{"id":40704,"date":"2022-11-01T09:11:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T20:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=40704"},"modified":"2022-11-01T09:11:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T20:11:47","slug":"the-block-may-have-shot-itself-in-the-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/the-block-may-have-shot-itself-in-the-foot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Block may have shot itself in the foot"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOTO: The Block. Scott Cam & Shaynna Blaze. SUPPLIED<\/strong><\/p>\n

This season of The Block<\/a> was genuinely the biggest ever, and that\u2019s created an even bigger problem for the show\u2019s producers. Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n

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And so it ends, following the path of so many episodes this season, with all the teams except Sharon and Ankur drowning in praise.<\/p>\n

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The hapless pair are slammed for their planning, their design and for being the only team not to finish, with their cladding incomplete and their shed still a shell.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019d have to sell this as a renovator\u2019s delight,\u201d Neale Whitaker says.<\/p>\n

And all three judges agree the placement of the pool and outdoor courtyard was ludicrous.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no way to get to the pool from the house, and it\u2019s situated outside the master bedroom rather than the living area. And the courtyard area with barbecue and fire pit has a view of cars and a water tank.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI reckon this is very, very poor planning and actually detracts from the majesty of this house,\u201d is Shaynna Blaze\u2019s assessment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is terrible, terrible planning. There\u2019s a pool you can\u2019t gaze over and a fire pit that feels like it\u2019s been shoved into a laneway, and we\u2019re on 10 acres.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pity the photographer who had to get shots of Ankur and Sharon\u2019s unfinished property.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

With the pair the only team not to finish, Scott Cam indicates they\u2019ll be penalised when it comes to setting their reserve price, in the interest of fairness.<\/p>\n

While Ankur and Sharon\u2019s builder Liam claims it wasn\u2019t possible to finish the shed and cladding because Block-supplied materials weren\u2019t available, site manager Aidan begs to differ.<\/p>\n

For once, Sharon is backing her builder, a man she called a f***wit in an earlier episode.<\/p>\n

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\"Ankur<\/div>\n

Ankur and Sharon have not had a fun time.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair that our reserve is affected by the shed if what my builder is saying is true, ie the materials weren\u2019t there and they didn\u2019t have an opportunity to finish it. I\u2019m going to have to have a conversation with Scott Cam about it, which I\u2019d prefer not to do because he shuts me down,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

The almost inevitable winners of this final round of judging, are Sarah-Jane and Tom.<\/p>\n

They cleverly saved their bonus point to use here because the prize is a car for them to take home rather than cash to spend on a room. They also pick up an extra $5000 thanks to scoring a perfect 10.<\/p>\n

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Tom and Sarah-Jane used their bonus point strategically but they didn\u2019t even need it to win the car.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

The judges loved their circular drive, par three golf hole, basketball court, kids\u2019 playground, stacked stone fire pit area, pizza oven, pony yard complete with actual pony and the use of old rusted farm machinery.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve created a lifestyle resort,\u201d Neale says.<\/p>\n

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Tom and Sarah-Jane\u2019s “lifestyle resort”.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

Rachel and Ryan get some mild criticism for planting a kids\u2019 swing in front of their vineyard and view, and for a relatively big drop from their un-balustraded deck on to feature boulders.<\/p>\n

The rest of their design scores big, thanks to their flying fox, arbours around the shed doors and pontoon overlooking a creek.<\/p>\n

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