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Block 2022 competitors Dylan and Jenny's house back on the market
A Gisborne house transformed on The Block's 2022 season by contestants Dylan and Jenny has hit the market with a $4.3m price tag.
The five-bedroom pad at 225 McGeorge Rd shocked viewers when it passed in for $4.075m, below the $4.08m reserve, during the season's televised auctions.
Records show that after being relisted with a $4.08m-$4.4m asking range, the house eventually sold for $3.9m in December that year — a hefty $180,000 below its prior reserve.
The property, set on 5.3ha and featuring a 40m-long hallway, outdoor wood-fired pizza oven, hot tub and heated pool, is one of the least successful homes in The Block's history.
Apart from Queenslanders Jenny and Dylan, the only other contestants who earned zero dollars from their renovated home's sale were sisters Amie and Katrina.
They starred in season four and oversaw the upgrade of a Richmond abode that sold for $860,000 after initially being passed in.
In season nine, two sets of competitors – ex-Collingwood and Sydney player Darren Jolly and his now-former-wife Deanne, plus Queensland's Michael and Carlene – earned just $10,000 each from the sale of their respective Prahran properties.
Evans Realty Group's Kirrily Evans said the Gisborne residence's current owners, a family who enjoy having their adult children and grandchildren visit, had significantly enhanced the property's outdoor area across the past two years.
The owners have relocated a small self-contained house, that was previously near the dam, closer to the pool where it serves as guest accommodation.
In addition, they added stone steps and a path leading from a balcony to the pool, extensive landscaping, a cubbyhouse, in-ground trampoline and a seating area near the pizza oven and a barbecue kitchen.
Ms Evans said that if Jenny and Dylan had enough time to install the extra outdoor features when filming The Block, it could have potentially helped them to achieve a sale at the time.
But she added that Block contestants were always under pressure to have their projects completed to a tight schedule.
Ms Evans said the enhanced outdoor area would be a major drawcard for buyers.
'I have no doubt interest will be strong and people will be keen to see the improvements that have been made,' she said.
She described the house as 'a beautiful country retreat' that could be completely off-grid thanks to a 50kW solar farm with a battery and generator backup, geothermal heating and cooling, triple-glazed windows, 250,000 litres of water storage and underfloor heating in the bathrooms.
The property offers uninterrupted views of Mt Macedon and Red Rock to the north, a seven-star energy rating, wraparound veranda and an open-plan living area.
'It would suit many people including families and anyone seeking a treechange,' Ms Evans said.
A main kitchen fitted with Smeg appliances connects to a butler's pantry and catering kitchen, laundry and mud room.
In the main bedroom there's a dressing room, gas fire and an ensuite with a freestanding bath.
Ms Evans said the owners were selling with plans to possibly move closer to the coast, as their grandchildren 'missed the beach'.
The house that Block host Scott Cam renovated on the show's 2022 season sold for $3.75m in December 2024.
None of the other homes from that season have changed hands since selling under the hammer when the program originally aired.
The Block's latest season is now filming in Daylesford.
