This week, we talk with architectural lighting designer Mandi Kontos of Beacon Lighting, who worked with Omar and Oz on The Block this year to help light their winning home. Mandi talks about her role on The Block, and how much The Block influences new homeowners. She shares her knowledge of lighting trends, seven-star rating and what it’s like to work under pressure.
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This week, Kate Deegan of CSR talks about her role on The Block as an interior designer helping the contestants choose bricks for their houses, as well as how homeowners can find their own style with their new build.
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This week, Sam Badenhop of Getting You Plastered shares why he loves working on The Block, and what he’s learnt over his career as a plasterer – plus his favourite Gyprock products.
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This week, real estate agent and former The Block contestant, Jesse Raeburn talks about his passion for The Block, his involvement this year and why he keeps coming back.
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This week, Dulux colour forecaster and stylist Bree Leech talks about her role as a trend forecaster, where interior trends originate, sustainability and how styling adds a personal touch (and personality) to your home.
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This week, Spence Thomson – a contestant from 2018, who returned to The Block in 2022 to be one of the builders on Scott Cam’s house – shares why he loves working on The Block (especially now he’s away from the cameras), how he has embraced sustainable building projects and what he’s learnt over a multi-decade career in building.
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This week, Matt from Elevate Building Group (the builder for Rachel & Ryan’s house) shares why he loves working on The Block, how it helped him launch his own building company and how he manages to build a whole house in a tight timeframe (a room a week!) amongst all the cameras.
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This week, Adrian of Cursio Tiling talks about the fun and challenges of working on The Block, being part of The Block family, why he was honoured to be chosen by Scott Cam to work on his home and why he loves the Manhattan collection by PGH Bricks.
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This week, Rebeka Morgan from BuildHer Collective talks about empowering homeowners to build their dream home, what it’s like to be a woman in the building industry, and how The Block inspires Australians, as well as practical advice on managing your next build.
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This week, CSR’s own Mark Thomason chats to Lynne about being a major project manager with the company, responsible for the logistics behind the supply of building materials to The Block. He shares what it’s like to work on a major building project amongst mud, strict timelines and lots of cameras.
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This week on our new podcast, host Lynne Testoni chats with Carl Swanson from Velux about working with CSR products, particularly Gyprock plasterboard to build the many, many skylights used in the houses on The Block this year.
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The first guest this season, Aidan O’Shannessy and his team from Nine In Six have been working with The Block for 11 years and he shares what it’s like managing a huge construction job that is complicated by bad weather, newbie renovators and tight timeframes – and lots of cameras.
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