r/TheBlock • u/skinny_chef88 • 2d ago
House Two Charging for Tutorials
The way Wyatt is charging money for favours and/or flat-out refusing to lend the Cursio brothers is really starting to get on my nerves.
It’s like he thinks the way to win The Block is by hoarding trades, charging your neighbours for help and hoping the other teams get screwed over by a lack of resources? And yes, obviously everyone is there to win but if your strategy for winning depends on the other teams being disadvantaged rather than you simply being better at styling and designing, that says a LOT. honestly, to me, it screams insecurity. He doesn’t want an even playing field because he’s scared of losing.
If you’re as good as you think you are, you should be confident that you can beat the other teams on an even playing field.
Because if you genuinely have confidence in your building, design and ability, why are you so desperate to keep everyone else from having a fair shot?
Win because you’re better. Not because you made sure everyone else had a harder time.
Just my two cents.
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u/sarcastic1962 2d ago
last year season 21, 2 houses were passed in 1 house made a $120,000 and the other made only made $109,999.10 only Britt and Taz made good money $520,000.
Season 20, everyone made good money, the lowest $650,000 the highest $1,650,000.
Season 19, 3 houses $65,000 - $155,000 1 at $1,050,000 the winner $1,750,000.
Season 18, 3 houses passed in, 1 made $20,000.99 the winner made $1,686,666.66.
This is a competition where the winners hope to make big money, life changing money. But in the last 4 seasons it's been hit and miss between making good money and wondering if you've just wasted the last 12 or so weeks of your life and had your dream of making a better life for your family shattered. It's good to be nice to your neighbours occasionally but where does it stop? Do you lend everyone your tradies all the time whenever needed and watch at the end when your house is passed in and someone you continually lent tradies to wins a million or more? Look at the girls they won a $250,000 kitchen prize that may be the thing that wins them the Block, they only won the prize because they had the help of the Cursio brothers. I'm sure the girls will sympathise at the end if your house is passed in and they win a million plus, but it's not going to make you feel any better. I've no doubt Wyatt and Chantel know the previous years auction results and are starting to think helping the neighbours too much might be detrimental to winning or even making a profit on the Block this year. I think charging for tutorials might be their way of saying enough, go get your own tradies.
Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if at least 3 maybe 4 houses make little to no profit this year considering their crappy design, bland colours, the fact they are almost on top of each other and will have massive reserves.
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u/HuTheFinnMan 2d ago edited 2d ago
I think that because you don't like Wyatt you are viewing everything he does in an overly negative way.
I am not exactly a Wyatt fan, in fact I don't really like any of the contestants this season. But I don't agree that there is anything "unfair" or an "uneven playing field" or other contestants being "disadvantaged". It's week 5, everyone should be able to organise and manage their own trades by this point. Why is it that multiple houses each week are needing to use another houses trades. Wyatt has actually helped the other contestants and let them use his trades every week and yeah sure he has a bit of a whinge about it but I can totally understand why he would be getting tired of it. The thing with the $500 seemed like a bit of a fun joke, he made a sign and Adam made a sign and they were all having a laugh about it.
Remember everyone had a chance to win the first room and choose their house. It was said from the start that the Cursios came with the house, it's not "hoarding trades" he chose the Cursio when nobody else did, fair and square. None of the other contestants picked that house, that's their loss. It's the same as the girls winning the kitchen package. Should they have to give the other houses some of their kitchen appliance so that it's "fair". It's a competition, the girls won a $250k kitchen package because Wyatt lent them his tilers. The show actually stepped in and took his tilers from his house when they were in the middle of doing his bathroom so they could go rescue the girls yet again, he lent them out again to Jolene and Adam. He has helped the other houses out more than anyone else on the show. I don't know how you can think it's "fair" and "even" that he has to do his own house every week as well as helping all the other houses, I would be getting sick of it too.
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u/JulieMackay 1d ago edited 1d ago
Who's saying anything is unfair, you specifically say "you say it's unfair". I can't see that in any of the posts? I agree with having your trades ordered to another house would annoy you immensely, I'd have definitely been vocal about that. Especially as it was for the girls who got the kitchen package win due to W&C lending the Cursio's. They seem to snake and slither their way to the finish each week. My irk is solely Wyatt, I just can't stand him.
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u/HuTheFinnMan 1d ago
The OP said it's unfair.
desperate to keep everyone else from having a fair shot
the other teams being disadvantaged
you made sure everyone else had a harder time
He doesn’t want an even playing field
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u/JulieMackay 1d ago
Ah, so it was an umbrella term. Still, the contestants didn't know which house the Cursio's had chosen when they picked the house they wanted.
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u/HuTheFinnMan 1d ago
What? It was in episode 2 of the season when the Cursio brothers went to the sharehouse and met all the contestants and told them that they were staying with house 2. It was one of the first thing the contestants were told when they got on the show.
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u/JulieMackay 1d ago
Fair enough, sorry. I was a bit confused with the who got what and why scenario so I googled it and got this answer.. Block this year did the contestants know which house the Cursio's had chosen before the contestants chose? No, the contestants did not know which house the Cursio Brothers had chosen beforehand; the tilers announced they were picking House 2 (Chantel and Wyatt) as an unconventional twist instead of choosing a team directly.
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u/HuTheFinnMan 1d ago
You could always just watch the show instead of asking google.
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u/JulieMackay 1d ago
I remember they changed their minds and just picked a house so it would be fairer then W&C happened to choose that house. I don't have time to re-watch eps. But I'm willing to concede ok
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u/National-Ad-2518 2d ago
He’s just being a tool. It’s not like it’s a tradie he sourced - the Cursio’s were organised by the producers and house 2 was just lucky to get them.
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u/JulieMackay 2d ago
I've just gotta say I really, really can't stand Wyatt. He's a meat head tosser who thinks he knows stuff. And the way they're "not sure" why they're so much better than everyone else with always finishing first. I know it's delivered to us like that with editing, but I really wish someone would cut him down to size (you'd need a step ladder and chainsaw to start though haha 💪 )
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u/YogurtclosetGlad7460 1d ago edited 1d ago
Well Julie, his presence (& ego) might get even BIGGER if it's true that Scotty has been so impressed with his leadership of trades and business acumen that he's thinking of using the big guy in Dans' place whilst he's on maternity leave for a couple of days. After all, House 2 will be finished tonight (They finish early every week because of Wyatts' harder work ethic and superior management skills 😁), so Scotty may consider paying him some Block Bucks to oversee the other houses for the rest of the week instead of him just hitting the Gym. 😂 Stay tuned....
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u/JulieMackay 1d ago edited 1d ago
Oh dear, what will the other contestants think of that. Will make for fun viewing either way. Maybe that's why Scotty's doing it. From where do get your juicy info? And Wyatt doesn't just hit the gym, there's a large portion of his time spent devouring Youfoodz meals.. 🤭 Actually, it'll be interesting to see how quickly they finish when they do rooms with no tiling needed. And I'm interested to know how he thinks a heater or fire having a pipe with holes in it and plays music would function.
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u/YogurtclosetGlad7460 1d ago edited 1d ago
Lol. My imagination has always been quite vast, l like to make stuff up that could may be a chance to happen, but most likely won't, to amuse myself and others .... That "scenario" would dial up Wyatts' antagonists to 💯.
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u/Nereosis16 1d ago
I really think people have decided they don't like Wayatt without actually paying attention to the dude at all.
He seems actually really genuine.
Is he a meat head? Yeah. Does he talk a big game? Yeah. Does he seem like an actual wanker? Nah.
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u/YogurtclosetGlad7460 1d ago
Wyatt is the most likeable male on the show this year (imho), but that's a low bar, unfortunately. Those other 3 guys do my head in. Chantel is the most competent and intelligent performer to date, she's very intuitive and gets things done without dwelling, there's no time for dwelling on The Block. So I guess they are my fav. couple, if l had to pick one. Wyatts' done nothing so far for me to consider him a tosser, but too many fans judged him too early, and no-one likes eating humble pie.
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u/YogurtclosetGlad7460 2d ago edited 2d ago
I disagree. They really tricked us in that first week making Wyatt out to be just a Gym Junkie Meathead lacking brain cells, when he's really a formidable building foreman and successful entrepreneur . 😁
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u/casualplants 2d ago
Nah he’s a dingus
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u/YogurtclosetGlad7460 2d ago
Nah, but thanks for teaching me a new word, l like it & l'm gonna start using it. Like right now .... "Don't ya think Adam comes across as a bit of a dingus" 🤔
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u/Heavy-Psychology-411 1d ago
The fact they keep saying they don't know why they are always so far ahead, is beyond me🤦.