The Block 2022: Ankur and Sharon's house finally sells after it was passed in during the auction

Ankur and Sharon’s House 3 on The Block’s 2022 season has finally sold, after it initially failed to make reserve and was passed in during auction.

On Friday the Nine Network confirmed that House 3 has sold $4.25m and was bought by Adrian Portelli.

Ankur and Sharon’s reserve was $4,080,000, so with a purchase price of $4,250,000 they’ve made a profit of $170,000.

The wonderful news comes after an anxious few days for Ankur and Sharon, who went into negotiations after auction day.

Portelli, who was locked in a bidding war against Danny Wallis for Omar and Oz’s House 5, also shared the news on his Instagram page.

But in a wild twist, he revealed he was going to give it away in a competition.

“Well this is going to rustle some feathers… Someone’s winning one of The Block houses!” the caption read.

“A lot of Australia doubted the man however Adrian has gone and bought Ankur and Sharon’s house 3 and one of you lucky buggers is going to win it! ???? Where are the nay-sayers now?

“If you want to lock your name into the draw before it goes public, sign up today.”

Danny Wallis purchased Omar and Oz’s House 5 at auction for an eye-watering for $5,666,666.66.

With a dizzying profit of $1,586,666.66 and an additional $100,000 prize money, Omar and Oz made the largest sum any Blockheads have ever made in 18 seasons of The Block.

Ankur and Sharon’s house was initially passed in after not hitting its reserve price of $4.08 million, and said at the time that they were in negotiations and looking to sell it for $4.3 million.

They previously spoke to 9Entertainment about what happened in the auction room, explaining how they were disappointed that the house didn’t meet reserve.

“Unfortunately there wasn’t enough bidding in the room,” Ankur exclusively told 9Entertainment moments after their auction.

“We had registered bidders there … I think after what happened at House 1, people got a bit shy,” she admitted.

Despite their house not selling at auction, they were still stoked to have walked away with an $80,000 car which they won during the Ford Design Centre Challenge.

This article was originally published by Nine.com.au. Reproduced with permission.