New season of The Block begins filming in Melbourne’s Bayside

The new season of Channel Nine’s hit renovation show The Block is set to begin filming within days.

Charming St in Melbourne‘s Hampton East is buzzing with activity as five properties, bought last year for a whopping $14.3m, are being prepped for production, with major extensions already being added to the back of each property, The Herald Sun reports. 

The houses at 14, 16, 18, 20, and 22 Charming St were snapped up by MicJoy Pty Ltd, a company owned by Nine, in separate off-market deals.

The most expensive of the bunch, 20 Charming St, cost a whopping $3.5m when it was bought last July.

Only one of the five properties purchased along the row of homes at numbers 14, 16, 18, 20, and 22 has two bedrooms. The other four boast three to four bedrooms.

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The new season of The Block is set to begin filming in Melbourne’s Bayside after Channel Nine bought five houses for $14.3million. (Pictured: The Block host Scott Cam) 

The size of each block ranges from 575 to 703 sqm.

The Block filmed its 2021 season in neighbouring Hampton, only two kilometres from the 2023 location.

Buyers agent Denise Jacobs, who sold her own home in Hampton to Nine for $1.59million for the 2021 season of The Block, said East Hampton was ‘taking off’ even if it was the ‘poor cousin’ to Hampton, which tends to be pricier.

Charming St in Melbourne’s Hampton East is buzzing with activity as five properties, bought last year for a whopping $14.3m, are being prepped for production, with major extensions being added to the back of each property, The Herald Sun reports. (Pictured: Scott and co-host Shelley Craft)  

Only one of the five properties purchased along the row of homes at numbers 14, 16, 18, 20, and 22 has two bedrooms. The other four boast three to four bedrooms. (Pictured: one of the homes that will be renovated on The Block next year) 

Describing Charming Street as ‘great’, she said: ‘It’s a happy little pocket and there are some lovely established homes. 

The prices buyers paid for the Hampton homes in 2021 were between $2.3million and $3million, so fans should expect to see similar prices for East Hampton.

Jacobs added that the 2023 season of The Block will be ‘easier’ for the producers than the current season.

The Block 2022 is being filmed in Gisborne, in country Victoria, a 40-minute drive from Melbourne, and is said to be one of the most ambitious seasons yet. 

The teams are each building a home on 10 acres of land. 

This kitchen and dining area inside one of the homes can expect a major makeover next year

The lounge area of No. 18 Charming Street is seen here