House 4 contestants are both building professionals, a builder and apprentice tradie became the resident chippies on this tree change season. Before this tree change season, they had recently started their own company Smooth Sailing Designs, and are building their own dream home in Palm Beach QLD.
Hardie™ Products: Linea™ Weatherboards & Axent™ Trim
House 4’s cottage delivers the look of a heritage home, choosing to paint their cottage in Dulux® Lexicon® Quarter.
The dilapidated Queenslander cottage boasts a wraparound veranda and incredible views of the Macedon Ranges. Despite the home’s charm, it took a lot of work to transform it into a house ready for sale.
Hardie™ Products: Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding, Axent™ Trim & Versilux™ Lining
House 4’s modern extension achieves a light-filled, open-plan living space with grand windows. However, the real show-stopper in the design of their pavilion extension is the board and batten architectural style.
The distinctive board and batten style is achieved with Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding and Axent™ Trim.
Hardie™ Products: Axon™ Cladding
House 4 chose a timeless design for their functional shed.
Hardie™ Products: Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding & Hardie™ Groove Lining
For their game changer idea, House 4 created a tiny home with wheels for their property. With all the hallmarks of sustainability and resilience, this tiny home is clad in Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding.
Hardie™ Groove Lining was used internally throughout the interior walls. The durable fibre cement VJ sheet panel gives the look of tongue and groove timber, with the durability of fibre cement. The elegant, uniform panels are free from knots and won’t shrink or swell with moisture.
Hardie™ Products: Hardie™ Groove Lining, Secura™ Interior Flooring, Villaboard™ Lining.
A ‘day spa potential’ bathroom, agreed by the judges, sees the clean vertical lines of Hardie™ Groove Lining creating visual calm and cohesion amongst the couple’s signature arched vanity mirrors. Featuring a luxury bench seat within the double shower area, blush wallpaper, and double vanity, our eyes (although bias) are still drawn to the striking VJ panelling addition of Hardie™ Groove Lining. With all the benefits of Hardie™ fibre cement, moisture, rot, warping and fire resistant, we can see why this product has been a popular choice with contestants th.
House 4’s Master Ensuite delivers a modern luxe finish with heritage touches throughout.
See the other contestants’ tree change builds by downloading The Tree Change Look Book, as seen on The Block. Be inspired by the looks as seen on The Block, and the Hardie™ cladding products that made them possible.
Download The Tree Change Look Book, as seen on The Block here.