The Block house fails to settle in auction plot twist
Bidder for the winning Block house fails to settle by deadline, leading to unexpected allegations.
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Jimmy & Tan’s winning house on The Block, which netted an eye-watering $4,256,000, remains unsold after the successful bidder failed to meet payment by settlement.
A Current Affair last night alleged Emese Fajk, 28, had ‘cheated’ the show by presenting receipts of bank transfers. The cash has failed to appear in Nine’s accounts.
Nine broadcast a litany of allegations involving ex-partners, deals and debts across various countries with The Block team shocked by the outcome.
“It’s something no one ever saw coming, no one ever expected, but it’s something we now have to deal with,” Jimmy told A Current Affair.
Tam said: “She came to our house to watch the final episode with us, she cracked a bottle of wine out of the wine fridge.
“She actually cried with us when the result came over, it was like we knew her as a friend.”
Nine claims the winning $100,000 prize will remain with Jimmy & Tan because other bids at their auction exceeded other contestants (…could that prove contestable if the house is sold at a lower price to another buyer?).
Meanwhile Ms Fajk insisted she had paid the money and the delay had been at the bank’s end.
“I don’t know what happened, I’ve paid for everything,” she said. She also admitted she’s made mistakes but insists she has paid the money and said she still hopes to one day own the house.
Nine says it will be handing over all information to the relevant authorities.
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11 Responses
sounds like she’s going for her 15 min of fame.
This is all very dodgy, but I think channel nine need to give Jimmy and Tam the money or give them the difference once it sells
Sounds like there’s a lot more to the story than they are letting on. You don’t just transfer a house deposit and cross your fingers that the money will go to the right place. You can easily track these things and you would for such a large transfer.
It sounds a bit like the buyer either couldnt afford it, or decided she had paid too much for it so pulled out after the sale. Saying she hopes to own it “one day” suggests that day won’t be this month…
Makes you wonder if the buyers are given part thereof the prize money. Seems rigged to me. Some of those sale prices were so inflated. I have heard stories that tradies go back and repair many things after the show finishes as they have not been done correctly. Could be gossip…
Thats how every house in Australia is built or renovated… Builders always go back and fix defects
Untrue you inspect the premises before u take possession. The solicitor advises you to inspect it prior to exchange of contract. These are homes fixed after the auction has taken place which is not part of a normal process.
Wasn’t the auction on the Saturday and then shown on TV on the Sunday? Bit off subject but I am wondering how, if this is the way it goes, how Tam and Jim got to go bacck to their home in Qld with this person and not quarantine? Guessing there is a good answer to this but got me wondering.
They watched the final in their Block house 🙂
Thank you Kelly. I knew I was missing something so darn obvious ! lol
Didn’t see ACA but why wouldn’t this transaction be handled the same way as a conventional property transfer? Conveyancers/lawyers exchanging bank cheque or EFT, title deeds and other documents being exchanged following last minute title searches? One doesn’t just send payment to the vendor with a ‘the cheque’s in the mail’ or ‘here’s a copy of the bank transfer receipt’ scenario.
Perhaps common sense prevailed ,there is no way in hell I would pay that much for a house in Melbourne , considering how close they are together and the location ,way overpriced and overrated as a city to live in.