Dream Home (Australian TV series)

Country of originAustraliaOriginal languageEnglishNo. of series1No. of episodes13 (as of 23 June 2024)ProductionProduction companyEndemol Shine AustraliaOriginal releaseNetworkSeven NetworkRelease26 May 2024 (2024-05-26) –
present

Dream Home is an Australian reality television series based on the New Zealand series, Mitre 10 Dream Home, which premiered on 26 May 2024 on the Seven Network.^[1] The series is hosted by Dr Chris Brown.

Production

On 11 May 2023, a casting call for a new, untitled renovation show was announced by Endemol Shine Australia.^[2] On 16 May 2023, it was announced that the Seven Network would be adapting the series, titled Dream Home to be produced by Endemol Shine Australia, to air in 2024.^[3] In June 2023, it was confirmed that Dr Chris Brown would host the series.^[4][5] In March 2024, buyer's agent Simon Cohen, interior designer Rosie Morley, and Lana Taylor of Three Birds Renovations were announced as series judges.^[6][7]

Teams

Team[8]	Relationship	House location	Occupation	Status
Brad & Mel	Married with children	Northcote, Victoria	Songwriter/musician & shopping centre delivery manager
Taeler & Ellie	Sisters	Watsonia North, Victoria	Architect & HR advisor
Hannah & Johnny	New parents	Coorparoo, Queensland	Digital marketing & DJ
Rhys & Liam	Brothers	Deception Bay, Queensland	Tradies
Jacinta & Jordan	Married with children	Punchbowl, New South Wales	Brow specialist and tax accountant
Lara & Peter	Married with children	Belrose, New South Wales	Wedding florist & marine electrician

Elimination history

Teams' progress through the competition

Phase:	Interior renovations							Grand Finale
	VIC Houses		QLD Houses		NSW Houses		Running Total (out of 180)	Backyard
Team	Scores							Round Total (out of 30)
Taeler & Ellie	24.5	26	30	26			106.5
Lara & Peter	22.5	26.5	26.5	28.5			104
Rhys & Liam	26	20	27	27			100
Hannah & Jonny	23.5	22.5	24.5	28			98.5
Brad & Mel	20	25.5	22	25.5			93
Jacinta & Jordan	23	25.5	23	19			90.5

House evaulation

At the end of the full house reveal, each house is reevaluated and given a new selling price.

Interior Renovation House Evaluation
Team	Evaluation		Added Value
	Before Renovation	After Renovation
Taeler & Ellie	$800,000	$1,300,000	$500,000
Brad & Mel	$1,400,000	$2,800,000	$1,400,000
Hannah & Johnny	$900,000	$1,900,000	$1,000,000
Rhys & Liam	$600,000	$1,600,000	$1,000,000

Series details

The six teams are challenged to transform the interiors of each other's homes. Each house is split over two rounds. In the first round, Three teams are allocated to a home (that do not belong to them) and are given two and a half weeks to renovate the rooms they are allocated based on a design brief given by the homeowners. In the second round, each team must renovate the remaining rooms in each house in seven days. Once all rounds are complete, the top scoring three teams overall will move onto the final round, which is backyard renovations, where the highest scoring team will receive $100,000 off their mortgage.

Interior renovations

Victoria Houses

Round 1

• Episodes 1 to 4
• Airdate — 26 May to 2 June
• Description — In round 1, three teams head to Taeler and Ellie's House in Watsonia & Brad and Mel's house in Northcote. Each team must deliver their first set of rooms based on the homeowners design briefs and deliver the rooms after two and a half weeks. The winners at the end of the round received $5,000.

Team	House	Rooms allocated	Scores			Total (out of 30)	Running Total (VIC round 1)
			Lana	Rosie	Simon
Hannah & Jonny	Brad & Mel's (Northcote, VIC)	Living Room & Bedroom Two	8	7.5	8	23.5	23.5 / 30
Taeler & Ellie		Bathroom & Bedroom 4	8.5	8	8	24.5	24.5 / 30
Jacinta & Jordan		Dining Room & Kitchen	8	7	8	23	23 / 30
Rhys & Liam	Taeler & Ellie's (Watsonia, VIC)	Kitchen, Dining, Pantry & Laundry	8.5	9	8.5	26	26 / 30
Lara & Peter		Living Room & Bedroom Two	8	7.5	7	22.5	22.5 / 30
Brad & Mel		Main Bedroom & Bathroom	7	6.5	6.5	20	20 / 30

Round 2

• Episodes 5 to 7
• Airdate — 3 to 9 June
• Description — In round 2, the teams head back to Taeler and Ellie's House in Watsonia & Brad and Mel's house in Northcote to renovate their second rooms. They must each deliver rooms based on the homeowners design briefs and deliver the rooms after seven days. The winners at the end of the round received $5,000.

Team	House	Rooms allocated	Scores			Total (out of 30)	Running Total (VIC round 1 & 2)
			Lana	Rosie	Simon
Hannah & Jonny	Brad & Mel's (Northcote, VIC)	Hallway & Girls Bedroom 2	7.5	7	8	22.5	46 / 60
Taeler & Ellie		Facade & Girls Bedroom 1	8.5	9	8.5	26	50.5 / 60
Jacinta & Jordan		Laundry, Master Bedroom & Walk-in robe	8.5	8.5	8.5	25.5	48.5 / 60
Rhys & Liam	Taeler & Ellie's (Watsonia, VIC)	Study, Bedroom Hallway & Ensuite	7	6.5	6.5	20	46 / 60
Lara & Peter		Main Hallway & Facade	9.5	8	9	26.5	49 / 60
Brad & Mel		Master Bedroom & Walk-in robe	8	8.5	9	25.5	45.5 / 60

Queensland Houses

Round 1

• Episodes 8 to 10
• Airdate — 10 to 16 June
• Description — In round 1, three teams head to Hannah and Jonny's House in Coorparoo & Rhys and Liam’s house in Deception Bay. Each team must deliver their first set of rooms based on the homeowners design briefs and deliver the rooms after two and a half weeks. The winners at the end of the round received $5,000.

Team	House	Rooms allocated	Scores			Total (out of 30)	Running Total (VIC round 1 to QLD round 1)
			Lana	Rosie	Simon
Hannah & Jonny	Rhys & Liam’s (Deception Bay, QLD)	Kitchen & Guest Bedroom	8	8.5	8	24.5	70.5 / 90
Brad & Mel		Dining Room & Bathroom	8	7.5	6.5	22	67.5 / 90
Jordan & Jacinta		Living Room & Laundry	7.5	7.5	8	23	71.5 / 90
Rhys & Liam	Hannah & Johnny’s (Coorparoo, QLD)	Living Room & Laundry	8.5	9	9.5	27	73 / 90
Taeler & Ellie		Bathroom & Dining Room	10	10	10	30	80.5 / 90
Lara & Peter		Kitchen & Guest Bedroom	9	9	8.5	26.5	75.5 / 90

Round 2

• Episodes 11 to 13
• Airdate — 17 to 23 June
• Description — In round 2, the teams head back to Hannah and Jonny's House in Coorparoo & Rhys and Liam’s house in Deception Bay. Each team must deliver their remaining set of rooms based on the homeowners design briefs and deliver the rooms after seven days. The winners at the end of the round received $5,000.

Team	House	Rooms allocated	Scores			Total (out of 30)	Running Total (VIC round 1 to QLD round 2)
			Lana	Rosie	Simon
Hannah & Jonny	Rhys & Liam’s (Deception Bay, QLD)	Facade & Downstairs Bathroom	9.5	9.5	9	28	98.5 / 120
Brad & Mel		Nursery & Ensuite	8.5	8.5	8.5	25.5	93 / 120
Jordan & Jacinta		Master Bedroom, WIR & Entry	6.5	6	6.5	19	90.5 / 120
Rhys & Liam	Hannah & Johnny’s (Coorparoo, QLD)	Bathroom, Facade & Balcony	9	9	9	27	100 / 120
Taeler & Ellie		Master Bedroom, WIR & Entry	8	9	9	26	106.5 / 120
Lara & Peter		Nursery, Wallway & Ensuite	9.5	9	10	28.5	104 / 120

New South Wales Houses

Round 1

• Episodes 14 to 16
• Airdate — 24 to 30 June
• Description — In round 1, three teams head to Jacinta and Jordan's House in Punchbowl & Lara and Peter’s house in Belrose. Each team must deliver their first set of rooms based on the homeowners design briefs and deliver the rooms after two and a half weeks. The winners at the end of the round received $5,000.

Team	House	Rooms allocated	Scores			Total (out of 30)	Running Total (VIC round 1 to NSW round 1)
			Lana	Rosie	Simon
Lara & Peter	Jacinta & Jordan’s (Punchbowl, NSW)	Dining Room, Master Bedroom & WIR					/ 150
Hannah & Jonny		Living Room & Ensuite					/ 150
Taeler & Ellie		Kitchen, Pantry, Laundry & Powder Room					/ 150
Jacinta & Jordan	Lara & Peter’s (Belrose, NSW)	Living Room & Ensuite					/ 150
Rhys & Liam		Kitchen, Laundry & Bathroom					/ 150
Brad & Mel		Master Bedroom, WIR & Dining Room					/ 150

Round 2

• Episodes 17 to 19
• Airdate — 1 to 7 July
• Description — In round 2, the teams head back to Jacinta and Jordan's House in Punchbowl & Lara and Peter’s house in Belrose. Each team must deliver the remaining rooms based on the homeowners design briefs and deliver the rooms after two and a half weeks. The lowest scoring overall three teams will be eliminated while the highest overall scoring teams will go into the final round, backyard renovations.

Team	House	Rooms allocated	Scores			Total (out of 30)	Round Total (VIC round 1 to NSW round 2)
			Lana	Rosie	Simon
	Jacinta & Jordan’s (Punchbowl, NSW)						/ 180
							/ 180
							/ 180
	Lara & Peter’s (Belrose, NSW)						/ 180
							/ 180
							/ 180

Grand Finale

Backyard renovations

• Episodes 20 to 22
• Airdate — 8 to 14 July
• Description — In the final round, the top three teams will return to their own homes and renovate their backyards, the leaderboard will be wiped clean. The highest scoring team at the end of the round will receive $100,000 off their mortgage.

Ratings

Wk.	Ep no.	Episode titles by stage of season				Air date	Timeslot	National reach viewers (millions)	National total viewers (millions)	Night rank	Source
1	1	Victoria Houses (Brad & Mel's and Taeler & Ellie's)	Round 1	Introduction		26 May 2024	Sunday 7:00 pm	2.253	0.950	2	[9]
	2			Renovations underway		27 May 2024	Monday 7:30 pm	1.464	0.632	7	[10]
	3			Renovations continue		28 May 2024	Tuesday 7:30 pm	1.272	0.602	8	[11]
	4			Room Reveals & Scores		2 June 2024	Sunday 7:00 pm	1.996	0.808	4	[12]
2	5		Round 2	Introduction		3 June 2024	Monday 7:30 pm	1.437	0.582	9	[13]
	6			Renovations underway		4 June 2024	Tuesday 7:30 pm	1.308	0.535	7	[14]
	7			Room Reveals & Scores		9 June 2024	Sunday 7:00 pm	1.131	0.443	8	[15]
3	8	Queensland Houses (Hannah & Jonny's and Rhys & Liam’s)	Round 1	Introduction		10 June 2024	Monday 7:30 pm	1.448	0.661	7	[16]
	9			Renovations underway		11 June 2024	Tuesday 7:30 pm	1.340	0.581	7	[17]
	10			Room Reveals & Scores		16 June 2024	Sunday 7:00 pm	1.876	0.788	5	[18]
4	11		Round 2	Introduction		17 June 2024	Monday 7:30 pm	1.323	0.651	10	[19]
	12			Renovations underway		18 June 2024	Tuesday 7:30 pm	1.321	0.630	7	[20]
	13			Room Reveals & Scores		23 June 2024	Sunday 7:00 pm	1.743	0.801	4	[21]
5	14	New South Wales Houses (Jacinta & Jordan's and Lara & Peter’s)	Round 1	Introduction		24 June 2024	Monday 7:30 pm
	15			Renovations underway		25 June 2024	Tuesday 7:30 pm
	16			Room Reveals & Scores		30 June 2024	Sunday 7:00 pm
6	17		Round 2	Introduction		1 July 2024	Monday 7:30 pm
	18			Renovations underway		2 July 2024	Tuesday 7:30 pm
	19			Room Reveals & Final Scores		7 July 2024	Sunday 7:00 pm
7	20	Grand Finale (Backyard renovations)		Introduction		8 July 2024	Monday 7:30 pm
	21			Renovations underway		9 July 2024	Tuesday 7:30 pm
	22			Backyard Reveals, Final Scores & Winner announced		14 July 2024	Sunday 7:00 pm

Reception

An early review from David Knox of TV Tonight said the format isn't original enough and can be easily compared to House Rules or The Block.^[22] An article from Yahoo! stated viewers also found it similar to House Rules, however viewers did enjoy the series.^[23] Ben Pobjie from The Sydney Morning Herald wrote, "But Dream Home is a kinder and gentler enterprise than that show, emphasising dreams over property values at every turn. Here the two-person teams are actually renovating each other's houses, giving lots of opportunity for tearful "we just want to give them the home of their dreams" speeches.".^[24]

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