The Block Season 21 Episode 45

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00:00:00Team that wins the block this year is obviously going to build a magnificent home but they're

00:00:06going to have the best garden. Gardens are so important. Landscape wins the block. 100% mate.

00:00:14We know the task at hand, this week's going to be busy. And it is the biggest week of them all.

00:00:19This property is massive. Just the scale of this week is ginormous. You could arguably fit

00:00:25three previous block backyards into one of these places. It's unrealistic to think that you could

00:00:31landscape a whole backyard in a week. It's landscape week. We've got lots to do. Big space. Big space

00:00:35means a lot of things that need to be done which means a lot of money. I keep just saying any money

00:00:39you win is going to go into your landscape. Has anyone gone through the block and not won a room?

00:00:45Yep. We have not had a win yet. Thank you for pointing that out. We are going out with a bang.

00:00:51Even though some put plans in motion weeks ago, building a winning Dalesford backyard hasn't been

00:00:58a bed of roses. This is meant to be a fun week. There's been compliance issues. The fireplace is

00:01:03not compliant. Concrete slab between the pool and the deck was too steep. This may have to be ripped

00:01:10up. This slab cost me 20 grand. Budget strains. Hold off until we work out how much we KFC for.

00:01:18Redone it. We're going to make the most idyllic, beautiful Japanese Zen garden. A lot of time and money.

00:01:24Neither of those we have. I'm not doing what everyone else is doing. I will do what I want to do.

00:01:30And it wouldn't be backyard week without a gift from the gods. And now it's officially landscaping week.

00:01:35Tonight. Step right up. Step right up. The greatest show on earth. It's the final push to backyard reveals.

00:01:42And there's no time for clowning around. Do you reckon we're going to get it done?

00:01:47Fine. Done. A lot to do. A lot to do? Yeah. Go next door. That's a lot to do.

00:01:54But how will it all end? Joining the Ringmasters tonight is special guest and landscape guru Dave

00:02:02Franklin. You're going to have a fantastic garden here and it's going to be hard to beat.

00:02:05But not everyone is on the bandwagon. Don't really like what I'm looking at. What is the

00:02:12purpose of that? I think this is a massive, massive error. It could be the only thing that

00:02:18turns a buyer off. And big secrets are revealed. That's not all. Oh my gosh. Massive. Absolutely

00:02:27massive. Lied to our faces. Boy, you're going down in the last week, I tell you.

00:02:36Wow. Dead. Too much to do, I suppose.

00:02:55It's the biggest week of them all. It's landscaping week. Yep, you heard it right. This week is

00:03:05the biggest week of them all. Because with each backyard measuring over a thousand square

00:03:10metres, it's literally the biggest area our blockheads have had to finish this season.

00:03:15Essentially from the back doors of the rumpus. Rumpus in the back bedroom. Back. So that includes

00:03:21this pool area. Cold plunge and hot plunge. Paving around it. Pool cabana. What's it called?

00:03:27Well, we're not sure if it's a cabana or a cabana. Cabana. Cabana. It's definitely cabana. Cabana.

00:03:39In Adelaide, a cabana is a meat stick.

00:03:41And for those who know Matt. No. Everyone's got a big sausage in their backyard.

00:03:52Oh, we just call it a pool house. Straight to the pool house start. Yep. Pool room.

00:03:56It's very us, isn't it? Pool house. And you can bet your bottom dollar, our teams have a long

00:04:01list of features going in their backyards to help stand out from the rest and win ten grand

00:04:07for their front yard next week. Look at that. Matt and I believe landscaping week is probably

00:04:17one of the most important weeks. And if you win landscaping week, you've got a really good

00:04:21crack at taking over the competition. 24 hours to go. We will be using every single minute

00:04:29of those 24 hours. We've never done a pool cabana. We've never built a cellar. We've never

00:04:35landscaped to this scale. Hardest week by country mile. Predominantly because of the big setback

00:04:41we had when we had to pull up the concrete slab. Ah yes, that was a massive concrete slab

00:04:47that joined the feature deck stairs to the pool area. 10mm over 100mm. It's like five times

00:04:53the limit. Like, it's steep. This may have to be ripped up.

00:05:00Yeah, the concrete skate ramp that had to be deleted really lost us about two days.

00:05:04Oh, probably more because by the time that we had to, like, put the new retaining wall

00:05:08in, that only happened yesterday.

00:05:10I put this retaining wall in and Colin goes, get rid of this retaining wall and I want to

00:05:15put grass. It comes over and then down like that.

00:05:17He's not joking. Are you not joking? No.

00:05:19And I was like, are you serious? Like, we've just spent four days putting this in.

00:05:25I know there's a lot of work but it's the ugliest thing I've ever seen.

00:05:30I didn't know what to do. So I was like, oh, we'll wait till Em comes back and she can

00:05:34decide.

00:05:34Holy doly! We're trying to work out the ugliest retaining wall I've ever seen you guys build.

00:05:40What's the game plan? Just shovel dirt? We don't have one. We're going to make that

00:05:44flat for you. Yep. And then you're going to have some stairs there. Yep. And I want to

00:05:48put grass that comes over. Yep. It looks epic. Let me go find a space. And you just said,

00:05:53yeah, go for it. I don't really get it. Colin's the designer and he knows what's going to look

00:05:58good. So we had dirt, then we had concrete and now we have dirt again. Now the dirt is

00:06:03going over the retaining wall. So we're going to have the grass roll over it. Still serving

00:06:06its purpose. It's still retaining everything. But we've just got a thin layer of soil over

00:06:11the top, which the grass will roll over. So that's the retaining wall finally sorted.

00:06:17Now how about those other pressure points? The cellar is so far off. And pool cabana,

00:06:24the shell's there. Unfinished. It's got a sauna in there, it's got tiles,

00:06:28um, and that's it. They're pretty screwed. I think just the stress of trying to put a

00:06:34cellar in as well is really tricky. And we obviously want to try and do a really great

00:06:39job like the boys did. So we're comparing ourselves to them, which is hard when they get three

00:06:44tiles. At the block's hardest working tilers, the Curcio's, have agreed to tile the cellar

00:06:49floor. Yeah, the Curcio brothers have come to save us. Save the day.

00:06:59This week, with Sonny and Alicia's permission. Are you painting the rocks on? Fantastic. No,

00:07:03you're going to be gluing the rocks on. Curcio times three have been spreading the love across

00:07:10the block, working in four of the five houses. Are you ready for the circus? Are you ready?

00:07:16They're ready to go now. Wine cellar needed sanding this morning. So

00:07:20Plaster did that quickly. And then the Curcio brothers came and helped out with some tiling.

00:07:25Start at that end and work our way now. House one can take out this week, but they've got to finish

00:07:31their cellar. And that's the big issue we've got at the moment. Everything outside that wine cellar

00:07:35is looking amazing. They've got the gnome. I'm going, who's this hairy dune on it? I'm like,

00:07:41She's a secret gnome. They need that wine cellar finished.

00:07:48Next door in house two, Han and Kan are also getting a helping hand from Han's dad Lee.

00:07:54I'll clean these and we'll just grout it. Yeah.

00:07:56They're going for a Japanese style garden designed by their landscaper Christian. But with little money

00:08:02in the budget and less manpower, it's anything but Zen.

00:08:06There's a lot to do still, probably furthest behind. We need the pool fence to go in.

00:08:11We need to clean the pool, fill the pool. Obviously the rain yesterday didn't help.

00:08:15Tiling the cabana, trying to clean the cabana, grout the cabana, paint the cabana.

00:08:21I've got to go pick up furniture. There's boxes all through the driveway. It's a lot to do.

00:08:27I've really a lot to do. Do you need a hand with your tiling?

00:08:31Han should be helping you. Who?

00:08:33She's painting inside. We need help out here.

00:08:35We'll be right, Dan. You sure? Yep.

00:08:37I've heard that before. Okay.

00:08:41Oh, look, this is just poor time management right now. This is what this is.

00:08:44I can't see them finishing today. I really can't. Priorities are not where they should be.

00:08:49We're focusing off too much in there. We're just going to paint it or leave it and just come out here and get out here looking good.

00:08:55There's no point in having a pool cabana if we can't get water in the pool.

00:09:09Pressure washer.

00:09:10Well, just, yeah, it's always a good sign when the pressure washer comes out, isn't it?

00:09:13It means we're nearing the end. Feeling good.

00:09:16We've managed our trades well and we're in a really good spot.

00:09:19Obviously, we have all this land, but we're so lucky because we have this huge seven and a half ton fireplace and then an 18 by eight pickleball court.

00:09:28So that takes up a lot of real estate in our backyard. So winning that was a great thing.

00:09:33Now that it's all come to life, like, it's pretty emotional looking at it.

00:09:37I can't be happier to be honest. I wouldn't change a thing.

00:09:39Well done, lads.

00:09:40There's the hand in the house.

00:09:41Thank you. She's getting there.

00:09:42What's that?

00:09:43Who's that?

00:09:44The hell?

00:09:45Oh, it's my husband.

00:09:46Wowee.

00:09:47The plumber.

00:09:48Hello, hello.

00:09:49How are you?

00:09:50That shower head is all good to go and pick up from Howard Street Rees.

00:09:54All right.

00:09:55Thanks, mate.

00:09:56Appreciate it.

00:09:57I told you.

00:09:59He pretty just asked me to be his boyfriend, so I'm like, whatever.

00:10:02Like, stop calling me all the time.

00:10:06Sonny and Alicia are yet to win a room, and with only two more chances up for grabs, they could make block history and be the first ever couple to go home without a win.

00:10:16We're on the podium.

00:10:17We're either second or third, and just can't seem to get that win.

00:10:20This week, they're going all out with a family-friendly backyard, and they're the only ones with a fully self-contained pool cabana.

00:10:27Are we going to finish?

00:10:28Yes, we are.

00:10:29100% going to finish.

00:10:30We always finish.

00:10:31We're not going to let it down on the 11th week.

00:10:33We're in a good spot today.

00:10:34The boys went hard yesterday.

00:10:35They planted every single one of these trees yesterday, and so to do that meant that they could pretty much turf today.

00:10:42How do you feel about the space?

00:10:43Do you think you're in the running?

00:10:45Oh, listen.

00:10:46We could be in.

00:10:47We could be out.

00:10:48We could be in with three 10s and someone will get three 11s, so we'll come second again.

00:10:54Stone and Lisa, Stone and Lisa.

00:10:59Stone and Lisa, it's a work of art.

00:11:02Don't you know the room wasn't built in a day?

00:11:06I think for us, we've put such a high importance on landscaping.

00:11:11From day one, we said kitchen and backyard landscaping is our number one priority.

00:11:16And it's safe to say that after weeks of planning, Britain Towers are throwing everything they've got at securing a win this week.

00:11:23There was nothing else we could do.

00:11:25Because we asked, we said, what else should we do?

00:11:27How do we elevate this?

00:11:28And Troy's gone, we cannot.

00:11:30Like, we've got a creek running through the backyard.

00:11:32We've got all the amenities you need.

00:11:34You've got your spa, saunas, ice baths, fruit orchard.

00:11:38Greenhouse, chicken coop.

00:11:39A massive fireplace, all stone cladded.

00:11:41It's a statement piece of our backyard.

00:11:43It's the hero.

00:11:44We wanted, there is just the one case of the flu.

00:11:48Ah yes, that issue with the fireplace flu.

00:11:51You've got to be 300mm above the roof line.

00:11:54We can't build the chimney out of bricks that high.

00:11:57It's just not going to be structurally stable.

00:11:59Not 100%.

00:12:00So the question is, do we get a flu made up?

00:12:02More about the flu later.

00:12:04This morning, Taz's mind is elsewhere.

00:12:07You're all very quiet today.

00:12:09Yeah, my brother's getting married today.

00:12:11So.

00:12:12You know when you come on the show, these are like one of the many sacrifices that you make.

00:12:19So this was, this was one of them.

00:12:22You know, you go three months without your kids, you miss birthdays, weddings, funerals,

00:12:30all of it for this.

00:12:32Um, you can walk away with nothing.

00:12:36We're very family first people, Brit and I, so it's a little bit flattening, but this

00:12:41is the biggest day for us on the block.

00:12:43This Saturday is our everything, so.

00:12:45Hey!

00:12:46Hey!

00:12:47Hey!

00:12:48Hey mate, how are ya?

00:12:49Smallow!

00:12:50Good.

00:12:51Looking good mate.

00:12:52Looking very smart.

00:12:53Looking really good.

00:12:54Hey!

00:12:55Dad, how are ya?

00:12:56Yeah, we dressed up for the occasion.

00:12:57Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:12:58Real sharp man, real sharp.

00:12:59Sorry we can't be there today mate.

00:13:00You look, you look unreal.

00:13:01Um, I hope you have a real good day.

00:13:02We're very proud of ya.

00:13:03And yeah, I'm glad Carter and Mila can be there for us and, you know, watch you go down.

00:13:04No worries.

00:13:05Thanks very much.

00:13:06Thanks for the call.

00:13:07He gets it.

00:13:08He loves his show.

00:13:09He loves, you know, he's a landscaper.

00:13:11So, we're in landscape week, so it's only fitting I reckon.

00:13:14He would have, you know, we would have loved to have him down here.

00:13:16When you win I'll see you back in this wedding present, it would want to be good.

00:13:17I'd tell you that much.

00:13:18Well, you could, you could, you could, you could have a better place to go and get

00:13:21a good day.

00:13:22Yeah, I'd love to go out and get a good day.

00:13:23I'd love to go out and get a good day.

00:13:25And, you know, I'm sure you can't be there today mate.

00:13:27You look unreal.

00:13:28I hope you have a real good day.

00:13:29A wedding present would want to be good, I'd tell you that, mate.

00:13:32Well, you could have your wedding here again.

00:13:35Yes, beautiful.

00:13:37Yeah, it looks really good. You're doing really well.

00:13:39Thanks, mate. All right. Proud of you, mate. Take care, all right?

00:13:41Speak to you later.

00:13:42See you, Chris. Bye.

00:13:45I'm just so proud of him.

00:13:47You know, the family he's created and we just...

00:13:50we wish he could be a part of it because it's so important to us family,

00:13:53but, yeah, we know.

00:13:55We know how important it is to be here

00:13:57and I'm just glad our kids are there for us as well.

00:14:05Got me crying.

00:14:08You just, yeah, you wish you could be there, but...

00:14:11no, we're here for a reason.

00:14:13It's, yeah, it's hot.

00:14:27It's Saturday afternoon.

00:14:32And all our blockheads are busy racing to complete their backyards

00:14:36by 9am tomorrow morning.

00:14:38Ah.

00:14:42Well, most of them.

00:14:43This is a life.

00:14:53Today and today only, folks. Step right up. Step right up.

00:14:56The greatest show on earth.

00:14:58First.

00:15:03Yeah, the Curzios are here.

00:15:04The circus is in town.

00:15:07Bit stressed out that we hadn't ordered enough files.

00:15:10Yeah.

00:15:11It turns out we'd ordered one too many.

00:15:13Lucky we didn't make a mistake.

00:15:14Oh, no.

00:15:15Very lucky.

00:15:16We couldn't make any errors.

00:15:17Lucky we had the best boys in the biz on it.

00:15:19Yeah.

00:15:27Normally a Saturday comes around

00:15:28and we are styling by afternoon, night time.

00:15:31Not this week?

00:15:32No.

00:15:33No.

00:15:34It was dire.

00:15:35Benji's gonna plug along with the cellar

00:15:36and I'm gonna focus on the pork cabana.

00:15:39Think I'd given up on the cellar.

00:15:41Yeah.

00:15:42What do you reckon?

00:15:43Do you reckon we're gonna get it done?

00:15:44Define done.

00:15:49In House 3, the High Pages stonemasons,

00:15:51with the help of the Curzios,

00:15:53have performed a block miracle

00:15:55and have finished recladding Britt and Taz's

00:15:57Statement fireplace in record time.

00:15:59I believe in miracles.

00:16:01It looks amazing.

00:16:03And they're making good progress in their cabana.

00:16:05Wow.

00:16:06Getting there.

00:16:07Look at that.

00:16:08It's beautiful.

00:16:09It's commissioned for us by a local artist.

00:16:11Nice.

00:16:12We have a beautiful custom graphico

00:16:14from a local Jar Jar artist.

00:16:17So that's gonna be the hero of the room.

00:16:20We're also doing the home pro installation

00:16:22of curtains on the ceiling

00:16:23like we've done in the wellness room.

00:16:24Just to keep that flow,

00:16:25keep that continuity.

00:16:26This is where you tie everything together, isn't it?

00:16:28Yeah.

00:16:29With your wellness area

00:16:30and that room that you wouldn't budge on.

00:16:32You have one living space

00:16:34and that's it.

00:16:35And it will impact them on the market.

00:16:39We love it.

00:16:40We love the room.

00:16:41We don't wanna change it.

00:16:42We don't wanna change it.

00:16:43We knew the vision of what that whole space is gonna be.

00:16:46The reformer room,

00:16:47the ice bath,

00:16:48the hot tub,

00:16:49the sauna.

00:16:50You've got other sitting areas.

00:16:51You're gonna have the pool cabana.

00:16:52I mean, for us,

00:16:53we're the wellness house

00:16:54so it's now starting to make sense.

00:16:56Why the long face?

00:16:58A lot to do.

00:16:59A lot to do?

00:17:00Yeah.

00:17:01Go next door.

00:17:02That's a lot to do.

00:17:03Who's there?

00:17:04That's a lot to do.

00:17:05You're in a really good spot.

00:17:08You're stressing about the floor.

00:17:11The chimney needs to be a certain height relevant to the distance to the house.

00:17:20As the chimney is very close to the house, it needs to be built up past the height of the roof for it to be compliant.

00:17:27But bricks that high are a structural issue.

00:17:30So Britt and Taz need to add a steel cylinder flue to reach regulation height.

00:17:35We've got to put a scap up.

00:17:37Put a scap up.

00:17:38And then put a flue in.

00:17:39And then put the scap down.

00:17:40That's tomorrow morning.

00:17:41That's tomorrow's job.

00:17:42The only installation time they have is 7am on Sunday.

00:17:45I'm pushing it.

00:17:47Oh, yeah.

00:17:48Just want to be in the race.

00:17:49You're in the race.

00:17:50Yeah.

00:17:51I can tell you right now.

00:17:52You're in it.

00:17:53Thanks, Dan.

00:18:00I've just wished,

00:18:01I've wished since the beginning.

00:18:03I've wished for a Saturday where we were just, like, polishing and priming and styling.

00:18:11Like, we were just a day ahead.

00:18:13Everything was done.

00:18:15I'm yet to have that day on the block.

00:18:19Pool 13 up.

00:18:20Pool tiles not complete.

00:18:22The cabanas not anywhere near complete.

00:18:25Tiles still need to be done.

00:18:27No paint on.

00:18:28Like, I'm just...

00:18:29No.

00:18:33How's your day going, Matt?

00:18:35Yeah.

00:18:36Well, it's been a lovely day, to be honest.

00:18:38Now I have a night making furniture.

00:18:41Hardcore landscaping is completely done, which is a huge plus.

00:18:45But there's still this other factor of making that landscaping look good by styling.

00:18:49How the **** does this even work?

00:18:52I was putting together flat pack furniture and house three's, um, landscaper came in through our back door.

00:18:59And he goes...

00:19:00Hey, mate.

00:19:01Hello.

00:19:02How you going?

00:19:03Good.

00:19:04Now, Paul knows I'm coming to have a look.

00:19:05Okay.

00:19:06I'd prefer if you didn't, though.

00:19:07Oh, it's okay.

00:19:08I'm mates with Paul, who's our landscaper.

00:19:10And I said, no, thank you.

00:19:12That is a snake move.

00:19:16Not having a...

00:19:17He can come through and have a look after judging.

00:19:20But Taz and Britt are our biggest competition.

00:19:23We had the fire going.

00:19:24We were doing all the styling.

00:19:25If he comes out there and goes, they've got their fire lit.

00:19:28They're going to be doing this.

00:19:29They've got this on their table.

00:19:31You know, they could see what we're doing.

00:19:33They could get an upper hand.

00:19:34So I said, sorry, mate.

00:19:36Back to house three.

00:19:37He's the boss.

00:19:38It's his house.

00:19:39You can see who's allowed in and who's allowed out.

00:19:41So I said, no worries.

00:19:42Turned around and came back.

00:19:44He wasn't thrilled with it.

00:19:45I could tell by the look on his face.

00:19:47But, you know, I'd rather...

00:19:49I'd rather win.

00:19:51Hmm.

00:19:52So then we found a trampoline.

00:19:53There's no one in there.

00:19:59Looks good.

00:20:01Yeah, it looks okay.

00:20:02You know what?

00:20:03He looked at our backyard.

00:20:04So let's go have a look at theirs.

00:20:06Lots of arbors.

00:20:07They look like matchsticks.

00:20:08After seeing that, we thought it's a perfect opportunity to play hide and seek.

00:20:13We wouldn't call it hide and seek.

00:20:15We call it peekaboo.

00:20:16What can you see, mate?

00:20:18A Japanese garden.

00:20:20A Japanese arbor.

00:20:22We'll just have a little look every time.

00:20:25I can see bricks.

00:20:27A brick thing.

00:20:28I can see a pool.

00:20:29And there's Ben.

00:20:31Hey, Ben.

00:20:32We didn't get to see too much, to be honest.

00:20:35Everyone's got a beautiful yard.

00:20:37We're going to be biased and say ours is the most beautiful and ours is the best.

00:20:42Yeah.

00:20:43She's bloody looking good.

00:20:44Afternoon delight.

00:20:45Sky rockets in flight.

00:20:46Afternoon delight.

00:20:47Afternoon delight.

00:20:48Afternoon delight.

00:20:49Afternoon delight.

00:20:50Afternoon delight.

00:20:51Afternoon delight.

00:20:52Afternoon delight.

00:20:53Afternoon delight.

00:20:55How are you feeling, mate?

00:20:57How are you feeling mate?

00:21:05Yeah, just feel like it's just slipping away a little bit actually.

00:21:09Yeah.

00:21:10What do you do?

00:21:11It's a beautiful garden.

00:21:13Absolutely.

00:21:14Yeah, it's a beautiful garden.

00:21:15We're proud of it, but we'll just give it our best shot.

00:21:22You might love the garden, but is it going to get done?

00:21:24Don't know.

00:21:25I don't know, never ending story of Will It Ever Get Done?

00:21:41I love a flat pack.

00:21:43Everyone knows lesbians love a flat pack.

00:21:48Read up on it.

00:21:49I didn't know about it, and I'm a lesbian, so I don't know how that works out.

00:21:53Oh.

00:21:54You mustn't be a real lesbian.

00:21:58Do you believe in block magic?

00:22:03Block magic?

00:22:04Yeah.

00:22:05It's a miracle.

00:22:06Inspiring because everyone was just keen to see it finished.

00:22:12What a team, huh?

00:22:13Oh, yeah.

00:22:14You guys have honestly saved us.

00:22:15That's what you knew.

00:22:16That's what you realised.

00:22:17Everyone had bought in.

00:22:18Everyone had bought into the dream of actually finishing this, and it required us both to

00:22:28believe it for everyone else to as well.

00:22:31Yeah.

00:22:32I reckon you've got a chance to get three tens.

00:22:35Pretty epic, isn't it?

00:22:36The only thing I think you're missing is some dry prosciutto up here.

00:22:39If you had some dry prosciutto, I reckon you'd get a ten.

00:22:42Any prosciutto shops open at this hour?

00:22:43I'm not sure, but if you don't get your hands on it, it definitely won't be a ten.

00:22:58Good morning, Leigh.

00:22:59Oh, good morning.

00:23:00Good morning, Leigh.

00:23:01Oh, good morning.

00:23:02Good morning.

00:23:03Think I might have pushed my luck and tried watching.

00:23:07Everything about us is what gets me through.

00:23:11Oh, look at it going.

00:23:13Phenomenal.

00:23:14We have to just get everything all sorted and pretty.

00:23:18And I like being sorted and pretty.

00:23:21It's all about selling the dream.

00:23:23We're trying to sell the dream, so we need to put the flute in the fireplace.

00:23:31We really want, really, really want to sell that fire.

00:23:34It's a beautiful backyard.

00:23:36We could, like, like, there's nothing we'd change about it.

00:23:38We're just going to do all the little extras now, cleaned, style,

00:23:41get that bloody flute on, and then we're laughing.

00:23:44Get the what on?

00:23:45The flute.

00:23:46The flute.

00:23:47Would you look at that.

00:23:53Considering what that wine cellar was only 12 hours ago,

00:23:59you just wouldn't think it's possible.

00:24:05Girl on a mission.

00:24:07Jeez.

00:24:085,000 steps this morning alone.

00:24:11Love it.

00:24:13Love it a million.

00:24:14I love this backyard.

00:24:16I actually, like, I love this backyard.

00:24:19You can imagine having a big party underneath there.

00:24:21Say whoever buys it, we're coming to Christmas.

00:24:24It's not a catwalk.

00:24:29Yeah, I think it's safe to say that we're going to win this week.

00:24:39I'm moving on.

00:24:40I'm moving on.

00:24:41Just raise me on my list.

00:24:43I'm moving on.

00:24:44Ooh.

00:24:45How are you, Christian?

00:24:46Me?

00:24:47Yeah.

00:24:48Pfft.

00:24:49Couldn't be better.

00:24:50H-hah.

00:24:51Here.

00:24:53One minute, Lee.

00:25:12Hallelujah.

00:25:14Dad, light the fire.

00:25:16Hello.

00:25:17Come on.

00:25:1920 seconds to go, quick.

00:25:21Fast.

00:25:2210 seconds.

00:25:25God.

00:25:28Tools down.

00:25:31Tools down.

00:25:32Well done.

00:25:36Yay.

00:25:38Yes, it is.

00:25:40That's the biggest make of our lives.

00:25:43Team hug.

00:25:43You guessed it.

00:25:44Well done, Jill.

00:25:46Well done, Dad.

00:25:47That's David.

00:25:48Oh, he's got it.

00:25:49Is it cold?

00:25:52Yes.

00:25:53Oh, it's freezing.

00:25:56Will we be seeing the secret gnome tonight?

00:26:01The secret gnome is going to be dropped tonight.

00:26:03Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.

00:26:11Good morning, everybody.

00:26:12Morning.

00:26:13Morning.

00:26:14Morning.

00:26:15Darren.

00:26:16Another beautiful morning in Dales.

00:26:18The perfect day for a room reveal.

00:26:21Now, I suppose you're wondering why I brought Darren here this morning.

00:26:23Well, I cannot drive two cars at the same time.

00:26:27And I'm also thinking that you're asking, what is this?

00:26:32Wow.

00:26:33Well, this is the brand new MGU-9.

00:26:37It's their very own ute.

00:26:39Hey.

00:26:40Hi.

00:26:40It is a 2.5-litre turbo devils.

00:26:43It's got 3.5-tonne towing capacity.

00:26:46It's their very first ute, and it's an absolute ripper.

00:26:50Oh, it's nice.

00:26:52Darren, of course, is driving the latest version of the Super Hybrid that you've been driving

00:26:57these past couple of weeks.

00:26:58And guess what?

00:26:59What?

00:27:01You could win both these cars next week.

00:27:04Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho.

00:27:05Oh, my goodness.

00:27:06That is correct.

00:27:08The winner of Front Yard and Front Facade Week will win both these cars.

00:27:13The ute going straight in your driveway to sell with your homes.

00:27:17And the Super Hybrid ready for you to jump in and drive all the way home to keep for yourselves.

00:27:23Two MGs.

00:27:24My gosh.

00:27:25Massive.

00:27:26Absolutely massive.

00:27:27Oh, my gosh.

00:27:28Do I want these cars?

00:27:31So your final week just got real.

00:27:36Wow.

00:27:36Absolutely.

00:27:36You did.

00:27:37Now, for you guys, it's tools down right now.

00:27:40But for these guys and the judges, it's tools up.

00:27:42All right.

00:27:43All right.

00:27:44Go on up again.

00:28:10Thank you. Hello. Hey Scottie. Thank you. Wow. Hello Scottie. Very spectacular. Everybody.

00:28:20Scottie. Oh mate. What about the lavender suit? You're welcome. Good evening everybody.

00:28:29Hello Scottie. Well that was epic wasn't it? You've got to love Backyard Week. Absolutely

00:28:36outstanding. Well done everybody. Round of applause.

00:28:40Let's head to some feedback and find out who's going to take home the last $10,000 from MG.

00:28:49M and Ben.

00:28:56Week 11 was probably our worst week on the block. Worst as in? Most challenging. Yeah. It was just really really hard. It was full on.

00:29:04We are the winner. We are the winner. We won a sauna. You won a sauna. I did **** poor.

00:29:13Boy we got a wine cellar.

00:29:20Just the scale of this week's room reveal is ginormous. The plan is we've got to do this whole backyard.

00:29:28Just doing an added little bonus room of a cellar. We've got a pretty incredible design that's been created by our landscape.

00:29:34I'm Em. Hi I'm Colin. Colin really wanted to incorporate the borrowed landscape. Just what was it? The rolling hills of Dalesford.

00:29:41Yeah. And the other thing will probably be the tree selection. We're replanting Dalesford.

00:29:46It looks like we're going to have to lose all this paving. What? The bit between the deck and the pool is too steep.

00:29:57So we have to get rid of all that concrete.

00:30:04Tuscan path pavers that we have here are probably going to suit the style that you're looking for.

00:30:08Kind of like how organic looking these ones are. I will take 50 please.

00:30:13The retaining walls taken a lot longer than we hoped. Put the posts in so that sleepers could go in the next day.

00:30:24Colin said to me. I really want to get rid of this retaining wall.

00:30:28Are you serious? Like we've just spent four days putting this in.

00:30:31I think if you'd asked us at the start of the week how this space is going to look.

00:30:36The answer would be completely different to how the space looks right now.

00:30:40It's all for the better. Like how this is all shaping up looks incredible.

00:30:45And I mean I'm so happy with it.

00:30:47Yeah I think the end outcome looks great.

00:30:50Cause you were amazing. We did amazing things.

00:31:00And I've been changing. Cause we were amazing things.

00:31:11Oh look at this magnificent.

00:31:19That's great.

00:31:21Well hang on. We now have Dave Franklin with us. The expert on the landscaping.

00:31:27You can tell us what the plants are and not Marty.

00:31:29Everything's a fire to silly eye.

00:31:34Dave Franklin told the others about your landscape designer.

00:31:38The artist Colin Hyatt.

00:31:40Yeah.

00:31:41He's not just a landscape designer. He's actually an artist okay.

00:31:45So when he's designing this here it's picking up the colours from the cedar trees which you see over to the left here.

00:31:50But where we're standing here is basically designed as an amphitheatre to look out at Daleswood.

00:31:56Oh but this is a grandstand for family memories and portraits and photos.

00:32:00And Shana I can imagine you standing on the deck and singing and.

00:32:04Stop me. Just stop me. I am about to.

00:32:07Don't love the undulating form of the landscape throughout.

00:32:14And the Tuscan path stepping stones.

00:32:17Obviously this is what Colin's done. So he's obviously mimicking the you know what Daleswood's about.

00:32:21And that's the rolling hills. And that's what you've seen in the landscape through here.

00:32:24Yes.

00:32:25Is that what he said to you?

00:32:26Yeah. That was the brief.

00:32:27Borrowed landscape was the term to use.

00:32:29Basically 80% is native here. Very sustainable as well.

00:32:33We've got some beautiful sheake pines up the back there.

00:32:35And they are already two and a half, three metres tall.

00:32:38I'm expecting at least another half a metre by the time it comes auction time.

00:32:41You know what, you're going to have a fantastic garden here and it's going to be hard to beat.

00:32:46Shana then spotted a fruit orchard.

00:32:48They headed over and they think the fire pit is well placed.

00:32:52How great is this for a little sitting spot to get the marshmallows out?

00:32:54Beautiful because you can see the pool, you can see the deck, you can see everything around here.

00:32:59I think this position is beautiful.

00:33:02Yeah.

00:33:03And it's great to have a citrus garden for sustainability, not to mention the ready availability of delicious fruit.

00:33:10Talking of sustainability, the runoff from the gutters runs into that Kingspan tank and then that feeds the irrigation.

00:33:17Boom.

00:33:18Done.

00:33:19Thinking of your domain listing, Marty thinks there's a great hero shot looking back at the house which takes in the pool and the cabana.

00:33:28That is the hero shot showing such a unique house on this season.

00:33:33I think this is going to be one of the hardest houses to beat in terms of how relative it is to the natural environment.

00:33:40This here just screams Daleswood because you can see it in the foreground.

00:33:46And around the pool, Dave Franklin thinks the brown Little Hampton Brick is a great choice.

00:33:51Works in perfectly with the mulch, works perfectly with the landscape, you know, so I think it's a winner.

00:33:56Into the cellar.

00:33:57Into the cellar.

00:33:58No way.

00:33:59Oh.

00:34:00Oh.

00:34:01Wow.

00:34:02Geez, isn't this strategic from Emma and Ben.

00:34:16They've got a full wine cellar.

00:34:18Darren thinks the PGH stone is stunning.

00:34:22It's that natural environment, colour palette, materials palette, relates to the outside, relates to the landscape, and it just feels really right for Daleswood.

00:34:32Well, this is their answer.

00:34:34We are in a real estate competition.

00:34:36This is adding value to the buyers.

00:34:38And after seeing house five cellar, this is the perfect chess move.

00:34:43Checkmate is what you're hoping for, I'll bet.

00:34:48Yeah.

00:34:50These guys are damn good players.

00:34:52They're back in the game.

00:34:55There are five great houses, two with very substantial wine cellars.

00:35:02And this one feels like you're at a cellar door.

00:35:07That is a million dollar view.

00:35:08I was going to say, this is blowing my mind.

00:35:11It's something that I should be designing my landscapes from now on.

00:35:14Oh.

00:35:15I think this is just a massive tick.

00:35:21Shona agrees.

00:35:22The whole space is beautifully presented.

00:35:25And it wasn't even close when she visited on Friday.

00:35:28Nah.

00:35:29Nowhere near.

00:35:30It was very far.

00:35:31Oh, yeah.

00:35:32Look what they've done and styled to perfection that they've even decanted the wine.

00:35:37And can I just say also, Emma is 18 weeks pregnant.

00:35:42Wow.

00:35:43It's incredible.

00:35:44It really is.

00:35:45Power to the women.

00:35:46Yes, mate.

00:35:47So good.

00:35:49Finally to the cabana, Darren noted the solar panels on the roof.

00:35:53The solar panels as the roof.

00:35:55Geez, that's smart.

00:35:56That is so great.

00:35:57That is genius.

00:35:58I love the form too.

00:35:59And the fact that that's printed.

00:36:00It's beautiful.

00:36:01Incredible.

00:36:02Inside they found some smart thinking.

00:36:05Geez, that's smart building in the steam saunas Australia.

00:36:09Yeah.

00:36:10You get access to the view.

00:36:12Yeah.

00:36:13Wow, that's amazing.

00:36:14Who would have thought?

00:36:15Wow.

00:36:16Ben and Emma were going to put a couch in here.

00:36:18And we were saying, you're coming from the sauna, the pool, just a bench.

00:36:22Smart.

00:36:23And I thought this was tiles and that's just not stuck down wallpaper.

00:36:27Yeah.

00:36:28Karen thinks the basin is heaven.

00:36:32Shona added, the whole space is heaven.

00:36:37I love that.

00:36:38I just love how luxury it feels.

00:36:40And there's so many layers of luxury here.

00:36:44That is what will capture the buyers.

00:36:46And when they see this online, this will jump through the screen.

00:36:49This is prime location.

00:36:52It's easy to live in.

00:36:54It's easy to entertain in.

00:36:56It's easy on the eye because it's so beautiful.

00:36:58Why would you ever leave?

00:36:59It's lifestyle.

00:37:00It was incredible.

00:37:01Okay, we need to leave because we've got four more of these.

00:37:03I've got to say.

00:37:04Wow.

00:37:05What a start.

00:37:06Well done, Emma.

00:37:07Ben.

00:37:08Well done.

00:37:09Hi.

00:37:11That's great.

00:37:21It's time for you to decide which contestants you think have created this

00:37:24week's winning outdoor space.

00:37:26Yep.

00:37:27Just head to the Block website now to cast your vote.

00:37:29And don't miss the results a little later in the show.

00:37:33Okay, house two.

00:37:34Han and Kang.

00:37:35Mmm.

00:37:36This week was just joyous.

00:37:38Joy, flow, zen.

00:37:39You are so full of .

00:37:40Before we even came to the Block, we decided we were going to do a Japanese-inspired garden

00:37:46with Christian Jenkins.

00:37:47Keep calm and drink tea.

00:37:48He's an absolute legend at doing pretty Japanese Zen gardens.

00:37:53The rocks are pretty cool.

00:37:55You know how I got those rocks delivered next door?

00:37:56Yeah.

00:37:57And I still had a few to get around here.

00:37:58Yeah.

00:37:59He still had like four or five.

00:38:00He used them in the garden.

00:38:01Our point of difference to the landscape is these rocks.

00:38:02Okay.

00:38:03Okay.

00:38:04Okay.

00:38:05Okay.

00:38:06Okay.

00:38:07Okay.

00:38:08Okay.

00:38:09Let's go.

00:38:10Okay.

00:38:11Let's go.

00:38:12Let's go.

00:38:13Let's go.

00:38:14Let's go.

00:38:15Let's go.

00:38:16Let's go.

00:38:17Let's go.

00:38:18Let's go.

00:38:19Let's go.

00:38:20Let's go.

00:38:21Let's go.

00:38:22Let's go.

00:38:23Let's go.

00:38:24Let's go.

00:38:25Let's go.

00:38:26We're going to put them in the garden.

00:38:27Our point of difference to the landscape is these rocks.

00:38:28Okay.

00:38:29And now they're in your landscape.

00:38:30The thing is we were lovely enough to be able to store your rocks for you guys.

00:38:34The deal was we would have the rocks there until the end of that day.

00:38:35Yeah.

00:38:36That's right.

00:38:37And they're actually still there.

00:38:38So I think if anything we've been doing you guys a favour.

00:38:39We disagree to disagree and we get on with it.

00:38:42We spent our full $15,000 in Freedom furniture.

00:38:48And then in our pool cabana, I want to do, like, a curved lounge.

00:38:52See, I love this side table, too, so we need some, like, sun lounges.

00:38:56How many of those can we order?

00:38:58One, two, three, four, five.

00:39:04We're on a tight budget here.

00:39:05They're not cashed up.

00:39:07You know, we're competing in this landscape week

00:39:10in a kind of handicap race.

00:39:15So Dad and I were both rendering inside the cabana,

00:39:18that's you, Dad.

00:39:19Yeah.

00:39:19We didn't want the ripple effect inside.

00:39:22I like it.

00:39:26How are you feeling about the backyard?

00:39:28Yeah, like, anxious.

00:39:29We need to get the pool fencing in,

00:39:31but we need these outer tiles down ASAP.

00:39:34Pan.

00:39:36Hasn't dried at all.

00:39:38The pool fencing guy's standing around,

00:39:41scratching his head going,

00:39:42they're not going to be ready.

00:39:45People on the other side.

00:39:46Beautiful.

00:39:46The amazing Tori gates went up this morning.

00:39:49Look at that.

00:39:50Tori gates are used in Japan

00:39:52as an entry to a sacred place

00:39:55or a spiritual place.

00:39:56And they look absolutely stunning.

00:39:58I'm super proud of the fireplace

00:40:01that our High Pages Liverpool got us.

00:40:04It looks spectacular.

00:40:06Freaking amazing.

00:40:07We'd just love to have another week

00:40:14to, like, really finesse it,

00:40:16add some elements,

00:40:17like, go the full gung-ho on it.

00:40:20But it is what it is.

00:40:21Tools down.

00:40:22We're about to get judged for it,

00:40:24so let's see what the judges say.

00:40:30God, I love a Japanese maple.

00:40:31Yeah, I like a Japanese maple,

00:40:33but I don't really like what I'm looking at.

00:40:38Oh, what, that quickly?

00:40:39Yeah, that quickly.

00:40:40From what we've just come from,

00:40:42I'm sorry, but I just...

00:40:44He said this has a harsher feeling.

00:40:48It has a lot of rock.

00:40:50It's got a lot of pavers.

00:40:51This is really hard for kids to run around.

00:40:53They can trip.

00:40:54They can hit themselves.

00:40:56So it just has that harsher feel,

00:40:58and the buyers will feel that

00:40:59walking out onto this.

00:41:03Well, I do have to say,

00:41:04so this is a landscaper that I do know as well.

00:41:07He's Christian Jenkins.

00:41:08He's always got a bit of a Japanese inspiration with him.

00:41:11I get what you say is harsh,

00:41:13but you're looking at all the creepers through here,

00:41:14which is Dichondra, OK?

00:41:16So this will grow out before the auction.

00:41:19I did actually see Christian this morning,

00:41:21so maybe just a little bit undercooked

00:41:23with some of the finishes.

00:41:24That's why you can see that there's no water in the pool.

00:41:26And the guys from Protect to Trade

00:41:28were still doing the pool fencing at 8 a.m.

00:41:32You guys really did come down to the wire, didn't you?

00:41:34We did.

00:41:35Yeah, we cut it fine this week, for sure.

00:41:38I really like the stone.

00:41:40I love how organic and natural edge it is.

00:41:44And in the long term,

00:41:45that Dichondra, once it grows all through,

00:41:48and it will cover every single bit

00:41:50between all of this light grout in time,

00:41:53that's going to be really, really elegant.

00:41:55I think it's great.

00:41:57I do hear what you're saying about kids

00:42:00and running around and grass,

00:42:02but it's over there.

00:42:06Lots of lawn for kids to play.

00:42:09Shona agrees.

00:42:10She also really liked the use of boulders throughout.

00:42:13I love the boulders, the use of boulders,

00:42:16and all the plants that are around it.

00:42:18There'll be a lot of softness,

00:42:20and it becomes very ornamental.

00:42:23And a lot of people do gravitate to that.

00:42:25Marty agreed on this.

00:42:27The boulders are a hero.

00:42:29And the outdoor fireplace,

00:42:31Dave said,

00:42:31that is so cool.

00:42:33I've got to say,

00:42:34I have not seen an outdoor fireplace

00:42:36that not is only circular,

00:42:37but you've got your circular seating around it as well.

00:42:40This is a really good selling feature,

00:42:42and it can have nailed this from a real estate perspective,

00:42:45because buyers will, just like us right now,

00:42:48naturally will just congregate here.

00:42:49This is such a great place to just sit,

00:42:52look back at the property,

00:42:53enjoy the sun.

00:42:54Yeah.

00:42:55It feels so intimate too.

00:42:57As Shona pointed out,

00:42:58the modular walls are providing

00:43:00not only visual privacy,

00:43:02but acoustic privacy as well.

00:43:05What are the plants against the modular wall there?

00:43:07It's a lily-pilly, that's water, how's it?

00:43:09They'll be a big hedge,

00:43:10you can see it all the way around here,

00:43:11so they are fast growing as well.

00:43:13Will they get to like three, four metres in height?

00:43:15100%.

00:43:15Amazing, 100%.

00:43:16Yeah.

00:43:16And I think that will then take away

00:43:18a lot of that harshness that I've felt walking out.

00:43:22Marty also thought the deck around the pool

00:43:24is very appealing.

00:43:25I mean, it definitely has that more rustic feel, doesn't it?

00:43:29Well, OK, I absolutely love the deck,

00:43:33and I love the rawness of the edge.

00:43:35I just wish they didn't put these feature tiles in here.

00:43:39Yeah, if that was just plain...

00:43:41Yeah.

00:43:42..this is the hero.

00:43:43Yes.

00:43:44This is beautiful.

00:43:46That fourth material is a little bit too much.

00:43:49Well, it looks like the checkerboard in the garage.

00:43:51It does.

00:43:52It's not needed.

00:43:52Yeah.

00:43:54Marty thought you had great furniture around the pool.

00:43:58Was that all from Freedom, girls?

00:43:59It was.

00:43:59It was a big Freedom advert this week.

00:44:01One thing that we haven't noticed

00:44:03are these arbors over here, OK?

00:44:05So that's where that Japanese influence comes from.

00:44:08So there is a story about these arbors here.

00:44:11So obviously, Scotty's got a sawmill.

00:44:13He milled up the timber and brought it to Christian,

00:44:15and Christian built it right on site.

00:44:17Oh, it's beautiful.

00:44:18It's stunning.

00:44:20Into the cabana,

00:44:21and Marty was perplexed with the layout internally.

00:44:24There's a couch on one side

00:44:25that doesn't really look at anything,

00:44:27including the TV.

00:44:28Why have a TV in here

00:44:34that can't really be utilised from the pool

00:44:37because of the way that the doors are

00:44:39doesn't fit what this is meant to be used for?

00:44:41Like, this just is the wrong application.

00:44:44I think this is a massive, massive error.

00:44:47Yeah.

00:44:47I mean, the girls would have been better off

00:44:49just painting the contour of what was already there.

00:44:52Put a couple of yoga mats

00:44:53if they had no money or time.

00:44:54Yeah, that would have been a bit...

00:44:54Just a couple of yoga mats

00:44:55and a couple of towels on hooks.

00:44:57That's all they needed.

00:44:57It would have been better.

00:44:59Marty really wanted to walk under one of the harbours.

00:45:03When the judges got there,

00:45:04they all decided

00:45:05this was their favourite part of the garden.

00:45:09This is beautiful.

00:45:10This is tranquil.

00:45:11It's gorgeous.

00:45:12And you can imagine all the kids running around.

00:45:15Running around here.

00:45:16I was just going to say that.

00:45:17How beautiful is this?

00:45:17So, you can picture the kids running around here.

00:45:20Race you to the next house.

00:45:21Mixed feedback there, girls,

00:45:26but plenty of positives today

00:45:28from all of the judges.

00:45:29That is it.

00:45:31You're welcome.

00:45:33You're welcome.

00:45:33OK, three, Britt and Taz.

00:45:44Mm-hmm.

00:45:45Deep breath.

00:45:46This week was what?

00:45:51A seafood sandwich from the survey.

00:45:56What?

00:45:56Because you'll have a crack at it,

00:45:58but you do not know how it's going to end.

00:46:01Landscaping will probably win you the block this year.

00:46:03How you doing?

00:46:04Good, thanks to yourself.

00:46:05Nice to meet you.

00:46:05We secured Troy Lovett.

00:46:08Lovett landscaping.

00:46:12The plan is to have beautiful timber arbours

00:46:15from trees that have fallen down in the area.

00:46:17Now we've got the timber.

00:46:19It's about cutting it up.

00:46:20I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK.

00:46:23I'll sleep all night and I'll work all day.

00:46:25Sorry, sorry.

00:46:25I'm not.

00:46:25My God, it just felt like out of a movie.

00:46:28Yeah, it was a bit romantic, actually.

00:46:29Me and Scotty Camden, wasn't it?

00:46:32So, we started landscaping three weeks ago.

00:46:34All the levels have been done.

00:46:36All the concrete that we needed to be poured is poured.

00:46:39It's going really well.

00:46:40We're in a really, really good spot.

00:46:42Best week of the block here.

00:46:43Landscape wins the block.

00:46:44A hundred percent.

00:46:45So, how we're trying to set ourselves apart

00:46:47is being very on brief with Dale's Fits.

00:46:49It's all about natural beauty, sustainability, wellness.

00:46:56A beacon lighting consult.

00:46:57That's how it's going.

00:46:59We also need to look at where you want garden lighting

00:47:02so we make sure they've got power points in it ready for it.

00:47:05Basically lights everywhere.

00:47:07A lot of drawings.

00:47:08Hopefully it all comes together well.

00:47:11Troy over here is that I've found a fruit orchard

00:47:13in the backyard of this girl's house

00:47:15who's happy to give it to us.

00:47:16Six fruit trees all up.

00:47:18Mate, we'll get whatever we can.

00:47:20It was about nine grand's worth of fruit trees.

00:47:22Troy sent his guys and we're able to pick up

00:47:23this beautiful nectarine tree

00:47:25and we've got the plum tree as well

00:47:26and the second lemon tree over there as well.

00:47:29To be able to save some money

00:47:30and, you know, repurpose some of these trees

00:47:32has been a really, really good result.

00:47:36Colby and Sean work tirelessly offsite

00:47:38to create a chicken coop

00:47:40in the exact same shape as the house.

00:47:46I put the two birdhouses up,

00:47:48which we really love.

00:47:50Again, like the chicken coop,

00:47:52triangle houses.

00:47:54It's just like what's not a feature out there, actually.

00:47:57There's lots of features.

00:47:58It looks amazing.

00:47:59I'm just proud of Brit

00:48:02because this week was also super stressful

00:48:04but we produced

00:48:05The Best Backyard.

00:48:07I hope the judges just say

00:48:16that it just screams to Ellsfords

00:48:18from your bar saunas, ice baths.

00:48:21Hopefully they say,

00:48:22I get why they did the reformer room now.

00:48:24Because they've been rinsing us

00:48:25for seven weeks for it.

00:48:27So hopefully it makes sense to them now.

00:48:33Wowee.

00:48:34Okay.

00:48:35Oh, heaven.

00:48:41They were immediately drawn to the lounge area

00:48:43and took a seat.

00:48:44Darren said,

00:48:46thank goodness they put an umbrella in.

00:48:48This is a very elegant space

00:48:50but I'm still the only one in the shade.

00:48:53Guys, you've got to remember,

00:48:54we've got some big trees here, okay?

00:48:56So they are deciduous trees.

00:48:58So when it's summertime,

00:48:59these trees are going to give you cover.

00:49:01Love that.

00:49:02Thank God you're here, Dave.

00:49:03Darren thinks the PGH stone

00:49:06on the fireplace

00:49:08is stunning and magical.

00:49:10It is really beautiful.

00:49:12I love the stark white.

00:49:14I love the link to inside.

00:49:16And I just,

00:49:17I think this area

00:49:19as a lounge area

00:49:20on top of that area

00:49:22as your dining area,

00:49:23it's just magic.

00:49:24Marty said seeing it all finished,

00:49:28he can imagine the wedding shoot

00:49:29here right now.

00:49:33They actually started on this outside area

00:49:35of planning and prepping months ago

00:49:38and you can see the level of finish here

00:49:40compared to what we've seen.

00:49:42This is shoot ready right now.

00:49:43Yes.

00:49:44Well, this is Troy Lovett,

00:49:45Lovett Landscapes, okay?

00:49:46So talking about the design

00:49:48that he's gone for,

00:49:49he wants to basically have

00:49:50like a contemporary garden here

00:49:52with links to like the wellness

00:49:54and that's why we've got the sauna,

00:49:56the spa,

00:49:57the cold plunge.

00:49:58But the connection

00:49:59is these arbours, okay?

00:50:01So this feeds you out.

00:50:02Now, they may look a little bit bare

00:50:04at the moment,

00:50:04but you can see that

00:50:05they've got star jasmine

00:50:06that's going to go up

00:50:07the sides of these.

00:50:07So, yes,

00:50:09if it's a wedding,

00:50:09but it's more to take

00:50:11the focal point down

00:50:12into the pool,

00:50:13it sections it off.

00:50:14This is something

00:50:15that I absolutely love.

00:50:16It's more like a classic modern to me.

00:50:18It's like a journey garden.

00:50:19Yeah.

00:50:21Shona thinks the planting

00:50:23is all stunning.

00:50:25She also really liked

00:50:26the birdhouses

00:50:27attached to the arbours.

00:50:29Speaking of birds,

00:50:30a chicken coop as well

00:50:32and a greenhouse.

00:50:34What a great spot.

00:50:35It's fantastic.

00:50:36It really is.

00:50:37It feels very expensive.

00:50:39Yeah.

00:50:39They've sold perfect use here.

00:50:41They've given

00:50:42every single thing

00:50:43a purpose

00:50:44and a deliberate use.

00:50:46And they found a creek.

00:50:48That's a first on the block.

00:50:51So generally,

00:50:52all of these properties

00:50:53have a rainwater garden,

00:50:54all right?

00:50:55Yes, we've seen that.

00:50:55But this one's so much bigger.

00:50:57Do you see this

00:50:59as too big of a bed?

00:51:01Because whilst I love

00:51:03the architecture behind it,

00:51:05I also think,

00:51:06well, a buyer will come here

00:51:07and go,

00:51:08what is the purpose

00:51:09of that

00:51:10versus the purpose

00:51:11of having more grass

00:51:13for the kids

00:51:14to kick a footy

00:51:14or...

00:51:15I love the look of it,

00:51:16but just the practicality side.

00:51:18I'm on the fence

00:51:19on this one,

00:51:19to be honest,

00:51:20because, you know,

00:51:20this will photograph up

00:51:21so good

00:51:22and I get where it is.

00:51:24It's sustainable.

00:51:24It's got everything.

00:51:25It screams Dale's foot

00:51:26as well at the same time.

00:51:27It could be the only thing

00:51:28that turns a buyer off.

00:51:29Sheena told him

00:51:32to shut up.

00:51:34Yes, Sheena.

00:51:35She said,

00:51:36this is magnificent.

00:51:38This is like a childhood dream.

00:51:40Like,

00:51:41I know you've got little kids,

00:51:42I've got grandkids,

00:51:43and I can see them

00:51:44just spending

00:51:45all their time out here

00:51:46and not coming inside.

00:51:48I think that

00:51:51this is the stuff

00:51:53of childhood dreams.

00:51:54It's the things

00:51:54that I remember

00:51:55from when I was a little kid,

00:51:56but selling a house,

00:51:59families always say,

00:52:01oh, this isn't enough lawn

00:52:03for my kid to run around.

00:52:04Well, I've never seen

00:52:05someone jump online

00:52:05and go,

00:52:06I need to find a house

00:52:07with a big dry creek.

00:52:08With a creek, yep.

00:52:09I mean, it's a great feature,

00:52:11but it's not...

00:52:11This is huge.

00:52:12They're building something

00:52:13that you didn't know

00:52:14you wanted.

00:52:15I'm literally going to stick

00:52:16to my guns with this one.

00:52:18And then headed

00:52:19towards the cabana

00:52:20and took in the pool,

00:52:22and they were immediately

00:52:22drawn inside.

00:52:24Oh.

00:52:24Wow.

00:52:25How's this craftsmanship?

00:52:26Look at the way

00:52:27that they've cut

00:52:28and installed this decking.

00:52:31Just the simplicity

00:52:32of using this

00:52:32over and over and over again.

00:52:34It's one big space.

00:52:36It looks super minimalistic

00:52:38and refined.

00:52:38Wow.

00:52:39It's...

00:52:39Garen also loved

00:52:43the consideration

00:52:43of doing one light-plungy pool

00:52:46and one dark-plungy

00:52:47for the spa.

00:52:49That Freedom furniture

00:52:50is beyond stunning.

00:52:52Now, I have the Contour 3D cabana,

00:52:55and I want to see

00:52:57how they've used it

00:52:58because, controversially, Dave,

00:53:00in there,

00:53:01we've got a Pilates studio.

00:53:03So this is clearly

00:53:04a lifestyle-centric house.

00:53:06I want to know

00:53:07how they've picked up

00:53:08that lifestyle in here.

00:53:10Finally, to the cabana,

00:53:11they thought the couch

00:53:12was in the right spot

00:53:13and no internal render,

00:53:15so it honours the detail

00:53:16of the Contour 3D.

00:53:21This is not a lounge room,

00:53:22though, is it?

00:53:23No.

00:53:23This is a cabana.

00:53:24Yeah.

00:53:25You've still got one lounge room.

00:53:26Why on earth

00:53:30you have to stick to your guns

00:53:33and not put the Pilates studio

00:53:34in the shed

00:53:35or in here?

00:53:37This is such a good spot

00:53:38for a Pilates studio.

00:53:40Here we go.

00:53:41Yes, for real.

00:53:43Pilates said

00:53:44they could lose this competition

00:53:46because of that Pilates studio.

00:53:48They all debated

00:53:49if you are just too focused

00:53:51or too stubborn.

00:53:53Both, maybe.

00:53:56Fortunately,

00:53:57this is

00:53:59Backyard and Cabana Week

00:54:00and the backyard is amazing

00:54:02and so is this cabana.

00:54:04This cabana's fantastic.

00:54:05This sells the dream

00:54:07of the wellness

00:54:08and they've ticked every box.

00:54:10I want to do a call-out

00:54:11to Troy Lovett

00:54:12for his design

00:54:13and also Britt and Taz

00:54:14for getting someone in early

00:54:16because you can feel it,

00:54:17you can see it

00:54:18and they've allocated money

00:54:19right from the start

00:54:20and it is

00:54:21the dream.

00:54:23They have created

00:54:24this dream backyard.

00:54:26Some brilliant feedback there,

00:54:27Britt and Taz.

00:54:28That's it.

00:54:43OK, house four,

00:54:44Sonny and Elish.

00:54:48This week was fun.

00:54:49We're not at the peak yet

00:54:51but this was us

00:54:52climbing to the peak.

00:54:55Hey, Paul.

00:54:56We worked really closely

00:54:57with our landscape design,

00:54:59Paul Pritchard

00:55:00and also Dylan

00:55:01from Jade Built.

00:55:02I've had experience

00:55:03in the past

00:55:03working with Dave Franklin.

00:55:05Yes, Dave does the judging

00:55:07so maybe he'll be

00:55:08a little biased.

00:55:08We've built our house

00:55:15with a family like us in mind.

00:55:18Kids want some grass to play on.

00:55:21They love having a bit of grass

00:55:23and a bit of lawn

00:55:24to kick the football.

00:55:25Open space is great.

00:55:26You don't want to feel like crowded.

00:55:27You've got this space,

00:55:28use it.

00:55:31We have to think

00:55:32if we're using tiles

00:55:33anywhere in the backyard,

00:55:34the front yard,

00:55:35the side yard,

00:55:36the up yard,

00:55:37the down yard

00:55:38and every yard in between

00:55:40and your neighbour's yard.

00:55:41Let's do pool.

00:55:42There's these ones.

00:55:43Yeah, that one,

00:55:44that one there,

00:55:44yeah, that looks quite different.

00:55:46That looks like

00:55:46kind of seen

00:55:47sort of looking,

00:55:48isn't it?

00:55:48The bocce court,

00:55:51they've marked all that out,

00:55:52dug it out.

00:55:54Sick.

00:55:54Yeah.

00:55:55Yeah.

00:55:57I got to Bunnings

00:55:59and I found the fire pit aisle

00:56:02and I needed to make sure

00:56:04that I picked the right one.

00:56:07I mean,

00:56:19it's pretty good.

00:56:22Looks like Heathcote's the one.

00:56:24Oh, Mick,

00:56:25I think this is sold.

00:56:29It's the biggest wood

00:56:30on the block,

00:56:30my arbour.

00:56:34Looking at the arbour here,

00:56:35is this Wombat Park

00:56:36inspiration?

00:56:37from our long lunch?

00:56:38Absolutely.

00:56:38It is.

00:56:39It is.

00:56:40Yay!

00:56:44Our team has been

00:56:45A1 from the start,

00:56:47haven't they?

00:56:47Are you getting sad now?

00:56:48No, but they have met.

00:56:49They have.

00:56:50I was a bit teary

00:56:51looking at it this morning.

00:56:53It withdrew

00:56:54emotion out of me.

00:57:03It pulls the focal point

00:57:04of the whole yard

00:57:05with the arbour behind it

00:57:06and everything

00:57:07and everything is

00:57:07right there.

00:57:09When you stand

00:57:09on the alfresco

00:57:10and you look out.

00:57:12Yeah.

00:57:12It's sick.

00:57:13Yeah.

00:57:18Nice.

00:57:19Oh.

00:57:19Wow.

00:57:21Look at that.

00:57:22How good's this look?

00:57:23Sun coming through.

00:57:24Oh.

00:57:26This is beautiful.

00:57:32It's so simple,

00:57:34but yet looking out

00:57:35is a textbook back garden.

00:57:38It is.

00:57:39It's textbook.

00:57:40Yeah.

00:57:40This is a landscaper

00:57:42that we have had

00:57:42on the show before.

00:57:43So his name's Dylan Barker

00:57:44from Jade Landscapes.

00:57:46Wow.

00:57:46I got to speak to him

00:57:47this morning

00:57:48and the landscape

00:57:48is all about family

00:57:50and a home.

00:57:51Mate, I would say

00:57:52a good, proper

00:57:53Aussie backyard.

00:57:54That's exactly

00:57:55what this looks like.

00:57:56Yeah.

00:57:57Shona said to Marty,

00:57:58you wanted lawn,

00:57:59you've got lawn.

00:58:01I mean,

00:58:01that's the thing.

00:58:02Straight off the deck,

00:58:03you've got heaps of lawn.

00:58:04Yeah.

00:58:05This is the only design

00:58:06that we've seen

00:58:06where the outdoor dining

00:58:08is so far away

00:58:08from the rest of it.

00:58:10It's quite different

00:58:11and unique

00:58:11and it actually works.

00:58:14Shona just love

00:58:15the colour

00:58:15of the Little Hampton

00:58:16Brick Company pavers.

00:58:19They feel very handmade,

00:58:21probably because

00:58:21they are Shona.

00:58:22Yes, Shona,

00:58:23they are.

00:58:24Look at this

00:58:24and how

00:58:25the arbor relates

00:58:26to this furniture.

00:58:28We were saying

00:58:28that's the wedding house

00:58:30but this is like

00:58:31you entertain

00:58:32for Christmas Day

00:58:34with three or four

00:58:35families combined.

00:58:36It's like 24 people.

00:58:37Yeah.

00:58:40It's simple,

00:58:41it's solid.

00:58:42I was even looking

00:58:43at the pool fencing

00:58:44going,

00:58:44I wish they had

00:58:45upped the spec

00:58:46but then I've noticed

00:58:47a lot of these trees

00:58:48and plants,

00:58:49they're actually

00:58:50all going to keep growing

00:58:51and they're going to

00:58:52actually make the fence

00:58:53disappear.

00:58:53So if it was glass,

00:58:55it would have been

00:58:55an issue,

00:58:56is that right?

00:58:57Correct, mate.

00:58:57Again,

00:58:58this is a garden

00:58:58that's going to be

00:58:59ever-changing as well

00:59:00so it is well thought

00:59:01out with the plant

00:59:02palette here.

00:59:03So this is another

00:59:03garden that's going

00:59:04to look fantastic

00:59:05come auction time.

00:59:07Yeah.

00:59:07Shona noticed

00:59:08the wisteria's planted

00:59:09next to the arbor

00:59:10and imagine

00:59:11and imagine

00:59:11what it will be like

00:59:12when they grow

00:59:13over the top.

00:59:14Just beautiful.

00:59:15I'm looking at the timber

00:59:16and thinking,

00:59:17jeez,

00:59:17do you want to cover it?

00:59:18But again,

00:59:18wisteria will look fantastic.

00:59:20I tell you what,

00:59:22everything I look at

00:59:24looks like

00:59:25an elevation

00:59:27of the perfect

00:59:28Aussie garden.

00:59:29You're right.

00:59:30You're right.

00:59:30It really is.

00:59:33Compliments kept on coming,

00:59:35Sonny and Leish.

00:59:36Yay.

00:59:36I do love that

00:59:37raised garden bed.

00:59:39That's just so practical

00:59:40and we've got a fig tree,

00:59:41got maybe a lemon

00:59:42or a lime.

00:59:43This is great.

00:59:44Look at this

00:59:45little rolling knoll down.

00:59:47Imagine the

00:59:48boots going down there.

00:59:50Marty then headed

00:59:51inside your sauna

00:59:52and he thanks you

00:59:53very much

00:59:54for switching it on.

00:59:56Look how big it is.

00:59:58This is a cool sauna.

01:00:00It's on.

01:00:01It's on.

01:00:02I love it.

01:00:03This is a great

01:00:04little spot too.

01:00:04Is it?

01:00:05It's not like

01:00:05they don't have

01:00:06a lot of dining spaces.

01:00:07I was just going to say,

01:00:08I just think it's

01:00:08don't need that.

01:00:09Unless it's to

01:00:10connect something here,

01:00:11what have they done?

01:00:14Okay,

01:00:14that's interesting.

01:00:16Check it.

01:00:18Look.

01:00:18Ah.

01:00:19There we go.

01:00:21A little day bed.

01:00:22A little day bed.

01:00:23And then found a microwave,

01:00:24a toilet,

01:00:25kitchenette,

01:00:26and then

01:00:27kind of realised

01:00:28what type of room

01:00:29he was actually in.

01:00:30It's a poolside cabana,

01:00:32obviously,

01:00:32but the fact that

01:00:33you could

01:00:34crash here.

01:00:35Crash here?

01:00:36Yeah.

01:00:36Marty said,

01:00:37it's like a little

01:00:37hotel swing.

01:00:39Because you've got

01:00:40heating and cooling.

01:00:42This is the highest

01:00:42spec cabana we've seen

01:00:43today.

01:00:44Like,

01:00:44every single part

01:00:45of the wall

01:00:46is stunning.

01:00:48Dave said,

01:00:49this is the best

01:00:50pool cabana

01:00:50he'd ever seen.

01:00:53He called it

01:00:53a great doghouse

01:00:54and it's extremely

01:00:55well executed.

01:00:57Sonny would know

01:00:57what that is.

01:00:58That's why I built

01:00:59it straight.

01:01:00You're always in trouble.

01:01:02I'm always in the doghouse.

01:01:03It's a well-lit doghouse.

01:01:05It's very,

01:01:06very beautiful.

01:01:07The design,

01:01:08the materials,

01:01:09even the decision

01:01:09to paint the ceiling

01:01:10black,

01:01:11and that they've

01:01:12honoured the

01:01:14Contour 3D form.

01:01:15Tell you what,

01:01:16I was not expecting

01:01:17to see a cabana

01:01:18to this standard.

01:01:19He said,

01:01:20this space

01:01:21is now part

01:01:21of the agent's campaign.

01:01:24They then headed out

01:01:25to find

01:01:25not only a fire pit,

01:01:27but a whole

01:01:27petonk pitch,

01:01:28or bocce,

01:01:29depending on

01:01:30where you come from.

01:01:31This looks like

01:01:31it's the professional size.

01:01:34Marty's not bad.

01:01:35That's pretty good.

01:01:36They all had a go

01:01:37and they found themselves

01:01:39very happily relaxing

01:01:40here in the sunshine.

01:01:42What is amazing

01:01:43is that they've placed

01:01:45this bench here

01:01:46for this purpose

01:01:47and we did exactly

01:01:48what you naturally do

01:01:50when you're playing

01:01:50this game

01:01:51socially with friends.

01:01:52Wow,

01:01:53what a backyard.

01:01:55That's it,

01:01:56Sonny Elish.

01:01:56Well done.

01:02:09Okay,

01:02:09how's five,

01:02:10Robbie and Matt?

01:02:11G'day.

01:02:14This week

01:02:15was

01:02:16beautiful

01:02:18and muddy.

01:02:23Pool day.

01:02:24Pool day, awesome.

01:02:25Fundy day.

01:02:26So, I'm Mick.

01:02:26Cam from Plungy.

01:02:28We're actually launching

01:02:28a new Plungy

01:02:30called the Quad,

01:02:31which is a 2.2 metre

01:02:33square Plungy.

01:02:35Wellbeing is such a hot trend

01:02:37that we've designed this

01:02:38to be a cold plunge pool.

01:02:41Plungy giving us two pools.

01:02:42One for the entertainment.

01:02:43Plungy Max.

01:02:44And a cold pool.

01:02:45Plungy Quad.

01:02:47The backyard

01:02:49is an entertainer

01:02:51and family dream.

01:02:52And family dream.

01:02:52Play pickleball,

01:02:54jump in the pool,

01:02:55sit in front of the fireplace.

01:02:56So many options.

01:02:57Paul Grant and his team.

01:02:58They're perfectionists.

01:03:00We love Paul,

01:03:01and to be honest,

01:03:02there is no way

01:03:02we could do it without him.

01:03:03He is phenomenal.

01:03:04We are going to be putting

01:03:07a big tree here.

01:03:10So I'd like to put

01:03:11maybe like two chairs together

01:03:13and something there.

01:03:14What about these

01:03:16manly chairs,

01:03:18these two little ones?

01:03:19Amazing.

01:03:20All this freedom furniture

01:03:21is going to be

01:03:22exactly what we need.

01:03:23What do you think of this?

01:03:27Oh, wow.

01:03:28It's around about

01:03:2925 years old.

01:03:32I didn't know

01:03:32what a bottle tree was

01:03:33until I got to

01:03:33the bottle tree place.

01:03:34Bottle tree,

01:03:35bottle tree,

01:03:36bottle tree.

01:03:36I love this girl.

01:03:38She's thick,

01:03:39and I think she needs

01:03:40to come home with me.

01:03:41She's massive.

01:03:43It is beautiful, mate.

01:03:44Great pick.

01:03:47Finally,

01:03:47this big pickleball court

01:03:49is now being installed.

01:03:50Just the size of it alone

01:03:52is huge,

01:03:53because you could

01:03:53chuck a marquee on that.

01:03:55You could see

01:03:55100 people on that easily.

01:03:57Easily.

01:03:59I went to

01:04:00Stony Creek Gallery.

01:04:02The gallery

01:04:02is mind-blowing.

01:04:04It's amazing.

01:04:05Took one of

01:04:06Michael Parker's

01:04:08personal sculptures.

01:04:10Wow.

01:04:11It's so much more

01:04:12beautiful than what

01:04:13I even thought it would be.

01:04:14This is one of his

01:04:15last sculptures

01:04:16that he has ever done,

01:04:18and so we are

01:04:18very grateful

01:04:19to have this in our yard.

01:04:20It's incredible.

01:04:22If I could

01:04:23bottle this up,

01:04:24bottle,

01:04:25bottle this up,

01:04:26I would,

01:04:27I would bottle this up.

01:04:27Paul's vision

01:04:28has come to life.

01:04:30I would,

01:04:31because you're gorgeous

01:04:32in this moment.

01:04:34And he even said

01:04:36this is the best work

01:04:37he's ever done.

01:04:39So suddenly

01:04:40I'm in love

01:04:41with a stranger.

01:04:42We've listened,

01:04:44we've learned,

01:04:45and we've grown.

01:04:46And this week

01:04:47showcases everything

01:04:49that we've learnt.

01:04:50We're here to win

01:04:51this competition.

01:04:53Big words.

01:04:55Well, we are.

01:04:55Oh, my goodness.

01:05:02Wow.

01:05:04Look at all the curves,

01:05:05Shana.

01:05:06This is,

01:05:06you know what,

01:05:07this is very Dr. Seuss.

01:05:08Oh.

01:05:09Don't you think?

01:05:10Very magical.

01:05:12It is magical.

01:05:16Look at the fire

01:05:17in the trends.

01:05:19Wow.

01:05:20Look at that.

01:05:21It's got a couple

01:05:22of bloody

01:05:22pieces of meat on it.

01:05:25Oh, my God.

01:05:25A couple of pieces.

01:05:26They're Flintstone size.

01:05:28Oh.

01:05:29He was literally salivating.

01:05:31That's ready to eat.

01:05:32Yeah, we'll cut that after.

01:05:33This is fantastic,

01:05:34isn't it?

01:05:35It's just so good.

01:05:36It anchors

01:05:37the outdoor entertaining.

01:05:38This bench here

01:05:39acts as a bit of a seat.

01:05:41I love the finish.

01:05:42Yeah.

01:05:43That's beautiful.

01:05:44This is a design

01:05:45that I do know

01:05:45and other landscape

01:05:46I know.

01:05:48His name is

01:05:48Paul Grant

01:05:49and he did say

01:05:50that this is

01:05:50one of the biggest

01:05:51outdoor fireplaces

01:05:52in the region.

01:05:53In the region.

01:05:54In the region.

01:05:55But I've never seen

01:05:56anything this big before.

01:05:57It's incredible.

01:06:00Marty was briefly

01:06:00concerned about

01:06:01the placement

01:06:02of the fireplace.

01:06:05From the deck

01:06:06and from

01:06:06a family perspective,

01:06:08not being able

01:06:09to see the kids

01:06:10in the pool,

01:06:10that is a concern

01:06:11and I think people

01:06:12will recognise

01:06:13that when they come here.

01:06:14Well, actually,

01:06:15a Swan security camera

01:06:16up here

01:06:16point directly

01:06:17at the pool

01:06:18so you can watch

01:06:19that from your phone

01:06:20or from the TV

01:06:22inside in the living room

01:06:23and you can keep

01:06:25an eye on the kids

01:06:25while they're in the pool.

01:06:26That's pretty cool.

01:06:27Yeah.

01:06:28That's pretty handy.

01:06:29Dave Franklin

01:06:29talked a lot today

01:06:31about the layering

01:06:32of the basalt

01:06:33and pebbles

01:06:33and the very

01:06:35considered placement

01:06:36of everything

01:06:37in the garden.

01:06:39This landscape

01:06:40here is sustainable.

01:06:41You can turn

01:06:42the irrigation off

01:06:42on this one

01:06:43and this one will grow

01:06:44there are no problems

01:06:44whatsoever.

01:06:45Dave, look to the side

01:06:46of your yard

01:06:47and said...

01:06:48We've had some trees

01:06:48on the block

01:06:49but this is just

01:06:50a hero, isn't it?

01:06:52Yeah.

01:06:52It really is.

01:06:52That's one of the most

01:06:53beautiful trees

01:06:53I've seen in my life.

01:06:55So it is about 25 years old

01:06:57is this tree

01:06:58but how good

01:06:59is just having

01:06:59a simple tree

01:07:00than having a structure?

01:07:02I think this looks

01:07:02fantastic.

01:07:05Darren then had

01:07:06to quote the castle.

01:07:08Oh, the serenity.

01:07:09I thought you were

01:07:11going to say

01:07:11I dug a hole.

01:07:15Darren really liked

01:07:16the inclusion

01:07:17of the food kids.

01:07:18So you've got

01:07:18that lovely sustainable

01:07:20grow your own food

01:07:21thing at home.

01:07:21You've got a trellis

01:07:22to grow things

01:07:23up in a vine.

01:07:24Technically it's wonderful

01:07:25but it's so pretty.

01:07:27And we haven't even

01:07:27mentioned the swimming pool.

01:07:29I'm surprised

01:07:30you haven't mentioned

01:07:30the...

01:07:31Because I can't wait

01:07:32to...

01:07:33Hey, you got me

01:07:34a bocce, mate

01:07:34but you ain't getting

01:07:35me a pickle.

01:07:36Get on that court.

01:07:38And then the competition

01:07:39between the judges

01:07:39was on again.

01:07:41Is this what you

01:07:42and your real estate

01:07:43mates do every week?

01:07:44Hey?

01:07:49There's no mercy here.

01:07:52Oh!

01:07:54Nearly went over then.

01:07:55Scores, Marty two,

01:07:56Dave zero.

01:07:58You know what?

01:07:59The boys...

01:08:00Look at how much

01:08:00you get.

01:08:01The boys won

01:08:01the fireplace.

01:08:02They won

01:08:03the pickleball court.

01:08:05They won

01:08:06the money

01:08:07from the wine cellar

01:08:08to get the bottle

01:08:09tree.

01:08:09Everything they want

01:08:10has added value

01:08:12to here.

01:08:13You've made it all

01:08:14work so well together.

01:08:16It's very cohesive.

01:08:18This here's a pretty

01:08:19incredible inclusion.

01:08:21These are the only

01:08:22contestants that have

01:08:23actually added this in.

01:08:24Hey, that actually

01:08:25goes quite quick.

01:08:26That's easy.

01:08:27Look at that.

01:08:27And they're easy.

01:08:28Jeez.

01:08:28From Shade Spot here,

01:08:29I'll be honest,

01:08:30I haven't seen one of

01:08:30these before.

01:08:31It's actually giving

01:08:32shade over there.

01:08:33Yeah, that's it.

01:08:34So it just depends

01:08:35where you're

01:08:35wanting to sit.

01:08:36Well, when it's

01:08:3712 to 2 o'clock

01:08:39and that sun is

01:08:39beating down

01:08:40on a 40 degree

01:08:41day, that's actually

01:08:42giving them

01:08:43the protection

01:08:44that's needed.

01:08:45Inside the

01:08:46Contour 3D

01:08:47Cabana,

01:08:48they found

01:08:48another sauna

01:08:49and another

01:08:50great inclusion.

01:08:51But they didn't

01:08:52think it was

01:08:53built in as well

01:08:54as House 1's

01:08:55was.

01:08:55It just feels

01:08:59like this

01:08:59plonk there

01:09:00to me.

01:09:01I would rather

01:09:01see something

01:09:02a little bit

01:09:02more in here.

01:09:04It's great,

01:09:04but it's not

01:09:05as luxurious

01:09:06as some of

01:09:06the other

01:09:06Cabanas we've

01:09:07seen.

01:09:07Definitely not.

01:09:10They then

01:09:11headed back

01:09:11to the fire

01:09:12to deliberate

01:09:13and found

01:09:14Maddie from

01:09:15the Dalesford

01:09:16Meat Company

01:09:16slicing up

01:09:17the ribeye

01:09:18for them.

01:09:19G'day, mate.

01:09:19Hello.

01:09:20Hello.

01:09:20Good, thank you.

01:09:22Looking for

01:09:23a couple of

01:09:23extra points

01:09:24there.

01:09:25As they

01:09:26ate their

01:09:27steak,

01:09:27they thought

01:09:28about what

01:09:28they'd seen

01:09:29today,

01:09:30and they have

01:09:30nothing but

01:09:31high praise

01:09:31for all of

01:09:32you.

01:09:33I'm going

01:09:34to say,

01:09:34I've been

01:09:35on the block

01:09:35for a long

01:09:36time,

01:09:36but this is

01:09:36some of the

01:09:37best landscapes

01:09:37I've ever

01:09:38seen.

01:09:39That is high

01:09:40praise indeed,

01:09:41considering he's

01:09:42done a lot

01:09:42of them himself.

01:09:44Time for the

01:09:44scores.

01:09:46Congratulations,

01:09:46everyone.

01:09:47What do you

01:09:47think of

01:09:47everything,

01:09:48don't you?

01:09:48What not

01:09:49steak?

01:09:55Here we

01:10:01go.

01:10:02Good

01:10:02week,

01:10:02everyone.

01:10:03Congratulations.

01:10:04Okay, Dave

01:10:04Franklin's first.

01:10:06Emma and Ben.

01:10:07I'm so

01:10:07nervous.

01:10:0880% is native

01:10:10here.

01:10:10Very sustainable

01:10:11as well.

01:10:12It's going to be

01:10:12hard to beat.

01:10:17Pat and

01:10:17can.

01:10:19Maybe just a

01:10:20little bit undercooked

01:10:21with some

01:10:21of the

01:10:22finishes.

01:10:22That's why

01:10:23you can see

01:10:23that there's

01:10:23no water

01:10:24in the pool.

01:10:29Britain

01:10:29Taz.

01:10:30This is

01:10:30something that

01:10:31I absolutely

01:10:31love.

01:10:32It's more

01:10:32like a

01:10:32classic

01:10:33modern to

01:10:33me.

01:10:40Setting

01:10:40a leash.

01:10:41Landscape

01:10:41is all

01:10:42about family

01:10:43and a

01:10:44home.

01:10:44This is

01:10:44what they've

01:10:45ticked off

01:10:45here.

01:10:49Robbie

01:10:50and Matt.

01:10:51We've had

01:10:52some trees

01:10:53on the

01:10:53block,

01:10:54but this

01:10:54is just

01:10:55a hero.

01:11:02Ooh.

01:11:03High

01:11:04scores.

01:11:07Jumps

01:11:08down,

01:11:08here you

01:11:08go.

01:11:11Right,

01:11:12Darren

01:11:12and

01:11:12May.

01:11:13And

01:11:14Ben.

01:11:16It's

01:11:16that

01:11:16natural

01:11:17environment

01:11:18materials

01:11:19palette,

01:11:19and it

01:11:20just feels

01:11:20really,

01:11:21right

01:11:21for

01:11:22Dales

01:11:22food.

01:11:26Hand

01:11:27in

01:11:27can.

01:11:28I

01:11:28really

01:11:29like

01:11:29the

01:11:29stone.

01:11:30I

01:11:30love

01:11:31how

01:11:31organic

01:11:31and

01:11:32natural

01:11:33edge

01:11:33it is.

01:11:36Ooh.

01:11:39Britain

01:11:39Taz.

01:11:40This

01:11:41area

01:11:41as a

01:11:42lounge

01:11:42area

01:11:43on top

01:11:43of

01:11:44that

01:11:44area

01:11:44as

01:11:45your

01:11:45dining

01:11:45area,

01:11:46it's

01:11:46just

01:11:46magic.

01:11:53Setting

01:11:54loose.

01:11:55Everything

01:11:55I look

01:11:56at

01:11:56looks like

01:11:57an

01:11:58elevation

01:11:58of the

01:11:59perfect

01:12:00Aussie

01:12:01garden.

01:12:01It's

01:12:07probably

01:12:07in

01:12:07that.

01:12:08Technically

01:12:08it's

01:12:09wonderful,

01:12:09but it's

01:12:10so

01:12:10pretty.

01:12:17Oh,

01:12:17I've never

01:12:19seen this.

01:12:19Holy

01:12:19doly.

01:12:21Marty

01:12:21Fox,

01:12:22Evan Ben.

01:12:23This

01:12:24here

01:12:24just screams

01:12:25Dalesford because

01:12:26you can

01:12:26see it

01:12:27in the

01:12:27foreground.

01:12:45And

01:12:45again.

01:12:46I don't

01:12:47really like

01:12:47what I'm

01:12:48looking at.

01:12:54Britain

01:12:54Taz.

01:12:56Love

01:12:57the look

01:12:57of it,

01:12:57but just

01:12:58the

01:12:58practicality

01:12:59side,

01:12:59it could

01:12:59be the

01:12:59only

01:13:00thing

01:13:00that

01:13:00turns

01:13:00a

01:13:00buyer

01:13:01off.

01:13:08Sonny

01:13:09and Alicia.

01:13:11It's

01:13:11quite

01:13:11different

01:13:12and unique

01:13:12and it

01:13:13actually

01:13:13works.

01:13:21One

01:13:21corner.

01:13:23Where we

01:13:23met.

01:13:26Look at

01:13:27the

01:13:27fire

01:13:27and the

01:13:28trends.

01:13:29It's

01:13:29just so

01:13:30good.

01:13:30It

01:13:30anchors

01:13:31the

01:13:31outdoor

01:13:31entertaining.

01:13:37Right

01:13:38are

01:13:38OK.

01:13:41I'll be

01:13:41back in

01:13:42a sec.

01:13:42Hey,

01:13:42Scotty.

01:13:43Yes.

01:13:47Hundred

01:13:48bucks.

01:13:50We have a

01:13:51gnome on

01:13:51it.

01:13:53What's that,

01:13:54mate?

01:13:54You'd like to

01:13:54play your

01:13:55secret gnome?

01:13:55Yeah,

01:13:56we would

01:13:56like to

01:13:56play our

01:13:57secret gnome.

01:13:57I told

01:13:58you guys.

01:13:59You lied

01:14:00to my

01:14:00face.

01:14:02He just

01:14:03lied to me.

01:14:03I said,

01:14:04do you

01:14:04have it?

01:14:06Ben and

01:14:07M won a

01:14:07secret gnome

01:14:08on the

01:14:08domain.

01:14:10Big liar.

01:14:10Jury.

01:14:11You look me

01:14:12in the eyes.

01:14:13Game on,

01:14:13moles.

01:14:17Oh,

01:14:18you're going

01:14:19down in the

01:14:19last week,

01:14:20I tell you.

01:14:20Oh,

01:14:21I see ya.

01:14:21Cheeky bugger.

01:14:23Lied to our

01:14:23faces.

01:14:25Shona

01:14:25Blaise.

01:14:26Well,

01:14:26if the shoe

01:14:27fits.

01:14:28Look what

01:14:33they've done

01:14:33and styled

01:14:34to perfection.

01:14:35And a

01:14:36can.

01:14:38I

01:14:38absolutely

01:14:39love the

01:14:40deck and

01:14:40I love

01:14:41the rawness

01:14:42of the

01:14:43edge.

01:14:43I just

01:14:44wish they

01:14:44didn't put

01:14:45these feature

01:14:45tiles in

01:14:46here.

01:14:49This is

01:14:49like a

01:14:50childhood

01:14:50dream.

01:14:51They're

01:14:51building

01:14:51something

01:14:52that you

01:14:52didn't

01:14:53know you

01:14:53wanted.

01:14:56I do

01:14:57love that

01:14:57raised

01:14:58garden

01:14:58bed.

01:14:59That's

01:14:59just so

01:14:59practical.

01:15:00Everything

01:15:00they want

01:15:04has added

01:15:05value to

01:15:06here.

01:15:06Totals.

01:15:08Plus

01:15:08one.

01:15:09We're

01:15:09half a

01:15:09point

01:15:10behind.

01:15:16Okay.

01:15:17Winner

01:15:18of week

01:15:1811 in

01:15:20Dalesford and

01:15:21taking home

01:15:2210,000 bucks

01:15:22from MG

01:15:23is...

01:15:24Here we

01:15:25go.

01:15:27half a

01:15:35point.

01:15:35It's Em and

01:15:36Ben.

01:15:37Oh, half a

01:15:45point.

01:15:47Congratulations

01:15:48by half a

01:15:49point.

01:15:50Well done.

01:15:51We won.

01:15:52It's been the most crazy, crazy week.

01:15:55But we won with a sneaky no.

01:15:57Oh, it's just rewarding.

01:15:58It just feels like all that hard work was actually worth it.

01:16:01OK, on to our final ComBank reward prize of $10,000

01:16:06for the team that has done the best job at managing their budget.

01:16:10It's going to be very handy, $10,000 for next week.

01:16:13They've done it again because they did most of the work themselves,

01:16:17paid their dad minimum wage.

01:16:19Let's have a count. Congratulations.

01:16:23We've got ComBank.

01:16:27Now, I want to talk about next week, the final week on the block.

01:16:31As you know, someone's going to win not one, but two MGs,

01:16:35one to sell with your house and one to take home.

01:16:38And here they are.

01:16:39That goes with the house.

01:16:40That goes home with you guys.

01:16:43But that's not all.

01:16:45I'm here to tell you, folks, that there's something else.

01:16:49Oh, yes, sir-ee. Indeed.

01:16:52I've got another big prize announcement tonight.

01:16:55And this comes to us from our friends at Bunnies.

01:16:59You probably need some chairs at this stage, but we're going to stand anyway.

01:17:04The team that wins next week is also getting $50,000

01:17:09off their reserve on auction day.

01:17:12Wow.

01:17:13Holy dooly.

01:17:16That is basically 50 grand cash in your pocket.

01:17:20That's huge.

01:17:21And it's probably enough to win you the block as well.

01:17:24That's huge.

01:17:25Good luck.

01:17:26Good night.

01:17:27One week to go, gang.

01:17:28See ya.

01:17:29Thanks, Barry.

01:17:30How are you?

01:17:31Next time on the block, we're going out to the bang shell.

01:17:34Teams face an epic final week.

01:17:38Tackling front gardens and facades.

01:17:42With the finish line in sight and a huge prize up for grabs.

01:17:45You've got two cars.

01:17:47And $50,000 off the final reserve.

01:17:51$50,000 can potentially win you the block.

01:17:53It's the week to win.

01:17:54Our blockheads dig deep to complete their dream Dalesford homes.

01:17:59Yeah, we're going for the win.

01:18:00We're going for the win.

01:18:01Yeah!

01:18:01No bickering this week.

01:18:02Stop getting up me because I'm going to lose it in a minute.

01:18:04I'm not getting up here.

01:18:05Left nothing in the bank.

01:18:07We don't have the money.

01:18:08We broke.

01:18:09Nothing in the tank.

01:18:10Probably got the biggest area to landscape.

01:18:13This is the last chance.

01:18:14We have to win.

01:18:15We have to.

01:18:16I feel like this has just been for nothing.

01:18:18We haven't won a room.

01:18:19It's embarrassing.

01:18:20Last judges feedback for the years.

01:18:23How good is that?

01:18:25This is pretty faultless.

01:18:26Planted to perfection.

01:18:28Tick, tick, tick, tick.

01:18:29But for one team, it's a big fat cross.

01:18:32There's not a lot going on.

01:18:34It's barren.

01:18:36Oh, my God, I feel sick.

01:18:37What are we judging?

01:18:38This is large kitty litter covered in mulch.

01:18:41It could win or lose this competition.

01:18:43Our room reveal galleries are now open for your inspection, exclusively at the block website.

01:18:51We'll see you next time.

01:18:52We'll see you next time.

01:18:53We'll see you next time.

01:18:54We'll see you next time.

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