Dream Home contestant Lara was reduced to tears after a major confrontation with Victorian sisters Taeler and Elle. The sisters were labelled “competitive and fake” for appearing to take advantage of other contestants’ naivety and walking away with more than half of the labour budget on the latest renovation. Not only did the pair upset Lara and husband Peter, but tradie brothers Rhys and Liam were also upset.
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today The three couples had been tasked with renovating Hannah and Jonny’s dream Queensland home after Lara and Peter’s win last week in Victoria. As the winning couple, they were rewarded with a $10,000 combined cash and labour bonus to use “on something special” — a reward that should have given them the upper hand this time. When it came time to dividing this round’s budget, Taeler and Elle took charge of making the divisions.
The sisters were renovating a bathroom and dining room, Lara and Peter were assigned the kitchen and a guest bedroom, and Rhys and Liam had the laundry and living room. Elle asked Lara and Peter immediately how much they needed. As renovation rookies, they had no clue, with this their first kitchen.
Taeler, who is an architect, offered to “help” and suggested $4500 of the $40,000 total for the kitchen. Rhys, who is a tiler by trade, said that it should be $9000. However, Elle cut him off, “We can’t give them $9000.
” “With the budget allocation, we are putting our trust and.
