My Reno Rules

My Reno Rules
Genre	Reality television Renovation
Presented by	Dr. Chris Brown
Judges	Neale Whitaker Simon Cohen Julia Green
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Production location	Bulleen, Victoria, Australia
Running time	90 mins (inc. ads)
Production company	Endemol Shine Australia
Original release
Network	Seven Network
Release	21 April 2026 (2026-04-21) – present
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My Reno Rules is an Australian reality renovation television series which premiered on 21 April 2026 on the Seven Network. The series sees four teams renovate two houses with the renovated houses given to two home viewers and the winning team receiving $1 million cash prize. The series is hosted by Dr. Chris Brown and features entrepreneur Adrian Portelli.

Production

In June 2025, a casting call opened for a new renovation series for the Seven Network looking for teams to renovate two houses, this would be the third reno series within 13 years for Seven after House Rules (2013–20) and Dream Home (2024), respectively. In July 2025, more details on the series were released, including the series will be hosted by Chris Brown, there will be four teams to renovate two houses which will be rewarded to two series viewers and the winning team will receive a cash prize. The houses, located in Bulleen, were donated by Rewards program LMCT+ founder, Adrian Portelli, who was formally an auction buyer of multiple homes on Nine Network’s, The Block. In August 2025, former The Block judge, Neale Whitaker, was announced as a series judge alongside buyer’s agent from Luxe Listings Sydney, Simon Cohen, and interior design expert Julia Green. Filming is scheduled to shoot from 26 September to 27 November 2025. In October 2025, the series was officially confirmed by Seven at their annual upfronts. In November 2025, production was temporarily shut down as asbestos was found in one of the houses being renovated. The first teaser trailer was released on 6 March 2026. The series will premiere on 21 April 2026. The teams and prize money of $100,000 were revealed on 10 April 2026.

Contestants

House	Team	Age	City/State	Relationship	Occupations
1	Emma & Michelle	33 & 56	Queensland	Daughter & Mother	Interior Designer and Hair & Beauty
	Nathan & Julia	Both 34	Victoria	Married Parents	Electrcian and Stay-at-home mum
2	Franky & Issac	38 & 23	Melbourne	Best mates	Audio Visual
	Mitch & Shaz	Both 34	Queensland	Married with a child	Landscape project manager & Interior Designer

Score history

Teams' progress through the competition

Team	Cycle scores			Running score (out of 90)
	1	2	3
Emma & Michelle	20.5	21.5		42
Nathan & Julia	22.5	23		45.5
Franky & Issac	20.5	28.5		49
Mitch & Shaz	25	25		50

Competition progress

The four teams are challenged to transform the interiors and facades of two houses in Bulleen. Each week the teams are allocated to the rooms they must renovate. Once all weeks are complete, the top scoring team overall will receive a grand prize, originally set at $100k but has become subject to change over the duration of the series.

Cycle 1

• Episodes 1 & 2
• Airdate — 21 & 22 April
• Description — The four teams arrive in Bulleen, Victoria and are split into two house teams. Each team works on two rooms during the week and the team with the highest score leads the leaderboard.
• Adrian's judging — Adrian does a solo walk through of the rooms and the team he believes have the best rooms is awarded $10k extra on their budget. This week he awarded this to Mitch & Shaz.
• Prize increase — Originally announced to be $100k to the winning overall highest scoring team of the series, after the first renovations were complete, Adrian bumped up the prize to $250k.

Renovation summary

Week 1
House	Team	Room(s)	Judges' Scores			Total (out of 30)	Running Total (Week 1)
			Julia	Neale	Simon
1	Emma & Michelle	Living Room & Guest Bedroom				20.5	20.5 / 30
	Nathan & Julia	Kids' bedroom & Bathroom				22.5	22.5 / 30
2	Franky & Issac	Bathroom & Guest Bedroom				20.5	20.5 / 30
	Mitch & Shaz	Living Room & Kids' Bedroom				25	25 / 30

Cycle 2

• Episodes 3 & 4
• Airdate — 28 April & 4 May
• Description — The four teams begin work on their second rooms. Each team works on two rooms during the week and the team with the highest score leads the leaderboard.
• Adrian's judging — Adrian does a solo walk through of the rooms and the team he believes have the best rooms is awarded $10k extra on their budget. This week he awarded this to Franky & Issac.
• Prize increase — After the second renovations were complete, Adrian announced the prize had been bumped up again to $1 million for the winner and $250k for second place.

Renovation summary

Week 2
House	Team	Room(s)	Judges' Scores			Total (out of 30)	Running Total (Week 1 & 2)
			Julia	Neale	Simon
1	Emma & Michelle	Study, Parent's Lounge & Ensuite				21.5	42 / 60
	Nathan & Julia	Master Bedroom & Hallway				23	45.5 / 60
2	Franky & Issac	Entrance Foyer, Walk-in-robe & Master Bedroom				28.5	49 / 60
	Mitch & Shaz	Parent's Retreat, Ensuite & Bedroom				25	50 / 60

Ratings

Phase	No.	Title	Air date	Timeslot	National total viewers	Night rank	Ref(s)
Week 1	1	First Rooms Begin	21 April 2026	Tuesday 7:30 pm	638,000	5
	2	First Room Reveals	22 April 2026	Wednesday 7:30 pm	693,000	3
Week 2	3	Second Rooms Begin	28 April 2026	Tuesday 7:30 pm	545,000	7
	4	Second Room Reveals	5 May 2026	Tuesday 7:30 pm	571,000	8
Week 3	5	Third Rooms Begin	12 May 2026	Tuesday 7:30 pm	493,000	13