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The Block AU S20 Episode 44 - Backyard Reveal

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00:00:00Previously, our blockheads kicked off backyard week.
00:00:04Managed chaos.
00:00:05I've never seen so many trucks, so many guys, so many pieces of machinery and equipment
00:00:11operating in the one place.
00:00:14One team failed to keep up.
00:00:16They've turned around the delivery for the timber, for the steel, for everything that
00:00:20we ordered from Minotown.
00:00:21Because of the congestion in the driveway.
00:00:23Deliveries affects us at the back of the block at the moment.
00:00:26Nothing's getting through.
00:00:27They faced one setback after another.
00:00:30What's this I hear about you're not getting delivery of plants?
00:00:34We were under the impression that all our plants were sorted.
00:00:37Clay's trying really hard to stay on top of everything.
00:00:39Apparently that was not quite the case.
00:00:41There's a lot of work to be done back there, that's for sure.
00:00:44Tonight, it's the final push to reveal, but Carly and Brad fall even further behind.
00:00:53Everyone else's yards are developing and ours isn't.
00:00:56It's a pretty dire situation.
00:00:57A major problem is found in house one.
00:01:00Can't be revealed.
00:01:01No, it's gotta go.
00:01:02What?
00:01:03Sorry guys.
00:01:04The boys have put so much hard work in and I can't afford this mistake.
00:01:08And the backyards are revealed to the judges.
00:01:11Oh my God.
00:01:14What on earth?
00:01:15With special guest and landscape guru, Dave Franklin, joining the lineup.
00:01:19As soon as you walk in, you're drawn to it.
00:01:21It does scream resort.
00:01:23No offence, but it's just landscaping.
00:01:26What we're seeing is a really poorly planned, uninviting space.
00:01:48Saturday on the block is crazy every week, but backyard week is just another story.
00:01:55There is so many people.
00:02:00You have people working on top of each other.
00:02:02The landscapers are running around, like trying to plant trees and there's heaps of them and
00:02:05we're trying to dig holes to help them.
00:02:08You have people coming in for the pool.
00:02:10You have the dream court going in.
00:02:12Yeah, there was just a million things happening.
00:02:17Baby, don't you...
00:02:20Matty and Charlotte's backyard stretches across 448 square metres in size.
00:02:25It will include a half-size basketball court and recreation area, as well as a spiral staircase
00:02:31to the mezzanine of their home.
00:02:33Around the corner will be their above-ground pool, a deck and an outdoor kitchen, as well
00:02:39as a dining and lounge area, a fire pit area with a pizza oven and a deck off the main
00:02:44suite.
00:02:46Oh, it is very frantic.
00:02:47We've got all our carpenters giving us a chop out here for the decking.
00:02:50Plenty of decking to go.
00:02:51We've also got a barbecue area going in, which is really pretty cool.
00:02:54We're going to be racy for this one, I think.
00:02:56We always want to do an outdoor kitchen, like fridge, a sink and a barbecue all in one.
00:03:01We're like, we'll do it ourselves.
00:03:04And then we're like, oh, we need to put a bench top on it.
00:03:07Madeline went to go and pick up stone from like an hour and a half away because we got
00:03:12decked on quoted and it was going to be six grand and we cannot afford that.
00:03:16Our budget is looking very tight.
00:03:18Front yard is going to be very minimalistic.
00:03:21So, yeah, not looking great.
00:03:24We have to win this week.
00:03:29Next door in house two is Courtney and Grant's 403 square metre backyard.
00:03:34It will feature a large deck off their living area with an undercover barbecue, dining and
00:03:39lounge space, as well as a pizza oven.
00:03:41There'll also be a fire pit area, a pool with sun deck and an additional seating area
00:03:47with an outdoor fireplace.
00:03:57Saturday morning, we're off and running.
00:04:00We've got our new plants all laid out in the ground.
00:04:02They're ready to be put in.
00:04:04The mulch is ready to be installed and the turf is waiting to be rolled out nice and fresh.
00:04:10Feeling really good.
00:04:11Feeling really good.
00:04:12We're in a good position.
00:04:13We looked around last night and we're very happy with what we've produced.
00:04:17We're in a good spot.
00:04:18So we're happy.
00:04:19Very happy.
00:04:20I'm happy.
00:04:21Believe it or not.
00:04:30Mate, this has come along nicely.
00:04:34Very chilled vibes over in house two.
00:04:36We're good.
00:04:37We're in a good spot.
00:04:38Very chilled vibes.
00:04:39Very chilled.
00:04:40Yeah.
00:04:41Very chilled.
00:04:42Dan thinks we're in a good position.
00:04:43I think, yeah, we're looking good.
00:04:45It feels nice and calming.
00:04:47Yeah.
00:04:48I feel like we're in a good spot.
00:04:50We've still got a bit to do tonight, but it's doable.
00:04:54So with house two in such a good spot, they're the first to get their pool filled with one
00:05:01final step to go.
00:05:02Miles, how are you, mate?
00:05:04Yeah, good.
00:05:05How are you doing?
00:05:07Pouring in some of these revived minerals by Purite.
00:05:09And that's, I guess, instead of doing chlorine, this is a lot healthier.
00:05:12Yeah, yeah.
00:05:13So gone are the days of the red ice.
00:05:15These actually help you maintain the balance in the pool.
00:05:18They're actually good for your skin and hair.
00:05:20That's awesome, mate.
00:05:21All right.
00:05:22We'll leave you to it.
00:05:25Welcome to our garden.
00:05:26It's time to begin.
00:05:27I'm counting in.
00:05:28Five, six, seven, eight.
00:05:30The boys' backyard is a massive 488 square metres in size.
00:05:34It will feature their large wraparound lawn, a deck off their main bedroom, a large swing
00:05:39set, and their huge plunging pool and deck area, with a mosaic feature wall behind it.
00:05:45The boys are teddy landscaping, hammering away, getting the edging done.
00:05:49Turf's getting laid.
00:05:50Tons of pots to go in.
00:05:52Plenty of turf here, yeah, outdoor deck.
00:05:55Off the main bedroom, more turf.
00:05:57Cricket pitch turf.
00:05:58Yeah, we've got to finish off the turf, finish off this deck here, finish off the deck over
00:06:03the other side, and then furnish it.
00:06:06No landscaping, no problems.
00:06:08RNH, we got this.
00:06:09Five, six, seven, eight.
00:06:12Next door in house four, Carly and Brad have the smallest backyard at 378 square metres.
00:06:18Their space includes their stone cladded pool, a timber boardwalk and large stone pavers.
00:06:24They'll also have a fire pit area with their curved concrete bench, as well as a narrow
00:06:29yard leading around to the side of the property, where they'll have a lawn, plus a private
00:06:34entrance to the communal tennis court.
00:06:38What's happening with your landscaping?
00:06:48Next question.
00:06:51I don't know what's happening.
00:06:54Not much.
00:06:56There's a lot to do and everyone else's yard's developing and ours isn't.
00:07:01I'm concerned and it stresses Brad out, so...
00:07:07Where are we?
00:07:08Where are we at?
00:07:09What are we doing?
00:07:10We're going to try and get this as presentable as we can for you, mate.
00:07:13We're going to just do what we can.
00:07:17Yeah, it's a pretty dire situation.
00:07:20Yeah.
00:07:21We're significantly behind in the backyard.
00:07:24There's been huge amounts of construction going on there still.
00:07:27I know you're stressed out, mate, so am I, but come on, I want to get this done for you.
00:07:33Yeah, I know.
00:07:34My priorities are just to look after you as best I can and try and get you through as
00:07:37best I can, OK?
00:07:38There's always a way, if we just put our heads together and our minds to it and work together,
00:07:42we're going to get stuff done.
00:07:46Look, yeah, look, we're behind.
00:07:48Look, yeah, look, we're behind.
00:07:49There's no other way to describe it.
00:07:52We are a small team and we're working to a semi-limited budget, so we're doing the very
00:07:59best we can, but I'm not going to give up.
00:08:02I'm not going to give up on Brad and Kylie.
00:08:04We're just going to do our best to get it done, so...
00:08:06So we've got 890 kilos of steel edging we've got to put somewhere.
00:08:10Yeah.
00:08:11I'll tell you what, if you can just...
00:08:12I'll get Longy up here.
00:08:13If you can work with him on getting a spot, I'll get it in here.
00:08:16All right, do that.
00:08:17Let's get through today.
00:08:18Come on.
00:08:22Clay sort of said that, no, like, no matter what...
00:08:26He wanted to finish it.
00:08:27I'm backing you guys, like, I'm going to make sure that you have a garden to finish, like,
00:08:32I'm not leaving it like this, but definitely getting worried about running behind or even
00:08:38getting it done.
00:08:40Over in House 5, it's the biggest backyard on the block, coming in at 552 square metres.
00:08:46Christian and Mimi's yard features a pool, surrounded by a timber deck and a separate
00:08:51dining area, with a drinks bar.
00:08:53Then there'll be a curvy path leading to the other side of the house, where they're putting
00:08:58a basketball court, a fire pit and a seating area.
00:09:02Today, we need to finish our garden.
00:09:05Today, we need to finish off the garden lights.
00:09:07We've got lawn coming.
00:09:09We've got more soil.
00:09:11We've got mulching.
00:09:14Swimming pool needs to be grouted and cleaned and filled.
00:09:18We've got fences going in.
00:09:20We've got to clean.
00:09:22We've got to style.
00:09:24There's so much work to do.
00:09:26And where were you on Saturday, Mimi?
00:09:29I had an event that I went to.
00:09:41He just tours, and he just plays Disney and Nickelodeon music.
00:09:46And I was losing my mind.
00:09:49But you raced back to the block.
00:09:50You were there for pre-start?
00:09:51I was not there for pre-start.
00:09:52I came at midday.
00:10:18If you just call my name, impossible.
00:10:22Call me, use me, if you wanna preach me, when you wanna page me.
00:10:25It's okay, when we're together you and me, baby.
00:10:28Best night ever!
00:10:32Good afternoon!
00:10:35I told you to be home before midnight.
00:10:39It's not midnight.
00:10:41It's not midnight.
00:10:42You're turning into a pumpkin.
00:10:43But at least you did something productive after.
00:10:49Mimi! Mimi! Mimi! Mimi!
00:10:54Coming up, Dan and Simmo uncover a huge problem in house one.
00:10:58Where'd you get this stuff from?
00:11:00It's banned product. It's no longer produced, manufactured, shipped in to Australia.
00:11:05So I don't even know how the girls got it here.
00:11:07If you present a room without a bench top, you've taken yourself out of the running to win.
00:11:19It's Saturday afternoon of Backyard Week,
00:11:21and our blockheads are busy tackling some of the largest spaces we've seen this season.
00:11:31And amongst the mayhem, the modular walls are going up.
00:11:34The divide. The divide of house three and four.
00:11:37And the pool cleaners are going in.
00:11:39What's up, mate?
00:11:40Dan?
00:11:44It just doesn't feel right.
00:11:47Is this the robot we're talking about?
00:11:49Yeah, this is the one.
00:11:50Mate, explain to me. Obviously it cleans pools, but what's so special about it?
00:11:53It's got a double filtration system.
00:11:55Cleans the walls, the floors, and the tile line.
00:11:58And the tile line?
00:11:59And the tile line.
00:12:00Comes up all the way. That's pretty impressive.
00:12:02That's it. And it won't clean twice. It's got smart navigation in it.
00:12:05So it knows where it's going in the pool.
00:12:07Yep, that's right.
00:12:08That's amazing.
00:12:10Meanwhile in house four, the finish line is still nowhere in sight.
00:12:14Absolute pigsty.
00:12:18We need to get this done.
00:12:20It's not going to get done.
00:12:21And even if we do, it's going to look like s***.
00:12:25But there's one trade who's heard their struggles,
00:12:27and he's on his way to offer a hand.
00:12:30Clay.
00:12:31Yep.
00:12:32How are you?
00:12:33Good, mate.
00:12:34How are you travelling?
00:12:35Miles behind where the other dogs, mate.
00:12:36Yeah, that's right.
00:12:37What have you still got to do?
00:12:39Oh, look, we've got to mount the soil to come in.
00:12:41And I've got all my steel edging here ready to go.
00:12:43Plants.
00:12:44Really just half of this, or three quarter bits of lawn.
00:12:47Well, we've just got to finish off some lawn.
00:12:50I can come down and help you move some soil in here.
00:12:52Oh, really?
00:12:53Yeah, I'll give you a choke out.
00:12:54Bloody hell.
00:12:55Well, just tell me what I can do in return.
00:12:57Yeah, so as soon as that soil comes here,
00:13:00just give us a call.
00:13:01We'll come down with half a dozen barrows.
00:13:02Bloody hell.
00:13:03We'll start burrowing it in for you.
00:13:04Serious?
00:13:05Yeah, absolutely.
00:13:06I don't even know what to say.
00:13:07Mate, we want everyone to finish.
00:13:08Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:13:09It's full on, you know what I mean?
00:13:10Alright.
00:13:11It kicks you in the guts, mate.
00:13:13They're a long, long, long way away.
00:13:15So, yeah, of course, if we can help,
00:13:17of course we're going to help.
00:13:18Yep.
00:13:19Being a new trade on the block is no joke.
00:13:23And to be a new trade in landscaping is...
00:13:28I can understand, like, it'd be so overwhelming
00:13:30because you have a plan, but things don't go to plan.
00:13:34You're also trying to do, like, a month's job in one week.
00:13:39They're going to help us.
00:13:41We're going to come and help you.
00:13:42Yeah, we'll just come and help you move all your soil in
00:13:44and we'll get all your turf laid for you.
00:13:47Yeah, because he's miles off and he's flat as a tack.
00:13:51Your turf's here, so we'll get it in.
00:13:54If we can help out, you know, if it's an hour, two hours,
00:13:56three hours, we'll just come and get it done for you.
00:13:59Thanks, Troy.
00:14:00Thanks, Troy.
00:14:01Really appreciate it.
00:14:02Troy's heard the struggles with clay,
00:14:05and we need to catch up from all of the little hiccups
00:14:10along the way, I guess.
00:14:11The minute Soilworks come and dropped off all our topsoil,
00:14:14what, him and four other boys were down there
00:14:16wheelbarrowing it in.
00:14:18Where do you want it?
00:14:19Just here, mate.
00:14:20Just in this block, please.
00:14:21Thanks.
00:14:22Thanks, boys.
00:14:23Because he has done the block a few times now,
00:14:26he just got in there and was even just like to Clay,
00:14:28you're doing this, you're doing that, you're doing that.
00:14:31Brad and I were in there getting advised
00:14:33about what we need to be doing because we don't landscape.
00:14:36So all of us doing that, it was probably done and turf
00:14:40in less than, like, two hours.
00:14:43It just kind of turned around.
00:14:46Excellent.
00:14:47Massive help.
00:14:50I'm going to let you finish off, you all right?
00:14:52Great.
00:14:53You've done amazing, and full credit to you for today
00:14:56and how you've gone so far.
00:14:58No, all good, mate.
00:15:00Massive effort by Troy from the other day.
00:15:06He didn't have to do that.
00:15:08He could have just, you know, he's finished,
00:15:10he's got a good team, you know, he's got a big team.
00:15:12He could have just left it as it is,
00:15:14but he just came down and gave us a massive chop out
00:15:17and credit where credit's due.
00:15:19Good bloke.
00:15:20If anyone lives in the western suburbs,
00:15:22I'd definitely get him his dirty s*** together.
00:15:31I picked up these pieces of stone
00:15:33because we got a quote, like, at the beginning of the week
00:15:37and it was, like, six grand.
00:15:40I had to, like, go searching
00:15:42and I got a Caesar stone, like, outdoor stone thingy
00:15:47for, like, literally, like, one-fifth of the price.
00:15:50So, yeah, this should be fun.
00:15:53I assume that we need to secure the bottom
00:15:55before we secure the joint, you know?
00:15:58So we're in the process of installing it.
00:16:03And Dan and Simo came over.
00:16:06Here we go.
00:16:08And that's when I was like, oh, crap.
00:16:12They looked at the stone.
00:16:14What's wrong with it?
00:16:15I don't know.
00:16:16You're about to find out.
00:16:18It's going in now.
00:16:21It's a major problem.
00:16:22What's the problem?
00:16:24Caesar stone.
00:16:25Where did you get this stuff from?
00:16:26Um...
00:16:28It's a banned product.
00:16:29Banned product.
00:16:31Really?
00:16:32It's a banned product.
00:16:33Yeah.
00:16:34Even though we haven't cut it on site or anything?
00:16:36Yeah, still a banned product.
00:16:37Really?
00:16:38Is all stone banned?
00:16:39All Caesar stone's banned.
00:16:41Any product with silica in it has been banned
00:16:43with a high percentage.
00:16:44And this bench top has, like, 70% of it in there.
00:16:48So it's no longer produced, manufactured,
00:16:51shipped in to Australia.
00:16:53So I don't even know how the girls got it here, surprisingly.
00:16:56Well, it's the only thing they got it cheap.
00:17:00So we're going to have to get rid of it.
00:17:02Can we, like, just leave it for the moment?
00:17:04What's that?
00:17:05Can we just leave it for the moment?
00:17:06No.
00:17:07Can't be a deal.
00:17:08No, it's got to go.
00:17:09What?
00:17:10Sorry, guys.
00:17:12Dang it.
00:17:14It's, like, 5.30 now on a Saturday,
00:17:17and we have no backup.
00:17:19Essentially, if you present a room without a bench top,
00:17:22you're taking yourself out of the running to win.
00:17:26Dang it.
00:17:28Dang it.
00:17:29Have you got any spare tiles?
00:17:32Yeah.
00:17:33Curse, you guys are just leaving,
00:17:34whether you want to twist their arm.
00:17:37Uh...
00:17:38Get some Skylon down and tile it.
00:17:39Yeah, and tile it.
00:17:41Can we give them a few more hours for tools?
00:17:44An hour or so?
00:17:45Yeah, I'll give you another hour or so.
00:17:46Yeah, curse you, brother.
00:17:47It was tools down at 5 o'clock.
00:17:48We're going to give them till 6, 6.30.
00:17:51Hopefully they can get it solved.
00:17:53I don't know.
00:17:56Hello?
00:17:57Hello, hello.
00:17:58It's Charlotte from House One of the Block.
00:17:59How are you going?
00:18:00Good.
00:18:01How are you doing?
00:18:02Um, not so good.
00:18:03Are you still here?
00:18:04We're just driving out of the car park.
00:18:06Oh.
00:18:07Do you want to do me...
00:18:08Well, we just put in our Caesarstone bench top,
00:18:10and we got told that we're not allowed to put in Caesarstone.
00:18:13Oh.
00:18:14Now what?
00:18:15Now our only other option is to tile.
00:18:18Okay.
00:18:19All right, let's come back and have a look,
00:18:21see if there's something we can do.
00:18:23Okay, amazing.
00:18:24Thanks so much.
00:18:25So hopefully we can come up with some sort of pattern
00:18:29with leftover tiles.
00:18:31All right, so it's all these.
00:18:33Whoa.
00:18:35What's going in these openings?
00:18:37Barbecue and sink.
00:18:39Oh, wow.
00:18:43But the problem with tiling is that you need a substrate
00:18:46to obviously lay tiles on,
00:18:48and that's something we didn't have.
00:18:51I just don't have that material to do the substrate properly.
00:18:54That's my problem.
00:18:56We're going to spend money now doing it all,
00:18:58and then rip it all out and do it again.
00:19:01And time, like, what have we got, till 7?
00:19:03Yeah, to make noise.
00:19:05I don't think it's worth it.
00:19:07What are you going to do?
00:19:08You have nothing, no beef.
00:19:09Well, I'll just have to get Mark down
00:19:11and do it properly for the sale of the house.
00:19:14So my thing would be...
00:19:16Okay.
00:19:18First you can quickly cut ply on there,
00:19:20and you can just drop the barbecue in there
00:19:22so it looks like what it is.
00:19:24Like, unfinished, I know.
00:19:26Or you just leave it how it is.
00:19:28So there's no chance of winning, then?
00:19:30So you're going to do all this for $10,000.
00:19:32You're going to pay for these guys to help and everyone else.
00:19:35Or at least finish everything else,
00:19:37because Ryan's pushing it,
00:19:38so you get another two boys helping him.
00:19:40So I'm like, I'll be blunt, you're not going to do it.
00:19:42He's being honest, yeah, that's it.
00:19:44Seriously.
00:19:45You're going to waste your time.
00:19:46Let's do it properly.
00:19:48This makes me so sad.
00:19:52The plan is to put V-groove down instead
00:19:55and paint it and just prepare everything else.
00:19:59Just keep going along.
00:20:01Not waste too much time on it.
00:20:03Sucks.
00:20:05Like, you just completely take yourself out of winning.
00:20:10And, like, the boys have put so much hard work in
00:20:13and you want to, like, do everyone proud.
00:20:16And it just sucks, you know?
00:20:18And, like, I can't afford this mistake.
00:20:20Like, we're going to have to replace it anyway
00:20:23and I just can't afford it.
00:20:25And, like, I drove four hours today to get that
00:20:28and, like, everyone else has put so much hard work in
00:20:31and just to not deliver something finished just sucks, you know?
00:20:35I'm just, like, sad for, like,
00:20:37everyone who's put so much work into this.
00:20:41Yeah.
00:20:56How was your night?
00:20:58Long and tiring.
00:21:00And wet.
00:21:01Did you get any sleep at all?
00:21:03I got an hour. We both got an hour each. We tab-teamed.
00:21:06This morning was a disaster, but we got a temporary, like, feeling.
00:21:10For something that's not meant to be a bench top,
00:21:13I reckon it looks quite nice.
00:21:16Yeah.
00:21:25What have you got left to do this morning?
00:21:29Get everything out.
00:21:33How are you feeling this morning?
00:21:35Exhausted.
00:21:37It's like our third or fourth space now in a row
00:21:40that we haven't completely finished.
00:21:42I'd like to be further along, but we are where we are.
00:21:45Garden lighting's not done.
00:21:47I would have liked to have done a bit more with the sides of the deck.
00:21:51And you can only expect to do so much on such a big day, so...
00:21:58In my eyes, we've not even made it a quarter of the way.
00:22:06WHISTLE BLOWS
00:22:12We pulled the pin at around 2, 3 o'clock, I think,
00:22:15and got a few hours' sleep and got up in the morning
00:22:18and finished everything off.
00:22:19What was left to do?
00:22:21Plant the rest of the plants that we couldn't see.
00:22:23If it was one plant, how'd it go in?
00:22:27Ah, we'll win now, that's for sure.
00:22:30We're one tree short.
00:22:33We're happy with the space, considering that we just landscaped,
00:22:37um, I don't know, like 300 squares of area,
00:22:40and we don't even own a shovel or a rake.
00:22:49Do you feel like you can't finish anything
00:22:52without having a little argument?
00:22:54Oh, for sure.
00:22:56WHISTLE BLOWS
00:23:00Why don't you take the plastic off after I gurney?
00:23:02I'm f***ing spraying mud, and you pull them off.
00:23:05I asked you, I said I'm going to take them off.
00:23:08F*** you.
00:23:10It wouldn't be a room reveal without arguing at least five times.
00:23:15Courtney, get the f*** off the pavement.
00:23:17Shut up!
00:23:19I love her so much.
00:23:22For years we argue, and she frustrates the absolute hell out of me.
00:23:26Give me a kiss.
00:23:33We mainly have to clean.
00:23:36I think we're just running on pure adrenaline.
00:23:52No, no, no, no, no, no!
00:24:07What's this?
00:24:11Oh!
00:24:13You don't want a brick at the bottom of your pool.
00:24:16WHISTLE BLOWS
00:24:23We were still digging holes and mulching
00:24:27when it came to tools down.
00:24:31Whoo!
00:24:33WHISTLE BLOWS
00:24:35Tools down! Crazy.
00:24:41You did it.
00:24:43Give me a hug, you smelly little man.
00:24:47WHISTLE BLOWS
00:24:50Oh, it's so cold!
00:24:52Well, that's cold.
00:24:54It was actually, like, four degrees in here.
00:24:57WHISTLE BLOWS
00:25:17Oh, g'day.
00:25:19Hey, Frankie. Hello, hello.
00:25:21Everyone's quiet.
00:25:23Hello. Scotty.
00:25:24Scotty. Scotty.
00:25:25Hey. Hello, hello.
00:25:27Scotty. Frankie!
00:25:28You tired?
00:25:29We're a bit sore, mate.
00:25:30You a bit quiet?
00:25:31Body's hurting. We're broken.
00:25:32Body's hurting? Body's hurting.
00:25:33Well, I tell you what.
00:25:34I reckon you all delivered the best holiday home backyards ever.
00:25:38The best on Phillip Island, I reckon.
00:25:40Well done.
00:25:43You will be judged out of 40
00:25:46because our resident landscaping expert, Dave Franklin,
00:25:49judged alongside our regular judging panel.
00:26:13WHISTLE BLOWS
00:26:21Tonight is the last chance for you to take home
00:26:2510,000 bucks from Ford.
00:26:27And won't that be a bonus
00:26:29come your final Landscaping Week front facade
00:26:32because the team that wins front facade week
00:26:35is going to take home for their personal driving pleasure
00:26:38the Ford Mustang MkE.
00:26:43What?
00:26:44That's right.
00:26:45So that means it's even more important
00:26:48to win tonight and put that money towards this.
00:26:52You ready to go?
00:26:53Yeah. Absolutely.
00:26:55Maddie and Charlotte.
00:26:59Oh, I'd say this week was a bit of a Debbie Downer, Soz.
00:27:03House one is the third biggest backyard with 448 square metres.
00:27:08We pulled our High Pages lever.
00:27:11SCREAMS
00:27:13That was really scary.
00:27:15We need $10,000 from High Pages.
00:27:18Fantastic.
00:27:19We need all the hands on deck we can get.
00:27:21It was so great having High Pages helping us
00:27:23because I'm not sure we'd be able to do it without them.
00:27:26My personal style is more coastal, relaxed,
00:27:29a little bit rustic.
00:27:31That's nice.
00:27:32These are perfect and big.
00:27:34I want that one.
00:27:35You've got the yarn for it, definitely.
00:27:39Right, so we've got a range of decking boards here.
00:27:41We've obviously got our wider and narrow boards
00:27:43and a bunch of different species.
00:27:44We've got your spotted gum, your blackbuck.
00:27:46My house is super coastal and chill,
00:27:50so lighter is my vibe.
00:27:52SCREAMS
00:27:54So with our High Pages lever,
00:27:55we also got $5,000 to put towards a special item or object,
00:28:00which we decided obviously would be our spiral staircase.
00:28:04They are finally going in.
00:28:07Yeah, it was perfect.
00:28:19I just love it.
00:28:22I just love how, like, versatile the space is.
00:28:26Like, I love that we have the kids' zone.
00:28:28I love that we have the external access.
00:28:30I love that we have a pool area, pizza oven, a fire pit.
00:28:34It's not just, like, one big space.
00:28:37It's, like, just heaps of just, like, cool pockets.
00:28:41The first thing our judges noticed was the impressive size.
00:28:46Oh, my God!
00:28:51Jeez, look how big this is.
00:28:54Massive, isn't it?
00:28:55It's huge.
00:28:56Dave!
00:28:57Welcome to Bay Garden Week.
00:28:58Native to Australian backyards.
00:29:00Oh, well, that's right.
00:29:01It is Dave Franklin.
00:29:02I don't know about that, but thanks for having me.
00:29:04Someone that can actually pronounce the plants that have been installed.
00:29:08Well, a couple of plants, anyway.
00:29:09We'll see how I go today.
00:29:12The fact that they've already got all these existing paperbark trees,
00:29:16it just already provides a landscape for them.
00:29:19So we've got tea tree here, we've got willy-pilly,
00:29:21we've got the bletchins there.
00:29:23So we've got a very coastal palette of trees here,
00:29:25and we have a lot of lawn as well.
00:29:27And we don't get to see this a lot on the block.
00:29:29This is a really heavy-hitting, big swing of a backyard.
00:29:35It's week 11 on the block,
00:29:37and Dave Franklin was seeing both speed and budget
00:29:41in the barbecue and surrounds.
00:29:43You had a bit of an issue at the bench top, didn't you?
00:29:45Yeah.
00:29:46Well, let's face it, it's not doing like a barbecue.
00:29:48It's not quick.
00:29:49This is quick.
00:29:51But it looks good.
00:29:54I love how they've kept it really simple in their application here.
00:29:59They can just change it when it gets a bit rough
00:30:01because it's exterior panelling, simplicity.
00:30:04It looks incredible.
00:30:06It ties in beautifully with the exterior of the building,
00:30:08and it looks good.
00:30:11Marty Fox knows how to throw a party,
00:30:13and for him, what you've delivered
00:30:15is clearly an entertainer's dream.
00:30:18Having this element of being undercover makes it so useful.
00:30:23This is all afternoon sun.
00:30:26So in terms of the position on the block,
00:30:28being on this side of the resort means that in those afternoons
00:30:32when you're having those barbecues with family,
00:30:34you've got that beautiful light coming through.
00:30:36This is a real entertainer's dream, being on this side of the block.
00:30:40Look at this.
00:30:41Sonos here.
00:30:42I actually just saw another one under here.
00:30:45So party house.
00:30:50They moved out onto the lawn today.
00:30:52Shana liked the way the design of your zones throughout the garden
00:30:56utilises so many curves.
00:30:59We've got this beautiful rounded curve at the end of the deck.
00:31:02We've got a little curve around the pizza oven,
00:31:05and we've got rounded stepping stones.
00:31:07We've got a curved seat, and it undulates and goes round,
00:31:11and it snakes in and out in the garden beds
00:31:13rather than being just a straight edge.
00:31:15Marty also could see a lot of thought
00:31:17had gone into the choice of plants too.
00:31:20They've created privacy through seeing how these plants
00:31:23will grow over time.
00:31:24So with that main wing at the back,
00:31:26having that row of ficus hillii to just create that natural fence.
00:31:30It's one tree that I know very well.
00:31:32Ficus hillii!
00:31:34Please get it right.
00:31:36It's lily-pilly.
00:31:38It's not ficus, mate.
00:31:41I was so confident that that was a ficus hillii.
00:31:44Hey, not far off.
00:31:46Not far off.
00:31:48Just stick to real estate, mate.
00:31:50Anyway, that is so good for buyers
00:31:52because you're not creating segregation.
00:31:54You'll have these elements of privacy
00:31:56even though it's one big open space, which I really like.
00:31:59The judges then found yet another seating area
00:32:02off the main bedroom
00:32:04where you already set the scene for wine.
00:32:07Oh, my goodness.
00:32:08Oh, my goodness.
00:32:09Can you imagine just sitting here?
00:32:12In your main bedroom suite.
00:32:14With your big slab there.
00:32:16Cup of tea in the morning.
00:32:17What an oasis.
00:32:18It's beautiful.
00:32:20Shona said the workmanship throughout this landscape
00:32:23is phenomenal for a week.
00:32:25We haven't even seen the pool.
00:32:27No.
00:32:28Like, come on.
00:32:29And the pool is all the way up there.
00:32:38Up under the pool deck.
00:32:40That stone is beautiful.
00:32:42Yeah.
00:32:43Darren thinks it's very well finished off.
00:32:45The timber matches that stone really beautifully.
00:32:48It's a nice big plunge pool.
00:32:51They've got a nice big daybed here.
00:32:53It's lovely up here,
00:32:54and it's really quite lovely to be elevated
00:32:56with all the canopy of the treetops.
00:32:58This is the biggest play area.
00:33:00Can we have a look at that?
00:33:03You've got a basketball court.
00:33:05You're kidding me.
00:33:06This is insane.
00:33:08You've got a little sock-a-net.
00:33:10Oh, my gosh.
00:33:11Look at this.
00:33:13Then Marty found the spiral staircase.
00:33:16From a marketing perspective,
00:33:18as we've spoken about this being something
00:33:20that could be leased out independently of the house,
00:33:23I mean, this is insane.
00:33:25It's an outdoor kitchen, outdoor lounge,
00:33:27fire pit area.
00:33:30How do you actually do all of that
00:33:32within one week to this standard?
00:33:34We were here last week.
00:33:36This was mud.
00:33:38Shana takes her hat off to you both
00:33:41and to your entire team.
00:33:43The girls came in halfway through.
00:33:45They've got this incredible build team
00:33:47and landscaping team.
00:33:49The way they must have all worked together
00:33:51to make this happen,
00:33:53it's amazing.
00:33:55Design, planning, finish, amenity.
00:33:59Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick.
00:34:01That's it.
00:34:02Maddie and Charlotte.
00:34:04We feel good.
00:34:06We're very, very happy that we got
00:34:08such positive feedback.
00:34:10We're so happy for our landscaping team
00:34:12and our carpentry team.
00:34:14We're so happy that we're able to do this.
00:34:16It's amazing.
00:34:17It's amazing.
00:34:18It's amazing.
00:34:19It's amazing.
00:34:20It's amazing.
00:34:21It's amazing.
00:34:22We're so happy for our landscaping team
00:34:24and our carpentry team.
00:34:26They smashed it this week.
00:34:27They did such a good job.
00:34:28We're just bummed that our stones didn't work.
00:34:38Okay, house two, Courtney and Grumpy.
00:34:44This week was moist.
00:34:45This week was wet and wild.
00:34:48Yeah, I've loved Landscape Week.
00:34:50I've worked in landscaping for the last few years.
00:34:53I did it a lot when I was younger as well.
00:34:55Always enjoyed being out in the garden.
00:34:57House two has the second smallest backyard,
00:34:59coming in at 403 square metres.
00:35:02It's an entertainer's yard.
00:35:03It's really cool.
00:35:05The boys are just pouring the seat now.
00:35:07It's a bit of a risk because they're going to be
00:35:09forced to go outside at seven.
00:35:11So if the seat doesn't sort of set in time,
00:35:14then they can't pull it off where they want it to be.
00:35:16They can't pull it off where, not ****,
00:35:18but the seat won't be what we thought it was.
00:35:23Looks nice.
00:35:26I'm excited that you've chosen one of our ovens, Courtney.
00:35:29It's fantastic.
00:35:30This works perfectly with our house
00:35:31because we've got a lot of the curves.
00:35:34It's like a modern Mediterranean house.
00:35:35Beautiful.
00:35:36Yeah, I was like, we have to have this.
00:35:39We've got an out-of-ground plungy ball
00:35:41where we are doing a travertine checkerboard tile.
00:35:45So we've got the imperial tiles again
00:35:47and we know they'll smash it.
00:35:49They kill it every time they're here.
00:35:53Today I am shopping for some outdoor furniture from Freedom.
00:35:57I've actually seen a really nice lounge package in store
00:36:01which is called the Sonata sofa package.
00:36:04It's actually really cool.
00:36:05It goes with that Mediterranean feel.
00:36:10I hope the judges take away the fact
00:36:12that we married the indoors with the outdoors.
00:36:15We managed to fit five separate entertaining areas
00:36:19in between the five-pit dining table,
00:36:22lounge setting on the main deck.
00:36:24We've got the deck seating
00:36:25and then we've got the master bedroom,
00:36:28sort of two suites there.
00:36:29And then we still have a huge amount of grass
00:36:32for kids to run around and play and kick a ball
00:36:34and do whatever.
00:36:36So I hope they take that away from it.
00:36:38We've tried to make every space as user-friendly as possible.
00:36:41It was drizzling rain
00:36:42when our judges walked into your backyard,
00:36:44but that took away none of the impact.
00:36:53Oh my God.
00:36:55Wow.
00:37:02I literally thought House One had hit it out of the ballpark
00:37:07and I think we've got a contender.
00:37:09How cool is this?
00:37:10First of all, Barbecue of Dreams.
00:37:13This is an outdoor kitchen.
00:37:15You know what?
00:37:16I'm looking at House One going,
00:37:17oh no, they didn't do that.
00:37:19That is phenomenal.
00:37:22That is sexy.
00:37:24I want it.
00:37:26Oh, they've even styled inside the drawers.
00:37:29They've even styled for me.
00:37:31Oh, look at this.
00:37:32Get out of here.
00:37:33Seriously.
00:37:35Dave Franklin said...
00:37:37What is better than having olive trees, lemon trees
00:37:41and even your bay leaf trees as well?
00:37:43Everything that you need to cook for the barbecue
00:37:45is right here, right in front of you.
00:37:47Marty thinks this outdoor space is the hook for your campaign.
00:37:51This indoor-outdoor flow, this is what people pay for.
00:37:55This is what gets them emotionally connected to a property,
00:37:58envisaging themselves with all their family and friends
00:38:01feeling at home.
00:38:02To me, they've always known how to sell the dream.
00:38:05I then moved on to the lounge area
00:38:07and found some really beautiful and very comfortable
00:38:10Freedom furniture.
00:38:11But Marty wasn't entirely convinced about the eight posts.
00:38:16For me, this looks unfinished, this little walkway area,
00:38:19which is the journey from lounge to pool.
00:38:22Why is it unfinished?
00:38:23Well, I just would have thought that having slats
00:38:25over these eight posts with a beautiful vine creeping over it
00:38:29and hanging down would have created that outdoor tunnel.
00:38:32Like an arbour.
00:38:33Yeah, like a beautiful arbour.
00:38:34For me, this is the only thing that I'm questioning
00:38:38of feeling a little bit unfinished.
00:38:41Dave Franklin disagrees.
00:38:43Marty, this is garden art, so there's nothing wrong
00:38:47with having poles, with vines growing up.
00:38:50I can see what you're saying with the arbour,
00:38:52but my thing would be that if you put the arbour over this,
00:38:55when it drops down the vines, you're not seeing the pool
00:38:57and you're not seeing the kids' area.
00:38:59I'm with Dave on that one.
00:39:00The judges then headed down to your pool area
00:39:03to check out your plungy pool.
00:39:06I love how they've used the posts as part of the pool fence.
00:39:10Oh, stunning.
00:39:11It's just gorgeous.
00:39:13Oh, and it's so much bigger.
00:39:15House 1, obviously, that was a pool that would serve
00:39:18two to three people max.
00:39:20We could have six, seven people sitting here,
00:39:23having a wine in the pool,
00:39:25conversing with people on the grass.
00:39:28This is a different, entertaining feel, isn't it?
00:39:32Also, above your head, shower.
00:39:34Yeah.
00:39:35That's awesome.
00:39:36And the compliments kept coming from our judges.
00:39:39There's a whole new area around there.
00:39:42That's a true private, private zone, isn't it?
00:39:45It's stunning.
00:39:47The judges all love the outdoor firebox.
00:39:50Where did you get that from? I like that too.
00:39:52Shots, mate.
00:39:53Was it?
00:39:54Yeah, as soon as I saw it, I know I wanted it.
00:39:56Yeah.
00:39:57It's pretty lucky we have that modular wall
00:39:59to separate these houses,
00:40:00because you would be looking over the fences with envy.
00:40:04You'd be like, oh, man, I want what they've got.
00:40:07The judges completed their tour of your garden
00:40:10with yet another seating area around the fire pit.
00:40:15And on the way, they discovered a pizza oven and a smoker.
00:40:21Wow.
00:40:22So this is just value, value, value, value, value, and amenity.
00:40:26There's so many different functions,
00:40:29from entertaining to just sitting around,
00:40:32enjoying the fire pit, all the different cooking options.
00:40:36It actually has a lot of use.
00:40:38The curved seating and the paving around the fire pit
00:40:41has been executed perfectly, and the colour of it is divine.
00:40:46Look at the stone. It's gorgeous.
00:40:48Look at that. It looks like marble.
00:40:50So what is this, Dave?
00:40:51Wow.
00:40:52This looks like a limestone to me.
00:40:54It's stunning.
00:40:56There's so much time and money and planning
00:41:00that's gone into this space.
00:41:02It's miraculous that it's this good in this time frame.
00:41:06Like, mind-blowing.
00:41:08The connection that this house has
00:41:10for each one of these zones outside,
00:41:12to be able to be in the fire pit area,
00:41:14converse with people in the kitchen,
00:41:16see the kids in the pool,
00:41:18this is very unique for an outdoor space of this size, isn't it?
00:41:22This is 35, 40 metres of perfection.
00:41:25Dave agrees.
00:41:26The finishes throughout the entire garden
00:41:29are literally perfect.
00:41:32That is it.
00:41:33Thanks, guys.
00:41:36I'm positive this is it.
00:41:39Every garden room they walked into,
00:41:41everything that I wanted them to realise and see, they saw.
00:41:46I'm so happy for you because, I mean, you love landscaping.
00:41:49So, yeah, I'm just very glad that it all worked out
00:41:53and you got positive feedback.
00:41:55Yeah.
00:42:01You can tell by the noise that the boys are back again.
00:42:04OK, boys.
00:42:10This week was expensive.
00:42:13The body, the mind, the soul and the bank.
00:42:18We've got a gun team coming on, R&H Landscaping.
00:42:21I think this is going to be their first job, though.
00:42:23So, when we say they're guns, they're novices
00:42:25and we're going to give them a chance
00:42:27and they're exceptionally good looking.
00:42:29House 3 has the second biggest backyard
00:42:31for the size of 488 square metres.
00:42:34I'm not sure how we're going to finish.
00:42:39So, I'm just on Freedom's website
00:42:41and I'm looking at furniture for our backyard.
00:42:43I'm thinking that we need some nice side tables
00:42:46and an umbrella for the pool area.
00:42:50Come out to Art Fusion, take a look at some sculptures.
00:42:53Oh, that just oozes Phillip Island to me.
00:42:56Look at that.
00:42:57It does, it does.
00:42:58I just love it.
00:42:59We both saw the same one, didn't we?
00:43:01Well, that's it.
00:43:03Ricky's finishing off the swing set this morning.
00:43:05Is that a swing set with old recycled ironbark?
00:43:09Spotted gum.
00:43:10Spotted gum.
00:43:11Wow, you've done a great job, boys.
00:43:12It's very hard to drill through, so I took a little bit.
00:43:14Oh, it's hard to drill through.
00:43:15It's pretty heavy to lift, too.
00:43:17So, this is how we originally designed it.
00:43:19It was centered with a pool.
00:43:20The nice mosaic tile piece that's 7.1 metres by 1.4.
00:43:2429,000 tiles printed linearly and shipped over.
00:43:29Yeah, it's an epic piece.
00:43:31We hope they take away the sheer amount of land and space of turf that you've got,
00:43:36which we think a real backyard should have.
00:43:40The grass looks amazing.
00:43:41The deck looks fantastic.
00:43:42The plungy pool, the graphic cove, the custom bar.
00:43:45It's all come together really nicely.
00:43:46I think the judges will be impressed that not only did R&H Landscaping come in late to the game,
00:43:51but I reckon it was executed well.
00:43:53Walking in, Dave Franklin immediately said...
00:43:55This is a backyard.
00:43:56Oh.
00:43:58Wow.
00:43:59Where are we again?
00:44:00House 3.
00:44:01The Phillip Island Resort.
00:44:02We could be anywhere, right?
00:44:03Yeah.
00:44:04Like, that, sort of the trees coming from the top of the building all the way down to the fence line.
00:44:08And once these lily pillies...
00:44:10Lily pillies, yeah.
00:44:11...grow, then you're going to just be happy.
00:44:13Yeah.
00:44:14You're going to be so happy.
00:44:15You're going to be so happy.
00:44:16You're going to be so happy.
00:44:17You're going to be so happy.
00:44:18You're going to be so happy.
00:44:19You're going to be so happy.
00:44:20You're going to be so happy.
00:44:21You're going to be so happy.
00:44:22You're going to just be hemmed in with green, with a green canopy above you.
00:44:26This is, like, super private, and that is a proper family backyard.
00:44:32They did not have a landscaper from memory, so...
00:44:34What?
00:44:35What?
00:44:36Yeah.
00:44:37They've done it themselves with Duncan, so...
00:44:38No.
00:44:39I saw him out there front last week, and he said to me, he goes,
00:44:41well, you know what, we're going to go through all the grass as much as we can
00:44:45and have a garden that's fit for a family, really.
00:44:47Dave said, this is not just grass.
00:44:50This is Lilydale turf, so they're the best in the business,
00:44:53and you can see how great this grass is here.
00:44:56And you know what, this is a buffalo grass here, so this is tough.
00:44:59You can do cricket, footy, whatever you like on this grass here.
00:45:02Marty thinks this is not a bad move from a real estate perspective.
00:45:06People can choose to envisage their kids, you know, running around,
00:45:10and if they want to add things later, they can.
00:45:13Shona had a look on her face.
00:45:16Here we go.
00:45:19She just wasn't feeling it the same way as the other judges.
00:45:22She wanted more.
00:45:23I've just come from two environments that had beautiful shapes to them,
00:45:28and they felt different, and it makes sense now that the guys did it.
00:45:33We'll do a straight line, we'll do some corten steel,
00:45:35and we'll chuck everything on the sides.
00:45:37That's sort of what it feels for me.
00:45:39I agree, it could do with some more layers, OK?
00:45:42But it might just sell the place,
00:45:44because you can do whatever you like with this garden.
00:45:46Darren Palmer thinks if you were minimising the landscaping
00:45:49to concentrate on the carpentry,
00:45:51then you should have probably finished the deck.
00:45:56I can see the underside of the battens underneath this deck.
00:46:00I can see the pedestals.
00:46:02Like, that's...
00:46:04If you're going to focus on one thing,
00:46:06the carpentry should have been great.
00:46:08But Shona had to start apologising to you when she turned the corner.
00:46:17Oh, my God!
00:46:19Like, what on earth?
00:46:21I'm just... I apologise.
00:46:23I apologise for what I have said around the corner.
00:46:26This is insane.
00:46:29We've got swing set, we've got sculpture,
00:46:32we now have all the curves.
00:46:34That makes sense it's a football kick.
00:46:36It makes sense.
00:46:37This is crazy.
00:46:39That's a very cool swing set, isn't it?
00:46:41That's like a 200 or 250 by 250 timber.
00:46:44There's no way that this is going to be shaking by looking at it.
00:46:47Mate, you can jump on that.
00:46:48As I say, a guy of my size could get on there, for sure.
00:46:51They also realised you delivered the largest pool area
00:46:54they had seen today.
00:46:56Big thumbs up to the amazing plungy pools.
00:46:59The biggest pool is a massive selling feature.
00:47:01It separates them from the others that we've seen.
00:47:04It is the fun house.
00:47:05Like, look, we've got beach balls, we've got lilos.
00:47:08The Grafico tiles are certainly an interesting addition.
00:47:10Well, that Grafico's really on theme from inside the house
00:47:13with the wallpapers.
00:47:14They have that appeal of pulling in the palms and everything
00:47:18from outside, inside, and they've reflected that here as well.
00:47:21It's consistent with the inside of the house in that it's fun.
00:47:24It's planned really beautifully for holiday living.
00:47:27So I think it does what it's supposed to do
00:47:29just as well as the inside of the house does.
00:47:31It's not as chic, but it's fun.
00:47:35I think that's the thing.
00:47:36It ticks all the boxes of what a holiday house should be doing.
00:47:39Like, you know, the kids will come in and go,
00:47:41we can kick the footy, we can play cricket,
00:47:43we can go on the swings, we've got beautiful art,
00:47:45we've got the pool, you can access it straight off
00:47:48the living area from the hallway.
00:47:50It ticks so many great boxes.
00:47:52It just doesn't have the finesse and the finishings.
00:47:55If they had a professional landscaper,
00:47:57they would have sold the dream wall.
00:47:59That's it, boys.
00:48:00The Fun Factory is nearly complete.
00:48:03Thanks, mate.
00:48:05We're really happy with the space,
00:48:07but it's super hard to compete with guys
00:48:09that have been working on their yards
00:48:11for months and months and months,
00:48:12so I think R&H landscaping could be in trouble.
00:48:25OK, house four, Kylie and Brad.
00:48:30Here was me thinking that landscaping was going to be fun.
00:48:34House four has the smallest backyard,
00:48:36coming in at 378 square metres.
00:48:41Is anyone opposed to us putting a gate into the tennis court?
00:48:45It's right there.
00:48:46I think a lot of people were a bit shocked
00:48:49that I even suggested it.
00:48:51I have no problem with it.
00:48:53Go.
00:48:56Freedom was wonderful.
00:48:58This is outdoor?
00:48:59They're all outdoor.
00:49:00I think that Freedom have been like,
00:49:03we have a girl that loves black,
00:49:05we need more black.
00:49:06There were black cushions, black vases.
00:49:08I'm glad they've waited till week 10.
00:49:10Yeah.
00:49:13I don't know how it's going.
00:49:15I don't think good.
00:49:17Everyone seems very stressed, very frazzled.
00:49:20We were under the impression that all our plans were sorted,
00:49:23and Kylie spoke to a couple of them and said,
00:49:25yeah, look, Clay has spoken to us,
00:49:27but he hasn't actually placed the orders.
00:49:32Not that I've seen, no.
00:49:34No, we're...
00:49:39Our backyard goes from around the pool
00:49:42to the other end of the building.
00:49:45The whole plan has been really low maintenance
00:49:47for it to be like more of a holiday home.
00:49:50It would have been nice to have had the extra cash
00:49:53to have the bigger deck,
00:49:55but we are trying to spread it.
00:49:59Tough week, Kylie and Brad.
00:50:01So I can imagine how you're feeling this evening
00:50:04because you had a few dramas throughout the week, didn't you?
00:50:07Yeah.
00:50:08First impressions were great.
00:50:10Oh, that's a big pool.
00:50:12It's a great-sized pool.
00:50:14That's as big as the boys' pool, yeah?
00:50:16Yeah, it looks like it.
00:50:17It's a major selling point, isn't it,
00:50:19having this pool area off that living space,
00:50:22like right there.
00:50:23However, it's a bit of a wasted opportunity
00:50:27given that we've got a small area there
00:50:30and the rest of it's kind of...
00:50:32No offence, but it's just landscaping.
00:50:35I was going to say it just is giving me absolutely nothing.
00:50:40I've got a runway of a boardwalk through here,
00:50:43then I've got another pathway on the side there.
00:50:45I've got all this wasted space around here as well
00:50:48at the same time.
00:50:49It might be a budget thing,
00:50:50but there's no real big trees here
00:50:52that can have a canopy over it.
00:50:54And this has got enough area around
00:50:56to put trees with canopies around the pool.
00:50:58And while he liked the darkness of the pool,
00:51:01he wasn't a fan of the tiles.
00:51:03I don't love fake tiles.
00:51:05That, to me, is killing every other stonemason in Australia.
00:51:09Right now, looking at that, OK?
00:51:11Look, I'm sure it would look great elsewhere,
00:51:14but just on the pool here,
00:51:15it's just too strong a pattern for me.
00:51:17It really just feels like a bit of a water feature,
00:51:19even though it's such a big pool.
00:51:21I question the amount of decking,
00:51:24the amount of sitting,
00:51:25the amount of amenity that's in this space.
00:51:28You have lots of walkways,
00:51:30lots of different pipes and different materials,
00:51:33but not a lot of function, not a lot of enjoyable space.
00:51:37Basically increased the size of the deck,
00:51:41which I'm assuming you needed more money, more time, more labour.
00:51:45Definitely.
00:51:46So that was probably impossible.
00:51:48Leaving the pool area,
00:51:49it was clear to everyone that a lot of time and effort
00:51:52had gone into the fire pit seat.
00:51:54So well done on that.
00:51:56But they thought the ground around it
00:51:58is not executed as well as House 2.
00:52:01It needed some more pavers.
00:52:04Because you're not walking over here in bare feet on the pool.
00:52:07No.
00:52:08OK, so you're not walking on all this.
00:52:10So it's not that inviting.
00:52:11I think the idea is there,
00:52:12it just hasn't been finished off properly.
00:52:14Remember two main bedroom suites right there.
00:52:16Those doors look out to here
00:52:18and they're going to look straight into the pool equipment.
00:52:21Which I know there's probably a surround planned for that.
00:52:24Yeah.
00:52:25We're not seeing it.
00:52:26What we're seeing is that you're going to see
00:52:28the pool equipment from the main bedroom.
00:52:30And we need to judge what we're seeing.
00:52:32And what we're seeing is just a really poorly planned,
00:52:35uninviting space.
00:52:37Clearly some time management issues
00:52:39around the rest of the garden too.
00:52:41More unfinished steps on the other side of the main bedroom.
00:52:45There's nothing about this that says
00:52:48come and hang in my backyard.
00:52:50Look how excited we got in house one and two
00:52:52about all those different spaces to sit and talk
00:52:55and eat and share memories
00:52:57and all those amazing aspects of having a holiday home.
00:52:59Yeah.
00:53:00And then you walk into this house and they've just thought,
00:53:02you know what, let's not think of emotion.
00:53:05Let's not think of marketing.
00:53:06Let's not think of the buyer.
00:53:08Because that's how it feels.
00:53:09They've just plonked things in without any consideration
00:53:12as to what people throw their hands up for come auction day.
00:53:17You know what, this house is still amazing.
00:53:19Wouldn't put me off buying this house.
00:53:21I think there's some stuff I want to do and change and fix,
00:53:25but it wouldn't put me off.
00:53:27It's a beautiful looking house from the outside.
00:53:29It actually has one of the two biggest pools on the block.
00:53:33It has lots of room around it.
00:53:35And it's got access to the tennis court.
00:53:37I think it's still going to be really appealing.
00:53:41It's not as lifestyle focused as one and two.
00:53:44It's not as fun as three.
00:53:46But it's still a bloody great house.
00:53:48That's it, Carly.
00:53:49I've read some tough comments there.
00:53:51Some strong positives.
00:53:52Also, only one week to go.
00:53:55Thanks, Scotty.
00:53:58Yeah, it was a tough week.
00:54:01And yeah, there's definitely some things that we would have liked
00:54:05to have had finished.
00:54:06But I think there should have been maybe some earlier conversations
00:54:10about that it was not going to be able to be achieved.
00:54:14It's just, it is what it is.
00:54:29Okay, House 5.
00:54:31Christian and Mimi.
00:54:36This week was organised chaos.
00:54:40House 5 has the largest backyard at a whopping 552 square metres.
00:54:48I am off to Cambridge.
00:54:50Oh, my goodness.
00:54:54I definitely like grey.
00:54:56Yep.
00:54:57And the blue.
00:54:58Well, everything.
00:55:00I'm doing the landscaping for House 5.
00:55:03I need to get lots of things.
00:55:05Can I get eight of those, please?
00:55:06Four of those lounges.
00:55:08Two of those.
00:55:09Two of those.
00:55:10And one of those.
00:55:12I just love spending other people's money.
00:55:16How big is this?
00:55:17What's this like?
00:55:18Nine by six.
00:55:19They're very popular, these basketball courts.
00:55:22The kids still want to be able to shoot properly from a fair line
00:55:25and a three-point line.
00:55:26Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:55:27So anything underneath that, they don't really like it.
00:55:30So I'm here today to show you about the Legrand automation switches.
00:55:33The fun side of it, you can create like a party scene.
00:55:36You can use the app on the phone.
00:55:38And the lights that you want to come on will come on,
00:55:40the music that you want to come on will come on.
00:55:42Oh, that's awesome.
00:55:45So we've organised your automation.
00:55:47Yep.
00:55:48You can just go onto the app and press that button
00:55:50and it will work for you.
00:55:51Okay.
00:55:53Oh!
00:55:55How good's that?
00:55:57It changes colour.
00:56:00I've got to get home, there's a garden to tend
00:56:04I absolutely love what we see in our backyard.
00:56:08I think you can picture kids running around the pool,
00:56:11having a swim, parents sitting back, being able to watch them.
00:56:15I think it all ties in really well together.
00:56:21Walking into your backyard, the faces of the judges were shocked.
00:56:26In a good way.
00:56:30Wow.
00:56:32Wow, that's dramatic.
00:56:34Look at the tiling.
00:56:36That is stunning.
00:56:37Wow.
00:56:38Another big pool.
00:56:40Yeah.
00:56:41And I love this mosaic tiling around it.
00:56:43As soon as you walk in, you're drawn to it.
00:56:46A dust screen resort.
00:56:48Even though it's just a small deck with two chairs,
00:56:50you've got all the grass around there that you could lay on as well
00:56:53and be part of the pool environment.
00:56:56I all love the piers wrapped in rope.
00:56:58It's very Phillip Island.
00:56:59It makes you feel coastal.
00:57:01It's like they've picked up a piece of Phillip Island
00:57:04and they've put it here in the landscaping for us.
00:57:06That's really effective.
00:57:07Exactly.
00:57:08Shona thinks the colour palette is excellent
00:57:10and the furniture around the pool is superb.
00:57:13Camerage, I presume.
00:57:15Yes.
00:57:16You've got the blue stone, you've got the travertine,
00:57:18then you have this beautiful bluey gunmetal for the pool
00:57:21and then you have green,
00:57:22so there's a lot of different textures and colours.
00:57:24It's absolutely stunning.
00:57:27See, I was nervous for these guys
00:57:28because this is the only space that's not directly off the living,
00:57:31so this really has to be hit out of the ballpark.
00:57:34I think there's a whole other half over the other side and down here.
00:57:40This is quite beautiful.
00:57:45They've loved the boats and discovered it was full of rum.
00:57:49But isn't this cool?
00:57:51So they've obviously grabbed it from Facebook market share
00:57:54or hopefully somewhere local around here,
00:57:56cut this up, put this here as a bar.
00:57:59Lots of rum, so you feel like a pirate.
00:58:01All right.
00:58:02Yeah.
00:58:03But with that, with the pube holes,
00:58:05it is coming back to Phillip Island.
00:58:08A really nice touch.
00:58:10Perfect for a holiday home.
00:58:12You were criticised heavily in the past few weeks
00:58:14for your layout and design
00:58:16to have a TV room leading onto this space.
00:58:21This has zero connection to lifestyle outside.
00:58:26Shouldn't this be a place that is pool-friendly?
00:58:30They could have done something interesting here
00:58:33with a tiled space that flowed out to the outdoors
00:58:35because of this big sliding door.
00:58:37It could have actually read as an indoor-outdoor alfresco space
00:58:40that continued on to the outdoors.
00:58:42And while this garden is amazing, and all the judges thought so,
00:58:46that came up again today.
00:58:48Did they get it wrong, or did they get it right now?
00:58:51Looking at the space, Marty thinks the TV room
00:58:54needs a fridge, et cetera, to service the dining area.
00:58:57The big issue that the buyer will actually face when inspecting
00:59:01is they see a big dining table
00:59:03and they think to themselves, great, dinner parties or entertaining,
00:59:07but it is such a long walk from the kitchen
00:59:10that this is actually quite a difficult place
00:59:13to entertain people over dinner.
00:59:15Where's the barbie?
00:59:16There is no barbie here.
00:59:17That's a smoker.
00:59:18Did you win the wolf barbecue?
00:59:20Yes, we did.
00:59:21Where is the wolf barbecue going?
00:59:23On the balcony.
00:59:24On the balcony upstairs?
00:59:26Yes.
00:59:27This is where the wolf barbecue should have been, they said.
00:59:31This is backyard week on the block.
00:59:34You need to have a barbecue.
00:59:36Un-Australian.
00:59:37It is un-Australian.
00:59:38Well, when you're playing in the pool and the kids,
00:59:41just to have a sausage on bread is one of the easiest things for them.
00:59:44You don't want to go running upstairs the whole time.
00:59:46If you're going to have a smoker here
00:59:48and you're going to have cold drinks and things like that,
00:59:51you need a fridge and you need a sink.
00:59:53So to really function as a dining space,
00:59:56you need to make more kitchenette amenities
00:59:59in the laundry or the TV room
01:00:01or an outdoor kitchen like House 2's right here in this space.
01:00:06Meandering down the path towards the basketball court.
01:00:11Oh, and another court.
01:00:13They found a bigger court than House 1 with a three-point line.
01:00:19This is cool.
01:00:20So this is the block 2024 House 5.
01:00:22Yeah.
01:00:23Yeah, this is cool.
01:00:24And the judges also found a fire pit with a dry stone wall,
01:00:28Dave's favourite fire pit area he'd seen today.
01:00:31I love this.
01:00:32I think this is one of my favourite parts of the whole job here.
01:00:35It is that hard doing stuff like that.
01:00:38Darren thinks what this garden and this house delivers on
01:00:42is privacy.
01:00:43Look around.
01:00:44Look at what we're looking at.
01:00:46It's private.
01:00:47Exactly.
01:00:48We're seeing lots of trees and lots of sky.
01:00:50We don't have an immediate neighbour here.
01:00:52We don't have an immediate neighbour there.
01:00:54It's privacy.
01:00:55It's a cracker.
01:00:59This week, the judges saw five backyards
01:01:01that are all bigger than most of the gardens
01:01:03ever delivered on the block.
01:01:06They think it's a real achievement for all of you,
01:01:09and I mean all of you today.
01:01:11The hardest thing is, is that we've got to pick a winner
01:01:14and it's really not that easy today.
01:01:16Not today.
01:01:17It really isn't.
01:01:18The standard, as much as we've been a bit negative on something,
01:01:21the standard is so damn high.
01:01:23Brilliant effort.
01:01:24Well done, everybody.
01:01:25Give yourselves all a round of applause.
01:01:27OK, let's get the scores.
01:01:30Oh!
01:01:36OK, here we go.
01:01:38I'm a bit nervous.
01:01:41Dave Frank first.
01:01:43Maddie and Charlotte.
01:01:45So we've got a very coastal palette of trees here
01:01:48and we have a lot of lawn as well.
01:01:54Courtney and Grumpy.
01:01:57This is garden art.
01:02:04Ricky and Hayden.
01:02:06Could do with some more layers, but it might just sell as a place
01:02:09because you can do whatever you like with this garden.
01:02:17Colin and Brad.
01:02:18I've got all this wasted space around here.
01:02:21I'm sorry, it's just giving me absolutely nothing.
01:02:27Christian and Mimi.
01:02:29As soon as you walk in, you're drawn to it.
01:02:32It does scream resort to me.
01:02:36Mixed results.
01:02:38Darren and Maddie.
01:02:40Double whammy.
01:02:41Darren first.
01:02:42Maddie and Charlotte.
01:02:44Design, planning, finish, amenity.
01:02:48Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick.
01:02:53Courtney and Grumpy.
01:02:54Courtney and Grumpy.
01:02:55It's miraculous that it's this good in this time frame.
01:02:59Like, mind-blowing.
01:03:07Sorry, that was an overreaction.
01:03:09I love that reaction.
01:03:13Ricky and Hayden.
01:03:14It's consistent with the inside of the house.
01:03:17It's actually really appropriate for family living.
01:03:19It's not chic.
01:03:21It's fun.
01:03:25Colin and Brad.
01:03:27I question the amount of decking, the amount of sitting,
01:03:31the amount of amenity that's in this space.
01:03:38And Christian and Mimi.
01:03:40It's like they've picked up a piece of filler pile
01:03:42and they've put it here in the landscaping for us.
01:03:44That's really effective.
01:03:49Okay, Marty.
01:03:50Maddie and Charlotte.
01:03:52This is clearly an entertainer's dream.
01:04:00Courtney and Grumpy.
01:04:02This indoor-outdoor flow, this is what people pay for.
01:04:05This is what gets them emotionally connected to a property.
01:04:13Ricky and Hayden.
01:04:15That's the quintessential Aussie back garden.
01:04:23Carly and Brad.
01:04:24What we're seeing is just a really poorly planned,
01:04:28uninviting space.
01:04:35Christian and Mimi.
01:04:37Oh, look at the tiling.
01:04:39That is stunning.
01:04:46Okay, I'll see you in a bit.
01:04:48Shade of Blaze.
01:04:49Maddie and Charlotte.
01:04:53What an oasis, it's beautiful.
01:04:55Courtney and Grumps.
01:04:57They've always known how to sell the dream.
01:05:00Ricky and Hayden.
01:05:01It ticks so many boxes,
01:05:03it just doesn't have the finesse and the finishings.
01:05:06Carly and Brad.
01:05:07There's nothing about this that says,
01:05:10come and hang in my backyard.
01:05:12And Christian and Mimi.
01:05:15The choice of materials is stunning.
01:05:17Okay, Totals.
01:05:20I just want it, Dan, I don't have to win.
01:05:24Okay.
01:05:26The winner of Week 11 on the Block Backyard Week
01:05:30and taking home $10,000 from Ford is...
01:05:38It's Courtney and Grumpy!
01:05:41Holy s***!
01:05:43$10,000!
01:05:45$10,000!
01:05:48$10,000!
01:05:50I cannot believe it.
01:05:52Holy s***.
01:05:54It is a massive spring in my step now.
01:05:56We could totally end this competition happy,
01:05:58regardless of what happens at auction.
01:06:00We got our 10.
01:06:01We're very happy with ours.
01:06:03Yeah, forget it.
01:06:04We got two 10s.
01:06:06Forget a quarter of us feeling on auction night, it'll be great.
01:06:08Courtney and Grant scored a massive 39 out of 40
01:06:11with 10s from both Darren and Shaina.
01:06:14The girls came runner-up with 37 points,
01:06:16while Christian and Mimi took our third place with 35.
01:06:20Rikki and Hayden's solo landscaping efforts
01:06:22netted them fourth place with 32.
01:06:25And Colleen and Brad came at distant last with just 27 points.
01:06:30Congratulations, Courtney and Grumpy.
01:06:32You're not grumpy tonight, champ.
01:06:34No.
01:06:35No way.
01:06:36$10,000 from Ford and another $20,000 from Arnis for two 10s.
01:06:40$30,000 night.
01:06:42Well done.
01:06:43Thanks, buddy.
01:06:44Wow.
01:06:45Congratulations.
01:06:46And guess what?
01:06:47Tomorrow night, we're heading overseas.
01:06:51What?
01:06:53That's right.
01:06:55You're getting on the ferry down here.
01:06:57You're heading over to the Mornington Peninsula,
01:06:59and we're going to head out to the Flinders Hotel
01:07:02and have a fantastic night with some VIP guests,
01:07:04and I guarantee you'll have lots and lots of laughs.
01:07:07It's going to be a lot of fun.
01:07:09See you tomorrow night.
01:07:10Well done, everybody.
01:07:11It's been a tough week, wet, cold.
01:07:13You did a great job.
01:07:14One week to go.
01:07:15See you later.
01:07:16Good night.
01:07:21Call your mum.
01:07:22Call your mum.
01:07:23Call your mum.
01:07:25We came first, Mum.
01:07:26We got two 10s and got 39 out of 40.
01:07:30We got $30,000.
01:07:32You got $30,000?
01:07:33We won $30,000 tonight.
01:07:35I'm very proud of both of you.
01:07:37Thanks, Mum.
01:07:38Very, very proud.
01:07:39Thanks, Mum.
01:07:41How are you guys going to get through this week together?
01:07:44I think this week's definitely going
01:07:46to test everything we've got.
01:07:52Coming up on the block, the end begins.
01:07:55And it's all coming to an end.
01:07:57I don't particularly like that.
01:07:59As our teams tackle their final space,
01:08:01front gardens and facades.
01:08:06There's just so much to do.
01:08:08It's insane.
01:08:10This is it for the houses.
01:08:11This is it.
01:08:12That looks lush and expensive and inviting.
01:08:17And in just over a week's time, it's a block reunion.
01:08:21Come on out, troops.
01:08:23As our all-stars come together to help finish the clubhouse
01:08:27and give one of our teams a chance
01:08:29to get $50,000 off their reserve.
01:08:32We've got a lot to do.
01:08:33There's a lot to do.
01:08:34It's good to be back.
01:08:36Back with a bang.
01:08:37Another beautiful day in paradise.
01:08:39I'm home.
01:08:40I'm home.
01:08:41Then it's the big day as our island resorts
01:08:44go under the hammer.
01:08:47But will all couples make it to the auction?
01:08:50How married to things like you is beyond me.
01:08:52I deserve so much better.
01:08:54How little I mean to him is really sad.
01:08:59I just thought I'd got blown.
01:09:02Can I have a break?
01:09:10She's gone.
01:09:11So you think she's literally just jumped on a plane home?
01:09:15Yeah.