Block judges issue brutal warning to new contestants

The Block contestants have been handed a stark warning ahead of their first room reveals: get Mount Eliza’s idea of luxury wrong and it could cost them on auction day.Judges Darren Palmer, Marty Fox and Shaynna Blaze said expensive finishes alone would not be enough to impress buyers at the premium end of the Mornington Peninsula market.The Block judges have warned contestants that misunderstanding Mount Eliza’s prestige buyers could come back to haunt them on auction day. Picture: NineInstead, the five teams are being pushed towards “quiet luxury”, with restrained interiors, strong outdoor connections and homes tailored to the very different buyers expected to compete when the properties eventually go under the hammer.RELATED: Block couple’s final insult after dud end‘You can’t’: Couple’s Block move stuns Cam‘Not happening’: Block star erupts over broken promise Palmer has even pointed to Kim Kardashian’s pared-back home, designed by Axel Vervoordt, as a reference point for the aesthetic contestants have been asked to understand.But he said the bigger challenge was working out exactly who each house was being designed for.“What became clear quickly is that this isn’t one market, i...