After 12 weeks of renovation the five houses go under the hammer. Couples compete to have the first choice of Auction order and will win anything bid over their reserves with the highest team over reserve taking home an additional $100.000.

Visit the teams at home to find out what they've been up to since they moved out from The Block plus the five houses on The Block are Open for Inspection as thousands of people get a chance to check out the homes before the Auctions.

Block Judges Neale, Shaynna and Darren play a game called "Pimp My Pad Block Style" where they choose their all time favourite rooms from across every series to create the ultimate Block pad. They also rank the best rooms ever delivered.

There's still a lot of painting to be done as the teams approach the deadline for delivery of their front gardens and facades. They meet Scott at HQ for the judges comments and scores for the very last time.

With just a few days left on The Block to complete their front gardens and defects lists the teams are giving it all they've got to get to the finish line, to take a bit of pressure off Scott organises each couple some extra help.

The teams continue work on their front gardens and have a huge amount of painting to get through, they have also been given a defects list by Foremen Keith and Dan for the inside of the houses, to be fixed before they move out next week.

It's the final week of renovations and a big job for the teams to complete the landscaping of the front yards, bring their façades to life with cladding and verandas and paint the complete exteriors of the houses.

What the teams have achieved in just one week is remarkable as they deliver five incredible studio apartments with walk in robes and en-suites for judging. There's some perfect scores and two couples achieve a new Block record.

With a massive one hundred square metres to renovate everyone is under the pump getting their rooms ready for a long night of painting. Scott and Shelley visit the teams and check out their rooms for their final weekly walk around.

The teams continue with the massive task to present their studios and garages in just one week. Foremen Keith and Dan continue with their defects check list resulting in one team having their house shut down.

The teams have one week to renovate their studio apartments and garages totalling a massive one hundred square metres. Foremen Keith and Dan visit each house to list the defects with one team having to fix over one hundred items before Auction.

It's been an exhausting week to finish their massive backyards but the teams deliver five stunning outdoor spaces to Judges Neale Whittaker, Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer. The winning couple receives $10,000 cash.

It's touch and go whether one team will be able to get crane access to have their shipping container pool lifted into their backyard, it's causing major delays to the already tight deadline of six days to finish their backyards.

Tensions are high as one couple negotiates with another two teams asking them to stop work so they can get their pool craned into their backyard. It's a race to get the concrete slabs poured ready for the install of the pools and spa.

Excavation commences as the teams start work to deliver their massive backyards in just one week. With four of the five couples including pools and a spa it's going to be a testing week for the Blockheads and their landscapers.

The contestants deliver the last room inside the houses, their Guest bedrooms. Judges Neale Whittaker, Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer are very impressed with all of the rooms the teams have delivered and the scores are high.

The teams return from a Challenge in the ski fields with just a couple of days to finish their rooms. They are also planning their backyards with one team facing problems trying to get their pool craned in, they're running out of options.

The teams continue with the demolition of their Guest Bedrooms along with planning for their backyards where four of the five couples are wanting to include a pool. Everyone heads off to the Mount Buller ski fields for a makeover Challenge.

It's Guest Bedroom week, the last room to finish the inside of the houses and the chance for the couples to put all of the experience they have gained over the past eight weeks into practice. The teams also start to plan their backyards.

The couples struggle to reach the finish line to deliver their hallways and laundries. Judges Neale Whittaker, Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer score the rooms, and a team will take home $10,000 cash to put towards their renovation.

The couples have been shopping and cooking in their new kitchens to produce their own signature dish. Celebrities Kate Langbroek and Dave Hughes join Scott and Shelley to judge the winner. Work continues on the hallways and laundries.

It's all systems go for hall and laundry week and the couples test drive their brand new kitchens with a challenge to produce their own signature dish.

The couples start planning their hallways and laundries. Three buyers advocates check out all of the houses to give the teams feedback and the chance to win $10,000 towards their renovations.

It's another mad rush for the teams to finish their kitchens for room reveal but some contestants find time to help one team make the deadline to avoid being eliminated from the competition. One kitchen receives a perfect score from the Judges.

Two contestants are working around the clock to avoid being eliminated from the competition while the other four teams join forces to renovate and style the perfect five-star holiday accommodation and the chance to win $5,000 in cash.

The kitchen installers arrive on site. Two contestants race to get their master suite and kitchen finished to avoid being eliminated from the competition while the remaining teams head off to Victorian coastal wine country for a Challenge.

The teams are busy preparing for their kitchen installs. Two contestants call a body corporate meeting, they need a unanimous vote to save them from being eliminated from the competition and the first ever Block baby arrives.

Delivery of the biggest spaces ever on The Block is pushing everyone to their limits. Judges Neale Whittaker, Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer arrive to score the rooms. There are triumphs, tragedies and a fall out that with rock The Block.

The pressure of finishing the biggest room ever in Block history is starting to get to the couples. It's a hive of activity in four of the houses but one team is three days behind and it looks like they won't finish.

Everyone is feeling the pressure resulting in some of the Blockheads bending the rules and another team about to give up. They all get arty on a challenge, competing to win a much needed $5,000 in cash.

This week the teams don't only have to renovate but build their master bedroom, en-suite and walk in robe, a massive forty five square metres. It's the largest area Block contestants have ever attempted to be renovate in one week.

It's the final push to the finish line for the contestants to deliver their living and dining rooms. Block Judges Neale Whittaker, Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer give two teams high scores but one team misses the mark.

All the teams are busy working on their living and dining rooms when they get a visit from Scott to announce it's Challenge Day, they are given silver gnomes to exchange for items to sell at a Charity Auction.

The teams continue work on their living and dining rooms. A body corporate meeting results in one couple being accused of cheating.

The teams get busy planning their living and dining areas. It will be a challenge this week to get the right flow from the older style front part of the houses to the new contemporary back extensions.

It's a push to the finish line before tools down. The teams deliver a combination of home offices and lounge rooms to Block Judges Neale Whittaker, Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer. One couple will take home the winning prize of $10,000 in cash.

The teams head off for a Challenge. They need to transform five rooms within Ronald McDonald House into sanctuaries for families visiting their sick children in the nearby hospital. One couple doesn't finish in time for tools down.

One team is feeling the pressure which threatens to hold up the construction of the house extensions. It's bad news for one couple as their plans to include a pool in their backyard are squashed by another team.

The teams decide how to best use the room space and what type of room they will deliver to the judges this week, it can be anything but a bedroom. Scott visits one couple for a budget intervention.

It's a mad rush to the finish before tools down. Block Judges Neale Whittaker, Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer are impressed with some rooms but others fall short. One team gets the first perfect score of 10 out of 10.

Scott and Shelley visit the teams and check on the progress of their kids bedrooms. There's budget worries for one couple and Foreman Keith catches one contestant trying to cheat.

Everyone continues to plan and work on their kids room. One team calls the first body corporate meeting and it's off to the Yarra Valley for a Challenge to win some much needed prize money.

The teams start work on their kids bedrooms. One of the couples house is shut down and a Block surprise brings an emotional reunion.

It's a tough decision for Block Judges Neale Whittaker, Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer, delivering the closest room judging scores in Block history.

Emotions get the better of some of the The Blockheads as they continue work on their Guest Bedrooms and a practical joke backfires.

Three out of the five couples take on the extra challenge to add an en-suite and walk in robe to their guest bedroom delivery this week. The Block Foreman, Keith, puts his foot down with one of the contestants and has some bad news for another.

The couples start demolition and planning for their guest bedroom. Clint and Hannah have got some big decisions to make around fixing up their unfinished bathroom from last week. One contestant gets some sad news.

Tonight it's a frantic race to the finish as our couples deliver their incredible main bathrooms to the judges, sadly one team doesn't finish in time for tools down.

The Blockheads all face different challenges as they approach delivery day of their bathrooms. Site Foreman, Keith, shuts down one house with the team having to stay the night with their neighbours.

Our five teams start on Day 2 of their main bathrooms. They are all busy finding trades, changing floorplans, selecting tiles and fixing problems, working double time to stay on track for room delivery in just 4 days.

The five teams race to finish the 48 hour challenge and do their best to impress the judges; Neale Whitaker, Darren Palmer and Shaynna Blaze. The winning team gets first pick of the houses. Next room the bathroom.

Five new couples arrive at The Block to find five heritage houses Scott Cam has found and transported from around Victoria. They have just 48 hours to deliver a winning bedroom to get first pick of the houses.