 Search for a home on any device, any time, anywhere. Private property, a home for everyone. Afternoon Express, I'm Danilo Acquista. I feel like I need to do a Friday dance because it's finally the weekend. And being Friday, it's also time for Winner Home on Afternoon Express, where you could win your choice of one of three incredible homes in an estate in Johannesburg. Now, this show is basically where everybody wins. In the interior design challenge, our three design duos are competing for rewards by transforming three empty cluster homes at the I-of-Africa Gulf and Residential Estates into lavish living spaces. And then in the grand prize competition, you can win your choice of one of those three completed homes with luxurious finishes by Plascon and Caesarstone, as well as premier home appliances by Grundig. The total prize value is therefore over 3 million rand, making this the biggest prize on South African television. Now, last week, our design duos got started on their first challenge. It was that all-important guest bedroom. And if you're new to the show, you have a quick recap on their design plans. Last week, we got our first taste of the design duos' vision when they presented their plans for the guest bedroom to their mentors. Okay, colour-wise, we introduced a bit of peach, a lighter vision of peach, just to warm the room up since it's on the darker side of the house. Along with some interesting paint technique choices, the boldest move was Team Habitat, breaking through a wall. Stress is an understatement. We are stressed to the core with the capital A's. Team VC collaborated with one of their favourite designers, while a beaded zebra was the result of another artistic collaboration. Wow, it's like, welcome to the jungle! As the duos approached the halfway mark, Team House and Leisure realised the difficulty of their feature wall. The few layers that we did, it's not looking as I hoped it will. Only because he doesn't trust the process. Team Habitat had barely started with their room and Team VC felt simply overwhelmed. Pretty defeated, pretty defeated. It's D-Day for the first challenge and with a 5 o'clock deadline, our design duos are realising that 10 days to complete a room isn't as much time as they would have liked. It is the final day and we know it's close to finishing our wall mural and it's not looking good. If you're giving a hand at it, it would be somewhere, but I'm busy with it and you're on my nerves. But you know I'm not an artist. But you complain like one. This is such a disaster and it's not looking as I thought it would. Really? Is it that bad? Oh, but we have literally less than 6 hours to get this right and it's not looking good. Please don't make it any more disastrous. Do you want to give me a hand here? I wish I could help. But I can't. I'm not quite happy with the lines that are showing at the moment and now stop it. I'm not even here to stop it. It's driving me crazy. I can't remember the last time I actually slept and dreamt at night because of the wall mural. Sample is actually quite stressful. All you see is just sitting and complaining through heart and not supporting you. One thing nobody complained about was the delivery of the silly post-apedic mattresses, offering the right kind of support to ensure a healthy sleep. It was just what Seppo and Banelle needed to be more positive. Our bed is on time. Everything is just on time. Actually, it's very early. Yes. It's exciting. It's really exciting. We have everything still left to do. We need to assemble our bed. We need to get our curtains in. We need to dress the bed. Put it independent and style the whole space. And I still need to run around and get everything because we haven't even finished buying all our stuff. We will finish with the help of the design gods. Yeah. Yeah, the design guru. I don't know the design gods. I know them. They got me. Oh, okay. Meanwhile, Team Habitat have a novel plan for their artificial grass. It's not for the floor, it's for the walls. But the stress of installation day is driving them up the walls. Sure. It's like Beyonce before the Super Bowl and she doesn't ever back up dancers. The carpenter still needs to come in and lay down the floors. Need to go in the painters. The wall, the wall for bargain takes, still needs to go up. There's a lot of people in that room. Marvel. And we're trying to do a super standing room and it's like a party up in the app. Right now it's still a space, an empty space. So my nerves. Yes. Oh, yes. I love your color. So we went for... Cashmere, green, green, avocado, green. When they put on the first lick of paint. Already it was. Yes. This is the one. And this was like probably, I mean, now, now. They've just put it on and it's crazy. But it's like it's looking great. Now the wall is starting to look like something. The room is coming to life. Color. It matches the grassy figs that we've put on the wall. No, we are happy. Yeah, I love it. While Team Habitat have struck gold with their choice of Plaskon's paint color, time and a gang. Team House and Leisure seems to have made up for their lost time and are making good headway. We added an L-shaped vanilla noir, scissor stone shelf over the bed to increase the value of the property. And also a Mont Blanc on the open wardrobe. To make it a bit different and not have it as we got it off the floor. And it's got so much character now. It's so beautiful. We're excited that everything is here now and... It's looking quite good. And the only thing that still needs to be done is we need to hang our curtains and then from there we're on a roll. I think we're gonna make it on time. I think so too. Quite confident about that. Yeah, and I'm excited about the open wardrobe. Yeah. It's looking great. I'm loving that as well. I love how that repeats itself there. Are you finally happy? I'm finally happy. I'm not looking half as better as I thought it would be. Do you trust me now? I do. We're two hours to finish line and everything is coming together as planned. Now we're so busy with our hangout artwork. The lighting is going up and scissor stone is in. The painting is done. The bed is here. The room is actually coming together as planned. Since everything arrived on time we made sure we planned and pasted everyone. Is it coming? Yeah, some of the people went happy with me because I was such a mosquito. Always. And to me. Team VC meanwhile is nowhere near finished and things are not going according to plan. It is going, it's going but very slowly. Door paper is up which is quite good. The floor is finished and the painter is still on a slow motion and I can't touch anything because I'm not allowed to disrupt the painter. But he's doing a million touch-ups all the time. And it's starting to scare me. What happens if maybe the paint spills out of our furniture? That kind of vibe. So Annamarie is in the room and she's giving us great ideas but I feel like it was too late. So I needed to work, install the room and make it to be perfect. Can I help you move this bed? No, Annamarie. It's fine. You're going to hurt yourself. Lucifer's not here. Somebody has to help you. I know, but it's fine. I can manage this. We've done this before. Are you chasing me out? Annamarie, you're going to have to leave now because of this is going to be a challenge. Don't call me when the biggest has been made. As you can see, everything is done. The only thing that's left is styling and doing the whole design part. So the kittens are not in. The cupboard is not here. I'm still stressing so we need to call. I'm chasing Annamarie out of the room because I want to start working now. Start cleaning and putting everything together. I love her a lot, but she has to go. But she has to go now. No one is supposed to see the space until it's finished. Even you guys need to be out. You know when they say to come before the hurricane, it's like, I mean, everything is going wrong. Time is not on our side. And you know when you just wish you could just reverse time and go back, back, back. No, time is never on your side. Sure. And she doesn't stop. No, she does not stop. She actually goes faster. She accelerates on that break and goes, you don't have any more time. So it's just everything is going wrong, but we're trying to keep a cool head and hoping that we can pull it all together. No, the magic will come together today. I'm telling you. Like when we were in Annamarie. It has to. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. My nerves. Guys, we still have to paint. We still have to do the scaffolding green. They still need to be carpeting. They still need to be extra all over this entire wall. Not just there. There used to be lights. How many lights? Five chandeliers, babe. One, two, three, four, five. And two hours. At least we got the zebra done. You see, the zebra was outside and they were judging you by the pool. That's fine, but that's no use. We are not going to put it by the window. Baby and bus guys. Yes. And street cameras. Everybody out. Everybody. Sure. Guys, it's a wall, though. My words. Guys, please everybody out. Out, out, out, out, out, out. Out! Heaven's wet paint and frayed nose are definitely not a good combination on such an important day. And with so much unfinished work from walls to floors, will any of our design duos be finished when the time runs out? We'll find out after the break. Because if it doesn't improve people's lives, it isn't plus gone. Designed for life. Welcome back to Winner Home on Afternoon Express. Now before the break, Installation Day was nothing but drama for our design duos. Walls still being painted, surfaces being installed and barely a hint of furniture in any of the rooms. It all comes down to the wire as the deadline approaches. All the design duos only had until 5pm on the final day of their challenge to complete their rooms. And it's a mad rush to finish dressing the guest bedroom. Right, so Team House and Leisure, you guys have got 30 minutes exactly to finish up. 30 minutes. Good luck. Thank you. I'm not even panicking anymore. I was falling apart and I managed to put myself together. I keep on telling you, like, calm down, calm down. But you know what, calm down, I need to panic first. I think you just try to take it. With little time left, the boy is styling Team VC's room and Lesecho is noticeably absent. I'd hate to be the bearer of bad news, Team VC, you guys have got 30 minutes to finish up. Daniel is in the room and I feel like exploding because of... he's like the ticking ball. 30 minutes left. Where's Lesecho? Lesecho, she's on her way. She's just getting a mirror and she's just on her way. She's getting a mirror in 30 minutes. In 30 minutes, trust me, we're going to get it done. All right, good luck to you guys. Good luck. I think we can do this. Over at Team Habitat, their room is very far from finished. They'll have to move at super speed to present a completed guest bedroom. Over 30 minutes to go, it seems like they've called all hands on deck for Team Habitat and I'm wondering if they're going to get ready in time. Guys, will I have a guest bedroom in 30 minutes? Sure. Sure. Well, first of all, we're in Zashia Zash Trace and we're in Titus Trams. So if by the grace of, I don't know, some miracle happens, yes, you will. You'll have a winning room. All right, guys, why is it taking so long? I think when you have big dreams and big visions of full room, you need a lot of time. And a lot of people. And a lot of people. So that's what all hands are on deck. Well, do you guys know your time limits? You need to learn to stick to those, all right? Then you look. Get out of the room and give us time. Please come back when it looks nice and I will be more hospitable first. I think out of the room, I have a lot of pillows. That's right. That is right. Team Habitat seem confident, but with stone being installed, turf being installed and lights being installed, their to-do list is long and time is short. Our contestant Duos have had two weeks to complete their first challenge, the guest bedroom, and the pressure was on. It is, however, that time and I'm going to be that guy. Contestants, your time is up. We're done. The bomb just exploded so time is up. Time is up. Time is up. Time is up. Like an echo. Time is up. Time is up. Time is up. Time is up. And then it killed me. The final pillow in its place. The first challenge is done. As our design duos have learned, time management is the greatest challenge in this competition. Now, miraculously, they've managed to complete their rooms in the nick of time and their work can be revealed. First up, it's team VC's guest bedroom. To help maintain a cohesive look throughout their home, team VC had designed their guest bedroom for a fictional client which informed the look and feel of the final space. Our room is very intimate, specifically with the colour that we chose. The green comes in very nicely and it makes it feel very comforting. I think our room is very stylish. Every piece there works together nicely and everything that VC did has its purpose of how they look and how they function. So it's more of a hotel feature at your home. Before let's say I've finished their first task, the guest bedroom. So team VC, tell us about the ideas you had here. So the theme in this room was concrete jungle, just like the song New York. And... Here we are. Concrete jungles where dreams are made of. Obviously, there's a lot of dreams that are going to be made on this bed. Love it. For our paint, we chose a lovely dark green colour in the Plaskon interior cashmere which is a beautiful matte finish. And we chose this colour specifically because it makes the room look a lot more intimate and cosy which is what you want for your bedroom. Yeah, yeah. And every one of these challenges, you guys are going to be bringing personal aspects to it. What are your favourites of this room? Well, obviously we love our beautiful custom table designed by Frank Brandt and us at Leonardo's Design. We were inspired by one of his pieces and we worked together on it and moulded it so that it can reflect our room with the natural resource, specifically the diamond. So it's faceted just like a diamond. The table is gold to represent the city of gold, Johannesburg. The wallpaper is a very literal representation of the jungle with its vibrant leaf print. Surprisingly, it's impor's love of pink that inspired the choice of the pendant lamp. One thing I noticed about your room was some bespoke items that you've got, like artwork that starts from the floor and then joins the wall. Is this meant to be like this? Well, now it is. We actually ran out of time. They were supposed to be mounted on the wall, but then they looked good like this and we're like, ah, let's just put them on. So this wasn't a mistake? It wasn't a mistake. Like, this is not meant to be here, this hole in the wall is not meant to be here, the paint that's painted over where your mistakes were, that's not meant to be here. This is all just meant to be perfect, right? No, none of them was meant to be... So if somebody were just to walk through here and this would be fine. Yes, you were going to have another goodness room. No kids allowed. All right. Now you mentioned the sort of feminine touch as I'm loving the sort of cashmere things that you guys have got you and some fluff and what's going on? Yeah. Yeah, so that one... Yeah, a little bit of a whoopsie with our painter. No, so this is a mistake. So this isn't meant to be here. This isn't I've avant-garde we're incorporating the general into your... Not fluff, no. But you guys still look good with green, eh? So why not? We could dye it all green. Well, it's not about what I think, it's not about what you guys think, it's about what the judges and think of your rooms. They're going to be coming to check this out shortly so make sure that you just neaten up these details. All right, no problem. We need to fix that. With the mad rush to the finish line it's not surprising to see little mistakes in that first room. However, these small details could make a huge difference in the eyes of the judges. After the break, Team House & Leisure and Team Habitat reveal their first rooms and I'm sure you're also keen to see if artificial grass on a guest room wall is designed genius or decor delusion. The global trendsetting, kitchen countertops, Caesar stone, it's different. This is Winner Home on Afternoon Express. Now if you've just tuned in before the break, Team VC revealed their completed guest bedroom. It's now time to take our first look through Team House & Leisure's contemporary space. Going against expectations, Team House & Leisure designed a space with feminine elements to create a room that felt restful and included some interesting autistic features. Do you think someone would live in our room? Oh yes, definitely. I think so because it's quite warm and spacious and we made sure that we don't stick to very architectural shapes that people would be afraid to sleep on the bed. We let everything flow and drape. It's actually very inviting, the colours from the pinks that we used, as much as we used white but we really warmed it up and the textures as well. It's very inviting. We did thoroughly think about how everything was going to sit and where we're going to put what but at some point we stopped thinking overthinking everything and thought to ourselves that he is lying. He was crying about chairs we couldn't afford at all and that things aren't going to plan. So I had to say this is what we can afford and it still looks nice. It might not be 16K but it works. It's just my fault that I gravitated towards expensive pieces. Can't deal with you. Danilo, welcome to our guest bedroom. I hope you love it. It's all us. It's looking amazing. I love the colour schemes. It's almost African sheet. While I was studying design, one of the greatest lessons I learnt was as a designer, your job isn't only to make the space beautiful but then you also need to spot the design problems and try to solve that as much as you can. So one of the biggest problems Vanilla and I identified was that the space appeared to be small and it felt really cold. And we tried as much as we can to have more texture and make the space appear as warm as possible. Hence we went for a warmer colour on the walls and initially the space had built-in old roads so we broke that out so that the space could appear bigger and we decided to bring in a shelf and make it more than just like an ordinary shelf you will find. We added like a sister stone shelf to make it sort of like a shoe storage and then on the top shelf you can store whatever you would want to store. And going back to African sheet, we decided to use contemporary South African designers and artists so we have myself who did the artwork here and then the custom stool by Joe Payne and also Tatiana Chitura who did our photograph there. Let's turn our attention to your feature wall. There were some ups and some downs with this one. More ups. Actually, downs but ups only because I'm in experience with painting on the walls and it was a new technique that went to land so just knowing the judges, perspectives and also samples because he was watching me like a hawk but it was hard to actually develop it and also just with time but I trusted the process because I'm used to working with watercolors and it felt like that working with watercolors as you can see on the painting as well. Well, the wall piece does flow into the rest of the room and I like that. Is that why the curtains also extend beyond the floor and onto the floor? Yes, so what we tried to do is emulate luxury. As pretty as that is, I think the judges are also going to look at practicality too. Isn't that going to pick up a whole bunch of dirt and people are going to trip on it and pull them off the rails? Not at all. I think actually if it gets dirty then they have to wash it. I'm quite taken aback by the idea that Daniel doesn't really like I can't do this. Alright. Like he likes that. Like he likes. Speaking of the judges, what do you think that they're going to notice in your room? We took a chance by not balancing the room with the side lamps. So to oppose the side it is actually coming from the top and mine is like a banker's side lamp. And also with the mirror. Since we had a problem of the space appearing smaller we added a bigger mirror so that it reflects the space and gives an illusion of the room being bigger. Great choice. I think the judges are going to love it. I think the space is looking incredible. Can't wait for them to see it. And I can't wait for you at home to see it too. Share your thoughts with us. Hashtag Winaho. Good luck, YouTube. Thank you. From a cosy space to something quite unconventional, Team Habitat's guest bedroom is a reflection of their unique decadent and unashamedly bold style. You want your guests to come into a room and have an experience and feel like they are either at a hotel or they have just walked into something that is new, different, so like an escape. And we think our guest room is on point. No, definitely. It's like you're in the jungle. Hi. Welcome to the jungle. Welcome, welcome. Team Habitat, this is looking absolutely amazing. It's so eccentric. Talk me through all the ideas on this room. Sure, where should I start? I'll start with the green. Yeah, we went for a jungle fever vibe. I mean, we had a golf course, so we thought, I mean, bring the green indoors so you can play your golf or just get into bed and cozy on it. Yeah. Then we put in some chandelier. Gold is our statement piece that we always bring in. Yeah. You can never as well without a little bit of chingalingaling. Yeah, the shutters. We brought in a zebra that you can actually sit on. Would you like to take a seat, Anish? Okay. Come on, take a seat. And we can put you... Oh, my. Okay, well, we'll fix that later. Okay, but always with the first challenge with rooms like this, especially when it's the first exercise, a lot of things don't go the way that you would have liked them to go. You know, talk me through some of those things that didn't go your way. Right, he's got a list as long as now, right back. But it's like, obviously with time, in terms of also getting the contractors and getting their full attention, we obviously go hardcore. So even when the Latin guys came, it's like, you're not hanging one chandelier, you're hanging five. Right. And then it's like, whoa, that's going to take a day. And it's like, no, no, you got to do it in one hour because the carpet guys are coming and they're also waiting outside. So it seems like you guys have dressed to match the drapes today. And do you think you've designed this for yourselves or for everybody's taste? It is a part of us, in terms of the aesthetic. It's wild. It's a mix of different textures. But at the same time, it's versatile. If you don't like the blinds, you just roll it up and you've just got your window. If you don't like the astroph, it's a carpet. You remove this and you go with what I would call a blender or version of the astroph. And if you don't like the green grass, I don't know. Get out of town. Get out of town. Get out of town because you have the wrong goal. I've noticed always with big, bold, eccentric ideas that sometimes the details can be missed out. I've noticed things like here, on your grass wall, things are not quite stuck on correctly. This and this ain't good. Aside from some of the final details, you guys have gone for some really incredible ones too. Like breaking down one of the walls to create a door. We wanted to turn it into an ensuite and we are happy that we installed the door. We wouldn't change it. And you'll see, coming up in the next rooms, why we did it. And it's going to be exciting. And more walls will be going down. Well, ultimately, I don't get you to win that 100,000 rand cash our judges do. What do you think they'll love? And what do you think they're going to spot to some of their concerns in your room? I hope the judges will see our fearlessness. Like we're not afraid to go into a space and actually turn it upside down and start out and create something that are magical. I think that we are nervous about the planning and the details of small things. I'm comfortable with most of the details. Just for the last minute, things like the Astro trip on the wall. Well, Jens, well done. It's looking amazing. It's up to the judges though. They'll be here shortly. Thank you. Thank you. Now that you've seen the rooms, why not lend your support to your favorite design duo and secure your chance to win big at the same time. Visit privateproperty.co.za and click on the winner home icon. You'll be directed to the competition entry page where you'll answer an easy question and then vote for your favorite design duo. This enters you into our bi-weekly competition where you stand a chance to win a seedy poshopedic mattress and base set. Plus, you will automatically be entered into our grand prize competition where your choice of one of three homes completed by our design duos could be yours. That's a prize valued at over 3 million rand. T's and C's apply and can be found on privateproperty.co.za. So if we've inspired you to live that estate lifestyle then stay right where you are because after the break we're taking a look at the different types of estates from around South Africa in our property advice segment. It's good to have you back with us on Winner Home on Afternoon Express. We're on SABC3. So you get a chance potentially to win yourself a dream home on an incredible estate in Johannesburg. And so we really need to become experts in estate living. Now over the course of the series we'll explore various aspects related to buying and living on those estates. Today we're joined by Grant Gavin to discuss the different types of property available on estates in South Africa and how to choose the right type of property for you. Grant, welcome to our loft. Thank you, Dennerlo. Good to be here. You're a wealth of wisdom. We met at the last series of Winner Home when we came to shoot with some of the homes that you were looking at. So property clearly is something that is booming and everybody should invest, or am I mistaken? No, property is always your one step to creating wealth. Your first step to creating wealth, let me say. It's a good long-term investment and property is something that we should all aspire to own for the benefit of wealth creation. Okay, and then estates obviously is a way to do that. Everyone's been pushing estates quite a lot at the moment because I think it's a hot topic. I mean, is investing in estates also a great one? 100%. You always want to invest A in a good location, B, you want to buy at a good price. And I think most importantly, you always want to buy where there's going to be good demand to sell at some point. And with estates and the way South African buyers look for security when they look to buy a property as one of their main priorities, everybody wants to get onto a state. So growing trend, and I believe that South Africa has the largest number of estates in the most countries in the world. I think there are officially that we've got the largest number of estates in the world, which is such a fascinating factor to consider. I think it's because of security, I'd imagine. And security is coming at a premium. So what are the prices that you're paying for properties on estates versus off the estates? You're getting way more for your money off the estates in terms of sales of accommodation and land sales, but you're definitely paying a premium getting onto these estates because people want security. And that's driving prices up. Okay, explain to me about estates because one thing that I've noticed by traveling to all the different estates around the country, they all are slightly different. Some of them are very lifestyle community driven, some of them are huge, some of them are golf estates, some of them are residential. Are they categories or? Well, I think it all comes down to lifestyle and it depends on what you as the buyer are looking to buy into in terms of lifestyle. So for example, if you're a golfer or you're a Keener question fan, you're going to buy into a golf or a question estate. If you love nature, you're going to go into a wildlife or an eco-estate. And a lot of these eco-estates are being built now with particular designs for ensuring that architecture is matching trains in the environment for long term. So there's all sorts of environments that you can fit into in terms of the type of lifestyle that you're looking for. So you must go window shopping. I think that's an important thing to go visit the websites, go see the properties, go visit, go get a sense of who you are as an individual and how you'd like your living spaces to represent that. Yeah, I think most people know that. I think most people know exactly what they're looking for when it comes to estates. And obviously that estate has got to be within your proximity of where you work. You don't want to be commuting too far away from the estate to your place of work. So it kind of comes down to what's in your area as well. Alright, let's talk a bit about the properties within estates. There's something that fascinates me quite a lot. I mean, we always show these beautiful shots of estates and you think of these mansions out there with long driveways and fountains and waterfalls as you get up to those houses. And I'm thinking, I can't afford a house like that. Yeah, well I think that's what the marketing will tell you, showing you these beautiful homes on these massive plots. But there is a home for everybody within an estate, obviously depending on budget. You're going to have an entry level home. Typically that's going to come in a sectional title complex. Perhaps it's a two bed apartment. But you're going to have something that would match your budget from a particular price point. Obviously if you're wanting to live in that sectional, title, type environment, you're going to be living more in cluster type homes with lots of people around you. Or you can move onto your own piece of land, get your own stand, build your own home, have a freehold property and you're going to have a little bit more space. But that's going to come at a higher price. I'm sure. Alright, so the sectional titles, etc. I mean, are they affordable for the regular home buyer? Because I mean, you're also getting the security value that you're getting for one of those pieces of property. So the nice thing about those is that they're great to buy, hold on to and then sell because there's going to be such a big demand. Remember if you're comparing apples with apples and you're looking at the SARS accommodation that you're going to get off an estate versus on an estate, you're always going to be paying more. So it's going to come down to your pocket and what you can afford. So when we talk about is it affordable for everybody to buy on an estate? Probably not. That's the first answer I'd give. But in terms of if you're looking for example for a three million round home off the estate, you're going to get a much bigger home in terms of accommodation. You are paying a premium when you go on to an estate but you're getting the lifestyle and you're getting the security and the piece of mind that comes with it. And there's going to be huge demand for those homes as the obviously the country grows as the population grows so the value of those properties is going to increase drastically too. I'll keep ramming home on this point and I'm sorry to do it but security is the number one priority for a home buyer at the moment in South Africa. Grant, thank you so much. I'm going to pick your brain again next week. Now remember that this season of win a home you stand a chance of winning a beautiful home on the Eye of Africa estate. All you have to do is log on to privateproperty.co.za and answer a very easy question. Keep a lookout each week for more property advice and tips right here on win a home. You also can visit the private property website to learn more about the Winner Home Design Duo's, see their completed rooms and find out more about the incredible prizes that you could win. Coming up, those judges arrive to inspect the guest bedroom. Don't go anyway. Because if it doesn't improve people's lives, it isn't plus gone. Plus gone. Designed for life. Welcome back to Winner Home on Afternoon Express right here on SABC3. Now early on I got the chance to see what our design duos had produced for their first challenge, that all-important guest bedroom. And luckily for me, I don't make the decisions. The judges do and they still need to take a look at the rooms for themselves. Now the first challenge is significant because it will identify the early front runners in the competition so it only seemed fitting to invite an industry heavyweight as a guest judge on the panel. And just like that, task one, the guest bedroom is complete. All that's left is for our judges to evaluate each one. And here they are. I actually don't want to see the judges. Yeah, I feel like just going home. They are winner of Winner Home Season 1 and interior designer, Donald Numalo. Okay, so I see my old boss which is the judge coming through and he knows all my weakest points and I think he's going to point out those things. Umpol used to work for me and that doesn't mean that I'll cut him any slack. He needs to work as hard as the other contestants and we're looking forward to what they produce. From Plaskon Katlecho Kondlo. Katlecho she might really penalize us if we got the technique wrong. And finally our guest judge the brilliant Adranal, Stephen Falk. My name is Stephen Falk. I'm an interior designer. I've been in the business for about 30-35 years. I'm passionate about interiors. I love mixing many different styles together. I love very modern things with traditional things. I think every approach to every job has to be unique. I think, you know, if one sort of says, well, why don't you do what you've done before, I wouldn't be interested. You know, if you do things, take it to the limit but that's not good enough. You take it beyond that. I got a bit intimidated because he is like an industry pro. Being judged by him is completely scary. I mean, it's an honor on our side because this is like one of our first interior design challenges. And it's going to be great to hear the feedback from him. I hope he loves it. I hope he doesn't die. I love it. They will love. This is me forcing it. They will love our whole room. I love the wallpaper. I think it gives great impact. It sets the theme of the room and it gives you a focal point. I don't like the carpet. I think the carpet means nothing. The floor is great. The floor is not cold and I just think the carpet is kind of wrong. I love how the strong colors and the soft colors sort of work together. The green and the soft pink here really I think for me works really quite well. The styling is really quite beautiful. I like the bed. It's not too big. I like the side table that can be used to work and to obviously keep it away from the wardrobe. I just don't like the pillows at the bottom. They're too big for the bed. I love this room. I think it's gorgeous. Just the beautiful green color. It's quite deep and rich and it's on trend. I think it's gorgeous. I love the textures that they thought in. I mean this is gorgeous. I mean if you just see all this it's like what happened here? That will teach them how could they paint with furniture in the room. Yeah it's quite a pity that they didn't finish up with the pictures. It would have gone beautifully with the curtains. So that's just an additional negative for the room. I definitely like the fact that you walk into the space and it just envelopes you. It's really for one word a beautiful room. I like how the Caesar stone is being used as artwork and not necessarily just Caesar stone. This room is vibrant. It is brave at the same time that wallpaper juxtaposed against that beautiful dark green that olive green. Absolutely stunning. It's a room that is very strong on one side. So when you walk into the room it's great but when you actually look back as alive as it is looking me one way it is dead the other. The basic room for me feels bought. Particularly the way the furnitions were arranged it felt like something I would walk into a store see it on display and just say I want these elements and just buy it and put it in my room. I'd love to see Umpo and Lacerro bringing more of their personality into the space. I would like to see them coming through and not just buying items off the shelf. I think it's important as a designer to design and to curate a space with objects that you've actually made or you've sourced or you've had made. I think that really will set you apart from the crowd. It's very important that you remember the time that you allocated it's unacceptable that you don't finish and complete your room otherwise it just takes away from the wonderful design that you've put together. So what do you think the judges would like about our room? The wall. I'm so worried about that wall. I'm not worried about anything to be honest. I really really love this room. I think it's well designed. I love how they did the paint technique. It really just breaks the pink otherwise it would have felt too pink and too girly. So I really love the fact that they incorporated the green into it. For me I especially love that there's so much effort that went into this room. The shelf above the bed that's quite beautiful. I love how it's so well curated. Every way you look there's something beautiful. I think there are things that are designed in. I like the way the cupboard has actually been designed and made using caesar stone, using steel. I think people have come and actually designed and given a lot of thought to this and there is a balance and there's a lightness and a sort of whimsical feel about it which I think works. There's life in this room. The plants are not fake. They're real. Even the plants that are used are quite architectural as well. There is a balance if you look at the caesar stone shelf above the collectibles and you look at the way a chair has been used. There's an old lamp there's a new lamp. The way pink has been used. I think there's a great balance. The true mark of a designer for me I'm looking for somebody who can make 2000 man look like 20,000 man and 20,000 man look like 200,000 man. In this room with their budget they had really looks like a lot more than what they had. The downside to the room was the painting that they had. It was beautifully done however quite melancholic and it's opposite to the whimsical light feeling of the room. I didn't like the curtains. I think the curtains let the whole room down. One should have done something that was designer that was simple. The way things were actually designed in all kind of put together in a designer's way the curtains didn't speak that language. The one thing about this room is that it lacks storage. I think they could have used bedside pedestals instead of just tables because that would have allowed them more storage space. I think in every room there needs to be some certain level of privacy or where you hide things. In this room it's quite restrictive in that regard because everything is so exposed. The judges are in a room I'm seeing big eyes and I hope it's big eyes of wow. Yes! Yes! Yes! Amen! Because we don't really stop at one detail. We literally wherever your eye turns there's a show starter. All of us are standing to silence. I mean we could Emily say one word. It's memorable. Brave Wow! I'm actually quite excited to see a room like this. It's completely represents the designers. I think it's completely who they are and I can see that coming through. And I'm very happy that they feel confident to present a room like this. The room is very unique. I don't think you'll find a room like that anywhere else. So it's got strong personality and it makes a stand out because of that. The designers have been very brave. They have mixed things that are dramatic, that are quite kind of shocking. Whether one wants to wake up in that room or not is up to have ever sleeping there. Will I be able to sleep in this room? I'm not so sure. I think I wouldn't want to wake up with a hangover in this room. Guys you need to edit. There's too much happening in that space. Simplify it all. So our judges are absolutely living up to their promise to be brutally honest with our design duos when assessing their rooms. Now another aspect that will affect the duos performance in each room is money management. Each duo has a total of 300,000 rand to decorate their house. That's over and above the sponsored elements. Now they have freedom to apportion this budget for each and every room but if they overspend in one room it'll affect the budget that they've allocated to another space. So for the guest budget was 45,000 rand and their total spend was just over 40,000 rand competing the room under budget by 4,300 rand. Team House in Leisure also allocated 45,000 rand to their guest bedroom and they overspent by one and a half thousand rand. Team Habitat had the biggest budget at 51,000 rand and they still overspent a whopping 8,000 rand to complete their guest bedroom. Well it looks like this fierce duo is also fierce in their spending and will have to really reign in cost to stay within their budget. But they might be a little bit of hope for one of our designed duos if they win that first challenge. This is my first competition. I've never entered competition or waited for results like this. I'm not scared but I'm a little bit concerned about the situation. I am scared. My throat is dry. I'm sweating. This is the first challenge, dude. So don't stress about it. Then it was about to announce who is the winner for this case be drew. And I mean it better be us. Hell to the yes. We want to win. We want to hear our name. No, we're not going down. No. We're about to hear the results and I'm so super nervous. I feel like I'm going to dissolve on this chair. contestants welcome back. I'm sure you're eagerly awaiting the judges feedback and to find out who will be our winner of task one. What if I told you that the winner of challenge one wins themselves an extra 5,000 rand on their budget. Would that be exciting? 5,000 extra is like 10 million in this in this thing. Like you're getting an extra hand in. Like it's a lot of money. Right. Let's start with our judges feedback. Team Habitat The judges only used three words to describe your room memorable brave and wow. It was wow. And wow. It was a yes. Apparently their eyes were so big you could see them from the eye of Africa. So I really thought oh we are winning. Hashtag winner. Team Habitat. Team House and Leisure The judges described your room as whimsical and felt that all the items were perfectly curated. However they felt you were let down by your curtains and I told you so. We still love our curtains. I still love our flowing curtains and probably if we had taken them a bit higher and covered the whole wall it would have been better. And I think it was the space thing between the bed and the curtains. I think it's someone can't really walk. It flows too close to the bed. Team VC your choice of wallpaper and paint color even though some of it ended up on your furniture were highlights for the judges. They did however feel that you were let down by the imbalance in your room. They felt one side dominated the other. You are quite happy with what they said honestly speaking. Just thought it would be very nice if we finished the room. It would be nice if we did finish the room. And with that feedback there can only be one winner. Walking away with that 5000 rand added to their budget. The winner of Challenge 1 is Team House and Leisure Congratulations. Danila just called our name as that we won. So happy. But also it gave us a lot of confidence that we actually do more. And we shouldn't be comfortable. This is just like the beginning. We need to work even more hard to collect all those 5Ks. I'm very happy we lost to them. Not to say anything about the other things but I'm glad. We didn't lose, we didn't lose. They just took the first challenge. House and Leisure take the win and I felt like I was, you know when you're at Miss Universe and someone has snatched that trophy and you are you better tell the homecoming queen to hold on to her crown because we're coming back for that crown and we're going to win the big one. So that was it for this taste of competition and now they are hungry for more. Next week they'll serve the brief for their second challenge. Could it be a bathroom, the lounge, a bedroom or perhaps none of those? To find out, join us again next week on Winner Home on Afternoon Express. From me, Danila, we still have a great weekend. Ciao ciao. Never feel good production.