The Block 2025 | Week 3 Main Ensuite

For some, bold choices and luxury were the order of the day, with beautifully executed wet rooms that will catch a buyer’s eye. Others went for country charm and practicality, and some missed the mark entirely.

Han & Can (First place)

With its showstopper resin bath and bowls and complementing Block Shop artworks, Reece fittings, cladding, bold colour choices, and high-end fixtures (a dimmer in the bathroom? “That’s genius,” Marty gushed. Han & Can’s main ensuite was a game changer, the judges agreed. “Now that is marketable!” Marty said.

“Mind-blowing,” Shaynna added. “A punch in the face with a velvet glove,” Darren added. Sitting in the bath, looking up through the Velux skylight, Shaynna noted the perfect execution and well-planned styling, including Ginger Living Essential Oils and the Al.ive Shampoo, Conditioner, and Wash plus Hand Bodywash and Lotion sets, all adding up to the ideal space for the area.

Emma & Ben (Second place)

With country browns softened by a pink-undertoned Beaumont Tile, this room was mid-century Western at its best, Darren said as he took in Ben & Emma’s main ensuite. “Yee hah!” he yelled, “I love it!”

From the shower big enough for all three judges at once to the nib wall with a curved glass topper, “rich organic and classy” tapware, and a beautiful Zuster vanity and shaving cabinet, layered with styling touches including the Ginger Living Essential Oils and
the Al.ive Shampoo Conditioner and Wash sets that brought it all together.   

This was a team heading in the right direction, Shaynna said. Only the lighting plan let them down, all three judges agreed, with the moodiness of the space not enough to balance the lack of practicality.

Robby & Mat (Third place)

Grass cloth wallpaper, textured tiles, a spacious vanity, and the perfect tiles and tapware, this was a bathroom that felt, Marty said, “International… like a high-end London hotel.” But was it perfect?

Not quite, Shaynna said. Even with the beautiful Al.ive Skincare set, incense holder, and handwash and lotion set, the styling was a bit clichéd, cluttered, and not quite luxe enough.

A second showerhead would have been a great idea, Marty added, and more attention to details such as grout lines should be taken. Sophisticated but lacking the punch of Houses one and two, this was a good bathroom, he said, but it could have been great.

Sonny & Alicia (Fourth place)

“Ooh la la!” said Darren as he took in the huge slab tiles from Beaumont in Sonny & Alicia’s main bathroom. “That’s pretty!” As a background for a stylish and sophisticated space, with a beautiful Nood Co bath and matching basin, the perfect vanity, and the best styling the judges had seen. 

It was a room that would photograph beautifully, Marty said, and draw buyers in. But by changing the room’s layout, the toilet was now on display as you entered the room, he pointed out, and that was a worry. 

The main pieces felt pushed into corners, with vacant space in the centre. Eight out of ten buyers would still love this, Marty said, but was that enough?

Britt & Taz (Fifth place)

Twin nib walls separating the shower area from the bathroom were a great idea, the judges said as they walked into Britt & Taz’s bathroom, but did the shower really need to be bigger than the rest of the room?

 “I’m not sure that’s the right decision,” Marty said, and his fellow judges soon agreed. The twin showerheads next to each other were a nice touch, they thought. The stone on the vanity brought a calm and tranquil feeling, as did the Ginger Living Crystal Candle and Hand and Body Oil. 

But the tapware should have been a different colour, and the whole space just felt odd with so much real estate devoted to the shower. "It was nice," Marty finished, "but with the floor-to-ceiling tiles and no bath in the too-large shower area, it felt less like a bathroom and more like an abattoir." Ouch!

See the rooms in more detail in our room gallery.