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The Block Season 21 Episode 1
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00:00:00Welcome to our 21st season of The Block, and our 951st episode.
00:00:15This year we're heading 114 kilometres northwest of Melbourne, into the foothills of the Great
00:00:21Dividing Range of Victoria, to the idyllic country town of Dalesford.
00:00:26This vibrant town is the cultural heart of country Victoria, it's known for its show-stopping
00:00:33gardens, endless galleries, award-winning restaurants, and festivals, especially the
00:00:39annual Chill Out Festival.
00:00:44Dalesford is also the wellness capital of Victoria.
00:00:49Hepburn Springs is home to Australia's largest concentration of mineral springs.
00:00:54Since the 1860s, locals and tourists have been flocking to the area and taking the waters.
00:01:02It's the ultimate destination for rest, rejuvenation, and relaxation.
00:01:10The main hub of Dalesford is just a two-minute drive from this year's block site.
00:01:15And for the first time ever, the whole block is a brand new build.
00:01:23So the team from 9 and 6 and Truecore Steel have been busy getting the site ready.
00:01:28To keep the site safe, the block is surrounded by modular walls.
00:01:36All five houses sit on 2,000 square metres, which is four times the size of your average Aussie home.
00:01:43And each house is exactly the same size at 346 square metres, making it big, really big.
00:01:51And for the first time, all five houses have identical floor plans, down to the millimetre.
00:01:58There's four bedrooms, three bathrooms, open plan living, kitchen area, rumpus, alfresco terrace, garage and a shed situated in exactly the same spot on all of the floor plans.
00:02:11Which means every decision that's made could be a winning or losing decision.
00:02:15So, unlike other years, our teams are under more pressure than ever.
00:02:20It's simple, really.
00:02:21All our blockheads have to do is deliver amazing rooms every week.
00:02:26Every day's a challenge.
00:02:27Got to rip up our whole floor.
00:02:28Probably not going to finish, though.
00:02:30Just really wanted to get it done.
00:02:31This is one thing after the other.
00:02:33Take all the tiles off.
00:02:35Yep.
00:02:35It puts it into perspective that, you know, we might not deliver a room.
00:02:40You can't afford to not finish another room.
00:02:41OK, maybe not that simple.
00:02:44Welcome back to the block.
00:02:47Welcome to chaos.
00:02:49You're trying to get a million things done really quickly.
00:02:53First rule of chopping, no showing off.
00:02:56Why is that so hot?
00:02:57Nah, that's ridiculous.
00:02:59Imagine being with your partner for this long.
00:03:01How's the relationship?
00:03:02F***.
00:03:03That's how it is today.
00:03:05You've done at your own risk, everyone.
00:03:07So now I've lost trust here.
00:03:08I feel like I just got torn off by my parents.
00:03:11Babe, I'm really annoyed at you.
00:03:14I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
00:03:18Oh.
00:03:20Challenges are bigger.
00:03:22Do you understand that, Taz?
00:03:24Let's pickle.
00:03:25Pickle time.
00:03:26And bolder than ever.
00:03:28This year, the block is the happiest place on earth.
00:03:36We're all going to have some good times on this show.
00:03:38She literally came on the block pregnant.
00:03:40They have been busy.
00:03:42We're also going to have some pretty bad times on this show.
00:03:46Game over.
00:03:47Here's your block drummer.
00:03:48If you wanted to be greedy, you'd go be greedy and do exactly that.
00:03:53But are you calling us greedy?
00:03:54Can is on.
00:03:56The lights are on there.
00:03:57Can?
00:03:57No lights.
00:03:58Turn your lights on, idiot.
00:04:00If someone accused me of doing something I didn't do, I would fight to the death to prove that I was innocent.
00:04:05We're trying to play an honest, good game.
00:04:08But now we're playing hard.
00:04:11Spicy.
00:04:14I've been nothing but your mates the entire time.
00:04:17Don't you dare, and I will not allow you, to throw me under the bus that I've been a nasty b***h.
00:04:22Because I've done nothing but take care of you, and he's done nothing but take care of you.
00:04:26Because I will not cop that.
00:04:27I think this is going to be a really nice series.
00:04:32All these houses are the same.
00:04:34What does separate us?
00:04:35No one's going to want us at all.
00:04:36Someone else doing one.
00:04:38No!
00:04:39Oh, that'd be annoying.
00:04:40Who cares?
00:04:40Yeah.
00:04:43I feel as though also, by the way, that I'm sitting with the winners of the block as well.
00:04:51Game on, moles.
00:04:53Game on, mole.
00:04:56Game on, indeed.
00:04:57Oh, my gosh.
00:05:02Look at that.
00:05:03Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:05:05With every home being exactly the same size, with exactly the same floor plan, the details
00:05:11have never been so important.
00:05:13I'm besotted.
00:05:16With dizzying highs.
00:05:17This is what's bringing the buyer in.
00:05:19This is where the money goes.
00:05:20Oh, my God.
00:05:26How's that happened?
00:05:27What has happened?
00:05:28I think Shana hates me.
00:05:29And some of the biggest botches ever.
00:05:32I don't believe this is what the Dalesford market is really going to respond to.
00:05:36Oh, I hate it.
00:05:42Like, I'm great at selling.
00:05:47And not even I can sell this room.
00:05:50Oh, that's brutal.
00:05:51But in the end, it all comes down to the buyer on auction day.
00:05:55Solve, solve.
00:05:56You just won the bloody block.
00:05:58Welcome to the block 2025.
00:06:00Grab.
00:06:01Grab.
00:06:02Strap on and buckle up.
00:06:05The happiest block on earth.
00:06:07Are we doing anything crazy this week?
00:06:10No!
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00:06:16So, how's the process been for you both?
00:06:36Yeah, good.
00:06:37Excited to hear how we went with everything and where we are in the process, I guess.
00:06:42Well, you're up to the next phase, which is packing your bags.
00:06:46You're coming to the block.
00:06:51No!
00:06:52No, no!
00:06:55I can't do it!
00:07:01I'm Em.
00:07:02I am 32.
00:07:03And I'm Ben.
00:07:04I'm 32 also.
00:07:05Oh, no, no, not down the hill!
00:07:06We've known each other for 20 years.
00:07:08And been together for...
00:07:1013.
00:07:1215.
00:07:13we met in high school in year seven in the locker bays actually we weren't dating then but I was
00:07:24keen on him I was playing a bit too cool bit hard to get and then we got together after year 12 and
00:07:32been together ever since we got married nearly three years ago now down at a beautiful national
00:07:43park on the Mornington Peninsula we had perfect weather it was perfect it just turned into a big
00:07:49party we're just like best mates yeah close to getting the age where we're looking to start
00:07:57families and and all that so I'm a small business owner but I'm also a high school teacher and I
00:08:04teach woodwork and textiles all right so this is our first trip I'm also a pole dance instructor
00:08:12which is the best job in the world I've represented Victoria in Miss pole dance Australia but I've
00:08:20also placed in the Victorian pole champ I love being on stage and dancing and creating a show
00:08:26teaching pole everyone starts from the same level and they move up together and I just teach women
00:08:34how to love themselves oh well done guys and their body Ben speaking I'm a civil engineer Windows new
00:08:46design engineering for small houses all the way up to smaller commercial three-story buildings we love
00:08:54renovating we've definitely been training for the block and we've applied for the block for seven years yeah
00:09:00keep it our fingers and toes crossed that this is the year this was our lucky year
00:09:09how quickly life can go from one thing to another and zero to a thousand quickly
00:09:25all right so pitch roof flat roof pitch roof flat roof pitch roof oh my god that's cool
00:09:42I think I'm gonna cry don't cry yeah oh my gosh look at me let's go
00:09:47oh my goodness they're so big they are massive
00:09:57g'day boys now I know I told you that we wouldn't have an answer for a few more days
00:10:11but stop it you're coming to the block
00:10:14I'm Matt Johnson I'm from Adelaide I'm 40 years old and I'm a hairdresser
00:10:37I'm Robbie I'm 36 years old I'm from Adelaide and I'm a barber
00:10:43we're the hairy boys except I'm smooth like a dolphin
00:10:47having a gay best mate is the best thing in the world
00:10:55and we've been best mates for gosh 15 maybe years yeah 15 plus easy
00:11:01Matt and I actually met through the hair industry yeah Rob came to me to get his hair cut then the next
00:11:10weekend invited me out jet skiing I brought some rock melon with like prosciutto and stuff wrapped
00:11:14around it and he's like the gay staying I have a partner Alyssa and a baby called Brooks who's five
00:11:25months old and he is just the light of my world he's the most cutest little thing and every day
00:11:32he changes and me not being around him for this huge time it's gonna be the toughest toughest part
00:11:38of this whole journey for me technology we have these days I should be able to face I mean when I need
00:11:42to yeah I'm gonna come with me I was very lucky they called me as soon as Brooks was born and to see
00:11:53you as a father to see how proud you were of Alyssa incredible it softened you a little bit
00:11:59you know I've never heard so many nice things to come out of your mouth it's never heard so
00:12:03many nice things come out of your mouth I've been dating Rob for three years so I've been dating Matt
00:12:08for three years yeah I was born in Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory my parents moved to Adelaide
00:12:16when I was quite young my mom left my dad for my dad's best friend's wife when I was like 13 or 14
00:12:25and they're still together to this day they've been together for like nearly 30 years and here we are
00:12:31I got into figure skating when I was about 13 I traveled the world doing Aladdin on ice I was a
00:12:44Prince in Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella on ice ice dancing isn't a sport mate off mate
00:12:53in total I won five Australian figure skating championships
00:12:56high school was probably the toughest time for my life because I was a bigger skating gay boy at a
00:13:05private Catholic school with lesbians for parents so it wasn't easy in the late 90s I'll put it that way
00:13:12so my soccer career was pretty full-on I played since I was three I was at the highest level you could play
00:13:24under a league in South Australia probably training four to five times a week game Saturday recovery
00:13:29Sunday it's pretty full-on schedule for the 19 years of my life and I finished up in end of 2023 and now
00:13:36life after football has begun oh this is we're just going on the block you know just the biggest TV show
00:13:41in Australia Rob's been asking me to do this for 10 years and I've been saying no for 10 years then
00:13:45this year I was like come on let's get it I said just let's apply once and if we don't get in
00:13:51then I'll drop it and here we are oh my god holy they're building roads it's a new build I thought
00:14:06it was a reno I thought this is a reno show you told me we were renoing so FYI to people playing at
00:14:13home I haven't watched the show before I've watched a couple of episodes I know blasphemy there's going
00:14:17to be hate coming on the line from this oh what have we got ourselves into what have you got us
00:14:22into this isn't a me thing you have done this there was one car in front of us and so we drove up
00:14:28really slowly to it heart behind tall red hair short red hair big red and little red is your hair all
00:14:47it is oh congratulations it's amazing well done yeah have you done reno's before look oh define
00:14:57reno um we've sold a paintbrush yeah yeah oh no they mean business like they are here for a reason
00:15:05and they know what they want where we're here for like you know life skills and good times and having a
00:15:11nice day I'm just kidding we're here to win so buckle up bitches we're on
00:15:18it's murder on the dance floor
00:15:30now Sonia and Leesha oh look I'm just calling to say congratulations because you're coming to the block
00:15:39oh my god
00:15:42it's crazy oh that's so sparker
00:15:45are you trying to kill six times in the crowd
00:15:47Lee she's one of the most loyal people I know she's a great friend to many a great wife an awesome mum
00:15:56our eldest is Aria and our middle child is Boston and I'm going to cry and our youngest is Koha he's eight
00:16:05our mornings start pretty early I get the kids up I make them breakfast then we pack school bags lunches feed
00:16:16the dogs and I make sure that yeah the dishes are all done before we go
00:16:19quick jump them in hurry up I'm Alicia I'm 41 I'm a practice manager in a dental clinic
00:16:27I'm Sonny I'm 44 I'm a plumber
00:16:30we live our life for our kids yeah
00:16:34they're at school all day Leesh works
00:16:36I work I either get to sport in the afternoon or Leesh gets to sport in the afternoon
00:16:41some days we're getting back here at 6.30 quarter to 7 at night sneak some homework in
00:16:46then it's dinner time rinse and repeat when the kids were young Leesh I wasn't
00:16:52working she wasn't working because we you know we had three kids within three
00:16:55and a half years and our sort of thing was we want to have kids to raise kids
00:17:00not to fob them off but it sort of made it a challenge at times and someone
00:17:04didn't pay us we'd lost a bit of money there and like we were literally beans
00:17:08and rice beans and rice we would make sure that the kids could eat and had what
00:17:12they had and yeah and then we just fought through and come back out the other side
00:17:15you know I described Sonny as a very loving husband and father he's hard
00:17:23working supportive encouraging however I married a plumber thinking that you know
00:17:29I'd never have to have a cold shower or have a leaking toilet but the chef
00:17:33doesn't cook at home apparently so I guess we've actually got a leaking toilet
00:17:37we have a leaking toilet at the moment if you guys have noticed
00:17:39are you scared for us I just hope you don't embarrass me too
00:17:45we'll try our hardest not to we try and lead by example that's that's what we're
00:17:50doing this for that's why we're you know want to have a crack we're doing this for
00:17:54them I know it's a long time away but that'll be the hardest thing for them and
00:17:59us and look everyone's had a few tears here at home before we're going I just
00:18:04love them so much because now I'm gonna try I hope that when we come home that
00:18:10they just tell us that we did a good job and they're proud of us really I
00:18:13actually think that you guys could have a chance thanks thanks holy dooly we are
00:18:20here ready to roll yeah gone from watching the show with the kids at home to
00:18:26yeah now being here and it's happening like this is everything that we wished
00:18:29for it's unbelievable oh my god a good got this oh my gosh hello how are you my gosh
00:18:45new friends yeah I did notice that we were starting to look like we were the
00:18:59old couple of the block we might be the old couple of the block so we might look old but we we can
00:19:05keep up with the young ones all right which house do you shotgun yeah what do you guys reckon i'm on
00:19:09either end i think so we'll fight you for it he's got nothing don't worry don't fight her for it
00:19:30g'day girls now i know this has been quite an extensive process
00:19:34so i'm just going to get to the point we want you on the block
00:19:50i'm han i'm 29 i grew up in manchester in the uk until i was nine years old i lived in perth
00:19:57and this is my partner can i am 30 also from perth hannah and i actually met a year ago on hinge
00:20:04the dating app she absolutely blew me away and we ended up at a lovely wine bar talking until 3am
00:20:11about all our shared interests our love of dogs cooking wine and we have pretty much been inseparable
00:20:19ever since that first date so i'm a geologist by trade i've worked in some remote places spent
00:20:26many years in the pilgrim long hours doing shift work and then moved corporate more mining
00:20:32professional now i work in marketing communications i started out in fashion and then i went into music
00:20:39and festivals and events and now i work corporate as a digital marketing analyst
00:20:45pan is perfect balance for me sometimes i can get in my head a lot i'm like very fast-paced i like to just
00:20:51do a lot pan loves adrenaline full throttle all in i like balance and harmony
00:21:08yeah she does and she's always there to provide a laugh and light in the mood pan really helps me
00:21:13like figure out what's actually important and what's not we both grew up with our dads telling us
00:21:19anything the boys can do you can do growing up my dad always liked to make me feel the most capable i
00:21:25could whether it is breaking down on the side of the highway and having to change my tire in six inch
00:21:31stilettos i can do that my dad has his own sand and soils landscape supply business and so he had me on
00:21:38the tools from a young age dad's taught me how to bricklay do garden beds laying lawns caring for plants i'm a
00:21:44huge plant girly good job my dad had a renovation business sorry i've been on the job site for as long
00:21:54as i can remember external levels we have that bluetooth connection it's kind of like we don't
00:21:59have to speak when we work together we just know i remember it's like seven years old and he'd be like
00:22:04go and like rip that bathroom out and i'd go and do it and feel the skip he's taught me everything
00:22:10just down there just put that on the pad
00:22:14anything we really put our mind to that we want to do we can do it
00:22:19oh my goodness oh my god oh my gosh wow they're girls double girls they're double girls
00:22:31hello hello the glamazon's are in town look out hey twins
00:22:38we have the girls in perth great personality yep they got out and we were like i reckon they're
00:22:51sisters how do you know each other what's the dynamic one guess mate i mean we were holding hands
00:22:57quite intimate no we're girlfriends yes go the gays they're a good looking couple you're not the
00:23:07only gay in the village mate mate where are you guys from we're from vic adelaide adelaide and
00:23:14queensland yeah yeah so we're just waiting on new south wales now so how's everything going over there
00:23:28guys well it's about to get a lot cooler for you guys because you're coming to the block
00:23:38congratulations thank you so much oh my god oh don't cry you don't let her cry yet
00:23:53newman is about 1200 k's from perth and it's about six hours inland from any closest beach so
00:24:00literally quite smack bang in the middle it's the middle of the desert there's not much around it just
00:24:05a smack bang in the lots of red dirt a lot of red dirt yeah ready for school no no no we're both
00:24:14police officers here so we came here to learn more and to be within the community to challenge
00:24:19ourselves and sort of set our young family up as well
00:24:22it likes to remind her that yeah that she's the boss so yeah so i outrank him 46 degrees
00:24:34yet newman so if anyone's running from us here you're chasing that's your job so i'm a first class
00:24:43constable so you get that i've done five years in the job i'm just a measly corny
00:24:48i was born in water down in perth so i grew up on a couple of acres had some horses just always
00:24:56spending a time outside running around a little bit of a bush kid
00:25:08i've always wanted to be a police officer i'm the sort of person i get bored doing the same thing day
00:25:12and day out so for me it's only natural policing every day is so different the hazardous challenges
00:25:18being in the middle of nowhere there might just be two of you and there's no backup
00:25:25that's right we've got some critical relationships especially the fact the elders up here
00:25:30there's always has to take us to the shops which we love doing because she sings the songs in the back
00:25:35in the car every time and the kids oh my god the kids up here are just beautiful
00:25:50community here don't mind police they actually they actually quite like us we've got good
00:25:54relationships with the community here
00:25:58i'm an indigenous man my people are durable durable we're from the south east of new south
00:26:03wales and the woollongong regions it definitely helps being like an indigenous cop i work with
00:26:08indigenous people for the local community to see an indigenous person wearing the uniform
00:26:18i've been wanting to be a cop since like before i can remember
00:26:21my dad was a cop he was a new south wales police officer for 16 years and my mom worked in child
00:26:27protection so to see them go to work and do what they did i always wanted to sort of follow in
00:26:33the same sort of lines as them i come over to wa to place an afl at a semi-professional level over
00:26:40in perth for the deans and then i met brit so i don't love this story but yes we did we did meet on
00:26:47tinder so here's me scrolling on tinder and then came across this guy's photo and i like it stopped
00:26:53me in my tracks and not for the reason you may think i was like this guy i think he is his photo
00:27:01beautiful usain bolt pose in the water and i was like then i looked through the rest of those oh
00:27:08actually he's all right maybe i'll swipe right to him
00:27:13was it love at first sight it was yeah yeah it sounds so cool it does it sounds awful but it was
00:27:19i would have proposed after five days but brit sort of goes look you've got five years i won't hang
00:27:26around too long propose in five years otherwise you know we might i said yeah no worries so i waited
00:27:32five years and a couple days just to just to see you as well had the kid at the house had everything
00:27:38sorted i was like i was like where's the ring we got married during covert had to cancel it a few times
00:27:45no family no friends could get over so you just end up eloping yep very small very intricate but
00:27:51beautiful exactly what we wanted
00:28:00leaving the kids will be our biggest challenge they're so young that they sort of understand
00:28:05but don't understand so that'll be the toughest part for us
00:28:08for us to be on the block is literally a once-in-a-lifetime experience like it's
00:28:14it's incredible bye mom and dad bye bye bye have fun on the block have fun on the block thank you
00:28:30oh my god oh my gosh literally crazy to think that what two weeks ago we were living our normal
00:28:46lives in the desert in newman and now we're in daleswood on the block yep insane the house is
00:28:52massive this is amazing driving down the driveway and we saw all these mgs that's when we realized
00:29:01we were the last ones there and oh my god your stomach just dropped well this is a bit unreal of
00:29:06course for our last town it blew me away i was meeting everyone no one was a tradie except for sunny
00:29:15i was just blown away that everyone was like i'm you know geologist or i'm a i'm a barber so that made me
00:29:21feel a bit better because i was pretty nervous about not penetrating on this show how's it britney
00:29:25as soon as britney rocked up we've just gone we looked at each other like and we're like it's britney
00:29:43that's when i got like shivers i was like holy we're on the block scotty cam's here frankie the
00:29:57dog's running around my name is scott cam this is frankie cam and we are very pleased to meet you all
00:30:05i thought i'd introduce myself because old mate here says he's never watched the show
00:30:13until today i thought scott and cam were two different people so um that's not a good start for
00:30:19you i am really excited about this series one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country
00:30:29with a wonderful local community as well the perfect setting for season 21 of the block
00:30:38now as you can see there is a lot of work to do before we start renovating i thought frankie and i
00:30:45would take you on a tour good enthusiasm i like it let's go follow me come on frankie
00:30:52first stop on the tour is our very own block shopping village
00:31:04how about that guess who's come on board to take care of all your hardware needs
00:31:14yes the team from bunnings have set up a whole container filled with your day-to-day stuff that
00:31:19you're going to need and they have put in a full nursery so you can get started on your garden
00:31:25straight off the bat you guys are going to be doing this block in style let me tell you because
00:31:29i've got a lot of surprises for you including a full chemist warehouse yeah i didn't pack any
00:31:36moisturiser so i was very excited actually a bit dry we've got a block shop that you can go in and
00:31:45look at stuff and as of tomorrow your very own mccaffer how fantastic is that okay the next thing
00:31:55on the tour we're going to check out the campsite you guys are camping for three months
00:32:02do you want to go and check it out yes as every house is a brand new build our teams are not allowed
00:32:09to sleep on the job site so to ensure a good night's sleep at the end of a long day we're supplying some
00:32:17luxury accommodation
00:32:27so we we ran the corner out of the village and go over the bridge and then what do we see well as you
00:32:34can see i have improved on the tents yes you have scotty yeah you guys will be living in these
00:32:41magnificent caravans they're titanium caravans they are the ducks nuts of caravans they are
00:32:50magnificently appointed they're beautiful so you can go and check them all out every single one of them
00:32:56except that one one with the yellow star that's mine go and have a look they're beautiful oh i
00:33:02noticed yours is a bit bigger scotty it is it's the best one oh my god it's nicer than our house
00:33:12look at it oh okay sold we will have one we're big campers as well but usually it's just a swag on
00:33:20the floor in the middle of the desert so all right scotty we'll live here no worries oh my gosh look at
00:33:25it you live in this for three months i could definitely do eight months i think it goes up
00:33:29oh no it goes oh yeah cool just living in the little house well it's glamping isn't it yeah i
00:33:35think they're happy is there a shitter yep can you not sit in here please
00:33:43i was worried about everyone going to the toilet and because who's going to empty it like it doesn't
00:33:48worry me but there's some people i'm thinking i don't think they're going to want empty their toilet
00:33:53ben's going to be the one empty in the toilet tank it's a it's a boy's job it's not for me it's not my
00:33:59vibe we will not be shitting in said toilet why it'll be like the dungeon of stench
00:34:09all righty gang come on we've got one more stop on the magical tour and i've saved the best stop on
00:34:19the tour for last
00:34:22this is where you'll be spending the next 12 weeks every sunday night in my brand new shiny stratco built
00:34:30hq i'm calling it scotty sawmill i'll tell you all about that later now take in these magnificent
00:34:38homes here with a brand new shiny mg parked out the front our architect julian brenchley has excelled
00:34:45they are magnificent this is what you are going to be building wow
00:34:53of the five houses this year two have a flat roof
00:34:56and three have a gable roof
00:35:07straight away ben decided he wanted house one it was the only one on stumps all the other ones um
00:35:14on slabs of concrete top of the court highest elevation with the best view he just ticked all
00:35:19the boxes yeah you know immediately our eyes are picking out like right which one do we still like
00:35:24five and and which one would we pick after that because we're thinking three became an option
00:35:31very quickly we knew which ones we gravitated to we gravitated to one in particular which was house
00:35:39number five straight away i knew what house i wanted it just goes with our theme of modern organic
00:35:45luxury from the outside so it's that continuation inside out house three we didn't know how we're
00:35:51going to get it but yeah once we are walked in there we were like that's what we want now i don't
00:35:57need to remind you that this is a real estate competition and after 12 short weeks of renovating
00:36:03your houses are going to go up for auction you'll keep any profits you make above reserve the team that
00:36:08makes the most above reserve will get a hundred thousand dollars in prize money and be champions of the
00:36:15block so choosing the house that you are going to renovate is probably the most critical decision
00:36:24you're ever gonna make our game plans to do whatever we got to do to get the house we want we want one
00:36:29three or five and if we have to take the flat roof houses no it's not an option we're taking one three or
00:36:38five now it turns out that you guys have turned up to dalesford on a very special day today is the
00:36:45annual chill out festival the longest running pride event in regional australia the whole town is
00:36:52putting on a parade just for you well not quite but you are going to be front and center in today's
00:37:02parade thanks to mg and that is how we're going to decide which house you get to renovate you will have
00:37:10two hours to design and build a float for the parade you're going to be making a super deluxe pride
00:37:21float that you're going to be in like a mini mardi gras in the country we need to do the lesbians proud
00:37:28and make this like super big and and amazing so yeah pressure was on
00:37:33we had discussed before we attended let's just hope it's not an artistic challenge yeah we're not
00:37:41the most artistic people so and what did you get an artistic challenge
00:37:49come on don't stop guys
00:37:51as difficult as it was we are going to give it to
00:38:11okay you have got two hours to build your flight and then you will be driven down the main street
00:38:18behind your shiny new mg's our fantastic auto partner in this series now there is a lot
00:38:26at stake today as you can see good luck your time starts now go
00:38:31game on miles go go don't be polite go get it get it get it reload sunny reload
00:38:51and then we can tie these we've got to give it a bit of an angle into here like that yeah okay yeah
00:38:56Yeah.
00:38:57Got it.
00:38:58Now boys, I love your enthusiasm with your first little project.
00:39:01Yes.
00:39:02Fantastic.
00:39:03I do like this idea, but I feel as though the hammer should be at the top.
00:39:08You can still do the thing at the bottom.
00:39:10Now boys, just letting you know that this is a family show.
00:39:14My mum watches the show too.
00:39:16What's your mum's name?
00:39:17Gay.
00:39:18Gay.
00:39:19Gay?
00:39:20Gay Cam.
00:39:21Gay Cam.
00:39:22Fitting.
00:39:26Straighten her up.
00:39:27Is that the centre?
00:39:28Yeah.
00:39:29Use these holes here.
00:39:30So we drilled holes in wood.
00:39:32Put the zip ties through the holes and zip tied the wood to the wood.
00:39:35And then we zip tied the wood to the wood to the cage of the trailer.
00:39:38We had spray paint.
00:39:40A couple of disco balls and a hammer.
00:39:42And some cacti as well.
00:39:43Spray painted them gold.
00:39:44Lots of little flags and just started zip tying them on.
00:39:47We got a bit lost there for a sec.
00:39:49And somehow a theme happened, so we just went with the whole rainbow pride thing.
00:39:54What?
00:39:56Are you taking that?
00:39:57Sorry, sorry.
00:39:58Are you nicking this sign?
00:39:59We're nicking this sign.
00:40:00Brilliant.
00:40:01What a statement piece for the front of the team.
00:40:02It's a ripper.
00:40:03Well done.
00:40:04Let's go.
00:40:05Got it.
00:40:06Alright.
00:40:07Brilliant.
00:40:08Knocked off the block sign.
00:40:09Having a bit of fun and then we're like, let's get a plan together.
00:40:12Let's get a theme.
00:40:14Let's start.
00:40:15I sort of took over.
00:40:16I know Brit's going to design a house, but I was like, I can design a pretty prideful
00:40:21flight.
00:40:22I just said, well, this is the theme.
00:40:24We'll get the horses on.
00:40:25We'll get the cactus on.
00:40:26We'll get the desert theme.
00:40:27Yeah.
00:40:28It was amazing.
00:40:29And you know it.
00:40:30Yeah, you know it.
00:40:31This is looking fantastic too, by the way.
00:40:34We've got some big objects that kind of set the theme of our float.
00:40:37We centered it around, I guess, the front hero piece, which was a crown.
00:40:41Yeah.
00:40:42With some love hearts.
00:40:43Disco balls on top of it.
00:40:44And we went, oh, we're going to go with disco rainbow.
00:40:47And then eventually it's just rainbow vomit disco.
00:40:51Right.
00:40:52You two seem pretty casual.
00:40:54Yeah.
00:40:55You need to rustle it up a bit.
00:40:56We will.
00:40:57We're trying, Scotty.
00:40:58It's not going to plan so far.
00:40:59You don't want to listen to me yet.
00:41:00Oh, we're having a blue already.
00:41:02Yeah.
00:41:03First two hours.
00:41:04We're on already.
00:41:05We went from less is more to more is more and just get whatever you can and get it
00:41:09on the trailer and fill in the blanks.
00:41:11I had a bright idea we were team yellow, so let's go with the yellow team.
00:41:16Wrap it in yellow and start spray painting something.
00:41:18You're in a real panic.
00:41:19I can't get it though.
00:41:20You've got an hour and a half to go.
00:41:23It's all right.
00:41:24You're going to go like this all the time?
00:41:26Nah.
00:41:27It's already a dream being here, but having the dream go a step further and getting the
00:41:32house we wanted was such a core driver.
00:41:35We wanted to have a really strong theme and build it up and be quite loud.
00:41:40We came in with the idea of having it to be construction themed with a quality as a core value.
00:41:48Our float was called Built to Thrive.
00:41:51Representing the girl team this year, so bring the girl power.
00:41:55With about 20 minutes, half hour to go, I reckon we are in last place.
00:42:01We need to do something.
00:42:02And Matt goes, I've got a great idea, runs to his suitcase and pulls out a jacket and a pair
00:42:07of budgies.
00:42:08I've got it.
00:42:09The secret weapon.
00:42:11Yes.
00:42:12If I'm going to be wearing those and a microphone belt.
00:42:16Oh, we can manage that.
00:42:17We can sneak it in somewhere else.
00:42:19Oh, look at the boys.
00:42:23We've matched the rainbow through it.
00:42:28But you didn't want to do the budgies?
00:42:30They didn't fit.
00:42:31Right.
00:42:32Quick, quick.
00:42:33Oh, she is.
00:42:34Oh, she is.
00:42:35Oh, she is.
00:42:36Oh, she is.
00:42:37Oh, she is.
00:42:38Oh, she is.
00:42:39Oh, she is.
00:42:40Oh, she is.
00:42:41Oh, she is.
00:42:42Oh, she is.
00:42:43Oh, she is.
00:42:44Oh, ours is dog's breakfast.
00:42:45Where did you put the scissors?
00:42:46Don't panic.
00:42:47Oh.
00:42:48Lightning.
00:42:49Calls down.
00:42:50Well done.
00:42:51Now, congratulations, everybody.
00:42:52You've done a fantastic job.
00:42:53You're very competitive.
00:42:54I can see that already.
00:42:55Good luck.
00:42:56I'll see you in the parade.
00:42:57We're in Dalesford for the biggest day on the calendar.
00:43:21Our teams have their floats ready, and joining me are some familiar faces to judge their efforts.
00:43:26This is the biggest day on the Dalesford calendar.
00:43:38It's an amazing turnout.
00:43:40Both sides of the street, down the middle, it's fantastic, isn't it?
00:43:43Yeah.
00:43:44Day one of the vlog.
00:43:45Day one of the vlog.
00:43:46Yes.
00:43:47This is their experience, and they've turned it off.
00:43:49Here comes the parade, the greatest day in Dalesford ever.
00:43:52Woo!
00:43:53Look at them go.
00:43:56I'm loving it.
00:43:57I know you're loving it, but you've got to judge it too.
00:43:58All right.
00:43:59Come on.
00:44:00Come on.
00:44:01Come on.
00:44:02Come on.
00:44:03Come on.
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00:44:31Come on.
00:44:32Yes.
00:44:33Oh, for real.
00:44:34Oh, you're so proud.
00:44:35Yes.
00:44:36Uh-huh.
00:44:37My sister-in-law, before we left, messaged me.
00:44:39she was like Brit how are you ready for Australia to fall in love with your husband I was like no
00:44:47I'm not and then what happens day one he's in budgie crowd was loving it there was thousands
00:45:02there was so many people everyone was so welcoming Robbie and Matt are really feeling
00:45:08this is what we signed up for when else in your life are you ever going to do that exactly
00:45:38I'm not much of a dancer but I had a boogie I just hope you don't embarrass me too
00:45:48oh the kids are going to be mortified yeah it was the last thing I thought that I would really enjoy
00:45:57yeah but the town though it was so awesome and the kids were waving and judges up on the thing
00:46:03having the chance to be out and proud as well you know it does mean so much I know you know for a lot
00:46:17of my teenage years I felt a lot of shame and an insecurity around around my sexuality I've not
00:46:24professed that I have a girlfriend or that I'm gay and I do hide it from certain people in certain
00:46:30instances so to come on national TV and just be like it is a big thing and it's like fully just
00:46:39earning yourself and being like I'm here and this is who I am and I'm no different and that's how it
00:46:44should be it's just if you treat me well I treat you well and then we go forth and prosper just be
00:46:51fully embraced not only by the community but the other contestants and everyone getting so into it
00:46:55it was just total release and it was really special and I always think back to that day with you in the
00:47:02float it's been absolutely a fantastic morning our gang did a great job with their floats have you
00:47:15picked a winner yes mate yeah I'm a clear winner it's gonna be fantastic great start to the block
00:47:22hello welcome to the block we are pulling in through the big rainbow after the parade and that's when it
00:47:40got even more real look at that under the rainbow yeah you can see Scotty cam and we can see the
00:47:47judges we know that this is the moment we find out whether we've done enough yeah and then we realize
00:47:54that we're going straight into judging well well done everybody that was fantastic but of course there
00:47:59has to be a winner gang do we have a winner I'd like a winner sick this is one of the most important
00:48:07decisions we're going to make because you're going to get to choose your house now on the outside they
00:48:13all look completely different so I'm sure in your mind you know exactly which one you wanted at the
00:48:18moment yeah yeah good to know it's a hard yes we have never in block history had five houses that are
00:48:26all identical floor plans down to the millimeter so every single house no matter which one you pick
00:48:34they're going to be compared to each other to the greatest detail every little thing any mark might
00:48:42be the thing that stops you winning this week so every detail is important this this is the big
00:48:50decision this was the biggest decision like we wanted to be able to pick our house which unlike
00:48:56other blocks where we're comparing apples and oranges this season it's apples with apples with apples so
00:49:02you've got to understand the style that you're going to go for and also what the buyer in the
00:49:07dalesford market will be engaged with these are all very good points but I feel like you're stalling
00:49:11you are stalling I would like a winner please okay are you happy for me to say guys absolutely as
00:49:19difficult as it was we are going to give it to
00:49:24britain taz
00:49:28we win we won I can't believe it we won we won the house decided challenge
00:49:39rightio britain taz you have 10 seconds which house do you want house three house three yeah
00:49:44locked in locked and loaded we we wanted house three so
00:49:48what you picked the just middle of the three we were shocked yeah that was a surprise house one or
00:50:04five would go first think we shot each other a look and we're like oh it's still up for grabs we could
00:50:08still be on for house one they chose house three and I thought we still got a chance I mean if you had
00:50:14first choice personally that was us everyone would go either end yeah so why have you picked house
00:50:19three instantly I was just drawn to the facade of it it was a great design on the outside it matches
00:50:24our style to a tee quite a few teams want house one correct yeah so it's still up for grabs
00:50:31so coming in second was rainbow vomit emma and ben
00:50:37the second place second place went to us
00:50:43which house yes which house emma
00:50:47house one number one please
00:50:52well there it goes there it goes there's still a chance house five still right third okay third
00:51:04robbie and matt awesome thank you which one do you want we're gonna take number one no they took number
00:51:14five oh yeah copy that all the pitch ceilings are gone there we go you want to be pitched okay now
00:51:28I'm gonna have a meltdown literally I was like she did I did that completely buckles what we'd planned
00:51:43out and it changes it completely and fourth is hand again thank you which one do you want oh my gosh
00:51:55we'll go house number I don't know it's two or four that's just two two two okay
00:52:05no that was the wrong one I thought house four was more attractive from the facade yeah oh Kenny I
00:52:17just didn't even look at the other yeah like I know I just because I wasn't interested and I was
00:52:26like there's no way that we and I that was naive of me that means Sonny and Elish you get house four
00:52:32four yeah sorry you should have no I don't know
00:52:38Ken and Han weren't too happy with their pick and their energy just completely dropped I think they
00:52:46were just disappointed I think they wanted four but what Scotty says guys
00:52:50hey now we start tomorrow get out of that high viz and get into some real high viz
00:53:00thanks all right that's number one we got it the one that you wanted big dog look he's higher than
00:53:06everyone else it's huge we feel like with it we got the house we wanted so we're just
00:53:24buddy now I know this is house five but I reckon it's number one it's definitely pick one in my eyes
00:53:44good stuff mate give me a hug great day really glad we won the challenge because it's the house we
00:53:50want we're in the center of the the best street in Dalesford hey hey how good how good just walking
00:53:59through although I'm in my budgies I'm absolutely having a time oh my god we did it
00:54:12this is this is a problem to me this retaining wall why it encloses what's supposed to be an outside
00:54:22open terrace and now you've hemmed in oh it's we haven't seen the plan why couldn't I retain it back
00:54:29there why did you hate the retaining wall so much oh I mean it's a concrete wall really I was just like oh
00:54:41like it's it makes the house feel a bit closed in it's ugly
00:54:49welcome home
00:54:51house four arriving home it wasn't our first choice we didn't get a choice we were just
00:54:56we were handed a house
00:54:58yes but you know what we got our house I was excited
00:55:01so we got the boys next to us don't we yeah yeah and then we've got Taz and Taz and Brit
00:55:07a fun little part of the block yeah we'll call this the party end
00:55:11can we make four work that's why we're here we are going to make four work for our children
00:55:18yep that's so ugly
00:55:24it's got privacy though there'll be plants and stuff there'll be levels of vegetation
00:55:30I was like a real estate agent pulling someone through who had no interest in the property and I'm trying to sell
00:55:36hand on it because it's enclosed but we have plants up here and it will be like a little little hideaway
00:55:44well this is great sign honey because imagine seeing our garden out here and look at that it's beautiful
00:55:51yeah but that's not the vibe Bob we'd spend weeks building in it dreaming about it refining it
00:55:58we're gunning for house one you see straight to the treetops
00:56:05yeah I love it and the hills and the rolling countryside and it's gorge
00:56:13I hate it I hate it
00:56:16it was hard it was like letting go of my child like not that I have a child but it felt like that
00:56:21do you know what I mean
00:56:23hmm
00:56:24yeah
00:56:25why are you looking at me like that
00:56:27nothing I'm just like I'm just like no because I'm like it's not to me it's not that big a deal
00:56:32no for me it was
00:56:37ah
00:56:39ah
00:56:40it's a new dawn it's a new day
00:56:48it's new life for me
00:56:50nossa
00:56:51it's a new there
00:56:53a new day
00:56:54it's a new life for me
00:56:57ooh
00:56:58ooh
00:56:59ooh
00:57:00and I'm feeling
00:57:02and I'm feeling
00:57:03feeling good
00:57:04yeah day 2
00:57:05but we'll call it day 1. We'll call yesterday day 0
00:57:07it's the first official day of the block
00:57:12and our teams seem to be enjoying country channel
00:57:15I swear to God, I saw something run back there before that night. Just having the best time
00:57:27Freaking kidding me
00:57:31I've got the loosest jeans on as well. What's wrong big Ben?
00:57:40Welcome to Dallas fit. I might sit like this. That's cool
00:57:45Foreman Dan is the man that comes around. I know who he is. And he tells you yes or no. It was great to meet Foreman Dan. I thought he was a bit taller
00:58:03Morning gang, how are we? Good morning. We're at the best place on the block, the McAfee area. Now you're going to be spending a lot of time here
00:58:11I just want to introduce you to our two baristas. Tina and Shana. Hello everyone.
00:58:16Well, I think officially McAfee is ready. It's open. Let's go
00:58:22You do have a little pep in your step after your coffee. Oh, do you know what? It's just touched my lips and I'm like
00:58:29Yeah, we're feeling a bit good
00:58:31You should have just left the screen
00:58:34Bye, have a cup of java. Bye
00:58:36You guys already had a challenge. Is that right? How did that go? Yeah, we did. We placed four. So we're house two. Okay. Aren't they all the same?
00:58:46They're all the same, right? Facade and room and stuff. Elevation.
00:58:50We had a lot to do last night. We have our reaction and then we adapt and make a plan of how we can work it out
00:58:58So we went home and then we just were like right in the bath and I got on Google and I was like
00:59:04I need to research more about this home style because I'm like I'm sure there's a reason these houses exist
00:59:09You know there is a peel in them turns out it's a box modular home
00:59:13But when you step inside the home you have the chance to make any kind of imprint
00:59:18What room are you doing a bedroom this week?
00:59:20We'll find out today. Well, my guess would be the kitchen. No, you need time to order the stone. Don't wind me up
00:59:28What are we building? What do we what room are we doing in week one? We walk in we see a big screen sitting in the middle of the house
00:59:35Here we go
00:59:37All right
00:59:42It's the whole thing the whole schedule
00:59:47Weeks 1 till 12
00:59:49Insane we have the schedule main bathroom main ensuite. We're there. Oh, oh my god
00:59:56All right, so the starting bathroom today. Oh
01:00:00No
01:00:02bathroom Wow
01:00:04It's the hardest one. Sorry we can do it
01:00:07Stoked with the bathroom. Are we? Yeah. Yeah easy into it. That's easy into it
01:00:13Right I
01:00:15Rob first with bathroom. We've never built a bathroom before we've never done any of these night, so
01:00:19So our teams are kicking off week one in the western wing of their house in the main bathroom
01:00:31And each bathroom has an identical layout so it'll be down to the finer details to set themselves apart
01:00:37Oh, good morning
01:00:39Oh, good morning. Scotty. Good morning, Scotty. Good morning. Hey, Frankie. You are hilarious
01:00:44Look at him. He's done up like he's in the Antarctic
01:00:46It is so cold and I'm getting really nervous. It's not cold, is it?
01:00:51It's
01:00:52Are you joking?
01:00:53Another chumper
01:00:54And then the thermals underneath Scotty. It's gonna be 32 today
01:00:58It's hot
01:01:00He carries on a bit. He carries on
01:01:02Right, you got it. Come back. Yes
01:01:04250,000 bucks. We are stoked. You know what we do on this show. We just keep giving you stuff. Yes
01:01:09250,000
01:01:1140,000 power pass from Bunnings. Beautiful. Thank you, Scotty. You're up to 290
01:01:15290. Yeah, and then there's more to come. Have you noticed that week one? Yes
01:01:22It's $20,000. We have. This is a real estate game. It's a construction game, and it's a budget game
01:01:28Yeah, if you can reduce that by two grand and put it into landscaping
01:01:32Yeah, that's good. Every week. We try to save where we can. Yes. Yeah
01:01:36Yeah, and I'm guarantee you when you get to the bottom you're gonna be short. Yeah
01:01:42It's a lot. There's a lot of money in there
01:01:45But I think we need some more. Yeah. Have you ever done a bathroom before? We have we've done a couple before
01:01:50Have you? Yes. Right. I think we're up to seven. Yeah, maybe seven. Well, but never never in a week
01:01:56Sure, I give you the ten grand now. Yeah, please do
01:01:59We've never done it in a week, so that'll be the big test. We've renovated
01:02:03We've renovated three houses, about 20 rooms, in about six, seven years. Yeah, that's right
01:02:12As you know, every floor plan this year is identical
01:02:18But we've raised the stakes even more
01:02:20Their bathrooms this week have already been screeded, and all the plumbing's been installed
01:02:25Which means they can't change the layout this week
01:02:29So it's going to be down to those finer details to stand out from the rest
01:02:37Day one's good. We've got our builders here
01:02:39We'll talk through the skylight arrangement. Thanks for coming out
01:02:43We just wanted to clarify whether or not that brace could be removed for our skylight
01:02:46Just this one here, the strong bag. Thanks for asking. It's really good that you ask before you cut stuff out
01:02:51The good news is that one can come out
01:02:53That's just been put there by the install chippies just to get everything square before they tie the rest of the building off
01:02:57So that one there you can take out. Perfect mate
01:03:00There's never a silly question on the block and Ben and his team are asking all good questions
01:03:05What's your plans? Are you doing like on an angle?
01:03:07Oh yeah, we're just trying to fan this
01:03:09We're going to go straight up
01:03:10It'll come 90 degrees off the pitch of the roof
01:03:14This is what the judges are going to look for. So well done to them
01:03:17That's right every team needs to be thinking of secret weapons
01:03:21They can bring this season to set themselves apart on auction day
01:03:25And at the other end of the block our barber and hairdresser duo are already thinking ahead
01:03:31And it's day one
01:03:36I had this crazy idea and when I heard about all the houses being the same
01:03:39I thought you know what Matt call me crazy, but I want to honor them
01:03:43You're crazy got this crazy idea. We're from South Australia. We love a wine
01:03:49Okay, you know where I'm going with this
01:03:51Hmm
01:03:52Maybe talk to me. I want to talk to me dig a cellar
01:03:57You want to dig a cellar? I want to put a cellar in
01:04:00That would be a game changer for us
01:04:02I wouldn't even know it's there until you walked and opened the door and went down
01:04:05The boys crazy idea is to dig a hole here right off their living area
01:04:11I thought it was crazy
01:04:13Which I was like they're not gonna say and I can dig a hole
01:04:17Next to the house and put in a wine cellar and I was like I love the idea
01:04:21We can only ask we can only ask we'll keep a hush-hush and we can ask the question
01:04:25That's the seed we're planting right now
01:04:27Loving the sound of it
01:04:29I'm gonna need a lot more information
01:04:32Do you know what I'm liking so far?
01:04:34It's not a no, it's not a no
01:04:36It's not a no
01:04:37So one thing we love on the block is different ideas
01:04:39And we'll try and do everything to make it possible
01:04:42But I'm gonna need a lot more information
01:04:44And it's gonna have to happen pretty quick
01:04:46Because we're probably gonna have to go to council
01:04:47Get approval from council
01:04:48And then go through how we're gonna get airflow down there and things like that
01:04:52That is one hell of a gamble guys
01:04:54You know what it's a gamble that could win us the show though
01:04:57We are both very highly competitive people
01:05:00Both you know being professional athletes
01:05:04It is a sport
01:05:07It's given us that fire and that drive
01:05:10The way we approach things in life
01:05:11You know if I was bowling to Nana on Christmas Day
01:05:14She'd be getting one on the stumps for sure
01:05:17Okay Dan, thank you mate, that's all we need
01:05:19And we'll also turn the driveway into a light aircraft
01:05:21So I'll just leave that with you
01:05:24If we spend money on the cellar
01:05:26And not win anything
01:05:28We're just gonna have a mud hole
01:05:32How are you feeling about it?
01:05:34Excited
01:05:35Scared that we're not gonna get the money
01:05:37Stoked
01:05:38Because it's such a great idea
01:05:39Haven't got the money
01:05:41If we get the money we win the block
01:05:43Haven't got the money
01:05:44That's how we feel
01:05:45Welcome back to day one of building on the block
01:06:02Let's see how our rookies plan to step up and stand out
01:06:06As they head out for their very first consoles
01:06:09First in best dress
01:06:11Give us some brush bras
01:06:12Yeah you get it Gold Coast
01:06:14Good morning
01:06:15Welcome
01:06:16Come by the seats
01:06:17And Stu is kicking off the Rhys experience with the bathroom workshop
01:06:22What we're gonna look at today is how we get started
01:06:24The building process that you guys will go throughout the week
01:06:27And how we define our vision for the bathroom
01:06:30The Rhys workshop experience was great
01:06:32Because we had the incredible Stu
01:06:34And he went through all the different colours and palettes
01:06:37And made it easy for us to understand how to put it together
01:06:41And see it through not just in the bathroom but throughout the whole house
01:06:45Trust yourself
01:06:46Show the judges what each of you are made of
01:06:48And what a beautiful bathroom you can create
01:06:51And you're gonna create that with some amazing team members of mine from Rhys
01:06:56Each of you will be working with a consultant this week
01:06:59Yeah we got any questions?
01:07:00When can we get started?
01:07:01When can we start?
01:07:03The mood boards we've sort of done leading into the show
01:07:06Have been mid-century modded
01:07:08And lots of greens
01:07:09With nature
01:07:10Moody colours
01:07:11Incorporated where possible
01:07:12Okay let's do that
01:07:14Go teamwork
01:07:17Do you think everyone's doing the same vanity?
01:07:19No
01:07:20Okay
01:07:21And no one else has bronze
01:07:22Because I've pulled it away and no one else can have it
01:07:25What we want to do is contemporary country
01:07:29We had a really strong direction and vision with our mood board
01:07:32So I can just go
01:07:34Pew pew pew pew pew pew
01:07:35And so with the bathroom
01:07:36We wanted to go a little bit richer
01:07:38Yep
01:07:39With the cabinetry
01:07:40And I had the legend Chantelle
01:07:41And she was able to basically show me the direction to pew
01:07:45Pew pew pew
01:07:46I'm a kid in the candy so I accept it's Reece
01:07:48And I'm picking gunmetal
01:07:50Thanks for coming
01:07:51Bye
01:07:52That's gone with gunmetal tapware
01:07:54Curved bath and cabinet
01:07:56And a dark timber vanity
01:07:58But there's a problem
01:07:59There's a problem
01:08:00Because when someone locks in an item
01:08:02No one else can have it
01:08:04And Alicia bagged that very vanity just minutes ago
01:08:07Rojo
01:08:09This is taken
01:08:10That's taken
01:08:11Someone else is doing the exact same vanity
01:08:12It's colour
01:08:13I'm coming for you Gold Coast
01:08:17So who do you mean by Gold Coast?
01:08:20Gold Coast?
01:08:21Leesh
01:08:22She already picked my vanity
01:08:24Picked the colour
01:08:25Couldn't get what I wanted
01:08:26Have to watch her that one
01:08:28Boo leaf
01:08:29Boo leaf
01:08:30But
01:08:31Because we had the mood board
01:08:33We were able to you know
01:08:34Make the decisions
01:08:35Pretty quickly actually
01:08:37This vanity is the colour that we wanted
01:08:39We have got the stone top
01:08:41With the colours that were in the mood board
01:08:44That's exactly what we're looking for
01:08:45Exactly what's in my head
01:08:47Do it
01:08:48Nomad selected a plain fronted dark timber vanity
01:08:51With a stone top
01:08:53I think I'll pay for that later
01:08:56He's been deaf eyeing me
01:08:59He's still deaf eyeing me
01:09:03Thank you Gold Coast
01:09:04I'm on to you
01:09:06Do you know what
01:09:07Leesh is probably my best mate in this competition
01:09:09At the moment
01:09:10I'm just razzing her up
01:09:11And there's one more consult
01:09:13Our teams have to head to today
01:09:15This will be their first attempt
01:09:17At setting the tone of their home
01:09:20I am racing to Beaumont Tiles
01:09:24To pick my flooring
01:09:26Before Leesh does
01:09:28Cause she's already
01:09:30Got
01:09:31My
01:09:32Vanity
01:09:34I am at Beaumont Tiles
01:09:41Had to get to Beaumont first
01:09:43And the reason I had to get to Beaumont first
01:09:45Is so that way I could be Alicia
01:09:47So she didn't get to steal my tiles that I wanted as well
01:09:52Nice to meet you Matt
01:09:53I'm Ingrid
01:09:54Hi Ingrid
01:09:55Today we need to make the best bathroom on the block
01:09:59I love how the edges are sort of a bit rustic and a bit stony
01:10:03Absolutely
01:10:04What do you reckon?
01:10:05I'd go with the gloss or with the matte?
01:10:07I think the matte
01:10:08Matt
01:10:09Matt and Matt
01:10:10Let's do it
01:10:11Robbie and Matt's main bathroom will showcase neutral tones, soft curves and enormous skylight
01:10:18I'm thinking I want to go maybe a greeny colour tile
01:10:24But then also a neutral colour tile
01:10:26Beaumont tiles was great
01:10:27Darren, I worked with Darren
01:10:29He helped me along the way
01:10:30And what we'll do is we'll pair it with a green tile
01:10:33Yeah
01:10:34I wanted it to blend well in with my hero piece vanity
01:10:38But then I also wanted to incorporate lots of greens
01:10:40Because I wanted to bring green into the house being in Dalesford
01:10:43How about this one?
01:10:44I love it
01:10:45Yeah that's beautiful
01:10:46House one are going to incorporate the green of Dalesford
01:10:50Through a green feature subway tile paired with neutral tones
01:10:54Modern organic is the theme through the house
01:10:57So I've gone with those like really warm travertine like natural tones throughout
01:11:02I was like this is sort of what I'm going for but sort of trying to like mash everything together
01:11:07And then he helped me picked out some incredible tiles for me
01:11:10I can see it coming together
01:11:12Yeah great
01:11:13House three's modern organic bathroom includes a French pattern tile floor and soft tone subway tiles on the walls
01:11:22I want to head somewhere in this
01:11:24Oh beautiful
01:11:25Yeah the slate grey
01:11:26A nice European tile
01:11:28It is
01:11:29Beautiful yeah
01:11:30I pre-planned I'm all about pre-planning this week
01:11:33I didn't want to come in here and fumble and have to waste time
01:11:35So yeah I'm straight to the point today
01:11:38I think that works
01:11:39I think that works really nicely
01:11:40Yeah
01:11:41Floor and then walls
01:11:42Yep easy I'm going to keep it simple for this bathroom so
01:11:44Beautiful
01:11:45Alicia is keeping it simple with warm tones in their tiles to complement their dark tim of vanity
01:11:52But for Candice there's hesitation because it's decision by committee
01:11:57Yeah something like that one you just went past like a travertine natural stone like that
01:12:02Like this
01:12:03Yep
01:12:04Something like that I think
01:12:05Yeah the natural look
01:12:07Is this what you expected your first day going to all these different consults were you expecting a bit of decision fatigue?
01:12:13Yeah yeah I'd be lying if I said I didn't expect it
01:12:17I knew there'd be a lot of choices to make and it's literally keeping everyone happy
01:12:21We've got a lot of words of advice from the experts at reefs and Beaumont tiles
01:12:26Personally I really like the look of the same tile everywhere
01:12:30My partner had the guys at the tiling shop said it was a good choice
01:12:34I don't know it's pretty polarising
01:12:36Is it busy?
01:12:37Yeah it's too busy
01:12:38Depends who you're trying to target as well remember
01:12:41Yeah
01:12:42You've got to think of where we are
01:12:43It might appeal to a lot of people
01:12:45It was hard
01:12:47In an ideal situation we'd be just
01:12:49Going together
01:12:50Yeah
01:12:51Yeah
01:12:52I think that's what's hard
01:12:53In an ideal world we would be shopping together always
01:12:55Are you happy?
01:12:58Um
01:13:00No I'm like I think there's so many choices you could make
01:13:04That it's pretty hard to know what the right one is
01:13:07And you know
01:13:10Tiling is art
01:13:12And it's subjective
01:13:13And some people like it
01:13:14And some people don't like it
01:13:15But we're going for saleability
01:13:17So
01:13:18Zakan has opted for floor to ceiling tiles
01:13:20As well as a green finger tile feature wall
01:13:23And a circular skylight
01:13:25I think once the judging's done
01:13:27I'll go whose advice am I really listening to
01:13:29Um
01:13:30Who's in the shop with me
01:13:31Um
01:13:32But
01:13:33Yeah
01:13:34We'll roll the dice
01:13:46Good afternoon
01:13:47What is all this?
01:13:48I thought that I would uh
01:13:50Take myself to Bunnings
01:13:52To buy my new friends
01:13:54And I
01:13:55A nice place to hang out
01:13:56After we've had a hard day at work
01:13:58Tell me I don't know what's right
01:14:02Oh this is comfy
01:14:04This actually is really comfy
01:14:05Right
01:14:06Yes
01:14:07And whose money did you use?
01:14:09Uh
01:14:11Yours
01:14:12What's going on?
01:14:14Day one and you're making decisions with my money
01:14:17Well look you worked hard today
01:14:19It's hot
01:14:20It is
01:14:21Good idea
01:14:22Thank you Scotty
01:14:23And thanks for buying it for us
01:14:24No worries
01:14:25Thanks for telling me
01:14:26Alright
01:14:27I'm going to get on to the barbie
01:14:28Wonderful
01:14:29Thank you
01:14:30Nice little family night tonight
01:14:31One
01:14:32Great little family night
01:14:33Yeah Scotty
01:14:34Tested out the new barbecue
01:14:35Put a few snags
01:14:37A bit of coleslaw
01:14:38Gang you've all had a hard day
01:14:40You've worked hard
01:14:41Well done
01:14:42And why don't we have a seat
01:14:43And take a load off
01:14:44Very exciting news
01:14:46Spetter Cam just came and told us that
01:14:48We're getting more money
01:14:49Every Sunday
01:14:51Combank and I will pick a team
01:14:53Who's doing the very best job
01:14:55At managing their budget
01:14:57And reward you
01:14:59With $10,000 cash
01:15:02Each week
01:15:03Every Sunday
01:15:04On top of the challenges
01:15:06On top of the room reveal
01:15:07On top of the challenges
01:15:08There's another $10,000 bucks up for grabs
01:15:11From Combank
01:15:12Every Sunday
01:15:13Wow
01:15:14Hold my sausage
01:15:15Stop it
01:15:16Hold my sausage
01:15:1710 grand
01:15:18An extra 10 grand
01:15:19Per week
01:15:20That is massive incentive
01:15:22That even if we don't
01:15:23Finish a room
01:15:24Or win or come out on top
01:15:25We could still win
01:15:2610 grand
01:15:27Which is huge
01:15:28If you got three 10s
01:15:30And did the budgeting
01:15:31And you won
01:15:32You could take 50 grand home in a week
01:15:34Which would
01:15:35There's a landscape
01:15:36That's massive
01:15:37Oh that's incredible
01:15:38We've got this
01:15:39So they've said
01:15:40We can win an extra $10,000 a week
01:15:42And Matt and I looked at each other like
01:15:43We've got this
01:15:44If we get this seller approved
01:15:47This Combank
01:15:48And the weekly wins
01:15:49There's $240,000 up for grabs
01:15:52So I work it out
01:15:53We need to probably win about $90,000 to $100,000
01:15:56For us to pull off this gamble
01:15:58We can do it though
01:15:59And it is a gamble
01:16:00Like it is a huge gamble
01:16:01Because if it doesn't work
01:16:02Excuse my French
01:16:03Nos faisons l'amour
01:16:05It was like the chamber of farts in there last night
01:16:19Dealing with him
01:16:20Can you stop shaming me about my farts on TV?
01:16:22You do the farts!
01:16:23You do the farts
01:16:24Okay
01:16:25And he rolls around like an alligator in a death roll
01:16:28I kept having to fight for the sheets
01:16:30Got whiplash
01:16:31Well mate you've got 90 days to go
01:16:32So
01:16:33Good pick
01:16:34The boys have already pitched the idea of building a secret wine cellar
01:16:41But now they just need to submit some detailed plans
01:16:44I want to build a wine cellar in the ground
01:16:46I'm still thinking it's not going to happen because dropping in a shipping container into the ground
01:16:51Yeah a shipping container or a shipping container size
01:16:54Into the ground next to a slab that's already poured
01:16:57So Robbie's plan is to dig a hole at the back of the house and drop a shipping container into it
01:17:04Had more of a think about it and after looking at Bunnings I think the shipping container size would be perfect
01:17:10Yep
01:17:112,400 by 6 metres
01:17:13Drawn it up
01:17:14Shipping container
01:17:15Yep
01:17:16Got the measurements there for it
01:17:17I think the only way it would work is
01:17:18Long ways
01:17:19Long ways
01:17:20Agree
01:17:21Thank you
01:17:22I'll get them off
01:17:23I think if we get this cellar in and across the line
01:17:27It will definitely win us the blog
01:17:29Because they might have more skills and experience doing stuff
01:17:33But no one will have a wine room underground
01:17:36That's a whole nother room
01:17:38Winner winner chicken dinner
01:17:40Like dip on a chip we need this
01:17:42How are we?
01:17:43How good's that?
01:17:44No you wouldn't have thought eh?
01:17:45Hopefully this fits
01:17:46Oh I can finally do stuff that I'm good at
01:18:02Which is all the pleb stuff
01:18:05Happy days
01:18:07Now that's some of the neatest installation I've ever seen
01:18:20How you going?
01:18:21Yeah good
01:18:22Making good progress
01:18:23Um
01:18:24Just putting in the ceiling darts
01:18:25And shooting up the roof
01:18:28Everybody's going alright?
01:18:29Yeah
01:18:30It's wicked
01:18:31I'm on the tools
01:18:32Loving every minute
01:18:33We don't squish our bats
01:18:38We cut them
01:18:40So that's got to come out and be done again
01:18:43If it looks neat it's done well
01:18:45If I can see holes like there
01:18:50It just means that's just downrated that to about a 2.5
01:18:54Because it's only that thick at that point there
01:18:57So that's not doing what it's supposed to do
01:19:01So it needs to be a little bit better
01:19:04So can I just ask something then
01:19:05Can I get approval then to get up in the beams
01:19:08Because I think pushing down
01:19:09No it all needs to be done from here
01:19:11Yeah my goal today was to have everything roughed in
01:19:14And walls up
01:19:16So I could get my tiler in tomorrow and start waterproofing
01:19:18Good
01:19:19So are you almost at that point?
01:19:21No
01:19:22We've had a few setbacks today mate
01:19:24Okay so that's alright look
01:19:26No holes
01:19:27No holes
01:19:28It's a 90% pass so now you understand how critical
01:19:31It's just got to look Mickey Mouse
01:19:33Yeah
01:19:34So that's a learning curve
01:19:35But you just take that extra 20 minutes to get it looking real neat
01:19:38Yeah
01:19:39And then each week it will get easier
01:19:40Yeah
01:19:42You're okay you're in a good spot
01:19:44I know you probably don't feel like you are
01:19:46But this is the first ceiling we've actually inspected
01:19:49Yeah
01:19:50So
01:19:51I'm trying my best
01:19:52No I'm saying you're doing well
01:19:53You're doing well
01:19:54I had a huge goal for today
01:19:55So
01:19:56Yeah you're doing well
01:19:57It's like you're getting pulled and tucked in each direction
01:20:00And you've got to stay focused
01:20:01And be able to like be in tune with everything on top of everything
01:20:04So you can direct the guys what to do
01:20:07Yeah but I think it's going well
01:20:09Yeah
01:20:10Yeah
01:20:11Trying to keep the spirits high
01:20:12Well that's not good
01:20:18Has hit the fan
01:20:20Big time
01:20:21And so
01:20:22What happened was
01:20:23Scotty's plumbers are in helping pipe up everything
01:20:26And
01:20:27And
01:20:28They turned the water on
01:20:30Thinking that
01:20:31The
01:20:32Well they had caps on
01:20:34They didn't have caps on
01:20:35And
01:20:36It wasn't good
01:20:37We've got a towel or something
01:20:39Turn it off
01:20:40Yeah the water is off
01:20:41Yeah yeah
01:20:42But because it's such a big house
01:20:43The water lines
01:20:44Just worried about that screed
01:20:45So it just looks like a bit of water
01:20:47Something's happened with the pipe not connected
01:20:49The boys turned the water on
01:20:51We've had a leak
01:20:52And now we're worried about the water going seeping into the screed
01:20:56If there's too much moisture in the screed
01:20:58We won't be able to waterproof tomorrow because it needs to dry
01:21:00It has to be at a proper moisture content before we can waterproof it
01:21:04If you don't waterproof Wednesday it just puts too much pressure on the tiler
01:21:08On Thursday and Friday to finish
01:21:10And then the quality won't be there
01:21:12There's pressure on the trays to fit off and then you're not going to paint in time
01:21:15So this could be disastrous here in House 5
01:21:19Excuse my French
01:21:23Tomorrow night
01:21:24We're in trouble
01:21:25It's a baptism of fire for those rookies
01:21:27Waterproof Wednesday
01:21:29Waterproof Wednesday
01:21:30Waterproof Wednesday
01:21:31We won't be waterproofing on Wednesday
01:21:32Two hours like that and I reckon we're ready to go
01:21:34Waterproofing!
01:21:35We haven't got there yet
01:21:37And the teams can't waterproof until GMAC completes his inspection
01:21:41I believe that's got to come out
01:21:43I don't know why it's not out already
01:21:44Can't put tiles on a plasterboard wall with no screws in it
01:21:47Gee daddy
01:21:48He terrifies me
01:21:50Do I get a little worried?
01:21:51A little bit
01:21:52Thunder in the distance
01:21:54Just a bit overwhelmed
01:21:55We still want to fake
01:21:56ă
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