SCOTT: Previously on The Block... Jolene! Get a bucket!
..our Blockheads are battling through family bathroom week...
There's a water leak in the ceiling. (WATER RUNS)
..house three losing tilers...
Yeah. I'm done, unfortunately.
What an absolute nightmare.
..last week's winners losing their mojo.
House four, they're a long way off.
Absolutely cannot come even close to finishing this bathroom.
But they've all discovered last night...
Oh! ..how big this week really is.
(GASPING)
All this is up for grabs this Sunday night.
It's 250K worth of kitchen appliances from e&s.
It's on. It's on.
Ours. We're coming for it.
And tonight... (IMITATES CHICKEN)
No! Peace out.
..which Blockheads will deliver
the first challenge win of the season?
You reckon I'll get points if I lie on the bed naked?
(GASPS) What?!
It's dirty. That's dirty play. Yeah.
And... DAN: What's going on?
MAN: I don't know what to say other than tear it up.
..who won't deliver a bathroom on Sunday at all?
There's nothing we can do to solve the problem in that bathroom.
This is The Block, right? The highs are high, lows are low.
That massive roller-coaster again.
(DOG WHINES AND YELPS) (THUNDER CRACKS)
It's week two on The Block 2026.
This year, we're in the charming coastal town of Mount Eliza
in the Mornington Peninsula
and it's hump day for our Blockheads
as they turn their empty shells into family bathrooms.
We've just got to put these dumb corners in.
I mean, these important corners in.
Oh. What's that? I don't want to see that.
Oh, sorry, not that one. Gee, keep those ones to yourself.
This is just not going to be possible.
Well, unless old mate gets... Yeah, well...
We're a little bit...
Got the pressure on a little bit more today
because we found out last night
that there's 250K worth of appliances,
so it put a little, uh... Firecracker.
..firecracker up our quoits and away we go.
INTERVIEWER: Up your quoits? Yeah. Up your quoit. (LAUGHS)
I haven't heard that term in a while.
And as we all know, what happened last year when they won this week?
They won The Block. They won The Block.
(LAUGHS)
(LAUGHTER) (APPLAUSE)
(CASH REGISTER DINGS)
So the stakes are very high
and we're definitely behind the eight ball.
JOLENE: We've got waterproofing down but it needs to dry.
It needs to be inspected.
And we still haven't locked in a glazier for our shower screen.
No-one wants to commit to doing a floor-to-ceiling.
How'd you get on with the glass? Did you get anyone?
Can you see my facial expressions? Yeah.
You can? My Botox, I need more.
I am burning my eyes into his soul, going,
"We need to make sure that this bathroom is epic
"and that the custom shower actually happens."
(COUGHS)
SCOTT: Yep.
With all three uptown homes having an identical floor plan
for their family bathroom
and the two downtown floor plans also mirroring each other,
everyone is trying to find a way to stand out
and all of them face the same challenge.
(LAID-BACK MUSIC PLAYS)
There was three doors in this bathroom,
so you go through one door
and then you open that door to the powder room
and then you open that door to get through to the bathroom,
to the shower...
Doing, like, a breaststroke
to get through to the main bathroom.
I'm sick of all these doors.
Every team has changed their layout to tackle the issue,
but Court and Sev have arguably the boldest and smartest plan.
They are moving the entryway to the powder room,
creating a cavity slider door in the hallway
and putting up a new wall where the old door was.
I guess wanting to reduce the amount of doors
but then we want to integrate cabinetry as you walk in.
Storage, storage. Storage, storage, storage.
Shaynna, this is for you.
Yes, she loves storage. This is for you.
I'd say the girls have a design that could impress all the judges
if they can pull it off,
because one of the biggest challenges to blitz a bathroom in a week
is actually getting it finished.
There's so many things that we have to get checked off.
Framing. Get framing inspection.
We've got to insulate. Get insulation inspection.
We've got to plaster. Get plastering inspection.
Waterproof. Get waterproofing inspection.
And then tiling. Get tiling inspection.
It's a lot. It's a lot.
There you go.
And one house is blitzing through that to-do list,
thanks to the Cursio brothers.
DAN: Once again, very neat.
Very neat from the boys.
How's it dried already? MAN: Dry as a bone.
This is impressive. Not bad.
This is impressive.
You're in my shower right now, Dan.
Mate. How's this even possible?
8:00 on Thursday morning,
house two has just passed waterproofing inspection.
This is massive. They've gone from last to first.
We've managed to lose a day
but still get ahead of everyone else.
We missed Monday.
After everything that happened on Sunday night...
SCOTT: Chantel and Wyatt,
you spent 20...over 20 grand in cash this week.
No, we didn't. Yes, you did.
..I'm definitely feeling like this is a bit of a stitch-up.
I don't want to stay.
However, after the pair decided to call it quits, there was a twist...
The computer added the builder's invoice twice.
You're making me look like a piece of (BLEEP).
I... I apologise, mate. I understand why you're upset.
..and despite reservations...
Chantel and I have decided to stay.
(OTHERS CHEER AND APPLAUD)
..and even though they've had 24 hours less than the other teams,
they do have a secret weapon.
The fact that we're the first to finish waterproofing
is absolutely not a surprise, with the Cursio brothers.
They are absolute machines.
Nice enough.
I'm thinking, like, 11:00 at least
is when we're going to be approving stuff.
We're tiling. Oh-ho. Let's go.
(CHEERING) Awesome.
Ben's just got to do his thing.
It is super important to be the first to tiling
because that means we're leading the race
to having a completed bathroom
and other people at this point
are looking like they're not going to have anything to...
Show.
And news of house two storming ahead is already doing the rounds.
(BLEEP).
Sounds like it's just reached house five.
INTERVIEWER: What do you reckon about house two tiling?
Yeah, a bit hard to swallow.
They... House two had a day off on Monday
and they're ahead of everyone,
so I'm not sure how they've got that.
But apparently they've used a different...
different waterproof system - a mat.
Um...
Alright. We'll catch up.
You know, we're waterproofing... We've got floor-to-ceiling tiles.
We haven't even started tiling.
Did we pass?
DAN: 90% passed. What do you mean, 90?
We'd waterproofed on Wednesday night, one layer
and we came in on Thursday morning
and the waterproofing still wasn't dry.
More drying.
That was a real setback, actually.
But we're surrounded by really good people and it could be worse.
DAN: OK, so it's Thursday morning, 8am.
Courtney and Sev still haven't passed a frame inspection.
They need to sort this out ASAP.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
Sev's waving at us.
Yes?
We were promised some builders from house three.
Are they on their way? COURTNEY: I have no idea.
They said they were coming here first thing this morning.
Oh, so you've got builders coming? So...
Yeah, we've got Ross's builders coming.
And they're gonna... Help inso.
Yes. Still waiting on Rosco's chippy to show up.
We made a little deal yesterday.
I gave him my waterproofers.
Hello, guys. How you going? Hi, I'm Ross.
And I said... "And Ross, chippies? I'll see you soon."
Alright. Once we get this signed off we'll come over, give you a hand.
Lachie, his chippy...
was supposed to be here at 5:00.
I literally gave them the waterproofers. Such dogs. Alright.
They literally come over at 5:50.
Courts, we weren't ready.
You have my word. I'll be in here tomorrow morning.
Alright.
SCOTT: Well, now it's the next morning and...
Now it's like 7:30 or 8:00 or whatever.
I don't know what it is, but we've lost another hour,
so we're just a little bit up (BLEEP) creek, so...
This will be the last time I make a deal with the devil
because he didn't stick to his word.
I'm sorry, like, that's dirty. Yeah, that was a little rough.
Well, let's see what this evil genius has to say for himself.
I agreed to, um...
I don't really know what I agreed to yet.
Nice guy over here would have just agreed to whatever.
DAN: So, have you cut a deal with house four?
I don't know what the deal was. I wasn't here.
I don't remember.
So there's a deal made and we don't remember the deal?
INTERVIEWER: The deal was a waterproofer for a chippy.
Yep.
But I don't know the time...
I can't tell you because my day was a whirlwind
and I wish I can remember what was said.
Anyway, so we sent Lachie down. I think it was for an hour and 15.
I don't actually know.
She's all pretty straightforward? Yeah. That's not... That's...not...
I don't think the deal needed to be done in the first place.
Yeah. I stuffed up again. No, you didn't stuff up, hon.
I think you were... You don't care.
OK, so what happens is I get what I need
and then I just blank out.
That happens. Like...
And then I'm like... And then someone's
"Oh, you said you'd do this."
And I was like, "Oh, OK, sorry. I'll go and do it, then."
How do you think the girls feel about this?
Oh, no good. I'm a dog in their eyes, for sure.
# He's a tramp... #
But what's really good is everything's recorded
and I'll find out and be like, "Oh, I was a dog."
(LAUGHS, BARKS) # He's a tramp... #
DAN: What's going on? Nothing's lining up.
They're not straight lines.
How can you win a room when you've got quality like that?
I don't think you can.
(DOG WHINES AND YELPS) (THUNDER CRACKS)
SCOTT: With our Blockheads a little short on cash this week
and a 250 grand kitchen upgrade on the line,
I'm giving them a chance to boost their budget,
so they've downed tools for the arvo
for their first challenge of the season
at the Peninsula Hot Springs.
This nearby retreat is famed for its chilled-out glamping accommodation
and relaxing location.
Good afternoon. How are we? Come on in. Great to see you.
Hello. Hello. Well, hello, hello.
We get to the Peninsula Hot Springs.
We're standing in a glamping tent and they have lots of ornaments,
lots of cushions, lots of bedheads, bedside tables...
I was thinking, "Oh, gosh, what's going on here?"
Welcome to the Peninsula Hot Springs,
the stunning location for your very first challenge!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) (SCOTT LAUGHS)
Now, each of you will have your very own glamping tent.
At the moment, they are looking a little bare.
WOMAN: Yeah. Yes.
Your challenge is a really simple one, actually.
You have 30 minutes to transform your tents
into luxurious bedrooms oasis...
ready for guests to have a relaxing snooze.
There are five glamping tents... Yeah.
..that are pretty much stripped and we have to decorate them.
And it must be the full suite, from bedheads...
Bedside drawers, painting, artwork, vases, blankets, you name it.
The whole kit and caboodle.
We've got half an hour.
But who knows, 'cause we can really do anything.
We've whipped up some crazy fricken things.
That's what they've said about us. We're capable of anything.
Now, judging all your hard work
is someone that knows this place inside and out.
Please meet Angela, stylist and interior designer here
at the Peninsula Hot Springs.
We take a lot of pride in the way that we present our glamping tents
and our eco lodges for our guests who come and stay with us.
So I am so excited to see what you guys do with them.
And to make it all possible,
as you can see around us, is a magnificent pop-up shop
full of all the best bedroom furniture,
provided by Snooze, of course.
We've also got some beautiful artwork here for you
from the local Manyung Gallery
and some magnificent styling items
that have been curated by a local store called Terracotta Clover.
The best tent on ground
will take home a whopping $10,000 in cash...
CONTESTANTS: Oooh! ..thanks to our mates at Snooze.
(APPLAUSE) That's not all.
The winners will also take home the Snooze button.
And that wins you $10,000 to put towards your tradies.
Imagine the beautiful dreams you will have...
Wow. ..sleeping in...
when all your housemates are at work.
So, 20K for 30 minutes work.
And you get to sleep in.
We need to win the Snooze button.
OK, you have 30 minutes.
No breakages, no roughhouse.
Attitude we're bringing to it, it's cutthroat.
This is when Ross is, like, nice guy...no more.
Alright, your time starts now.
(WOMAN SQUEALS) Look out!
And it was like mayhem. It was madness.
Oh, OK. Sorry. Oh, shivers.
And there was people grabbing, dropping (BLEEP).
Those glasses in your hand, they're 50 bucks each.
OK, we need a wheelbarrow. Oh, I got the closest one!
I got the closest one! That's a massive advantage.
It was hectic. People were fricken pushing each other.
There's trolleys in the bushes.
(STRAINS)
You've got Adam bringing a trolley through, like mulch in a garden.
I don't know what he was thinking.
Medic!
Get me a medic.
I haven't... I haven't... I haven't seen him run like that before.
OK, I've definitely run faster,
but I don't know if I've tried to run faster
because age has crept up on me.
Mate, you are knocked up after running 200m.
Mate, I'll tell you... (LAUGHS)
Do we need a paramedic? I'll get Lisa.
Lisa. Get Lisa in there.
If you start unpacking it... But I need one more pouf, hon.
Can you go run... What did you call me?
Pouf. I called you a pouf.
INTERVIEWER: What kind of look are you going for?
Natural. Our look. Yeah.
Our... Our default look.
The style I was going for was really anything I could grab.
Oh, come on, come on, come on. Come on.
Left more. Yeah.
See, I was going for the one that Lisa grabbed
and she was in front of me and she grabbed it and I'm like "No!"
So I grabbed the butt.
Do you reckon I'll get points if I lie on the bed naked?
Pick and choose when you're being an idiot.
Today is not it.
Three minutes!
Three minutes to go!
('BLITZKRIEG BOP' BY THE RAMONES PLAYS)
Put it that way. Put it to the left. Yeah.
Good.
Our vibe is moody. Yeah.
It was earthy and one with nature. Mmm.
Where's the drill? Oh! I'd live here. Up there.
Straighten that up.
I'm getting the chair. SHELLEY: One minute to go!
20 grand up for grabs!
# Hey! Oh! Let's go! Hey! Oh! Let's go!
# Hey! Oh! Let's go! # (WHISTLES DOWN)
Tools down...on our first challenge for this season.
Yep. Oooh-oooh-oooh.
(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYS)
Right. Adam and Jolene, house one.
Oh!
Now, if anyone knows a thing or two about camping,
it'll be these two, for sure. Yes.
What do you think? ANGELA: I'm really impressed.
Bit of a stickler for a making of a bed.
That would be my only criticism, probably.
And a little bit untidy. It's 30 minutes.
I think they did really, really well.
This is the quick challenge and it's going to be quick judging.
Let's move on. You love it that way, don't you?
I do. (LAUGHS)
30-minute challenge.
(LAID-BACK MUSIC PLAYS)
Rightio. Wyatt and Chantel. Chantel.
Plenty of pillow action.
We might have gone a little bit overboard on the cushions,
even though I do love a good cushion.
The artwork, I think it's a beautiful piece.
It may be a little bit jarring for a relaxing bedroom for me.
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYS)
OK. Lisa and Rosco.
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!
Oh, this is lovely.
This is a very fresh, clean vibe in here.
It's really quite coastal, but quite modern at the same time.
The colours are really working.
They're really balanced in here, which is lovely.
(LAID-BACK MUSIC PLAYS)
Um... Oooh. Different again.
Courtney and Sev.
Yes.
We love green at the Peninsula Hot Springs,
so there's a lot of green in here.
Love the placement of the Hot Springs robes.
Mm-hm. Ready to jump into the pools.
So do people just obviously check in...
Yes. ..chuck on their swimmers and robes.
Spend the rest of the time in their robes.
Oh, how good. They dine in their robes.
They walk around... They dine in their robes?
Yeah, absolutely. It's outrageous.
G'day, Scotty. Hello.
G'day, Scotty.
(LAUGHS) "It's outrageous."
Rick and Tayla.
ANGELA: I love the use of all the organic materials and colours.
The bedhead's beautiful.
I think that might be my favourite bedhead...
SHELLEY: Mmm. ..so far.
I love the use of the vases on the floor over there.
It's a very kind of immersing yourself in nature feel,
which is very much what we're about here as well.
We've got a really tough choice now. Certainly do.
One, two, three, four, five. Yes.
Big prize. First challenge.
It's all on you. Thank you.
Shell! (LAUGHTER)
No pressure.
Right. Well, well done, everybody.
That was a race to the finish line, wasn't it?
I thought Adam was going to die. (LAUGHTER)
You did it... You all did a fantastic job.
And they're all ripping rooms.
You created five beautifully calming spaces
that anyone would be lucky to stay in.
Yes. Yes.
But they're not all going to, are they, Angela?
Not all, unfortunately.
But the winners of today's challenge will also be upgraded
to the luxurious Eco Lodge.
CONTESTANTS: Oh!
Angela, who's going to take home the 10,000 bucks from Snooze,
plus the Snooze button?
And, of course, the night in the Eco Lodge tonight.
Absolutely. Well, it was actually really difficult.
It came down to the wire between two teams.
House five was really, really impressive.
The sort of...the earthy tones and the...
It made me feel like I was really immersing myself in nature,
which is exactly what we like.
Did we win or are you...?
But the biggest impact on me was with tent three.
WOMAN: Oh! (APPLAUSE)
First challenge win.
It was very coastal, it had instant impact.
It was very fresh and clean and coastal contemporary,
which I believe is the vibe that you're going for in Mount Eliza.
Thank you.
We are the winners! We're the winners.
Yeah. Thank you, Snooze.
Much appreciated.
Thank you, Peninsula Springs. Much needed.
ANGELA: And we loved the room so much,
we actually want to give our guests the opportunity
to come and stay in the room, so they can book and stay in the room
styled by house three. Oh, amazing!
Thank you. That's amazing.
Congratulations, Lisa and Rosco. Well done.
Prize... It's huge!
Sorry, you go. We're both so excited... (EXCLAIMS)
You go, you go. OK.
So, massive, massive $10,000 from Snooze
straight into our skyrocket... into the CommBank.
So that's amazing.
And then $10,000 Snooze button for our trades, which is huge.
I think that'll come in really handy for, like, kitchen/living, that...
Landscape maybe. Yeah. Maybe landscape.
Yep. We need that for landscape too.
And then we get a night in the Eco Lodge, which...
Together.
It's got its own pool. How good! Yeah.
(ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYS) Oh, this is so nice.
So nice.
Obviously, we're on The Block right now,
but we haven't had a night away without kids
since we had our little baby,
so it'll be our first, like, night away.
Like, romantic getaway. Yeah.
The share house doesn't count, you know.
Yeah. You can't count the share house.
I feel like this is the honeymoon we never got.
Yeah. It is. (CHEERING)
Welcome, everybody. Welcome.
MAN: You could have waxed your chest.
(LAUGHTER)
That's OK. Look at this.
(DOG BARKS) (GULL CRIES)
# If you tried just a little more times
# I would've made you a believer... #
INTERVIEWER: So, Friday morning, where are we at?
DAN: Well, house four, they're way behind everyone,
but they're giving it everything to try and get across the line.
We're smiling because we're panicked.
This is an anxiety smile. Yeah.
Yeah. This is...
This is not a 'we're doing really good' smile.
We still haven't waterproofed our powder room.
And we've got these trades here unable to do anything.
It's a big juggle.
Do we waterproof the powder room
and then no-one can do anything in there?
Like, we just have no idea what to do.
On the flipside, who's doing well?
Well, house two are just doing the final touches with their tiling.
They've got a few little pieces they've got to do in the shower
and then they're going to start doing their Venetian plastering
on the rest of the walls.
They're in a great spot.
Wow. Good.
Might as well write your name on that kitchen over there.
Put your name on it. Claim it. MAN: I hope so.
We have an amazing team.
Our builders, our trades, our tilers.
The Cursios are just our full-fledged weapon.
You know I wouldn't leave. I'd never leave, mate. Hell no.
Damn you Cursios to hell!
Cursio brothers will smash Chantel and Wyatt's bathroom.
They're in the Maldives, sipping cocktails...
(PARTY MUSIC PLAYS) ..and we're so far from done.
We've got waterproofing down, but it needs to dry.
It needs to be inspected.
And we know this is sort of the make-or-break day.
LISA: What's wrong with it?
MAN: Well, we're up against it.
Today we roll in and our waterproofing second coat
is still really wet.
So, can't start laying tiles yet.
And if we don't get any tiles down, we're not finishing.
We feel great personally, but our room has seen better days.
We got waterproof approved... Second layer waterproof approved.
Therefore, start tiling.
Let's go. Gus will show you what to do, Nicko.
We're gonna smash this thing out, mate.
We've got two new tilers coming, which is exciting.
You want me to get some tools or what?
What do you have? Do you have... I need laser.
Yeah, I got laser.
There's four in total.
That's gonna get (BLEEP) done. Fingers crossed.
Yeah. Good vibes, Friday.
(IMITATES CHICKEN CLUCKING)
INTERVIEWER: So, Friday morning, you do a chicken dance.
Did I?
That's what it says here.
Oh. Oh, I think I remember...
I think I... I think I brought the rooster out...
(IMITATES ROOSTER)
..because I was...I was pumped.
I got my floor-to-ceiling glazing going in.
(IMITATES ROOSTER) MAN: How?
I got no idea.
I have absolutely no idea how I've snagged it, but...
Custom-made glass floor-to-ceiling.
Booyakasha.
Floor-to-ceiling glass. Booyakasha.
SCOTT: And the good news continues over at house one,
as they're the first team to have...
# Scotty and Shelley's walk-around
# They walk around and point things out
# You may not have considered before. #
Oh, hello. Hello, hello.
What's going on? Good morning.
Ooh. What's going on in there? Nice little seat.
I love a seat in the shower. I love a seat in the shower.
It's a bit Japanesey.
(GONG RESOUNDS)
As well as an onsen-style bench, KitKat tiles run up the wall
with bathtub and shower sitting behind
a custom-made recessed glass.
A bright and simple powder room completes their design.
And like all our teams,
house one have made a change to tackle the three-door issue.
But, listen, you took the door off the WC.
Yeah.
# Love is an open door... #
They have dispensed with the powder room door for a more open-plan feel.
It was set up in the plans that was a water closet,
so therefore you could be sitting on the loo
and someone else showering at the same time and pass through.
Look, you can still... We all know each other.
Like, you're not going to have some random swimming in your pool
and coming in the loo, eh?
You're going to know everyone.
I am a 'door on the toilet' sort of a bloke.
Yeah. By putting that other door there, which is...
It's great for the fact that people could still have a shower
and you could still be on the toilet
and you're not going to be crossing over.
Like, we get that. But it also would be a little dungeon.
And with such a luxury home, that's not the feel we want.
Estimated budget? Over.
Well over.
$32,909.99.
Oooh. Yeah...
What figure did you have on Monday? (IMITATES MUMBLING)
Well, yeah. What did you have?
Because I wasn't here for this and you didn't share it with me.
Well, if you can get it out of Frankie, you're doing good.
Well, I actually know the figure because I know everything.
Frankie... (LAUGHTER)
It's $18,722.50.
Oh. Close, eh?
Yeah. (LAUGHS)
If we can get the win, it's worth 250K.
If we spend an extra ten grand... I know what I'd be rather doing.
$250,000 worth of an appliance upgrade for this house...
With that view. ..with that view...
would be outstanding.
That's why we've blown the heck out of our budget this week.
I've just... It's not a consideration.
There's no excuse for that.
(LAUGHS)
We're going for the win. Got to get the dog this week.
Go get the win. Go and get it.
Don't... Don't... Don't hold back.
Don't... Go get it.
Don't half try to get it. You get it and you get it good.
# Scott and Shelley are poppin' by... #
Hi.
Hello. Hi.
How are you doing? Welcome.
How you doing? I might come into your nib.
Come into our... Oh, four people in a shower already?
Well, I'm going to start by saying, you, for me,
you've resolved the three-door issue.
Oh, OK. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah.
You've actually done what the architect wanted,
which is two separate rooms. Yep.
But you've just deleted one of his doors,
which we agree with because there's too many doors.
COUPLE: Yeah.
Some people have deleted the toilet door or the bathroom door.
Yeah.
Whereas you've kept the two doors there.
So, action can happen in both rooms at the same time.
As well as resolving the three-door issue,
their bathroom will feature a timber vanity, a Nood Co basin
with gunmetal tapware
surrounded by travertine tiles.
With beige tiles on floor and walls...
the powder room includes another timber vanity,
with micro-cement on the walls and feature tiles.
So have you got your floor tiles down? No.
They're dry-laid. (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
(WHINES)
It's Friday. Yes.
I don't know if you're aware. Yeah, we are aware, Scotty.
We are way behind because of waterproofing.
INTERVIEWER: Then your tiler walks on Wednesday.
Yes, he does.
But we have a new tiler on board.
And he's been cutting all the tiles and doing all the mitres
and everything we could do
to set ourselves up in the best possible way.
Once we get going, he's going to be quick.
Alright. Good luck.
Alright. Bye, everyone.
COUPLE: Thank you. Bye.
See you later.
We're up against it again.
But I still think there is a possibility we can finish.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
Now, how many tilers have we got here?
Only the one tiler.
To do floor... What's his plan?
And floor and wall in this area.
In 5.5 hours? Yep.
Reckons he can do it?
I've asked him. He's confident.
Once he gets in here, he'll get it done.
The tiler, he seems to think
he can still achieve it all by himself today.
Very optimistic.
A bathroom of that size on their own,
it's simply too much of a task for one tiler to do.
Well, other houses, house one, they've got five tilers in there.
House five, they're getting more tilers in,
because it's such a big prize this week.
250K on the line.
I don't understand why Rosco is just going with the flow
and not getting more tilers here.
And he did say...if he really asked if we need someone here
just as back-up.
We're fighting against the dry time,
not against actually how quick we can get it in there.
Copy. Understood. Yeah, yeah.
Alright, alright.
The story here is Rosco's got to get harder on his trades.
He's got to run the show, because at the moment,
the tiler's dictating his terms,
where Rosco should be dictating HIS terms.
Otherwise he's not going to finish.
(DOG WHINES AND YELPS) (THUNDER CRACKS)
# Birds flying high You know how I feel... #
SCOTT: It's family bathroom week on The Block
and at house five...
You go that way and I'll go...
MAN: Yep. ..this way.
..Rick and Tayla's tiling army have sprung into action
to tackle the mammoth floor-to-ceiling tiling job
and Rick is...
(SLURPING)
DAN: Rick, what's going on?
(BLEEP). (BLEEP).
This is our shower area.
Someone's waterproofed this and we haven't even protected it.
We could be destroying this waterproofing.
You've got to waterproof, game over.
We're gonna have to clean in there, mate.
Oh...
Come on, we need to take control in here.
Otherwise, you're not gonna finish.
Just walk through to house five. Full panic.
Rick's got a lot on his plate.
(BLEEP) me.
You can't finish rooms on your own.
You need your partner to help you throughout the week.
House five's team is consisting of only one person in there.
I'll let the audience decide who that is.
We've got to put in protection.
There was one on there. Who moved that?
# Stop right now Thank you very much... #
I don't know, mate. I have no idea, Gus. (BLEEP).
(STRAINS) MAN: Oh, too much.
Dammit!
To be fair, Tayla is cleaning up.
# What you waitin' for? Put your back in it... #
INTERVIEWER: What you get is pretty much like living together.
I provide the giggles, the laughs. Dad farts.
I don't fart. (LAUGHS)
Hello, team. Hello.
I'm just gonna hang that up.
# Scotty and Shelley came around for their walk-around... #
How are you guys going?
Good. Yeah, we're going good.
I showed them my towels.
150 bucks each. No, 109.
Is this gonna tie... Is this gonna be nice?
It's a beautiful towel.
Whether it matches your bathroom or not, I don't know.
No. I'm only just...
Oh, OK. Handle's nice.
SCOTT: Those special towels will be hung on heated rails,
surrounded by 6 x 6 travertine tiles.
Continuing the 'more is more' tile theme,
the wall around the marble-topped vanity features mini travertine tiles
in an earthy hue.
And in the powder room, would you believe it,
it's all about the tiles.
Your tile, you're running this large format all the way around?
Yeah. Over here, we've got...
We've got some... Sorry. Did you... What are they called?
It's... Fingers. Slivers.
Oh, it's like a French...
It's a... Do you want me to show you it?
If you've got it. Yeah. Let me show you.
Um... Yeah, so...
While we wait, let's look at how their floor plan has changed.
Taking inspo from house three in uptown,
they're also deleting just the hallway door.
You don't like the towels?
Dad... I'm wrecked.
I'm keeping it. Oh, cute.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's nice. Yeah, lovely.
Yeah. They loved what we...
We're putting down. Yeah.
They picked up what we were putting down.
I think Scotty was just more concerned
about the time we had left. Oh, sorry.
You still haven't tiled all this? No.
INTERVIEWER: Are you worried yet, Tayla?
No. I'm always positive.
My optimism is so optimistic.
Like, it's just... It is. It's literally endless.
Get your tilers in here right now. Let's get out, Shell.
Thank you, guys. Thank you. See you. Well done.
Tile, tile, tile for the rest of the day.
Yep. And onwards.
Yeah. Tiles for the next two days.
So, later.
OK, let's move back over to uptown.
The main sprinkler head.
And then, what, is there another one
that's gonna have more pressure... Like, a hand one.
..that you can take off. Yeah, yeah. And over.
And then straight down. Hello?
Hello. Shelley, Scotty, how are you?
Hello. Great. How are you?
Good. Good, good.
Powering along here.
Yeah, we're doing pretty good, I think.
Yeah. Pretty happy with where we're at.
Well, I spoke to the Cursios outside
and you've just got a skirting tile here.
Yeah.
And in the WC as well. Yes.
Right. So you've basically finished the tiling.
Yes. Yep.
When Scotty and Shelley come and seen us,
I think they were pretty impressed with where we're at.
Yeah.
Like, we've proven that we're looking to complete our bathroom
and we started a day late.
I think the other teams just need to manage their trades
and time a little better.
SCOTT: Minimal is the name of the game here.
Their bathroom features a floating timber vanity, sand-coloured bathtub
surrounded by beige large-format tiles
and then a simple powder room with curved mirror,
white basin and a micro-cement feature wall.
Still trying to stick with the luxury feel,
but I'm trying to modernise it a little bit.
We've taken on board feedback from last week.
Going from that older style... Old luxury to new luxury.
And with an aversion to doors
sweeping the Blockheads' plans this week,
house two have decided to dispense of the one to enter the bathroom.
And you've deleted the door here. We have.
Yeah, so I think the concept was that you'd have two separate rooms, right?
So you could shower and sit on the loo...
I know. ..at the same time.
And you could lock this room off... Yeah.
..and lock that room off. Yeah.
We had a lot of different ideas
and it went round and round in circles
and this is what we landed on.
But at the end of the day, I'd rather it be more open...
It's more practical, in our opinion.
It feels bigger. The room feels bigger, having less doors.
OK, 250 grand worth of appliances. No pressure.
Yeah. Actually...
No pressure. Actually, heaps of pressure.
Heaps of pressure. Heaps of pressure.
True. See you, guys. Good luck.
Thank you. Thanks, Scotty. Thanks, Shelley.
See ya.
Well, Shell, as far as the change of plans there...
Yeah. ..that's better than house one...
because they've actually got a door on the toilet...
Yeah, it's...
..so it can be used while someone's brushing their teeth.
You know, it could come down to that this week.
How frustrated... Oh, my god.
How annoyed would you be if it came down to...
A door. ..door placement?
Yes. One door.
# To the door... #
All our Blockheads are under the pump with less than two days to finish.
So who's the last person you want to see when time is ticking?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
Excuse me.
Got some information from the, uh...the G-Mac.
A bit of misunderstanding with the tiler that I've got.
(HALF-LAUGHS)
They've all got to have their own insurance and...
He didn't have it.
I'm out of here.
(BLEEP).
Not enough insurance.
And he thought he could go under Gus's banner, but he can't,
Gus being a sole trader, so he's got to leave.
We're in deep (BLEEP) here.
(DOG WHINES AND YELPS) (THUNDER CRACKS)
MAN: I'm out of here.
(BLEEP) me.
A bit of misunderstanding with tiler that I've got.
(HALF-LAUGHS)
They've all got to have their own insurance and...
He didn't have it.
SCOTT: And it turns out he wasn't the only one.
You're helping?
He can't help you
because he doesn't have insurance to be here.
Like, same as the other guy.
Yeah, a little bit stressed at the moment.
Yeah. It's not looking good, let's be quite honest.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
RICK: Can you spare a tiler? I just got two of mine kicked off.
Can I spare a tiler? Go on.
Why? Why two of them?
They weren't insured under Gus's banner.
We need more, because in order to finish, we need more.
We need those extra two more.
We just got to work out a bit of a plan of attack.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
House five needs tilers. They're coming for our tilers.
No, they can't have... We're gonna tile.
We're tiling our vanity now. Both our vanities...
Tayla, hi!
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
Are you able to come and help us, please?
To do what?
Tayla cannot sweet-talk the Cursios.
She just can't. They're just too loyal to us.
There's only us two left and we're going to finish this, so...
No go. OK, so it's not going to happen?
Do you know any tilers?
What are you doing right now?
Pardon?
I just want... I just need help with tiles.
Can you just help us tile for a little bit?
How big are the tiles? Six by six. Easy as (BLEEP).
So I've just had a chat to old mate friend Stephan over there.
Asked if he could just help us out and he said yes.
INTERVIEWER: Is he a tiler?
Yeah, totally.
But I'm not a tiler, that's all. But...
I've done it. But you know what you're doing.
Stephan is not a tiler.
He's a Venetian plasterer, but he's tiled before.
So we've got two tilers and a labourer.
Which is not enough. It's not enough still.
And we've only got however many hours left.
And there's, like, literally a corner of the wall that's done.
So it was... It was scary. It's scary.
Yeah. I hope it gets done.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
# Scott and Shelley... #
This is different again.
Hey, girls. Ladies. Hello.
Hey. # Get ready for the truth bomb... #
Can you see my face? Yeah.
Yeah. It looks like a face of panic. Girls, it's midday...
Mmm. Yep.
..on Friday...
Mmm. Yep.
..and we haven't finished waterproofing.
Correct.
It was sad to sort of see that they were genuinely worried for us.
And it's such an important week, girls.
It is. It's such an important week.
250 grand upgrade from e&s.
It's... The carrot's here.
SCOTT: There are some big swings planned for this bathroom.
A huge Velux skylight immediately catches the eye.
A floating Reece vanity sits between timber cabinetry and shower niches.
A floor-to-ceiling glass screen, bath and shower complete the room.
The powder room with that unique cavity door slider
features a clean, minimal design.
You've got some finicky tiles going in too, haven't you?
A small amount, though. Very small.
And I tried to be careful with the recess height
to ensure they can just put the sheets in place without cutting.
Yeah, that's experience, isn't it? Yeah.
Project manager and a designer. Yeah.
You don't want to not finish.
No, we're very concerned about
how we're going to finish all of this off.
Our egos and professional pride is definitely on the line.
Always on the line.
Definitely in this moment that we were in a bit of a world of hurt.
You can call a body corporate meeting.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
# Body corp It's a body corp... #
What's going on?
We've got a little foursome with Rick and Tayla.
So that's our little allies and we look after each other where we can.
Did you want me to call body corp to get extended hours?
TAYLA: Good idea. Tonight?
Yeah. And then tomorrow morning as well. Start at 7:00.
If you can.
We don't know exactly where the other houses are at,
but we know a few are in trouble.
You could do something. You could paint.
We need three, don't we? Yeah. I believe so.
No, I'm not sure.
You've got to be ruthless.
There is 250K at stake.
If we had to give an answer right this second, we'd probably say no.
(PLAYFUL MUSIC)
Everyone put your hands up if you want to stay longer.
We don't need to, but we're happy to stay. Put it that way.
Oh, thanks, guys.
# Body corp, it's a body corp... #
For an extra two hours.
You know, we're all very happy with that.
# It's a body corp. #
ADAM: (ON PHONE) Hello.
JOLENE: (ON PHONE) Hello.
No trades after 6:00.
They said we can only paint. So who voted for that?
Everyone.
(BLEEP).
Yeah, we did agree
that we were going to say no at the body corp, but...
I made the decision, like, literally 30 seconds before.
Fine. I just wish you would communicate with me.
Am I the other half of the team or what?
I guess, 11 years in, I'm very much used to the fact
that Adam doesn't listen.
He's very selective.
# It's a body corp It's a body corp
# Adam ignored the misso at the body corp... #
INTERVIEWER: Bust-up today, Adam? Missus cool?
Yeah. She's excited. Really excited.
# Body corp... # (BLEEP).
DAN: Rosco.
Hello. How are we going with the tiles?
Uh...
Waiting for them to dry, so we're probably 5:30 before we're dry.
So you're not getting any walls done today, then?
No. No walls done today.
So how are we going to fit off tomorrow?
This is what I was trying to tell youse earlier.
You've got to change your method of doing it.
Everything Dan advises me on
or if he offers advice, I always go and ask.
I'm probably not... maybe not forceful enough,
but unfortunately, you've got to go with the guy
that's laying the tiles, like...
Tomorrow, we've got to somehow get the walls done, let it dry.
Fit off plumbing, fit off electrical.
OK. Alright. We are where we are.
Yeah.
Alright, mate.
It's not dire straits, but it's pretty close at the moment.
We're, like, can't really have any more room for error.
So, our tiler taped off the area and then he said he was out.
I was busy painting doors.
And then Dan came to come and inspect
and when I walked up there with him, we sort of...
It was a bit of a disaster.
Look at this. Look how rough this is.
Look, this isn't even square with this water stop.
10mm gap. Going to three. Yep.
And then you look here,
there's something running out of square here.
(BLEEP).
Then we went around the side to look through the window,
just to see what's happening in the shower
and where they've got their split tiles coming off the drain,
those lines aren't straight.
Disaster.
Nothing's lining up. They're not straight lines.
I can see a grout line not lining up by about 3mm.
It's got glue everywhere.
That's so hard to get off the top.
That's a nightmare.
This is all because he's trying to do on his own and he's rushed it.
Maybe they have to grout it, see how it looks.
But how can you win a room when you've got quality like that?
I don't think you can.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
(DOG WHINES AND YELPS) (THUNDER CRACKS)
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
I've got tiles in the car.
Oooh, end of Friday.
So much to do. So many tiles to put down.
MAN: Perfect. JOLENE: Yeah.
So while we had the the tiles cut out and that was good time-wise,
we still had a long way to go.
We got one hour, man. We have to get those tiles down.
Yeah. It's a stressful, stressful day.
After the win with the shower screen and that...
And then it was just like that massive roller-coaster again.
They haven't sanded, so you won't be painting nothing.
What have you got? I don't know.
Yeah, we have to wait for the ceiling to get sanded
before we can paint it,
so there's nothing left for us to do.
I am going straight home to eat, shower and go train.
(POP MUSIC PLAYS)
Even though we're ahead and we're winning
and we feel like we're gonna finish, there's still a lot to do
and not a lot of time to do it,
so you can't take your foot off the gas
because at any moment, one thing goes wrong and you're a day behind.
COURTNEY: I'm gonna clean up downstairs.
It's the end of the day
and there's a small section tiled on the floors, no walls.
The other section of floors isn't tiled.
The powder room now has a coat of waterproofing down.
But we can't do much.
SEV: We need the trades.
The room doesn't need us.
It needs the trades, so...
Yeah. We are still so deep in that creek without a paddle.
Friday afternoon, the stress levels are high.
Here.
It's hectic. It's hectic.
You know, we're throwing tiles in,
but we still haven't got a floor down.
And, uh...
we need... we need more manpower.
INTERVIEWER: So, Rick, you're under the pump.
Tayla, what are you up to?
# Get butter... # (HUMS)
# This is my happy place... #
You head to the beach.
I didn't know about this. Huh?
# Talk to me, baby... #
No, I would have stayed. But it's my birthday weekend, right?
('CAKE BY THE OCEAN' BY DNCE PLAYS)
I went to the beach, just for a little dip.
# Go crazy, crazy... #
I had to. I had to ground myself.
# Keep on hoping We'll eat cake by the ocean... #
Did you feel sad that I wasn't there?
Not really. No. Oh, good.
Peace out.
I need my robe.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
MAN: This is bad. This has been thrown in.
DAN: Huge blow for Rosco and Lisa here.
They've paid a trade to do a job
and they just haven't done it to the standard
that's required for Mount Eliza.
The question is, is it poor workmanship or is it...
Like, if it passes code...
Now, what the (BLEEP) is that?
No.
I don't know. We'll have to see what falls on that. If that's not...
That looks way too flat to me.
SCOTT: To pass code, tiles that lead to the waste outlet
need to be at a specified gradient known as 'the fall'.
If the fall's alright, it's just quality.
They have to... No, no. I don't think it's enough. Gee.
The splits in the actual shower, they've been laid too flat
so it will pool and hold water.
It's coming up.
Sorry, mate.
Rip it all up? Yep.
OK.
We had our tiler out today.
He tiled the floor. Um...
And turns out he hasn't done it correctly.
So it's (BLEEP), in G-Mac words. (LAUGHS)
Um... So we're a no-go. We're done.
INTERVIEWER: What do you mean you're done?
There's not... There's not a lot we can do now to fix it...
tomorrow, so...
(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS) MAN: Yeah.
MAN: Alright. Sweet.
(CRIES)
You push so hard and you're beside your trades all week,
who pushed so hard.
To then have it undone in a moment is really hard. Um...
Yeah, I really felt sorry for the trades
because everyone was pushing.
We felt like we let our team down.
It's devastating. Yeah. It's devastating.
Like, you know, and then... you think about...
I'm gonna do this.
..just being away from your son
(CRIES) Um...
to have that kind of like, you know...
feel like it's a little bit for nothing this week is hard,
but we push on.
You know, you're not guaranteed to finish and things happen, so...
(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS)
(POP MUSIC PLAYS ON CAR SOUND SYSTEM)
Can you turn that up a bit?
# I promise I'm not trying to make your life harder
# I return to where we were
# But I will go down with this ship
# And I won't put my hands up and surrender
# There will be no white flag above my door
# I'm in love and always will be. #
SCOTT: Sunday night... I'm on The Block.
..our Blockheads make the most of their final hours.
(SQUEALS) Jesus, you gotta get this on camera.
There's stuff going everywhere. It was just all happening.
MAN: Courts?
And house four make another unholy alliance.
So we're making a deal with the devil.
If we win this week, I'll pay for the tiling for your house.
Oh, I love it.
But will our judges discover bathroom heaven...
It's absolutely beautiful.
I just think the functionality of this is perfection.
DARREN: Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. Yes.
..or hell?
Oh, I can't. (SHAYNNA LAUGHS)
MARTY: No. I can't get in.
This is not high-end at all. It's just a total miss.
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