Block 2025 episode 47 recap: Mat and Robby eat humble pie while Britt and Taz discover what other teams really think of them – realestate.com.au

There are only three days left of renovations at The Block 2025, and Mat and Robby spend an awkward conversation.

After consulting Dan about their huge landscaping bill, they head to the negotiating table.

Their landscaper, Paal, had hit them with an unexpected bill of $34,000 for “unforeseen technical work,” almost 50 percent of their total landscaping budget.

Dan points out that most of the overrun is because he had Paal take out much of his work and have it redone because he had failed to get the necessary inspections along the way, despite being given a list of procedures by email.

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Dan gives Mat and Robby some advice on how to handle negotiations over the huge cost overrun on their garden.

“He never took the time to read everything, open the attached documents and fully understand what he needed to do. I think he should be paid $11,000 because he didn’t take the time to read the plans and understand what was required,” advises Dan Mat and Robby.

But even if Paal agrees to forgo that part of his bill, Mat and Robby are still broke and have no money to pay Paal to finish the front yard.

So time for that awkward meeting with Paal and his wife and business partner Carmen.

“I am a small company. Should I accept that? I don’t think it is fair,” says Paal when Mat and Robby object to the exceedance.

“But it’s also not fair that there wasn’t any communication to say, ‘Hey guys, we’re five thousand over budget, hey guys, we’re ten thousand over budget.’

At that moment, Paal and Carmen produce the receipts.

Paal and Carmen with the receipts.

It turns out they had emailed Mat along the way.

“It was communicated clearly. I have the proof here. And it was even on camera,” he says.

But Paal isn’t inclined to walk away from the track either, so Mat and Robby agree to scrimp and save by sending plants back and reducing labor by being Paal’s helpers for a week, hoping that if they win the week, they can send some of the prize money to Paal.

“In this situation we feel like we are letting Paal down, which is not our intention nor what we stand for. Secondly, we feel like we don’t have the money to give him what he wants or expects,” says Mat.

Their neighbors Britt and Taz have a more relaxed week and even have time to prank the other contestants and Dan by having a ridiculous portrait of themselves taped to their garage door.

The portrait is actually covering up an indigenous artwork they commissioned, but they don’t want anyone to have the time to copy their idea.

“It’s believable if you think we’re whipping boys,” Taz says.

Dan is shocked by Britt and Taz’s garage door.

That’s bad news for Britt and Taz, because everyone buys it, including Dan, who even calls their landscaper to try to talk him out of it. Dan’s reaction when he sees the ‘finished’ work says it all.

“Oh my God, no,” he says. “That knocked them out of the competition.”

Alicia is all for it, telling Britt and Taz it looks great, then confessing to Mat that she only told them she approved it in the hopes it would ruin their chances of winning the week.

Han and Can’s week goes as normal, with bickering and stress.

Their landscape architect Christian does their zen garden, but unfortunately he is a bit too zen himself. As the girls watch the other teams lay and plant turf while their front yard remains a pile of dirt, they begin to become seriously concerned.

“We love Christian. He’s such a visionary. He’s creative, but he moves at his own pace. What’s the plan?” Kan says.

Han’s father Lee gives Han and Can some relationship advice.

Then it turns to some of her and Han’s trademark, with Han, as usual, spending her time and energy on things that don’t matter, in this case a sauna they can’t afford for their backyard, which has already been assessed.

This time it is Han’s father Lee who takes on Shan’s role as relationship counselor.

“Let’s just start rationally and stay calm,” he begins. “What you need to remember is that your front yard is your priority, that’s what you need to focus on.”

At that moment, Can somehow refrains from shouting Hallelujah.

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Episode 1: Why no NSW candidate was good enough for The Block

Episode 2: The Worst Day on The Block

Episode 3/4: ‘Tear them off’: teams are forced to tear tiles off walls

Episode 5: The judges’ feedback causes one contestant to throw up

Episode 6: Dan and Dani’s heartbreak

Episode 7: The big problem with the blockhouse designs

Episode 8: Robby and Mat’s drunken blunder

Episode 9: ‘A luxury nursing home’

Episode 10: Can faces the wrath of Han

Episode 11: Han micromanages from her sickbed