VISION 37 — THE BLOCK 2016
Do you ever fret when contestants don’t decorate
to your vision, or expectations?
I’m excited by what they do. I get a chance to look
at the floor plans, see how that works with existing
windows and orientation. Where am I going to put a
lift in an old building? That’s a massive task, to work
out where that goes so that it doesn’t destroy the
fabric. What contestants do inside is fascinating.
It’s fascinating to see people struggle with the concept
of style without letting it just flow or force it on
themselves and do Google searching looking for
‘style’. Really it could be a little inane but the results
speak for themselves. It does hang together really
well and it’s exciting.
It’s a program that reminds us that nothing
of value comes about without considerable effort.
That’s everyone from the crew, to producers,
to the contestants. We’re talking about massive
apartments up to 220 sqm. When you work out
how many man-hours are involved in painting,
the contestants are exhausted, absolutely
exhausted trying to get this done.