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00:00I just can't believe you've phoned...
00:01400?
00:02...tampons in a gay man's house.
00:04Well, this will be an awkward conversation.
00:06We all hold on to stuff that we just don't need.
00:10It's one of our kids' belly button clamps.
00:13Stop it.
00:13So me and the gang are coming for your clutter.
00:17It's a room of doom.
00:19Oh, my word.
00:21We're emptying chock-a-block homes
00:25and laying out every single item.
00:27Oh, my God!
00:29Wow.
00:30I can't speak.
00:32Could you part with half...
00:34That doesn't seem fair.
00:35That's non-negotiable.
00:36This is such a great start.
00:38...to transform your home...
00:40Goodbye, whoa!
00:42...and let the joy back in.
00:45I'm speechless.
00:46Wow!
00:48Oh, my!
00:49That is gonna change our lives.
00:51It's the best feeling in the world.
00:53Woo!
00:53Mission accomplished.
01:01Right, come on, you.
01:03Back to work.
01:04Oh, it's good to be back, eh?
01:05Yes, it is, man.
01:07I'm so excited for this.
01:08And starting in Scotland.
01:10I know, right?
01:10But I would walk 500 miles
01:14And I would walk 500 more
01:18And I would walk 500 more
01:20And I would walk 500 more
01:22Team Silo are back.
01:24Reuniting on Scotland's east coast
01:26and ready to help a family in Fife.
01:30Here we are.
01:31Is this it?
01:31Yep, yep.
01:33Yes!
01:34Yay!
01:35Yay!
01:36Bring it in, girlie.
01:37Bring it in.
01:38Oh, my gosh.
01:39Missed you lot.
01:40Missed you too.
01:42Who's happy to be back?
01:43Very happy.
01:44This is good.
01:45So, this is Gerry and Trish's house.
01:48They've got three adult children,
01:50two of which still live at home
01:51and one's just around the corner.
01:54Gerry had to retire for health reasons,
01:55but Trish and the kids all work shift work
01:57and keeping on top of the clutter is impossible.
02:01That's where we come in.
02:02Good to go.
02:03Ready, ready.
02:03Should we get in there?
02:04Yeah.
02:04Let's not waste any time.
02:06The King's family home has four bedrooms,
02:09an open-plan kitchen diner
02:11and a living room.
02:13Oh!
02:13I can see toilet roll.
02:15I can see cat food.
02:16There's a dryer down here.
02:18Utility slash hallway.
02:19Excuse the mess,
02:20the children are making memories.
02:21What?
02:22Yeah, yeah.
02:23Name it on the kids.
02:24Wow, okay.
02:27Okay.
02:27It's busy in here.
02:29Oh, look at the family photos.
02:32Aww.
02:33This is full.
02:34It feels like this counter here
02:35is just where they come in
02:36and chuck whatever.
02:38There is a lot of posts and letters.
02:40There's so many little trinkets.
02:43Emma's hen do.
02:44Lots of knick-knacks.
02:45My favourite.
02:45Oh, you'll love this, Dilly.
02:47It's a teacup with stones in it.
02:48Was there a plant in there?
02:49There used to be.
02:50Aw.
02:50It's dead now.
02:51Why?
02:52They're so sentimental.
02:53Look at this.
02:54The family tree.
02:55Aww.
02:55At least all the pens are in the pen box.
02:57I'm just putting them the right way round.
02:59There's a lot of arts and crafts around here.
03:01More than just arts and crafts.
03:02This is an artist.
03:04Wow.
03:04Look at this.
03:07Oh, Robert.
03:08I just organised those, Rob.
03:10We've only been back together for ten minutes.
03:11Bickering already, guys.
03:13Come on.
03:13Sorry, Dil.
03:13Come on, let's keep going, gang.
03:15The kitchen diner is joined to a living area.
03:18Toys down here.
03:19I think there's some babysitting happening in this house.
03:22Oh, my God.
03:23Look.
03:24Gerald King.
03:25Is that him?
03:26They're the Kings.
03:27Yeah.
03:27This is his.
03:28Oh, wow.
03:28He's got, like, poems in it and stuff.
03:29He's a poet.
03:30Yeah.
03:30I do feel like you can tell already they're a really warm family.
03:34Yes.
03:34There's just, yeah, a lot going on.
03:37I'm feeling this.
03:38There's a DIYer in the building.
03:40Right.
03:40Day one, people.
03:41Don't lose the energy now.
03:44Rob and Ewan check out the rest of the ground floor.
03:47Oh, bedroom.
03:48Bedroom down here.
03:49This is rather organised this room.
03:51OK, we've got some emergency gravy under the bed.
03:54That's always handy.
03:55Emergency gravy.
03:56I'm here for this guy.
03:58I know, right?
03:59I'm liking this room.
04:00But upstairs, the master bedroom is less of a sanctuary.
04:05OK.
04:06OK.
04:07Oh, God.
04:08This feels a bit like a storage room with a bed in the middle.
04:11This is a memory box.
04:14This is the box you put it in.
04:16Look, memories.
04:17But the memories are in this box.
04:19These are more trinkets.
04:20Oh, I mean, what are you doing?
04:22You're getting out of bed and thinking,
04:23right, let's fix that wall, finally.
04:25Why is there a mallet in the bedroom?
04:29Downstairs, Ewan and Rob are finding more signs of home improvement in progress.
04:33Some DIY has definitely gone on here.
04:35You wouldn't normally have plumbing for a washing machine right here in a house.
04:38This looks like a project that was not quite finished.
04:41There's cupboards beyond this.
04:42But you're not going to get to them with the dryer being here.
04:44You have to do this.
04:45Oh, Ewan, Ewan, I don't want to lose you.
04:49Can you just lower me down a bit further?
04:51Go on, go on, go on.
04:52Not too far.
04:52I've got you.
04:53Look.
04:54Oh, these are some old photos.
04:56Hold my legs.
04:57Ewan, you're not light, you know.
04:59Ooh.
05:00Well, this is definitely the daughter's room.
05:01Isn't it?
05:02Back upstairs, there's signs of some DIY success.
05:05Yes.
05:06I like the shelves.
05:08That looks organised to me.
05:09But then this is a bit of a situation.
05:12Under-ear dilly.
05:13Yeah.
05:13I mean, if this is not the sign of a 20-year-old rosé in your room...
05:18Half bottle.
05:19Jeepers creepers.
05:21Outside, there's a pleasant surprise.
05:23Everything that should be in a shed is in the shed.
05:25This is one of the first times we've seen a shed that is actually being used as a shed.
05:30Yeah.
05:30Well, that was interesting.
05:32Wow.
05:32No matter how much stuff is in there, there is so much love in that house.
05:36Their little trinkets, their memories, their photos.
05:39It's just a shame when they're put next to the paint rollers and the cars and classes.
05:43There's a lot of different things all next to each other.
05:46Yeah.
05:46There is literally not one system anywhere, is there?
05:49Oh, well, we've got our work cut out first, gang.
05:51Mm-hmm.
05:51Oh, yes.
05:51Oh, oh, I'm hearing voices.
05:53Yay!
05:53Hello!
05:55Hello!
05:56Hi.
05:56You're back too.
05:58Hi, family.
05:59Hi.
06:00Hi.
06:01We've been sneaking around the house, having a little look.
06:04Who's the DIY-er?
06:06Mum.
06:06Your tools are everywhere.
06:08Everywhere.
06:08You see these beautiful, like, photo albums and then a mallet.
06:11Yeah.
06:12I actually wondered where that was.
06:13Under your bed.
06:14Excellent.
06:15So, usually we would ask that you let go of at least 50% of everything that's in the house.
06:21Bye.
06:21Bye.
06:23Bye.
06:25Perfect.
06:26See you later.
06:28Hi.
06:29Hello.
06:30Trish and Gerry have been married for almost 30 years, despite an unlikely start.
06:37When I first met Trish, she didn't like me.
06:39I was a bony boulder and a bouncer and a kiss a gram.
06:44He had nothing on apart from, like, a leopard print thong, I think he would describe it.
06:53He completely loved himself and I thought, yeah, you're not really for me.
07:00He kind of chased me back and forth for a wee while and he's a nice guy.
07:05He made me laugh.
07:06Silverstone.
07:06Uh-huh.
07:07Years ago.
07:08Yeah, yeah.
07:09Gerald is really fun and vibrant.
07:13Originally my first dream was to be a pop star.
07:15I played in a number of bands when I was younger, but that just wasn't going to happen.
07:19So I was always good at drawing and I wanted to be a cartoonist.
07:22He loves art.
07:24He loves to draw.
07:25Trish is very kind and generous.
07:28We're stronger together.
07:29There you go.
07:30Uh-huh.
07:31The couple still live in their very first home, where they brought up their three now
07:35adult children.
07:37Growing up, we never had very much, but we never really noticed because my mum and my
07:44dad would give you the last pound out of their pocket if they could.
07:49When the kids were young, we couldn't really afford much.
07:51So we used to apply for the son's £9.50 holidays and there was, like, caravan holidays
07:57all over the UK.
07:57The way we raised our kids, it wasn't about spending money, it was about spending time
08:03with them and making sure that they had the best life that we could give them, like.
08:08Two of their three kids still live at home, but it's more than four fully grown adults
08:12filling the house.
08:15Mum, why is there a screwdriver set in the bedroom's room?
08:19So many people come in and out of the house and they all leave things and the cupboards
08:24get fuller and fuller until eventually you've got no cupboard space.
08:27to put it in.
08:28For God's sake.
08:30I always used to think that Trish was the messiest.
08:32Because even when we first met, you'd see a trailer closed from the front door to the bedroom.
08:37But I think nowadays it's me that's the messiest one.
08:42Managing their full house has become harder since a life-changing diagnosis.
08:46At the beginning I thought I was just getting older. You tend to forget things.
08:50Yeah, I had to trick him really into going to the doctors because he wouldn't accept that there was anything
08:56wrong.
08:56At the age of 55, after 18 months of poking and prodding, I was diagnosed with young onset Alzheimer's disease.
09:04Within weeks of the diagnosis, I was retired through ill health. I also had to hand in my driving licence.
09:12And that was a huge loss. That's all my independence gone.
09:15At the age that he was, you never expect it's going to be dementia.
09:19Kieran, you seen the TV remote?
09:22He picks things up and he puts things and we're not allowed to move anything.
09:26Where would he have put it?
09:29I know what everything is.
09:31Well, I maybe don't remember a few hours later, but yeah.
09:34Or the bin. I'm not bin raking.
09:37We banter a lot about you forgetting stuff.
09:40And I think that's what helps everybody cope.
09:43It's my choice this time.
09:44You play rubbish.
09:45You play rubbish.
09:46The house has always been full of laughter and full of life and full of love.
09:53I just need the house to be more organised and safer for Gerald.
09:59This is the time to do it.
10:00Because I think if we were doing it any later, he wouldn't be able to cope with any change.
10:07Right. We know that this process is a really important one.
10:12Yeah.
10:13So, you don't have to let go of half the kids, but definitely half the clutter.
10:17Do you feel ready for that?
10:18Yes, absolutely.
10:19Well, let's just get on with it.
10:21Yes.
10:21Ready?
10:22Yes, definitely.
10:23Come on.
10:25We've got 12 hours to completely empty the King's home.
10:29You've got packing to do.
10:30Yeah, boy.
10:31Let's do this.
10:32And I'm helping Trish pack up hers and Jerry's memory-filled bedroom.
10:36Oh, Trish, are you excited to do this?
10:38I am super excited.
10:40Are you?
10:41Are you relaxing here, Trish?
10:42I don't relax much at all.
10:45So, are you a nurse?
10:46No, I am a care worker.
10:48What are your shifts usually like?
10:50I do day shifts and back shifts.
10:52Oh, blimey.
10:53Yeah.
10:53Trish, there is so much sentimental stuff that I keep packing away.
10:56You have kids and you sort of try and keep on top of everything.
11:00And then, since his diagnosis, I don't know what to throw out.
11:04Because I don't know what he's going to need to prompt a memory.
11:07We won't let go of anything that you feel is going to bring happiness to Gerald as things progress.
11:13Although, to be fair, probably we do need to be forced to.
11:15That's her job.
11:17That's where she comes in.
11:19Let's go in here and pack up this room.
11:24We've taken as much advice as possible from experts because with Jerry's diagnosis, we know that he might struggle to
11:31make decisions really quickly.
11:32So, we're just going to go at his pace.
11:34We're going to follow his lead and just be completely led by him.
11:38So, you sit there.
11:39I'm going to start putting in all the arts and crafts.
11:42He's got the most incredible support from Trish, the kids.
11:45So, I feel like together, we are going to get this done.
11:48When do you think you last sat at the table together?
11:50A good maybe year, a couple of years.
11:52How have you found living in the house as it is?
11:54It's been quite difficult, actually.
11:56Yeah.
11:56Because my dementia affects my visual awareness.
11:59I can't judge distances.
12:00And there's so much junk.
12:01I've fallen over a few times.
12:03OK.
12:04I do attempt to try and make tea.
12:06Yeah.
12:06But the last attempt was a coffee chicken casserole.
12:09What? It's coffee chicken casserole?
12:11Instead of using gravy granules, I use coffee granules.
12:15And I didn't realise until I was actually serving it up.
12:17Oh, my gosh.
12:18And it was disgusting.
12:19Oh, bless you.
12:22I have now been living with dementia for seven years.
12:27Unfortunately, probably over the last year or so, things are starting to progress.
12:30It's not just my memory.
12:32It's all my abilities I've lost.
12:34Or I'm losing.
12:35If anything was even done in the house or the garden, it was me that would do it.
12:39Any heavy lifting that would be right in there.
12:42No problems whatsoever.
12:43Now I'm lucky if I can lift a knife and fork again.
12:47It's been very frustrating.
12:49And what is this big bit of wood?
12:51It's my piece of wood.
12:53It's your piece of wood?
12:54Yes.
12:55I always wanted like a big chopping board.
12:57It just needs a good clean, doesn't it?
12:58I think so, yeah.
12:59Don't tell Trish that.
13:00Don't tell Trish that.
13:01She's hoping to get thrown out.
13:03So what have you done to the house since you got here?
13:06I built these.
13:07Shelves and things.
13:09Gerald used to do a lot of it.
13:11He can't now, so I kind of started taking over and found I really, really enjoyed it.
13:15What does life look like now for Gerry with his dementia?
13:19He's getting worse and he needs a peaceful house.
13:23You know, his brain can't shut off because there's so much stuff.
13:27It's like sensory overload.
13:29Yeah.
13:29It's just everywhere.
13:31The clutter in the house really upsets me.
13:33And I think the DIY is my way of trying to make it better.
13:39Clearly it does not make it better.
13:41It just gives us more places to hide things until it doesn't.
13:46Oh my lord.
13:46I hate that it's got like this and I hate that I've let it get like this.
13:51This is all down to me.
13:53This is my fault.
13:54I should be able to have a nice house.
13:59It shouldn't, it shouldn't be hard.
14:03I just need to do better.
14:05I just feel like a failure.
14:07You're not a failure.
14:08To be fair.
14:08No, I am.
14:09This is not failing.
14:11This is a really difficult situation to manage on an emotional level,
14:15let alone a physical level.
14:16You're still working as a carer.
14:19Caring for your grandkids, your children, caring for your husband.
14:22Then coming home and trying to do all your DIY.
14:24And failing at that.
14:25No, not failing.
14:26Look at your wardrobe.
14:27I know.
14:27Look at the wardrobe.
14:28You're smashing it.
14:30We can't just go in all guns blazing and say,
14:32you don't need that.
14:33You don't need that.
14:34Let it go.
14:34Because there'll be sentimental items in this house that Trish and the kids think will trigger memories for Jerry in
14:43the future.
14:45And we're just going to try and lean into what Jerry thinks is going to help him moving forward.
14:50An anti-fatigue daily moisture.
14:53Just in case.
14:55You never know.
14:56You might get fatigued.
14:57Such a hard working person that I am.
14:59Halfway through and this family are flying.
15:01We're getting through it.
15:02That's what I like to see.
15:03Come on.
15:04I forgot how easy it is to pack up a house when you're dealing with five adults.
15:10I think this is pyjamas.
15:11I've seen pink.
15:12It's not mine.
15:14Hopefully no breakables in there.
15:17They know that this is essential.
15:19Otherwise, Dad's not going to be able to manage in this situation.
15:22So they're just cracking on.
15:24Right.
15:24Come on, Steph.
15:25Let's do it.
15:27Do you love living at home?
15:28Yeah, I absolutely love living at home.
15:31Like, it's just so joyful.
15:33I honestly regret moving out.
15:35I don't think I'll be moving out any time soon anyway.
15:37Just with, like, helping with Mum and helping with Dad and...
15:41Aw, yeah.
15:42And, like, it makes me happy knowing that I can be there to help them.
15:46The worse that my Dad's obviously getting, the more challenging it is for my Mum.
15:51I'd rather make things easier for her.
15:54I've got a responsibility of being here and helping out.
15:58You're welcome.
16:00Because, at the end of the day, he's looked after me growing up for my life.
16:04Now it's my turn to do it for him.
16:06And I would never not do that.
16:09Do you have your friends in that over?
16:11Not very often, obviously, with the more clutter.
16:13And because, obviously, I don't go out as much anymore to look after my Dad.
16:18Yeah.
16:18It would be nicer to have people here.
16:20Come over.
16:21Yeah.
16:22And you just feel like you can't.
16:23No, just...
16:24Yeah.
16:24It just gets a bit too much sometimes, I think.
16:28Here, put that with the, um, umbilical cords.
16:31No, it's not.
16:32It's a sandwich bag.
16:33It's a clamp.
16:33It's a belly button clamp.
16:34It's not.
16:35You're holding one of her kids' belly buttons.
16:37Stop it.
16:37Stop it.
16:38Catch!
16:39Oh, you're...
16:41Just an hour left to get every single item out of the house.
16:45I'm going...
16:48Look at the stuff in the van.
16:49I don't think I can reach.
16:51Oh, there they go.
16:57Oh, my God.
16:59What a nickel.
17:00Oh, my God.
17:01It looks huge.
17:02I could actually cook.
17:05Where's my block of wood?
17:06Oh, no!
17:09My block of wood's gone.
17:14What were you saying?
17:15How were you feeling?
17:16I am nervous.
17:18You're nervous?
17:18Yeah.
17:19I've got nervous belly.
17:20I need a nervous poo.
17:23Stephanie!
17:24Hi!
17:25Hello!
17:26This is the Scottish summer I was expecting.
17:29Hello!
17:30Hi, darling.
17:30Do you know what?
17:31Let's save the hugs for inside.
17:33I am really excited.
17:34Are you?
17:35Yeah.
17:36This is like the moment of truth now.
17:38Here we go.
17:39Oh, oh.
17:40Oh, my God.
17:41Oh, my God.
17:42Oh, my God.
17:43Oh, my God.
17:44How does that all fit in the house?
17:46Welcome home.
17:47Out of the 350 boxes unpacked from the King's home, we counted 1,296 greetings cards, 762 knick-knacks and
18:01106 electronic instruction manuals.
18:06Why do you think you have held on to so many things?
18:10Memory stuff, I think, is hard for me.
18:13And more recently, I struggled to know what to get rid of because I don't want Gerald to lose that
18:19memory.
18:19We don't want you to feel like you're losing.
18:21Yeah.
18:21In fact, what we want to do is bring you back your life and bring you back space and time,
18:26which are more important than the stuff.
18:29I mean, you had something like 762 trinkets.
18:33Like, 33 of which were pigs.
18:36Oh, yeah.
18:37Yeah.
18:38That's cute.
18:38I collected some.
18:40What on earth?
18:41Because they were cute.
18:42Right.
18:43Do you all feel prepared?
18:44Do you all feel ready?
18:45Yes.
18:45Absolutely, yes.
18:46To the kitchen!
18:47Let's go, let's go, let's go.
18:50We counted 112 random items on the King's Kitchen Island, so I'm kicking off the salt in the heart of
18:57this family's home.
19:01This is your kitchen island.
19:04None of this belongs on a kitchen island.
19:07No, absolutely.
19:08So anything you want to keep, you've got to try and find the sections it lives in and then let
19:12go of the rest.
19:13Yep.
19:14Well, that's broken, so that can get put in the bin.
19:16I fixed that!
19:17What, with a bit of tape?
19:18It's fixed.
19:19But, yeah, that can go in the bin.
19:21Oh.
19:21Is this, like, from...?
19:23That was from the wedding.
19:24So you're keeping this?
19:25Yeah.
19:25Is this weird flower pot?
19:26My mum and dad brought me that back from their holiday.
19:29Yeah.
19:29Children's stories?
19:30Yeah, that was mum's.
19:31And dad's.
19:32And we used that to read to the kids at night.
19:34These?
19:35Oh, my God, you found it!
19:37That was a Christmas present from my dad and I couldn't find it.
19:40It was right in front of you.
19:41Mum keeps hold of everything.
19:44I mean, she's got stuff from her birth.
19:47Old photos, old bears just stored in boxes in the attic and under the stairs.
19:52She's got teeth, hair.
19:54Yeah, some of the stuff that she's kept as...
19:56Wild.
19:57Wild.
19:57She's one of those people that take their placenta off.
20:00Ew.
20:02What was the dream for your kitchen island?
20:04It would be completely empty.
20:06Yeah.
20:06And we could chat and have cups of tea.
20:08And that was the dream.
20:09Did that ever happen?
20:10Never once.
20:10And also, yeah.
20:11Because he put that big old solid disgusting block of wood at it, so nobody...
20:16What about wood?
20:18It's ginormous.
20:19It's repulsive.
20:20I'm pretty sure that can go.
20:21Every now and again I sand it down because it's mouldy.
20:24I just thought it looked fantastic on the end of the kitchen bunker.
20:28But that's been the bane of my life since it went up there.
20:30It's all mouldy.
20:31Yeah, yeah.
20:32It's all you can find.
20:34OK, it can go.
20:35Yeah!
20:38Well done.
20:39We need to get a move on, so while the kids sort through the perishables...
20:43I suppose I can let go of my wine.
20:44..I need Gerry and Trish to get cracking with the crockery.
20:48There's over 50 mugs here.
20:50I think we can definitely reduce it down to 16.
20:53Right, let's go.
20:54So if we keep the ones...
20:56I think we should keep the set.
20:58I'm going to keep them for soup, I think.
21:00So how many is that?
21:01Three, six.
21:02Mum.
21:03What?
21:04Are you keeping these?
21:05So we use them a lot, eh?
21:07They're nice ones.
21:08I think they're all finding it more difficult than they thought,
21:11especially Trish.
21:12Keep that one.
21:13I think Gerry's nervous about letting something go
21:16and then forgetting he's letting it go.
21:19But if Gerry wants to bring something home, it comes home.
21:22They can definitely go.
21:23But I think he's actually quite ruthless.
21:26That one can go.
21:27This one.
21:28Trish, she is very sentimental and nervous to let go of absolutely everything,
21:33even if Gerry's like, I don't even know what that is.
21:36Stacey.
21:37Yeah.
21:38If something's like a soup bowl rather than a mug.
21:42All right, so get rid of some of the regular mugs and keep your soup mugs.
21:45That doesn't seem fair.
21:47Are you finding this difficult?
21:49I am.
21:49That's ridiculous.
21:50It's not ridiculous.
21:51Just tell me why.
21:53So my friend gave me that.
21:54But you never drink out of it.
21:55No.
21:56You need to have space in your house so that you can have a cup of tea.
21:59Exactly.
21:59One day that'll happen.
22:01If you can let go of enough, you will have space.
22:05This is from Edinburgh Christmas Market.
22:07Are you keeping that one?
22:08No.
22:09Oh, well done.
22:10Right, that could go out because nobody uses that.
22:13Right, that can go out.
22:15Edinburgh Science Festival.
22:16That can go.
22:18That could go out.
22:20Yeah.
22:21This has been a long time coming, actually.
22:23Yeah.
22:24That's all chipped.
22:26Will you get the other one then, Dan?
22:27Well done.
22:28Aye.
22:28Well, go on, Muscles.
22:29Right, let's go down to the piles, guys.
22:32Gerry, don't forget your wood slab.
22:34Oh, my wood?
22:35Yeah.
22:36Do you reckon we sell this or donate it?
22:39Do you think someone else...
22:39Don't think I.
22:40I don't think anybody's going to be grateful for that.
22:43You never know.
22:47Hello.
22:48In the King's Kitchen, the team have plans to keep the space permanently clear.
22:54Gerry said everything is a trip hazard for you.
22:56Yeah.
22:56It needs some really clever storage so that all of those arts and crafts, things can go away.
23:01Did you just say craft?
23:03Are you feeling all right this morning?
23:04I know.
23:05Maybe it's the sun.
23:06Have you got sunstroke?
23:08I just love Gerry and he loves crafts, so I'm all about just giving him storage.
23:13What I'm thinking is to build a massive storage unit, but incorporating Gerry's artwork.
23:20How?
23:20You know sliding screen?
23:21Yeah.
23:22Well, how about this whole sliding piece be the area for his artwork?
23:26Oh, nice.
23:27Oh, nice, okay.
23:28And that there will keep this entire space neat and tidy.
23:31Lovely.
23:32That's what we want.
23:33With four days to pull off his big build, Rob is straight on the tools.
23:38So I'm making the first part to the living room unit, the base.
23:44Just like when you're building a house, if your foundation isn't right, then everything else in the house is going
23:50to be off.
23:51Once all my screws are in, I'll be able to take it inside and fit it.
23:58Oh, boy.
24:03I'd like to see you just doing some work, thank you very much.
24:07It's mid-morning at the warehouse and amateur artist Gerry has a job to do in the stationary section.
24:13How many pins do we need?
24:15Just a couple, really.
24:16Three brand new packs of pencils.
24:18Which one do you prefer?
24:19We'll keep that one.
24:20When did you get into art?
24:22Primary school.
24:23Yeah.
24:24I wanted to be a cartoonist, actually, when I left.
24:26So is that how you ended up in architecture?
24:27Yeah, because it was still something to do with drawing, which is what I loved.
24:30Oh, I love that.
24:31So you've got to turn your passion into your job.
24:33Yeah.
24:34So have you drawn everything clear?
24:36I have, yes.
24:36Yep.
24:37Wow.
24:37This itself is with a group, and we write all our own original soundtracks.
24:42Oh, cool.
24:43Yeah, yeah.
24:44And we've got two albums out just now, and that's a cover.
24:46You're incredible, Gerry.
24:48Not at all.
24:49Yeah, you are.
24:50Do you want to keep any of these?
24:51I don't even know where that's come from, to be honest.
24:52And that's the sad thing, is you don't remember half the stuff.
24:56What was it like when you first found out about having Alzheimer's?
24:59Like most people, you think that Alzheimer's is an old person's disease.
25:04You don't think that people that young can be affected by it.
25:09But I've met people in their 40s.
25:11When you first got told it was Alzheimer's, what did that feel like?
25:14I was all right, I think.
25:15But the world totally changed.
25:18Yeah.
25:18I had to retire from work.
25:21I had to surrender my driving licence.
25:23Your whole life just changed overnight.
25:24Yeah, yeah, like that.
25:25But I got into poetry through the dementia.
25:28It's my thoughts and my hopes, some dreams.
25:30It's also my medication.
25:32It lets me put down on paper how I feel about my dementia
25:35and what it feels like to live with dementia.
25:37And now that's another form of therapy.
25:39Yeah, that's what I find, yeah.
25:40I think it's very important to be involved in things like art, poetry,
25:45writing, things like that.
25:47It keeps my brain stimulated.
25:49I'm convinced it slows down the progress of the Alzheimer's.
25:53I enjoy my art.
25:54I would love to leave it as a kind of a legacy for my wife and my children
26:01so they can remember me for who I was, not who I'm going to be.
26:08What's this one?
26:10This is a poem that I wrote for Trish.
26:11Has Trish ever heard it?
26:13No.
26:13You should tell her it.
26:14Babes?
26:14Yes?
26:15Want to come over, mate?
26:16Oh.
26:17Okay.
26:18This is a wee poem.
26:19I've had a wee time to have a look at it.
26:21So I've...
26:23Oh, Lord.
26:24It's so romantic.
26:25I cup your heart as if my own,
26:28to carry you wherever I go.
26:31There's no place I'd rather be
26:32than here with you, just with me.
26:35Aw.
26:36Unfold your wings, my angel on earth.
26:38Embrace me with the warmth of your love.
26:41My own sweet angel sent from the high
26:43to comfort me when I stumble and cry.
26:47There you go.
26:47Aw.
26:48How was that?
26:49Aw, that's lovely.
26:52It was beautiful.
26:54Yeah, it can be a little romantic sometimes, I think.
26:56And it's...
26:57It's special because he writes these things down,
27:02but he doesn't say them.
27:04So we find out more about how he's feeling about things
27:07when we read his poems
27:09than we ever do with him telling us
27:13how he's feeling about things.
27:15So it is.
27:16It's really...
27:16It's really special.
27:17Pad looks like it's seen better days.
27:19OK, so they can go.
27:21And then I think...
27:22Gerry?
27:23Yes, we're there.
27:24We're done.
27:25You're so nice.
27:27The team are mid-bedroom swap at the Kings,
27:30and the biggest room is now up for grabs.
27:33Steph's long-term plans are to look after Dad.
27:35OK.
27:35So I feel like we need to give her the biggest space.
27:38She's in her 20s, you know.
27:39Yeah.
27:39She wants to have pre-drinks here.
27:41She wants to have parties.
27:41We could almost give her two space in here.
27:43Exactly.
27:43It could be sort of bedroom and then something
27:45a bit more entertainment vibes.
27:46Exactly.
27:46I'm excited for this room.
27:48I can't wait to have a little toast with her
27:49at the end of it with a bottle of rosette.
27:51Oh, I'm sure you're ready for that.
27:53This is going to be a fab pad.
27:55Cheers.
27:56Cheers.
27:56Come on, Mum.
27:57Come on.
27:58Cheers.
28:03In the memorabilia section...
28:05Do you want any of your birthday cards?
28:07No.
28:08No.
28:08That was amazing.
28:09While it's proving easy to let go of some family heirlooms...
28:12Steph, do you want your umbilical cord clear?
28:15Absolutely not.
28:16Get rid of that.
28:16There's somebody's tooth in there.
28:17You want it?
28:18No, it's fine.
28:19Others are prompting more treasured memories.
28:22Anniversary cards?
28:23Maybe we'd keep one or two and just...
28:24What do you do for your anniversary?
28:26I sing to her every year.
28:27What are you saying?
28:29Darling, happy anniversary.
28:33Another year of love has gone by.
28:36I think I'll know when he doesn't sing that, that I've lost him.
28:40That'll be when I know he's gone.
28:43Gerald is the most amazing husband.
28:46He's not perfect, neither am I.
28:48And I think that's why we work.
28:50But our relationship's definitely changed.
28:54Definitely, definitely changed.
28:55As things progress, I'm sure he'll forget who I am.
29:01I mean, you just never know.
29:02With dementia, I mean, he could wake up tomorrow and not know who we are.
29:09You just don't know.
29:10And I feel sad, I think, sad for him.
29:17And sad for me, but sad for him.
29:20Do these help you, Gerry?
29:22Like, if you look at these, do they trigger a memory or...?
29:25Not really, actually.
29:26I don't feel like I used to feel.
29:28Yeah.
29:29It's just the outside was taking bits and pieces away like that, so, yeah.
29:33But is it helpful to have these things around?
29:35I like the photo albums.
29:36Yeah.
29:36I'll keep them.
29:37I married Trish for Trish.
29:39I didn't marry Trish so she could become my carer.
29:42We're still really close.
29:44But romance-wise, it's probably there isn't much there, like, because the dementia has
29:49taken my feelings away.
29:52I try to be as supportive as I can with Trisha and with my children.
29:59So that part of me hasn't gone yet, like, which is great.
30:03Hi, baby.
30:04Hey.
30:04I was always quite an extrovert.
30:06Got on really well with people.
30:09And that's going to be changing sometime in the future.
30:12And I'll be unrecognisable as a person.
30:15The guy that she married was, um, hot to trot-like.
30:20Yeah, we were young.
30:21And, uh, I'm not the same man Trish married, that's for sure.
30:28Who's that?
30:29That's Kieran.
30:29Is it?
30:30Yeah.
30:31You need to have these accessible.
30:33Yeah.
30:34Oh, God.
30:34Oh, Lord.
30:37I was not ready for that.
30:40I can't even look at it.
30:41No way.
30:42I can't even look at it.
30:43I'm never going to get you out with suspenders on my head now.
30:48Speeding through the third and final section of the day.
30:51You don't need all these drill bits and sets.
30:54No.
30:55You only need one pair of pliers.
30:56Yeah.
30:57We're knocking Trish's DIY section on the head.
31:00Maybe all the manuals can go, yeah?
31:02And racing towards the finish line.
31:05We have got 15 minutes till they shut the doors on this warehouse.
31:09Oh, my God.
31:09I feel like we really need to get as much in those piles as possible.
31:13Let's do it.
31:13Let's go, go, go, go, go, go.
31:15Oh, come on, here we go.
31:18Come on, come on.
31:19I'm just here.
31:21Some of the teddy bears.
31:22Yeah.
31:23Stephanie, that was from when, um...
31:27Get ready.
31:29Right, two minutes, family.
31:32Jerry?
31:33I think that can go as well, yes?
31:34Go, go, go, go.
31:37Woo!
31:38Come on, girls.
31:40Last chance.
31:41Everyone, to the pile, to the pile.
31:44Oh, God.
31:45Yay!
31:45Woo!
31:46Well done, buddy.
31:50Day one in the warehouse is done.
31:52I really enjoyed today.
31:53I think they all know the importance of doing this process right now,
31:57and it has to be done.
31:58We have to get back to that house with 50% less, if we can,
32:03and change their lives.
32:09Day two in the warehouse.
32:12And while the King family are in full clear-out mode,
32:15what are you finding my tissues for?
32:17Because you've got loads.
32:19Tilly's entered the building.
32:21Good morning, everybody.
32:24Oh, no!
32:24Run!
32:25And she is not mucking about.
32:28First of all, we are going to start with clothes.
32:31Everyone has too many clothes.
32:33Now, you only had about a metre each of hanging.
32:37So...
32:37This is what you've got...
32:39Right.
32:40...to hang your clothes on.
32:41OK.
32:41At least try and get it.
32:43God loves a try-er.
32:44God loves a try-er.
32:46God loves a try-er.
32:48Keep.
32:49Keep that.
32:50Keep that one?
32:51Yeah.
32:52I'll keep that, because I wear it as a jammie top.
32:55Yeah?
32:55I've got my Benidorm top.
32:57Are we keeping the Benidorm top?
32:59I do love it.
33:00I do.
33:00If you love it, then it stays.
33:02We're going again this year, so...
33:03Are you?
33:04Oh, my gosh.
33:04It was that good.
33:05Yeah, it's amazing.
33:07I've never actually wore them.
33:09Ever.
33:09Oh, why?
33:10I didn't really like them on.
33:12So, why didn't you return them?
33:13I'm a bargain hunter when it comes to all this stuff, so I'll buy all in the sales.
33:16And then I put them on my vintage.
33:18But you need to get in the habit of trying to sell it while it's still got, you know,
33:21newer tags.
33:22Mm-hmm.
33:22Was this sequin number staying or going?
33:24Well, that was my 21st birthday dress.
33:26OK.
33:27But I would get rid of it.
33:28You're not going to wear it again?
33:29I won't wear it again.
33:29OK.
33:30Right.
33:30Donate.
33:31That can donate.
33:33Donate.
33:33Don't like them.
33:34Is this your rail, Gerry?
33:36This is my rail, yes.
33:37I mean, look at this number.
33:38That's cool, isn't it?
33:39Yeah.
33:39That is a jacket, isn't it?
33:41And a half.
33:42I bought that for Stephanie's 21st birthday.
33:45Do you not think it fits me?
33:46Yeah.
33:47I'll tell you what will go with this.
33:48My winkle pickers.
33:49We know I love a bit of leopard print.
33:52They're brilliant, aren't they?
33:53I feel like the penguins.
33:56Oh, my God.
33:59I can't even walk properly in them.
34:04Dilly might be larking about, but at the Kings, it's all work and no play with the living room build.
34:10Here's the first section of the big mega unit.
34:14In order to make sure I get these all lined up, top nice and flush, I'm clamping them up.
34:19And once I have this base all screwed into position, level all off beautifully, that's when I can then build
34:26up.
34:27And Ewan is tackling a pet peeve.
34:30If you haven't got any household lubricant, which is the best thing to use for your hinges, the alternative is
34:36to use some cooking oil.
34:38So I've got some olive oil here and I'm using this little pipette.
34:42And what we want to do is give the hinge a quick wipe just to remove any dust.
34:48And then we want to get this oil into the hinge.
34:51So we can slowly move it as we drop some of the oil into the moving parts.
34:59And give it a little wiggle.
35:01And there we go.
35:02The squeaking has gone.
35:08At the warehouse, the penguins vanished and Delia's back.
35:12There is a lot of fun happening in this warehouse.
35:14Too much fun.
35:15And not enough sorting.
35:17Ready to rattle through Gerry's records.
35:19How often do you listen to those?
35:20Never.
35:21We don't have a record player.
35:22I would be quite happy to donate them.
35:24If you sold them all as a collection, the money you get from that you might be able to put
35:28to charity.
35:28Yeah, that would be good.
35:29That would be good.
35:30And turn our attention to Trish's knick-knacks.
35:33One of the things that sometimes make me a little bit itchy are the amount of trinkets that people have
35:38in their house.
35:39And I think you had 762 trinkets.
35:44I mean, what is this?
35:46That's Elvis.
35:47Elvis the pig.
35:48I got that one when I was pregnant.
35:49So these pigs are staying.
35:51Yep.
35:51Do we need a Benidorm boat?
35:53That could go for sure.
35:55What about these?
35:56For me, they all have a memory behind them.
35:58Okay, what's the memories?
35:59Gerald's bought me them on anniversaries.
36:01That was when Stephanie was born.
36:03That was when we had both of the boys.
36:05Mm-hmm.
36:06I think my mum bought me that one.
36:07So I would like to keep some.
36:09That one can go...
36:11That one I'd like to keep because I quite like that one.
36:13This one's staying.
36:14Yeah.
36:15I don't know if I'm keeping it because I'm just being sentimental or...
36:17What do you feel when you look at that?
36:20Peaceful.
36:20Like, it reminds me of us two hugging.
36:23Oh.
36:23And he doesn't really hug me very much, so no.
36:26Really?
36:26Yeah.
36:26Do you miss that?
36:27Yeah.
36:27He does sometimes, but it's, you know, he doesn't.
36:31And do you think that's because of his illness?
36:33Yeah, before that he was really tactile and, you know, we would sit together and he'd cuddle
36:38me in, but now it's kind of a forced thing.
36:41Can I give you a hug?
36:42Oh, thank you.
36:44Oh, thank you.
36:45They say that dementia is like Christmas lights, you know, when you bring your Christmas lights
36:49out of the box, so you never know which lights are going to be on.
36:52I miss Gerald's affection most.
36:56I miss Gerald's affection most.
36:56He used to be, like, cuddly and he doesn't really reach for my hand anymore.
37:02He's lost that.
37:04Are you okay?
37:05Yeah, okay, yeah.
37:06Good.
37:07Doing all right.
37:08Yeah.
37:09A thousand losses when you're a partner of somebody with dementia.
37:13We lose him in a different way every day.
37:19It's a lot to get used to, isn't it?
37:21Mm-hmm.
37:21I know, but I've had years to get used to it, so.
37:23I know, but still, it's also that reminder, isn't it, that things have changed?
37:27Yeah.
37:27They change every day, so.
37:28Mm.
37:29And how are you coping with that?
37:31You just do.
37:32Yeah.
37:33You just have to, eh?
37:34You don't really have a choice.
37:35Mm.
37:35So long as he's happy, then that's fine, because he's the one that's living with it.
37:40Yeah.
37:41You've got a good support network around you?
37:43I have a group of my people.
37:45Good.
37:46Well, it's important.
37:48So with that.
37:49Yeah.
37:50I feel like we should keep that.
37:51I think we should keep that.
37:52That's a good one.
37:53Yeah.
37:53We'll keep those, we'll reduce the other little bits.
37:56Okay.
37:56Life's changed for Trish.
37:58The guy that she married is now changing, and so I think that must be impossibly hard,
38:02and those conversations stem from what you may deem as a silly little ornament.
38:06We have to make sure that we're keeping the things that do mean something,
38:09but yes, we're letting go of the Elvis the pig, for example.
38:12Do we definitely need all these candles?
38:14They can go.
38:15Right.
38:16Ma'am, what's a tornado scrub?
38:18It can go out.
38:19It's rubbish.
38:20That can go, that can go, that can go.
38:23I've never used them for years.
38:25A ceramic and induction hob hygieniser.
38:29I don't even know what that is.
38:32There they are.
38:35Final five minutes.
38:36This is your last chance to go through this whole warehouse.
38:40That's an old one.
38:41Do you need it?
38:42No, not really.
38:43That can go.
38:43That can go, yes.
38:46Let's go.
38:49I can't gain.
38:53I need to get back to the gem.
38:59That's it.
38:59Well done.
39:00Oh, I'm going to drop them.
39:01Go, go, go, go.
39:02Last 30 seconds.
39:05What?
39:05Let's go.
39:06Let's get it on the piles.
39:08Quickly.
39:08Great.
39:09How are you?
39:10Hi, Tim.
39:10Well done, Tim.
39:12Well done, Tim.
39:13Oh, well done.
39:14Good job.
39:15Well done, Tim.
39:16Well done.
39:17After two long days at the warehouse, the family have managed to reduce a massive two-thirds of their belongings.
39:25Well done, you.
39:27Well done.
39:29You all right?
39:30Yeah.
39:38It is 9am and we need to get the King's possessions back in the house.
39:42This is looking good.
39:44Isn't it?
39:44How does it feel in here, though?
39:46I had such a good warehouse day.
39:49You really do appreciate adult children.
39:52Extra muscle.
39:53We are at such a crucial time in this family's life that we have got to get this right.
39:58All right, let's do this, gang.
39:59Come on.
40:01Rob, your tools are everywhere.
40:02Well, because I'm still working, aren't I?
40:04First up, Rob's in the entranceway reconfiguring the family's utility.
40:09Yes, this is an unconventional place for a utility room.
40:14But Gerry needed an accessible toilet, so they had to move the utility room from that side out here.
40:20But you really couldn't store much.
40:21Yeah, I think the one thing I need to do is strengthen this up.
40:25Because of its age, all of this has come a bit loose.
40:27So just reinforcing it before I go and put everything back.
40:34And just like that, it's back in place.
40:36Simple.
40:38Upstairs, I'm bringing some bling to Steph's new long-term lodgings.
40:42This little alcove, to me, screams bar.
40:46Stepping her fun with her friends up here and get ready to go out.
40:50One last finishing touch.
40:52These are just really simple, cheap LED strips.
40:56It's as bright as a Benadon strip, I reckon.
40:58Remove the bit of sticky back.
41:00And then I'm just going to go and follow the alcove.
41:04Ready?
41:07Benadon time, baby.
41:10Woo!
41:11Downstairs, Ewan's got a bright idea.
41:14Gerry's told me that with his Alzheimer's, he can struggle with his spatial awareness.
41:20And now that we've moved the bedroom down to the ground floor here,
41:23there's the bathroom that he'll have access to just across the corridor.
41:27So I've picked up some of these motion-activated lights.
41:31They have a little magnet that's peel and stick.
41:34So I'm going to pop the magnet on like this,
41:36and then this will come on automatically
41:38to help Gerry find his way to the toilet in the evening time.
41:43Outside, Rob's got an artistic take for his living room unit.
41:47This panel is the bit of the piece de resistance.
41:51Not only is it the sliding panel that hides everything,
41:55but it also doubles as a display
41:58for one of Gerry's amazing bits of artwork.
42:00I'm having to stick two pieces together
42:01because they just don't make sheets that wide.
42:05To keep Steph's close shopping passion in check,
42:09Dilly's creating a clever sorting system.
42:12What I thought is I'll grab one of these drawstring bags
42:14and leave that by the front door.
42:16So Steph reminds herself every time she walks out the door,
42:19she's got to return those things.
42:21You know, when you buy something, if it doesn't fit, return it.
42:24If you don't like it, return it.
42:26But as well as having that drop bag,
42:28what you need is a clear plastic file to keep our receipts in.
42:31It's always worth taking a quick snap of it just in case you lose that.
42:35Snap it before we stash it.
42:39The family let go of so much in the warehouse
42:41that I got soft and I fished out a beloved item from the donate pile.
42:46I rescued Gerry's wood from the pile
42:48because he loved it so much.
42:51Instead of being a useless training board,
42:54I'm going to turn this into a letter ledge
42:55and Gerry can forever keep his random piece of wood.
42:59It's a little bit too rustic for my liking at the moment.
43:02So I'm going to sand it down
43:05because then I can get all the like tea stains and really deep marks off.
43:10Now I've got these little file holders
43:13that I'm going to attach them to the underside of this shelf
43:16and the letters will go inside.
43:18You either file it because it's an important document,
43:20shred it because it's a piece of junk or action it.
43:27Okay, you ready for this?
43:30Ta-da!
43:32File it, shred it, action it.
43:36In this family they've got as many pets as they have humans
43:40so I want to differentiate their sponges
43:44and a really simple way you can do this
43:46is to cut your sponges into different shapes.
43:50There we go, just need to trim a bit off.
43:52We have bone for the dog's bowl,
43:54fish for the cat's bowl,
43:57regular rectangles for human bowls.
44:00It's good, isn't it?
44:01What are you doing?
44:02I'm cutting these sponges into shapes.
44:05Don't look at me like that.
44:07Mate, you have got way too much time on your hands.
44:09This is essential.
44:11Anne, I'm sure I've...
44:11We need to prioritise the fur babies.
44:13I can't entertain this.
44:15This guy!
44:16Do you like it?
44:17Meow.
44:20I am creating these lovely little labels
44:24that I'm going to put on every single cupboard,
44:26every single container.
44:27I've put a bit of a striped border around this
44:30because I just think it highlights it a little bit more
44:32and hopefully that will help Jerry.
44:34Oh God, I haven't put an S on the end.
44:36Come to this box for some spice.
44:39Outside, I'm organising a unique retreat for Trish.
44:42When most people think sanctuary, they think spa.
44:46But when I was talking to Trish,
44:48she told me when she does DIY,
44:50she finds it really relaxing, really therapeutic.
44:54So I thought, that's it.
44:55We need to make a DIY den.
44:58Pig balls come with little attachments
45:00that you can add to the holes inside the board.
45:03And then, you have got a tub for all your spanners,
45:09somewhere to hang your hammer.
45:10I'm going to cover the walls in these
45:12so I can hang all of Trish's tools up
45:14and she can get to them anytime she needs.
45:19Oh, there you are!
45:20And where's Stacey?
45:22Stacey!
45:23Come on, girl!
45:24Come, come, quick!
45:24I feel like I haven't seen any of you all day
45:27because I've just had my head down trying to get stuff done.
45:29So, I have just been to pick up some photos,
45:32which I had printed.
45:33Oh, these are our photos with Jerry!
45:36Oh, cute!
45:37And I thought we could do a little scrapbook.
45:40Nice!
45:40Oh, my God, I did not picture you as a scrapbook girl, Dilly!
45:43That's because I'm not!
45:44So, there you go.
45:45You're not going to be a scrapbook.
45:46You did that joke.
45:48Why can't you make the scrapbook?
45:49You've done so well.
45:50You're ahead.
45:51We're ahead for now,
45:52but this is the time of day when we relax into it
45:55and we start slowing down.
45:56We cannot lose the pace.
45:58Yes, I'll do your scrapbook.
45:59Am I happy about it?
46:00No.
46:01Hurry up!
46:01Keep up the pace!
46:02Let's go!
46:06She tasked me with it like it's a piece of cake,
46:09and it's not.
46:10I want it to be in order.
46:11I want to label them.
46:12A scrapbook is something you spend years making.
46:16Jerry told Dilly that photos really help him with his memory.
46:20So, hopefully, he'll always remember this process.
46:23Oh, look at that!
46:24I mean, it's not my best work.
46:25No, it's amazing.
46:26But I'm giving it a good go.
46:27They're going to love this, all these memories.
46:29I love this family.
46:31I love this family too.
46:34With the living room unit fully constructed.
46:37I'm just fitting the track system for the sliding artwork
46:41that's going to run across the face of this unit.
46:44And a super-sized replica of Jerry's poem painted and dried.
46:48A piece of artwork that's on this sliding panel
46:50is inspired by Jerry's artwork.
46:53Rob's vision is sliding into place.
46:55This is the part of the build I was most worried about.
46:59Yes, you've got tons of storage out here,
47:01but this here is what makes this unit unique.
47:05I'm proud of this.
47:07Woo!
47:09Next door, I'm sorting the lighting in the brand-new master bedroom.
47:13Trish and Jerry really wanted to move to the downstairs room
47:16where Daniel was, but they'd never gotten round to it,
47:19so we flipped the rooms.
47:22And now I am putting some floating lamp chains here.
47:28These little screws are always a bit fiddly, but...
47:31OK.
47:33Make sure I'm all lined up.
47:35Oh, no.
47:38Why do they have to be the smallest screws in the world?
47:42So now it's the easy bit.
47:44Put the lampshade on, screw the light bulb in,
47:47it bobs your uncle.
47:49Now, let there be light.
47:54In the newly completed utility,
47:57Ewan strikes while the iron's hot.
47:59When irons build up a scorch mark like this,
48:02I've got a really good little trick.
48:05This packet of paracetamol cost me only 39p.
48:09You want the iron hot enough that it melts the paracetamol tablet,
48:13and then using a pair of tweezers,
48:15I'm going to gently rub it over the scorch mark.
48:18The active ingredients in the paracetamol
48:21are combining with the scorch mark
48:24to lift it off and remove it without doing any damage.
48:28Look at that.
48:29It's kind of acting like a little baby rubber.
48:31And then using a damp cloth,
48:33I'm just going to quickly wipe off anything that's loosened as I go.
48:38I'm delighted with that. Look at it.
48:40Certainly cheaper than buying a brand-new iron.
48:42As Rob puts the final touches to the living room unit...
48:45My drawer fronts are on.
48:47I'll put the handles on.
48:49Three more to go.
48:50And Ewan perfects the beds.
48:52That looks so much better.
48:55There's just time to put the last pieces into place.
48:58Let's go, guys. Come on.
49:00Nice room.
49:01How amazing would it be on our first week back, finish on time?
49:06Come on, let's do it.
49:07We can do it.
49:08Here, placemats, yeah.
49:11Is that really necessary?
49:13Right here.
49:16Oh!
49:17What?
49:17We've left the floor stuff down.
49:19Oh, no.
49:20Pull it up, pull it up, pull it up.
49:22Rob, stop cleaning.
49:24Oh, my God.
49:25What is this table made of?
49:26It's not light.
49:28Come on, guys.
49:29This is heavy.
49:30I've got it, I've got it, I've got it.
49:31You can put it down.
49:32Put it down!
49:34Done?
49:34I think we've done it.
49:35We've done it!
49:35Yay!
49:36We've done it!
49:37Anna, look high!
49:39Oh, wow!
49:40The first time, on time.
49:42On time, on time.
49:45You ready?
49:46Oh!
49:52Oh!
49:52Oh!
49:52How are you, Jeremy?
49:54Oh, hello, Jen.
49:56How are you all feeling?
49:58Absolutely.
49:59Excited.
49:59Good!
50:00Yeah, definitely.
50:00Definitely.
50:01It's been an amazing experience.
50:02Oh, my God, that makes me so happy.
50:04Yep, yep.
50:05It is going to look totally different in there.
50:07Fantastic.
50:08But we have labelled absolutely everything up, Jerry.
50:10Good.
50:11And we'll show you everything that's in there.
50:12Looking forward to it.
50:13Right, shall we go in?
50:14Oh, yes.
50:15Right, let's go.
50:17Seven days ago, the King's front door opened into a makeshift and crowded utility area.
50:24Oh, wow!
50:25Now it's an inviting space with sleek storage and hidden functions.
50:30How fantastic.
50:32Behind this lovely curtain is your washing machine and tumble dryer, so you can hide it
50:38when you don't want to see it.
50:39That's amazing.
50:40Steph?
50:41Yeah?
50:41I know you love online shopping.
50:42Yeah?
50:43This is for returns.
50:45Come on out!
50:45So you can just shove your returns in there, shove your receipt in there, and then every time
50:49you walk out the door, you're like, oh, yeah, I've got to take that to return.
50:52You probably need a bigger bag, though.
50:55Right, shall we keep going?
50:56Yes, please.
50:57Let's keep going.
50:59Come in to your new...
51:01Oh, my!
51:03...living space.
51:04This is amazing!
51:06Just a week ago, the surfaces in the open-plan living area were covered and unusable.
51:12Now it's been decluttered and organised.
51:15There's storage!
51:16Oh, Luke!
51:19That's unreal!
51:21Gerry, this is all full of your arts and crafts.
51:24This looks unreal.
51:25Do you recognise the door?
51:27Yes, I do.
51:28Yes, that's a poem.
51:29Oh, yeah!
51:30We got a local artist to copy your poem that you wrote.
51:35Brilliant.
51:35I wouldn't have envisioned this.
51:36This has just done it.
51:38It's so hard.
51:40It honestly looks amazing.
51:41This is beautiful.
51:43Absolutely beautiful.
51:45A place for your letters, babes, as well.
51:46Yeah, but do you recognise that place for your letters, Gerry?
51:49Is that a block of wood?
51:51Is that a block of wood?
51:53Fantastic.
51:54You're beautiful, eh?
51:55That looks unreal.
51:57Come in.
51:58I'm not looking.
51:59To your new room.
52:01Oh, my God!
52:05I love it!
52:06Yeah!
52:07I feel like I'm going to cry.
52:09Steph's room had no space for socialising.
52:13Now she's in the larger bedroom with zones for relaxing and entertaining.
52:17We know that you're going to be around, be able to help with Dad.
52:21Absolutely.
52:21So, we just thought it made the most sense to bring you into the bigger room.
52:25I absolutely love it.
52:26So, I know how much you love Benadol.
52:28So, we've tried to bring Benadol to you.
52:31Oh!
52:31Oh!
52:32Oh!
52:32Oh!
52:34He's a very own fan.
52:36I love it!
52:36Oh, yes.
52:37This is everything that I could, like, dream of and more.
52:40Oh, my God!
52:42I love that!
52:45Next door is now Daniel's room.
52:47A brighter space with areas to study and rest.
52:51This isn't my room.
52:52This is your room!
52:53I do really like it.
52:55And downstairs, I'm so excited to show Trish and Gerry their longed-for single-storey set-up.
53:02Welcome to your new room.
53:04Oh!
53:05Oh, wow!
53:07Before, Trish and Gerry's upstairs room was overrun with clutter.
53:12Now, their move to the ground floor combines accessibility for Gerry with a calming retreat for the couple.
53:19Look at the hanging!
53:20Stunning!
53:20Lights!
53:21Beautiful!
53:22I'll put them up, Trish!
53:24Did you do that?
53:24I did, yeah!
53:25Just wake me up when you're finished.
53:27Oh, there's your chair, Gerry!
53:29Oh, yeah, it's beautiful!
53:30Oh, superb!
53:31This is just perfect.
53:34I love the colour.
53:35It's going to absolutely make things so much better.
53:38Right, you need to take a seat in Gerry's chair.
53:40All right!
53:40Inside here is your salt your life up script.
53:43Oh, God!
53:47Oh, that is so cool.
53:50Brilliant.
53:51Oh, this is amazing.
53:53Oh, that's nice.
53:55Oh, this is amazing.
53:58It's been such an amazing experience.
53:59Honestly.
54:01Thank you so much for this.
54:02This is perfect.
54:04Yeah, absolutely.
54:04Absolutely perfect.
54:05Oh, I hope it makes you feel happy forever, Gerry.
54:07Oh, absolutely, yeah, definitely.
54:08Definitely.
54:08Definitely.
54:09Thank you very much.
54:10I've got one last little thing to show you, Trish.
54:13Okay.
54:14You ready?
54:14Yeah.
54:15We couldn't not make you a little space to retreat to.
54:21So, welcome to your DIY again!
54:25Oh, my God!
54:26Trish's den!
54:27Trish's den!
54:29That is amazing!
54:32And I know how much you love DIY.
54:34Oh, wow!
54:35That is so cool!
54:36And the alcohol is in the shed.
54:38So, now, when you need five minutes...
54:40Look at me!
54:41You can come in here.
54:42Don't tell the rest of them about this.
54:44Oh, I won't.
54:45I won't.
54:45I won't say a few don't say.
54:47I love it.
54:47I absolutely love it.
54:49Thank you so much.
54:50You're so welcome.
54:51Oh, my goodness.
54:55Cheers!
54:55Cheers!
54:56To Trish's den!
54:57To you guys.
54:59Aww.
54:59For all of this.
55:00I can't explain how much of a difference this is going to make
55:03because it's just everything.
55:05I'm not going to have to stress about, you know, the house
55:08or about Gerald falling.
55:12You just don't have any idea how much that is going to change our lives.
55:16And moving forward, we're going to be able to just enjoy...
55:20enjoy each other wherever we can
55:22and then enjoy the time and the space beyond that.
55:26Hello, everybody!
55:28Hello!
55:28Thank you so much!
55:30You like?
55:31Oh, my God, it's amazing!
55:32That was epic.
55:35What an incredible family.
55:36What a week!
55:37It's been such a big week.
55:39I've got a wee poem.
55:40Oh!
55:41Let it open.
55:42Yes, Gerry!
55:44Stacey, Dilly, Ewan and Rob have been busy on the job.
55:49Our trust we gave, they had free range.
55:52Just seven days to make the change.
55:54To our family home so full of stress,
55:56by removing a lifetime of clutter and mess.
55:59Gerry has just been such a joy to be around.
56:02I've just loved every second of spending time with this whole family.
56:06So now we can't wait to reap the reward.
56:08With Stacey and Dilly, we've stuck our right cord.
56:11And Ewan and Rob were free to roam to help turn our house into a home.
56:16Obviously, we can't fix everything.
56:19But I really hope what we've done makes a huge difference to them moving forward.
56:23And it changes their lives in some ways.
56:27For giving us a brand new start, we send you thanks straight from the heart.
56:31And we'll never forget all that you have done, except maybe me, the demented one.
56:37Thank you so much.
56:38I love it.
56:40Bring it in guys.
56:42We're going to miss you so much.
56:43We're going to miss you guys.
56:51Hello.
56:51Life has changed so much.
56:55The house is always tidy.
56:57It's nice and quiet.
56:58The whole atmosphere has changed completely.
57:00You come in here and it's peaceful.
57:02Which is amazing for my dimension.
57:04I enjoy coming in now and not having to step over.
57:08Shoes, clothes.
57:09Being able to enjoy actually spending the time at the house.
57:13And my favourite thing in the room is obviously my bar.
57:16What a life.
57:18When I'm feeling quite out of sorts, I go to the bedroom.
57:21It's just so calming.
57:22I love the shed.
57:23We know that our future is going to be difficult, but we can live again.
57:29So.
57:30I've started to do a bit of cooking again.
57:31He does all of his stews and mince and tatties and he's able to find everything.
57:38Help yourselves.
57:39Oh, yeah.
57:40But I avoid chicken casseroles.
57:45If you need support with dementia, details are available on the Action Line pages of the BBC website.
57:53Or you can call for free anytime to hear recorded information on 08000 560 780.
58:01Tittown.
58:02Thank you, Joe.
58:05I love you.
58:10To be sure, man.
58:11That's all.
58:11Bye.
58:12Bye.
58:12Bye.
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