"I'm hoping to get some inspiration and ideas for my own house," she said. "I was excited enough about going to see Fleetwood Mac but this is a bonus."
About 6000 people were expected to tour the properties featured on TV3's wildly popular renovation reality series.
Four teams of two revamped the villas, and the pair who sell for the highest profit above-reserve will be crowned champions and top up their profits with a $100,000 prize.
Fans were delighted to meet the contestants - Hamilton sisters Sarah and Minanne Kong, former Auckland police officer Hayden Campbell and his sales-rep fiancee Jamie Johns, Taranaki team Cat Glass and Jeremy Hill plus Christchurch couple Brooke Thompson and Mitch Davies.
Glass, from the yellow team, said it was nerve-wracking to have the public cast an eye over their renovations.
"Seeing the lines of people outside getting bigger and bigger has been weird but amazing," she said.
"It is going to be interesting to see what people really think of our work. They kids coming through will tell us straight and we are relying on their honesty to gauge how well we are doing."
