It occurred to me watching Monday's House Rules that Channel Seven needed to provide renovation rehab – a chance for contestants to put their personalities back together and check their attitude at the door.
"I felt like saying 'f--- off'," were Fiona's parting words for Troy and Bec and while accurate, even partially whispered, they were uncalled for, even with Troy's misogynistic comment (but more on that later).
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After talking back to judges and feuding with fellow contestants, is it time for Troy's elimination from House Rules?
Those same words were probably what ran through countless teams' heads every time Fiona and Nicole challenged, manipulated or screamed for their needs to be met. But those words never made the light of camera.
Troy may have said everything else bar that, and we can never be sure what got said off camera, but let's hope the verbal abuse ends there.
For the most part it was a truly touching episode with plenty of tears of joy from Daniella, which in turn made others cry.
"Ah she's making me cry now," Troy, the big softy, revealed.
The stars of the show, however, were Aaron and Daniella's children, whose cherub faces prompted host Joh Griggs to say: "Your boys are absolutely exquisite."
"I was a bit teary watching the boys in their playroom," said Kate. "We can't wait to bring our little man to the Gold Coast and they can all play in there together."
!['F-Off': Fiona may have felt it, but shouldn't have said it on House Rules.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607053800im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/k/y/l/j/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gwkp5l.png/1496655084791.jpg)
It turns out that Kate and Harry did know Aaron and Daniella best, giving them their "favourite of favourite" rooms with the boys' playroom and a huge kitchen, which Daniella needed for their 30 relatives. A polar opposite to the judges' critiques.
Interestingly the couple also loved Fiona and Nicole's wooden lattice door, even though Aaron noted the amateur carpentry, and passed Troy and Bec's bonus room, much to the amazement of Fiona.
![Daniella's tears of joy on House Rules was moving to watch.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607053800im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/k/y/8/o/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gwkp5l.png/1496655084791.jpg)
But the "wall of spite" was a thorn in both teams' sides when it came to the scores, with both of them tying on six points.
Daniella would likely have wanted to revise her score had she heard Troy's derogatory comment to cameras: "We were always going the wall. Well Dee wants a little bit of privacy when she's putting in her chicken fillets. Well it's true."
'Cause I've got big balls
Troy
Aaron and Daniella were incredulous that Troy and Bec took on the bonus room after taking on such a huge zone. "I had big balls taking on that bonus room and I did so, 'cause I've got big balls. I don't know. I don't know what to say now," Troy advocated to the mirth of the room, except Fiona.
Still the bonus five points weren't enough to save Troy and Bec and it was Drew's earlier score of three that sealed their fate and sent them packing by one point.
![Troy's chicken fillet commentary were in poor taste on House Rules.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607053800im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/k/y/8/j/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gwkp5l.png/1496655084791.jpg)
"If there has to be a winner and it's done on hard work then that's the bloke right there," Troy said pointing at Aaron.
"The other team for the Grand Final are these two knuckleheads right 'ere," he concluded pointing at the twins Andrew and Jono.
![House Rules elimination: The overall scores.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607053800im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/k/y/l/n/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gwkp5l.png/1496655084791.jpg)
Even if Fiona and Nicole are rejoicing at Troy and Bec's departure, the remaining House Rules teams may not be as jubilant given they are still faced with Fiona and Nicole.
Fiona and Nicole need to stop waging war because as the judges have pointed out, it shows when energy gets wasted on fighting rather than designing.
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