The Block

S08:E52 - Open House 2

Tonight All Stars Bec and George help out a couple (Jackie and Damian) who are struggling to sell their home in Footscray. Its valued at $620,000 but the kitchen is old and tired. There’s only a week before the auction. The couple is looking to buy their first home together. Bec and George’s challenge is to renovate the kitchen in one day, as well as bringing in hire furniture to style the property. Darren Palmer shows us how to replicate the Hamptons look in a bedroom in three different budgets. There’s budget ($500), mid range ($1,500) and a $4000 top end look. All three looks are a different take on the Hamptons look and Neale and Shaynna are impressed with Darren’s efforts. Bec and George arrange for furniture to be hired for the Footscray house. And the new kitchen takes shape with new bench tops, marble splash back tiles and new cupboard doors. There’s also some new pendant lights over the bench top. The hired furniture looks great and Bec styles with food and flowers to make the space look homely and welcoming. The owners are amazed that the whole make over happened in one day. Real estate agent Chris arrives and is very impressed with Bec and George’s make over. The pre-makeover valuation was $680,000. Dea arrives to confront Darren Palmer about his decision to use the same materials and look in Tim and Anastasia’s bedroom. Darren defends himself and says that he often goes to the same gallery that Dea went to for the artwork. Darren tells Dea that he was following Anastasia’s brief when he helped them out. He delivered what Anastasia wanted and that is the designer’s job. It was a shock for Dea to walk into what she thought was the same room as hers. Dea and Darren kiss and make up and everyone has a laugh about judging. The auction in Footscray is on. Originally valued at $680,000, the kitchen makeover has pushed the value up over $700,000. Its a slow start at the auction and the auctioneer kicks things off with a $660,000 vendor bid. That kicks things off and the bidding quickly goes up in $10,000 bids until it reaches $776,000, that’s a huge gain of $96,000. The buyers are happy and the vendors are very happy to be starting a new chapter.