ELIZA: Mark! We need you, please.
This is where things became a little bit fractured.
SCOTT CAM: Previously...
"I'm sorry to be forward here
"but this is the reason I NEED a plan the week before we start."
..tension has been rising...
We're not having fun. MARK: Yeah.
We're not happy. We're not sleeping.
And when you leave, we do another 12 hours of work.
..between the sisters and their builder Mark.
There's definitely an awkward and uncomfortable tension in the air.
What are our other options? Nothing.
Steph and Gian took out their third win of the series.
It's Steph and Gian. (APPLAUSE)
But not everyone agreed with the judges.
This is just actual ridiculous.
Do you know what, if I'm being 100% honest,
that, in my eyes, wasn't worth a ten.
STEPH: OK.
And work began on that make-or-break space, the kitchen.
Tonight, kitchen install is in full swing.
I play matchmaker.
Scotty's found a builder for us.
It'd be a really good fit moving forward.
And an island bench dilemma...
Hate it. Hate it with a passion.
Cannot... Cannot proceed.
..with serious consequences.
ASH: Anyway, we'll sort it out.
I just want to get it right.
Every decision we make here is for the endgame
but just with this kitchen now,
it's, like, I really could... completely stuff it.
(GULLS CRY) (THUNDER CRACKS)
It's the much-anticipated kitchen and laundry week on The Block
and today is the day that Bryce and his army of merry men from Kinsman
start the install of those all-important
real estate-selling beauties.
Please, whatever you do, understand the plans. Don't rush them.
Any houses we get started today,
I want to be as close as possible to finishing them today.
PRODUCER: Why is this week so important?
This week is so important
because the kitchen is essentially the heartbeat of the house.
The kitchen is integral.
It's a family gathering place.
It's a huge part of the home.
Number one, it ties the whole sort of house together
but it's where you entertain, it's where you have people around,
it's where you spend so much of your time.
Yeah, kitchens do sell houses.
Yeah. Absolutely.
It is so critical this week to be able to absolutely nail it.
Moral of the story is, like, don't botch the kitchen.
SCOTT: With this week being so important,
a good relationship with your builder is vital
and that's something that's just not happening in house five.
Patience is lacking with us. Yeah, patience is wearing thin.
And we're starting to realise, with five weeks to go,
that we need a little bit more.
We got some hard truths at dinner from Scotty.
You've got to change your team.
And the new team that comes in, you need to be in charge of them....
Mmm. ..and run them.
You need to stop being negative.
All you say all day is "We're cooked tunas."
(LAUGHS) You cannot say that anymore.
Can you hear my voice... Mm-hm.
..that I'm serious? Yep.
We need to move forward. Yeah.
KRISTY: The conversation about house five's builders
has been going on for quite some time now.
Scotty was, like, "Enough, enough. Enough moaning.
"No more cooked tunas."
And when he was, like, "No more cooked tunas,"
I sort of started to smirk and he's, like, "I'm getting angry."
Wow.
I don't think they asked for my opinion
but I gave it to them anyway.
You need to get...
You need to get a new builder.
So we're just waiting to get someone else first, obviously.
Yeah.
I was sick of hearing about "The poor girls, dah-dah-dah,
"they're so tired, they're so tired."
Like, the story's done now. I'm done with it. I'm over it.
So I just said to them, like, "There's a problem.
"You need to fix it. Get rid of your builders."
You're not gonna know what to do with yourself
with all your spare time if you get, like, a good builder.
Right?
I'll be able to go and get my hair and lashes done. Hey.
Don't knock it till you try it, sweetheart. No. Bloody oath.
(LAUGHS)
That's funny. BRETT: What?
They went to the dinner last night and they just got reamed
and everybody said "Stop with the (BLEEP) 'I'm a cook tuna,'
"'I'm so tired.'"
Everybody's over the act.
Yep.
Was that not the words we said?
Kristy and Brett have their own demons to deal with this week,
with a mammoth four spaces to complete -
the kitchen, butler's pantry, laundry and...
Because of the configuration of our house, we also did dining this week.
And on another topic, our kitchen, it's the first thing you will see
you when you enter our house,
so it's huge for us.
We have a neutral palette in our kitchen
because we have quite a few hero pieces
and one being our stone bench.
It is such a hero piece.
What's the name again? Lasso Rosso.
Additionally to that, we have a rise-and-fall splashback.
So, because we do have these techy sort of things
and this really, like, feature piece,
we try to keep the rest of the palette very neutral
to able to let them, you know, shine.
So, to give themselves the best possible chance of shining,
their entire build team has been forging ahead like a freight train.
They're smashing this week.
The guys are absolutely smashing this week.
Mmm. It's impressive, what they're doing.
And their efforts have not gone unnoticed.
Morning. How are you?
DAN: Mate, you guys had one of the best days
I've seen on the Block yesterday, seriously.
Yeah? Wow. You got so much achieved.
How good's that! I was impressed.
He's the man making it happen, so... Yeah. Very impressive.
We're smashing up ceilings, getting it all plastered.
Yep. Did we forget something?
We might have gone too quick yesterday.
In their haste, the plasterers have started to sheet
before the sparkies have had a chance to rough in.
You're supposed to rough in before we... (LAUGHS)
Good that we came in when we did, eh?
So, what's the go now? So, the boys are...
They've asked us just to stop here, so they can do...
Stop hanging?
They've had to drill a couple and work in where they can
but I think they're able to achieve the rest of it
but, yeah, we were just full steam ahead and...
Full steam ahead. ..a little bit ahead of ourselves.
I actually think you're the reason why Bryce is smiling
because he thought at the start of the week
there was no chance youse were gonna be ready for him on Wednesday,
so he's walking around smiling.
That's rare. It doesn't happen.
That's a rare sight. That's a rare sighting, that one.
So, good work. (DING!)
Across in house one,
Kyle and Leslie are continuing their neutral colour palette,
with timber-look cabinets and travertine benchtops
and they'll be adding some curves to the island bench and ceiling.
PRODUCER: What do you think is the piece
that'll stand out in this kitchen?
It's the ceiling, surely.
The front curves in
and then it curves into the bulkhead above the cabinetry,
so there's a lot happening in the ceiling.
I think that's gonna be the real impressive part.
SCOTT: What's not impressive
is the lack of natural light in the space.
LESLIE: Good morning. DAN: Morning.
KEITH: Hey, guys. KYLE: Morning.
Nice and dark... (LAUGHS) ..in here.
Yeah, funny you say that.
We were just having a conversation
about the possibility of putting some Velux in here.
It makes sense, doesn't it? Yeah.
It does. Get some natural light in here.
Especially over the kitchen.
Well, the only window you've got's in there.
Yeah. Is it getting filled in?
And then this is closed off by the undercover area, so we're not...
Yeah.
It's probably a really good idea, to be honest,
if we're allowed to do it.
We did actually know from the plans
that there wasn't gonna be a lot of natural light in the kitchen
but it's one of those things that once everything's in place,
you're going, "Oh, my god, it actually is, like, dark,"
so we asked the question really early Wednesday.
We got Dan in and said, you know,
"What's the possibility of doing Veluxes in here?"
Good question for a Wednesday morning.
Where the plumbing is? Well...
Well, I don't know if this can come over a little bit more
'cause I don't know what we can fit in this gap.
SCOTT: Moving a monster pipe array like this
sounds to me like a bit of a hurdle.
Time to call in my Hipages plumbing team.
G'day, Marty. MARTY: Gentlemen.
Hey, Marty. (LAUGHS)
What the... Have you got much to do today?
Marty, shall we hug first? No, no, not yet.
(LAUGHS) Have you got a lot on?
Yes, we've got too much on.
They want to shift all this plumbing going back that way.
Oh... (BLEEP) (KYLE LAUGHS)
SCOTT: And that, my friends, is how you know
your hurdle has turned into a small mountain to climb.
DAN: Can't you just extend that pipe?
Yeah, just extend that pipe.
TOM: Yeah, that's what we all...
It should only take you ten minutes. That's right, yeah.
I reckon you guys can do it, then.
OK, tell me why. KEITH AND DAN: Skylights.
And where are you putting the skylights?
They've got 650 of cabinetry coming off that wall
and then they're gonna try and fit a couple in.
And the kitchen's going in today? Yeah. But the ceiling's not.
Have we got Velux on site? Yeah.
I just think, it being kitchen week, you just...
you've gotta give it everything.
Before we do the plumbing, though, we've gotta find out from Nine In Six
the energy rating
and also the architects.
You're one hurdle we're getting over, then there's the next one.
TOM: Yeah.
Have we gotten over your hurdle yet? No.
Oh, jeez.
Tommy, can you convince Marty?
LESLIE: Thanks, Marty. (LAUGHS)
Marty, tell me when we can hug.
After I ring my cardiologist.
(LAUGHTER)
SCOTT: So, anyway, apart from a potential heart attack,
the money, time and possible energy rating issues,
I reckon this is a really good idea.
You definitely need it.
TOM: Mate... Tommy knows...
..your kitchen's your most... probably...
It sells the house. ..biggest room in your house.
This is the most important room in your house.
You've got the deck there, this is your area...
Entertaining area, you need all the light you can get.
Coming up, an anxious wait for Kyle and Leslie and their Velux skylights.
We've got no natural light on that side of the house.
And a simple measurement...
STEPH: (ON PHONE) Tell me what you've just measured. Stand back.
..causes a world of confusion.
I measured it. Then she wanted to see where it was.
I need the bench to go along the wall.
You didn't (BLEEP) say that, did you?
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
SCOTT: Welcome back to The Block,
where it's the all-important kitchen/laundry week.
# I'm rocking the suburbs just like Michael Jackson did
# I'm rocking the suburbs except that he was talented
# I'm rocking the suburbs... #
Just jumped onto the Reece 3-D planner
and I'm just trying to visualise that flow,
so the powder room, walking through into the laundry looks really good.
MAN: I reckon let me get it from the bottom.
It's their boldest move yet.
Steph and Gian have changed the original floor plan,
increasing the size of their kitchen
and moving it to here for access to the outdoor area and natural light.
I mean, we're obviously Greek and Italian.
The kitchen is integral.
It's a family gathering place.
It is bounded by food, which is, like, the centre of our culture.
Yeah.
Yeah, the kitchen is a really, really big one for us.
They've centred the design around a large island,
with a downward draft inducted cooktop,
integrated fridge and custom-made gooseneck lights from Beacon.
I think the key reason as to why we've designed the kitchen
the way that we have
is to sort of not make it feel kitchen kitchen-ey.
Mmm.
You know, having the integrated fridge
and the flush sort of cooktop,
having the ovens hid behind the island
and then a cleverly designed sort of pantry area,
where all the food is closed off and all of the crockery is on display.
Again, a spin on minimalism and a spin on 'Japandi'.
I'm loving Steph's Japandi look.
And I'll tell you what else I'm loving - Gian's handiwork.
KEITH: Did you build this whole wall? Yeah.
Wow!
You're becoming a chippy, aren't you? I'm trying.
Nail bag on... I'm trying.
Are you enjoying it? I am.
It's actually that fun.
Yeah, and it's good working with the boys.
And I'm really proud of Gian's journey on this
because obviously he's not in this field at all.
All flush. Cuts are all good.
He was even given a...
A toolbelt. ..a toolbelt.
Got promoted and I'm now a fifth-year apprentice.
Point of story, I'm actually personally just really proud of him.
That's the nicest thing you've ever said. Thank you.
Very impressive, mate. Thanks, Keith.
SCOTT: Across in house one,
Leslie and Kyle have just today realised
that their kitchen has no natural light
and are anxiously waiting to hear if they can install some Veluxes.
We've got no natural light on that side of the house.
Yeah, right.
And, like, I said to Kyle, like, "Let's use the solar one,"
and I was, like, "I'm gonna ask the question about real Veluxes."
Yeah. Because it's kitchen week.
Yeah.
You've just gotta at least give something a go
or you're gonna have a bland square-set room.
I couldn't imagine that room without Veluxes now.
No. It would just be a dark...
Den. (BOTH LAUGH)
KEITH: G'day, g'day. G'day.
You're back. Hello.
You're smiling. And we're smiling.
Yeah? Are you? OK.
DAN: You're allowed to have two skylights.
Yes! Two Veluxes.
Dan and Keith went and did the calculations,
came back and said that we could get two
and that wasn't gonna affect any energy rating, so, yeah.
Good work, guys. Yew-hoo!
Thanks, Keith. Thanks, Dan. Velux to the rescue.
We missed you altogether, Keith. (LAUGHS)
Are we gonna see you get really happy?
Well, when they're in, I'll be stoked.
When they're in? Yeah. Yeah. I'm really happy.
I think... (LAUGHS)
..there's gonna be even more natural...
He's really happy. I'm so happy! (LAUGHS)
(LAUGHS)
# Control yourself Take only what you need from it... #
Done, done. Sweet.
SCOTT: On top of kitchens, pantries and laundries this week,
our Blockheads are also doing a charity challenge
at the local Bayside Community Centre.
LEAH: A group of volunteers run this centre
and it is for anyone in need in this Bayside community,
whether that be homeless, domestic violence, elderly,
anyone that's really needing some immediate emergency assistance.
So, essentially, we have two teams and one will be an inside team...
one will be an outside team.
Obviously, there is money up for grabs but...
We're really happy to just be a part of it.
Yeah, I think this is obviously something bigger than that.
And today, it's all hands on deck
to get these spaces completed by 3:00pm Friday.
It is cracking along, BayCISS.
The gyprockers have been, Kinsman have installed the kitchen.
It's looking really good.
Yeah, it is. Nice. Nice colours. It is nice.
I mean, we've got these beautiful tiles to go with it.
OK. Yeah. That looks good together.
It's a good thing, what you guys are doing here. I love it.
Yeah, it's a good week. Really good.
You know, they've shut this centre down
for the period of the renovation.
We have already witnessed people needing this centre.
It's actually...
I know, I was here the other night and a gentleman came...
Mmm. ..and it was just really awful.
And, like, they say, "I'm just desperate for food."
Oh, my god, I can't... I know.
Are we able to give them anything? They're getting...
They're getting electronic food vouchers,
so they're not walking away without anything while we're renovating
but that's what I just...
I think it hit home for me today.
We were, like, we have until Friday...
Yeah. ..100% to get this done...
Yeah. ..because there's no...
We can't just can't delay the... Yeah. ..opening. Yeah.
You know, it really puts it into perspective... ASH: Yeah.
..how important this centre is to the community. Yeah.
Over one period that I was there, I think about eight people came...
Yeah. ..and, like, seeing that...
seeing them people come makes you sort of...
Mmm.
.."Come on, let's go," kind of thing.
Oh! That is on the base!
It gives you that encouragement to get the job done
and knuckle down and... Yeah.
..and have a proper crack.
It was really interesting to see
how Kristy and Brett and Ash and Leah worked.
They are bosses.
LEAH: That's too yellow, that's too yellow.
Yeah. I think this is nice and warm.
OK. Great.
They just get stuff done.
LEAH: Cool. Very exciting.
Thank you so much for doing this... No problems at all.
..and donating.
I'll lead the way and show you where to go. No problem.
With the end goal in sight, we really just got stuff done.
The exterior team are dividing and conquering,
with Steph and Leslie across town at Provincial.
LESLIE: I'm just putting some really crazy decorating things on here
to see if Steph's gonna be, like, "No, that doesn't work."
I think we've understood Steph for a little while now.
I put this and she liked it
and then I put the gold candles and she didn't like the gold candle.
Oh, I'll get something blue.
Anyone who knows Steph well knows she gets quite heightened.
STEPH: Les, what are we doing?
These are placemats. I reckon these. Blue?
So, yeah, I just get how she works, so it doesn't sort of faze me.
No, but I'm saying...
I don't know how I feel about fake, 'cause we're outside.
I think we should do real. Sure.
As in, like, go get, like, from the garden.
It's fine. Hurt my feelings. But, yeah, sure.
Be a dream crusher. That's fine. (LAUGHS)
Back at the challenge house, Kyle and Gian are also crushing it.
Definitely much quieter when the girls aren't here.
(LAUGHS) Much more productive.
A lot less planning.
I think we just do the stuff that they plan.
Yeah. So true.
And, yeah, I think it's a good little formula.
A good formula, that is, until you get a phone call from the planner
needing a very specific measurement
for a table that she has just purchased.
STEPH: (ON PHONE) Tell me what you've just measured. Stand back.
I've literally measured that short point here,
that short point there, the far right, to this line here.
What is a short point? Well, it flares out.
That wall is not straight. It flares out.
So this is the measurement that Steph is after.
But this is the measurement that Gian is providing.
So, you measured where, sorry?
Oh, my god. Right here. (LAUGHS)
Gian, if you stand back and then you point with your finger...
'Cause I need perspective.
Yeah, but I'll literally just show you.
No, no... I can't see anything when you're just showing...
Right there. I measured it.
Then she wanted to see where it was
and then I had to step away so she could see where it was.
Go stand back with the... Oh, my lord.
There's pavers there. They're not set yet.
I literally measured there.
Can you please stand back where the house is?
She wasn't satisfied with the angle that I was showing it at.
I measured that short point there.
See where the junction is, where the corners meet?
Where will your concrete end with your finger?
Are you (BLEEP) for real? How am I meant to do that?
It's literally gonna be cut on that corner there, where Kyle is.
He wants to cut the concrete so you can make the opening bigger
and have more trees there.
That doesn't look like 2.8m.
Well, it is.
Where they're cutting the concrete is 2.8m?
Yes.
Measure it again, Gian. I don't believe you either.
And then she wanted me to go back and put the measuring tape down
so she could still visualise the measurement
with everything else considered.
I can't see you, sorry. OK. Why would I want that measurement?
I'm measuring for a fence.
I need the bench to go along the wall.
Shut the windows, kids. Dad's getting grumpy.
You didn't (BLEEP) say that, did you?
(LAUGHS) I'm now remembering you had it in the corner
and, like, going just to, like, where the lemon tree would be.
I got it straight on. What sort of measurement was this?
I got it straight on.
I said, this is the short point
and it was the short point 'cause I thought...
The short point of what? You want a bench here.
Isn't that too close to the pizza oven?
Well, that's what we're trying to work out.
Are we still measuring, Gian? No, she wants to go along here now.
Different measurement. Oh, well, get this one right.
Work off 3.35... (LAUGHS)
Is this for the pizza oven? I've got no idea.
Then she came back to site...
and we measured it again.
LESLIE: That looks really good. Good job, guys.
I'm very happy. I think the boys have done a great job.
So she got the measurement she wanted.
I think we're actually good.
I'm not measuring that again. That's done.
Lucky we... You're really easy to work with.
Thanks, babe. (LAUGHS)
(BOTH LAUGH)
(GULLS CRY)
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SCOTT: Welcome back to The Block,
where the makeover of the local community centre is in full swing.
I don't mind not moving carpet tiles.
Are you (BLEEP) me?
LIBERTY: Everyone makes these look so light.
KRISTY: The things that these walls would have heard,
the things that they will continue to hear,
making a safe space for people that are so in need, it's a huge thing.
Indoor, outdoor team,
it's just great to see both indoor and outdoor are being fixed up.
# Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
# Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? #
SCOTT: Inside, sisters Eliza and Liberty
have just received a text message...
(DING!) ..from yours truly.
The other night, I had a heart-to-heart with the girls
about their build team...
We need to move forward.
..and sensing their apprehension, I decided to take it upon myself
to do a little matchmaking on the Hipages app.
"Hi, girls. Scott Cam here. Good news.
"I posted a job on Hipages for you and have found a terrific builder
"that I think you should meet tonight."
Oh, my god. "Here are his details."
Scotty's found a builder for us
that he thinks will be a really good fit moving forward.
ELIZA: It's just awful. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it so much.
In the real world, we would 1,000% build houses with these people
'cause their workmanship is incredible and they're great humans.
Where we're struggling is
I think they're struggling to adapt to the Block format,
which is, like, fly by the seat of your pants,
last-minute decisions and changes.
And this experience, The Block is not, like...
It's not reality. Yeah.
We need a bit of nurturing and a bit of... Yeah.
..like, guidance and things and I think...
And they're just too under the pump. Yep.
OK, so that's that, then? Decision...
Yep. ..is made?
Done. We need to plan ahead, though.
It's already Wednesday.
If we want to get them on board Monday,
we need to meet with them tonight.
Take your plans. Yep.
So, with that decision made, it's time to head back to the Block.
They're all back. They're in a meeting.
Everything looks very tense.
No, no, it was actually complimentary.
Concern, concern, concern. Come in.
No, we were giving it a nice little wrap-up.
KEITH: Same with you guys.
Like, your building crew has just been unbelievable.
Oh, good.
Got back to the Block and we were greeted by Keith and Dan.
Their feedback was, "Wow, you guys are just in a great spot.
"Your builders have pushed so hard to get you here.
"Wait till you see the space. Your builders are incredible.
"They've really hustled to get you there."
So that was our first weird, like...
It was just very odd for our only conversations with Keith and Dan
to be so heightened around how incredible our builders are.
And then Mark greeted us with excitement and said...
We've had a massive day. Yeah, Keith said.
Cleaning and construction. Yep.
I'll walk you through. Come on, I'm excited. Oh, my god.
So we went upstairs.
The whole team had done a full-blown clean.
Watch your head. Whoa. Yeah.
They had a room for insulation, they had a room for painting supplies.
All gyprock stuff is there. Yep.
So, CSR.
And then, your painting stuff, we put out of the way. Amazing.
And we came downstairs and looked at the kitchen.
Everything was, like, absolutely impeccable and...
We were definitely ahead of the game.
Like, they pushed in every aspect.
So, yeah... Wowee.
..this is your kitchen. Massive island...
This is a huge kitchen! Isn't it?
Wow.
It's exactly what we wanted it to be
and it's exactly what we would want someone else to have.
And it feels luxe, doesn't it?
This is... Look at the size of this island bench.
This is huge!
This is insane.
Everyone... Everyone's been going hammer today.
And it was just a bizarre series
of, I don't know, coincidences or what...
Maybe he caught wind of what we were feeling,
but he was delivering us on a platter
everything we'd always hoped of him.
I've got to run. But about this window and this door...
Like, normally, you know, "We need to discuss the window.
"Can you girls make sure you call the window installer when I leave?"
That saves me calling. Or do you want me to call him in the car?
Well, we can do it. I'll give him a call in 15 minutes.
Oh, OK. No worries. It's all good.
He was saying, you know,
"I'll call the window installer on my way home,"
everything compassionate and enthusiasm-wise
that we'd always dreamed of.
It just felt, like, sick timing, didn't it?
Yeah. Very bizarre.
(TOOL WHINES)
This is literally the first time in six weeks
that all this stuff's, like, ever happened.
And... And it's really interesting to me
that suddenly they've manned up,
so my feeling is that they've caught wind of something. Mmm.
OK, right, maybe it was all coincidences
but, oh, it was a sick series of coincidences.
Well, now I don't know what's going on anymore, to be honest.
I know. I don't know what's what.
Because this is what we've been wanting all along
and it's conveniently happened
on the day that we've made a decision.
When you think the world's working against you in those moments
and you're sleep-deprived and whatever,
you start then thinking about everything else that's happening
and you're wondering if the reality is the reality.
It is the reality, but you do start to question it
and we did start to implode.
I'm absolutely furious, 'cause I've never been comfortable...
I'm not comfortable with any of this
and everyone's made us question everything
and the minute that we make a decision,
now we've been made to question the opposite.
It's absolute (BLEEP).
SCOTT: Across in house two,
there's a problem brewing in Leah and Ash's kitchen.
At roughly 16 square metres,
they have the smallest space to work with this week.
Yeah, I had a really tough time designing this kitchen
even back in week two.
OK, wine cellar. Hang on. Let's just...
(EXHALES) WOMAN: 200, with a...
2200 and we've only got 3.5.
I knew that our layout, our floor plan was quite small.
I'd really prefer this island to be the big feature.
You know, we had the big island,
because that's normally what you'd need in a house.
You're happy with all of those changes?
There can't be any further changes after this, so... OK.
..if you want to sign off on those final plans... OK.
..and then you're done. OK. I'm very happy.
I'm happy to sign away. Wonderful.
This is gonna be great. Lovely.
I had doubts...
(LAUGHS) ..about my kitchen.
But I'm loving it.
Fast-forward five weeks,
Leah is now getting to see her island bench in situ.
Hate it. And I mean hate it with a passion.
Cannot, cannot proceed.
BRYCE: Mmm.
So, called Bryce over and said, "Hey..."
I don't think we've got enough room to do curve.
It takes up too much...
It takes up way too much room to do a radius.
I was expecting him to just be, like, flip the table and walk out.
Yeah. But he was actually really good. He's, like...
You need to get back to practicalities now.
Yeah. 100%. OK?
You've got to look at...
Like, it's no good having this feature...
Yeah. ..and it's not functional...
Yep.
..it looks crap, everything like that.
I think it needs... So get back to basics...
Off you go right now and we'll get it going.
If I am gonna make changes, it has to be very minimal cabinetry change.
I know my stone was already cut.
So I had to come up with a plan of using everything
and piece it all together.
I think it literally just needs to be waterfall to the floor,
then we've got the bin, then we've got the fridge
and it just goes waterfall, waterfall, waterfall
and I tile the back.
And at 900, then it's just like that. Yep.
So, the plan is to eliminate the radius at the end
and reduce the overall length of the bench
to allow for more traffic space,
add curved waterfall edges at each end and tile the back.
DAN: You're reducing the island now? ASH: Just making it a bit smaller.
It's not... Yeah... A bit tight in here? Yeah.
BRYCE: Anyway, as I said,
you've gotta work out what you want to do, alright?
And then you have... That's it.
If we can do that, we'll do that.
SCOTT: So, Bryce is happy to make the changes
but the problem now is the stone has already been cut
to fit the original design
and at 5:40pm, the reps have clocked off for the evening.
DAN: You've gotta make decisions on the width of this...
Yeah.
..'cause this is critical to the sale, I reckon.
I feel like... KEITH: And Bryce isn't normally...
He's not normally up for changes like this, so...
I think he knows it's pretty important. Yeah.
Anyway, we'll sort it out.
I just want to get it right.
SCOTT: But this is about more than the size of an island bench.
It's OK. (CRIES)
You're right.
I honestly don't know what set it off.
I was really missing home.
Yeah, when I think back to last time I was with my kids...
Yeah.
(CRIES)
It's alright, bubba.
(CRIES) It's OK.
And...
We've always got the bigger picture in mind.
(CRIES) We're doing this for them.
But you can lose focus of that pretty quickly
if you lose some confidence in your week.
But, yeah, this kitchen's knocked me
because every decision we make here is for the endgame...
and in my head, I've been going, "Yep, this is gonna be fine..."
but just with this kitchen now,
it's, like, I really could...
completely stuff it.
You won't stuff it. It's fine.
(CRIES) Anyway...
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
# Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge... #
SCOTT: Welcome back to The Block,
where Eliza and Liberty are confused by their builder Mark
lifting his game today,
the very same day they decided to meet with a potential new builder.
Whether or not someone's tipped off Mark, I don't know
but he has a feeling something's about to happen... Yeah.
..whether or not he's been told or whether or not he just has a feeling
and he's tried to man up today.
But now I'm questioning everything. I know. Same.
And I'm not comfortable letting this guy go when he has...
Today, we've never been in a better position. I know.
PRODUCER: It's high stress. Yep.
And you're dealing with real people. Yep.
And you are real people...
And people's emotions and families and businesses.
And they are a great... They're great people
and they do great work,
so the reality of the situation really scared us.
I just don't know now.
So it was obviously a really yucky day...
but Scotty had kindly set us up with a couple of new builders
and so, we planned to meet them, get a vibe check,
see if we get along with each other
and see if they would be a fit for The Block for us moving forwards.
We... Like...
We feel like we're cheating on someone.
It feels gross, especially where our headspace is.
SCOTT: And things do get off to an awkward start.
# Ever and ever, forever and ever
# You'll be the one... #
But if there's one thing these girls know, it's how to talk.
Just so you know, we've got no renovation experience.
MEN: Yeah.
But we're hard workers. Yeah.
We had to this year pick builders
that hadn't been on The Block previously.
We did eventually find a team.
They're great builders and they have great relationships with everyone.
Where we're struggling is they're probably, like, a bit too small.
Yep.
And at the end of the day, The Block is a bit of a different beast.
Like, we don't have weeks and weeks to make decisions and things
and things are gonna change.
Now we know what's required...
We've got a big team. There's, like, 12 of us.
Yeah. And we're very hands-on ourselves.
Yeah. Yeah.
But the experience should be fun. Yeah.
Like, we're trying to make it enjoyable...
Mmm. ..and seamless, you know what I mean? Yeah.
For that to be top of their agenda,
like, we're here to make your experience enjoyable
and we, you know, do the other stuff to make that happen,
for me, that was really the clincher.
Yeah. Have a look. That's some of the work we've done.
Oh, that's sick!
(LAUGHS) How good's that!
So, OK, brothers, right?
And did you coincidentally just want to do the same thing?
Yeah, he reckons he was born with a hammer.
(LAUGHTER) They just got it.
There was just an air of, like, "Let's have fun and do this
"and do it well and together."
MEN: Yep. (LAUGHTER)
I mean, Lib and I will have to chat...
Yeah. ..but I feel good about... Yeah.
I mean, you guys can have a think too if you want. Yeah.
But if you have any availability, I guess we can, yeah, potentially...
We can make it work on our end. Yeah.
Exciting.
Great. It is a fun ride.
Honestly, it is. It really is fun.
It's hard and it's stressful but it's amazing.
We've got five weeks left in this experience
and this is a once-in-a-lifetime thing
that hundreds of thousands of people would kill to do,
so, all grossness aside,
we know that it's important for us to move forward, you know,
and get our mojo back.
(ROOSTER CROWS)
SCOTT: It's a brand-new day on the Block
but yesterday's island dilemma is still plaguing Leah.
Bring this over and out slightly.
Like, even if it's just 100mm this way.
Yep.
And then we try and go as far back as we can
until we reach those pipes. Yep.
Ended yesterday with needing to reduce that island.
Today was the day we could action it.
Yes, in case you missed it, to make her kitchen better proportioned,
Leah wants to change her island bench from this to this,
complete with stone waterfall edges and contrasting feature tiles.
I have just asked to make our island shorter and smaller.
I need the top to be a rectangle but I can't lose the curve,
so I'm introducing a bit of a curve on the waterfall.
It's really just gonna come down to the stone.
It was gonna come down to if they even had enough material
to reduce our island
'cause they'd already cut a curve into it
and I wanted to add some waterfall.
Have you confirmed everything with the stone guy?
So, he has at the moment a slab that looks like this.
Yeah. So he's already done the...
I'm a little bit concerned. Does that look 600 to you?
Oh...
Could do? Yeah.
Yeah, OK. Cool.
So, everyone's on board with, well...
Mostly. I think we're 80% there.
The other 20% comes down to the stone supplier,
who are yet to confirm if he has enough product
to make the waterfall edges.
You've gotta keep pushing through and that's what we're doing.
We've just gotta push until we get this right.
So, trying to stay on track that we could still do the waterfall,
so I went to a tile shop and...
Hello. How are you?
..picking up some contrasting tiles to go with that design.
I'm just feeling... Oh...
I either go colourful statement or just pared-back neutral.
MAN: Yep.
And then, while I was there, I got a text.
Hang on, I've just had a message.
Oh, bugger.
"We cannot do the waterfall.
"Zero material."
Hmm. OK.
Oh, god.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
SCOTT: Welcome back to The Block... OK.
I think my gut is telling me Carrara
because if I pull this stone out again...
..where, in case you missed it,
Leah has just received this text from the stone guy.
Oh, bugger.
"We cannot do the waterfall.
"Zero material."
Hmm. OK.
The island bench that I've just changed is not gonna happen.
So I had to design something on the spot.
Plan B.
Oh, god.
I could do a slight radius but they'll probably...
That was just brain-frazzling.
Um...
The easiest way is a rectangle island and that's the easiest way...
MAN: That's it, yeah. But I'm not...
I just... I can't...
I'm not doing it.
This is something that I could do.
This top would be the "concertina" benchtop
and all of the underside would be a feature tile.
I think it's probably my best option.
So now we just have to decide which one. (LAUGHS)
Got, like, a new design in my head,
picked out some tiles and I felt like we were all back on track.
Get back to the Block, no, it's an immediate no for me.
It doesn't go.
Tiles don't work with the stone that's going in.
Great what you said if he said there was something a little bit goldie...
Yeah. ..through it, wouldn't it?
It will just tie in nicely with that vein.
Found one of the tiles that's on my stairs.
So I had an offcut here, grabbed it,
put it next to the stone and I was, like, "Bob's your uncle.
"That's beautiful."
Yeah, I think it works perfectly.
It's probably your best solution. Yeah. OK.
And then it ties into your stairs and...
Exactly. Absolutely.
So, really happy with it.
I've managed to get a feature happening with this island
and it's just well-proportioned now.
The island matches the size of the space
and I really love the fact that you can stand at the sink
and at the island and look out into our beautiful future backyard.
Yes.
And so concludes the Leah island bench saga.
Well, at least until Sunday.
Is this enough island bench
for a multi-multi-multi-million dollar home?
Meanwhile, across town, what's this?
Oh, hey. I brought someone with me.
Crewman. He left the compound.
Kyle is at Freedom to help shop for styling items for their kitchen.
We're gonna pretend it's like one of those competitions
where you have ten grand to spend in...
Oh, right.
..20 minutes and then grab everything.
I think this is a good starting point.
Tea towels. Plates. Cutlery.
Bowls. Servingware.
Anything and everything, we bought it.
OK. Whoa.
I feel like I was just asked to come to carry (BLEEP).
How many people do you need to design a room?
I did notice there was a lot of people over there helping.
Yeah. KRISTY: It's just for my colouring.
WOMAN: Yeah. I just don't know how to style it, you know what I mean?
She was shopping and getting help from the ladies at Freedom.
It's all the people that exist in Freedom.
Whatever they're discussing, it must be pretty important.
Yeah, then we hid in a cushion bin
and tried to listen to Kristy's conversations.
(KYLE LAUGHS)
(WHISPERS) I can't hear either. (WHISPERS) What is she getting?
Can you see what she's buying?
WOMAN: I mean, you can see it would look beautiful, black.
Mmm.
KRISTY: I was really up and down about matching oak with oak
because our floor's oak
but because it's herringbone...
but they just were, like, helpful
in the sense of being, like, "Don't be afraid to go black."
I'm happy to go with the table and the chairs
and I'm just gonna browse.
Thank you.
Dude, that scared the actual (BLEEP) out of me.
KYLE: What are you getting, Kristy?
Kyle hid in a pillow fort, trying to scare me
but the most scariest thing about it was he had actually left the Block.
(BRETT LAUGHS)
(KYLE LAUGHS)
You get let out once, Kyle. Once.
That was the most scary part.
One, who let you out? Like, you never go out.
And two, when did you get a personality?
(LAUGHS)
(BRETT LAUGHS)
So, on that note, it's time for everyone to hightail it
back to the challenge house,
where there is just over 24 hours left on the clock.
A lot of our stepping stones are in,
the floor had been compacted
and we can really start to see those two breakout spaces coming to life.
Sounds like the perfect time for Shell and I to drop in.
Wow. What a difference. SHELLEY: Wow.
Now we're talking, right? What a beautiful kitchen.
(LAUGHS) Isn't it!
Yes.
But, you know, like, they had so much donations.
And they get a lot of donations and they had nowhere to put it.
It was all piled up. Yes.
Fresh food and supplies... Yes. Yes. Yes.
..and nonperishable things.
And the old kitchen here was just chocker
and now, 'cause there used to be a door there, Shell... Yep.
So the guys have designed it to fill that full of storage.
It's fantastic. Yeah. Fantastic.
Along with a fantastic wall of storage,
the Blockheads plan to deliver
a calm, functional office-style kitchen.
How's the experience been for you, Brett? It's been great.
I've really enjoyed being able to do this with the guys here and...
It's not often that you get to build some charity work, is it? No.
You're making a difference within the community.
We love to do that on The Block. We do it wherever we go.
We find someone that we can help and this is the perfect solution.
Well, the fact that we are, what, one, two streets away... Mmm.
..from the Block itself... Yeah.
It is. This is part of the community.
And your new owners will be a part of this community as well,
so it is a lovely sort of pay-it-forward process.
The interior team are also working on
three calm and comfortable consultation rooms,
complete with cosy seating options and baby-blue walls.
I feel like I'm expecting. (LAUGHS) Yes.
It's very child-friendly blue, isn't it... Yep.
..as opposed to perhaps a bit more of an adult...
Yeah, when the girls and I were chatting about colours,
Eliza said we can't do white.
It's very sterile. Yeah, I agree with that.
So then we started to google calming colours...
Yeah. Blue's definitely in there. ..and it was a blue or lavender.
And then your greens and... Yeah.
..your soft shades. Yeah.
But again, you've got to tone them right down to not be...
Yeah. ..sort of jarring when you walk in.
This is, like, "Whoa, here we go."
They came around to BayCISS and they were livid! (LAUGHS)
They hated the blue,
but we were trying to tell them that we did a lot of research.
Kids' furniture.
This is obviously kids' furniture
for them to, like, do colouring in and things, is it?
No, actually, the volunteers here work towards their degree,
so this is for someone to come and study.
If you're a counsellor... I wouldn't fit there.
No, it was more like a... ..you can't sit here.
It's more like a student...
Yeah, but who's to say they're not your size?
You can't work here. This is like a six-year-old's school homework desk.
Yeah. This is not an office desk.
Scotty and Shelley were MORTIFIED with the desk for ants.
We're not questioning you. Yeah.
It's just these challenges are so important to get right.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
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Welcome back to The Block.
# She makes me nervous and makes me scared
# I feel so good if I just say the word
# Su-su-ssudio... #
Shell and I are partway through our tour of this year's challenge house,
the BayCISS Community Centre.
They're a great take on the paver, aren't they?
They're lovely. Now, what a difference.
LESLIE: Hey, Scotty. Hey, Shell.
What was the clean-out like? 'Cause it was a jungle out here.
Our exterior team have done well so far to clear the space...
Veggie garden! Potential.
..and prep it for what's about to come,
which is a low-maintenance, peaceful space lined in ornamental pears,
a generous seating area and a controversial pizza oven.
It's community,
so we're gonna pop a pizza oven and a barbecue and just have...
I don't know if a pizza oven's a good use of funds...
Yeah, or a barbie. ..because these people are in...
They're in massive trauma.
They're not having barbies and pizza oven nights
and no-one's gonna light a fire and get a pizza oven going,
you know what I mean?
Great idea... Mmm.
..but I don't think that's a great use of funds...
The space. But maybe a little gas barbie...
We've got that as well. ..which you said.
Yeah. I don't know about the pizza oven.
What do you think? Don't you reckon?
LESLIE: The pizza oven was more a... they can have people here
to come to the centre and they can show them how to make the pizzas
and it was a way that they've got somewhere to come,
somewhere to be...
It is being gifted, like, you know, to them... OK.
..and also, the pizza guy down the road is coming, you know,
to give everyone some food,
so it'd be nice if they could actually get community together
and make that sort of maybe a thing, once a month...
You won us over. Stop talking. (LAUGHTER)
Sounds like a good idea. Well done.
LESLIE: Thank you. See you tomorrow.
GIAN: Thank you. Thank you.
See you later. Good luck. See you.
Pizza oven idea comes from the centre.
Like, BayCISS does lunch services for people. Mm-hm.
They literally, in the time that we've been renovating,
I've literally seen three people come up to BayCISS,
not realising it's closed and asking where they can get food from,
so, you know, like, there's that need as well.
Obviously, it's aesthetic as well
but again, there is purpose for it as well, so, yeah.
('SMILE' BY LILY ALLEN PLAYS) # At first when I see you cry
# It makes me smile Yeah, it makes me smile... #
SCOTT: Meanwhile, back inside, the girls have been busy
sourcing some new desks and storage for the consultation room.
Perfect. We'll pop down some time today and collect those.
WOMAN: (ON PHONE) Yeah, no stress. We need the van.
We had some cabinets to pick up... Amazing.
..about ten minutes out of... like, away from BayCISS,
so we needed the Transit van.
Do we have access to the Transit van?
Yeah.
Can I please have the keys?
The Block only has one van.
Let's go pick up the Transit... OK.
..because Leah just said, "Oh, we were wanting the Transit."
I was, like, "Well, we asked for it" and apparently we've got it. Yeah.
When you request the van, you have to go through certain channels
and Steph had been given permission for the van.
Yes, we're just confirming that it was, in fact, for us.
But while Steph goes through the correct channels...
Um...
..Leah takes a direct approach.
Hello. I'm here to pick up some Transit keys.
We were just gonna quickly go to the van and use it for 40 minutes max.
Steph apparently already asked for the keys.
We're just waiting for the Transit. Where's Leah gone?
What's up, girls? Oh, yeah, I was coming to...
I was about to text you. Oh, my god, this seat is warm.
Oh, yeah. Sorry.
No, I love it. OK, 'cause it can get burny.
(LAUGHS) What are you guys picking up?
We've gotta go back to Provincial and we need the Transit van,
that's why, because things don't fit in the car.
SCOTT: At this point, Steph is still waiting for the Transit keys,
which, it turns out, are in Leah's back pocket.
OK, I'm running.
Oh... OK.
Let's go get the Transit.
Hey. We're just picking up the Transit keys.
By the time she asked for them, I had the keys.
She thought it was a set-up,
production were setting it up for her to, like,
not have the Transit van.
OK, I did the right thing. I asked you an hour ago.
You messaged me, like, half an hour ago saying it's mine.
We've come here to get it and now you're saying that Leah's got it?
It doesn't make sense to me.
'Cause you said we had it an hour ago, it's ours.
Now we're sitting out the front, now we don't have it.
What do you mean she's already gone?
I literally just had a conversation with her out here.
Let's just go. I'm so over it.
(BLEEP) Are we walking?
(BLEEP). Yeah, let's walk.
What's the actual point of doing the right thing?
She was cranky.
(RINGING TONE)
And since she has already got the van,
Leah has decided to pick up a few more things...
LESLIE: She's calling me. I'm just gonna answer.
Hello.
..which may or may not be for her own home.
It's funny, you've got ten people, ten big personalities on The Block.
We don't all need to be kumbaya best friends...
Bye.
..you know.
I actually just don't have time for that.
Oh... my... dramatic god!
VOICEOVER: They've got 24 hours...
This week is outrageously annoying.
..of kitchen pressure.
I've just heard you went off at some of the crew.
Let's go apologise.
Leave me alone.
Who will nail...
This is how my life is meant to be.
..the biggest week of the year?
She's gonna take it overly seriously.
PRODUCER: What are you eating? It's sweet and sour sauce.
Then...
What?! Ohh.
Sunday - the most explosive reveal secret of the year.
You think you know someone.