FTA-TV The Block 2024

[rocker_oz33]

Fake news. Scotty said the contestants had to clean the houses ready for sale.

Mimi likes this

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

we all know after everyone goes home the defects

This is even more true on The Block, where trying to complete a room in a week means everything is rushed, and sometimes, things are done poorly just to finish. I hope for a regular build where the trades have much more time to do the job right; there would be fewer defects than you see on this show. But some builders are dodgy.

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

Overall though, I think I would genuinely like to own one of those houses. Think it would be fantastic for family.

Yeah, given the whole setup there, it would be nice to own one. But sadly, I would never be able to afford it.

 

[rocker_oz33]

This is even more true on The Block, where trying to complete a room in a week means everything is rushed, and sometimes, things are done poorly just to finish. I hope for a regular build where the trades have much more time to do the job right; there would be fewer defects than you see on this show. But some builders are dodgy.

Who's paying top bills for dodgy workmanship.

Wonder how the older block houses are holding up

 

[No Quarter]

They get held to such stringent compliance, surface defects I'd expect but structural I wouldn't.

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

Who's paying top bills for dodgy workmanship.

On a build like this, they have all those foremen who ensure all work is done to Australian standards. So, I wouldn't expect any major issues with these homes. But rushed plastering and finishing, for example, can lead to defects, poor painting, etc., that would need to be fixed. Incomplete caulking—things that would happen because you're trying to present a completed room from frame to finish in one week.

When I said "dodgy builders," I was talking about home builders who don't have someone on-site to ensure everything is done properly (like a building foreman). You hear horror stories all the time of people being left with homes that are basically unlivable because of the poor job their builders did. But I wouldn't expect that on The Block.

 

[Gasometer]

They have the best Foreman in Dan

Captain Hindsight

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

They have the best Foreman in Dan

While Dan is a qualified foreman, his job is more of an on-camera one. They have several other blokes working for 9 in 6 who are the real foremen on the site, like Aidan. There was another I saw briefly, but I forgot his name. Dan is under these guys in the pecking order.