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Applications are open for House Rules 2015

By Olivia Shead •

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Have you got a run down house that needs a serious renovation? Do you have a massive mortgage that needs to be paid off? Do you fancy yourself the next reality TV star?

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If you answered yes. Well you’re in luck, because applications are now open for the third series of House Rules!

To be eligible you must own your own home and it must be your primary place of residence. Team members must be over 18 years of age and have a pre-existing relationship (friends, relatives, partners etc).

The fine details

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Both team members must be an Australian citizen or have been a permanent resident for at least two years to participate.
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All applications must be completed online.
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All photographs must be submitted online.
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Ensure you read the Terms and Conditions on the application form.
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To complete this application you will need photos of both you and your team mate, as well as of your home.
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You may also like to include a video. If so, it should be no longer than three minutes and no larger than 50MB. It does not need to be fancy! You don’t have to edit it or add music. It should not be a collage of pictures. All you need to do is introduce yourselves, and give us a tour of your home – both inside and out.
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OPTIONAL: If possible include BEFORE and AFTER floor plans of your home ie. A drawing or actual floor plan of the existing lay-out plus a second drawing or floor plan of how you would like to see it laid out, preferably within the home’s existing footprint (ie external wall area). The plans do not have to be professionally drawn, they can be hand drawn.
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If you are successful in applying for this opportunity you MUST be able to commit to a filming period of up to 3-4 months.

Closing date for entries: 30 July 2014. 

APPLY NOW

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Comments

  1. Krista Gibbons says

    June 10, 2014 at 11:06 am

    I would love to enter house rules 2015…

    • Jen BishopJen Bishop says

      June 11, 2014 at 1:47 am

      Are you going to?

  2. Sandra Roberts says

    June 13, 2014 at 9:56 am

    I would love to get my house removed by your team. I have a kitchen that is about 25 years old, I have multiply sclerosis and would like to make my house more walker and wheelchair friendly. My house has never been finished still has a old out dated bathroom at the back end of the house has old and tired unfinished rooms love to let u renovate it.

    • Jen BishopJen Bishop says

      June 13, 2014 at 11:11 pm

      Hi Sandra, you need to contact House Rules via the link in the blog post. Good luck!

  3. Bianca says

    June 17, 2014 at 8:48 pm

    In our street there are three houses with the same floor plan. Would be a good challenge for contestants to compare what the do with the spaces

  4. Aleisha Hubbard says

    June 25, 2014 at 9:14 am

    The link to apply isnt working… anyone know another link as I want to apply???

    • Olivia Shead says

      June 25, 2014 at 10:36 am

      Hi Aleisha, I just tried it out and it worked for me.

      Here it is again: https://go.mycastingnet.com/Apply/Show/HRSeriesThree. Hope it works 🙂

  5. ruth pickard says

    June 25, 2014 at 6:00 pm

    My partner and I are super keen to apply but we’re just wondering how it would work if we actually made it on to the show… We both run our own businesses and obviously wouldn’t be able to work while we were playing house rules. We would still have to pay our mortgage though so how many weeks would it involve and is it all at our own expense?

    • Jen BishopJen Bishop says

      June 26, 2014 at 3:24 am

      Hi Ruth, please contact the House Rules people about this. The link is in my blog post. Thanks! Jen

  6. Peggy says

    July 6, 2014 at 8:16 pm

    Hi, I am interested in applying for house rules of 2015. the 4 months of commitment does it include to not be able to go to work?

    • Jen BishopJen Bishop says

      July 7, 2014 at 12:36 am

      Hi Peggy. You’ll need to contact House Rules to ask that. The link is in the blog post. Thanks!

  7. Bec says

    July 7, 2014 at 9:25 am

    Where is the blog post?

    • Jen BishopJen Bishop says

      July 7, 2014 at 9:28 am

      You are commenting on it now 🙂

  8. katrina says

    July 30, 2014 at 10:59 pm

    I would love my home renovated by the teams. I’m a single mum paying a mortgage, trying to live the Australian life with rates, insurances, private health etc. Having my home finished seems so far away.
    I’m a residential youth worker who looks after youth whom have complex to extreme behaviors (kids from abused, neglected homes) I love what I do and the differences I see through the time spent with them. I could have started many relationships with handy partners to get things done to my home but don’t want that as my independence and integrity is much valued.
    Thanks

    • Jen BishopJen Bishop says

      July 31, 2014 at 3:05 am

      Hi Katrina. You will need to contact them, not me. Good luck!

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