Greville Pabst's Form Guide for The Block 2019

Ahead of the 2019 Block auctions, realestate.com.au asked buyers advocate Greville Pabst to assess the five Oslo townhouses and call the result.

Greville came to it with more standing than most, having bought four of the five Gatwick apartments the previous year and shown more than 250 groups through The Oslo.

He tipped Mitch and Mark as frontrunners, largely on orientation, since theirs is the most north-facing of the terraces, and on the decision to trade an upstairs bedroom for an entertaining space that investors responded to.

Jesse and Mel he rated the most conservative and so the most broadly saleable, with the stylistic risk taken out.

Deb and Andy drew attention for solving the middle-house light problem with an atrium.

Tess and Luke he named the dark horse, capable of winning depending on the reserve set.

His read on the market mattered as much as the form guide. Clearance rates were running above seventy five per cent with three or four bidders competing, but selling five high value properties in a row would need a registered pool of ten to fifteen buyers to stop the auctions stalling.

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