Best mates Robby and Mat from Adelaide are the green team building House 5 on The Block Daylesford.
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While Robby, a huge fan of the show, might be prepared for life on The Block, Mat will be in for a shock, having never watched a single episode before.
These two probably have the least renovating experience out of all the teams, making them this year’s reno rookies, however having both built their own businesses from the ground up, they won’t be strangers to hard work.
Check out every room from Robby and Mat's house on The Block 2025
- Meet Robby and Mat
- Backyard and pool
- Alfresco and shed
- Laundry, pantry, mudroom, water closet and garage
- Guest suite
- Kitchen
- Rumpus room
- Living and dining
- Main bedroom
- Main bathroom
- Kids’s rooms
- Bathroom
Looking for more? Check out every room reveal so far from The Block 2025
Meet Robby and Mat
Best mates since meeting 15 years ago in Adelaide when Mat cut Robby’s hair, it was Robby’s idea to apply for The Block while Mat was in Bali celebrating his 40th birthday.
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“I was sitting at home and my partner Alyssa said myself and Mat would be great on The Block and here we are,” Robby said.
“If someone had told me with a crystal ball the likelihood of going on The Block or my house burning down, I would have said our house burning down,” Mat said.
So much so, Mat had never even watched The Block.
Robby, 37, barber and business owner
Robby is no stranger to hard work. He owns four salons under the Attaboy name in Adelaide, as well as a cafe.
Growing up, Robby was a soccer player and for years was part of the National Premier League.
He has a partner Alyssa and son Brooks, who will be nearly one when The Block hits the screens.
“When I left to go on The Block, leaving him was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do,” Robby said
Mat, 41, hairdresser and stylist, and business owner
During his childhood growing up in Adelaide, Mat was one of Australia’s best figure skaters, which taught him determination and to take nothing for granted.
He is a hard worker with a thick skin, and has a worldwide reputation as a top hair stylist.
He has a salon called MJ Hair and over 32 thousand Instagram followers.
Style and experience
Of all the Blockheads this year, the pair have the least renovation experience.
However, they will not let that deter them as they have built businesses which involves project management.
Robby believes Australians will relate to them.
“We are just two best mates, a hairdresser and a barber, gay and straight,” he said.
Mat will be in charge of shopping and styling on The Block, while Robby manages the trades.
Their Block style is contemporary country, with an Australiana edge.
What is the address for Robby and Mat's house on The Block?
Robby and Mat's house is a brand new build at 2 Cedar Lane, Daylesford, Vic 3460
Robby and Mat’s backyard and pool reveal
Score: 38, second place
“Magical” and “Dr Seuss” like was the judges verdict as they stepped foot into Robby and Mat’s backyard.
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A huge fireplace was unlike anything Dave had seen before, while Marty said it “anchored” the outdoor entertaining area.
A 25-year-old tree was described by Marty as “one of the most beautiful trees” he had ever seen.
“But how good is just having a simple tree and having a structure? I think this was fantastic,” Dave said.
Darren liked the addition of food cubes that enabled “sustainable, grow your own food thing at home.”
“You've got a trellis to grow things up in the vine. Technically, it's wonderful,” he said.
The pickle ball court was also a hit, made possible by winnings from earlier in the season.
The cabana had its own sauna but was not well built-in, and Darren noted it was not as luxurious as the other houses.
Robby and Mat’s winning alfresco and shed (and wine cellar) reveal
Score: 30, first place
Winning the week with three perfect scores, Robby and Mat’s highly anticipated wine cellar left the judges in awe.
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“What's nerding me out is the decision making processes,” Darren said.
“They made one decision, put a hole in the ground, then the knock on effect, the staircase in the window, and then, and then, and then, and then joinery, and then styling it like this, and then presenting it this way.
“They swung hard, but this is a home run.”
Marty said the cellar put the house in a league of its own.
“They now don't have the same houses. They're in a competition, and they have now taken themselves out of the competition and put themselves in a totally new bracket because of what they've added,” he said.
The shed with a fully equipped gym and workshop was also a hit, as was the alfresco area.
Robby and Mat’s laundry, pantry, mudroom, water closet and garage
Score: 25.5, fourth place
Incorporating a compact Euro Laundry where all the features were hidden behind doors didn’t make sense for the judges.
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“It is a form before function, and when you've got this much square meterage in a home, having somewhere to put your dirty clothes, or put your clean clothes and be able to fold at the same time - that doesn't work,” Darren said.
The pantry’s French pattern tiles were a hit, as were a fridge and a north facing window that will bring in beautiful morning sun.
Tiles to the mud room were an odd choice, and Shaynna said it lacked hanging space.
The garage’s cleaning kit was a valuable addition, but Shaynna said it was just a blank space with a clever ceiling, whereas the other homes “tried to sell the dream of being in Daylesford.”
Robby and Mat’s guest suite
Score: 20.5, fourth place
While the suite was sans a kitchenette, Darren didn’t think it needed one.
Robby and Mat spent $33,374 on their guest suite. Picture: Channel 9/9Now
“Personally, if I was designing this house, I don't know if I would have put a kitchenette in either,” he said.
“It definitely is a great value add, but day to day this does everything that I would want it to do. I think this is a very big bang for buck, saleable, well presented, beautiful, consistent room that works with the rest for the rest of the house.”
Another unfinished bathroom left the judges disappointed but they loved their tiling choice.
“Wow, this could have been a really hot contender,” Shaynna said.
Robby and Mat’s winning kitchen reveal
Score: 28.5, first place
The “most Daylesford kitchen” seen today was Marty’s first impression.
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“This relationship between the kitchen and the lounge room feels like its spacious enough to move,” Darren noted.
“Visually, it's separate, so you have this lovely spatial and physical flow through this area, which just couldn't be better.”
However, a secret door of shelving to the bedroom was divisive, and deemed unpractical.
The styling won Shaynna over who loved the little egg beater, a rainbow rolling pin and the quirkiness.
Overall, Marty said the kitchen was luxurious, but not pretentious and appealed to all buyers.
“It has that level of sophistication that I know the buyers are going to love and it's not going to date, it's timeless,” he said.
“To me, this week, this one is really hard to fault.”
Robby and Mat’s rumpus room reveal
Score: 18, fifth place
After reading a note about some unfinished floorboards being out of the boys’ control, Darren stated: “I'm just going say this, on the week where things don't go your way, at least you weren't going to win anyway.”
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Marty slammed the space as uninviting and not warm.
“But how do you go from having one of the best weeks in Block history, everything that they touched, they won, and then you've delivered a room like this?” he said.
Shaynna said the styling and the colour scheme was wrong, making it one of their worst rooms.
“They have dropped the ball because they were winning, and they possibly got a little bit cocky,” Marty said.
“They haven't understood the value of a second living space.
“They've gone from being a couple roosters, and this week, they're little feather dusters.”
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Robby and Mat’s winning living and dining reveal
Score: 28.5 + 1 (gnome bonus point), first place
Upon setting his sight on the space, Marty said he was speechless which was not common.
“Look at that beautiful sun coming through these skylights, and that light just dappling through is absolutely perfection, I'm blown away,” he said.
Spacious, functional and inviting and the right allocation of space was how Darren summed it up.
“This is a big communal home, and so you need to have this allocation of seating. You need to be able to have a conversation pit, so that people could sit and interact with each other and then also interact with the outdoors and interact with the view and interact with the backyard,” he said.
“This layout is perfect.”
Robby and Mat’s main bedroom and walk-in wardrobe
Score: 25, third place
Darren and Shaynna were in awe of the double skylights, in addition to the wall finish, which Darren described as “masterful.”
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“It would have taken time to do, and it was absolutely well worth the effort,” he said.
“The fact that they painted that finish onto walls and still painted the ceilings better than most of the other houses shows that they have attention to detail and planning up their sleeves.”
Shaynna said there were too many David Bromley artworks in the room, and questioned why the room was the only one sans a fireplace.
The walk-in wardrobe was mostly well received aside from the fact it did not have an island.
Robby and Mat’s main bathroom
Score: 27.5, third place
Likened to a “high-end hotel” by Marty, he said buyers will love it.
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“From a marketing and a buyer perspective, the buyers will come in here, and it's, I think it's very hard to knock, it feels very luxurious,” he said.
While Shaynna loved the textures, the layout and functionality, she said the styling was cliché.
However, Darren said “quiet luxury” spoke to the market, and it was a chic approach.
“I think quiet luxury is something that people really gravitate to, especially when it functions properly,” he said.
Robby and Mat’s kids’ rooms reveal
Score: 20.5, fifth place
From first place in week one to last place this week, Robby and Mat’s rooms did not win the judges over, with Marty likening the second space to an “upmarket nursing home”.
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The first room was applauded for its vibrancy and sense of fun but the wardrobes were too close to the bed, with some paintwork not done in the timeframe.
The second room drew a slew of criticism from the judging trio.
“Oh, boys, what have you done?” Shaynna said. “It's gone to a very old styling aesthetic.”
Both Marty and Darren said the room lacked any mood.
“The mood is, I need to have a little lie down for five years,” Darren said.
Robby and Mat's winning bathroom
Score: 26.5, first place
Winning the week by one point, Darren dubbed the space “the Goldilocks’ room”.
“This is everything we've seen work in other rooms, working extremely well all together. I think the boys have got a really sweet spot,” he said.
Winners of bathroom week, Robby and Mat. Picture: Channel 9/9Now
The tile layout, and lines were perfect, Darren said.
“This is absolutely the right direction. This is showing that they have an eye for detail and finesse, and they really have a sense of style that I think is really going to fit this house and this market,” he said.
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