West Australian police officers Britt and Taz Etto have won reality renovation show The Block , and take home $520,000 on a mixed auction day in Daylesford, where two homes failed to sell at auction.

Two other homes fetched an auction premium of less than $150,000 each, a more muted result than the lucrative prizes of recent years, when billionaire Adrian Portelli often bid large sums . The Block airs on Nine, owner of this masthead.

The five new homes for sale were listed with price guides of $3 million to $3.3 million, and four of the five had reserve prices of $2.99 million, which was a point of contention among the show’s contestants, who create a home, take it to auction and pocket any money it sells for above the reserve.

Many wished for lower reserves to sell their homes in

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