![\"Caroline](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/7e46122dc6bd4f4bb58681d2545b4610859a141a18b765705a0feabcefe15fb5.png\")
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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n Gift this free article<\/p>\n Share full article with anyone \u2014 no subscription needed to read it. It won’t deduct your gift credits. Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n Share article as gift<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Queensland best friends Courtney Kain and Sevilay Keser have won the 2026 season of reality renovation TV show The Block after their house soared $1.27 million above its reserve at auction.<\/p>\n The winning home at 9 Mackillop Place, Mount Eliza<\/a> sold for $4.72 million to a couple buying a weekender, on a day when all five houses sold, in defiance of Melbourne\u2019s weak property market.<\/p>\n The besties will also pocket the $100,000 winner\u2019s cheque, as well as a new prize called \u201cScotty\u2019s Prize Pool\u201d featuring a collection of cash, vehicles, luxury items, and home upgrades valued collectively at about $500,000. The Block airs on Nine, owner of this masthead.<\/p>\n In stark contrast to last year\u2019s series in Daylesford<\/a>, where the top premium was $420,000 and two homes failed to sell, all Mount Eliza homes sold well above their $3.45 million reserves. Even the fifth-placed couple made $367,000.<\/p>\n Sev, a 37-year-old old commercial interior designer and Courtney, 34, a construction site manager, came onto the series with renovation experience, but often had their decisions questioned by judges, such as their big spending and their choice of a house without a knockout ocean view.<\/p>\n \u201cWe took a lot of risks during the show, and everyone thought we were nuts when we picked House 4 over the uptown and the views,\u201d said Courtney after the auction, with Sev adding: \u201cEat your words.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe could never imagine we\u2019d win that sort of money \u2026 and the prize. Now we have to negotiate who gets the boat. It might be our first fight,\u201d Sev said, laughing.<\/p>\n Their home was bought by couple Kevin and Rochelle, who gave only their first names, and had initially wanted to buy a weekender in Phillip Island. But with wife Rochelle being a \u201cbig fan of the Block\u201d, they decided to take a look in Mount Eliza instead.<\/p>\n \u201cWe looked at a couple of other [Block houses] \u2026 but this one had everything \u2013 it was an easy decision,\u201d Kevin said. For Rochelle, it was \u201cthe location, the two girls who had so much experience, the layout \u2013 it was perfect\u201d.<\/p>\n Related Article Mount Eliza\u2019s median house price is $1,650,000, on Domain data.<\/p>\n The properties were part of 574 scheduled to go to auction in Melbourne last week. By Saturday evening, Domain recorded a preliminary auction clearance rate of 56 per cent from 380 reported results throughout the week, while 73 auctions were withdrawn. Withdrawn auctions are counted as unsold properties when calculating the clearance rate.<\/p>\n Melbourne house prices have been plunging this year<\/a>, down 6.7 per cent since their December peak.<\/p>\n This season was the first to air under Victoria\u2019s new laws stipulating that all properties for sale by auction or fixed-date sale must have the vendor\u2019s reserve price published seven days in advance. The new laws are aimed at tackling property underquoting<\/a> and follow this masthead\u2019s Bidding Blind investigation<\/a>, which uncovered widespread deception facing those trying to navigate the auction market.<\/p>\n Victoria\u2019s father and daughter team Rick, 64, and 32-year-old Tayla Peroomal, whose auction was last, came in second place after their house at 10 Mackillop Place <\/a>sold for $4,355,000 in a rapid-fire auction which saw bids shoot up from $3.5 million to $4 million within seconds.<\/p>\n Presided over by The Block\u2019s youngest-ever auctioneer, the entertaining 22-year-old Ryan King from Ash Marton Realty, the auction wrapped up swiftly.<\/p>\n \u201cScotty Cam called [King] 12 years old, and I said excuse me, shut your mouth,\u201d said Tayla, adding: \u201cI was excited to get $10,000, but we ended up getting $905,000.\u201d She plans to use the money to buy a home and travel.<\/p>\n In contrast, House 3 couple Lisa and Rosco Wilson, who welcomed their second son only a week ago, came third following a glacial auction.<\/p>\n Buxton (Ballarat) auctioneer Mark Nunn worked exceptionally hard to extract the $4 million sale price for 4 Mackillop Place<\/a>, which saw Block regular and IT entrepreneur Danny Wallis \u2013 who opened a trademark odd-number bid of $3,777,000.77 \u2013 compete with others in random price increments for over 45 minutes.<\/p>\n \u201cI know our auction took 45 minutes \u2013 it was a long one \u2013 but you know what, there was money in the crowd. I wasn\u2019t going to shut it off \u2026 just because it was going an extra 10 minutes, 20 minutes longer than it should have,\u201d Nunn said after the auction.<\/p>\n \u201cAn auction goes as long as it needs to \u2026 and I looked Rosco and Lisa in the eye and said, I will get every dollar I can out of the buyers, and I had to live up to that promise.\u201d<\/p>\n Lisa praised his persistence. \u201cHe held his tone like you wouldn\u2019t believe \u2013 he needs a raise. I just felt tired for him,\u201d she said. Rosco added: \u201cThe amount of work he did to get 70 cents and then it kept growing and growing \u2013 what do they say? Slow and steady wins the race.\u201d<\/p>\n After the longest Block auction in history, the Wilsons pocketed $550,000 and will now use it to finish their house, which is half built.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got no roof on it \u2013 we\u2019ve put a bit of a hold on it,\u201d Rosco said.<\/p>\n Despite kicking off the auctions, South Australian cattle station managers Jolene and Adam Wagner came fourth, pocketing a still-hefty profit of $455,000.<\/p>\n Their house at 2 Mackillop Place<\/a> set a strong tone for the day, opening with a $3.5 million bid and quickly jumping to $3.7 million, before auctioneer Damien Cooley called it at $3,905,000.<\/p>\n \u201cTo come out with that \u2026 that\u2019s a great outcome. Ridiculous, 450 grand?\u201d said Adam following the auction.<\/p>\n \u201cIt gives us an option to not have to go away and work remote for a little while. It means we can stay close to our families and kids, and hopefully renovate our house,\u201d Jolene added.<\/p>\n Gym-loving couple Chantel Green and Wyatt Randall came in fifth place following the lowest opening bid of $3.3 million. However, the offers climbed quickly after that, with Wallis bidding against buyer\u2019s agent Frank Valentic of Advantage Property Consulting and another party.<\/p>\n House 2 at 3 Mackillop Place<\/a> sold for $3,817,000, netting the couple $367,000.<\/p>\n Chantel said she was relieved the day was over.<\/p>\n \u201cWe weren\u2019t expecting to sell today. You just never know if they\u2019re going to go or not, and to have a 100 per cent sell rate is just insane,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n While the houses were meant to be auctioned in numerical order, that changed on the morning of the auction, so Courtney and Sev\u2019s House 4 was auctioned second, and Chantel and Wyatt\u2019s House 2 was auctioned fourth.<\/p>\n \u201cOur real estate agent said the other houses had more bidders so hopefully some more of them will come down to our house. In the end, it was definitely better to do it that way,\u201d Chantel said, with Wyatt adding the party who purchased their house had missed out on a couple before theirs.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we had two or three registered, but there was more that had expressed interest but registered for other houses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The couple were the only team who expressed reservations about Victoria\u2019s new reserve price laws, which were introduced on October 16.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were definitely a bit worried about the new laws \u2026 because knowing what a house\u2019s reserve is, you don\u2019t want to spend more than that if you know you can get it for that,\u201d Wyatt said.<\/p>\n \u201cWhereas these houses, they cost almost $6 million to make [so] you would expect the reserves to be around four.\u2029So not knowing what a reserve is, bidding could have started at $4 million.\u201d<\/p>\n They were happy with their prize nonetheless, and plan to put it towards a home.<\/p>\n After last year\u2019s season, co-hosts Scotty Cam and Shelley Craft said they were worried the houses wouldn\u2019t sell.<\/p>\n Related Article \u201cThe Victorian market is diabolical \u2013 interest rates have gone up, there\u2019s not a lot of confidence,\u201d Cam said. \u201cThe interesting thing is the clearance rate across auction is 50 per cent and we had 100 per cent here today, which just shows our product is fantastic, people love it, it has enormous depreciation value.\u201d<\/p>\n Craft said the whole country \u2013 \u201cif not the whole world\u201d \u2013 was looking at Victoria\u2019s new reserve disclosure laws to see how they would go.<\/p>\n She then added she was happy to see \u201cactual families who will be living in [the houses] today\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve had a few years of investors, and it\u2019s wonderful to know there will be a new neighbourhood created here at Mackillop Place.\u201d Only one investor bought a house, Cam said.<\/p>\n Property alerts are now available in The Age app. Turn them on to receive the latest market news and trends.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n Gift this free article<\/p>\n![\"Courtney](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/aabc95ae87b59cd4e1ccbadee53eb064bd9922b8.jpeg\")
Courtney and Sev celebrate winning the Block 2026. Nine<\/p>\n![\"Nelson](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/5b883e57af1150a7a25d97b4787996b800240ac3.jpeg\")
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Tayla and her dad Rick came second, netting $905,000 profit for House 5. Nine <\/p>\n![\"Husband](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/4a827050d1b6801d95198080b4a0ee814d6f0c8b.jpeg\")
Husband and wife Rosco and Lisa watching House 3 sell for $4 million.Nine<\/p>\n![\"South](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/37d2c54b0d0642fa41a4def21db530d0cd7b90cc.jpeg\")
South Australians Jolene and Adam were stoked to win $455,000, after House 1 sold for $3,905,000. Nine<\/p>\n![\"House](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/26cf1004f66e95b2eba77c45be4fa25a63638ea8.jpeg\")
House 2 team Chantel and Wyatt walk away with $367,000. Nine<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/74ebcea9c10b493e8754d5bf7919dc3764133818.jpeg\")
The Block 2026 contestants on auction day.Fiona Hamilton<\/p>\n![\"David](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/68662b812c4fb964d7c706bd66bdfd77cede94cd.jpeg\")
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