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This week, the blockheads took on
the guest bedrooms as well as the redo rooms.
Redo week.
Perfect everything that wasn't done right.
Redo it.
And this year, I'm assigning the redo rooms.
House one. Living room.
House two. Guest bedroom. Green wall.
House three. Living room.
House four. Living room.
House five. The master bedroom.
Yup.
Ankur and Sharon blew their budget and I had to take drastic action.
You guys are tens of thousands of dollars over budget.
In the red.
You've got no more money.
Right.
And in case that wasn't enough,
I also sprung a challenge on our blockheads
when members of the public came through
and voted on their favourite house.
Rachel and Ryan won the public favourite vote.
Do you know what?
The cash is one thing.
The fact that 27 people came
and voted for our house, that's the best.
Yeah.
But it was Tom and Sarah Jane
who scored the gnome as they were the favourite
of Danny Wallace, the biggest buyer of Block real estate ever.
Ohh!
We got the gnome.
Tonight, the claws come out.
There was a little bit of shade from Shaz in regards to the vineyard.
We thought about the vineyards thing for here
but it was (BLEEP) work unless you're fully in or not fully in.
Why would you even do that?
Just worry about yourself.
Cash-strapped house three feel the pinch.
Regarding our bank accounts, they are zero.
I don't know if we've got any money for bedding. Do we?
We didn't get any.
And they're not the only ones with big money problems.
How much have I sacrificed?
The race is on to complete everything inside the houses.
And come judgement time, some rooms fly...
Yes!
It's totally changed.
..while others fall flat.
To me, it's way off the mark.
This is how not to put pattern together.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
# I've been stuck in motion
# Moving too fast
# Trying to catch a moment
# That slips through my hand... #
It's the morning after the domain listings challenge
where the blockheads opened up
their houses to the public for the very first time.
This morning, the Block is a little bit dusty.
I don't mean the stuff on the ground.
I know.
I think we need to turn the music down.
I know.
Poor little blockheads.
Oh, man. I don't feel well.
PRODUCER: Putting that aside, great feedback.
Oh, my God. Such good feedback.
We won!
We won.
We won the Domain challenge.
10k.
By one point.
That's right. Last night, house two was the crowd favourite.
Scoring 27 votes.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Followed by house one on 26.
House five on 19.
House four on 16 votes.
House three landing 12 votes.
Our rooms that were called safe, timid, boring,
bland are the same rooms
that people absolutely loved yesterday.
Our agents, our builders, everyone,
the confidence went through the roof yesterday.
What winning this challenge gave us was confidence
that we have a buying pool.
Confidence that our house can create an emotional connection.
Come on in.
Because it did.
It created an emotional connection
with so many people that came through.
And that's all you need.
All you need is two people to have an emotional connection
and to just...fight it out.
PRODUCER: What was the sense when you got together
with the other contestants last night about how they felt?
Yeah, look, obviously everyone is not overly happy.
Some people got lower scores so don't walk away...
Us and house one obviously, it was one point in the win
so I guess they were probably really excited too.
The fact that they even won the gnome.
You know, house five looked tired.
I think they had a big night the night before.
House four... I think everyone just looked a little bit deflated.
The other three. Shaz and Anks took off pretty quick after it.
To be honest, if I had 12 points,
I wouldn't be staying up late, drinking with everyone.
I'd be pretty disappointed too.
Good sleep. No...
Good, long sleep.
We didn't do any painting last night because we were so tired.
We just went to bed.
We didn't hang around after the challenge.
We made the choice to go home and have a rest.
Even if we got no votes, we were happy with the outcome.
And it did basically happen that we did basically get no votes but yeah.
Still happy with the outcome.
We really liked it.
People gave us good feedback.
Obviously at the challenge,
the voting didn't reflect that
but a lot of our voters had to leave before the vote was cast.
There's Danny there.
Danny came in briefly.
He was pretty much in and out pretty quickly.
I didn't get the opportunity to speak to him properly yesterday.
There was too many people.
Thankfully there's another opportunity
to get in Danny's good books.
He stayed over at my place last night.
This morning, he's a little peckish.
And as Danny is the biggest purchaser of Block property
in the history of the competition,
it's the last moment for our blockheads
to impress him before auction day.
Danny had Scotty at 8 o'clock down there or 8.30.
And a hot latte for Danny please.
I took Danny a latte.
He likes it very hot, no sugar.
Breakfast for Danny.
PRODUCER: You were great at the barbecue, Ryan.
Sunny side up is not flipped?
Yeah, that's sunny side up.
So you don't flip it at all?
No. OK.
God.
Who gave him a spatula?!
What?
I've never actually cooked a sunny side up.
Great!
I've always flipped it.
Can we have someone else do it then?
No, like, I know what to do.
I just didn't know that's the actual method.
I thought you always flip it at some point.
(LAUGHS)
PRODUCER: How's the egg for you?
Good. Hmm.
Danny did have a very attentive audience.
(LAUGHS)
I like that.
Danny's probably the biggest buyer that The Block has.
We are in a real estate competition.
So I think everyone wanted to have their time with Danny.
So you're not doing a winery any more?
Yeah, that's what we're doing.
There was a little bit of shade from Shaz in regards to the vineyards.
Just a few questions about, oh, she thought we were putting in a winery.
I only have 20 grand so...
And she said this in front of Danny?
Yeah.
If someone bought the house...
It would be too expensive for us to put in.
We wouldn't have the budget. Half an acre of pinot.
Oh, really?
So we have got 300 acres of vineyards in South Australia.
Oh, wow.
And then she started talking about
how her father owns 300 acres of vines
and how hard it is and her hands used to get all torn up
from having to prune the grapes.
I grew up pruning.
Oh, my gosh. How funny.
Training them at the vines.
It was (BLEEP) work.
(BLEEP) work.
And it's cold when you're pruning because it's like in the wintertime.
I 100% was thinking of vineyards
but I know the reality of that because my dad is a wine grower.
It doesn't work that easily.
It is hard work.
We thought about the vineyards thing for here
and I got my dad involved and stuff
but he just thought it was too much work.
Unless you're fully in or you're not.
And I went on, "Well, that's OK."
But we are setting up contracts to have it managed
so you don't have to do anything if you don't want.
So you're going to set up contracts to have all the yard done?
Yeah. Yeah.
They're there if you want them.
They are there but you don't have to take them.
And Danny was like, "Oh, really?"
So if anything, it actually backfired and paid off.
Why would you even do that?
It's so close to finishing, just worry about yourself.
Good point, Ryan.
And the guest bedrooms and redo rooms to complete by tomorrow,
there's plenty to worry about.
On top of guest bedrooms,
house one are redoing their living and dining room.
House two are redoing their first guest bedroom.
House three are redoing their living and dining space.
House four are also redoing their living and dining space.
And in house five, I assigned them the master bedroom.
But as this is the last week to finish the interiors of the homes,
Omar and Oz are fixing up a whole lot more.
Even though they're only getting judged on the two assigned rooms.
Me and Omar love a competition, mate.
We were like, "Let's do it all." Redo room, guest bedroom.
We wanted to do the first guest bedroom, powder room, mudroom.
It's a big thing, mate.
It was a lot of work.
It certainly is a lot of work.
And it's got me worried about their budget.
Yesterday, I flagged that they might be in trouble.
Boys, I have noticed some large bills coming in this week
from tradesmen
and it's gonna get a little bit dire
if you don't win something this weekend.
I know.
I don't want to do what I did to house three.
No, no. We're good. We're good.
And today, they're having some tough conversations.
We're getting Shelley and Scotty coming in on Friday
reminding us again that, they might have that talk with us.
It got us thinking hey, let's go back to our trades.
We haven't paid them yet.
Just to reconsider and change it to the Block.
To help us out a bit.
To go to the minimum price for trade.
Zero dollars, it doesn't give a (BLEEP).
I know but I'm saying still you've got to pay people.
It is what it is.
You got to pay people is what I'm saying.
Put a number and it is what it is.
We don't want any of the boys
or anyone that's worked with us this season...
We don't want to walk away and regret thinking
that they did all this work and didn't get paid well for it.
I've really sacrificed...
How much have I sacrificed?
Come on.
Quite frankly, it's getting hard for me.
I don't need to say it out loud.
I'm getting married soon.
I've got like (BLEEP) a lot of (BLEEP) coming up, yeah?
Work it out.
I think it's just going to get to a stage
where we're sitting there telling these guys
that we've got no money to pay.
We did offer a couple of holidays.
Omar did.
When are you going to Bali?
September.
Have you booked? Do you know the guy?
September. Who's this guy?
Sonny's made the book, Sau Kah thing.
I want a private villa.
Yeah, he'll get you one.
I'm taking you to Bali.
Taking you to Bali.
The postman. Hey, I'll take you to Bali too.
And no one is going to Bali.
(BIRDSONG)
After the mad push yesterday to get the houses ready
to be open to the public, today The Block is...
(DOG BARKS)
..very quiet.
Very quiet on the block.
Eerie on The Block on Saturday.
Dead quiet. No one was around.
Yeah, it was so eerie and then because Tommy had nothing to do,
he was just like the electrician fitting off.
I said, "Tom, would you like to come with me? You're not doing anything."
Tom is finally going to go shopping with me.
I probably foresee exactly how it's going to go.
It's going to go like this.
We're going to get out of the car and go, "Oh, let's go to the store."
He's gonna go, "OK, cool."
Anything, darl?
Just...
Yeah.
I'm going to cruise around.
He is going to be like...
I'm ready to go out for lunch.
And then he'll go out the front.
Yeah, right. No dramas.
Then I'll get annoyed so I feel
like I have to rush around because he's waiting out in the cold.
(YAWNS)
Pretty over shopping.
That's literally how every shopping trip has ever gone.
Mmm.
Might get myself some ice cream.
He wasn't too miserable.
No. Yup.
Had an ice cream. Yeah, I fed him.
That's why. Had a cinnamon scroll.
We could have done 'Lady and the Tramp'.
You got a croissant. Almond croissant.
You got a spinach and ricotta pie.
We were only gone for three hours.
This is legit.
You ended up finding this gorgeous gallery in Woodend
with this indigenous artwork
and we bought a beautiful piece of art for the bedroom.
Real artwork.
(BEEPING)
We're going to get a cocktail.
I could get used to this shopping thing.
Cheers to shopping.
Mmm.
Back on site, some of Rachel's oldest school friends
have dropped by for a surprise visit.
(SCREAMING)
Oh, my schoolgirls came.
Welcome.
Stunning. Wow.
Welcome to our home.
All right, who wants a cup of tea?
So I actually had already organised this weekend in Melbourne
so they all came for a visit
and they got to see The Block in action.
How are the kids?
Um...
Oh, babe.
Oh, you're doing it for them, babe.
When you've got three little people at home
that don't understand why you're not there and you know...
It's so hard and you're doing it all for them
but right now, it just rips your heart out.
It's just hard.
Of course it is. Of course it is.
We are going to make the best possible house
to make the best possible money.
Yup.
Meanwhile down the hall,
Ryan is doing just that in their redo guest bedroom.
Today, we have to...
paint.
Paint, paint, paint, style, style, style.
So we repainted that wall.
The colour that it was didn't really match the joinery very well.
So we thought we'll try and get as close in colour as possible.
The wall sconces we got pinned for
that they weren't very country theme.
So we just decided to delete them.
We're putting some lamps on the actual bedside tables.
Big fourposter king-size bed because this room is huge.
It's going to spruce this room up massively.
So the budget of 5,000, we are going to pocket most of that.
The leftover money for this,
we will 100% use probably on our landscaping.
Every dollar counts now.
One team that is well and truly
aware that every dollar counts this week is house three.
I don't know if you guys are aware but we are broke.
Regarding our bank accounts, they are zero.
Literally.
Because we can't be trusted so Scotty Cam has all of our money.
Cleaned us out.
That's right.
Sharon and Ankur's bank accounts have been frozen
and all costs now go through me.
So whilst the other teams have a budget of $13,000
for their guest bedrooms, Ankur and Sharon will only get 8,000.
The remaining five grand will go
towards paying off their whopping debt of $53,000.
We obviously made some...
Big sacrifices this week.
Big sacrifices. You have to.
You do what normal, ordinary people
like myself outside of here would do.
You use what you have and make the most of what you have
and also repurposing stuff from my house
like two sofa chairs that we used in the living dining room.
That the judges didn't like.
Custom-made bed head that actually came from Oz and Omar's house
because they didn't want it
and re-purposing sheers that were made the wrong size.
The budget isn't the only worry in house three.
It's also the massive amount of work that needs to be done.
For tomorrow morning's 9 o'clock reveal,
we need to finish this room
so we've just done the multi-prep on the all the walls.
Got the Grafico in.
Our Carpet Court blinds going in as well
but we're oscillating between this room and the living and dining area.
We've just going to keep going.
Anks is having a bit of down day because he's over it. He's tired.
Hating life.
Why do you send me back to that stupid room?
I know you hate it.
Look at this.
PRODUCER: The great hall.
The great hall is (BLEEP).
For now, I have to paint the gaps.
It's somebody's entertainer's delight.
For our redo room,
it was the living space of the living and dining.
Unfortunately, when the living and dining week happened,
we were just overawed and really didn't get to any completion point.
There was that issue in the morning.
Painting was... Really one coat was done on all the ceilings and walls.
The problem is there so much light that comes through which is amazing
but it shows every single bit that you missed or whatever.
You'd have to be a professional painter to get it right.
You are a professional painter.
We are doing the living side.
You actually want me to do the dining side by tomorrow?
No, I just wanted to get a coat up on there.
He hates me but I'm like, if we don't do it now, we won't do it.
So I'm going to help him.
ANKS: How are you going to help exactly?
We'll still stay married by the end of this I promise.
Promise.
Just looking at the ceiling all day long
was pretty much doing my head in but we hopefully will get there.
It would be amazing if there was two of me.
We would be able to reveal every room finished
and get tens every week.
Although Shaynna probably still wouldn't give us a good score.
Travelling well.
On time I think.
We are gonna be styling the room soon.
Tonight's pretty good.
We've pretty much touched up all
that we need to do so it's going to be one final clean.
It's just like doing one and a half rooms now. It's easy.
Finally, for the last room in the house,
we understand the timeline,
we understand what we need to do to get things done.
And you know why as well because we know what happens if you don't
and no one wants to be up tonight.
PRODUCER: So Anks and Shaz,
here we are, down to the wire.
It's Saturday night.
So we've still got a lot to do.
What, nearly 12 hours to reveal so it is painting, it is styling,
it is cleaning.
We just don't have time to stop.
It's just another pushing (BLEEP) up a wall night.
Really. Pff.
I don't know if we've got any money for bedding. Do we?
We didn't get any...
We had money for bedding but it didn't get here
but we'll figure something out.
Cool.
There's that.
Gumtree for free.
Mm-hmm. Use linen.
It is just a tale of woe.
What's the time? Seven? Five? Four? Three?
Well, this is supposed to be our budget povvo room.
I think this is a really cool room now.
Actually.
The guestroom just came together.
I didn't know much about it to be honest.
Just like everything in our lives.
Shut up.
Anyway, when it came together,
My God, this is a pink room. This is amazing.
We just don't have a quilt cover is the only issue.
Jenny's got one, a white one.
She told me last night because I didn't have one yesterday.
Sharon messaged me early this morning
asking can she can get the quilt cover
and I was like, that's not a good position to be in.
So I felt bad and, yeah, I gave her my quilt cover.
PRODUCER: What's the plan for next couple of hours?
Tidying.
Tidying, tidying, tidying. Just cleaning.
This is the final rooms in our house so we want to present our home.
Come 9am, no more rooms in this house.
I want them to just walk in and see it all and feel it all and...
..embrace it.
I love to just wake up to that every morning.
Good morning, Vietnam.
PRODUCER: Was it a race to tools down this morning?
What did you do?
I did a bin run.
(LAUGHS)
He did.
And when I needed him because one of the pieces of artwork arrived
and I needed him...
Oh!
Love that.
..to hang artwork, just to hang...
couldn't find him because he was on a bin run.
(ECHOING) Thomas!
Thomas!
I'm thinking the judges are going
to say the chair should be facing the view
but if you put the chairs this way rather than that way,
it looks funny.
Before tools down,
we were just making sure it all looks really nice.
I don't know.
Don't love that.
Looks beautiful.
No but... Are you taking the piss?
(LAUGHS)
Maybe you could face them like...
Kind of like...
I don't know. I don't know.
What do you do?
Flip a coin.
Flip a coin?
Mmm.
Heads, that way. Tails, the other way.
It's been tough.
Oh.
# Feel the light go rush, rush, rush... #
(WOLF WHISTLES)
Tools down!
Internal's done!
# Da da da da da... #
Tools down!
That was very challenging.
Oh, good job.
Save the best for last, eh?
That's our house done.
The house done.
That's our house done.
That's amazing.
The whole house...
is finished
and it's really, really good.
Ten down, two to go.
Wow.
It's coming to an end.
We are confident that we'll get good scores.
I don't know about the win because there's a gnome out there.
Let's see what the judges have to say.
Nearly there.
Almost there.
Good evening, everybody.
ALL: Hey, Scotty.
Well, you must be pretty, damn, bloody proud of yourselves, eh?
ALL: Yes.
Your homes are now completed.
Ten weeks of hard slog and you finished your houses.
Give yourselves a round of applause.
Two-room week this week with your final bedroom and your redo room.
In fact, some people did more.
Boys, how many rooms did you do?
Five. Five!
Did you?
Yeah.
Are you serious? What did you do?
Heaps.
Now the judges didn't make you do a redo room
to make your week harder.
They genuinely feel the changes
that you needed to make on those rooms
would maximise your result on auction day.
Let's find out what they said about your final room.
(HIGH-ENERGY MUSIC)
House one, Tom and Sarah Jane.
It was actually a really good week.
I can't believe we finished our house.
So the judges gave us our living room as the redo room this week.
This is going. This is being returned.
Return to sender.
Gone.
More seating, new couch.
It will look a lot better.
So guestroom...
The wardrobe can't go on that wall.
PHONE: The entry into the bedroom is too close to the wall.
He's now got to rip the hallway apart to make this work.
Over it.
This week, I am going to invite 100 potential buyers.
Sarah Jane's come home all guns blazing.
I think she's a little bit overwhelmed
with how much cleaning out we have to do.
Oh, Sarah Jane is turning into an absolute feral rat!
You want to say feral? OK.
All right, let's go.
Let me show you how feral I can be.
So today, our swimming pool is going in.
Biggest swimming pool in Block history.
Best thing that happened to us this week was receiving the gnome.
Oh, yes. It was.
Ohh!
Mate.
I'm super proud of what we've done.
I'm super proud of what we've done too.
It's so good.
('COLORS' BY GRYFFIN AND EYELAR PLAYS)
I literally feel at home when I open that door.
I love it.
There's nothing in that house I don't like.
The judges started in your guest bedroom.
Oh.
Ah.
Well, if it works for one bedroom, then it works in another.
Said Daren Palmer on seeing your patterned wallpaper today.
It's a bit like Scotty's house.
Just saying.
Oh, OK.
We do have colour-coded blue
and magenta-y toned rooms in Scotty's house
so there is a common element.
I'm not saying there's a judgement there.
I just think it's an interesting approach.
I actually quite like it.
I'm very flattered.
Because my bedrooms are based on my twins.
Boy and girl.
Neale thinks that your home is the most consistent house on the Block
and he just bloody loves your ability
to put so many different patterns together in a single space.
It makes an impact just through this clever choice
of fabrics and colours and textures.
Who would have thought that
that rattan bedhead would work against that plaid wallpaper?
You wouldn't put those two things together but Tom and Sarah Jane did.
It's beautiful. It's absolutely beautiful.
They took a punt on it and it worked.
It looks lovely.
I just think it's got freshness
and vibrancy about it that is quite unique.
He thinks you should go into designing hotels after this.
Oh.
Because your rooms are so well-designed
to be different but still so well connected.
These rooms are colour-coded.
Like you'd have in a hotel.
There is a favourite, favourite designer of mine
which I'm sure you both know, Kit Kemp in London.
I was just about to say her.
The master of creating rooms that are all slightly different,
all slightly unique but at the same time, connected.
Which is a huge compliment
because she is one of the best hotel designers in the world.
Oh, she's a person?
Apparently.
I thought that was a style - Kit Kemp.
I'm like, oh, OK.
It would be interesting to know
if Tom and Sarah Jane are actually familiar with Kit Kemp's work.
'Kid Kemp'. What a weird name.
I thought that might be like you know when they say...
Who would call their kid 'Kid'?
Oh, is it 'Kid'?
PRODUCER: Kit.
Oh, Kit. Yeah. I'm inventing a new look.
Surely they're just blowing smoke up my arse.
You blow enough out of it.
Yeah, I do.
Shaynna was also impressed
that you had managed to put in a king-sized bed.
It's a really good sized king bed
and it doesn't make the room feel small.
For me, a guest bedroom works
if I can happily imagine myself arriving in here,
being shown to this room, putting my bag on the bed and unpacking.
I can certainly imagine that in here.
He can come any time.
Sure.
Onto your redo living room...
So the judges gave us our living room as the redo room this week.
They wanted more rugs to bring warmth.
They wanted more seating.
I'm going to get some extra couches.
I'm going to get the same rug but again
and I'm going to get another rug for the chairs near the fireplace.
Neale reacted instantly on entering your lounge room.
Feels cosier.
Feels cleaner.
Oh, just makes me smile.
I mean, it feels now that the room
is playing to the strengths of its size.
Yeah.
It just feels more complete now
and more cohesive and now it feels like a home.
So it's proof that you can make a big space feel intimate.
So you'd be a lot happier with that room, would you?
BOTH: Yeah.
We're thrilled.
We were really happy that that was our redo room
because we wanted to go back and just clean it up totally.
A successful redo room is one that adds value to the home
and this is a perfect example
where everything that has been done is just right.
You've kept all the things that worked
and fixed all the things that didn't.
I think Sarah Jane's styling is
what also makes the whole house consistent.
We see it in every room,
telling stories with second-hand things
like I'm looking at the camera on the buffet
going, wow, who had that camera?
So there is little stories that are
being told in every room as though someone's been here for a long time.
I think authentic is a really good word for this.
Everything that Sarah Jane and Tom have done
has always felt authentic and I hope that comes across
to the buyers because there's a lot of heart and soul in this place.
Standing here today inside your fully finished
and furnished home with triple glazing, the fire going,
it feels very much like the luxury country retreat that it is.
That's it.
Thank you.
Well done, babe.
Good work.
Thanks, babe.
Hotels. How cool is that?
I could do that. Anyone want to hire me?
Call me.
(HIGH-ENERGY DANCE MUSIC)
House two.
Rachel and Ryan.
Very rewarding week this week.
We are redoing our first guest bedroom that we did week two.
I love that green wall.
It's a beautiful colour but now
we've done the rest of our home, it doesn't work.
Glasses on.
I'll pull the lever.
Scotty came up. We want the exterior weather boards done.
Oh, 1920s croquet.
It's just a little game of croquet on Scotty's lawn.
We won!
Of course we won.
Get on your mower!
I'd love to sell this house with a ride-on mower.
PRODUCER: Are you excited for today?
So excited. We want people to come in.
We want to show it off.
We are so proud of this house.
We won!
We won.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Last year, the winners of this challenge won The Block.
That was exciting. We are going to win it.
If I think about that redo room in week two
and I think about the feelings and emotions of week two...
I feel like I'm going to cry.
We've come so far.
No stone is left unturned.
We did everything.
Ah.
OK.
All right.
They've hit their stride, haven't they?
Yes, they really have.
Darren said that everything
that wasn't right with your previous guestroom is spot on in here.
Yay.
And everything outside
that is deeply earthy is reflected beautifully in here.
This is all spot on.
It's all in keeping with what's great about the rest of the house.
It still has that contemporary vibe
that they've been going for the whole house.
I love it.
You've taken all of the styling cues from the artwork
and made a room that feels very relaxed.
Good.
There's a beautiful, warm palette
going on in here that totally tones in with
the landscape outside the window
but it kind of wraps itself around you.
It feels warm and inviting.
It's another one of those rooms
where if someone showed me in here,
I'd be very happy to unpack my bag and get into that bed.
It just feels cosy, doesn't it?
Neale did have one criticism.
He thinks the shelf on the wall may be too high.
Yeah.
Or that you needed two of them.
That shelf does look a little bit lost in here.
I think they could have given us two shelves.
It's just floating a bit much there.
I do like that they've tied this in
with the shelving in the kitchen and also in the bathroom
and I think that continuation
through all the rooms works really, really well.
And it just goes to show you why the buyers love this house.
I think Rachel and Ryan probably came into the competition
feeling a little as if they were underdogs
because they were the late entrants
but my goodness, they've picked up their act
and it's been a joy, hasn't it,
to see this transition in Rachel and Ryan
and the confidence level grow and grow and grow
with each passing week?
And I think they're on the way to giving us
a perfect, contemporary Australian country home.
Yes!
You know what, they've grabbed it and they've run with it.
Yes, they have.
And they found their style.
I feel like this is them.
Darren noticed you didn't style any pillows on the bed.
Just decorative cushions.
All heroes and standards and...
I didn't even notice.
I know, right? It's an interesting way to style a bed.
Don't sleep here but it looks good.
Works for me.
But it does. It looks great.
I think they've styled it really beautifully.
I do have pillows on the bed.
Well, he's saying that they're decorative cushions.
No, and the two pillows, sleeping pillows.
Roger that.
OK. Right.
As a guest bedroom, this is a success.
This works really, really well
and it does make me really want to go and have a look at the redo room.
We did our last guest bedroom this week.
So what we're planning on doing is
repainting that wall a different shade of green that's more suited
to the wardrobe and we're just going to re-furnish using our Block box.
On your redo room, and yet another guestroom.
Oh, so much better they said.
Yes!
I love this.
Oh, it's beautiful.
That's a great bed.
They've changed the colour to match the wardrobe.
I hate to say I told you so but I told you so.
Mmm. Did you though?
Yeah, I did.
Did you though? Yeah, I did.
I loved the previous colour.
OK, I love this colour too.
I love all of these shades
but it's not a match with the wardrobes, look.
It's a clash.
It's not a clash!
It is a clash!
It's a different tone.
I don't dislike this but for me,
it's a change not a change for the better.
(GASPS DEEPLY)
Oh, I disagree. Putting it out there.
I adore it.
Shaynna was horrified.
Not at your room but at Neale.
(LAUGHTER)
She thinks this room is now miles better.
They've really got the texture.
The texture from the rug to that rock.
I reckon they've dug that from the yard.
The texture that's on the lamps,
all these different textures that are on the bed.
I feel like it's all changed for the better.
I really do and I feel like it suits the aesthetic
of the rest of the house now.
Darren thinks, from front to back,
you now have a home without a single bum note.
Yes.
Wow.
This whole house has come together in a remarkably marketable way.
Yup.
It's probably one of the most contemporary of the lot.
It's this lovely big broad section of the market
that everybody's going to feel comfortable and at home in.
What all three judges agreed on today
is that your redo room definitely adds value to your home.
Good.
That's it.
Thank you.
Well done, bub.
We couldn't be any happier with all of our rooms.
Yeah.
Win or lose today, we are still so overwhelmed
and so happy with all our rooms that we produced.
(HIGH-ENERGY MUSIC)
OK, house three.
Ankur and Sharon.
This week was outrageous.
I'd say outrageous or insane.
Yeah.
We need to get a budget approved for the week
now going forward because I mismanaged the budget.
Meaning their final guest bedroom
will be built to a certifiable standard.
Basically Gyproc and one light.
You do what normal, ordinary people
like myself outside of here would do, you use what you have.
And also re-purposing stuff.
We are opening our house for inspection
to 100 prospective buyers.
Just a casual hundred.
I can't honestly see it happening.
It's so overwhelming.
Mate, this is a dog's breakfast, seriously.
I can see ten mil humps.
Anks has gone to pick up stuff for the plasterers
that wrecked the living and dining room.
So they need to fix it.
Well, the plastering is much better.
Much better? Awesome.
We are the biggest house.
This is the biggest house.
The biggest house.
They are all ten acres but ours is the biggest.
We're the biggest house on The Block.
House three. 12 votes.
ALL: Ooh.
Even if we got no votes,
and it basically happened
that we did basically get no votes but, yeah.
Still happy with the outcome.
# Do you believe in magic... #
The biggest thing I hope the judges take away
is that we've paid proper attention to the changes they told us to make.
Judging is always full on.
You're so tired, you just want good feedback
so fingers crossed we get it.
# It's like trying to tell a stranger about rock 'n' roll... #
On seeing your room, Neale was certainly struck by the colour...
It's very pink.
Pinkish.
Look, it's nice.
I think it's pretty.
Nice is a dangerous word, Darren.
It was also very deliberately chosen...
..as it's not massively exciting.
If you are a ten-year-old that liked pretty things
then you would like this room.
Shaynna didn't think it was deliberate
to make a child-like room.
I'm looking over there and we've got a jug. We've got those glasses.
We've got the hydrangea. We've got '90s lamps.
I don't think it's deliberate childlike
because 'amour', love with two loveseats,
I think this is their interpretation of an adult room and...
Yikes then.
We saw the perfect mix on house one of how to put pattern together.
This is how not to put pattern together.
This is an adult guestroom but to me, it's way off the mark.
It doesn't feel lux.
To me, the chairs are too big.
Why do you have two chairs sitting there
where you have to brush to walk past
to get around the other side of the bed.
The artwork is the completely wrong artwork for that wallpaper
and what is with that pendant?
But this is probably one of the best painting jobs
that Ankur and Sharon have done.
Gotta find the positive.
The craftsmanship, the workmanship is excellent.
He thinks it's a bloody good effort
but Neale found the room should be restyled.
For goodness sake, guys, get rid
of this little rug which makes it look cheap.
Style this a bit more in a childlike direction
and then you've got a story to tell a family buyer
looking for a luxury home.
I still think it's a really saleable, marketable house.
Yeah.
I think it's got great proportions.
It's in a great location, fantastic views.
Beautiful architecture
so the prospective buyer buying this house,
they could still buy a real estate gem.
Into your big project this week,
the huge task of re-delivering your living and dining space.
Obviously, we were redoing our living and dining space
so when you walk in,
the first thing you see is the amazing stonewall fireplace.
The big change we made...
It was moving the TV from above the fireplace
to the right hand side of the wall.
Then the big VG is a massive 3.6 x 2.4m mirror.
# She said home
# It feels like home when I'm with you
# Home, it feels like home when I'm with you
# Leave it all behind
# Put your hand in mine
# Home. #
Yes!
Wow.
It's a big change there.
Yes!
Wow.
Huh-ray!
I mean, this is...
Was potentially one of the largest
lounge dining spaces in Block history.
Without a doubt.
And when we saw it in the lounge room week, it just didn't work.
None of this worked.
I really didn't like this chandelier before.
Now they anchor the dining and they anchor the lounge room space.
Yeah.
This is so much better than the wallpaper.
I could tell that a mirror would really sing there.
Shaynna does think you've done a massive job of saving this space.
But if you had the option of adding some more styling
before you photograph the house, it will pay further dividends.
I feel the desperation in trying to afford some styling in it
and it's very obvious they've got no money to finish it.
I think there is more styling, yup,
but the rug choice in the lounge room is way better.
The rug choice in the dining is way better.
The location of the dining table is better.
Yes, it is.
The allocation of all of this sofa, that's better.
They have put something on each wall
and yeah, I mean, there could be more.
But as Neale says, with two weeks to go...
They've got to find their damn mojo again.
They've got to get it back.
It's two more weeks.
He really recommends you dig deep
and find the energy to get on
and finish the job as well as you possibly can
or you'll regret it forever.
That's it.
(APPLAUSE)
That judging sucked
after putting in heaps of effort as we usually do.
At the end of the day,
we love it...
That's all it.
..and cannot wait to go home in two weeks.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
House four.
Dyl and Jenny.
This week has been...
Fun.
Exciting.
It was a good week.
Oh, it's Dylan and Jenny.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
The win last night was so good.
Second one in a row.
Oh, my God!
Look at our tree.
I think that's my favourite part about winning.
I love when the trees rock up.
It's like your trophies in your yard.
Redo room was a living room.
The redo room, the judges said it was too country.
Didn't like the layout.
They didn't like the chandelier
so now I'm just going to do it completely our style
and exactly what we wanted to do from the beginning.
The guest bedroom, we're going to do the older teenage kind of room.
Today we just have to make sure we don't stop.
It was just so important for us to get it finished
and for the buyers to see it properly.
The photos look incredible.
They are so good.
What's that smell?
It's a relaxing oil.
Can you smell that?
It's money.
Yeah, I think we finished strong and I'm stoked.
I'm so happy with the redo room
in the guest bedroom.
# I leave all the windows open
# Let the light come through... #
I think we can do a trifecta.
I think we've got it in the bag.
# Sunshine warm and golden morning
# Making all things new
# Where my heart is
# Home, where my love lives... #
Oh, my gosh.
The judges started in your guest bedroom
and Darren's first words were...
Well, that's lovely.
That's sweet.
It is lovely. Yeah.
That's exactly the word.
It's just all about textures, you know.
The fluted panelling on the wall.
You got the beautiful patterning on the side lamps
which are quite sweet
then you've got the waffle on the blanket and the pillows
and you know, the backboard.
Just texturing here is just gorgeous.
How amazing to see a rattan woven bedside
against all of this and it works.
Mmm.
I keep seeing things that I haven't seen before.
It's absolutely beautiful.
That is a very, very contemporary colour palette
but it's also I think a very subtle
and very sophisticated palate, isn't it?
It's gorgeous.
Is this another bedroom that you'd be happy to be taking a bag in?
It is. I would be very happy to put my bag on here.
Yep, definitely.
I'd stay.
The room is very suited to a tween or an adult.
That's what we thought.
The only jarring thing is the artwork.
It's too bright for the room.
It clashes with the palette.
I would have preferred something in a slightly more muted palette.
I'm finding that a bit pink.
That's the only thing that jars for me in this room.
Everything else works beautifully.
House four, Dylan and Jenny's house is feeling very lux,
it's feeling very contemporary country.
It's ticking a lot of boxes. Ticking a lot of boxes for me.
I reckon it's going to tick a lot of boxes for a potential buyer.
Onto your redo room living and dining.
So the redo room.
We are replacing the dining table, chairs.
We have Venetian plaster on the wall.
We are painting it white.
Taking down the chandelier, putting a fan.
Changing the couches, putting some nice chairs and a table.
Yeah, literally redid the whole entire room.
Another big area to tackle this week.
Very different.
Wow.
Very different.
It's totally changed.
It's full contemporary now.
It is.
Wow.
It's not often a redo room completely changes a room
but this is it.
Literally everything has changed.
Yeah.
Great palette.
I love this touch of the sagey,
olivey colours coming from the kitchen through here.
It's exactly the right colours.
It's insane that they can pick exactly this colour over
and over and over again.
This palm tree works really perfectly behind that chair.
Just the size of that sofa, it feels generous.
It feels like a big lounge room for a big expensive luxury country home.
Tick.
Yeah. I mean it's not just the furniture they've changed.
Remember the chandelier? Yes, yes.
You've now got a fan.
Remember the render on the wall
that was like veiny and terracotta
and it just really didn't work.
Are those wall sconces different?
Yes.
This room now works with the rest of the house.
It's not perfect though.
If you're sitting here,
yes, it's a lovely room to look at
but surely that view is a much better outlook?
As nice as it is to shoot that way, you'd want to spin it around.
We were doing that all morning wondering
but we tried and it honestly looked terrible faced the other way.
Yeah. Closed it off too much.
It just closed it off too much.
Neale was however full of praise for what you had achieved this week.
Look, I think they have done an amazing job.
I mean, for a redo room, this is really next level.
To really change everything out is almost unheard of.
Looking at that artwork too, how beautiful is that?
I mean that was coat hooks before, wasn't it?
Yeah.
It definitely does have that transformative effect the redo room
should have because it was all wrong
and now it's all right.
Yeah. It's good.
That's a very good way of putting it.
That's it.
Well done.
House five. Omar and Oz.
PRODUCER: I want a double zero.
Double zero. Double zero.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Redo week. Perfect everything that wasn't done right.
We wanted to do the first guest bedroom.
Powder room. Powder room. Mudroom.
Retreat area. Guest bedroom.
Our redo room is the main bedroom.
We are taking on the criticism on not being a functional bedroom.
So Omar and I have decided to literally
get rid of this study and actually make it into his and her wardrobe.
The only thing that springs to mind in the defect department.
I think we'd definitely be giving it another coat.
It legit had four coats of this.
You need another two.
Met with our RayWhite team.
Come through, mate. Come through.
What a view!
It was a big deal.
We want house five to win.
I like the way you said it, bro.
Boys, I have noticed some large bills
coming in this week and it's going to get a little bit dire.
What's like OK?
Why has it come to this?
We finished everything and we actually took on a lot more
than what we were asked.
Yes, hopefully they see all those rooms
while they walk up that hallway.
This week, we've given them exactly what they want
and we are both very, very happy.
('SWAY MY WAY' BY R3HAB AND AMY SHARK PLAYS)
# So bored, a little insecure
# So tired of faking every laugh
# And having conversations that were empty
# When unexpectedly
# I met your eyes across the room... #
Ooh. Bright.
The judges really like the colour palette
in your guest bedroom this week
and it's certainly a colour palette that suits the rest of the house.
It's got that sort of Danish, Japanese...
Japanese ski lodge.
Yeah, yeah.
You've got a lot of Japanese stuff going on in there, haven't you?
From your footie days.
I don't know what's going on but, yeah.
(LAUGHTER)
Nothing to do with Japanese ski lodge?
I don't know about a ski lodge.
Neale thinks that it's very fresh and very contemporary.
It's a really nice combination of colours and textures and finishes.
I love that artwork.
I love the blue in it and I love the way it picks up on this fabric
which, Darren, this is very Japanese too.
It's...
When these boys are good, they are really good.
But Darren said, the styling seems to have stopped at the bookshelves.
And then you get that.
Which I don't know...
..where the finesse of all this stopped there.
I have to say, I totally agree with the aesthetic on this.
It's beautiful.
I'm loving the contrast of the concrete render
on the wall with beautiful soft cottons and...
Wallpaper. Is that wallpaper?
Yes. Oh.
Thank God they finally thought of their budget
because they can't afford someone to render that.
I feel good about that.
She also feels the room is a bit full of furniture.
I just do the klutz factor every time I walk into a bedroom
so if you're coming from the door,
it's a tight part here so to get to these drawers...
Yeah.
How awkward is that?
Darren feels the room is very well designed, architecturally.
It's just design tick after design tick after design tick.
It's just that they've got maybe
one or two things too many in terms of cluttering up this floor plan.
This work doesn't feel as though they are running out of steam
and it doesn't feel as though they're running out of energy
and creativity either.
Yeah.
Well, you know what's great about that is that they had that
very, very cluttered master bedroom that we just wanted them to redo.
That couldn't be more different to this vibe. Let's go and have a look.
Our redo room is the main bedroom.
Initially, we put a little study nook there
with some shelves and stuff.
The judges wanted us to change the nook.
Get extra storage.
More wardrobe space. That's pretty much exactly what we did.
Also, they wanted a king-size bed and we did that as well.
# It's taking me higher
# Higher, higher off the ground
# It's taking me higher
# Higher, higher off the ground
# It's taking me higher... #
Oh, it's so much fresher.
Wow.
The differences are so subtle and yet so massive.
The feeling of a queen-size bed
versus the feeling of a king-size bed in a main suite
is such a big difference.
As Neale said, there is now a shared DNA
between this master bedroom and two other bedrooms in your home.
Isn't it funny, I just stood in that guest bedroom
just literally a few minutes ago
and said that this room,
as I remembered it and that new room couldn't be further apart.
Actually, they are now very similar.
Yeah.
Because they do have the same aesthetic.
They have the same palette.
There is shared DNA now which is very clever.
Yeah, they're not siblings - they're cousins.
Yes.
I love it.
I love the fact that we can look over here
and see more storage but it doesn't go straight away,
oh, it's a wardrobe.
It just feels open and spacious.
They then went into the new wardrobe area
and thought it was a much more functional space.
This is a good little wardrobe area.
A little bench seat to put your shoes on.
Standing in here, I still feel hemmed in by these.
What I would have preferred to do
is to have kept that beautiful detail there,
lost these.
Maybe found a purpose for them somewhere.
Can I just test something for my own peace of mind?
Sure.
Because, look...
Open the drawer.
Ugh.
I would if I could.
But I can't.
Yup.
So OK... All right.
Quite apart from the aesthetic considerations of removing this...
Oh, God.
There is a functional necessity to remove them.
Did you know about that?
You can't open any of the drawers
or the trouser rail
because the doors hit the fretwork and hinder the wardrobes.
A major functional issue sadly.
But they have put right a lot of wrongs
this week but they've just got one more wrong to fix.
But credit where it's due, they said,
you have kicked a lot of goals this week
and done wonders for the presentation,
and functionality of your home.
That's it.
Thanks, mate.
Smile, babe.
Just keep on a smile.
(CHILLED OUT MUSIC)
(APPLAUSE)
Rightio, scores.
OK, Darren Palmer.
Tom and Sarah Jane...
It feels like country, feels like home.
It feels like all the things you want
this big, expensive house to feel.
(MOUTHS)
Rachel and Ryan...
Do a one. Do a one.
From front to back, from room to room,
I don't feel like there's a bum note any more.
I think this whole house has come together
in a remarkably marketable way.
(WHISPERING) You're going to have to use that gnome.
I don't care.
Ankur and Sharon...
If you were a ten-year-old that liked pretty things,
then you would like this room.
This isn't perfect
but, by God, is it not much, much better than it was?
Dylan and Jen...
This feels like a massive, expensive country home
because it was all wrong and now it's all right.
A nine.
Omar and Oz...
This presents the way this big luxury house needs to present.
Pretty high scores.
OK, Shaynna Blaze.
Tom and Sarah Jane...
Everything that Sarah Jane and Tom have done
is something that has not been manufactured.
It's come from the heart.
My girl.
Rachel and Ryan...
I feel like this is them.
They're not trying to be something they're not.
I feel like it's all change for the better.
I really do and I feel like it suits
the aesthetic of the rest of the house now.
Ooh.
Ankur and Sharon...
I feel the desperation in trying to afford some styling
and it and it's very obvious
they've run out of money and unfortunately it shows.
Dylan and Jen...
It feels luxurious and spacious.
Really is...
..a whole different look and feel, isn't it?
No hat-trick this week.
Omar and Oz...
It's so much fresher.
Wow.
OK.
Now...
Scores are tight at the moment.
You guys have got the gnome in play sitting right there.
What would you like to do?
We are saving him. Yeah.
If we lose by half a point, we lose by half a point.
Are you saving the gnome for something special?
We're saving the gnome. Yup.
Yeah, saving the gnome.
Would my garage over here have something to do with that?
Probably.
Mmm. OK, see you in a bit.
(WHISPERING) Big mistake.
(LAUGHTER)
Here we go. Sarah Jane and Tom...
How clever are they at keeping the rooms different but connected?
Tom and Sarah Jane are inventing the Australian country house look.
Rachel and Ryan...
They were the late starters.
They were the late entrants
but my goodness, they've picked up their act.
Ankur and Sharon...
This has been done on a tight budget and unfortunately, it shows.
They've got to find their damn mojo again.
They got to get it back.
It's two more weeks.
Dylan and Jenny...
This has the stamp of quality and luxury about it.
I think it's actually taken this entire house to a whole new level.
It's pretty, damn good.
And Omar and Oz...
It is amazing the changes are subtle
and simple but they punch well above their weight.
OK, totals.
All right, here we go. Here we go. Here we go.
OK, the winner of week ten of Block Tree Change,
taking out 10,000 bucks from Ford is...
Here we go.
The first.
It's a tie.
Yes!
(APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I'm really stoked with that. I'm cool.
Yeah, I'm happy with that.
It doesn't bother me that we didn't play the gnome.
If we'd played the gnome, we won. Cool.
Only I would have got an extra five grand.
Not bothered in the scheme of things.
That's nothing compared to a possible $80,000 wild track.
Congratulations houses one and two.
I can split this so I'm going to throw it in the middle
so you can catch it.
Rache said I could have her half.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Put it in your pocket! Let's go.
That's it. Pocket it.
Can I have this and you have the tree?
No. We want the tree.
I cannot split the tree
that's coming first thing tomorrow morning from Ford
so you'll have to toss a coin to see who gets the mature tree.
OK, onto next week.
It's easy.
We are heading out to our Stratco sheds.
You're going to move out to those beautiful shed spaces
to complete your work from home space.
And the shed itself.
Now your budget.
Big.
Make it rain, baby.
Big.
OZ: 50k!
I think the budget is very healthy.
What is it?
From SunCorp.
It's 25 grand.
Come on.
That's fantastic, isn't it?
Just for the work from home?
$25,000 budget for the week.
It's going to be fantastic.
We are going to have a great time.
Good luck, everybody. Two weeks to go. You beauty.
(APPLAUSE)
25k should get the plaster.
Yeah!
Bloody hell.
Dig in deeper, Scotty, mate.
Come on.
25 grand is not enough.
The house is too big.
We go tomorrow into this working from home space
without a roof on our shed.
SCOTT: The biggest structures ever tackled on The Block.
VOICEOVER: The greatest aussie sheds of all time...
(LAUGHTER)
WOMAN: How are you guys affording everything you're doing?
It's shedageddon.
OZ: We are sacrificing more than you guys...
WOMAN: Hang on, woah, woah, woah.
We work as hard as you guys do.
WOMAN: No, but you don't, though.
Block heads fire up.
DAN: There's thousands of people who would love to be
in your position right now.
And I bet there isn't a thousand people
that want to walk away with zero dollars.
And no one is safe.
WOMAN: There's going to be an all in brawl in a minute.