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Polly and Waz win The Block
Polly Porter and Waz Jones hope their win on The Block will inspire other novice renovators.
The Sydney couple had no renovating experience before they entered the Nine reality program but managed to beat three other pairs to win the latest series.
The couple hope their win will give other novices the confidence to try renovating.
"I really hope so because our little journey I hope will be a real boost for people who want to give it a go, whether it's on The Block or not," Waz said.
"You've just got to be okay with asking a lot of questions. It isn't quite as daunting as everyone thinks."
Polly and Waz's renovated Melbourne house sold for $855,000 at auction on Saturday night, which was $15,000 over their reserve and made them the winners.
It meant the couple took home the $15,000 profit they made on the property, as well as $100,000 in prize money.
"We have a few ideas floating around on how we'll spend the money," Polly said.
"I did say if we won that I would buy Waz a motorbike so I might have to come good with that one. A holiday and a deposit for a house. Some fun things and some serious things.
"We want to just enjoy the ride so we'll definitely be taking a nice holiday."
While they say they would definitely like to renovate again, the next property they buy they would just like to live in.
"We definitely will but I don't think it will be the next one that we buy," Polly said.
But despite wanting a bit of a rest first, Waz said the show has caused him to become addicted to renovating.
"I can't wait to get the tool box out again and start busting up some walls," he said.
Polly and Waz also hope they've shown that you can win a reality show without being at each others throats.
"It's really nice that you can look on the bright side of things and have a good attitude and have fun and you can still win a competition," Waz said.
"It doesn't have to be cut throat," Polly added.
And Polly says she couldn't have done it without the relaxed Waz.
"I used to be a bit of a stresshead but I always say that anyone who's a stresshead needs a Waz," Polly says.
"He just makes me see that there's no point in stressing about things that you can't control and there was a lot on The Block that we couldn't control."