Blockheads everywhere were stunned earlier this year when two houses (Dylan and Jenny’s and Ankur and Sharon’s) didn’t sell during The Block 2022’s auction night.
And while Dylan and Jenny are still struggling to sell their house over six weeks after The Block ended, Ankur and Sharon were lucky; their house got snapped up just days after renovation series finished.
Ankur and Sharon’s house was bought by none other than Adrian Portelli, the so-called “dummy bidder” who repeatedly bid on Omar and Oz’s house but ultimately lost to Danny Wallis.
Despite paying an eye-watering $4.25 million for it, Adrian doesn’t plan on living in Ankur and Sharon’s house. He doesn’t even plan on renting it out.
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Adrian’s company LMCT+ – a subscription “rewards club” – is currently doing a giveaway and first prize is Ankur and Sharon’s house.
Australians can purchase one of four packages and will then go into a draw to win The Block house. The cheapest package is $20 and is worth one entry into the draw. The most expensive package is $500 and is worth 100 entries into the draw.
Adrian was believed to be a ‘dummy-bidder’.
(Image: Nine)All profits from the sale of these packages go to LMCT+ but judging by multiple comments made by Blockheads on a Block Reddit thread, LMTC+ may struggle to sell entries into its giveaway.
Fans noted on the thread that Ankur and Sharon’s house is still unfinished in areas and needs more renovations done; renovations that’d cost a fair bit.
“Those photos look like the original ones from the auction, does that mean no improvements to the outside have happened? You’d be a fool to try [and win it because] it wouldn’t be resellable without a heap of updates,” one Reddit user wrote while another bluntly commented, “It would cost $3m to fix that s**t show!”
Similarly, one Reddit user wrote: “From these photos the outside [of Ankur and Sharon’s house] doesn’t look like too much of a disaster, wait until you see the [LMTC+ giveaway] winner’s face. ‘So that’s the pool, how do I get to it?’ ‘Why is the pizza oven next to the shed with no view.'”
One Blockhead questioned why Adrian bought Ankur and Sharon’s house over Dylan and Jenny’s…
“I don’t understand why he didn’t buy Dylan and Jenny’s house over this one.”
Another shared they simply won’t enter LMTC+’s giveaway; they’re not even interested in the cheapest package option:
“I’d [rather] keep my $20.”
This story was originally seen on our sister site, New Idea.
