JESS & NORM 'WE GET ALONG BETTER NOW WE'VE SPLIT'

The TV renovators open up about their 'modern family' and making a difference

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Jess Eva and Norm Hogan say the best thing they ever did for their family - and their working relationship - was quietly splitting in 2021.

"We get along better now," says Jess of the pair, who are currently on screen helping a fresh set of Aussie battlers refresh their homes in season two of Budget Battlers on Nine.

"And it's good with a reno. I could ask Norm to do a horrendous job and normally you'd have to take that back to the marital bed but now you can let him cool off overnight and see him the next day. It's wonderful," she laughs. "We don't fight as much now," agrees Norm. "It's good."

Jess, 42, says the former couple decided it was time to call it quits on their 12-year relationship because the former The Block stars "refuse to do damage to each other".

"Sometimes you can do more damage trying to save a relationship. We will love each other forever and we're very lucky to have that," Jess tells