It was a brutal end to The Block for this year’s two most controversial couples, who either walked away with comparatively little or failed to sell, while their rivals became instant millionaires.
It was a “heartbreaking” end to The Block for this year’s two most controversial couples, after a season plagued by infighting.of just $65,000 over their reserve. That works out to be around $5400 per week for the 12 weeks they were on“We haven’t even covered half of our wages for being here,” a tearful Kristy said as the auction closed.couple dreads: their house failed to attract a bid above their $2.97 million reserve and so was passed in.
A profit is by no means guaranteed, though. When the third house passed in at last year’s auctions did eventually sell, it was for $180,000 less than its original reserve, leaving last year’s contestants Dylan and Jenny with no profit at all from their time onThe show’s executive producer Julian Cress said it had been “heartbreaking” witnessing Kristy and Brett’s disappointing auction result.
Kristy and Brett were left fuming with their auctioneer after he apparently veered from their agreed plan, openin the bids at $2.9 million and then confirming the house was on the market just as it hit reserve. From there, bidding slowed down, and the couple were left wondering how they could only scrape past their reserve following two million-dollar-plus profits.
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