The Block wash up

There was no end to the drama on this year’s ‘The Block: Fan vs Faves’, but Ray White Cheltenham director Kevin Chokshi kept his cool, taking House #4 all the way to second place and netting Love Island stars Luke and Josh Packham a cool $530,000 profit.

The 10 Bronte Court, Hampton home sold for $3.93 million to a Sydney investor who relied solely on the inspection videos shot by Kevin and his team. She saw it, loved it, and registered only days before the auction.

While the judges slammed the house, with the boys only winning one challenge, Kevin was quick to say that “you never know how an auction is going to go till it happens,” and quoted our favourite chief of strategy (real estate) Mark “Macca” McLeod who tells us that as long as the bidders are there it will take care of itself.

And the bidders were most certainly there, with all the major players including The Block veteran mega buyers and buyer’s advocates Danny Wallis, Frank Valentis, and Nicole Jacobs attending. The home also had the highest number of registered bidders and was the second most viewed listing from The Block ever.

The Packham twins took some big swings during their campaign including changing the floor plan by making over the garage into a master bedroom and building a very Bali-esque outdoor bath and shower. All decisions that Kevin said really impressed potential buyers. Now the dust has cleared, Kevin is eager to leverage his new celeb agent status and said it’s been a great positioning tool.

“They think ‘well The Block used him, why wouldn’t we?’ We were underdogs who were never tipped to come in second and nearly win The Block but we did.

“My team knew our product, our service and well-curated moments were by far the best and we have had some incredible feedback.”

As for the cheating scandal...what happens on The Block, stays on The Block.

"It just adds another layer to it. When people see this success on such a big scale, it adds more social proof.”