<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/broadbeach-qld-4218">Broadbeach</a> offers plenty of reasons to live vertically, but moving from a substantial family home into an apartment can expose the compromises of high-density living. Privacy, room for guests and usable living space tend to matter more when an apartment is intended as a permanent home rather than an occasional coastal base.

A typical residential floor at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-eveleigh-broadbeach-7-9-surf-parade-broadbeach-qld-4218">The Eveleigh</a>, on Surf Parade,&nbsp;contains just four apartments. The 94-residence development by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/hirsch-faigen">Hirsch &amp; Faigen</a> is predominantly made up of expansive three-bedroom homes, with a limited collection of half-floor penthouses above.

Across the apartment floors, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/rothelowman">Rothelowman</a> has used the relatively limited number of residences to give each home greater access to natural light and outlook. Living spaces extend towards full-height glazing, while a series of bay windows frame selected views across the Pacific Ocean, city and hinterland rather than treating the building edge as a continuous wall of glass.

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“The apartment floors deliver a collection of homes that embrace controlled outlook via a series of bay windows deliberately framing moments of view,” Rothelowman Director Kim Lowman said.

From outside, those projecting forms contribute to the tower’s faceted profile. Strong horizontal and vertical elements establish its proportions, while the changing position of the sun alters the light, shadow and reflection across the façade throughout the day.

The same attention moves inside the apartments, where the material palette combines warm timber, natural stone, metallic detailing and softer curved forms. Kitchens sit within the main living zone, with stone island benches, integrated joinery and European appliances, before the living areas extend towards the glazing and the outlook.

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Three genuine bedrooms provide room to accommodate family and guests, while two secure car spaces and storage address some of the practical considerations that can become more noticeable when moving from a larger home. Feedback from the display suite has centred on the warmth and restraint of the interiors, with buyers commenting that the residences feel like homes rather than conventional coastal apartments.

A limited collection of half-floor penthouses occupies the upper levels, increasing the scale of the living spaces and adding private balconies and elevated finishes. From this position, the outlook extends between the ocean and hinterland.

Outside the private residences, The Eveleigh separates its shared spaces between the podium and rooftop. The podium is centred on wellness, with subtropical landscaping surrounding a swimming pool and pool terrace, yoga garden, private gymnasium, sauna and hot and cold plunge facilities. Landscaped retreats and pavilions provide additional places to sit away from the main recreation areas.

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Higher in the building, a rooftop pavilion and private dining suite sit alongside resident lounge, barbecue and outdoor dining areas, opening towards panoramic views across the ocean, city and hinterland.

“Buyers are no longer just looking for an apartment, but a lifestyle where they can relax, reset, and enjoy a balanced way of living,” Hirsch &amp; Faigen Director of Sales Matt George said.

Interest to date has come from established owner-occupiers and interstate lifestyle purchasers, including buyers planning a future move to the Gold Coast. Many are coming from larger homes and want to reduce ongoing maintenance without giving up space for family and guests, privacy, two car spaces or the ability to entertain at home.

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Much of that daily life can also take place beyond the building without requiring a drive. Kurrawa Beach and Pratten Park are an easy walk from Surf Parade, while Pacific Fair, Oracle Boulevard, The Oasis, restaurants, cafés, entertainment and public transport are also within walking distance.

The Eveleigh is Hirsch &amp; Faigen's fourth Gold Coast development since entering the market in 2021, following The Hemingway at Palm Beach, The Emerson at Kirra and Yves at Mermaid Beach. Each of the preceding projects sold out before completion.

“Broadbeach had been on our radar throughout our time operating on the Gold Coast,” the developer said. “Following our projects in Palm Beach, Kirra and Mermaid Beach, Broadbeach represented the natural next step for the business.”

The Surf Parade site brought together proximity to the beach, protected coastal outlooks and walkability to dining, shopping and recreation. Hirsch &amp; Faigen also identified the street as an emerging premium residential address, with enough separation from Broadbeach's busier destinations to retain a quieter environment at home.

The Eveleigh is now under construction by Maxcon, with completion forecast for mid-2028. Three-bedroom residences are currently available from $2.87 million.

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The Eveleigh brings house-like apartments to Broadbeach

A long-stalled Campbelltown development site is back in play, with new plans for 139 apartments set to supersede a mixed-use scheme approved almost a decade ago but never built.

The new proposal for 28 Cordeaux Street would deliver 116 market and 23 affordable apartments in a part 14-storey building, bringing a substantial new project into a Campbelltown market where new apartment supply remains limited.

Plans have been filed over the 3,092 sqm corner site at Moore-Oxley Street, around 600 metres from Campbelltown Railway Station and the city-centre retail core.

The site already carries a mixed-use residential approval dating to 2016. Doroch Architects has now been engaged on a larger replacement scheme, which is progressing as a State Significant Development Application following a Housing Delivery Authority determination in August 2025.

The apartment mix comprises 39 one-bedroom, 72 two-bedroom and 28 three-bedroom residences. Two-bedroom apartments make up just over half of the project, while three-bedroom homes account for 20 per cent.

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Of the 139 apartments, 23 will be delivered as affordable housing under the in-fill affordable housing provisions of the Housing SEPP. The affordable component represents 15 per cent of the residential gross floor area and will be managed by a registered Community Housing Provider.

Doroch has sought to break the scale of the building into two distinct elements, with a masonry podium of around four storeys establishing the street edge before the residential tower steps back above.

The corner position has shaped that approach. Cordeaux Street faces toward the commercial and civic centre, while Moore-Oxley Street leads into the lower-scale residential neighbourhood to the south, and the design verification report describes the site as "bridging the commercial core to the north and established residential areas to the south."

The podium will be expressed predominantly in face brick, while the upper levels shift to brushed and grooved concrete cladding with darker metal detailing. Recessed sections, deep balcony edges and landscaping break down the upper form, with an approximately 11.8-metre setback to the northern boundary addressing the adjoining St Peters Anglican School.

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Campbelltown has been starved of new residential developments in the last decade.

The only other notable development set to come to market this year is ALAND's Queen Square, a mixed-use precinct on over two hectares that will comprise apartments above a vibrant ground-level retail and hospitality dining precinct.

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First Look: Sherlock Construction pitches apartments for low-rise Deception Bay

Queensland builder-developer MAYD has revealed the first look at its major North Kirra beachfront development, lodging amended plans that reduce the number of apartments and increase the proportion of larger residences.

The project is planned across a substantial 4,742 sqm amalgamated site spanning seven lots at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/2-6-pacific-parade-bilinga-qld-4225">2-6 Pacific Parade</a> and 27-33 Golden Four Drive in Bilin​ga, directly opposite Nor​th Kirra Beach.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/mayd-group">MAYD</a> secured the site for $32.5 million in 2025, in what was one of the Gold Coast's largest property transactions of the year.

The development will be delivered across two stages, with the first stage carrying an estimated gross realisation value of around $360 million.

The latest amendments seek to reduce the overall apartment count and shift the project further toward the owner-occupier market, with larger residences designed for buyers wanting considerably more space than traditionally offered in a beachfront apartment.

The residential mix will include townhomes, oversized two-bedroom apartments, substantial three-bedroom residences and four-bedroom homes.

MAYD has appointed Cera Stribley to lead the architecture and interiors, with the Melbourne-based design practice drawing on the beachfront setting through a series of ocean-facing terraces and heavily landscaped balconies.

Strong horizontal forms and curved balconies will define the exterior, with subtropical landscaping integrated throughout the building to soften the built form and increase the connection between the residences and the beachfront.

The project will also include an extensive collection of resident wellness and lifestyle facilities, continuing the broader shift across the Gold Coast's luxury apartment market toward larger homes supported by resort-style amenity.

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MAYD Founder Todd Mould said North Kirra was increasingly appealing to buyers attracted to the more established, lower-density character of the southern Gold Coast.

"North Kirra presents one of the most compelling luxury residential opportunities currently emerging in Australia, combining absolute beachfront with the character and authenticity that buyers are increasingly seeking, and the same sense of tight-knit community that defined Burleigh and Currumbin perhaps 10 or 15 years ago," Mould said.

"With Gold Coast Airport on its doorstep, it also offers a level of accessibility that broadens its appeal across almost every market demographic."

The project comes as the southern Gold Coast continues to attract an increasing share of high-end apartment development and buyer activity.

Kirra in particular has emerged as one of the region's more tightly held beachfront markets, with its relatively low-density character, established surf and hospitality scene and proximity to Gold Coast Airport differentiating it from the higher-density markets further north.

Mould said those characteristics had informed the approach MAYD and Cera Stribley had taken to the project.

"We've worked closely with Cera Stribley to create a vision that is deeply connected to its surroundings," he said.

"Inspired by the coastline itself, the architecture has been shaped around space, privacy and resort-style living, creating a collection of homes that reflects the next generation of luxury on the southern Gold Coast."

MOTIV Managing Director Carly Cottam, who has been appointed to market the project, said buyer attention had continued to move south along the Gold Coast.

"Purchasers who may once have defaulted to Broadbeach, Main Beach or Surfers Paradise are increasingly recognising the value of a genuine beachfront location that offers lower density, strong amenity and a more established sense of community," Cottam said.

"Kirra has a powerful combination of growing demand and genuine scarcity. Beachfront supply is inherently constrained, the area remains relatively low density, and buyers are increasingly placing a premium on locations that feel established, uncrowded and authentic rather than heavily developed."

Cottam said the proximity to Gold Coast Airport was also proving increasingly important for interstate and second-home buyers.

"Being minutes from Gold Coast Airport makes it particularly compelling for interstate buyers, frequent travellers and second-home purchasers who can access an authentic coastal lifestyle almost immediately after stepping off a flight."

The acquisition takes MAYD's active development portfolio to more than $500 million, with the North Kirra project representing one of its largest undertakings to date.

MAYD is targeting an early 2027 launch.

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Castle Hill, the longtime hub of the Hills District, has been one of the major beneficiaries of Sydney's Metro expansion, with improved connectivity helping drive continued population growth, development and buyer demand across the Hills District.

But despite that growth, the suburb has seen relatively few major new apartment projects brought to market over the past 18 months.

Hills District developer Reve Group is looking to fill that gap with <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/nova-r-ve-castle-hill-2-garthowen-crescent-castle-hill-nsw-2154">Nova Rêve</a>, a major new mixed-use precinct on the corner of Garthowen Crescent and Old Castle Hill Road, a short walk from Castle Hill Metro Station and Castle Towers.

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The project will comprise three residential towers alongside a hotel, restaurants, cafes and a skybar, more than 1,600 sqm of ground-floor retail and almost an acre of landscaped gardens.

It represents the largest project undertaken by Reve Group, the development arm of the Kassis family, which has been building across the Hills District for more than 30 years through Kassis Homes.

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Nova Rêve also represents a significant step up from the family's first apartment development, Grand Rêve, which was delivered nearby on Garthowen Crescent.

Grand Rêve introduced larger, house-like apartment layouts and premium inclusions including Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances to the Castle Hill market.

Nova Rêve takes that approach to a precinct scale, combining the residential component with hospitality, retail and substantial public and resident landscaping.

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Reve Group Managing Director Sam Kassis said the project reflected the family's three decades of building in the Hills, which has evolved from trophy homes on quarter-acre blocks to larger-scale apartment development.

"Grand Rêve was our first apartment project here and it showed us what this pocket of Castle Hill could be. Nova Rêve is the refinement of that idea: not just apartments, but a place the whole suburb can use," Kassis said.

A key part of that approach is the hotel, which has been designed to operate as an amenity for the wider Castle Hill community rather than solely hotel guests.

It will include restaurants, cafes, skybars and all-day dining, alongside conference and event facilities catering to business functions, community groups and private events.

At ground level, more than 1,600 sqm of shops and cafes will open onto the surrounding streets and landscaped areas.

Almost an acre of gardens designed by Land and Form Studios will run through the precinct, incorporating pathways, seating, barbecue areas and children's play spaces.

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Reve Group's Romio Georges said creating an active ground plane had been central to the planning of Nova Rêve.

"There are gardens with pathways, barbecues, seating and play areas, shops and cafes opening onto the street, and a hotel with restaurants and a skybar that anyone in Castle Hill can walk into," Georges said.

The project's elevated position on one of Sydney's highest ridgelines will also provide apartments with outlooks toward the Sydney skyline, surrounding parkland and the Blue Mountains.

More than 80 per cent of the apartments will occupy corner positions, with Turner responsible for both the architecture and interiors.

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Location Location Location Australia has returned to the Lifestyle Channel for its third season.
The premiere episode of the house hunting show saw co-host Bryce Holdaway lending a hand to South Australian retirees Genevieve and Trevor, while Veronica Morgan busily searched for a house for parents Michael and Naomi in Sydney.
Woollhara renters Michael and Naomi were after a house in Sydney's eastern suburbs, but had a long list of specifications that they had trouble budging on. With a $2.4 million budget, Michael, a partner at a law firm, and Naomi, a sales manager at Facebook, were after a family home that would fit their three kids and grumpy french bulldog, Winston.
The busy couple were hoping for a four bedroom house, with all four bedrooms on a single level to suit their young children. First, they tried a <a href="/news">Bondi</a> home on a narrow plot, with an unassuming facade and contemporary interiors. The open plan home with a $2.25 million price guide piqued their interest, but space and layout was an issue, requiring two of their three children to share a bedroom. Veronica encouraged the couple to stretch their expectations with a North Bridge family house on a large sloping plot. There was plenty of space for the children, but again, the bedrooms were split over two levels. Naomi and Michael noted the home felt "like a grown up house", and weren't quite ready to pack up and head to suburbia quite yet. They also visited a home in <a href="/news">Willoughby</a>, closer to the city and on a big corner block. But the renovated and extended period single storey home, with five bedrooms on a single level, didn't appeal to Naomi, despite its listing price of $1.9 million making it the cheapest of all the homes they visited. In the end, Veronica concluded that the couple would take the eastern suburbs or nothing, and showed Naomi and Michael a Willoughby stunner which had incredible views to the city. Although practicality was a major issue in the house, the couple were smitten. Unfortunately, other buyers were even  more exuberant on auction day, and Michael and Naomi didn't even get a bid in. The house was listed with $2.4 million expectations, and sold for $2.82 million. In Adelaide, Bryce was busy searching for a home for retirees and former vineyard owners Genevieve and Trevor. They had a price limit of $700,000 and were after a three bedroom, modern home close to the CBD. First stop was stone cottage in <a href="/news">Tranmere</a>. Listed for $645,000 to $665,000, the home had street appeal but the interior layout wasn't a winner, nor was the size. Bryce, noting the couple's need to compromise between size and location, pushed the couple further out, to the northern suburb of <a href="/news">Paradise</a>. There, Genevieve and Trevor saw a four bedroom renovated 1970s bungalow, with an outdoor deck and pool. Again, the couple wasn't blown away - Trevor was particularly unmoved by the house, which had an odd laundry and kitchenette installed in the fourth bedroom. So Bryce hauled in Veronica for some backup, and the pair found a home in <a href="/news">Walkley Heights</a>, 20 minutes from Adelaide's CBD. Though the new suburb is further out than Genevieve and Trevor initially wanted, he thought they might like the house itself - and he was right. The single storey home (pictured in the gallery above) with limestone frontage had open plan living areas, with an additional separate living space for Trevor to use as a "man cave". There was also a pool and a substantially sized garage. Sitting on a 731 square metre block, the house had plenty of space for visitors. According to the listing information, the home was built in 2006. Listed at $699,000, it was right at the couple's upper price limit, but they were clearly taken with the house from the get go. After gauging interest in the property, Bryce put in an offer with the real estate agent and the couple snapped up the home for $699,000. Genevieve and Trevor were thrilled with the result, and a follow up with the couple showed them very happy with their new purchase.
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Third season of Location Location Location Australia premieres

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Property program Location Location Location Australia will be back on the Lifestyle Channel tonight with its third season.
The reality television show follows hosts Bryce Holdaway and Veronica Morgan as they help families searching for a new home.
Every episode, the intrepid hosts split up to help two different prospective buyers, who each have different requirements for their dream purchase.  Bryce and Veronica travel the country, searching for properties and negotiating purchases.
Location Location Location Australia doesn't focus on one particular type of buyer, but on a range of different house hunters, from first home buyers to downsizers and those moving on from difficult family circumstances. 
Tonight's episode will show Bryce searching for a house for retired Barossa vineyard owners who want to move to Adelaide and find an more modern home. Genevieve and Trevor are moving from a vineyard that's been in the family for more than 100 years, and are being forced to sell due to drought and the financial downturn.
Meanwhile, Vanessa is helping busy Sydney parents Michael and Naomi, who are renting a four storey Woollahra terrace with their young children (and one grumpy french bulldog called Winston). They're hoping to stay in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
The show's third season premieres at 8:30pm on the Lifestyle Channel. 
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Adelaide House Rules winners Carly Shulz and Leighton Brow achieved their success last July.
Now <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-caringbah-116118699" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.3em;">they have spent $1.01 million at Caringbah South</a>.
Just what they plan for the three bedroom house remains to be seen as they have put it up for rent at $750 a week while they sell in Adelaide.
The new Sydney was marketed as "ideally positioned".
Situated on the high side of a cul-de-sac, the home on 796 square metres was offered for the first time.
It is located close to Yowie Bay.
"Ideally suited to renovate and recreate your new home," listing agent Peter James from Peter James Realty Caringbah said.
The young Adelaide couple was crowned the renovation show's inaugural winners last July.
They got their house renovated and got their mortgage paid off.
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On their win, Brow said they were considering going into property development.
"I renovate houses anyway for a living, so we'll just step it up," he indicated.
"I'll maybe get Carly as a (business) partner and get into developing.
"She can do the nice colour choice and interior decorating."
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Adelaide House Rules winners Carly and Leighton spend $1 million at Caringbah South

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The premiere of Nine Network's increasingly cruel reality renovation series The Block attracted 1.374 million viewers.
Host Scott Cam toyed with the constantant teams who got a first look inside the massive 1980s office block conversion project in Prahran.
At times the lack of hard hats - especially when hastily ripping down the office bock ceiling - almost appeared close to downright dangerous.
Sunday night's Nine News sat in second place with MasterChef in third place after drawing an audience of 1.261 million, according OzTAM's figures.
The Block was possibly the highest rating program of Sunday night due to the network’s decision to simulcast the show across its multi-channel, Go! and Gem in the 6.30pm time slot against Seven’s X Factor which had an audience of 1.14 million.
Meanwhile the ABC's architectural show Grand Designs <a href="https://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs/articles/all/east-devon-suppliers" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.3em;">featuring East Devon cob-style home</a> sat strongly in sixth spot with 988,000 viewers, beating both 60 Minutes and Sunday Night.
Host Kevin McCloud was tracking the process of a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8knaVoipcGc" target="_blank">snail-shell shaped cob house </a>which used ancient building material and 21st century technology. Its made from mud, straw, water, clay and sand.
Kevin McCabe was the owner builder, wrestling houses out of mud using his bare hands for his proposed house formed of two vast curved cob roundhouses - the largest of which is inspired by the natural geometry of a snail shell.
The latest Block Glasshouse ratings sit within prior Block premiere audiences which included The Block Sky High premiere in South Melbourne of 1.312 million.
The Block All Stars at Bondi premiered with just 959,000 viewers tuning in, and the first-night set in South Melbourne with four adjoining Dorcas Street terraces rated an average 1.4 million viewers.
The Block's 2011’s Melbourne debut had 1,342,000 viewers for the Richmond cottage renovation.
The most recent Albert Park series, The Block Fans v Faves  secured a 1.14 million opening night five capital city audience.
 
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Kevin's Devon snail shell house sneaks up behind The Block Glasshouse in ratings

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If you're hoping to compete in the next season of Seven's House Rules, you'd better act fast.
Seven will only accept applications for the next two days, with the process closing on 30 July.
Don't panic - if you and prospective reno partner can sit down and describe yourselves, your home and <a href="/expert-insights/building/house-rules-season-three-do-you-have-what-it-takes">any past violent episodes</a>, you can still be in the running for House Rules season three.
You'll be one step closer to having your home renovated by a competing team of strangers, and if all goes to plan, you could end up like <a href="/expert-insights/building/underdogs-adam-and-lisa-win-house-rules-season-two">season two winners Adam and Lisa</a> or season <a href="/news/carly-and-leighton-crowned-house-rules-winners-with-450-000-adelaide-mortgage-wiped-clean">one winners Carly and Leighton</a>, who had their mortgages wiped clean.
South Australian couple Carly and Leighton are now selling their renovated home, after Seven cleared their mortgage. They originally purchased the Warradale house in 2012 for $450,000.
The three bedroom, two bathroom 1950s house with a stone facade has an open plan interior with floorboards throughout the living spaces. The north-facing backyard has an outdoor entertaining area and lawns, with a detached studio with bar that could double as a home theatre room or bedroom.
While listing agents Troy Tyndall and Nicholas Hage of Toop&amp;Toop Norwood note that $400,000 were spent on renovations on the house, they make no mention of its House Rules history.
According to The Herald Sun, Carly and Leighton have purchased a home in Sydney, with plans to move interstate and "follow their renovation dreams".
Would-be winners can apply at the <a href="https://au.tv.yahoo.com/house-rules/#page1" target="_blank">House Rules </a><a href="https://au.tv.yahoo.com/house-rules/#page1" target="_blank">website</a>.
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The Lifestyle Channel’s Selling Houses Australia will return next year, with filming currently taking place.
It seems filming for the new season began at the start of this month, with host Andrew Winters tweeting the following:
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As always, the locations for the new season are a tightly held secret, but Winters offers a little clue with this tweet:
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Winter, along with interior designer and The Block judge Shaynna Blaze and landscape designer Charlie Albone, will be helping home owners who are desperate to sell their properties, which might be struggling to attract buyers due to poor staging, bad conditions or the sellers’ attitudes.
Winter has been in the real estate business since he was 17, selling homes in Central London and Australia and imported his television franchise from England, where he was the host of Selling Houses – he was also the host of another spin off, Selling Houses Abroad.
Blaze is also a familiar face in renovation reality TV as a judge on The Block, with Belle Magazine editor-in-chief Neale Whittaker and interior designer Darren Palmer. Not to be beaten by Winter and Blaze, Albone has hosted other Lifestyle Channel shows including The Party Garden and Charlie and the Flower Show.
Selling Houses Australia makes a point of tackling particularly difficult to sell houses, including the three bedroom <a href="/news/nt/even-selling-houses-australias-andrew-winter-renos-didnt-turn-the-tide-on-rapid-creek-darwin-apartment-offering">apartment of boilermaker Robert Crispe</a>, which even Winter couldn’t  help - the home failed to sell at its filmed auction. 
If you have a home you’re hoping to offload, applications for the show are open through the <a href="https://www.lifestyle.com.au/tv/selling-houses-australia/apply/" target="_blank">Lifestyle Channel’s website</a>.
The application reads:
“Can't sell your home and need a makeover from the team? We want to hear from you!
“Selling Houses Australia are always searching for homes that will offer fresh challenges for the team. They've been hit with just about every real estate nightmare from on site pylons to flood affected homes, to inner city hovels but there are always more testing property scenarios out there and more home owners in unique circumstances.
“So, if your home is stagnating on the market with no buyer in sight then register now. Try to be as specific as possible with your dilemma whether it be location, décor, or an urgent need for a sale.
“Please note: your house must be on the market to qualify and must remain on the market after the makeover until it sells."
Applicants are asked to provide their contact details, descriptions of their home and its selling history (including the time it’s been on market, the agent’s details and the house price). They are also asked whether they are Foxtel subscribers. 
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Selling Houses Australia now filming 2015 season

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While Channel Seven’s House Rules would have us believe that the contestants are the typical Aussie battlers, some argue that their property portfolios say otherwise.
Doubts over the accuracy of the contestants’ portrayal on the show began after Woman’s Day reported that five of the six couples owned at least one other investment property.
Western Australian couple Russell and Carole have attracted the lion’s share of the criticism, with reports that the have a $2.3 million property portfolio. Among their assets is <a href="https://mandurah.harcourts.com.au/Property/560898/WMU22784/14-Leisure-Way" target="_blank">this three bedroom Halls Head home</a>, selling through Harcourts Mandurah.
The canal front home is currently listed for $1.17 million, and is described as without doubt one of Mandurah's iconic waterfront homes,” by selling agent Clare Seamer, who notes that the “sellers are keen to sell as is with all of the furnishings included.”
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The house has an outdoor woodfire pizza oven in its al fresco dining area, its own private jetty and a spa bath.
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Russell and Carole, whose names both appear on the title documents, purchased the home in June 2012 for $1,100,000. It’s been on the market since early April, just before the couple made their television debut. The property was advertised to rent for $750 per week in August 2012, with a yield of 3.55%
According to Woman’s Day, the couple are also part-owners of a $650,000 “luxury apartment”, while The Daily Mail reports that Russell is also listed as the owner of properties in Western Australia’s Boya, Ascot and Woodvale.
But House Rules host Joanna Griggs has called comments that the contestants aren’t battlers “utter bollocks”.
The host took to radio station WSFM 107.1 to defend the teams, saying apartment identified by Woman’s Day was “the apartment Channel Seven put them in during the course of the filming when they’re not allowed in their homes”.
Woman’s Day also reports that Candy and Ryan don’t actually live in the house that was renovated for House Rules, according to neighbours. The show’s rules don’t require contestants to only own one property, but the property that is renovated must be their primary residence. Ryan, who has split from Candy since filming the show, also reportedly owns another house in the same Western Sydney suburb.
Townsville team Maddi and Lloyd also own two homes, according to the magazine, with their property portfolio valued at $940,000. South Australians Mel and Bomber reportedly have three homes between them. The magazine estimates that Bomber’s other home is worth around $400,000, while Mel also has a home in Adelaide.
Woman’s Day claims that Melbourne couple Lisa and Adam have a $520,000 four bedroom house outside Melbourne’s CBD, bringing their property holdings to $1.2 million. Griggs says that house was purchased by Adam with his father, but that Adam sold his share of the property when he purchased the house seen on the show.
Meanwhile, it seems that eliminated contestants Brooke and Grant, at times portrayed as the villains of the series, are the only couple without other property holdings. The farmstead that houses their seven children appears to be the couple’s only residence. 
While Channel Seven has released <a href="/expert-insights/building/channel-7-s-house-rules-the-contestants-and-their-mortgages">the mortgages associated</a> with the homes renovated on the show, it is unclear how much debt is attached to the contestant's other properties. 
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House Rules contestants hardly on struggle street, say critics

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The eight level, 34-room octagonal-shaped Hotel Saville in South Yarra sold recently with the whispered buyer being Channel 9’s The Block.
As there's no confirmation from the Colliers International selling agents Ben Baines and Ted Dwyer, Title Tattle was yet to be convinced either way.
But the exclusive speculative report by the Melbourne Herald Sun was worth mentioning, especially as The Block never confirm anything until they want it out there.
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Source: Sydney Daily Telegraph 
<a href="/expert-insights/investing/the-block-south-yarra-octagonal-hotel-saville-mystery">Property Observer's initial article</a> also noted, almost as an afterthought, that in 2002 the hotel was in the news after it was alleged Reservoir man Shane Chartres-Abbott violently raped a client in a hotel suite, with part of her tongue missing.
The gigolo Chartres-Abbott was arrested shortly after the attack with the victim's blood on his pants and her phone in his bag. With the forensic evidence, medical reports, the victim's testimony and witness statements, Chartres-Abbott presented a bizarre, headline-grabbing defence that he was a 200-year-old vampire.
Chartres-Abbott was <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-14/man-admits-to-killing-melbourne-vampire-gigolo/5452674" target="_blank">subsequently executed outside his Reservoir home in 2003</a> as he left for the County Court during the rape trial.
But such a connection proved waywardly, irresistible for the Sydney Daily Telegraph who even made it their newsagency poster headline.
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The journalists got it right, but the subsequent spruiking of the story including its front page banner didn't. All very wrong, as no murder took place at the South Yarra hotel. And the rape victim was not murdered.
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Wendy Moore has nominated her top five favourite items from this season’s renovations.
The House Rules judge and Home Beautiful magazine editor told The West Australian which design objects caught her eye.
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The Rita print from Candy and Ryan’s house. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/c_scale,w_580,q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/po.images/2014/06/23/Rita-Vintage-Style-Canvas-189x139cm-Selected-Stores-Only.jpg" alt=""> The vintage style print from <a href="https://www.freedom.com.au/homewares/decorator-accents/wall-art/23397224/rita-vintage-style-canvas-189x139cm-selected-stores-only/" target="_blank">Freedom </a>was chosen by Carole and Russell, matching the yellow light shades over their kitchen. “It suited the house rules perfectly,” Moore told The West Australian. Carole and Russell won the highest score for their zone in Candy and Ryan’s house. 
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The ant-cap lights from Bomber and Mel’s house. Brooke and Grant grabbed some ant-caps from Bomber’s shed to create new lamp shades in their lounge room. Moore called the ant-cap lights “a really clever concept.” 
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The bedhead from Adam and Lisa’s house. <img src="https://www.urban.com.au/images/2014/06/23/Capture.JPG" alt=""> The <a href="https://www.heatherlydesign.com.au/product/waldorf/" target="_blank">Warldorf bedhead by Heatherly Design</a> that Maddi and Lloyd was summed up in two words: “luxury and style” 
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The blackwood bench from Brooke and Grant’s house. Halston Joinery made the custom blackwood bench in Brooke and Grant’s entrance, which had a pigeon hole for each of their seven children. 
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The bath from Brooke and Grant’s house. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/c_scale,w_580,q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/po.images/2014/06/23/bath-june-23-one.jpg" alt=""> Brooke and Grant were also given a freestanding bath. "The <a href="https://www.reece.com.au/bathrooms/products/kado-lure-1760-freestanding-oval-bath-white-9502377" target="_blank">Kado Classic freestanding bath</a> from Reece fits perfectly within a 100-year-old farmhouse," said Moore. "A great modern version of a classic look."</li>
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Wendy Moore’s top five finds from House Rules

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Channel 9 has released its initial video revealing the contestant couples for its next renovation suction series of The Block Glasshouse.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6gZP26PqR4&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">There is no date yet set for </a>the series start, but it is expected to air after the current season of The Voice wraps.
The contestants include retired AFL ruckman <a href="/expert-insights/buying/former-afl-ruckman-darren-jolly-sells-surrey-hills-and-joins-the-block-prahran">Darren Jolly</a> and his wife Deanne.
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Photo courtesy of Channel 9/Facebook.
The video suggests <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheBlock" target="_blank">The Block</a> has responded slightly to past criticism over its lack of diversity.
It was something that the executive producer Julian Cress had been keen to reverse, thwarted as past Block series applications had resulted in fewer than 4% of applicants being other than Caucasian.
The Block, now into its 9th series, has previously had contestants with Italian, Greek and Lebanese heritage. There will be a contestant of Asian heritage in the series.
The Block was one of the first TV shows in the world to cast a gay couple in its initial 2003 series.
In 2014 Tasmania gets its first contestants, sibling guys, Shannon and Simon in the Glasshouse. 
The other contestants are Michael and Carlene from the Gold Coast; Karstan and Maxine from Newcastle; and Jenna and Chris from Sydney.
The next Channel 9 series of The Block Glasshouse is set for the<a href="/news/the-block-shifting-to-high-street-prahran-after-objectors-fail-to-lodge-vcat-appeal"> busy cosmopolitan High Street, Prahran</a> where some <a href="/developments/prahran-vic-3181">36% of the population are singles</a>.
There are five contestant couples, although the development proposal will see six split-level atrium apartments above two restaurants in a converted Prahran office block.
The production company, Watercress spent $8.25 million on the 1980s office building near trendy Chapel Street and opposite Swinburne University's Prahran campus last August.
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The $2.5 million Brenchley Architects infill works schedule for <a href="https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/property/2010600795/for-sale/vic/prahran/offices" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">the three-storey 3,540-square-metre building</a> (pictured above) will be mostly internally, but sought car parking dispensation and a waiver of loading and unloading requirements in association with the food and drink premises.
Feature photo courtesy of Channel 9/Facebook.
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