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The Block Season 21 Episode 43
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00:00Previously on The Block.
00:02Best week of The Block.
00:03Yeah, we can't wait.
00:04We can't wait.
00:04Full on the weekend.
00:05Excited.
00:05This is the week we want to do.
00:07Landscape wins The Block.
00:08At 100%, mate.
00:09If you win Landscaping Week, you've got a really good crack at taking over the competition.
00:13I definitely want to enjoy the last couple of weeks.
00:16It's just, um, it's hard.
00:18It's a TV show, you know.
00:20It's not life or death.
00:21Sometimes miracles happen on a tight budget.
00:24You can put it into a list.
00:27Aiden turns up.
00:28I want to talk about the shed.
00:29This morning we've been having a look around with our building surveyor at all the sheds.
00:35And he's not terribly happy in here.
00:37You're not happy with this one?
00:38Nah.
00:38Why?
00:39For you to be able to sell that at auction, we currently don't have our surveyor's approval
00:44for this room as it is.
00:47It doesn't make any sense and we're just getting sick of it.
00:50Tonight it's full steam ahead on Backyard Week.
00:53Iceberg!
00:54Dead ahead!
00:55Emma and Ben get concrete woes.
00:57We've just been in the house one this morning to look at their paving slab and it is way
01:01too sleepy.
01:02So this may have to be ripped up and this is going to cause a lot of headaches for these
01:05guys right now.
01:06This slab cost me 20 grand.
01:08Sonny and Alicia erect a massive pole.
01:11Yeah.
01:11It's the biggest wood on the block, my arbor.
01:13And Hannah and Ken come to Cabana Blows.
01:19Candice has just snubbed the Cabana and just said, just leave it as that.
01:24I'm not doing what everyone else is doing or what I'm being told to do.
01:28I will do what I want to do.
01:30The Cabana is a Cabana and I can't be across everything.
01:33And that is all it shall be.
01:34I love you, but I hate you right now.
01:39Ah!
01:40Ah!
01:46A bit chilly this morning.
01:49Ice everywhere.
01:51Feels like Christmas.
01:52Where's my presents?
01:53It's one degree if anyone's wondering.
01:57Feels like minus one.
02:00Just be wary because of the ice that's everywhere.
02:03It's slippery as hell.
02:04Be warned.
02:05Okay.
02:05See you tomorrow.
02:11Ooh.
02:13Jesus Christ.
02:15Morning.
02:16It was so cold this morning.
02:18Snowing.
02:20Holy s***.
02:21It was just frost or ice or snow.
02:24I don't know what it was.
02:25Everywhere.
02:26Everywhere.
02:28Jesus.
02:29This is f***ing cold.
02:31What's the coldest it gets up in Dullo?
02:32For two weeks of the year, you might get like 10 to 15 degrees at night time.
02:35At night time.
02:36But then the day is like 25.
02:38Yeah.
02:39And every normal that for 10 months, 12 months, 10 months, 11 months of the year, it's 45 degrees.
02:4245 degrees.
02:43Yeah.
02:44Oh my God, look, they're sweeping ice off.
02:47It's funny because you guys haven't mentioned the cold at all since you've been here.
02:49It's cold here.
02:51What?
02:52Says who?
02:53Britt and Taz might be freezing now, but they better fire up quickly because they only have
02:58until Sunday to deliver one of the biggest backyards we've ever seen and they're not
03:03alone.
03:03This year, each backyard measures more than 1,000 square metres, but even though they've
03:09been saving for some time, I get the feeling there may be some blowouts.
03:14Can you win this week's budget?
03:16No, we're not in for a chance for this week's budget, unfortunately.
03:19We're at a fixed price with...
03:21Yeah, we're at a fixed price for Troy and we're going to be spending quite a lot, probably
03:24double what the budget is for landscaping, so we are not in for budget this week.
03:28All right, well, paint us a picture of what you're going to get for that money.
03:31So we started landscaping three weeks ago, so all of our money goes in from three weeks
03:37ago to now.
03:38Our plan is to walk out from your back door through your alfresco and then to your left
03:42you've got your seating area around a beautiful stone-cladded fireplace and then you've got the
03:46right-hand side you've got a nice little runway of grass for games and stuff like that and
03:51then you turn left and you go to the wellness area with sauna, it's your ice bath, it's
03:56your spa.
03:57And we have beautiful timber arbors from trees that have fallen down in the area, a natural
04:02creek runoff, we have a greenhouse, chicken coop, veggie gardens.
04:07It's going really well, we're in a really, really good spot, quite happy where we're at because
04:13we've done all the hard work over the last three weeks.
04:14While Britt and Taz have been at it for weeks, House One only just started getting stuck into
04:21things yesterday.
04:22How are you guys feeling this morning?
04:25Today we're feeling good.
04:26Really good.
04:28Yep, things are happening.
04:31We've got a concrete slab poured late last night and that's finished so we can start paving
04:36on it.
04:37$50,000 is definitely not enough for the backyard.
04:40Not for what we've got, especially.
04:42For, yeah, that's what I was going to say, not for what the design we have and what we
04:46want to deliver.
04:47As a matter of fact, I've had a little sticky beak at what Em and Ben are planning and their
04:52prospective budget is looking closer to $130,000.
04:59Paint me a picture of what the plan is for the outdoor space.
05:01So as you are standing on the alfresco, you will look down and there'll be some little
05:07steps on the right and with some bigger landing steps on the left there.
05:11In the middle of the landing steps, we're going to have a massive planter with a beautiful
05:15tree in the middle of it.
05:16Then when you step off the steps, you'll go straight onto pavers.
05:20On the pavers to the right, there'll be a bit of a garden there and on the left there'll
05:25be another bit of a garden.
05:26The pavers will follow down onto the pool area where you'll find the pool cabana.
05:33We'll have trees all around the back, fire pit to the right of that with veggie gardens
05:37around there.
05:38And then all the way over to the left side of the wing of the house, that's where our
05:42cellar will be tucked underneath.
05:44I just unpacked all the bunnies garden stuff.
05:47It's so many good things.
05:48Really?
05:48Yeah, it's like gone.
05:49Spades.
05:50I mean, shovels.
05:51What's the difference between a shovel and a spade?
05:56I just need a little shovel.
05:58You know, like a little trowel?
05:59Just so I can push the dirt.
06:01That's cold, Hannah.
06:03That's ice.
06:05Can we wear these?
06:06No, it's alright.
06:07Yes, we're these.
06:10So in a concrete slab you have beams that are around the edges that go a bit deeper.
06:14We can't have any loose rock in that.
06:16That's got to be down to solid clay.
06:18Right now we've got rocks and crushed rock in there that needs to be scooped out.
06:22Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
06:26It's probably a good hour's worth of work to do there.
06:29The budget for the backyard this week is $50,000.
06:39Is it enough?
06:40It's never enough.
06:41I think, yeah, we're quite disappointed with the fact that we haven't been able to give Christian a bit more.
06:47We've been down the hole.
06:49Our fingers are f***ing freezing.
06:51The bloody thing hole because Dan's like pulled the dirt out like 10 mil clearance.
06:55Anyway, we're like...
06:56For where?
06:57Under the pool grating.
06:59Oh, God.
06:59You know, after yesterday.
07:00I've got one of the boys to do that.
07:00But we would have loved to have given him more to be more creative and, you know, be able to have more plans and, you know, all the nice bits.
07:10But unfortunately...
07:10Anyway, it is what it is.
07:12More money, more problems.
07:15Less money, more stress.
07:18Yeah.
07:18Do you know what it's giving?
07:20Almost like a bit of like a...
07:21Um, putt-putt course.
07:24It opens up into a landscape filled with crazy paves that expand your view into the peripherals of the most amazingly custom-built fireplace and a gorgeous plungy pool.
07:38We've got jellybean ovals of grass.
07:41Oh, gorgeous.
07:42Some big boulders that you have to get around and, oh, my gosh, the best thing of all, the Japanese torii gates.
07:49Perfect for a game of mini-golf.
07:52So you guys got a bit of a bomb dropped on you yesterday with the shed compliance.
08:02Yes.
08:03Does not feel like a shed.
08:05Is this compliant?
08:07I don't know if this is going to get signed off.
08:09How is this complying?
08:10How'd they get it approved?
08:13There's a bit of a difference between having a wine cellar with a bench you can have a glass of wine at and having a flat-out bar.
08:19So we've got to change it.
08:22Morning, Matt.
08:25How was the thing last night?
08:26Anything exciting happen?
08:28I heard a rumour that their wine cellar got disapproved.
08:31We asked a question and they didn't answer.
08:34Yeah.
08:34Did everyone get approval today from the surveyor?
08:37Because the surveyor was coming around today, remember?
08:39Like, to make sure the sheds were above board.
08:43Crickets.
08:43Oh, they're very naughty.
08:46So where'd the rumour come from that there was an issue with House 3's shed?
08:50Who's spreading this?
08:52Um, I would not like to reveal my sources.
08:55How do you feel for Britain's House if they've got issues with their shed?
09:03Um, should I?
09:06No.
09:07The rules are the rules.
09:09Play by them.
09:09Well, it was raised at judging anyway, wasn't it?
09:13It was raised at judging.
09:14We don't know how you're going to get this across.
09:16So to me, when things like that happen or Dan comes in and says...
09:19Judges said non-compliant.
09:21When someone comes past and says something like that, you need to take that hint.
09:24Uh, they said it was signed off, but clearly maybe it wasn't, because...
09:30Non-compliant!
09:32Non-compliant!
09:34Non-compliant!
09:36Compliant!
09:37Compliant!
09:38Non-compliant!
09:42This is meant to be a fun week.
09:44I know.
09:45This is meant to enjoy this last two weeks.
09:47I'm really struggling to enjoy it.
09:50Yeah.
09:50Like, look at this backyard that Troy's doing.
09:52It's amazing.
09:54We were pretty flat about this shed scenario and how that was affecting us.
10:00So we spent a lot of time on that.
10:02Essentially, what we decided was to get rid of the barrels, the chairs,
10:05and put in a couple of extra wine storage racks,
10:09which are going to run down the middle of the shed.
10:11So then now it's a wine cellar.
10:13It's a wine storage area.
10:15The main key features is there's no seating areas
10:18and there's a lot more storage in there for about 300 bottles of wine.
10:21So we've submitted those plans to Nine and Six.
10:24So I guess the biggest thing I'm taking from this issue with House Three Shed
10:28is that you're at the dinner table talking about it and they weren't forthcoming.
10:32The biggest issue that I have is if we pride ourselves on being honest and true and upstanding citizens,
10:44if you ask me a question, I'll give you an answer.
10:47I might not want to be so forthcoming, but if you ask me, I'll tell you.
10:53If a question is asked,
10:56it's not going to affect anything, just tell it.
10:59Find upstanding officers of the law
11:01and they're put under a little bit of cross-examination
11:08and if we were swearing on the Bible,
11:12omission is just as bad as lying.
11:14Y'all ready for this?
11:30Yep.
11:31Push yours in and then get him to point it down.
11:33Maybe we should get a G plant.
11:38Yeah, definitely.
11:40Now that's an arbor.
11:41That's huge.
11:42I know what they're doing.
11:43Compared to next door's matchsticks he's got over there, eh?
11:46Nice little sticks they got over there, eh?
11:50It's the biggest wood on the block, my arbor.
11:52What?
11:58Do you like my big wood?
12:00Yep.
12:01Watching Sonny erect his big wood was amazing.
12:04I was very proud of you, doll.
12:06Thanks.
12:11Are you going to leave a bit on the end?
12:13Yeah, to the end of the clap.
12:16Paint a picture for me, guys.
12:17Let's say you're walking off your alfresco.
12:20Yep, yep.
12:20Walk me through it.
12:21We step off the back of our alfresco.
12:23We have a hard paved path all the way down to the pool.
12:27On the right-hand side we have a grassed area.
12:29Then we head down to our open-air arbor,
12:32which will have two big long bench tables underneath.
12:36Down over to the right on our lower section we have a veggie garden.
12:39On the left-hand side of the house we have a bocce court.
12:42The pool house, fire pit in behind that.
12:45And then big grassed area at the back with tree line pretty much around all the fence line.
12:49A perimeter.
12:50And around the pool.
12:51And look at that, they broke the mould.
12:53I don't like the idea of filling the entire space.
12:56Just because you have it doesn't mean that there has to be something going on in every nook and cranny.
13:02Oh, well.
13:04Outdoor.
13:05She's big.
13:07There's a lot of space and a lot of area to fill.
13:10We have got the incredible alfresco area.
13:14Just in front of that is going to be two winding paths with concrete with two different colours.
13:19One lighter, one darker.
13:20We have a seated lounge area with a coffee table, the incredible trends fireplace.
13:29Behind that we have two pools from Plungy.
13:33We have a pool cabana.
13:36Behind that we have a dream court's pickleball court.
13:39We have meandering paths.
13:42Green grass in all different heights and levels.
13:46Look at that big tree.
13:47What sort of tree is it?
13:48Bottle tree.
13:50John, is it?
13:51Yes.
13:52Hi, how are you going?
13:53Pleased to meet you, Matt.
13:53Pleased to meet you too.
13:54You too.
13:55This is Lewis.
13:56Hi Lewis, how are you going?
13:57Yeah, good to meet you.
13:58How can we help you today?
13:59Well, so we spoke on the phone earlier with Paul, my landscaper, and we're needing a big,
14:06mature tree that's going to go in our landscaping week this week.
14:10Lovely.
14:11And so he suggested a bottle tree and he said you're the man to speak to about it.
14:14We have the perfect Queensland bottle tree here for you.
14:17Amazing.
14:17Yeah, so what do you think of this?
14:21Oh, wow.
14:22Interesting.
14:23It's not like what I expected it to look like.
14:25It's around about 25 years old.
14:28It's been grown from seed here.
14:30It'll last for hundreds and hundreds of years and don't need any water, basically.
14:33So very drought tolerant, so good for the environment.
14:36How cool is that?
14:37And so how tall was it?
14:39Four and a half metres, roughly.
14:40Yeah, I really like this one.
14:41That's awesome, isn't it?
14:44How long would it take to get this?
14:46We can deliver this in the next couple of days for you.
14:49Unreal.
14:50Because we need to ideally have it in the ground probably by Thursday or Friday.
14:55No problems, we'll get it sorted for you.
14:57You'll need the crane truck for that one.
14:58Yep.
14:59Yeah.
15:00Nice.
15:00Chuck it in the back of the MG, it will be sweet.
15:03And Matt isn't the only one out shopping.
15:05Foreman Dan has quickly snuck off for a peaceful coffee.
15:10Oh, hello, how are you?
15:11I'm good, how are you?
15:12Hey, I've just ordered a coffee here on the MyMaccas app.
15:14What's your code today?
15:15My code is...
15:18Ernie, you after any food today?
15:20Um, looks like I've got a free bacon egg McMuffin there.
15:23All good.
15:25Anything else today?
15:26That's all, thank you.
15:27All good.
15:27That one will just be $5.25.
15:29Tap there when you're ready.
15:30Thank you, awesome.
15:32I'll bring that to your table when you're ready.
15:34While Dan takes a well-earned break,
15:37it's all systems go for Britt and Taz,
15:39who are about to call in the cavalry.
15:41It's week 11 and we're doing landscaping.
15:46We've had some issues with securing a...
15:48Stonemason.
15:49Stonemason.
15:50Curse here has pulled it out on us.
15:52So...
15:54We need a hardscaper slash stonemason.
16:02Oh, car pages.
16:05Look out.
16:05Car pages.
16:06Make sure we've got the PPE.
16:07Bring it.
16:11Let's do it.
16:21I'm actually really nervous about this.
16:25Oh.
16:26Jesus.
16:27Oi.
16:32Oh.
16:36Scotty.
16:37I was at home and I heard the siren go off.
16:39I've raced right here.
16:42What was up there?
16:44Landscaper.
16:44But you've got a landscaper.
16:46We wanted to natural stone the outside of our fireplace.
16:49So you want a hardscape landscaper like a landscaping slash stonemason.
16:54That's the plan.
16:54Okay.
16:55Well, come on down.
16:56I'll meet you over at your joint and we'll do some photos and we'll post the job.
16:59Beautiful.
16:59And high pages tradies will come a-running.
17:02Beautiful.
17:02Sounds good.
17:03Love it.
17:03I'll see you over there.
17:04Thanks, Scotty.
17:06So you want to clad this?
17:07We want to clad this with natural stone.
17:10So have you got the app?
17:11I've got the app.
17:12Yep.
17:14So it's a pretty simple one, this one, because you just take a photo of that fireplace.
17:17Yep.
17:18Stone mason and cladding.
17:19And maybe take a photo of that cladding to show them what stone you use.
17:22That's it.
17:23Great idea.
17:26Hard landscaper, yep.
17:28Oh, photos?
17:29Photos, yeah.
17:29Taking photos of it.
17:32Done.
17:33Done.
17:35Amazing.
17:35That's exactly it.
17:36And they will come a-running.
17:38That bottle will start recording.
17:40I love it.
17:44Just trying to get an understanding of what you're doing with your pool cabana.
17:47Yep.
17:48Best to speak to Hannah.
17:49She's taken over.
17:51Okay.
17:52Is she here?
17:54She should be.
17:57Hey, where are you?
17:58I've just come back to the van.
17:59I'm literally dying.
18:01All right.
18:01Dan wants to know what's happening in the cabana.
18:04So you are across that.
18:05So you need to come and let him know.
18:08What do you mean you're not?
18:09Oh, I'm still-
18:10I'm-
18:11Ken, I'm not coming down.
18:13I'm freezing.
18:14You know what's happening.
18:15All right.
18:21Let me put you on speaker.
18:24Hey, Han.
18:25Hey.
18:26I'm just running around getting an understanding of what everyone's doing with their cabanas.
18:30Yeah.
18:31What is it?
18:32Oh, it's just like the toilet and the basin.
18:34There's a pedestal basin there.
18:36Yep.
18:37And then, yeah, the toilet and then the wall and the cavity slider and then on the side
18:43it's just like a couch.
18:45Okay.
18:45And still trying to work out whether I want to render the walls or not.
18:50You sure you want to render it?
18:53Um, I'm kind of still sitting with it.
18:55Cool.
18:55It's up to you guys if you're rendered or not.
18:57I probably wouldn't.
18:59Yeah, when Dad gets here, he'll be on site tomorrow morning working.
19:02So we'll just be focusing on that.
19:04Okay.
19:05And just figure it out then.
19:08Okay.
19:08Cool.
19:10No worries.
19:11See ya.
19:11I think we just work out where we focus our efforts, Han.
19:15Ken, I already am doing that, darling.
19:18Candice has just snubbed the cabana and just said, just leave her as that, as is.
19:24Same with the shed.
19:26Just leave the shed.
19:27Exactly.
19:28Just the shed is a shed.
19:29The cabana is a cabana.
19:31And I can't be across everything.
19:32And that is all a shall be.
19:34Shall we focus our efforts out to the wider guard?
19:37Oh my God, Candice, you're driving me absolutely bonkers.
19:39Please stop.
19:40Candice is driving me absolutely bonkers, darling.
19:42Oh my God.
19:43Shut up.
19:44Please stop.
19:45I love you.
19:53I hate you right now.
19:55Oh, I love you too, darling.
19:56Oh.
19:58Woo.
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20:36So we've got everyone there we got
20:38Landscapers all putting pavers down. We got our chippies smashing through the deck and
20:42The landscaping crew doing all of the soft landscaping so planting trees and people everywhere, and I feel like things are humming along nicely
20:53until
20:58Foreman Dan walks out with his level and
21:01Puts it on the concrete slab between the pool and the deck and immediately. I'm like, oh, what's going on here?
21:09I want to say 160 over what two meters now. We're way over
21:14We've just been in the house one this morning to look at their paving slab and it is way too steep
21:19The steepness of Emma and Ben's concrete paving slab is a cause for serious concern to pass compliance
21:25The slope must fall at a rate somewhere between 10 and 50 millimetres per meter
21:31It is currently sloping downward at 80 millimetres per meter, which is simply not up to code
21:37So this may have to be ripped up and this is going to cause a lot of headaches for these guys right now
21:42What do you just scrap this slab?
21:46Saw cut it
21:48Pour it out and then we can fill it with dirt and grass
21:52This whole thing
21:54So what do it like a retainer do a saw cut?
21:56Yeah, we can form stairs and do retain with rocks or something like that
22:01Fill it with dirt. This whole area would be a lot cheaper than decking. This slab cost me 20 grand
22:06You got your shoes on inside hand. Yeah, because I'm freezing Candice. I'm not functioning. I hate the cold
22:21There's heater on in here now. You got mud and
22:23I will clean it
22:25Stop being like this, please
22:27I'm trying to have fun down there and you're just like oh like just off doing like dumb
22:34I'm making you a bagel. I don't want honey
22:37Well, just have the peanut butter one then
22:40You're meant to be having fun. Every other house has started on their thing. They've got the doors in
22:44They're like making headway and you and I are sitting around umming and ahhing over if we're gonna render the stupid
22:51Dan said I wouldn't be doing that if I were you it's a lot of time and money
22:55Which neither of those we have try not organize it with dad
22:59Everyone else has done their slabs outside
23:03Got their concrete poured you and I don't even know what we're doing and you're just like up here like making bagels
23:08I just need a minute the easiest thing is just to go. What's the easiest thing to do?
23:13Paint it get the grinder from the Hayley high truck put the epoxy on the floor
23:17That's what everyone else is I'm not doing what everyone else is doing or what I'm being told to do
23:24I will do what I want to do and where does that get us the bottom of the leaderboard
23:29If you don't trust me you don't trust me with my dad then that's on you
23:35Why aren't we just choosing easy at this point and cheap we don't have the money
23:39Do you want me to call down and say is it achievable?
23:43Because he seems to think it is
23:45Do you tell me to have five bags to render it? Yeah, but look it's more expensive than class three
23:52Sunny and leash got a perfect 10
23:54We're just making the shed shed
23:57So why are we doing all this extra?
23:59I came up here to get some breathing space to come up with a plan
24:04I just want to have fun and I feel like leaving everything is a chance
24:07You are removing my fun as well because you are stressed out just calm down
24:13Okay, all right. I'm just like where the the fun in this?
24:17I'm yet to find it
24:19Dan you okay?
24:31Yeah
24:31Hello
24:41Hello
24:41Hey, how are you going?
24:43Good, thank you. How are you going?
24:46No, that wasn't very convincing
24:48Oh, it looks like we're going to have to lose all this paving
24:51What?
24:53The bit between the deck and the pool is too steep
24:57So we have to get rid of all that concrete?
25:01Pretty much all going
25:02It's dark
25:09What's he doing?
25:10I think he's tipping the corner of the rocking
25:14Is he crying?
25:16Ben, you described this as the worst day ever
25:18Why is that?
25:18That's when I came back from shopping and you were in the corner of the garage not talking to anyone
25:24Was I?
25:24Yeah
25:27Can I give you a suggestion?
25:29You came in with every intention just trying to help me feel better
25:33Yeah, you were just like nah
25:35And I was like just off it
25:36Yeah, you didn't want to talk at all
25:39Can we go the deck with the steps
25:43And then a little bit of pavers
25:46And then drop it down to a retaining wall
25:49And then grass
25:51And then drop it down and then papers
25:56It was tense
25:58I know you're trying to make it easier and the best option
26:01Oh, the easiest option is just to pull the whole concrete side out
26:05And after I reckon five, six hours
26:07We decided that the best and easiest solution is to just cut out all the concrete that's between the deck and the pool area
26:18Let's go look at it
26:19Yeah, devastating
26:25If we can just draw the extent on which we cut it out
26:28And then just tell them where we do the retaining wall
26:31And then we're grass landing all of this
26:33The concrete slab alone was 20 odd grand and then pulling it all up
26:38Don't know what that's going to cost
26:40So yeah, it's a lot of time, money
26:44And we've lost two days
26:50So it's all going
26:52Pretty much, yeah
26:53So the pool area of concrete's fine
26:55And it's just the bit in between the pool and the deck
26:57The steepest part of the concrete
26:59Which was actually the first suggestion that Al and Dan gave
27:08So scrap this slab
27:09Pull it and dry it and grass it up
27:11Saw cut it
27:12Pull it out
27:14And then we can fill it with dirt and grass
27:16I reckon this was the worst day I've seen you have on the block
27:22Yeah, this is
27:24Colossal
27:24I live my day as soon as it was the last
27:37I live my day as soon as it was no past
27:40Doin' it all night all summer
27:43Wednesday
27:43It is a big day because it's
27:45Waterproof Wednesday
27:47Try again
27:48What is it?
27:49It's your wife's birthday
27:51Oh yeah
27:52It's your birthday
27:52It still hasn't got me a present
27:54I've heard a happy birthday
27:57Dirty, dirty
27:58I know
27:59Oh my god
27:59I feel so
28:00I feel so old
28:02It's at home
28:03It's at home
28:04It's like it's
28:05Oh, it was lost in the mail sort of
28:06No, it wasn't in the mail
28:07It just went to the wrong address
28:09I'll tell you later
28:11You're sorry for it
28:13Oh my god
28:17Thank you
28:19Thank you
28:21Oh my gosh
28:21Thank you
28:22I couldn't find a sash
28:23So we'll make fun
28:26Oh thank you
28:27There you go
28:27Let's tie her up so everyone knows
28:29Oh my god
28:30Thank you
28:32I think Britt appreciated it a lot
28:34I think she got a little bit emotional when I gave it to her
28:37So yeah
28:38It's not
28:39I want to make her feel special today
28:40It's a big
28:41It's a big special birthday
28:43Your 30th birthday
28:44I remember when I turned 30
28:45So yeah
28:46Hopefully this is one that she remembers too
28:48So did anyone remember your birthday?
28:51Uh, no not really
28:53I'll have a repeat later on
28:58Didn't somebody pop over with balloons or anything?
29:00Oh yeah
29:01Oh yeah Leish
29:01Yeah Leish came over
29:02With some balloons and a little sash for me to wear which was really sweet
29:07It's your 30th
29:08It's got to be special
29:10Thank you
29:11What better way to do
29:12I remember when I turned 30
29:13Last year
29:14Just yesterday
29:1512 years ago
29:18Happy birthday
29:19Aw thanks honey
29:20Happy birthday
29:21Happy birthday today
29:22Thank you
29:24I think she had a tear in her eye when I handed her thing over
29:27Thank you
29:28Happy birthday
29:29Thank you
29:29There you go
29:30Look in the part too
29:31Oh
29:32Stylish
29:33Very stylish
29:34Simo came to see you though
29:36Did he sing happy birthday to her?
29:37No he didn't even wish I did he
29:39I've got some news for you
29:41And it's good news
29:43You're kidding
29:44Yeah
29:44So what you've proposed now
29:46Yeah
29:47Is fine
29:47Simo's come over and told us that our drawings that we've submitted for the shed have been approved
29:53I love you Simo
29:56But don't go adding seats in or anything
29:59Just yeah no no
30:00Just do what you've got drawn and he's fine with it
30:03Give me a cuddle
30:04All right because last time
30:06What you proposed and then what you did
30:09Yeah
30:10Yeah
30:11Was wrong
30:12Okay
30:13But yeah
30:13Yeah
30:14Thank you
30:14So that's fine
30:15Keep pushing with that
30:16Yeah
30:17All right some good news
30:18Thanks Simo
30:19No dramas
30:21Thank gosh
30:23Oh we can sell the
30:26Happy birthday
30:27Even Simo got me a birthday present
30:30Simo and Lisa
30:31Yep
30:32But this guy
30:33No
30:33It's coming
30:34It's coming
30:35While Taz tries to get out of the doghouse
30:38Next door house two is about to become dad's house
30:42Hey dad
30:42Yeah
30:43Yeah
30:43Nice to meet you
30:44Yeah
30:44Yeah
30:45Nice to meet you
30:45Yeah
30:46Adrian
30:47Yeah
30:47Anthony
30:48He's already got stuck into work so
30:55I think he's starting to realise how crazy this place actually is
30:57So you're going to tackle some tiling right here
30:59Yeah
31:00Well render him first
31:01Rendering first
31:02Yeah
31:02And then the tiling
31:03Yeah
31:03He's going to be working for minimum wage which in the budget situation we're in
31:08It's just an extra pair of hands for us
31:10He's always wanted to do the block with me but we've never got around to it and then I met
31:14Can and we spoke about it on the first date and it was like let's go let's do this
31:21And dad was like I'll back ya hopefully I get
31:23Second choice
31:24No
31:26I didn't know you when I was talking about that with my dad but
31:32Now he gets to do a cameo
31:40I know some people have been building outdoor fireplaces
31:43So I don't think anything will compete to the Titanic that we have
31:54Look Jack I'm flying
31:58We got on top of our fireplace and re-enacted the scene from Titanic
32:03I was Rose
32:05Obviously
32:06And it was quite nice wasn't it
32:09Iceberg dead ahead
32:12We just peered over the fence and could see Alicia probably yelling at Sonny
32:20Coming to the train station
32:21No they're having a Titanic
32:23It looks more like a train to me
32:26Thomas tank engine
32:29Over at house one Emma and Ben are finally moving forward with their new backyard plan
32:34We had a little funeral for our concrete
32:42It was a great 48 hours
32:44But from the ashes rise new beginnings
32:51Phoenix
32:53So at the bottom of the steps we will get rid of the concrete and put in a retaining wall
32:58So you step off onto flat landing and then have two steps down and then another flat landing before the pool
33:05It grades 48 hours
33:06Death brings new life to a project
33:10No new life to our bank account
33:16It's stressful so you want everything to go smoothly and then when something like this big goes wrong and then you have to go with it
33:22It really throws you there was so much time money and effort wasted into this slab that didn't work
33:38It's Wednesday afternoon on the block and after three days of landscaping
33:43House one's backyard is looking like a demolition site
33:47So em is taking a moment for some retail therapy
33:50You know that's the thing outdoor rugs it's like a heavier fabric rug
33:56I'm gonna pop it under my freedom cap
34:02While em sorts out some last-minute shopping
34:06Over at house five robbie and matt are getting themselves a five-finger discount
34:16I saw two blokes running up the street
34:24Apparently they went to house three and stole their firewood
34:27What?
34:28Yeah
34:29This is like what that wood bagger on the street?
34:33Yeah
34:38It looked like you know a couple of hooligans up the street just quietly
34:41It looked aggressive as well
34:42Yeah
34:43Mum was wearing pink
34:43I think he looked really tough
34:45He looked really tough
34:46And manly yeah
34:47Yeah
34:49I reckon like
34:49You wouldn't mess with those guys
34:50Nah
34:51Hey!
34:52Hey!
34:55Get him!
34:55There's not two on foot
34:57One is
34:59Very odd looking
35:02Yeah two heading south
35:04I'm down the bottom of the hill
35:07How's the fire going?
35:07The fire's going great actually
35:08Oh yeah there's firewood
35:09Yeah yeah
35:10We just got we have some firewood coincidentally that um you know it's just oh wow look at that
35:16It's actually really warm sitting here
35:17It's nice
35:18Nice
35:19It's like having a huge outdoor cinema sitting there
35:23You can sit on that deck have a glass of wine and listen to that fire crackle and it can keep you warm from 15 meters away
35:29Like it's pretty damn cool
35:31Yes it does block a little bit of the pool
35:33But we have a camera installed above the pool that is synced with the tv
35:38So as soon as you turn the tv on it's plastered across if mum's in the kitchen
35:43How good is this?
35:44We have had Swan Security come out today and install security cameras all over our house
35:50And these are available on every tv in the house
35:54Any smart device you can see what's going on
35:58Pretty much on every angle of this house
36:06Landscaping wise Wednesday afternoon we're feeling really good
36:09We're head and shoulders above where we need to be
36:11While Robbie and Matt keep their eyes in the skies and on the prize
36:15Over at house four Sonny's eyes are just watering
36:18Next door bobcats running around dust everywhere trees coming in yeah eyes are watering sneezing
36:25Hay fever hay fever
36:27All right
36:27Telfast or something like that what do you got?
36:29Come down this way I've got Telfast for you
36:33So we'll give you the stronger one which is 180 milligram
36:36It's also non-drousy as well so you'll be good with that
36:39Thank you
36:40Come on through with this through for you
36:42Thank you
36:43No worries
36:45Other than the hay fever you all right?
36:47I'm all good mate
36:48Good to hear
36:48Other than that
36:49Thanks mate
36:50Thank you
36:50No worries
36:51Cheers
36:51See ya
36:52While Sonny sorts out his sniffles
36:54Alicia is speaking soil
36:57Because we have so much money left over where instead of like seeding it we can actually
37:01Turf the whole thing
37:02Because you have so much money left over wow that's something I don't hear often
37:05Not so much but we have money left over so we can afford to turf the whole thing
37:10Another house flush with cash is house three
37:13Backyard is coming together list all the great features you've got in here
37:18We have too many features to list I feel like we have the beautiful timber arbors
37:22You've got your seating area which is what we designed around a beautiful stone cladded fireplace
37:27The high pages was produced we have the ice bath the hot tub the sauna the creek running through the entire backyard
37:36It's just like what's not a feature out there actually there's lots of features
37:39When's the water going in?
37:41Friday
37:42You're filling up the creek as well?
37:43Yeah
37:43Yeah actually
37:44I think so yeah
37:46That's wild
37:47Yeah it's mental
37:47Yeah
37:48While house three is spending big on their backyard
37:50Over at house two they're starting to feel the budget pinch
37:54Yeah
37:55You get 25 grand of shots so
37:57Where are you up to with that?
37:59Don't leave a cent with them spend every cent with shots
38:02Yeah yeah yeah
38:03It's the best
38:03We're on a tight budget here they're not cashed up
38:07They do these awesome concrete bench seats
38:10At shots
38:11Yeah yeah yeah
38:12Oh I was looking at that this morning
38:13Yeah I'd love to put one here
38:16And we could put another one there
38:18House one's won a lot of money
38:20I think uh house three's kind of loaded
38:23They got sauna ice bath everything
38:26Yeah but they won a lot
38:27I know
38:29You know we're competing in this uh landscape week
38:33In a kind of handicap race
38:35We've got to get that sauna we've got to have something
38:37Mate you've got this sick fire pit
38:40Yeah
38:41Have a look at this this fire pit's off the charts mate
38:43I'm like playing a straight bat here
38:49Hold off on the sauna
38:51Let's just call the jets here
38:53You know
38:545k is 5k
38:56If you've won a few rooms
38:57Yeah you haven't
38:58You know you've got a chance here
39:00Yeah
39:00Yeah
39:00But coming into this with
39:02Rooms and challenges
39:02Without a little bit of cream
39:04Yeah
39:05It's so hard
39:06I'm a bit tired of having budget talk
39:09I think everyone is at house two
39:11I think there's a little bit
39:12A lot of talk about money
39:13A lot of talk about spending
39:15All right Candice put another
39:16Put another column in
39:18And go equals that times
39:20No no no
39:21In this
39:21Yeah here
39:22Just 20
39:23If you want GST total
39:25No no no stop
39:26Just stop
39:27Hang on Hannah
39:28You can do it in a cell
39:2824332
39:29Just hang one second
39:32Just one second
39:35It's just really tricky to understand how to do the whole yard for
39:40$50,000
39:41But what have we got
39:44Look at it
39:44No I can see that but I meant in the bank
39:46It's $50,000
39:47$50,000 for this week
39:48That is what we've got
39:49Yeah
39:50And then what's next week
39:51$20,000
39:52$20,000
39:52$20,000
39:53Okay
39:54Just the fact we made it to this position
39:55Makes me regret getting the wine cabinet
39:58And had the idea to have the wine fridge for like ready to drink
40:01Makes me regret
40:03Altering any floor plan
40:05I want to change this layout
40:07I don't like it
40:09Like I just wish we could go back and do it all again
40:12You don't understand what there is to do and you're just having a mini meltdown situation
40:18I know because I'm like projecting that there will be no money back to things inside
40:20But you're not a builder and you don't understand how much things are going to cost inside
40:25I have no idea how much things will cost inside
40:27As it gets close to knock off on Wednesday
40:40There are serious concerns that house one may be leaving their landscaping run too late
40:45It feels like it's got a lot of work to be done here in house one
40:49We've just ripped up all this concrete this is going to all be redone
40:53The cellar that hasn't been touched there's so much work in that
40:56There's a whole section over there that hasn't been touched
40:59And the landscape is up the side of the house which isn't being judged for next week
41:03Starting to get worried for these guys
41:04I've got a lot more work to do this week than I thought
41:08Can you do it?
41:09No
41:11You don't reckon you can do it?
41:13I need I need more labour
41:16I want to go home
41:18I'm feeling defeated
41:21It feels like what's ahead of us is just unachievable
41:25Yeah
41:26Yeah, this is the first time we've felt like this
41:28It's not achievable
41:29We need about 400 blokes
41:36For the first time ever
41:37I'm just
41:38Not glass half full
41:39Yeah
41:43We have a birthday dinner tonight
41:45So we have it's actually Britt's birthday today
41:50We need to celebrate the dirty 30s
41:52Yes
41:52All right
41:53Well I'm going to go wash my hair
41:54Are you?
41:55Yeah
41:55Yeah
41:55Go wash your hair
41:56Make yourself feel pretty
41:57It's your birthday
41:58Yeah
41:59Yeah
41:59Whoop whoop
42:00Em's is on Monday and Alicia's is next week
42:04So there's three big birthdays that we're celebrating and today is Britt's birthday
42:09And even I'm getting swept up in the birthday reverie
42:12To celebrate I've decided to shout the whole gang dinner and drinks at the Boathouse
42:18Happy birthday Alicia, Emma and Britt
42:21We are going to dinner yes
42:23We all take our seats
42:25We leave the head of the table obviously for the birthday girl because it's hers today her and her and Taz
42:31Happy birthday everyone
42:32Happy birthday everyone
42:33Happy birthday
42:34You got little arms
42:35Happy birthday
42:36Happy birthday Leash
42:37Yeah the Boathouse dinner was lovely
42:39The food was unreal
42:41It was an intimate setting with just us and Can
42:45Hans Dad Lee
42:46Sonny and Leash and Britt and Taz
42:48Nope nope nope no Britt and Taz
42:51Sonny and Leash and Robbie and Matt
42:53Britt and Taz stood us up
42:55Happy birthday darling
42:56Happy 30th
42:57Goodbye to your 20s
42:5930s are heaps better anyway and happy birthday darling
43:02I love ya
43:03Cheers
43:05Mmm
43:07Hey Britt didn't come to her own birthday
43:09That's so Brittney
43:10But you can do that
43:11Okay yeah
43:12Like if it's your own birthday you can just do whatever you want
43:14Oh yeah
43:14I got you something here put it over there for her
43:18Happy birthday Britt
43:19She was invisible
43:21But that's okay
43:22Everyone wants to celebrate their birthdays in different ways so that's okay
43:26Happy birthday Em
43:27Oh
43:28Thank you
43:29And it's got you something
43:30It's just something little
43:31Um you don't have to open it out
43:32You can open it Friday
43:33But take the present out
43:35And then there's something under there
43:36Because this is not for you
43:38It's his first little anything
43:39Yes
43:40These little board shorts
43:41Oh my gosh
43:42That's so cute
43:43That is so sweet
43:45Thank you guys
43:48I am just dying to be at home on the couch by myself
43:52With your husband
43:53Nah yeah
43:54I like it even when you're at work and I'm on the couch by myself
43:57Me time
43:59Oh
44:00Social battery dead
44:01Me I'm an introvert at heart
44:04I recharge by being alone and having downtime
44:08Unfortunately you do not get that at all on the block
44:11So for you know 10 11 weeks now
44:15There's been no downtime so my social battery is dead
44:19All the introverts out there will understand
44:22So the thought of just having another event to go out to and socialize
44:26I just I just sort of on my birth I need to put myself first
44:29And you know that just meant spending time with just Taz and having a little more downtime
44:36This is so lovely
44:37Not a chump's dinner not a winner's dinner just a nice
44:39Just a nice birthday dinner for the birthday girl that didn't come
44:43We had a lovely night didn't we
44:44We had a lovely night
44:45We you know as soon as we found that she wasn't coming we were like oh cool
44:48Let's eat
44:48Do what you want to do we're not going to let a great night with great food and great wine go through to the keeper
44:54Happy birthday the girls
44:55Cheers
44:56Happy birthday
44:58Happy birthday
44:59Happy birthday
44:59Happy birthday Lishi
45:00Happy birthday Lishi
45:01Happy birthday Lishi
45:01So can you guys believe in a week and a half
45:04No
45:05This will all be done
45:06That is so wild
45:08It will be strange
45:08There will be events and everything
45:10I hope that we all can like
45:12I think the episodes will start airing and people start leaving the chart
45:23You're going to sing to me
45:24I'm not going to sing to you but I am going to say
45:27Happy birthday darling
45:28I love you
45:28You make a wish
45:35Came true
45:38Happy birthday to you
45:41Happy birthday to you
45:45Happy birthday to Lisha
45:49And Emma
45:51Happy birthday to you
45:55Happy birthday to you
45:57Happy birthday to you
46:01All three of you blow out your candles
46:13Tomorrow night Britt's birthday is over
46:15And so are the celebrations
46:17This chimney yeah it's a lot worse than what we think
46:20The fireplace is not compliant
46:28Can't catch a break
46:30Ann and Ken are in a race against the clock
46:32Trying to get all this done and that and it's just a lot
46:35Hey why aren't we tiling
46:37Tile tile tile out here
46:39We need to get in a mad frantic rush to get this done today
46:43But mother nature has her own plans
46:45Ann
46:48Hasn't dried at all
46:49And Emma and Ben are still having a week from hell
46:54I really want to get rid of this returning wall
46:57I think we've got to keep it
46:58With all the work that went into it
47:01I know there's a lot of work but it's the ugliest thing I've ever seen
47:03You
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