathroom.
Oh! We thought we were bad!
We thought we were really bad.
You were bad in the beginning and now you're amazing.
Our budget has obviously really improved.
We were in dire straits for a while
so we've really clawed our way back.
I just tell you that today, I shut someone down.
Wow.
Cut 'em off. Taken their cards.
Wow.
Send their tradesmen home. Wow.
This is a game, right? Yeah.
And it's got to be a fair game.
Imagine how you guys would feel if someone spent,
example 40k more than you guys.
Yeah.
How come they got 40 grand and we didn't?
Yeah. That's a lot. 40 grand?
Oh, I'm not telling you how much it is.
Yeah, OK.
It might be more.
That's huge.
A house to be shut down, to be...
We were told that they're not going to finish.
How many trades have you got here today?
BOTH: Only one.
Just one chippy doing skirts and arcs.
Then that's it. Then we are doing the rest.
Skirts and arcs and he's out.
And you've learned
but sadly some couples have taken longer to learn than others.
Yeah. Yes.
And they've got themselves undone.
I was gonna ask you how you managed your budgets so well
but the answer is already here
because I walked through your house and you're the only two here.
You've got no other tradesmen here today.
No. No.
No, we are the only two here today.
Then Scotty dropped...
Bomb! The bomb that he had cut off a house financially.
Yes, that's right.
I've dismissed all their trades.
They've gone.
Packed them up.
What about the study room?
What about the office? What about the media room?
The other bedroom?
It will look like this pretty much.
It will be plastered.
I've got to release some money to a plasterer that I hire
to plaster the walls
and get a sparky to put a light in the middle and a power point
on the wall.
Half of me is like, that's shattering for them.
The other half of me is like, if we're talking game,
well, it's one less room to compete with per week.
They're way over budget.
They think that we are going to pay for it
and I said, "We're not going to pay for it."
We did think it was House Three.
It's a serious game. Honestly.
We took it on board from week one.
Yeah, that's right.
We need to budget the best we can.
The way we've overcome our budget issues is by hustling.
Trying to get the best price possible
and keeping a good relationship with the boys.
It's a rollercoaster, 'The Block', isn't it? Up and down.
Crazy, isn't it?
Ankur and Sharon win an $80,000 car.
Oh, my God.
Today, I cut 'em off.
We knew that they got big bills for plastering
but there was never any comment to us that they were in trouble.
We want to pay all of our trades.
We don't want to leave anyone dry so that's why we are just...
We've just got a skeleton crew on here from the get-go really.
I just feel really bad for them
because that would suck to be in that position
and if we weren't tradies, we'd probably find it just as hard.
Because we're doing so much ourselves
but if you don't know how to do that
then I don't know how you'd get through it to be honest.
Can you put some colour on the wall for me please?
I've got a really colourful artwork from Angie.
Angie Summer?
Yeah.
Oh. That will be beautiful. Yeah, she's excellent.
Yeah.
Every dollar like it's your last.
I know.
With under 17 hours until tools down,
work is continuing on bedrooms and landscaping.
# Go crazy crazy
# Ah ya ya ya ya
# I keep on hoping we'll eat cake by the ocean. #
(DOWNBEAT MUSIC)
We are (BLEEP) because we chose the house.
Everything is our fault.
Our massive disadvantage is we have no contacts, no connects,
no experience in talking with trades and discussing this stuff.
No experience in knowing how much stuff costs.
No experience of actually doing the work ourselves
to save the money other than doing the rubbish runs,
doing the demo, doing the cleaning, doing the painting and the styling.
We can't do anything else.
Hey, chippies.
Getting sent home?
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
Yeah. Ugh.
You'll be right.
Cheers, buddy.
Thanks, mate.
No worries.
(SNIFFS)
I don't know if I can be more broken, to be honest.
You OK?
(BLEEP) position to be in.
Yeah, it's been full on.
..the anguish of House Three continues.
I just don't know what to do. I just want to go.
Yeah, I think we'll just leave to be honest.
I heard that they were 80k in the red.
(EXTENDED GASP)
Final push to the finish line...
(SHRILL WHISTLE)
Tools down!
And later, fabulous guest bedrooms are richly rewarded.
The winner of week nine on The Block Tree Change is...
Please let it be us. Let it be us.
(DOWNBEAT MUSIC)
# Information making me question... #
I just felt like I needed a breath and I couldn't get a breath and...
It was really bad.
There was cameras everywhere and I was like, I just need a minute.
(MOBILE RINGS)
Hi, Froggy. I'm on my way back.
Are you still mic'ed?
Yeah.
Just take it off completely.
Yeah, I will.
Let's just take it off and leave it in the Ranger.
I'm in the bathroom.
I just don't know what to do but I just want to go.
Yeah, I think we'll just leave to be honest.
Look at what they've done to us.
Yeah, we can just leave.
(BLEEP) it.
I'm done with it as well, mate.
I don't really give a (BLEEP).
You're angry, defeated, you're all of the emotions.
You're also, like (BLEEP) this whole thing.
When someone says to you
this is the worst position anyone's ever been on in The Block ever.
In 18 years.
You're like, Not only did I (BLEEP) this up but we've (BLEEP) up hard
and we've embarrassed ourselves and we've embarrassed the show and...
What's the (BLEEP) point?
I don't care.
I'm not going to make a big deal about it.
Oh, I'm not making a big deal about it
but it doesn't mean I have to be... zip.
Oh, my God. Are they going to finish? Oh, my God. How? How?
Oh, OK.
Holy moly.
I got out of my walk around with Scott and Shell
and I had some missed calls from SJ.
(DIAL TONE)
Oh, my God!
(LAUGHS) I know.
Oh, my God.
I know.
It's House Three.
I know it's House Three. I thought it was going to be the boys.
It's House Three?!
I knew it wasn't going to be House Five at all.
I knew straight away it was House Three.
But he's an accountant!
But how?
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
I know. Horrible. Are they going to walk? No, they won't walk.
They'll stay. They can persevere.
Oh, my God. I don't know if I could persevere.
I heard that they were 80k in the red.
(EXTENDED GASP)
I do genuinely feel for them
because that would just be horrifying.
I feel sick.
Darl, I'll call you soon.
Yeah.
I am absolutely mind blown.
Mind blown.
There's a lot to unpack.
Someone just got cut off financially, Thomas.
I don't care.
(MOCKING) I don't care.
Exactly.
(MOCKING) Exactly. Whatever. Who cares?
Gossip queens here, OK.
Get over it. Move on.
Yeah...
You look better when you do that to be honest.
Fine line. Watch it.
Over in house one, a barbecue is underway
and Tom and the boys definitely never gossip!
Any goss at house one then?
I heard they were quite a bit over budget.
Yeah, man.
What did you hear?
I heard, mate, Scotty was... pretty angry man, to be honest.
Very upset.
What do you think?
Very, very upset.
Tough situation.
First time they've ever done what they are doing.
And the biggest house or the biggest rooms.
One of the major reasons
we did not pick that house was the size of the rooms.
I heard it was like 20 grand but...
In the minus?
Yeah.
I heard it was more than that.
I heard and then...
They're close to 100,000 to be honest.
Really? Yeah.
No.
Insane on how much they are over.
They don't... Really specific on saying what they're over.
They've gone over by a lot.
I don't understand how you wouldn't know that you're that much over?
No, and you know why, they did know,
because they thought Scotty
and Channel 9 is going to literally come back in...
And give money?
And say, hey... That's not playing the game.
They've played the game wrongly to be honest.
That's not right to play it, no.
It is hard for them. They've never done it before.
Change your plasterer, change your builder.
If that's what you have to get done, just do it.
Take it back to you.
The boys are smashing it and Omar
and I literally just got to give it the salt it needs.
The painting is 90% done.
Just got the door jam and door to paint.
I've got styling to do and I'm doing flat packs.
I've done three flat packs since I got back.
Don't be so sour.
Self-inflicted, mate.
Don't buy flat packs.
Sorry, I thought you were concerned about the budget.
Yup, the dreaded last-minute flat packs.
Ugh...
This joint!
The flatpack is a killer.
What we have to do tonight is flatpack hell.
I have been flat packing now for I think about two hours.
I am really over it.
(BLEEP)
I'm going to take the whole thing off.
Flat...pack...hell.
PRODUCER: How are you feeling?
I'm feeling (BLEEP) yes.
Yup.
After hours of discussion, Ankur and Sharon have come to a decision.
If it can be done, we will try and stick it out and do it.
We're gonna have to change our mindset,
change our expectations, go on the basis
that we've completed the rest of the house really well
and we're just gonna have to wear these two, two to three rooms
that are gonna be maybe not the best but we'll try our best to make it.
You've also put in so much.
Your builders have put in so much.
Every trade has put in so much and you're three weeks away.
Yes, so the room tonight, yeah, it's coming along as good as it can.
We will get to somewhat of a complete room to reveal.
We can only do our best and that's what we just keep trying to do.
(COCK CROWS)
We've got art to put up.
We've got toys to put into the cupboard and we got one mirror up.
That's it.
It's all we are doing.
We are going to finish painting the door.
Then we are done.
So all in all, what looked like very hopeless
has come together to a degree.
Ugh...
Morning.
PRODUCER: Hi.
Are you done?
Pretty much.
Did you finish it the night before?
Yeah, we got woken up.
JEN: It was a big night.
We thought we'd get to bed early but no dice.
No joke. You hated it.
My curtains went up at 1am this morning.
PRODUCER: Wow.
Yeah, while we were still making that bed.
This should go in the centre hole. It's in?
Yup.
Woke up this morning, room's done.
Mmm. Yeah.
Thomas.
Yes?
Could you come and get this out of the box please?
Got one piece of artwork for Tom to put up.
I've just got to wipe down the window sills real quick.
And it's finished. That's it.
It's lovely, isn't it?
It's just so cool for a baby to stare at
and it's so calming.
One bedroom after hell week, living and dining kitchen is like, pff.
Not much to do, is there?
For the first time,
we never thought that we wanted to call Scotty
and tell him to say tools down earlier.
We just couldn't wait any more.
We are too good at this now.
Come on.
All right, let's get cleaning.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
It's time. It's time.
Give me that.
Five seconds, darl. Quick.
(SHRILL WHISTLE)
Tools down!
Whoo. Well done.
Whoo-hoo.
Looks great, darl.
Well done.
Good job.
Very good.
Oh, my God. This was meant to be an easy week.
It was hard.
Ohh...
That was the easiest tools down in the world.
All right.
Oh, my God.
After yesterday, that is quite impressive.
Well, the fact that we got a room up is pretty insane
after Scotty sent all of our trades home
and left us on our own to suffer.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Hey, boys!
Scotty!
Scotty.
Hello.
ALL: Hello.
Hello.
Hello, hello.
G'day. How are you going?
Good evening, everybody.
ALL: Good evening, Scotty.
That was fun, wasn't it?
It was. Yes.
It shows you how far you've all come in this competition
to do a guest bedroom in a week and it's just child's play.
You're just mucking around.
And, in the same week, Ankur
and Sharon take home an $80,000 Ford Everest.
Crazy.
What?!
I know. It's been a rollercoaster for the guys this week, hasn't it?
It has. Yup.
That's what The Block is. Ups and downs.
And don't forget, people, there's another car up for grabs.
A next-generation Ford Ranger right here,
going to the team that wins the last week of this competition.
The team that presents the best landscape and the best exterior.
I was so happy to see you landscapers out there
getting stuck into it this week as opposed to getting stuck in the mud.
(LAUGHS)
How good would it be to give your landscaper 10,000 bucks
and get yourself one step closer to the Ford Ranger right here?
We love this win.
10k would just mean that we can add
a few more things to the landscaping.
Well, one team is going to do that tonight.
Let's find out with some feedback.
(JAUNTY MUSIC)
House one, Tom and Sarah Jane.
Tom and Sarah Jane's guest bedroom is a nursery
located at the front of the existing house.
Mate, I cut it and that whole wall just went...
Timber!
How good is that?
I love doing demo.
It's so... It's just...
You feel like you're accomplishing something. It's really good.
I heard a sad story about two young kids, a local family
whose kids were really badly burned in an accident at home so I thought
I'll see if we can raise some money
and put it towards helping the family.
I just thought maybe as a Block family,
maybe we can all donate some money.
Yeah, I'll give you $1,000.
Everyone is very generous.
How much did you say?
5k. 5,000?
Jesus Christ. That's very generous of you, lads.
You raised 20 grand.
20 bucks.
500 bucks. 200.
$1,000.
30. 5,000.
Far out.
Yeah, I think around about 20 grand.
Yeah.
Today we have got some painting touch-ups to do.
Carpet Court to lay carpet. Carpet Court to do the blinds.
We've got Grafico wallpapers to go up on our ceiling
and electrical fit off.
Yes.
I'm most proud of just the whole room
but I think it's the wallpaper on the ceiling.
Yeah.
I think that sets it apart.
Oh, cute.
Oh, that ceiling!
The fifth the wall.
Nothing says a family home like a nursery.
And Shaynna was loving how well
the architectural details of this room
matched the rest of the home so well.
And then she found all the beautiful styling in the wardrobes
Oh, my God. Look at that.
Oh, cute.
It's styled within an inch of its life.
That is super cute.
I want that red jacket.
It just gets cuter.
We even have scrunchies.
Oh, come on.
Shaynna, it has got that eye for detail.
Ooh.
That precision and that consistency
that has come to be Tom and Sarah Jane's trademark.
"So cute", she said, "and so cheap."
50 cents per item.
And it's about the functionality
that if someone takes out all the children's decoration,
is perfect for a tween, a teenager, an adult.
She was trying to decide about the Grafico print on the ceiling.
Decided...
..it was wonderful.
(WHISPERS) Ah, good.
But...
I would have preferred
a different green on the wall
because that could have taken that dark green
that they had because those curtains are divine that match magnolias
but that spearmint doesn't.
I thought exactly the same thing.
The only thing, the one thing in here
that's jarring for me is that that colour isn't quite grey enough
or quite yellow enough.
You had two greens on the wall
I remember in walkarounds
and you were choosing the lighter one, were you?
Yeah.
'Cause I had a deeper green for the curtains and I didn't want it to...
I don't know, I like it. I'm happy.
OK.
And Darren Palmer agreed with her on this point
but he thinks the rest of the colour palette in the room is superb.
Talking about colour, look at that magnificent marble table.
It's beautiful.
It's hot.
It's sexy.
Looking around at the finishes
and Darren thinks the execution is very good.
They've chosen well with the skirts
and arcs and all the wainscoting and cornicing.
It's not easy to get the right proportion
and the right scale, the right detail to fit your house.
But it's really appropriate what they've done.
And he reckons that anybody who has ever had to feed a child
while they go to sleep will appreciate that big comfy chair.
Neale was still looking up.
We have become used to seeing botanical prints used
throughout interior decor schemes in the last few years and normally,
you would expect to see it on the wall
and it would have been beautiful on the wall
but it's so clever to think of putting it on the ceiling.
And that's another thing that I associate with this couple.
They always seem to put a little twist in.
A little spin on the norm each week which I love.
What Neale was appreciating even more,
however, was the multifunctionality of the room.
Given that the master bedroom is literally just across there,
how lovely to have this as a private little sitting room
that turns the master bedroom into almost like a lifestyle suite.
Shaynna thinks your listing should say
'nursery slash master sitting room'.
They had the smallest master bedroom
out of all of all of the properties
so that could actually help them
with navigating that selling the dream of a win.
I think the thing is about Tom
and Sarah Jane's rooms they always make me smile
and there's a lot to smile about in here and it doesn't feel rushed.
It feels like perfection with a few imperfections.
And as usual, your attention to detail
has resulted in a very successful room
and a very good start today for the judges.
That's it.
Oh, thank you.
(APPLAUSE)
I told you the glass.
Yeah.
We love it. Beautiful room.
They seemed to 90% like it too so cool.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Rachel and Ryan, House Two.
We have been so excited for this kids' room.
Rachel and Ryan's kids' bedroom is
located at the front of the old house.
We had a design consultation with our five-year-old.
OK, what if we have a wall and you can actually colour in on the wall?
No!
OK. OK.
Well, then, we'll scrap that.
She wanted it to be blue.
She wanted silver on the walls and she wanted a slide.
So I'm doing a kids' room and I'm thinking the moon.
Magical? Whimsical?
Which can also be converted to an adult's room
if you're not into kids.
We had to get stuck heavily into demolition.
This was our second biggest room of the house
and it actually ended up bigger than we thought.
Hi, hi.
Hello. How are you?
Yeah, we're good.
Oh, my gosh. I'm so excited.
We are all ready to put it up.
Nathan is an artist under the name Blacklist who is from the Shire
in Sydney where Ryan and I are from.
"Look at you, you're beautiful."
We say that to our kids all the time.
I'm going to get emotional. I miss my kids.
I hope they walk into that room and they embrace their inner child.
I hope Darren sits down at the colouring station.
I hope Shaynna sits down at the Jenga station.
I hope Neale jumps up on that top bunk bed.
I hope they go in and they feel the magic
and I hope they think ten, ten, ten.
# I think I finally found my-y-y
# Hallelujah
# Hallelujah... #
Oh.
# It's good to be alive right about now. #
Wow. Oh.
The size of this!
Shaynna said,
"There are a lot of generous-sized rooms in this house..."
But this is phenomenal.
What a beautiful nursery.
Oh.
This could definitely be another sitting room, right?
That would definitely play into that story as well.
Though that wouldn't be so easy to convert
with this wallpaper, as good as it is.
I'm really good with that though.
I think because of the ample size of this room, I'm going to say it.
This is my favourite wallpaper of this series so far.
Hey!
We designed that.
I just love how it is all about the lowdown tree canopy
and this is very, a bit Roald Dahl, a bit Winnie the Pooh
sort of like sketching and you have the constellations
and then you've got that light that almost could be...a planet.
Among the constellations which I think is just so beautiful.
Such a lovely whimsical pattern
and so good for a young child's imagination.
Did you design this?
Rach did.
Fantastic.
And she really loved the artwork by your children.
Oh, my goodness. Look.
Sweet.
That's their kids.
"The artists."
The artists.
Ohh...
You think how they came here,
they had to leave their kids in a split-second to be here.
Last minute notice,
they couldn't really prep themselves or the kids for...
I reckon there would be a lot of emotion in this room.
She got quite emotional, Rachel.
Thinking about the sacrifice that you've made,
being away from your children for so long.
She became quite choked up.
I can only imagine how you're feeling
if Shaynna's getting choked up.
I nearly teared up last night for the first time.
Yup.
Seeing the paintings?
Just watching the actual picture of my kids.
Yes, of course.
A picture of our kids in this house. Beautiful.
Yes. Of course it is.
It's a really nice touch.
This is a really beautiful kids' room and it tells the story.
It's just full of... What's the word? Whimsy.
Yeah.
And it even comes with Play-Doh
which took him right back to his own childhood.
This takes me back.
I can remember the hours I spent with this stuff as a child.
I loved Play-Doh.
It still smells the same.
Shaynna thought the Kinsman wardrobe colour you chose is lovely.
Again, look at all the storage in the wardrobe.
Love these wooden handles.
They're beautiful.
Lovely colour too.
Oh, so needed for here.
Give me a tutu any day.
Puffer and tutu.
I can see the kids putting on the gumbies,
the tutu and the puffer and off they go.
What else do you need?
Obviously helps when you have three kids of your own.
Yeah.
But while Shaynna complemented the colour of the wardrobes,
her only criticism of the styling in the room
is that you could have picked something else to go with them.
Even just as a throw cushion,
one of the toys or throw in the chest
that has that colour then it matches
because, at the moment, this is stand-alone.
Shaynna was also a bit disappointed not to have found a light switch
by the bed and thinks it could use another power point.
If you're gonna have bunks there
and they're going to grow with it,
they're going to want a lamp
because there is no double switch to turn this light off
so you have to jump out of bed and all you've got is a nightlight.
Darren was very taken by your room this week too.
He was impressed with all of the furniture choices.
Very kid-friendly and friendly on the budget too.
There's lots of flatpack,
there's lots of pretty basic stuff
and I think that's really appropriate
if you're doing a children's room
because they grow out of things.
Neale was seeing a lot of warmth and love in this room.
Rachel and Ryan, obviously,
their world revolves around their kids and you can feel it.
Yeah.
This room has been created with their kids in mind
and you can feel the love.
It's a magical room.
All three judges were mightily impressed
by a room that will definitely help sell your home.
It does have flexibility.
Nothing is built in other than the wardrobes and...
it feels loved.
That's it.
Thank you.
Good job.
Look, great feedback.
Yeah.
We really love the space.
When they tell you it's going to help sell your house,
you know, it's just bonuses.
Yeah.
# I ain't tryna tell you what to do
# But you try to play it cool
# Baby, I ain't playing by your rules
# Everything look better with a view
# Why you always in a mood? #
OK, House Three.
Ankur and Sharon.
How are you going to appeal to the buyer?
So it's about trying to be universally cute.
I think.
Ankur and Sharon's boys' and girls' bedroom
is located next to their master suite.
OK, so the colour of the cabinetry I would say is closest to that.
Yeah, correct.
Whatever we do on the walls, even if it is a beautiful pattern,
I think we need to pull it back a bit
so I am leaning towards a grey.
Do you think it's OK to do grey in a kids' room though?
So now I can go get a haircut
that I've had been wanting to get for eight weeks.
I've come to reclaim my husband.
I looked homeless for like eight weeks.
So you're an accountant, did you say?
Yeah, man.
Accountant and (BLEEP) knows why I came on 'The Block'.
Wow.
So handsome.
You like it?
Yeah, let's make a baby.
Oh, wow. (LAUGHS)
So my idea was to create a sculpture
but that was also a vase using the curvature
and stuff of the cast to make something really beautiful.
The winner of the Everest Sport is Sharon and Ankur.
No way!
We won a car!
We won a car.
So you're happy with that light then?
Yeah.
As long as it's equal on both sides.
They are very pretty, aren't they?
Hopefully we don't get caned in judging but...
I don't think you'll get caned but I don't know if we'd win.
We love the room that we created this week.
We feel like it's a really calming, beautiful space for kids
or I guess we didn't want it to be definitive in any way
in terms of gender.
And I think we've achieved that.
We had a few hiccups on the way
but I think at the end of the day, we actually achieved...
Yeah, we're pretty proud of what the end result was to be honest.
Yeah.
Mind that paint.
Yes, mind that paint.
Eek.
Walking in today, the judges found another kids' room.
This is sweet.
I love that.
Look at these sconces too.
So...
..whimsical and pretty.
Yeah. Very pretty.
Neale said...
This room had me at the rabbit.
(LAUGHS) Love it.
I love this bookshelf here.
Because you want things on show for kids and access so that's perfect.
Darren liked the thought that
had gone into the furnishing and styling.
I also love that this is gender neutral.
Like it's not biased towards a girl or boy.
I like that it's general.
Neale likes the room because of its intimacy.
It's got that sort of warmth that comes from the size. It's cosy.
Yeah.
The last one was very much a kids' playroom.
This feels like a kid's den.
Darren was feeling sorry
that he noticed the bad paintwork on the door.
Because otherwise, this is probably the best painted room that Ankur
and Sharon have ever had.
He thinks it is a really good room.
It's fresher and brighter.
It is very settled.
It's completely different to the rest of the house.
For them to do panelling in here.
It does feel like you've entered
a completely different world to the rest of the house.
Yeah.
I'm not saying that's a bad thing. Yeah.
But it's noticeably different.
It's noticeably classic to the rest of the house
which is, shall we say, kind of eccentric.
All of a sudden, in here, we have this beautifully executed
but very traditional room.
Darren likes the architectural styling details.
I really like the cornicing.
Again, I love that rose.
The colour palette in here is beautiful.
The wainscoting, that regency profile,
the skirts and I love that wallpaper.
I just think wallpaper and these sconces and all the rattan details,
it just plays to something that's really light and fresh and fun.
But Shaynna wasn't so sure about the fox on the wall
hunting down the rabbit on the other wall.
The sort of stuff kids' nightmares are made of.
Yeah. It is that.
Apart from that, she said she was feeling the love in this room.
Neale thinks it's a charming room.
I feel that Ankur and Sharon really knew what they were doing
with this room.
I'm not sensing that sort of slight lack of direction,
the likes of rabbit in the headlights that I felt in some of...
(LAUGHS) Rabbit!
But not in the headlights.
I felt that their rooms have been overwhelming them.
Of course, this is a small room
so they've got the intimacy of scale here
but at the same time, it feels like they came in here
with a very clear idea of what they wanted to do
and I think they've nailed it.
The wardrobe colour is perfect for the palette of the room
and very nicely styled internally.
Oh, cute.
There's a little farmyard in there.
I reckon there's going to be a shortage of kids' toys in Victoria.
(LAUGHS)
They are all in this house!
I want them to know I love what they've done here.
I love their room
but I'm really fearful
of their consistency throughout the house of this knitting altogether.
Another room presented today
that could easily be restyled as an older person's room once again.
Making it multifunctional for the eventual buyer.
This feels like the first room that Ankur and Sharon have created
that's got really broad appeal.
And delivers some of the best selling of the dream
from House Three thus far.
That's it.
(APPLAUSE)
I'm really proud that we've completed the space to a high level.
I'm really proud of our execution.
It's the most well-executed room we've done.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
House Four, Dylan and Jen.
Dylan and Jenny!
10,000 bucks.
Oh, give it to me.
Thank you.
That's all right.
Whoo.
Can't wait for next week.
The judges are on point this week.
(LAUGHTER)
Today, I just got everything organised.
I ordered my bunk beds, all the sheeting,
all the accessories, all the kids' stuff.
I just got everything organised
so I can just be on the tools and help Dyl for the rest of the week.
Dylan and Jenny's kids' bedroom is located
at the front of the existing house opposite the master.
How cute's that little rocking chair?
That's sick.
We've got an elm tree for our win.
They grow 31m high.
It's big, hey?
Yeah.
We put it right at the front of our house.
Love that tree. It's so cute.
So in our kids' room, the window was
facing towards the front of the house
with the views all to the left
so facing out to Red Rock so we changed it.
I felt bad because Dyl didn't end up going to golf
and I still went and got my hair done.
Oh, I'm so excited for this.
How cute is this?
I got a little Pinocchio for my kids' room.
I feel like this is my favourite room on The Block so far.
It was so much fun and I'm so glad we created a kids' room.
I'd love my kids to have that room.
We don't have any kids yet but when we do.
They're so cute.
No pressure.
Oh.
"Wow. Wow. Wow", said Neale coming into your today.
Yay.
These rooms, kids' rooms are next level, aren't they?
This feels like a wonderland.
She was loving the Grafico wallpaper once again.
You design the Grafico as well, Jen?
Yeah, I did. Me and Damien. Yeah.
Well, it was an artwork and we added all the animals to it.
Quite cute.
The way the outlook from that window
blends in with that beautiful mural.
It's very special.
It's really sweet, just on the edge of twee
but it's on the right side of it.
It's got a really lovely natural palette. I like the timbers.
I like the bedding choices.
They are very sophisticated. So is the wallpaper.
Then you've got things like that little lion sunflower rug
which is very childlike and really appropriate.
Neale can't remember such consistency
in kids' rooms in the history of the show, gang.
Ooh.
All of these kids' rooms today are beautiful.
Yeah.
Each couple really has created
this little special world for children, don't you think?
I feel like they've had fun this week.
Yes.
Such fun this week.
We have actually.
It's been lovely. It's been great!
And she certainly had a lot of fun checking everything out.
Have a look at this. That little...
Isn't that the cutest thing?
They're are stern lights. Yeah.
And it's on a battery pack.
Which means that they can just turn it on and off there.
And they're plastic, right?
They're plastic and... Oh, my God.
Look at the lamp over there.
It's a bunny. Wearing the shade as a dress.
So you can just lean over and turn that on and off.
Oh, I'm in love.
It's heaven. Look at these...
Oh, my God.
Look at the hats.
I want to be old enough to wear a hat like this.
You're not.
It's like a zoo in here.
So many animals and great artwork too.
It works.
Again, I'm feeling the love in this room.
It feels authentic, it feels genuine
and I just know that any kid is going to walk in here
and say, yeah, pick this house.
It's not just any kid though.
It's any adult that's looking to buy...
Too cute.
Little Timberlands.
Ohh!
Got the drawers, we've got hanging and in here...
Oh, lots of hanging.
We even have a mirror.
We've got our first mirror in here. Oh, wow.
Look at that.
Whoop. Whoop.
Perfect.
And then, what do we have in here?
Oh, it's like a bookshelf.
That's right.
That's wonderful.
Great bookshelf. Great toy shelf.
Yeah and this really sophisticated palette on the bed.
That's linen and cotton and burlap hessian sack kind of cushion.
You've got corduroy, you've got open-weave knit.
It's hard to make a kids' room
also feel like it reflects the aesthetic of the rest of your house.
You have nailed that this week.
Yay!
It definitely sells the family luxury country dream to me.
It certainly does.
This room, when photographed,
will look just like House Four on the brochure.
Yay. That's what we want.
It's a gentle room right down
to the cute baby fox on the Grafico wallpaper.
Do you remember, in seasons past,
we were asked sort of each week what our favourite item was?
Like if there was one thing we would take away?
Yes. Yes.
Neale would have taken Pinocchio from the hanging chair.
Shaynna would definitely have the bunny lamp
and Darren would have the wallpaper.
(JEN LAUGHS)
When all three judges want to take something with them,
it's fair to say you've done a pretty good job
of winning them over.
Whoo.
That's it.
(APPLAUSE)
I think my styling's definitely come on in leaps and bounds.
I don't know.
It's crazy how much you learn in such a short amount of time
which I'm so happy with.
I don't think I'd be able to create a kids' room like this, day one.
So we're stoked.
# Dirty laundry
# Looks good on you
# Dirty laundry
# Looks good on you
# Looks good on you. #
OK, boys.
House Five, Omar and Oz.
Omar and I decided from week two
that we wanted to add another living area
so we are not presenting a bedroom.
Omar and Oz's second living room is
located in the old house next to the main bathroom.
Ooh.
Hell week.
Upset about how things went down last week.
Why not? Omar is like, "Golf, Oz?"
I'm like, "Omar, golf? We've got the time. Let's do it."
Get in the hole!
PRODUCER: So today's been a good day?
Today's been, yeah, one of the best days on The Block that we've had.
Fantastic day.
Can we sack that for a bit and let's clean this up quickly?
Coming off on Monday was a nice relaxing day.
Today we have to do a massive cleanup.
This is never-ending.
This week is week one of landscaping for us.
We wish we started earlier
but I reckon with Christian Jenkins on our side,
we'll definitely get it done.
Game changer. No one else has got a tennis court.
This is what The Block's about.
How rewarding is it going to be?
And we love a challenge.
If you win the landscape week, you win The Block.
It's very important to have a second living.
Yes, it was the second guest bedroom in the existing
but expect the unexpected from us
and I hope they see that we are thinking out of the box.
When they pulled open those two large entry doors
from the hallway today, it's safe to say they got a surprise.
Not a kids' room.
The first time today.
Wow.
Not a bedroom.
Uh...
Secondary TV room.
They noted the TV is quite close to the sofa.
Pretty in your face TV sitting there though.
But in checking it out, it works.
Oh, that's not too bad actually.
No, it's very cinematic.
It's close but that size screen that close is gigantic.
So that's awesome.
I think the only thing is, though, it can't be adapted to a bedroom
if you want to in the future
without taking out all the cabinetry.
That's right.
I mean with those doors, with these cabinets, with that fireplace,
it is what it is.
It's either going to be a home office or a sitting room.
But by doing this, you have made
a very definitive decision
to present your home as a four-bedroom house.
Whereas your neighbours are all going to market
with a five-bedroom home.
The problem I'm having is that we all know
that there is very, very generous work from-home-space coming up
a couple of weeks from now.
That's in the plans for all of these houses
so that box has been well and truly ticked
so this house doesn't really need
another home office necessarily here.
So...
Is this the best use of the space?
And while some of the other kids' rooms
they've seen today could be restyled as either an adult bedroom
or a sitting room,
this room is very much fitted out as a TV viewing room
and can't be easily repurposed.
I think... I think this is a mistake.
Yeah.
You live here. You live out here.
Yep.
What do people do when they come to visit you?
They don't go home.
No, they come and stay the night.
They come and stay. Right?
You need guest bedrooms.
Absolutely.
So if you've got a family here
and your children and you have two sets of guests, you're screwed.
For Neale, it doesn't really feel like a second living room either.
This is really only a room in which you can come and watch a movie.
Yes, you could come in here and sit and read a book.
I don't think you would.
He thinks it's a room that has shot itself in the foot.
It's also a room that isn't oozing identity
and personality like the other four rooms they'd seen today.
That feels very bare to me.
It's like demonstrating that this is a kind of useless waste of space.
Yeah. Because it is so empty.
Shaynna thanks the wall of cabinetry is probably unnecessary.
I think, if they didn't have that cabinetry there,
and they had a couch that was a pull-out couch,
that would make it a lot better.
That could be guest accommodation slash entertainment room.
And Neale was wondering about some of the styling.
Why the bunnies everywhere?
That's not a kids' room.
It doesn't work.
But there is still...
It's very strange.
Look over there in that corner.
We are staring right at the biggest one of all.
That bunny's staring at me.
It's giving the evil eye.
(THEME TUNE FROM 'HALLOWEEN' PLAYS)
And why the games?
So this is a games room?
I don't know.
It's sending out the weirdest mix of messages.
It's like throw everything at us
and we can decide what this room is gonna be
but I'm afraid that doesn't work.
And the print on the wall,
as nice as it is, doesn't suit the rest of the styling or furnishing.
It's not that I don't like the print.
I think it's the wrong print for this house and for this room.
The judges all think the room you have presented today
is nicely detailed,
nicely finished with a great TV, great fireplace.
Even the drapery and the curtain rod are good choices.
But it doesn't add more
to my perception of the value of this house.
And that's what all rooms need to do in a real estate competition.
Shaynna honestly now thinks you have two redo rooms to do.
That's it, boys.
(APPLAUSE)
Stay there.
Scores, here we go.
This is one that we took on with our real estate pretty early.
He said they'd definitely want two living rooms.
Five bedrooms is not gonna make too much of a difference
for a selling point so we just went along with it.
Coming up, super high scores in one of the closest finishes yet.
Very tight.
The winner of week nine on The Block Tree Change...
Here it comes.
It could be anybody.
By half a point...
# 'Cause I already got a good thing with me... #
With four of this week's guest bedrooms getting very high praise
from the judges, I reckon tonight,
it's anyone's game.
OK. Stay there.
Scores. Here we go.
Tom and Sarah Jane...
They've chosen well with the skirts
and arcs and all the wainscoting and the cornicing.
That stuff is not easy to get
the right proportion, the right scale, the right detail.
Rachel and Ryan...
There's lots of flatpack and I think that's really appropriate
if you're doing a children's room because they grow out of things.
Ankur and Sharon...
I also love that this is gender-neutral.
It's not biased towards a girl or boy.
Dylan and Jenny...
Really sweet and...whimsical.
And Omar and Oz...
I think...
I think this is a mistake.
Oh, wow.
Pretty high scores to start with.
High scores.
Come on, Shaynna.
Shaynna.
Tom and Sarah Jane...
If somebody takes out all the children's decoration,
it's perfect for a tween, a teenager, an adult.
Rachel and Ryan...
This is my favourite wallpaper of this series so far.
Ankur and Sharon...
It's completely different to the rest of the house..
Not a surprise.
Dylan and Jenny...
This feels like a wonderland.
And Omar and Oz...
I think the only thing is it can't be adapted to a bedroom
if you wanted to.
OK.
Loves a seven.
Tight again. Ooh, it's tight.
I'll see you in a minute.
OK, Neale Whittaker.
Tom and Sarah Jane.
They always seem to put a little spin on the norm each week.
Rachel and Ryan....
This room has been created
with their kids in mind and you can feel the love.
Ankur and Sharon...
It's got that sort of warmth that comes from the size.
It's cosy.
Dylan and Jenny...
Again, I'm feeling the love in this room.
It feels authentic, it feels genuine.
Omar and Oz...
It's like demonstrating that it's a useless waste of space.
Totals.
I hate this part.
I know. It's the worst.
I hate it. I'm shaking.
OK. Are you ready?
Yeah, mate.
Tension. It's very tight.
Very tight.
The winner of week nine on The Block Tree Change,
taking out 10,000 bucks from Ford is...
Please let it be us.
By half a point...
It's a tie...
Here it comes. It could be anybody.
It's Dylan and Jenny.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, my God.
Oh, and a ten!
Oh...
He doesn't have the money.
I just cracked a rib.
I do have the money on me.
(SCREAMS)
(LAUGHTER)
Thank you.
Whoo.
Well done, honey.
Killed it.
I thought I was playing footy again.
I used to play footy for the Coogee Dolphins.
Well, congratulations, Dyl and Jen.
10,000 bucks at a very crucial time in this competition...
Oh, you're kidding. Oh, my God. I can't...
..with three weeks to go.
Plus a ten from Neale Whittaker, another 5,000 bucks as well.
Whoo.
Oh, my God.
From catch.com.au. Well done.
There you go.
We are stoked.
Can you believe it?
And of course, a mature tree from Ford.
Coming up your driveway.
(LAUGHS)
You're so excited, it's fantastic.
I can't believe it.
I actually can't believe it.
So they should be.
Taking in the win with an excellent score of 29 points.
Rachel and Ryan came a very close second on 28 1/2 points.
And in third place,
Tom and Sarah Jane weren't far behind on 27 1/2 points.
Fourth place went to Ankur and Sharon on 26 1/2 points.
And bringing up the rear was Omar and Oz on a disappointing 21 points.
But Tom and Sarah Jane are still on top of the superpower leaderboard
with 243 points.
The highest score, come series end, chooses auction order.
OK, next week, you're going to be finishing off your houses.
Whoo.
You have one guest bedroom to do
inside your homes and Suncorp will give you a budget of $13,000.
But that's not it.
Oh, redo room.
You'll also be doing a redo room.
(LAUGHS) Sorry.
Because some of you have got rooms
that the judges will need to be specced up to maximise your buyers
and give you the best chance at auction.
The guys from Simonds Homes will
give you an additional budget of 5,000 bucks
because they want you to build the best homes you possibly can.
OK, house one.
Living room.
House Two.
Guest bedroom, green wall.
Yes, green wall.
House Three, living room.
House Four, living room.
House Five, master bedroom.
Yup.
Are we great? Are we sweet?
ALL: Yup.
Another two-room week, another 10,000 bucks up for grabs.
There's only three weeks to go, blockheads.
Oh, my God. I can't believe it.
It's going real quick.
Crazy.
It's fun, it's exciting.
Yes, it is.
Good on you. Good luck.
I can't believe we won.
Whoo.
Well done, guys.
Hi, Dyl. Dyl.
Hang on, gang. I forgot.
(LAUGHS)
Dyl, would you like to do a celebratory dance?
Yes, go.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHTER)
Be careful what you wish for, Scotty.
Oh, my God.
I'm actually shaking.
VOICEOVER: They're coming...
.. Australia's most cashed up buyers...
SCOTT: These potential buyers have the power to change your fortune.
Smell that? It's money.
..but there's a mountain to climb...
(GASPS)
Our first guest bedroom.
Re-did the whole entire room.
Rip the hallway apart.
I am done.
..And...
This is a dogs breakfast, seriously.
..a major blow...
This whole ceiling is to be pulled down.
Judgement week...
SCOTT: The team that won this challenge last year, won The Block.
..comes knocking...
(DOOR-BELL RINGS)
..no pressure...
OMAR: Oh, no...