For accountants, the girls from H1 sure did have a blank look on their faces, when Scotty asked them if they knew what a depreciation schedule was.
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Not just accountants... Accountants who flip houses...
BlakeyNoFlakey
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Calculating a depreciation schedule on a huge asset like that is pretty complicated. Besides, the girls said they work in finance, which means they probably have little experience in asset depreciation. Flipping houses doesn't mean they'd know either, as not ALL houses sold are eligible to claim depreciation; it only applies to homes bought to rent (like The Block houses will be sold to rent as holiday homes). So, if the girls had sold their flipped homes to owner/occupiers, then it would never have even come up because that kind of buyer can't claim depreciation on their tax for that.
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I don't think anyone is doubting how complex the actual process is to calculate the value (as highlighted by the fact that the team that put the least amount of science into their estimate won the challenge).
Aside from working in finance, they also have stated a few times that their old man is a mortgage broker. Combining those 2 things says to me that they should be a lot more likely to at least know what a depreciation schedule is than the average punter.
BlakeyNoFlakey
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Even if they did know about it doesn't mean they knew how to do it, even if their father is a mortgage broker. IIRC, Maddy said she made a mistake in the calculations on the night but still managed to get the second closest to the right amount. That's not a bad effort. I think you're being a bit harsh. What you are saying is if someone is a doctor, they should know how to do open heart surgery, especially if their father is a cardiothoracic surgeon. Life doesn't work like that.
BlakeyNoFlakey
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It's about time.
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BlakeyNoFlakey
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I think the judges got it right tonight. H2 had the best backyard. H1 did a great job, too, and the solution they came up with to replace the stone looked great.
H5: Fancy winning a $30G BBQ and not putting it in your backyard? What's the point of having it on your balcony, which comes off a kitchen?
H5: Fancy winning a $30G BBQ and not putting it in your backyard? What's the point of having it on your balcony, which comes off a kitchen?
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Some weeks they seem ok, others you wonder if they did a line of coke before the show.
H2 the best by far. H3 was povo, a good effort without a landscaper but very basic for an expensive home. Judges probably had the rankings in the correct order.
Getting tired of Maddy crying.
Getting tired of Maddy crying.
The user of H5 will categorically use the balcony for meals more than where that table is in the backyard.
The foot location from the kitchen to the dining table is a joke for starters. Why didn't they present the balcony with the backyard - is it for another week.. can't be can it? The balcony should have been a centrepiece to one of their reveals but may now not be?
..and what a few people appear to have completely missed in The Block backyards over the years - it's bloody Victoria. Half of that furniture will be ruined after 12 months if left presented the way it is, it will need covers or to be stored away in what is clearly a lack of storage. And they're supposed to be holiday rentals for the most part, right? So we're now going to trust in tenants to ensure that furniture stays good? Sounds like great planning.
Even H1/H2 to me seemed frustrating giving that in so much of the year the space will be unusable due to lack of roof coverage.
Having said that, though, H1/H2 were far better than the rest in what they offered in usability. The rest of them seemed like "So what will we put here? Oh and here, oh and over there." A real lack of cohesion by comparison.
BlakeyNoFlakey
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That's only because K&M has completely stuffed up the design of that house. That room they turned into a sitting room to be like a Cabana for the pool area was done completely wrong. They should have had a kitchenette with a fridge and sink in there, and then that outdoor eating area in the backyard would make so much more sense. Then, they could have put their BBQ down there and had a complete outdoor eating area near the pool, with the bonus of having the ensuite there to act as a toilet/shower.
With the kitchen coming off the upstairs balcony, they can cook in the kitchen and take meals out to the balcony, where you would have an outdoor table and chairs set up. Putting a BBQ out there is a waste of space, IMO.
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For me I preferred H1 > H2. Thought H2's was cluttered a tad too much with furniture, stools and pot plants.
The rest of them I'd put a very distant 3rd/last place.
The rest of them I'd put a very distant 3rd/last place.
BlakeyNoFlakey
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I thought H2's was just slightly better than H1's. Grant is a landscape designer, so their outdoor areas should be good. They showed that make-do solution for H1's BBQ bench on Dan V Dani a bit closer, and it looked shocking. I think the camera angles used were flattering when the judges were there.
