Channel 7’s House Rules: The contestants and their mortgages

The second season of Channel 7’s renovation show House Rules made a strong debut earlier this week, attracting 1.87 viewers on Wednesday night. 

Six couples will compete to make over each other’s houses, with the winning team’s mortgage completely repaid.

Reality television blog Reality Ravings has revealed each team’s mortgage size.

Victorian couple Adam and Lisa will bring home the biggest net sum if they win the competition, with a mortgage of $520,000 on their 1960s weatherboard home according to the website. The couple bought the three bedder two years ago.

Brooke and Grant took on the smallest mortgage of any of the contestants. They have $258,000 of debt attached to their home in Tasmania’s Huon Valley. The two bedroom farmhouse Grant purchased six years ago is home for the couple and their seven children. According to the couple, prior to the competition they considered moving Brooke out of the home to make more room for the family.

Western Australian couple Russell and Carole have the second smallest mortgage. The 28 year old home they purchased off Gumtree has landed them with a $290,000 mortgage.

Candy and Ryan, the first couple to have their home renovated, have the second highest mortgage. The youngest team competing this season, Candy and Ryan have $400,000 of debt attached to the red brick home they purchased mid last year.

Queenslanders Maddi and Lloyd reportedly have a $369,000 mortgage on their Townsville home. The tilting home house backs onto a nature reserve and is a few streets back from the coast.

 Mel and Bomber have $380,000 of debt attached to their period home. The couple live in the house with their four children. The 110 year old weather board was purchased at a mortgagee sale.