Britt and Taz were the only team to walk away from The Block 2025 auctions genuinely thrilled — bagging over half a million dollars.
While the WA couple made a $420,000 profit on their house and scored an extra $100,000 for winning, Sonny and Alicia received $120,000 for three months of hard work, and Robby and Mat got $110,000. It was an even grimmer result for Emma and Ben, and Han and Can, who didn’t sell their houses.
Britt and Taz were the first team up at the auction, and their sale jumped up at a rapid pace. However, when Mat and Robby took the stand next, the speed of the auction slowed down significantly. Generally, the first auction sets the standard for the ones that follow, but it also means that once a house is sold, there are fewer buyers for the other teams.
So, with The Block 2025 reserves set at $2,990,000, and only a few millionaires in the room, do Britt and Taz think they would have had the same huge sale if they hadn’t gone first?
In an interview with Chattr, Britt, and Taz revealed that their buyer had his eyes firmly on their house and wasn’t interested in the other properties, so they believe he would have held out for their house.
“At the start, he was [interested in Mat and Robby’s house], but in the end, he was only in on our house, so he was a unique buyer to us,” Britt said.
Taz echoed Britt’s sentiment, saying that while he believes the same person still would have bought their house, if another team had gone before them and their property had been sold close to the reserve, it could have affected Britt and Taz’s final sale price.
“We very much had the buyers. And I think people really, really were emotionally invested in our house. So I do still think it was good for Robby and Mat, and everyone else, to go second. Because if they had come out and only went 100 grand over, then that’s what the buyers would have thought [the houses were selling for].”
Taz pointed out that Robby and Mat’s auctioneer made it clear when the bidding had climbed over the reserve — something that can unintentionally dampen momentum. Since all five houses shared the same layout and likely had similar reserve prices, once bidders realised they were already over that threshold, they may have been less inclined to keep pushing higher.
“Their auctioneer did come in and say they were on the market when they hit three million. So that was really, really telling, and we didn’t see that when we were watching from the Sawmill,” he said.
Why did Britt and Taz’s house sell for so much more than the other The Block properties?
While Britt and Taz are fully aware that they produced a beautiful house, they believe the moves they made after The Block had finished filming ultimately helped them win.
The couple — who are based in Newman, WA with their family — made the trip back over to Daylesford after filming wrapped, and spent a lot of time fixing up defects and meeting potential buyers.
“We sacrificed time with the family, we’ve taken leave without pay [to be on The Block]. So, as soon as we got the certificate after filming, we came straight back as soon as we could, to walk buyers through, to fix up any inconsistencies and to finish with the least amount of defects, to absolutely put everything into it. And I think that was the difference,” Taz explained.
“Those bidders, those buyers, built that personal connection with us because we’re the ones walking through the house, because who can sell the house, in a sense, better than us, the people who built it. And I think those little touches just go a mile,” Britt added.
Taz said past The Block contestants who’d had successful auctions had recommended that they spend time at the property pre-auction.
“And that was the advice from Steph and Gian and from Eliza and Liberty, who spent so much time back in their houses, walking those buyers through, and that’s why people just fought tooth and nail for their house.”
When asked about what Britt and Taz did day-to-day at their house ahead of the auctions, the WA couple explained that their schedule was pretty jam-packed.
“Basically, every Saturday and Sunday is taken up by open houses,” Taz said.
“But the thing is, with these people, a lot of them have money. They have a very strict, tight schedule. So you might get a call the very next day saying, We’ve actually got two buyers, one’s coming in at 12, and one coming in at three. You just keep walking buyers through, and you always make yourself available.”
Britt added that beyond that, they wanted to be there in case they crossed paths with a potential buyer during a promotional event.
“Even sponsors will be walking through every day, from pretty much eight o’clock till sometimes 10 o’clock at night, there were numerous events in the house. And, sometimes you just don’t know who’s in the room. You don’t know who’s who. We treat everyone the same, whether it be a cleaner, whether it be a billionaire, because you just honestly don’t know. So I think the fact that we could talk to numerous people was a huge benefit.”
Britt and Taz’s hard work certainly paid off! Huge congrats to the winning couple.
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