Great news, the Block crash course of episode one has not scared our Blockheads off – everyone’s back and ready to finally get stuck in!
This time, in the correct rooms. Rick and Tayla and Adam and Jolene started insulating their guest suites, rather than the guest bedroom.
Disappointing Foreman Dan in the process. Nine
In fancy houses, those are different things, you see!
They aren’t the only ones wandering around like headless chooks, however. Wyatt looks aimless as he searches the site for things he’s never heard of before.
Just think of it as cardio, buddy!
The contestants may be clueless, but there are countless experts on site, including Block legends, the Cursio brothers.
The tiling experts have been stuck in the middle of their fair share of Blockhead feuds and this year they plan to avoid that by … choosing no one.
Instead, they’ve chosen a house: House 2. And whoever is lucky enough to get it.
Chantel and Wyatt have House 2 for the week and are desperate to stay there.
Obviously to do that they’ll need plenty of energy, which Wyatt is ensuring by eating about 200 free Youfoodz meals a day.
The former rifleman says he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes just before his 22nd birthday, forcing him to leave the army.
It was a difficult transition at first, but says he now sees it as a blessing in disguise.
In House 5, Rick has a problem: he’s planned a shadowline along the room’s skirting.
This requires a plasterer, which he’s got … but the tradie doesn’t have the right amount of public liability insurance and can’t work.
Love that for him. Nine
Rick offers to pay the premium to update it without even knowing how much it will cost.
Big, potentially reckless call but ya gotta do what ya gotta do!
Especially as The Block has always been Rick’s dream and after two cancer diagnoses in the last few years, first kidney and then prostate, he’s finally living it out.
For now, the teams have only seen the floor plans of the houses they are working in this week.
But not everyone wants to stay where they are, and Sunday’s Room Reveal results will determine who actually gets what house.
All this to say … it’s time for some reconnaissance.
Rosco gets a visit from Ray White real estate agent Ashley Weston, who advises them to aim for House 3 – which is currently Courtney and Sev’s.
Conveniently, those two are eyeing up Lisa and Rosco’s House 4.
And their reconnaissance is a little more covert.
Us? Sneaky??? Nine
While at a lighting consult, Sev spied Lisa’s floor plans and took a cheeky snap. They’ve got some studying to do!
The pressure has already started to get to everyone.
Adam spirals about whether the guest bedroom should really be a guest bedroom, while Courtney gives Rob from Freedom a huge hug over the placement of a single light switch.
And Wyatt has had to fix his shoddy insulation three times.
“It’s a stitch-up,” he says … in front of Foreman Dan.
Oops.
That immediately comes back to bite him as Scotty does his first site walk-round.
“Do not say those words to me!” he says.
“Never use the term ‘this is a stitch-up’, I will blow up deluxe mate, I’ll shut you down.”
Wyatt then immediately stitches Chantel up, claiming it was her who said it.
You are mic’d up, man! It was not!
I hope for Wyatt’s sake that they made the same pact as Lisa and Rosco: that nothing they say or do on The Block can be held against them. Nine
Lisa also gets a talking to about using two chippies for the simple job of hammering nails, with a third one on the way.
Scotty’s outraged, only to then learn that Courtney and Sev are paying no mind to their budget because they have FOUR.
They weren’t planning on spending so much, but then Scotty said this entire week was the House Decider challenge.
So technically, it’s his fault.
Or not! Nine
Soon, 6pm rolls around which means it’s time to head home and swim, do admin, go to the gym or clean.
Take your pick!
While Courtney and Sev and Rick and Tayla bond quickly, Jolene is already struggling with sharing her space. On the bright side, she can escape to her caravan. On the not-so-bright side, Adam’s used all the hot water.
Hey, it’s still better than a tent.
Tomorrow night, there’s scheming, setbacks and tears.
Claaassic Block! Catch you then.