September 8, 2025 • 7 mins
Property expert and The Block judge Marty Fox joined Lisa & Russell at the halfway mark of the season to share what valuers really look for, which homes stand out as most liveable, and why Rumpus Rooms might just be your secret weapon for added value. Tune in for all the goss.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We've got a special guest. We do the Blood Swung By.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
The Blood continues tonight seven point thirty on nine and
Marty Fox is where us.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
Hello, Hello, thanks for having me. Welcome to Yeah, I
love We've got our second office opening today in a
white Fox real estate.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
That's nice.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
But yeah nice, what a great little village. Yeah. Yeah,
cafes great.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Yes, there's a nice, nice, nice stripped down close by
the river.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Very exciting.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Yeah, you've picked a good spot.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
We are past the halfway mark. I can't believe how
quickly it's gone.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Actually, and then where the contestants wouldn't say.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
That, No, it's when they show the rooms that have
been done, I think, oh yeah, we we really are
well into it. It just seems to have gone quickly
this time. Are you impressed with the teams this year?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Very much? Do they get better?
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Look? The thing is every season is different, and you're
contestant that nail it ones that don't. What's so engaging
about this year is that they've got the exact same
floorplate and we've never seen that. So seeing how they
transform these rooms, and some weeks they totally cook it
and sometimes they hit out of the ballpark, but they've
got the exact same parameters, so it's the truest competition
(01:18):
we've seen on the block.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Yeah yeah, Robbie and Matt won't hear this, so they
won't know that. I said, I couldn't believe how ordinary. Honestly,
compared to the rest of their house. It was like
a different a different team would come in and done it.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Paper is so horrible. What about all the little funny
pop plants and it just it did not match the
rest of that.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
It was weird. It was really weird. One easily fixed.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
And happy that they dropped the ball as well, if
you think about it from their perspective before the big
kitchen week, Yes, because this week's the one that you
don't want to stay.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Yeah, it's like a footy game. You've got to find
that right time when you're having a bit of a
lull so that you.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Yeah, you come home. Lingwood did, and then they came
They a.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Game of momentum, coming home with a with a wet sail,
but the w A team can yeah yeah, well well
that's quite like. But the ones for the you know,
for the rumpus room that.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Has a delightful, beautiful beautiful house, hands and cans rumpers.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yeah, really yeah, that was really They did a tall
l and Dean.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
The most value. Yeah. So if you think about these
rooms adds value, the value goes through and buyers go through.
They want to see if they're comparing apples with apples,
which one is the best bang for buck and the
most livable. And they had that.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
So they got a ten. And now there's been a
falling out with their builder. I think it's a rhyming thing.
I think they want to be hand and can and shan,
so you know, I think that's behind it. But go
figure until more will be revealed.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
But there are certain rooms, like you say they're the
ones that get buyers over the line.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Well, they're ones that just add additional surprise because people
aren't expecting to see a cinema room. But this week,
with kitchens coming up, this is the one that they
really all all contestancy every home.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Is it the most important one, well, most important room.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
It is the heart of the home, and without the heart,
it really does die, doesn't it.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Yea, yep.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
This is the big ticket and it's the section that
really looks out over the amazing gardens that these homes have,
these are big properties.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Yeah, I've got no idea what they're going to be
like at this stage, but I have a feeling they're
going to be spectacular. We've got a quick squizet what
Britain has had sort of planned in their head, and
that made me realize how big those outdoor areas.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
The average blockhouse has been somewhere between sort of five
hundred square meters, maybe up to six that were the
biggest ones.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Now these are.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Two and a half thousand square meters and unlike Gisbon,
it's not sort of like rolling. This isn't farmland. This
is this is built area. So of these two and
a half thousand square meters, you will if you purchase
one of these homes, you will be using every square
inch of that space. And in terms of the block itself,
it is right in the thick of it. It's such
(04:09):
a great location. When looking at Dalstord, you've got one
of the best pubs, the Farmer's Arms, across the road,
so you're literally stumbling to and from the one of
the best pubs.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
You can pretty much commute from Dysford, can't you. It's
close enough?
Speaker 3 (04:23):
Yeah? Absolutely, I mean you know from Mandra you're not
from here, even if you're going into the CBD. Yeah,
two three days a week.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Which is more common these days. That makes it. That
makes it more appealing too, doesn't it? Absolutely lifestyle change.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Robbie and Matt who we just talked about, they won
the pickleball challenge and got they're getting a pickleball court.
Are you the pickleball guy?
Speaker 3 (04:53):
And dream Thoughts have also just put one in at
my property and the value that that adds.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
To just to say, is that a value add?
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Oh? Well, if I think about when I'm playing pickle, right,
you get people over, everyone can play very so, very
very so. Yeah, but then you move the net. The
kids are playing basketball, riding scooters, yeah, play backyard, backyard cricket.
It's it's a very big value add all right. So
they're they're they're really putting themselves in a position where
(05:22):
their house is ticking all these boxes. Yeah, the other
contestants will start freaking out.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Because they've got the seller. Is that going to be
a big They're putting in a cellar an underground.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Hello, drinking wine or playing pickle I like.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
To combine, well, but just be careful in which order
you do that. All right, Well, I got to ask.
So apparently you you you you tried to get permission
from Channel Line to actually put in a bit for
one of the homes. Is it's true a couple of
years ago, Oh there was.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
There's been some homes where I've thought, Jesus, take what
this is? Good bye. But I'm absolutely not allowed.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
To you allowed to ask this question absolutely through the
fine print.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Well, if you invest in these properties, tax appreciation schedules
are massive. Okay, So if you look at these homes here,
the tax appreciation schedule could be anywhere between sort of
five and five and a half million. Ye. And if
you're buying it, let's just say in the threes of
the fours. That's a very very very good move if
you've got you know, that type of income.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Right. Well, two things. First of all, I can't wait
to see what their backyards look like. And the other
thing is I can't wait to see em and Ben
get win because they're so sweet. I think everyone wants
them to do beautiful.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
They really are being nice to get you across the line, though,
unfortunately you've got to build it coming in. Thank you
for having me.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Good luck with the Apple Cross office.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Thank you good. Like with the kitchens, yeah big, we're
going to be really good viewing because it doesn't matter
who you are or the kitchen is important. Kitchen even
to me, I love a good bath. Well, bathroom is important.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Bathroom puts me in the mood. If it's not, if
it's not, it's it can totally affect my mood.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
You spend a lot more time in the kitchen than
you're doing I gather. I'm assuming you spend a lot.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
More time you start, you start your day and in
the day.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Yeah, that in the bathroom, that's true.
We've got a special guest. We do the Blood Swung By.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
The Blood continues tonight seven point thirty on nine and
Marty Fox is where us.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
Hello, Hello, thanks for having me. Welcome to Yeah, I
love We've got our second office opening today in a
white Fox real estate.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
That's nice.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
But yeah nice, what a great little village. Yeah. Yeah,
cafes great.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Yes, there's a nice, nice, nice stripped down close by
the river.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Very exciting.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Yeah, you've picked a good spot.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
We are past the halfway mark. I can't believe how
quickly it's gone.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Actually, and then where the contestants wouldn't say.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
That, No, it's when they show the rooms that have
been done, I think, oh yeah, we we really are
well into it. It just seems to have gone quickly
this time. Are you impressed with the teams this year?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Very much? Do they get better?
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Look? The thing is every season is different, and you're
contestant that nail it ones that don't. What's so engaging
about this year is that they've got the exact same
floorplate and we've never seen that. So seeing how they
transform these rooms, and some weeks they totally cook it
and sometimes they hit out of the ballpark, but they've
got the exact same parameters, so it's the truest competition
(01:18):
we've seen on the block.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Yeah yeah, Robbie and Matt won't hear this, so they
won't know that. I said, I couldn't believe how ordinary. Honestly,
compared to the rest of their house. It was like
a different a different team would come in and done it.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Paper is so horrible. What about all the little funny
pop plants and it just it did not match the
rest of that.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
It was weird. It was really weird. One easily fixed.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
And happy that they dropped the ball as well, if
you think about it from their perspective before the big
kitchen week, Yes, because this week's the one that you
don't want to stay.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Yeah, it's like a footy game. You've got to find
that right time when you're having a bit of a
lull so that you.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Yeah, you come home. Lingwood did, and then they came
They a.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Game of momentum, coming home with a with a wet sail,
but the w A team can yeah yeah, well well
that's quite like. But the ones for the you know,
for the rumpus room that.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Has a delightful, beautiful beautiful house, hands and cans rumpers.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yeah, really yeah, that was really They did a tall
l and Dean.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
The most value. Yeah. So if you think about these
rooms adds value, the value goes through and buyers go through.
They want to see if they're comparing apples with apples,
which one is the best bang for buck and the
most livable. And they had that.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
So they got a ten. And now there's been a
falling out with their builder. I think it's a rhyming thing.
I think they want to be hand and can and shan,
so you know, I think that's behind it. But go
figure until more will be revealed.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
But there are certain rooms, like you say they're the
ones that get buyers over the line.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Well, they're ones that just add additional surprise because people
aren't expecting to see a cinema room. But this week,
with kitchens coming up, this is the one that they
really all all contestancy every home.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Is it the most important one, well, most important room.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
It is the heart of the home, and without the heart,
it really does die, doesn't it.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Yea, yep.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
This is the big ticket and it's the section that
really looks out over the amazing gardens that these homes have,
these are big properties.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Yeah, I've got no idea what they're going to be
like at this stage, but I have a feeling they're
going to be spectacular. We've got a quick squizet what
Britain has had sort of planned in their head, and
that made me realize how big those outdoor areas.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
The average blockhouse has been somewhere between sort of five
hundred square meters, maybe up to six that were the
biggest ones.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Now these are.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Two and a half thousand square meters and unlike Gisbon,
it's not sort of like rolling. This isn't farmland. This
is this is built area. So of these two and
a half thousand square meters, you will if you purchase
one of these homes, you will be using every square
inch of that space. And in terms of the block itself,
it is right in the thick of it. It's such
(04:09):
a great location. When looking at Dalstord, you've got one
of the best pubs, the Farmer's Arms, across the road,
so you're literally stumbling to and from the one of
the best pubs.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
You can pretty much commute from Dysford, can't you. It's
close enough?
Speaker 3 (04:23):
Yeah? Absolutely, I mean you know from Mandra you're not
from here, even if you're going into the CBD. Yeah,
two three days a week.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Which is more common these days. That makes it. That
makes it more appealing too, doesn't it? Absolutely lifestyle change.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Robbie and Matt who we just talked about, they won
the pickleball challenge and got they're getting a pickleball court.
Are you the pickleball guy?
Speaker 3 (04:53):
And dream Thoughts have also just put one in at
my property and the value that that adds.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
To just to say, is that a value add?
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Oh? Well, if I think about when I'm playing pickle, right,
you get people over, everyone can play very so, very
very so. Yeah, but then you move the net. The
kids are playing basketball, riding scooters, yeah, play backyard, backyard cricket.
It's it's a very big value add all right. So
they're they're they're really putting themselves in a position where
(05:22):
their house is ticking all these boxes. Yeah, the other
contestants will start freaking out.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Because they've got the seller. Is that going to be
a big They're putting in a cellar an underground.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Hello, drinking wine or playing pickle I like.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
To combine, well, but just be careful in which order
you do that. All right, Well, I got to ask.
So apparently you you you you tried to get permission
from Channel Line to actually put in a bit for
one of the homes. Is it's true a couple of
years ago, Oh there was.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
There's been some homes where I've thought, Jesus, take what
this is? Good bye. But I'm absolutely not allowed.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
To you allowed to ask this question absolutely through the
fine print.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Well, if you invest in these properties, tax appreciation schedules
are massive. Okay, So if you look at these homes here,
the tax appreciation schedule could be anywhere between sort of
five and five and a half million. Ye. And if
you're buying it, let's just say in the threes of
the fours. That's a very very very good move if
you've got you know, that type of income.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Right. Well, two things. First of all, I can't wait
to see what their backyards look like. And the other
thing is I can't wait to see em and Ben
get win because they're so sweet. I think everyone wants
them to do beautiful.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
They really are being nice to get you across the line, though,
unfortunately you've got to build it coming in. Thank you
for having me.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Good luck with the Apple Cross office.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Thank you good. Like with the kitchens, yeah big, we're
going to be really good viewing because it doesn't matter
who you are or the kitchen is important. Kitchen even
to me, I love a good bath. Well, bathroom is important.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Bathroom puts me in the mood. If it's not, if
it's not, it's it can totally affect my mood.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
You spend a lot more time in the kitchen than
you're doing I gather. I'm assuming you spend a lot.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
More time you start, you start your day and in
the day.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Yeah, that in the bathroom, that's true.
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