Courtney McInnes and Grant Freeman may have a few fights here and there, but this married couple from Sydney, New South Wales, definitely has what it takes to win The Block 2024.
The happy couple are not exactly beginners when it comes to home renovations, though they don’t have a ton of experience, they did build and style their Denham Court home. With design and landscaping backgrounds, these two are more than prepared to wow the judges this season.
Being a married couple, it’s no surprise that they fight like a married couple from time to time, but overall, Courtney and Grant know that they make a good team.
“I think we will get on each other’s nerves a bit as we will be working long hours,” Grant said. “But every time we argue it doesn’t come from a bad place and we always have a joke afterwards.”
“We’ve got no problem in having a friendly argument, so everyone thought it’d be quite interesting TV to watch,” Grant also told Domain.
WHO ARE COURTNEY AND GRANT?
Courtney is a 32-year-old event account manager at a major events hire company and a furniture designer for her own online furniture business called The Lazy Stylist.
Already amassing over 56,000 followers on her business account on Instagram, she is hoping The Block will help her expand as a business. “Everything feels like a dream at the moment,” Courtney said.
As for Grant, he is a 30-year-old landscape business development manager who has strong opinions and is not afraid to say what’s on his mind. He hopes his experience in the landscaping world will give him an edge over the other contestants and will help the duo as the competition continues.
“I make sure my work is planned down to a tee, but that sometimes leaves me no time for my personal life,” he said.
WHAT TEAM ARE COURTNEY AND GRANT ON?
Courtney and Grant are on the Red Team.
HOW LONG HAVE COURTNEY AND GRANT BEEN TOGETHER?
Courtney and Grant met nine years ago – they met while Grant was working as a bartender, however, Courtney later moved to Brisbane and Grant moved to London. Despite moving apart, the two kept in contact and have now been married for three years.
“We originally planned to have a huge wedding in Malta and then COVID hit and that got scrapped,” Grant said. “We ended up getting married on the South Coast of NSW, in Milton, in a small wedding.”
With no kids at the moment, Courtney and Grant thought this was the perfect time for a new adventure!
