The real winner of The Block: Inside host Scott Cam's $11 million Sydney mansion

When it comes to luxury living and making millions in the property market, the contestants on this year’s season of The Block can definitely learn a thing or two from long-time host Scott Cam. Although he’s famed for being an everyday Aussie larrikin, the 60-year-old’s home is anything but ordinary.

Photos obtained by Yahoo Lifestyle show the scale of his stunning Mediterranean-style mansion on one of Sydney’s most exclusive streets in Vaucluse. The huge property is three levels with three bathrooms, four bedrooms and five car spots, and includes a recording studio where he does his voice-over work for the reality show.

The Gold Logie winner bought the family home for $4.6 million in 2012, not long after he began hosting The Block, and its value has since skyrocketed to $11 million.

During the pandemic, Scotty revealed on Instagram that he’d used his time in isolation to transform the property, including building his own “cave gym” in the backyard.

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Vaucluse is also home to Hamish and Zoë Foster Blake’s $8.925 million mansion, which they purchased in December 2020 after relocating from Melbourne.

What other houses does Scott Cam own?

Scotty’s impressive real estate portfolio includes a $2 million property in Roseberry, a coastal house in Narrawallee, and a farm near Mudgee.

Earlier this year the Gisborne property he renovated on last year’s season of The Block hit the market with a $4.1m-$4.3m asking price.

“I think the house has amazing artwork and design, and it’s full of history, which I love. It’s going to make a family happy as it’s a wonderful family home,” Scotty told Nine.

The luxury four-bedroom pad, which he nicknamed Camalot, includes a 3D-printed concrete cabana, an outdoor kitchen with a pizza oven, and a shed with a “man cave”.

The property has featured in a few episodes of this year’s season when winning contestants visited Scotty for dinner.

The one design feature you'd never find in The Block's Scott Cam's house

Although Scotty owns a couple of very grand properties, there is one design feature you would not find in any of them

“I don’t believe in butler’s pantries,” he said in a behind-the-scenes The Block video.

A butler’s pantry, traditionally known as a scullery, is that adjunct space off the kitchen usually used for food preparation, cleaning up and extra storage.

Scott labels the space “nonsense”, arguing that having a secondary kitchen work area is not only repetitive but also blocks dinner party hosts away from the main action.

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“The old concept of you want to hide the mess or you want to put all your pots and pans away (in the butler’s pantry) - that's just nonsense!” he insists. “The whole process of cooking is the party, isn’t it?

“If you’re holding a dinner party or have friends over, then there you are there - behind in the butler’s pantry … while all your friends are enjoying the kitchen.”

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