The Block NZ

Inside The Block NZ Stacy and Adam’s cute Wellington home

Article by Now to Love

Much like their apartment on The Block NZ, Stacy and Adam’s Wellington home has a monochromatic vibe with pops of colour. Take a tour below

Adam Middleton and Stacy Heyman are no strangers to marching to the beat of their own drum – or getting what they want.

And the 25-year-old, risk-taking creatives are out to prove they have what it takes to nail The Block NZ.

“Yes, it all happened on a whim, but we’re definitely glad we did it,” reveals Adam. “It’s an experience you’d never get in any other capacity of your life.”

The driven duo are no strangers to DIY. After meeting during their first year at Massey University, they became a couple four-and-a-half years ago, and purchased a small home in the Wellington suburb of Miramar in 2017. It comes as no surprise that on the day they took ownership, they decided to strip the carpet and underlay.

“We wanted to see if there were wooden floors underneath,” Stacy laughs.

“We were extremely lucky because if there weren’t, then we would have been in trouble!”

With their taste for monochromatic schemes and pops of colour, they’ve made their Welly home their own.

It was the perfect launch pad for their foray into The Block NZ, but Stacy and Adam admit that the experience hasn’t been without drama.

When first one and then the other was told to “shush” by fellow contestant Mikaere Gardner, Adam saw red and jumped in to put a halt to it.

“I’m usually a level-headed person, so to get to the point where I snapped takes a lot,” he says, revealing that tensions were high after the hour-long conversation. “It just shows how stressful and frustrating the whole ordeal was.”

But at the end of the day, the contestants are all after the same things – a level playing field and to win – and any drama isn’t personal.

“We go into the challenges and everyone has a really good time,” insists Adam. “It plays out pretty dramatically on TV, but we’re all in the same boat and realise we’ve got to look out for each other at the same time.”

While they’ve experienced everything from winning challenges to not completing their bathroom on time, the couple are dreaming of the future. Already parents to a Samoyed, Biko, they’d love to get another dog and invest in a second home.

“If we’re fortunate enough to win some money from the show, that would be something we’d really like to do,” says Adam.

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Words by: Marilynn McLachlan

This article was originally published by Now to Love

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