THE BLUE TEAM WON!!!!
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Topic: THE BLUE TEAM WON!!!!
Posted By: Lissy
Subject: THE BLUE TEAM WON!!!!
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 8:31pm
Yeh, I know I haven't really watch Mitre 10 Dream home much this time, but I have major tears!!! GO THE BLUE TEAM, you sooo deserve it!!! . ------------- Harlan Drew DOB: 06.12.06 & Stepmum to Ethan & Christian, DOB: 25.02.99 |
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 8:50pm
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Yay! I'm especially glad cause Paddy and Neisha are gonna be able to buy as well. I was so torn between the teams this time though. -------------  |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 9:00pm
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Must admit I didnt watch any of this season but did watch the finale tonight
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Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 9:23pm
I wanted the yellow to win But still, what an amazing opportunity for the blues....
Did anyone who lives in Whakatane go to the open homes???? ------------- My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 9:43pm
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i wanted yellow to win too....and what the heck was going on with them bidding...have they decided to walk away and take the money and chattels only??? anyone know the final outcome cause it was left hanging big time and poor yellows looked really confused....
I love their little girl...she is sooo cute and I am always sooo upset when i think she is autistic cause she looks like a little angel on earth...what a sweetie and they clearly adore her sooo much too...i wanted yellow to win, so they could spend more time with her and not worry about their finances....sob sob!!!
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 9:48pm
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I wanted yellow to win too and I just wanted to give them a hug and tell them everything was gonna be ok!!
What was with the lady bidding against them?! Do you guys reckon the producers planted her there to make it more exciting and have more tension?? I just don't know how someone could possibly do that! And I agree Bombshell, I thought they would have told us what the yellow team decided to do. I really hope they get the house, I thought it was great.. and they really put everything into it (as did the blue team). But surely the producers would sell it at a lesser cost to them?! I mean they must have some human decency.. |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 9:49pm
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Didn't they say that Yellows could bid up to $285k? That's what I thought I had heard. Well they bid up to $270k, haven't been outbid but the reserve has not been reached. So now it's up for negotiation with them as first option for purchasing. I think that was really strategic on their part (though all their lengthy discussions were rather odd) cause they will probably get the house at equal to or just below reserve.
They're both very careful with money, we saw that with all their budgets and them having a home business. I wonder if they were concerned about weekly amounts and that's what their discussions were about. But I reckon they'll get it. Dunno when/if we'll be told though. ------------- |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 10:05pm
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I agree that they were probably concerned about repaying the mortgage each week - with a home business as their only income, that's very understandable!
I do hope they get it, I always want both teams to have their houses. I wonder what the reserve was.. |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 10:06pm
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Oh and kind of off topic but relating to the TV thing..
This is your life: Jonah Lomu! We were surprised it was him, it's cool they had a younger guy. He seemed quite shell-shocked and overwhelmed, it's nice it was all a surprise. |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 10:17pm
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I hope yellow do get their dream home. It just seems so wrong if they arent able to afford it and someone else ends up with it. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 7:57am
| imagine being that person that bought the house instead of the team that built it. i think you would be ostracized from the community! |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 8:37am
I didn't watch all of the show as Monday is usually yoga night 
But... I didn't want the Blues to win as I felt they played a bit dirty! What with the carpet layer being "stolen" from the yellows and then accusing them of using Trade people to help them for free. I've never seen anything like that on any of the other Dream Homes and DH & I watch it all the time. Perhaps they will update what happens with the yellow team on the mitre10 website We watched the Jonah Lomu "This is your life" and thought it was done very well! (except for the NZ Idol singers! They were CR@P! lol) I was blubbing at the end though and yeh, he looked really uncomfortable with all of the praise he was getting. He really is an amazing role model for kids and also for people with kidney problems ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: nuttymama
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 8:39am
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YAY blue.
We so wanted the blue team to win they seem like such a nice couple. In saying that though we were so annoyed with that lady bidding against the yellow team nasty. I don't think they could say what happened to the yellow team as it was live so hopefully it will be in the news or papers when they have sorted out the outcome. ------------- Abigail 06/01/2005 Jayden 21/11/2001 Micheal 03/04/1997 |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 9:14am
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I was gutted too I think the yellow team did over all better the blue and then there were the nasty tactic's the blue team used I think that was more there designer then anything tho. Still would have liked to see yellow win. Really lovely couple with alot more to loose then the blue. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 9:31am
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yeah i dont know if they could bid up to $280 or had $280 plus the deposits which came to $325?
i do think having a reserve was totally unfair....esp one obviously high enough to do them out of the house...i mean if they could buy for $270 and house is worth $325 so what....it would have helped their replayments... It will be interesting to see what does happen.... As for - this is your life...sorry but i thought what a waste...there are surely some others other than rubgy stars in their 30s in this country who deserve it more...Judy Bailey would have been my pick!!! or is it a TVNZ thing that anyone ex TVNZ is excluded - i watched five mins and gave up..... |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 9:55am
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Anna, we did go have a look at the houses quite a few times, but didnt go to the open home, or last night. Not very easy in those crowds with a baby!
I like the look of the yellow house best from the outside.We went and had a nosy the weekend they were doing the planting! |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 10:16am
YAY BLUE!! 
I knew it would be Jonah Lomu - so obvious lolol, didn't watch it though. I used to be sooooooooo in love with him, hehehehehe   ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 10:31am
| He used to work as a bank teller at the asb in Pakuranga where I used to go, when he was just starting out! |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 10:45am
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Yeah we went to the open homes but wernt very impressed with them in real life! Yellow was nice.
We wanted the yellow to win because living in Kawerau (where the blue team come from) i have spoken to many people who knew the blues and didnt really have nice things to say plus my sis is friend with Neisha and she said that she is so deserving! - i did love the yellow house better and i really hope that they are able to buy it I formed a bad opinion of the blues all by myself though because they seemed like nice people but they had a nasty streak to them and their team played dirty!!! 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 10:57am
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I watched it and was dissapointed with the production. Live TV and they kept stuffing up the transmission so when the Blue team one it went all fussy and horrible. This is your life, I picked Jonah and my mum and dad were saying no not him. When Paul Henry went to the Hilton and said it was a sports person, it was even more obvious. Talk about shellshocked when he was told. And did anyone notice his wife and his brother??? She didn't even acknowledge him when he came on the stage with Grant. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: ooEvaoo
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 11:23am
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Yah!! Blue team.............though I always want both teams to win their houses. You should have seen me cursing the woman who was bidding against the yellow team lolz. I was going to go to the auction last night but we drove past at 1pm and it was already starting to get crowded with cars so decided to watch it at home, plus it was a little chilly for bubs to be out in the cold....did see the fireworks from my parents house though.
I like the look of both the houses from the outside but they kinda look too close to each other (hmmm but that could be just because of the bus thingy the was parked in the middle of them, and the big metal fence that was up) can't wait to go past the places next time. Gosh they're like the flashest houses on Awatapu Dr!. Hehehe that was cousin (Thomas) who was the carpet layer on the show! YELLOW HAVE BROUGHT THERE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just heard on Good morning!! ------------- 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 11:29am
Damn...missed Jonah on This is your life..... Like you Ana used to be in love lol------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 11:31am
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Yay for the Yellows ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 12:34pm
I wanted Yellows to win aswell! I'm glad they managed to buy the house but I am very interested in how! I was reading a thread on the Trade Me message boards and someone on there said they knew the woman that was bidding against the yellows and surprise suprise she works for Ray White!! Its all a bit of a have really  ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 12:42pm
| real estates are allowed to use "fake bidders" at an auction - to up the bid butony until it reaches reserve. if a fake bidder keeps going - it's illegal. real estate agencies are so sneaky!! |
Posted By: EllenMumof2
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 12:49pm
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Woooooooooohoooooooo Blue I so liked them and they are deserving people as well they have lost alot. must say didn't like a couple of people in there team throw. Great to hear yellow got there house didn't think much of the auction throw. that real estate agent could of been biding on behalf of someone as we have done this before so i wouldn't get emotional about the house if it went beyond us. -------------  
 
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 1:58pm
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I think the other bidder was planted - from what I remember, all the other shows had someone bidding against them too, and I always thought it was weird.
I mean who would do that?!?! But I guess it would be too boring if it was only the couple bidding right? So surely the producers must hook it up for "better tv" so there's that tension. It's wrong messing with people like that!!! |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 2:00pm
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Oh and This is Your Life, I thought was great - he's done alot of things in his life already, and it was sweet how Jonah looked uncomfortable about all the attention. I didn't watch the end of it, but DH said his parents weren't even on it???
I think it was a good choice, as everyone was expecting Judy Bailey or Paul Holmes (well DH and I were anyway). |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 4:39pm
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Glad I'm not the only one Kels ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 7:10pm
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Baysmum My aunty and uncle live in Kawerau not been there for year's tho too far and they have 5 kids(one not at home anymore) so not likey to visit anytime soon I kinda like it think its quite a lovely little town really. ------------- Deborah Mum to:
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 7:34pm
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I didn't like how the blue's team member played dirty but it wasn't done with their knowledge so it's a tricky one. I really liked their (the blue couple's) attitude but I felt that the yellows really played so hard to win and while the blues were a nice couple, the yellows deserved to win.
I saw the other bidder turn to someone at one point, I thought she was bidding on behalf? Anyways, it's good to hear that the yellows got their home in the end ------------- |
Posted By: Lissy
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 8:17pm
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I watched that one too. He is just a WONDERFUL man. I had tears with that one too. Maybe yesterday was a teary day for me....... ------------- Harlan Drew DOB: 06.12.06 & Stepmum to Ethan & Christian, DOB: 25.02.99 |
arohanui wrote:Posted By: linda
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 10:20pm
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I think the show has changed quite a bit from when it first started. Now the house looks nothing like the state house it use to be and they show less of the building work and more of the touchy feely things.
Considering the finsih of the blue teams let them down many number of weeks I found it strange that the judges all voted for the blue team. Not sure what yellows mortgage will be but imagine it will be around $230,000 - that is a high mortgage. I know the worked hard on the house but maybe they should live there for six months, sell up and hopefully get the reserve of $330,000 and then go and buy something that will bring the mortgage down. It can't be easy living next to the winners |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 12:41am
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i was glad the blue team one, tho i liked the husband more than the wife, i wanted them to win cos he reminds me of my father,has had bad luck thats out of his control and is struggling each day to make it financially, they got the break my parents so deserve and i dont know in a stupid way it kind of made me hopeful.
also i didnt like neishas voice, stupid reason i know but i didnt. I love their little girl...she is sooo cute and I am always sooo upset when i think she is autistic cause she looks like a little angel on earth...what a sweetie and they clearly adore her sooo much too...i wanted yellow to win, so they could spend more time with her and not worry about their finances....sob sob!!! yeah she was really cute. My sisters special needs and im sure my parents would love to be able to not worry about their finances and spend more time with her but such is life i guess |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 8:47am
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i wanted both teams to win but mroe so the blues not sure why. although i wouldve liked to have seen the yellows walk away with the house at a cheaper price so they didnt have such a big mortgage to try pay.
every auction has someone to up the bidding to get it going, ive seen it happen a few times, rude really, its jsut another dirty tactic real estates use. this is your life I was shocked to see Jonah Lomu but it was good, I think he was deserving, I cnat say I ever had a thing for him though when I was younger lol for some reason i liked Jeff Wilson (not sure why though now when i look back hehe). but i couldnt watch the whole thing i was falling asleep so only watched first bit of it. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 8:48am
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and yeah the reception cutitng out from the live mitre 10 dream home was driving us mental, it always did it in parts we wanted to lsiten to. grrrrrr ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 9:27am
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I must say i was quite disspointed with the hwole dream home thing this year. I mean in past years, if you won the most rooms that was a good vote for you.. yet the yellows won more of the rooms, and still lost. what's with judges, that sucks, i liked the original format of public vote to see who won each room each week.
It's like this year they really wanted drama. come on telling them in week 4 that hello, neither could actually afford their houses. WHY build houses that the contestants can't afford or will have to struggle on limited money to pay the mortgage for? Why they even start off with a state house. i mean they used to move a few walls. Now they just knocked it down and put up own framing. ha, maybe they used a few bits like the blues used the old cladding etc, but they seriously did not 'transform' and old state house, they scrapped it started from scratch. lol telling them that would have put so much stress on them, no wonder it all turned nasty. The teams used to support each other. This time the judges stood in front of the yellows while the winner was announced so everyone could see the blues al happy, and hide the yellows dissapointment., and the blues didn't even stay and support the yellows through the auction. off they went into their house and broke open the wine. it was all just drama and no hint of being nice to each other at all. i just feel like the contestants were played as pawns and put against each other. this year was nasty. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 1:18pm
| yeah i have to agree, in the first couple of series the contestants seemed happy to win but genuinely upset for their losing opponents, it was nicer to watch then |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 12 April 2007 at 10:30pm
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I was glad the blues won that yellow lady seemed like such a b*tch. But the kids were so cute.
I agree with what you said Janine they didn't seem to get along like the other years have. But the blues were only down by one and then the home audience voted for them the week the judges said it was a tie so it was actually even and then the judges gave them 2 more votes. I voted for the blues a few times so i like to think my votes counted. |
Posted By: Travelgirl
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 8:44am
| Both teams are friends of ours, and it was heartbreaking to see the yellow's loose their dream home, but great to see the blues get theirs too. however, I would like to point out as someone further up the page said, it really was made for TV drama, the couples were separated and not allowed to see each other after the auction. That's TV viewing when it gets a discussion going like this. I tell you, it was hard to be in the house celebrating and not be able to see or hear what was happening a few feet away at the auction. All thru the show the producers were looking for the slightest thing to make a story out of. I like how the blue team always kept an upbeat and positive attitude despite having hardtimes throough life aswell, they do not dwell on it as much. |