all of us here, good night. See you next
SCOTTY: Previously... Ooh!
Five fresh-faced teams arrived in Hampton.
My god! Ooh, they're very ugly.
Yeah, this is gonna need some work.
But for the first time...
Honey, we're home.
It's nothing like what I was expecting.
..the before house is completely irrelevant because...
I thought I'd do something I've never done before,
and show you exactly what you're gonna be building.
OK. House 1.
(DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)
(EXCLAIMS) These are stunning.
In another Block first...
I am giving you the schedule.
What?
So, no-one had to even go...break into his studio to take that photo.
(CAMERA FLASHES CLICK)
(EXPLOSION)
This year, I'm also providing our couples with sparkies and plumbers
including everyone's favourite plumber, Tom from last series.
How are ya, mate? Tom. Nice to meet ya. What a weapon.
But, before you think I've gone soft, for their Week 1 room,
I gave them the most difficult room in the house, a bathroom,
which involves more trades and more processes than any other room.
(ROCK MUSIC)
Tonight... Do we...?
Er, this is... How do you...?
This is a doozy, this one.
One team is pushed to the brink.
Come here.
At this point, we are... (BLOWS RASPBERRY)
We need, you know, to consider a new builder.
What?
Another turns to the big man for help.
Please, God, let the shower screen go in.
We've never done anything bad. We've never gone to jail.
We've never committed a crime. Please.
And the gossip train leaves the station.
Toot-toot!
So unbelievable.
I don't know if she's dumb and innocent or smart and sneaky.
And I throw a cat amongst the pigeons with a brand-new judge.
He's a real estate agent.
And he does not hold back.
It's a little bit bland. Mm.
Bland.
(MUSIC WARPS)
All that effort into aspects that give them no financial return.
I appreciate the boldness.
Does the boldness bring in the biscuits?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Strap yourselves in, Australia.
There's some drama to come on The Block 2023.
(DOORS CREAK)
(BIRDS SQUAWK)
(TINKLING JAZZ MUSIC)
# It's a lovely day today. #
Welcome back to The Block where it's a lovely day.
# You've got a lovely day... #
We really, sort of, faff about, don't we?
Just trying to cover cankles and stuff.
A lovely day for hiding cankles
and finishing Week 1 granny flat bathrooms,
and our new recruits have not made it easy for themselves this week,
opting for some bold and out-of-the-box designs
like Western Australians Kyle and Leslie,
whose mind-blowing ceiling... Pew!
..has not one but two curves.
Yeah, I don't think the ceiling detail that we're going for
has been seen before.
We're going for a curvalicious girl.
Sink or swim.
Yeah. Just...
So...
Let's see how many bathroom puns we can do.
PRODUCER: So, how'd it pan out? The budget is...
The budget went down the gurgler. Yeah.
And in a classic battle of the secret weapons,
another team that are hoping to get ahead of the curve...
sorry, I couldn't help myself... are Queenslanders Ash and Leah.
Our weapon this week is the curve.
I think we've got a few weapons.
There's a few weapons in that bathroom.
But it's the curve. But the thing is, like...
Say the curve!
Curves are hot.
Absolutely.
Well, it would seem South Australians Kristy and Brett agree.
We had a feature arch which is not the easiest thing.
Every single tile in that arch has a mitre cut on it, which is a 45 cut.
It's a long, slow process.
With zero interest in becoming this season's arch enemies...
ha, this is fun...
sisters and reno rookies Eliza and Liberty
have chosen to play it safe this week.
Ours is a bit more basic bitch,
but it's what we would want in a bathroom.
Simple but executed well.
I'd love to see us try and do something innovative
and, like, not be able to execute, like...
Ain't no-one got time for that.
Stay in our lane. (HORN TOOTS)
And as for architect Steph and her high school sweetheart Gian,
seriously, these guys have been together since they were 13,
well, their secret weapon is recycled timber beams
on the ceiling,
a detail which they intend to carry through the rest of the house.
So, no curves in their bathroom, either,
but they have had their fair share of curveballs this week.
This week has been a very steep learning curve.
Yeah, it's been wild.
It all started when they read the plans incorrectly
and demo-ed the wrong room.
This is this bathroom.
Nuh, this is the one you're doing.
Then, they got the finished floor level wrong.
It's 45 out and it looks like, at the moment,
you're 25mm lower than what we need to be.
Something went wrong with the shower screen.
Just don't know how we came up with the shower screen height.
And then there was the not-so-great grate.
So, the outlet's in the centre. Yeah.
And your waste is at the end.
And we had to order a custom drain.
Which, when it arrived...
It's too high. What do you mean?
..it didn't fit, all of which meant they missed waterproof Wednesday
and waterproof Thursday.
But they did manage to waterproof on Friday
and, after a mammoth effort from their tiling team last night,
they're amazingly back in the game.
I see a lot of tiles! I know.
How good.
Do you believe we got to this point?
I walked into House 4 this morning and I was upbeat, I was happy.
The tiling's getting there. They're almost done.
Nice. I can't believe it.
We're gonna get it done.
You're a chance, big chance now. I know.
We're so grateful for Dylan, our waterproofer, and Tyler.
You know, Dyl putting in such a big shift last night,
I could see some light at the end of the tunnel.
We love this tile.
It looks so beautiful.
That's awesome.
Yeah, and the wallpaper's coming in an hour,
so that'll look really awesome, too.
We have a cabinet going in there
and there's gonna be wallpaper on top of that cabinet, as well.
Nice. Oh!
Well done, mate. Thank you, thank you.
I'm happy for you guys. Thank you so much.
(OLD-TIME CINEMATIC MUSIC)
Oh, my God.
A bit tight, lads?
I've just gone back in to see how process is going.
Nuh, that's too tight. That's not gonna go in.
The parallels must be different.
The walls are out of plumb.
The shaving cabinet doesn't fit in.
They're modifying that.
(TOOLS BANGING)
We're in.
The grate that they've ordered doesn't work again.
What's happened with the grate?
You've gotta get a 75mm one?
Yeah, well, we can. Yeah.
But not right this second.
And now I looked at their nice detail that Steph wants to do
throughout the house with these recycled timber teams.
They're out of plumb by 10mm.
That's plumb, yeah? Yeah.
That's 10mm out.
10mm out over a couple of hundred mm.
They've built a little wall this big and it's 10mm out of plumb.
It's harder to get it wrong than right.
When you go to clad it, it's all gonna be twisted and out.
Every task they go to do isn't working
because they got it wrong from the frame.
You know, if you start bad, you finish bad
and, unfortunately, that's what's happening right now in 4.
Yeah, it's definitely stressful 'cause we want to deliver this room.
Like, so much has gone into it, so many details and knick-knacks.
We'll deliver it. We'll deliver it.
('CHAIN REACTION' BY JOHN FARNHAM PLAYS)
Morning! Morning. How are we?
We're on death's door. We need some delicious Mc...
You get sleep last night? We got five hours.
We were late, we got to bed at, like, three.
Oh, my God.
Had three or four hours' sleep last night.
I had five. You had five.
I feel like it's almost worse when you get more.
But, because we've only been getting a couple,
I'm, like, we were organised, we were...(CHEF'S KISS)..last night,
so I'm like, whoo, five hours!
But we jinxed it all.
Everything was great, all of our tiling got done last night
and we were so happy, and then the showerhead went in.
(SQUEAKING)
(DRAMATIC BOOM)
And the arm of it just sits too high,
it's almost, like, scraping the roof, so...
How did we allow this to happen? It's our fault.
I know, it's totally our fault.
Because we just don't know what we're doing, that's why.
Yeah. Like, we're just so clueless.
We don't know what we don't know
and this is the hardest thing about this experience for us
is we don't know what we don't know until it actually happens,
and then we're like...
(PHONE RINGS) Do you want to answer that?
It's Leah.
What the (BLEEP) do you want?
Mate, your (BLEEP) wall's out in...
Where are you? What do you mean?
I was finding my keys and I've come down and then the glazier, like,
"Have you seen the girls?"
I was like, "I'll just give them a ring."
OK.
Because, like the wall seems to be out so I'm just...
Yeah, we're at McCafe, we'll come now.
Jeez, she's got the, like, tone of death in her voice.
So, Keith came into our room to see if our walls were level.
Turns out they're not level, something to do with...
They're not plumb.
These two tiles here, the bottom two...
Yeah? It really goes out there.
Like, it's basically this is my phone out.
Is it something you can, like, rectify?
Not now. OK.
OK, so here's the thing.
Please bear with us.
Eliza will now explain their predicament
through the form of interpretive dance.
Here's the wall.
Something's happened and too much glue's
gone on a certain tile or something, so it's sort of like that.
See, it's a little bit of an angle. Let's be dramatic, right?
The wall's out, essentially. The wall's out.
Then you put the glass, right,
and it's sort of, like, gone like that, so this is the glass.
And then so they're trying to add brackets and they're like,
"Ooh, we're not sure that we can get the bracket onto the wall
"'cause of the slant."
Is it just as simple as getting one to screw so it does reach?
No because the clips have to be in line.
Yep.
And then you've gotta cork to the back of the shower glass,
you know what I mean, and try and hide that discrepancy.
You put in so much effort and you've got a great, like, result,
but, if you don't have a shower screen,
you're out of the game, like, it looks stupid.
(TAPPING)
They're just trying to put it in now to see if it will work.
We're just having our fingers and toes and everything crossed.
Please, God, let the shower screen go in.
We're good people, we've done good things in life.
We've never done anything bad.
we've never gone to jail, we've never committed a crime.
Please, let this shower screen go in.
That is so overly dramatic. I'm not even jok...
I've never, like, wanted something so badly in life.
It's so ridiculous to be this, like,
emotionally involved in that shower screen.
Please, God, let the shower screen go in.
It's pretty tight.
We've got nothing to take.
Oh, my God, I could vomit.
(ETHEREAL MUSIC)
Sweet. Alright, all good.
BOTH: Is that an all good?
Yeah.
Seriously? Can it go in?
Yep.
Whoo! Oh, my God.
It's not too bad. OK.
Oh, my God, we love the words "not too bad".
So, it's just gonna be a big silicone gap like that.
Yep. Yep, that's fine.
That's the best I can do. Yep, that's so fine.
OK. Your best is absolutely good enough.
Oh, my goodness. Guys, thank you so much.
Thank you, my God, my God, my God.
Biggest relief, almost, I reckon, of this whole process so far.
They've been able to attach it so the glass is solid,
but now we've obviously got this sort of, like, little gap.
So, but they were able to fill that gap with corking
by just a shite-load of it.
Across in House 3, fit-off
in project manager Kristy
and safety advisor/tiler Brett's studio bathroom is in full swing.
We had a good flow going and we were making fantastic time.
It was gonna be a very comfortable finish.
It freed Brett up to get started on the feature arch.
That was until this moment right here
when they discovered that the glazier
had drilled the brackets for the shower screen in the wrong tiles.
The guys unfortunately put the brackets on the other side
that it was meant to be on,
and what that's done is that's actually impacted our waterproofing
'cause they've drilled straight through it.
Goddamnit.
(THUNDER CLAPS)
Do we...? Er, this is...
How do you...?
This is a doozy, this one.
Problem we've got is just the waterproofing membrane.
Shower screen's gonna go here
and we've got two holes inside the shower where the waterproofing is.
To take off two tiles now,
you're gonna destroy the rest of the waterproofing.
I know.
We'll come back, mate. Alright.
I was on an up and I was on an up,
and we were gonna finish and it was all gonna be sweet.
This could make it or break it.
Gonna be super disappointed if it's gonna bring that down.
(THUNDER PEALS, DOORS CREAK, BIRDS SQUAWK)
# And I'm not giving up. #
Welcome back to The Block.
Time check. 11:24.
I'm gonna hustle, people.
Yes, folks, today is a hustle day.
Granny flat bathrooms are due for delivery first thing tomorrow,
and today is Saturday, which means no power tools after 3pm.
In House 2, experienced reno team Leah and Ash from Queensland
are out to make a statement with a daring bathroom design this week.
We wanted to do something super bold
and just something that hasn't been done before.
I wanted Venetian plastering
and I knew that was a really big-ticket item.
We were very proud of the curve.
I think that is incredible.
It's almost like you're inside of a wave.
Saturday fit-off, we love that stage of a build
because you start seeing your vanity in with all your textures
and all your colours and all your finishes together, and sorta go...
Wow, we're loving it. ..yeah, likin' it.
This is looking sexy as.
It was so sexy and moody.
Moody and sexy.
(STIFLED MOAN)
Leah's explained it to everyone, it's like,
you know that first time you meet someone and then you (BLEEP).
I said it's like...
It's like that very first time you have hot, steamy sex.
It's not like marriage sex,
it's like that hot, steamy, "We've just met, let's get it on."
Let's plumb the spout, guys. Up to my rib there.
Mm, that's sexy.
I'm really looking forward to seeing it all...all grouted.
Yeah.
(GRUNGY, SULTRY MUSIC)
Wow.
# Jump on it. # That's impressive.
Right, well,
over in House 3, South Australians Kristy and Brett
are feeling tension of another sort
as they anxiously await to hear if they have to remove the tiles
that the shower screen installer accidentally drilled into.
I'm legit eating my sorrows right now.
Oh, I think I'm grey under this hat right now.
Keith and Dan have now come back,
they've got an answer and it is the tiles do need to come off.
Goddamnit.
(THUNDER CLAPS)
We can't let you leave it like it is.
Of course.
And the judges will slam you if they see two holes anyhow
that have just been plugged up.
Yep. So, you just gotta remove it.
A little bit of poly in the hole is all you need.
Yep.
You've got an hour and 40 minutes till tools down.
Yeah. And I need four holes.
We feel for you, man, like, it's not your fault
but we have to... have to do it right.
What it means is time delays.
It means that it needs to be cut out,
therefore we're making mess in a near-finished bathroom.
The potential of damaging other tiles.
It's quite fiddly.
There's also the very real danger
of further damaging the waterproofing membrane
whilst removing the tiles.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Just be careful, man, just be careful.
So far, so good.
We've got the tile up.
We haven't pierced the membrane anywhere.
The guys are gonna gently get rid of that tile glue,
expose the membrane,
then they will remove this plug, patch it with polyurethane.
And we're good.
Kristy and Brett's team
have done well to remove the tile and plug the hole,
but their feature arch is still looking pretty featureless.
Can't start the feature wall until the other ones are set.
Um, so, that means that we're still essentially
looking at wall tiles when we should be looking at feature tiles.
Today, my quiet achievers award goes out to the House 1 team.
Fit-off in firefighters Kyle and Leslie's
curvalicious studio bathroom is already complete,
and, Leslie, well, she has...
Pie and I'm painting on a Saturday.
And, when I'm finished,
I'm not going to the pub 'cause I'll still be painting.
The ceiling is ginormous.
She's a curvy gal.
Can you ever have too many curves? Never.
Is that a thing? No.
They're so far ahead that Leslie's even starting to style.
Looks like me, hey?
There was a lot of pressure to style it
but you don't want to underdo it and you don't want to overdo it.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
(LESLIE LAUGHS)
We got a tree in there so you can be at one with nature
when you're going to the bathroom.
When nature calls.
We've got a picture on the wall.
Upside down, do you reckon? Mr Squiggle.
I don't know.
I'm actually really happy to, like, see it come from...
It blows you away how quickly
something evolves in such a short period of time.
It's a good spot to be at this time on a Saturday.
It sure is, Kyle.
I'll tell you who's not in a good spot right now
and that's Steph and Gian in House 4.
Running out of time.
Their tiler is still grouting,
the plumbers are trying to fit off around him,
the vanity is yet to be installed and the power tool curfew is...
How far away, Dan?
Three minutes to go, mate, till power tools.
Installing a vanity.
(WONDROUS MUSIC)
Carl, jump on the other side, have a look.
There's no hole in the back of the vanity unit.
Oh, no.
The chippies installed the vanity unit with no hole for the waste.
Three, two, one.
Stop work! No more power tools!
I thought that... I thought that'd be for the plumbers.
Did you hear that?
Tools down. No.
Plumbers usually do all that (BLEEP).
Marty, they get the holes all done?
No, yes?
Two carpenters.
When you put a vanity on a wall
and there's a waste pipe coming through it,
do you just put the vanity on the wall
and leave the waste pipe behind the wall?
Oh, no. Oh, no. You're kidding me.
Time for me to go home.
So, now the plumbers are gonna have to redo all that work
and that's not gonna happen right now.
That's why Marty's... Redo work?
Thats why Marty's... Haven't you heard, mate?
Your waste pipe for the vanity and basin in House 4,
the chippy's just cut it off clean.
That's nice of him.
And then put the vanity straight over it.
Put the vanity straight over it.
Let's go have a look. I'll see what we can do.
I have no words, so...
(EMOTIVE MUSIC)
Hm.
Wow, poor Steph.
This is actually a debacle now.
PRODUCER: Are you losing faith?
Yeah. In your builder?
Yeah, at that point...
At this point, we are... (BLOWS RASPBERRY).
(MUSIC CONTINUES, STEPH SOBBING)
And I think just seeing Steph crack,
given how close we were to deadline and how much needed to be done...
It's OK.
Yeah, it's gonna be OK, I know that.
It will be.
It's just...
It's just ridiculous.
All of the mistakes.
This really...
It's upsetting to see her, you know, be this low again
as the result of the carpentry mishap.
(SOBBING)
(GASPS)
It's fine.
This is when I saw Gian crack.
It's all good. It's OK.
Sorry.
(BOTH SOB)
It's OK.
It's actually sweet.
I don't want you to cry.
I know, babe, I don't want you to cry.
It's fine.
Just...
We've just tried so hard and I don't want to see you upset.
It's OK.
At this point...(SIGHS)..
I had to be brave and think, OK, Gian has an objective.
He needs to finish the room.
He's gonna get it done.
I need to start thinking about
what we're gonna do for the weeks moving forward.
Throughout the whole week, there's been mistakes.
Yep.
And that's, you know, it's The Block, people are learning,
they're figuring things out so you give the benefit of the doubt.
But, as the week went on, there was more and more and more,
and today there's been so many little mistakes.
Is it things that I have done wrong?
I don't think... No, I don't believe so, no.
Like, you know...
Like, have I led someone in the wrong direction?
Did I do something wrong? No.
Steph's really questioning
whether they've got the right team for this build.
I really hope they make the right decision
because you don't want to go 11 weeks like this, like today.
This is one of the worst days I've seen in a room
and it's nothing to do with Steph and Gian, unfortunately.
(GENTLE PIANO MUSIC)
They'll probably want us not to use it...use us, anyway.
You reckon? What do you mean?
Like, Steph and Gian will find another builder.
I reckon everyone will be OK once the room is complete.
In House 4, they've been falling behind all week.
Come Saturday,
their builders and them were just...something was going on.
There was lots of drama happening in that house.
Steph was very upset.
She came over to us.
Hey. Hey.
How are you? Good. I'm good.
Oh, yeah.
I know, I'd be the same.
Is it all gonna be OK?
Yeah, we're gonna finish but, just, everyone's obviously told us
that we probably need, you know, to consider a new builder.
What? Yeah.
Are you joking?
Of course, we don't like seeing anyone upset.
What can we do? What can we help you?
Trying to help her through that decision.
Don't let go of...
Don't let go of anybody until you have someone locked and loaded.
You need to find someone that is committed and ready to jump in.
I'll chat to Rob.
We were there in those moments and conversations.
Our builder offered to help, you know, call around.
I know good guys that are local.
Would they do it?
No.
No, well, I haven't asked any questions, so definitely...
Could you ask? Yeah.
Obviously, that offer of help wasn't enough because then my stone lady,
who I hustled, hustled, hustled to find called me and she goes,
"Look, I just want to let you know
"Steph hit me up as I was walking out."
I'll come back. Really?
Yeah, I'm not going anywhere.
Asked me for builders' contacts and also asked me about my business.
Don't go to other people's homes' special trades
to kind of even discuss things with them.
It's just weird.
What's this? My phone number.
You're not allowed to give me that.
Either the lady who I'm gonna be using
and sharing a lot of my design details with can't trust her
or I can't trust the person that's sleeping in my backyard.
That's what I said last night to Kristy,
I think I was on the phone to her, I'm just like...
She's so hard to read.
I don't know if she's dumb and innocent or smart and sneaky.
It's definitely smart and sneaky, that's what it is.
Like, I've tried my hardest
to give her the benefit of the doubt all the time.
Well, not all the time but, like, every day,
I reset my benefit of the doubt
and, by the end of the night, I'm like, "You (BLEEP) me over again."
I was like, if this is how it's gonna be week one,
I don't know how we're gonna be at week 12 because this is...
She won't be here.
The stuff she's already done is hectic.
She won't be here. I don't think she can handle it.
Don't think she can.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(THUNDER RUMBLES, BIRDS SQUAWK)
Welcome back to The Block.
It's reveal day and, with just three hours left on the clock,
our Blockheads are now laser focused
on getting the finishing touches in their studio bathrooms.
We got 45 minutes' sleep, which is not enough for the average human.
Yeah, it's almost worse than no sleep.
We can't do that again.
We gotta push through next time.
It's actually, you feel so... It's the pits.
You feel like an absolute turdburger.
What have you been doing all night?
Painting.
Holy actual Jesus.
The lords in the heavens and the earth...
(CRICKETS CHIRP, DOGS BARK)
The lords in the heavens... Ooh.
(CHOIR EXCLAIMS GLADLY)
Let's go.
Oh, my God.
# Yeah a-come on. #
Cabinet needs to be straightened. Better?
Yeah.
I had a nap between grouting and corking,
and I'm gonna ride that energy
until I hit another wall and then I'll sleep.
Ooh!
Don't get that on camera.
And across in House 4 the heavens have finally sent Steph and Gian
a ray of light in the form of Steph's dad, Nick.
Yeah, Dad'll do it. Yeah, Nick, do this part.
Can you help Gian put that on after that, Dad?
Rowan, I'll just put that on
and then I'll help you with the shower screen.
Beautiful.
He knew all the problems we were having with the builder,
so he was like, "I'm coming to help."
It's like the gods were aligned this week for my dad to be in town
because this was a really hard week
and, having someone that you trust there
and having someone that is qualified also,
it was just the perfect person that would be around the corner.
'Cause I can't reach.
I always knew she was gonna do this
'cause, as a young kid, she wanted to go on The Block with Dad.
You know, she was only ten.
She used to walk around, I used to build,
she used to follow all the tradies around taking photos,
asking, "Why does this wire go here? Why does that wire go there?"
She didn't leave the tradies alone but they loved her.
So, we're living our dream.
Yeah, very proud.
If I think about it too much, it's gonna be emotional but, yeah, we...
..yeah, it's life changing, life changing, yeah.
That's a beautiful story, Nick.
Far be it for me to get in the way
of a sentimental dad and daughter bonding over building story.
But your presence has not gone unnoticed.
In fact, the rumour train started gathering momentum last night
after your visit to House 2.
Ya, man, the goss train is...
Rollin'. She's rollin'.
Toot, toot! (TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS)
Jump on.
We didn't see him but we are informed that he was present.
Her dad rocked up, which I thought was just for a little visit
to see how they were going.
Hey, mate, how are ya?
Thank you. Thank you.
Oh... Are you a builder?
Yeah, righto.
He's so nice but he was like, "You guys have done a great job."
Yeah, yeah.
Like, "Good on you guys for finishing."
We went to bed at midnight and he was...
Still there. ..still on site.
(DARK, BROODING MUSIC)
I did see him in there measuring things with a tape...
Bringing in a glass. ..like he was doing some work.
Leah's got eyes on everyone or was it Kristy?
1, 1:30 at this point, the tiler was still in there
and the dad was measuring up to install the vanity.
(CLEARS THROAT)
One of those two.
What set me off was the commentary that,
"Steph has had a big day so we've popped her to bed."
So unbelievable.
No rules about family members
but, however, what is in our contract,
contracts that everyone has signed,
we must pay minimum rates and anyone that's working on site...
BOTH: Must be inducted.
I didn't see any of this so did it happen?
If it did, if he wasn't inducted, if he was installing a shower screen
and he's not a glazier and if he's not being paid...
..well, I don't like to be dramatic but, yeah, like, that's cheating.
What, cheating, already?
Can we at least get these week one bathrooms finished first?
('WILD CHILD' BY THE BLACK KEYS PLAYS)
# I'm just a stranger. #
Are you doing toilet paper? I'm not putting toilet paper in!
# And I'm wondering ah. #
What the hell is wrong with this?
Scrubbin' like mad.
# Come close now let me tell you a lie
# Wild child. #
Gian, put me on your shoulders. Where's the grout?
(BLEEP). Hang on, hang on.
Clean it at the bottom and the top, Steph.
(SHRILL WHISTLE)
Tools down!
I'm not using tools.
(LAUGHTER)
Good job, honeybun.
Good lordy, done this room.
We're done.
Good girl. Oh, my God.
Bang, that was a shocker.
We're done, though, all done.
We smashed it, we absolutely smashed that.
First week down.
We did it, babe.
It's pretty bold.
It's never, ever been done on The Block before.
So, this'll be the test
if we are heading in the right direction for the rest of our house.
Like, this was a big risk. Yeah.
But I reckon, I reckon it's close to a ten.
You haven't even seen anyone else's finish.
But...
So, they might get tens, too.
# Throw a party on the day that I die. #
(BIRDS SQUAWK)
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Yep, 30 grand, thanks to Disney Plus.
Head to the Block website now
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# I'm walking along #
Welcome back to The Block. # Singing my song... #
Time to find out what the judges think
of our new recruits' week one studio bathrooms.
Hello. Hey.
Hello, Scotty. Hey, Scotty.
G'day. Hello, Scotty.
Oh, you all look so terrific.
Your first week on The Block completed.
It was a baptism of fire, wasn't it?
It's not easy building a bathroom in a week, is it?
No! Not at all.
No, absolutely not.
But you did it. We did it.
Yeah! And you did it well.
Well done, congratulations. Give yourself a clap.
Yay! Yay!
Good work!
Well, it was...it was a day of firsts, actually,
not just for you guys but for our judges, as well,
'cause I mentioned to you last week that, through part of this series,
we're gonna have a new judge
and he's coming from a unique perspective...
OK. ..because he's a real estate agent.
Ooh! Ooh!
And he's a very good one.
And his name is Marty Fox.
Wow. Cool.
Wow, OK.
We first met agent, auctioneer and snappy dresser Marty Fox
back in 2020...
Whoo! That's the formalities out of the way.
..when he brought down the hammer on Harry and Tash's Brighton property.
Sold. Yes!
Marty's flipped more houses than I care to count,
and is also the co-founder and director of White Fox Real Estate.
Here we go.
Welcome, 2023.
# Hands up!
# There's another one another one. #
And today Marty will be joining our stalwart judges...
..Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer.
# We all in together now
# Birds of a feather now
# Just want to play so we're changing the weather now. #
House 1, Kyle and Leslie.
Are you ready?
We're ready, Scotty. Ready.
Hit us, mate. Good stuff.
This week was hectic. Yeah.
Hectic, hectic, hectic. Super hectic.
Got a studio separate to the house
and so it was the guest bathroom in the studio wing.
We decided on shaping the ceiling
'cause it's a really tall, high raked ceiling
and, just, we weren't after sharp edges.
We really want a lot of soft curves and stuff in through the house.
So, when we put our tiles on, we get that beautiful curve.
It gives you that illusion that the room's round.
Yeah.
No, our builders are great.
They go, like, 150% all the time.
It's quite a good team we've got.
I want to win just as much as you do so...
H came by and he said,
"Oh, well, why don't you have another curve?"
And so now we have two curves in the ceiling.
So, we started off with one, now we have two.
Central.
That's good, isn't it?
It's really nice.
It took five people to roll the curve.
A very, very nice piece of 6mm.
(YELPS IN PAIN)
Beautiful.
Away you go. Great, thank you, mate.
Thank you, Keith. Thank you.
Alright, we're right to start tiling.
Let's do it.
We picked quite an intricate tile for our shower.
They need to be laid in the right direction.
'Cause if you turn it this way, it looks one way,
and if you turn it that way, it looks a different way.
The judges are gonna walk in and see that ceiling
and that's your wow factor straight away.
And that is the little things the judges are gonna be looking for.
HARRY STYLES: # Black and white film camera
# Yellow sunglasses. #
I'm most proud of the finer details.
I think the ceiling and the tiles.
I love them, they're beautiful.
The more time you spend in there,
the more you sort of go, like, "Oh, my God, and look at that."
We're designing the room to your tastes
and, if you cop a smack for it, it's really gonna hurt, so...
# Just keep driving. #
Oh!
(UPLIFTING GUITAR MUSIC)
Oh! Wow.
This is massive!
Look at the roof.
Oh...
The quality of that is insane.
This is very impressive in a week,
in particular, the curves in the ceiling and around the skylights.
It's just so elegant.
It's so beautifully done.
That plasterwork alone, in the real world,
would've taken forever and cost a fortune.
And the fact that they've also curved
just those little corners in the shower, too, just blows my mind.
Marty Fox also had high praise for your layout.
It has the storage, it's definitely got the length
and I love the privacy of that toilet behind the door.
Darren and Shaynna wholeheartedly agree with him.
I love that they've segmented off the shower as a separate area.
Like, it's got a really lovely proportion to it.
From a marketing perspective, this will just shoot incredibly well
and that's what will resonate with the buyers.
The roof line, the colour palette, the depth of the room.
The tones will just... they'll really pop.
You can smile.
(LAUGHTER)
Sorry, mate. They're waiting for the "but".
But not all of the judges' feedback today was entirely positive.
For instance...
The placement of that drain,
it's kinda odd sitting in there when it's so prominent
when they could've actually set it underneath,
rather than right in the middle there.
Darren then noticed that there was no underfloor hating.
You'd be mad not to put underfloor heating on tiles in this climate.
Am I wrong?
Absolutely. You're absolutely correct.
That's something that you should have definitely thought about
for a Melbourne bathroom.
What I do love about this bathroom, though,
is, the moment we came inside, it was the feeling.
So, whilst there's little things that they've missed, the effort
has gone into what actually will make it market incredibly well.
The feel, the functionality, the wow factor and it's unique.
The ceiling makes it unique.
You don't get that in week one!
Week one.
The ceiling is the hero,
and having a hero like that
means that it's also very memorable for the buyers.
That's it. Yay!
Thanks, Scotty.
Yeah, awesome feedback.
OK, House 2. You ready?
Yeah. Sure.
(PAINT SQUELCHES)
This week was very up and down and a roundabout and jibs and jabs.
We woke up this morning and we were pumped.
We're going to do a curved ceiling.
Who's here?
(PUNK POP MUSIC)
It's our secret weapon.
End of Monday, had the curve up.
Yeah, we were definitely the first one to get curves up.
So, Tuesday...
I had organised my tiler to come at 7am and yet he was MIA, didn't come.
Didn't answer his phone, didn't call back.
I think they're drowning.
They haven't got a tiler.
Things aren't sounding too great over there.
I needed to go across town to get one sheet of gyprock.
Oh, guys!
I'm actually quite nervous! (LAUGHS)
And you know what?
She went to get this gyprock and didn't even use it.
Mate, Ash has done an all-nighter.
You guys have done the primer.
Yeah, for the Venetian.
It was the only way we could steal back some time today.
Yeah, well, that's good.
Venetian plaster has a custom colour so this is the sample.
So, this is...
That wall there's gonna polish out like this?
I bloody love it.
('SEXYBACK' BY JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE PLAYS)
# I'm bringing sexy back yeah. #
It's so sexy.
It's hot and steamy, that room.
Very proud of the curve.
I think that is incredible.
We've done a few things... Oh!
..with bathrooms and stuff
but never real risky like that, and I reckon it's (BLEEP) sick.
# Go 'head be gone with it Get your sexy on. #
Oh, I just hope they just notice
that it was a really bold and risky move and...
They mightn't even like it.
(GASPS RUEFULLY)
Wow!
Curved again.
Wow, it's all about the curves this year.
It's a lot to take in.
There's a lot.
Like, a lot.
(THUNDER RUMBLES, BIRDS SQUAWK)
OK, House 2, you ready?
Yeah. Sure.
Wow!
It's a lot to take in.
Wow!
There's a lot.
Like, a lot.
Another curved ceiling
but, this time, Marty was actually feeling like...
I'm in a nightclub.
# Shake that. #
('PARTY ROCK ANTHEM' BY LMFAO PLAYS)
Strip LED lighting.
Polished curved plaster ceiling.
Walnut timber.
Green marble.
There's just...
There's a lot going on.
I love it!
I love the details in here.
That polished Venetian plaster in that colour
offset with this colour green and that green marble.
It looks hot.
I love it.
I'm with you that I absolutely love, love, love
but also I'm a bit with where I think you could be going
is that it can be polarising.
To me, I keep thinking, "I hope you know your market."
It's a very specific type of buyer that will love this room.
What I think from a marketing perspective
is that this will jump out of the screen and it will really stand out.
It's just about whether or not
they continue this type of theme into the main residence.
And he warned that you shouldn't take this style
all the way through your house.
I'm assuming you're not going to.
No... No, this is the studio.
It's detached from the house. This is the party house.
It'll probably make more sense next week.
Yeah.
But he did appreciate finding the underfloor heating.
The lighting plan is great with the polished plaster.
Works well because it's that type of texture that really pops.
What I would like to see, are these lights, particularly that LED,
is it dimmable because it does have that amazing feel.
No dimmers.
I think that's a massive opportunity missed.
Well, they are coming.
They didn't come. They didn't come in time.
As in that wasn't our...
That's...yeah.
Sometimes, you can leave a little note for the judges -
don't just judge on what's there.
Oh, we were told that. OK, yeah.
Yeah, I was gonna leave a post-it - do not enter.
(LAUGHTER)
Shaynna noted the tiles at the top of the screen...
Sit proud of the Venetian plaster.
Like, wouldn't you want to see it all seamless?
Yeah, but then it wouldn't have lined up
with the top of that window.
It was a bit of a...
We had the same discussion.
You had the same discussion. BOTH: Yeah.
And Marty has never been a fan of a frosted window.
I think you could've done a beautiful black shutter, plantation,
so that you can see out into the garden.
That window was already ordered.
Oh, no, didn't we say...? No, it was already ordered and made.
Oh, God, we're getting the electrician, the window...
Oi, hit us about the toilet and I'll tell you about the toilet, too.
(LAUGHTER)
He's got a line for everything.
Couldn't put an in-wall cistern in but anyway.
He also had an issue with the toilet.
No, he didn't. (LAUGHTER)
So did we. Don't worry.
He also had an issue with the layout.
When you're standing at the vanity,
if someone opens the door behind you...
That, for me, poses quite a massive issue.
Yeah, absolutely.
It's going to hit you right in the back.
Where is this error accentuated at its peak?
Through an open for inspection
because the moment there's people walking through this property
and this door's opening and closing and there's a few people,
more than us standing here, that's where they'll feel it.
And the first thing you see is the toilet.
The toilet. Which is white.
The room's so dark the white toilet becomes the hero in the room
as soon as you walk in and it shouldn't be.
Execution-wise, the room is very expertly done.
Thank you.
But, for Shaynna, the styling is half baked.
I'm looking at those little pumps on the shelf.
I don't like the styling there.
I don't like the fact that we don't have any towels at all.
We need something, at least.
The painting on the door is pretty bad.
The paint here is a little bit tacky
and, you know, I can see that it's been done at the last minute.
Only really had to paint one thing in the room,
considering all of the plastering,
and that was the door and you didn't do a very good job of that.
And excuse?
No.
(LAUGHTER)
I was cueing you. Yeah, ran out of heater.
(LAUGHTER)
You can see the energy, you can see the enthusiasm,
you can see the confidence in here and I think
that what I want them to take away from today
is that confidence in their decisions,
that boldness in their decisions, I think, is really good.
But you don't want them to set themselves too far offside from
the market so that they don't have the biggest possible buying pool.
Well, I appreciate the boldness.
However, does the boldness bring in the biscuits?
That's it. Good job, guys.
# Every day I'm shufflin'. #
('PARTY ROCK ANTHEM' PLAYS)
I honestly thought that was
a really, really high-end, high-spec...
We walked out of there, like, "Sick, nailed it."
I don't even know Melbourne but I thought that that bathroom
belonged in Toorak, and I've never been to Toorak.
OK.
You ready? Yep.
This week has been absolutely draining.
Hey, another bathroom pun.
Nice one, Brett.
So, we're just gonna create a floating wall,
and then it's just gonna be an arched wall to close it out.
I was chatting to my builder
about wanting an arch made out of Venetian plaster.
So, we're looking to have something delivered and installed on Friday.
No. (OVER PHONE)
Not a chance. (OVER PHONE)
So, today, I got a lot of nos.
No, couldn't do that. (OVER PHONE)
Which was hilarious to watch
'cause Kristy hearing no just never goes down great.
Oh, I like this.
I do love a plan. I love a schedule.
It's like my jam.
This is like my domain.
Youse are ready to waterproof.
Lovely. Yeah.
Waterproof Wednesday. Waterproof Wednesday.
You beauty.
(YELPS IN PAIN)
We just got a message just to say,
"Hey, heads up, the tiler's in hospital."
So, first and foremost, hope he's alright
and we need to start sourcing tilers.
Plumber's like, "Look how small it is.
"It's gonna be fine."
I was dumb to think it would be smooth sailing.
# Say it say it now. #
(ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC)
My favourite part would be either the arch or the bench seat.
Obviously, I love the arch
and I love that nude, soft type colour tile,
and all those mitres just show all the hard work that I put into that.
I am worried that they might say that we were playing it safe again
this week but we just needed to really brighten up that space
as much as we could, and I think we...we executed that well.
Yeah.
(MIDDLE EASTERN GUITAR MUSIC)
It, uh, feels like some little Moroccan riad you've walked into.
It's a little day spa-y. Yeah.
This feels like a Moroccan day spa.
Ooh. Ooh!
I like that look but the problem is
that that shower screen takes away from that day spa feel.
You've got the beautiful arch, you've got the little seat
and then you've got this big, chunky industrial screen.
Just fights it, makes it look small.
To me, the tiles are just...
They're very similar.
You know, it's a little bit bland.
Bland.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
I think bland is good
because they've tried to make that point of difference with the arch.
Take that arch away, what else is there?
Shaynna noted the lack of natural light
as the bathroom is landlocked inside the house.
She thinks you should probably have put
a highlight window above the door.
And that's a quick fix that they could do.
It's also quite a cold space
so you probably shouldn't have tiled all the way up to the ceiling.
It's accentuating the coldness in Shaynna's opinion.
Right, yeah. Totally agree.
I'll wear that one. You do?
He'll wear that one. I'll take that one on, yeah.
For me, they're playing it safe and it's non-offensive.
If a buyer was to walk into this bathroom right now,
they will leave and not really think too much of it.
So, it's not really doing them any favours
but it's also not detracting the buyer from the overall property.
While it won't put off any buyers, it's also not very memorable.
You don't want a house that people forget
and, if they stay within this, people will forget.
That does point you to a room
that is less successful than some of the rooms we've seen already.
We've had very strong feelings in the previous two bathrooms.
We've walked in here.
I don't know how I feel.
It's almost like...
It's a bathroom. Yeah.
It's about creating an emotional connection.
You know, I talk about that all the time.
You know when you walk into a place, you say,
"I really love this joint," but you don't know why,
and then the opposite, as well.
So, that's what you gotta really always think about, everybody,
is an emotional connection to your buyer.
Darren thinks there are three styles going on in this bathroom.
What we've got is, you know,
something like a very contemporary shaker door.
We've got a shaker door profile here but then we've got
that, sort of, Moroccan feel and Moroccan tile over there.
And then we've got some industrial, sort of, hard industrial lines,
and those three things, sure, we can mesh them together if you're pro,
sure, you can do it well if you've got time,
but it's not coming together here well,
and I think they need to get really clear
on what direction they're trying to achieve,
whether it's contemporary shaker, industrial or Moroccan.
Yeah.
You need to think more about each room you are doing
and stick to a style.
Get your vision right, get your market right and know your client,
and then it will all come together.
Yep.
That's it. Awesome.
Good, mate.
Definitely not what we were after.
Um, not exactly sure where that kinda, like, guides us either.
So, the feedback, I don't know, I wasn't overly stoked of it.
Last week, kind of, yeah, we took that advice.
This one, I don't really know where we would grasp the advice from.
So, I'll just make sure that we are doing a little bit harder next week.
Yep.
(DOWNBEAT MUSIC, THUNDER RUMBLES, BIRDS SQUAWK)
(LAIDBACK ACOUSTIC MUSIC)
Steph and Gian.
What's the matter? Nothing.
Big week. Big week.
(BLOWS RASPBERRY) # Seven lowly days... #
This week has been chaotic, to say the least.
I was thinking chaos.
No, this is the one you're doing.
That's the one you're doing there.
Really?
That's when they said, "Hey, you guys have been demo-ing this room.
"That's not the room."
(ROCK MUSIC)
That's us there.
10mm toll, that's way out.
When Keith and Dan brought to our attention that our builder
got the finished floor level wrong, we weren't off to a good start.
We think it's 25mm too low.
Even though the FFL was stuffed up, the builder has assured me
that we're gonna make waterproof Wednesday.
Now, I reckon you'll be waterproofing
tomorrow at some stage.
At this point, we're just so disheartened by all the setbacks.
(YELPS IN AGONY)
Another issue came up about the shower screen.
And also with the allowance for the grate.
So, the outlet's in the centre. Yeah.
And your waste is at the end
so, wow, and that's already finished, plumbed in.
Problem after problem.
We're ready to start waterproofing.
Really? Yes.
Oh, my God.
(HARRY STYLES' 'AS IT WAS' INSTRUMENTAL)
We got there.
We were finally...
Approved for waterproofing.
It can't get harder than this, can it?
('THIS WILL BE' BY NATALIE COLE PLAYS)
I'm really proud with how all the textures came together.
So, the tiles, how it mixed with the vanity.
The mirror, the wallpaper.
I'm hoping the judges see the key features that we delivered nicely.
I think there's definitely gonna be elements of execution
that they will pick up on, which they rightfully should,
but I hope that they can see that
it was a matter of being stretched for time, not missing the detail.
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
Well, I feel like the door position's right
and it's a sliding door for a small space,
so that's sort of what we've been asking.
Absolutely.
Planning wise, this is a major success.
Having the cavity slider, having the raked ceiling and the skylight,
you can see here one of the best layouts of the day.
In fact, planning wise, this is a major success.
Love that vanity. Yeah.
Love the basin, love the tap choice.
Love both tile choices.
They work beautifully together in terms of colours
and with this vanity.
Love that - tick.
But, when you look up, it just doesn't work.
Those beams...
Nup, no.
It's a dog's breakfast, it's a mess.
It's at all different levels.
I know it's supposed to look rustic
but it doesn't look rustic, it looks unfinished.
I feel like the beams are there to impress
but, you know, when you're trying to do so many different things
that look amazing,
where is the priority of where the labour's meant to be?
Execution in the room has been let down.
Yeah.
Shaynna thinks it's because too much effort went into the beams.
No corking, bad silicone, terrible tiling.
All that effort into aspects that give them no financial return.
A buyer will not walk in here and go, "I love these old rustic beams."
A buyer's never said that to me in 14 years,
so it's about what will engage the buyer
to want to see more of the property?
Marty thinks you should limewash the beams
and make them less of a feature in the room.
And then people will appreciate all the good that's been done.
OK. Or just get rid of 'em.
And there are issues that are harder to fix.
One towel rail and it's vertical...
Oh. ..in this whole space.
And unheated.
Also, the switching is outside for this room.
What? Yeah.
And then we have a power point right down there.
I hate that. Mm.
Which means you have to drag everything over.
You need to really think about functionality in your rooms ahead,
and concentrate your time on the things
that mean you'll be able to finish and execute better.
BOTH: Yep. That's it.
BOTH: Thank you.
We'll take that.
Expected. We agree, absolutely agree.
I agree, we went into the judging knowing that execution
wasn't something that we could pride ourselves on.
We were very happy with the layout.
It was just not executed, and we agree.
Yeah.
(ROCK MUSIC, BIRDS SQUAWK)
(APPLAUSE)
Eliza and Liberty, lucky last.
Going last sucks!
(LAUGHTER)
But it says lucky last.
Oh, OK. Or is it?
We need all the luck we can get.
(TRUMPET FANFARE) This week has been emotional.
PRODUCER: You had all the feels. So many feels.
So, the space is small and quite dark
so we went with two skylights and it was a great, great decisione.
Yeah, I made up a few words. Get used to it.
We thought painting was the most horrendous task on The Block.
Insulation, that is the actual pits of hell.
I hate this more than anything I've ever done in my whole entire life.
It's Wednesday. Keith comes in.
What do you think of our insulation job?
There's just one thing wrong with it.
"You haven't had your official check and I need to rip it all out."
Any good? All good.
(CHEERING WILDLY)
In some sort of, like, mi-ra-cle,
we got our room signed off first for waterproofing.
(YELPS IN ANGUISH)
There's nothing that I could've done to have stopped that.
We had, like, 700 tilers who were inducted,
and then they came in and looked and were like, "We ain't doing that."
And then they left.
So our wonderful builder, Mark, tiled overnight
so all of our floor tiles was done.
He hates tiling.
Not something I'm gonna be doing again.
We're so grateful for him.
GARY STRINGER: # Oh place your hands
# On my hope. #
We put a lot of thought into different...
Storage and functionality and...
I'm proud of our floor and that our team rallied to get it done.
# Put your hands on Put your hands on. #
I'm proud of how cohesive the room was.
# Put your hands on. #
You know, this is the motto for us, we've given it a crack.
Wow.
Lucky last.
That's a pop of interest.
One thing really took the judges' eyes as they walked in today.
What do you think that was?
Hopefully, the skylights, the floor, the niche.
It was the floor tiles.
OK, great, if it's a good thing.
Well, we don't know, we'll find out now.
Yeah, sorry.
Darren and Shaynna really loved them.
Love that.
I think it's really interesting.
That wall tile just lets the floor tile sing
and I think it's a really super-good choice.
The feeling in here is divine,
and it's got to do with the beautiful colour palette,
the very soft contemporary feel this is, which I think is gorgeous.
The raked ceiling, it's really nice, it's quite calming.
The palette's beautiful.
Shaynna agrees on the tiles, but...
Mix of metals here really jars in the fact we've got aged copper.
Then the shower's a bit more aged.
Then we've got a bright rose-gold copper on the floor.
Then we have brass on the shower screen.
And is this a room for giants?
The showerhead is placed incredibly high.
Yes, yep.
Yep.
I don't know, do you have a shower with someone
standing on your shoulders 'cause that's a really high showerhead.
Doesn't need to be a gooseneck.
Could have easily just been coming straight out.
Mm.
If it was a rain shower,
it would probably sit there but that just...it just looks odd.
Same goes for the toilet flushing panel.
You're literally flushing the toilet like this with your arm straight.
Flushing the toilet like that. Exactly.
How tall do they think the buyer's gonna be?
These are things we need to learn and don't think of.
Yes, yes.
Well, have you ever flushed a toilet up here?
I've never noticed where I flush when I flush.
(LAUGHTER)
(CLEARS THROAT)
Good notes. Good notes.
And both Shaynna and Marty both think
the shower screen doesn't work in this room.
It could've just been frameless. Mm.
Piece of glass and it would've worked extremely well.
This, I hate.
Mm. Like, that...
I'm sorry.
2005 wants its light back.
The feeling in the room is divine
but you could've saved money on the tiling.
They didn't have to do all the walls.
They didn't have to do this one.
So, you know, just really looking at where they could save some money,
even though it's a small space.
However, we've got the floor heating.
We do.
Exhaust fan's in the right position.
Layout, functionality, couldn't get any better.
And the ceiling heights. Yeah.
There's a lot of ticks here.
Little things such as the light and so forth,
they can delete, they can change,
but, the things that are hard to change,
they're all in the right spot.
Yeah.
Looking around at the execution, it's all very good.
That's it.
Good work, girls.
Yeah, sorry.
Oh, we're stoked. We are stoked with the feedback.
Happy room, was great...
And was there "divine"?
Did I make that up? Yeah, divine, calming.
Calming.
And I really appreciate the good execution comment
because we slogged hard.
(LIGHT POP MUSIC, BIRDS SQUAWK)
# In my mind freedom... #
Let's get to the scores. Here we go.
(SIGHS NERVOUSLY)
Rightio.
Darren Palmer.
Kyle and Leslie.
It's just so elegant.
Ooh, that's good.
Leah and Ash.
It looks hot.
I love it.
Kristy and Brett.
I think they need to get really clear
on what direction they're trying to achieve.
OK, that's not too scary.
Steph and Gian.
Planning wise, this is a major success.
And Eliza and Liberty.
That's a pop of interest.
Not bad.
OK, Marty for the first time.
Oh, jeez, he's given a couple of 3s.
Oof. What?
No, he hasn't. (LAUGHTER)
From a marketing perspective, this will just shoot incredibly well.
Leah and Ash.
Strip LED lighting, polished curved plaster ceiling.
I feel like I'm in a nightclub.
Kristy and Brett.
If a buyer was to walk into this bathroom right now,
they will leave and not really think too much of it.
There he is.
Steph and Gian.
All that effort into aspects that give them no financial return.
Eliza and Liberty.
The raked ceiling, it's really nice, it's quite calming.
It's pretty tight. Mm-hm.
I'll see you in a sec.
I can't...
Shaynna Blaze.
The quality of that is insane.
Oh, God, I'm gonna pass out. It's hot.
You got this, guys.
Leah and Ash.
I don't like the styling, either.
I don't like the fact that we don't have any towels at all.
Kristy and Brett.
That shower screen takes away from that day spa feel.
Steph and Gian.
We have a power point right down there. I hate that.
Eliza and Liberty.
The feeling in here is divine,
and it's got to do with the beautiful colour palette.
Totals.
OK, here we go.
The winner of week one on The Block by half a point...
Ooh. ..thanks to Marty Fox is...
Oh, look, look, look!
Kyle and Leslie!
FATBOY SLIM: # It's a wonderful night
# Gotta take it from me
# It's a wonderful night
# Come on and break it on down # It's a wonderful night... #
We won.
West is best.
In second place, Leah and Ash with 24.5 points.
Sisters Eliza and Liberty came in third with a respectable 23.
Kristy and Brett got a 6.5 from Shaynna
to bring their tally up to 21 points.
And Steph and Gian were just a nose hair behind with 20.5.
Wow, congratulations, what a way to start The Block.
Jesus. That's awesome, thanks, Scotty.
What about this, 10,000 bucks cash.
You offered me that at the start of the week.
I did, didn't I?
'Cause of the curved ceiling but then everybody had that.
(LAUGHTER)
Now, not only do you win 10,000 bucks from Ford
but the other thing you win, thanks to Ford also,
is a luxury getaway away from The Block.
Oh!
That's right, and you also win me.
Yeah! Hey!
Where are we going, Scotty? Are you coming with us?
Each Monday night, our room reveal winners
will go to a very special place.
I'll meet you there.
We'll sit down, we'll have dinner together.
And then we might have a chat, I might give you some pointers
to help you get through the rest of this competition.
So, tomorrow, you are heading up to Camelot...
BOTH: Oh!
..which is the house I built in last season's Block,
and you stay the night.
Looking forward to it. Yeah.
It's gonna be fantastic. Well, congratulations again.
See you later. Have a good night.
Bye. Congratulations.
I needed that, I'm like... (LAUGHS)
DNCE: # Cake by the ocean. #
Bye.
Don't go too fast.
Bit of speed.
I'm a little bit surprised that it was as close as it was.
I was, too.
Because our...
There wasn't much in our feedback that was negative.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Did we come third?
Third.
No, we didn't, fourth.
I would never say that to 'em but, like...
I just didn't think that the judges wanted to see vanilla
after 19 seasons of seeing white walls every bloody time.
Every room, every year, white walls, white walls, white walls.
Boom, we come in with something super unique
and they just can't...it's too much.
Do you know how (BLEEP) disheartening it is
to put in that much (BLEEP) effort and run on four hours sleep
over a whole week and get a (BLEEP) six and a half?
Mm-hm.
('PARTY ROCK ANTHEM' PLAYS IN NEIGHBOURING CAR)
Oh, party happenin'.
Sounds like our bathroom.
Yeah.
Do youse want to come to Charming St?
We're a club in our bathroom.
Next week...
Beyond. Massive.
('DIES IRAE' FROM 'MESSA DA REQUIEM' PLAYS)
Oh, (BLEEP).
I'm just constantly behind!
Our Blockheads build studios.
You feel like you're in a forest.
We're in, we're in.
But, first up, a body corp barney is on for young and old.
I think we all just needed to be reminded of the rules.
I was...I was stressed.
Can I just explain why I'm...?
But you're not letting anyone else explain.
(LOUD SLURP)
Tempers flare.
The roof... I'm doing the (BLEEP) ceiling.
And also just, like, the awareness.
Our new judge continues to ruffle feathers.
I think the styling is so bad
that, had it have been empty, I would've been happier.
And some amazing granny flats are revealed.
It is so sexy.
Told you it was gonna be a roller-coaster.