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The Block 2025 winners Britt and Taz Etto are tackling a $1.41m renovation in Western Australia, but haven’t ruled out another stint on the reality TV show. The Block winners Britt and Taz Etto have not ruled out another stint as the show’s 2027 all-stars spin-off heads to Sunbury. Taz admitted he would prefer to finish on a high after the couple’s $520,000 victory in Daylesford last year, but joked his wife’s enthusiasm could change his mind.
“I’m very much a one and done type of guy with big things like that, you know, leaving the kids for that long and stuff like that,” he said. “If the opportunity ever came, I think we’d have to do it because Britt would pull rank.” RELATED: ‘Horrible’: Block legend calls out ugly backlash Ex-Block stars eye six-figure Vic home deal Melb street’s after-dark action takes unexpected turn Nine has announced former contestants will renovate a sixth home at Jacksons Hill in Sunbury for The Block: The House Next Door, a spin-off scheduled for Stan in 2027. The all-stars have not been named and the Ettos did not indicate they had been approached.
Taz said his wife remained the bigger fan of the competition, which he described as the hardest and most rewarding experience of their lives. “I think we went out on a high,” he said. The couple became the first West Australian team to win The Block when their Daylesford home sold for $3.41m in October 2025.
Their $420,000 profit above reserve, plus the $100,000 winner’s prize, gave them a total $520,000 payday. Britt and Taz Etto with children Carter and Myla at their new North Yunderup property, which they hope will become a family home for generations to come. However, another Melbourne stint would compete with a major renovation the couple have already begun in Western Australia.
The pair paid $1.41m in February for a six-bedroom Tudor-style home on a 2.24ha property at North Yunderup, near Mandurah. They plan to turn the dated 1981-built house, known as Hazelwood Estate, into a long-term family home, but the work has already presented a significant complication. “The biggest problem is definitely the asbestos,” Taz said.
“We didn’t know the absolute extent of it, which is just everywhere.” The 1981-built home has soaring ceilings, exposed timber beams and a mezzanine that Britt and Taz plan to preserve despite stripping back much of the dated interior. Taz said their builder was overseeing the work and that the asbestos was non-friable, which he expected would make removal less costly than dealing with friable material. The couple have started cosmetic demolition, while Britt is planning a lighter, more open interior that retains the home’s pitched ceilings, exposed beams and mezzanine.
“We definitely want to preserve all those beams, the ceiling heights,” Britt said. Taz admitted he had initially been reluctant to trade their previous house for what he called a “red carpet castle” filled with asbestos and spider webs. The 2.24ha property comes with a swimming pool and stables, offering the outdoor lifestyle Britt hopes to recreate for her children after growing up on acreage.
But Britt said the property was intended to provide the outdoor upbringing she had enjoyed as a child, with room for their children to ride motorbikes, care for animals and spend time away from screens. “The long-term dream is for this to be a legacy house for us, a place that the kids can stay,” she said. The couple also reflected on the pressure facing the 2026 contestants ahead of the Mt Eliza auctions, where reserve prices have been revealed earlier than in previous seasons.
Britt said the uncertainty before their own auction left her unable to sleep, particularly knowing they could walk away without a profit. Original brickwork, stone flooring and bold red carpets give Hazelwood Estate its distinctive 1980s appearance, with the couple planning to bring more natural light into the home. “We just backed ourselves 100 per cent,” she said.
The couple said the farmhouse renovation would take considerably longer than The Block’s frantic 13-week schedule, but it would allow them to continue spending time with their children. Britt said the home could eventually accommodate a granny flat if their children struggled to afford a property of their own. Sign up to the Herald Sun Weekly Real Estate Update.
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