Seven did not renew the series for a ninth season at their annual upfronts in October 2020,[2] however suggested the show may return in future.

Teams (mostly couples) from different states must complete rounds of renovations in homes and gardens in a competition to win an ultimate prize.

In season 8, Jamie Durie replaced Joh Griggs as series host alongside a new co-host, Abbey Gelmi, Kyly Clarke, and Saul Myers joined Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen as new series judges.

[7] In season 6, the amount of prize money was decided by the first challenge during which the contestants renovated a house which was sold at auction.

The Grand Finals of seasons 1-4, were televised live with the winners decided by a combination of the judges' scores and the viewers' vote.

Since season 5, there has not been a Live Grand Final: the team that received highest score from the judges won the series.

At the end of each renovation, the judges review every zone in the house and score each team out of 10 for their efforts.

They need to make sure the house construction and design flows and also settle any disputes between teams.

Two teams were allocated to a home (that did not belong to them) and renovated either the front or back yards, while also improving the exterior of the house.

Two teams are allocated to a home (that do not belong to them) and must renovate either the front or back yards, as well as improving the house exterior.

The three remaining teams have four days to renovate the entire house of a potential contestant that had some bad luck thrown their way.

The five remaining teams had to renovate the entire house of a potential contestant that had some bad luck thrown their way.

Three teams are allocated to a home (that do not belong to them) and must renovate a zoned area in the gardens, as well as improving the house exterior.

The remaining 4 teams completed one final challenge to renovate a Nano-Homes freight house with no demolition required for an individual who has lost his home due to circumstances beyond his control.

The season was won by South Australian couple Carly Schulz and Leighton Brow and as a reward had their mortgage of $460,000 paid off.

The season was won by Victorian couple Adam Dovile & Lisa Lamond and had their mortgage of $520,000 paid off.

[11] The season was won by New South Wales team Steve & Tiana Falzon and had their mortgage of $250,000 paid off.

[14] The season titled "Crowded House rules", which involves couples with families (excluding one), began airing on 27 April 2016.

[15] The season was won by Queensland brothers Luke & Cody Cook and had their mortgage of $120,000 paid off.

[19] This season will introduce two new judges: international design stylist, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and award-winning Australian architect and builder, Drew Heath, who will be joining Wendy Moore.

[22] The season was won by Queensland couple Aaron & Daniella Winter and received $200,000 in prize money.

[29][30] Season 7 was officially confirmed in October 2018,[31] as well with the announcement of new judge, Jamie Durie, who will be replacing Drew Heath in 2019.

[34] The season was won by Victoria couple Pete & Courtney Tserbis and received $250,000 in prize money.

[40] On 23 October 2019, the series was officially renewed for an eighth season which will be titled "House Rules: High Stakes" and for the first time will include eight teams, as well with the announcement of two new judges, interior designer Kyly Clarke and home builder Saul Myers, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen will retain his role as judge, however Jamie Durie will become the new series host, along with new co-host Abbey Gelmi.

[43][44] The season was won by Tasmanian twins Kimmy & Rhi Harris and received $100,000 in prize money.

[49] The second season premiered to 1,183,000 million viewers and was the highest rated entertainment show of the night.

In Spain, the show is broadcast as Reglas de casa and runs on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:30 a.m for 15 hours each day on TEN.

[77] The Netherlands has remade House Rules which has been produced by Skyhigh TV for SBS channel Net 5.