They are The Block homes that time forgot — because the owners and buyers seem to have wanted it that way.

The year was 2010 and the renovation series returned to the small screen after a six and a half year hiatus with a bang – with a whole new look and a whole new host.

Celebrity tradie Scott Cam was installed as host for the first time, replacing Jamie Durie and the affluent Eastern Suburbs location of Vaucluse was chosen as the venue – where the median house price is usually around eight times the national average.

A relatively humble block of flats with ocean glimpses on former colonial access road, New South Head Rd, right next to Vaucluse shopping villages was chosen as the location for the show’s big comeback.

After nine prime-time episodes, NSW couple John and Neisha Pitt were

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