The Block 2024 guide to who is building which house, which room will be renovated each week and what the budget is

This year Scott Cam and the team have made a major change to The Block and it could even impact the outcome of Auction Day.

In years gone by, the all-important House Decider Challenge determined which team renovate which house and ultimately sells it at the end of the season.

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Usually the teams are given 48 hours and a modest budget to put their building skills on display. The winner of the challenge would go on to select which house they would transform, the second, third and so forth.

But this year Scott Cam revealed there would be no House Decider Challenge and instead the houses were assigned to the teams by a game of chance.

You can see how it all played out by watching the video above.

Scotty stood in front of five wooden penguin sculptures and called on Jesse and Paige, who were the first to step onto The Block site, to pick a sculpture at random.

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"You get to pick a penguin first, on the other side of that penguin is a Colorbond colour and that colour matches the roof colour of the house that you are going to renovate for the next 12 weeks," the host explained.

"Basically, you pick a penguin you pick a house."

Who is renovating which house on The Block 2024?

Here's who was left with renovating each house:

House 1: Jesse and Paige – after they left, newbies Maddy and Charlotte inherited their partly renovated house.

House 2: Courtney and Grant

House 3: Ricky and Haydn

House 4: Kylie and Brad

House 5: Kristian and Mimi – the Adelaide couple managed to snap up the only double-storey home this year. Would it be a help or a hindrance? We'll soon find out.

With the house allocation already sorted, Scotty fired up the teams to get cracking on their build immediately.

"No mucking around, we're starting straight away," Scotty said.

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"It's time for you to move in because tomorrow morning you're going to start renovating and you need to present a room to the judges by next Sunday."

What is the budget on The Block 2024?

Scott revealed during the first episode that each team would have a budget of $250,000 cash to renovate their house over 12 weeks.

But even he admitted $250,000 wouldn't be enough to secure a winning house.

"The thing is, this is not enough to build that beautiful house – you gotta win money! Challenges, room wins, all that jazz," he encouraged.

While $250,000 would be a modest budget for the entire house, it is doable if the Blockheads stick to the recommended spending for each room outlined in the floorplan below:

Lock it in your calendars – we have a huge Block–tastic run ahead!

The Block airs Sunday at 7:00pm and Monday to Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.

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