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00:00:00In Britain, the top 10% own over half the country's wealth.
00:00:06I have nice cars, I own a couple of race horses.
00:00:09It feels nice to have money.
00:00:12But while the rich are getting richer...
00:00:14It's a very profitable business that turns over well over £10 million a year.
00:00:18The poor are getting poorer.
00:00:21It's tough.
00:00:22Hit hard by relentless price rises.
00:00:24A lot of posh people think poor people just sit on their bums all day on benefits.
00:00:29Once we've spent on food, we don't really have anything left over.
00:00:33I had bailiffs come in.
00:00:36Might be on its way out.
00:00:38Now, two families are swapping homes.
00:00:42That is very different.
00:00:43Yes.
00:00:44How many windows does a house need?
00:00:46How many doors?
00:00:48Budgets.
00:00:48Right, this is where I get serious.
00:00:51Oh, God.
00:00:53And lives.
00:00:54It's our bloody work.
00:00:55It was way more challenging than I thought it would be.
00:00:59Champagne!
00:01:00I'm in heaven.
00:01:01To find out if money really does buy happiness.
00:01:06I love to have a walk in order.
00:01:08Oh, my goodness!
00:01:11Never been in the limo in the last.
00:01:14Or do people matter most?
00:01:16This is the nicest family time that us three have had together in years.
00:01:21And when they finally meet...
00:01:23Hello!
00:01:25...lives are changed forever.
00:01:27We'd like to gift you a van.
00:01:31We want to back your vision to a value of £100,000.
00:01:35Oh, my God!
00:01:35It's going to change everything for the better.
00:01:42London.
00:01:43Home to some of the world's wealthiest people.
00:01:47And in Westminster, one of the capital's most prestigious postcodes,
00:01:51live multimillionaire plumbing entrepreneurs Scott and Sam Mullins.
00:01:56We're not massive drinkers.
00:01:58Just every night, really.
00:02:00Not every night, are we?
00:02:01This is just an ideal location, isn't it?
00:02:03Great location, great views.
00:02:05Best spot.
00:02:06Yeah, this is our spot we enjoy, don't we?
00:02:07Just having a glass of wine or a cup of tea in the morning, isn't it?
00:02:11But it takes everything, doesn't it?
00:02:12It does.
00:02:13Overlooking the Thames, this £12 million penthouse has outside seating for ten.
00:02:20And a massive kitchen, dining, living area.
00:02:24With a £100,000 Steinway piano and private bar.
00:02:29We enjoy drinking and entertaining, having a family round.
00:02:33You know, have we got any skills on the piano?
00:02:34None at all.
00:02:35Fat sausage fingers, isn't it?
00:02:38Three oversized bedrooms are draped in Versace linen.
00:02:42Each with its own luxury en suite.
00:02:45And two private lifts that open straight into the main hallway.
00:02:49Comes up which side?
00:02:50It becomes this side, the light's on.
00:02:52That lift's coming first.
00:02:53It becomes to this side with the light on.
00:02:55Obviously, that lift will come first.
00:02:57Housekeeper Natalie has been with Scott and Sam for over ten years.
00:03:01They're busy people.
00:03:03Most of us, 24 hours, they're thinking just about the business.
00:03:07Always writing something on the phone.
00:03:09Natalie's the go-to lady.
00:03:11She does everything.
00:03:12She cooks when we're here.
00:03:14She cleans.
00:03:15She irons.
00:03:16She washes.
00:03:17Everyone needs a Natalie, doesn't she?
00:03:18Everyone needs a Natalie.
00:03:20And Natalie joins them when they escape to their £5 million Spanish villa.
00:03:26Spend a lot of time in our Marbella house.
00:03:28Just a great place for us and the family.
00:03:30We're fortunate enough, if flights are busy, we'll get on a private jet.
00:03:33Yeah.
00:03:34They're good for the night, yeah.
00:03:35Their fortune comes from Dad Charlie's plumbing empire that Scott helped build from nothing.
00:03:41He bought a basement in 1979 in Pimlico.
00:03:45He went from a one-man band.
00:03:47And then in 2021, we sold the business for 150 mil.
00:03:54Scott and Sam have led the rich life for 30 years, but their beginnings were far more humble.
00:04:00We weren't born into money.
00:04:01Even at an early age then, my dad would say to me, look, phone calls would come through to our
00:04:05house phone at night.
00:04:06He said, you pick it up, you show who we are.
00:04:08We say we're £35 an hour.
00:04:10That's what we was then.
00:04:12It's been far from plain sailing.
00:04:15Last year, Scott had a near-fatal health scare due to blocked arteries.
00:04:20Got tight-chested in the gym and they had a look at me and said, look, your arteries are blocked.
00:04:25Could have been retired and two months later, boom, brown bread.
00:04:28They did say stress was a massive factor.
00:04:31Yeah, it was a massive shock to the family, massive.
00:04:34Scott has two grown-up children who've moved out now.
00:04:37But if the health scare was a warning, he's probably not listening.
00:04:42In 2024, he launched another trades business, offering plumbing to plastering.
00:04:48That already has a £5 million turnover.
00:04:50I just want to go through the departments like we normally do, just find out where we're going, what we're
00:04:54doing and how we're pushing.
00:04:56When Scott does something, he's gung-ho.
00:04:58He'll do it.
00:05:02You're totally...
00:05:04You're a workaholic.
00:05:06Yeah.
00:05:0912 miles away, in Northolt, there's another couple working the trades, who lead a very different life.
00:05:16Probably we know each other more than anybody.
00:05:18She knows me better than myself.
00:05:20Yeah.
00:05:21Same.
00:05:23Plasterer Lee and gardener Laura live in a top-floor flat, with nine-year-old twins Katie and Sadie, an
00:05:29older brother who's away with his gran for the week.
00:05:32Look at you two.
00:05:34Come on, show us again.
00:05:35All right?
00:05:36I've got to do this.
00:05:36Perfect.
00:05:38Excellent.
00:05:39Having fun.
00:05:40The flat has a tiny kitchen and living room, with a single bathroom, that has seen better days.
00:05:47Our bathroom tap is broken.
00:05:51Hell yeah.
00:05:52I'm going to brush my teeth.
00:05:53So at the moment, we've got the whole family cleaning our teeth in the kitchen sink.
00:05:59Two bedrooms mean Lee and Laura often give up theirs for the kids.
00:06:03We've done blow-up beds.
00:06:05Blow-up beds.
00:06:06They're the worst.
00:06:06Yeah, they just keep popping.
00:06:07So now we're just subjected to sleeping on the sofa.
00:06:12There's no money to move or improve.
00:06:15Lee's self-employed, and his plustering work is job to job.
00:06:18I work for different people here and there, and I also get my own jobs in.
00:06:25Lee's desperate to bring in more cash, but has a problem.
00:06:29I think I would be more successful in my business if I actually drove and had the driving licence in
00:06:35a van.
00:06:35Then I could probably get a lot more work in.
00:06:38A fear of failing his test is holding Lee back.
00:06:41I don't really have much faith in myself to do driving lessons and things like that.
00:06:46I would like Lee to have more confidence, definitely.
00:06:49I think he just shies away from having his own business and the paperwork.
00:06:56Laura does as much gardening as she can around the twins, but it's hard, low-paid work.
00:07:01Let's put it this way.
00:07:02I do not ever need to go to the gym, because I do work out when I'm gardening.
00:07:07After bills, Lee and Laura have just £87.20 a week to live on.
00:07:13No more... Don't eat all the cheese. You're going to have nothing for your pasta.
00:07:15Oh, that's kind of you.
00:07:17No, you have it, darling.
00:07:18The rent for this property is £1,325 a month.
00:07:23It's like over half of my wages, and that's without even doing council tax, gas, electric, food shop.
00:07:30Daddy!
00:07:32Yeah?
00:07:33Time to come and chill out.
00:07:35Coming!
00:07:37Worrying about their finances has put a big strain on Lee and Laura's relationship.
00:07:42If we didn't have money struggles, I think we wouldn't argue nearly as much as we do.
00:07:47Yeah, I think we'd come together more that way.
00:07:50The biggest stress is...
00:07:51It would take a lot of the stress away.
00:07:53So, what are Lee and Laura's reasons for going on the swap?
00:07:57What is it like to be on the rich side instead of on the poor side?
00:08:02I think it would be a massive eye-opener.
00:08:05And it might give me the push that I need to move up a level, to get where I should
00:08:11be.
00:08:12And they have high hopes the week will help their relationship.
00:08:16Well, there's got to be something else we can learn about each other after these many years.
00:08:19Yeah.
00:08:20So, we'll soon find out.
00:08:22As for multi-millionaires Sam and Scott, they're looking to change lives for the better.
00:08:27If it's one person, two people that we can do something for, decent people, then that would be rewarding.
00:08:34And Sam has another motive.
00:08:36Ever since Scott's near-fatal health scare, she's been looking for ways to slow him down.
00:08:41Get Scott to relax a bit.
00:08:45My, uh...
00:08:46Relax?
00:08:46You might want a budget.
00:08:48And what?
00:08:49She's going to be tough.
00:08:51Day one.
00:08:53Anticipation is building for the swap.
00:08:56Do you know what I feel bad about?
00:08:57The tap.
00:08:58The tap.
00:08:59Thanks, Natalie.
00:09:00See you soon.
00:09:01Yeah, thank you.
00:09:02See you.
00:09:02See you.
00:09:03See you then.
00:09:04The twins are joining mum and dad after school and are missing a big surprise.
00:09:10Scott has sent his Bentley with his chauffeur to pick up Lee and Laura.
00:09:15Oh, look at this Bentley boy.
00:09:18Look at that.
00:09:20Look at that.
00:09:21My God.
00:09:22Living the high life.
00:09:24Yeah.
00:09:24Job's done, yeah?
00:09:25Job's done.
00:09:26She's got it.
00:09:27Oh, my gosh.
00:09:28Oh, my gosh.
00:09:29It's beautiful.
00:09:30It's just a 40-minute drive between the two homes, but in reality, they are worlds apart.
00:09:37Go ahead and straight for this river, Lee.
00:09:41There we are.
00:09:42Yes.
00:09:43Okay.
00:09:44Nice.
00:09:45Yeah.
00:09:47Oh, stop it.
00:09:50Oh, my gosh.
00:09:52Access to the penthouse is via a private underground car park, where there's a lift straight to the front door.
00:09:59Can't believe it.
00:10:00Look where we are.
00:10:01I know.
00:10:02Maybe you're in a parking space.
00:10:04This is mad.
00:10:06Onwards and upwards, right?
00:10:07Yes.
00:10:07Let's go this.
00:10:07Go.
00:10:14Oh, my God.
00:10:16Oh, my gosh.
00:10:18Let's take Sam's shoes up.
00:10:20Oh, very funny.
00:10:21Oh, my God.
00:10:22Oh, my word.
00:10:24Oh, my God.
00:10:26Oh, my God.
00:10:26Oh, my God.
00:10:27Oh, wow.
00:10:27Yeah, no.
00:10:28There's a bar.
00:10:31This should be the front room.
00:10:36Oh, wow.
00:10:37Oh, God, look at the size of that.
00:10:39That is huge.
00:10:40Look at all the chocolates.
00:10:41No, don't.
00:10:42I've got a switch.
00:10:42Oh, my God.
00:10:43They're my favourites.
00:10:45The first challenge for both families is to play detective and discover clues about their mystery hosts.
00:10:51Oh, yeah.
00:10:52That's his business there.
00:10:53That's who it is.
00:10:54Look.
00:10:54Scott Mullins.
00:10:56Scott Mullins, CEO.
00:10:57I'm thinking this is a tight space for one person.
00:11:01No way.
00:11:03Never.
00:11:03That's got to be the TV, Lee.
00:11:05God, it is actually a TV.
00:11:09Oh, my word.
00:11:11Oh, look at this, Lee.
00:11:12Wow.
00:11:14During the week, everyone has to get used to sleeping in different beds.
00:11:23Oh, my God.
00:11:26Oh, now, that's the one.
00:11:28Look at that.
00:11:32Squeaky.
00:11:34You're right, mate.
00:11:35I'll leave you to it later.
00:11:37Are you excited to go to sleep tonight?
00:11:39Yeah.
00:11:41Just have a look at the bathroom.
00:11:44Small.
00:11:45Tight space.
00:11:46Very.
00:11:46Okay.
00:11:48What one do you want?
00:11:49Left or right?
00:11:50It's his and hers.
00:11:51Normally, we're in the kitchen cleaning our teeth.
00:11:53Now, we can clean our teeth together.
00:11:57With a week ahead living like the other half, both homes have been rigged with diary cams
00:12:03so everyone can speak their private thoughts.
00:12:05The whole experience has been overwhelming for me today.
00:12:09This is completely different from what we're used to.
00:12:14Yeah, it's quite hard to take in at the minute.
00:12:16I can't believe that other people would actually live like this.
00:12:19Well, I can, but I can't.
00:12:20It's just mind-blowing.
00:12:21Completely mind-blowing.
00:12:23Got to really knuckle down me and say, really stick together and get through this.
00:12:30Coming up, the weekly budgets are revealed.
00:12:33This can't matter how much money's Hulk will spend in a week.
00:12:38It's about seven quid a day.
00:12:40What are you going to do with that?
00:12:41And Laura looks at a gold-plated career change.
00:12:45You can earn up to $150,000 a year.
00:12:48Wow.
00:12:54In Northolt, Plasterer Lee and Gardner Laura have big money problems.
00:13:00If we didn't have money struggles, I think we wouldn't argue nearly as much as we do.
00:13:05It's a different story in Westminster.
00:13:07In 2021, we sold the business for $150,000.
00:13:12One family are looking to do better.
00:13:15It might give me the push that I need to move up a level to get where I should be.
00:13:19The other want to change lives.
00:13:21If I can guide someone, help someone, that will be rewarded.
00:13:26That's it then.
00:13:26Now, for one week, they are swapping houses.
00:13:29I'm thinking this is a tight space for one person.
00:13:33Oh, wow.
00:13:34Yeah, no, there's a bar.
00:13:37And it's the moment everyone's been waiting for.
00:13:41Okay, Sam, well, this is our budget.
00:13:44Do you want to do the honors?
00:13:45No, you do it.
00:13:46Go on, ladies first.
00:13:47No, you go for it.
00:13:48How much money does each family have for the week?
00:13:52Well, I'll tell you what, if it's under £100, that's going to be like...
00:13:55Struggle, struggle.
00:13:56That's going to be hard, isn't it?
00:13:58Oh.
00:13:59Oh, my word.
00:14:02Go slowly.
00:14:03Oh, my God.
00:14:0520, 40.
00:14:0820, 40, 85, 86, 87, 20.
00:14:19Yeah, check.
00:14:20They're hidden pockets.
00:14:20Where have they gone?
00:14:26Where have they gone?
00:14:50Yeah, big time.
00:14:52Every week.
00:14:54Could you imagine the things that the girls would buy you could get?
00:14:58Wow.
00:14:58Wow.
00:15:01They're not only swapping budgets, but lives.
00:15:04And both families have a schedule for the week.
00:15:07Budget food shop.
00:15:09Budget food shop.
00:15:09Okay.
00:15:09We know that, don't we?
00:15:10Food shopping.
00:15:12I don't think we'll have to worry about what we're going to spend on food.
00:15:15No, I don't think that's going to be a struggle.
00:15:17Cook Sunday.
00:15:18Lunch for Tony.
00:15:20Lunch for Tony.
00:15:20Cook Sunday lunch for Tony.
00:15:22Ashley at office.
00:15:24Something to do with where he works, his offices.
00:15:28Get plastered.
00:15:30I think maybe it's his job.
00:15:32Yeah, maybe.
00:15:33So, a bit of plastering.
00:15:34Oh, fancy dinner.
00:15:38We've never done a fancy dinner.
00:15:43A week of untold luxury lies ahead, and a very excited twins are back from school.
00:15:50What do you think about this?
00:15:53What do you think of this?
00:15:55There's no TV.
00:15:57That's a mirror.
00:15:57Is it?
00:15:59For the first time in their lives, the twins have their own bedrooms and bathrooms.
00:16:04Come on!
00:16:06I want this one as our bedroom.
00:16:08I love the cosy beds and the...
00:16:11I love...
00:16:12You can just, like, jump on the pillow and then your head will just sink through the bed.
00:16:15I love that, like, there is, um...
00:16:20A little duck here.
00:16:21Who wants dinner?
00:16:22Nick!
00:16:23What are we going to have tonight, do you think?
00:16:25Five pieces!
00:16:26Caviar!
00:16:26Caviar!
00:16:27Caviar!
00:16:30There's no caviar in Northolt.
00:16:32I'm starving, to be honest.
00:16:34Where did you start, cupboards?
00:16:36And no Natalie to whip up a £100 dinner.
00:16:40Cucumber?
00:16:41No, mate.
00:16:42Pizza?
00:16:43Yes.
00:16:43Pizza.
00:16:45That'll get us warm, won't it?
00:16:46You know the biggest problem?
00:16:48Turning the oven on.
00:16:50The Mullins have never cooked in their penthouse kitchen.
00:16:53This week, they're all on their own.
00:16:56I can't see it.
00:16:56Well, actually, look, that's the fan, yeah?
00:16:58Where?
00:16:59Yeah.
00:16:59Is it?
00:17:00Yeah.
00:17:00Oh, God.
00:17:02Hold on.
00:17:02I've got it.
00:17:03Now.
00:17:04Put it on here, yeah?
00:17:04Yeah, you've got one bit on there.
00:17:06On here.
00:17:06You'll be wanting there.
00:17:07It won't full food, ain't it?
00:17:08No, no.
00:17:10In Westminster, Laura and Lee can afford whatever they want.
00:17:15You all happy, yeah?
00:17:16Yeah.
00:17:16Yeah.
00:17:17Chicken balls there, baby.
00:17:19And double down on 80 quid's worth of burgers and Chinese takeaways.
00:17:24Ooh, look at that.
00:17:26It looks lovely.
00:17:28I love it.
00:17:28This is really nice, isn't it?
00:17:30I don't mind if you waste a little bit of food because we can actually afford it.
00:17:35Cheers.
00:17:38So fast.
00:17:40That's not bad.
00:17:41Is it cooked?
00:17:42Take a bite.
00:17:52Before bedtime in Northolt, it just gets worse.
00:17:55This plumbing boss is tapping out.
00:17:58Sam?
00:17:59Yeah?
00:18:00Can't brush your teeth in there.
00:18:02Are you joking?
00:18:03I'll let you have a look.
00:18:05I'm going to go into the kitchen, but you have a look.
00:18:07Unfortunately.
00:18:09What?
00:18:10You've got to be able to somewhere, haven't you?
00:18:11I hope you have a family, don't mind.
00:18:14Scott and Sam are swapping a marble bathroom for the kitchen sink.
00:18:19It'll be tougher than I thought.
00:18:21It's, you know, it's just going to be challenging.
00:18:25You know, we have Natalie most of the time.
00:18:27She does everything for us, the cooking, the cleaning, everything.
00:18:32This just doesn't compare to anything.
00:18:39Day two.
00:18:40And both families are waking up to new lives on the other side of the wealth divide.
00:18:46How was your sleep?
00:18:47Oh, it was lovely.
00:18:48The bed's huge.
00:18:49How are you feeling?
00:18:51Tired.
00:18:52I'm missing my ass.
00:18:54I went to try and tap you and you was like miles away.
00:18:57You didn't get much sleep last night, did you?
00:18:59No.
00:19:00Okay.
00:19:00Not at all.
00:19:01No, I mean, I probably got six hours or so, didn't you?
00:19:04But I know you was tossing and turning a lot in the night, weren't you?
00:19:06Yes.
00:19:07Sam thought she was sleeping in the parents' bedroom, but has noticed all the kids' toys.
00:19:12I actually think that this is the children's room.
00:19:15Mm-hmm.
00:19:16But they sleep out front room.
00:19:18Do you think so?
00:19:18I think so, because they're teddy bears.
00:19:21So, yeah.
00:19:22Yeah, that was really, uh, really shocking for us to see.
00:19:26You're just light years away from this life, aren't we?
00:19:29Totally.
00:19:31The penthouse is ten times the size of Lee and Laura's flat.
00:19:35We were just saying how wonderful it is that all of us can be in the bathroom at the same
00:19:40time, so you couldn't do this at home, could we?
00:19:41This is your bathroom.
00:19:43Yeah, but I'm saying how big the bathroom is.
00:19:45Yeah.
00:19:46Yeah, and you've got your own bathroom.
00:19:47In here, I can just go in my bathroom, dad goes in his bathroom, and in her bathroom,
00:19:53we're all fine.
00:19:54Yeah.
00:19:54Did you like that?
00:19:56It is a get out.
00:19:59For this week at least, Lee and Laura have no money worries.
00:20:03Oh, wow.
00:20:05Oh, Lee, look at all the herbs.
00:20:07The fridge may be rammed, but they can't resist a food shop where, for once, they can buy whatever
00:20:13they want.
00:20:14We've got to have some of that.
00:20:15Oh, cheese.
00:20:17What one?
00:20:18One, it's a heart-shaped.
00:20:20We'll have some of that.
00:20:226.15, there's not even that much there.
00:20:24Well, we get a massive chunk.
00:20:26For, like, £6.
00:20:27Yeah, £5.50.
00:20:29Ooh.
00:20:30Get them, anyway.
00:20:32Ooh, ooh, ooh.
00:20:34We've got to have some Italian honey.
00:20:36Yeah, get some.
00:20:37Yeah.
00:20:38£18 for honey.
00:20:40These must be some Royal TBs.
00:20:43I don't know where they come from.
00:20:45Maybe Buckingham Palace.
00:20:46Can you hit us with the damage?
00:20:47How much is that?
00:20:48That would be £168 at 79 feet.
00:20:53One mil.
00:20:55£168, one mil.
00:20:57Get the goodies out.
00:21:01Bye.
00:21:02Cheers.
00:21:02Bye.
00:21:05In Northolt, the food situation couldn't be more different
00:21:09because Scott and Sam have just £87
00:21:12to cover everything for the whole week.
00:21:15Biscuits?
00:21:16No.
00:21:18I haven't had one thing.
00:21:19I'll have one thing I want.
00:21:21You can have biscuits and another.
00:21:22OK, pasta I'm not a great fan of.
00:21:24Sauce I'm not a great fan of.
00:21:25Chicken and rice I can live with.
00:21:27It's pasta sauce.
00:21:28You think that gets through the week?
00:21:30Yes.
00:21:31But there's another mouth to feed tomorrow.
00:21:33Long-time family friend Tony is coming over for his weekly roast.
00:21:37Have we got two obstacles?
00:21:39Have we got the money for the roast?
00:21:42We have to go without ourself, OK?
00:21:43Then we have to.
00:21:45Can we cook it?
00:21:45That's the problem.
00:21:48Fine.
00:21:50Housekeeper Natalie keeps their fridge stocked
00:21:52with £200 worth of food.
00:21:54So we've got pasta sauce, pasta.
00:21:57And the impact of rocketing food prices
00:21:59on the average Brit
00:22:00has passed Scott and Sam by.
00:22:03Well, that was the items that was going in.
00:22:04I'm calculating them in my head.
00:22:05So I'm going, you know,
00:22:06beef, six quid.
00:22:07This is seven quid.
00:22:08Thirteen quid.
00:22:09That's three quid.
00:22:10And then all of a sudden I'm putting, like,
00:22:11Gareth Valdeman in there all of a sudden,
00:22:13canning it all up.
00:22:14And I'm thinking,
00:22:15God, are you sure?
00:22:15You know, but people do this all the time, don't they?
00:22:18£60 on food means there's less than 30 quid
00:22:21for the rest of the week.
00:22:25In the West End,
00:22:26Lee and Laura are expecting company.
00:22:29Hello.
00:22:29Hello.
00:22:30Hello.
00:22:31Old family friends of the Mullins,
00:22:33Lee and Vicky,
00:22:34know all about their mystery house.
00:22:37Cheers.
00:22:38Cheers.
00:22:39Nice to meet you.
00:22:40Lovely day for it.
00:22:41Very much so, yeah.
00:22:43How do you know Scott and Sam?
00:22:45It's basically our elder two kids
00:22:46at the same age as their two.
00:22:49They went to a nursery together.
00:22:50Oh, lovely.
00:22:51So could you tell me, like,
00:22:52what's Scott like?
00:22:53He's really down to earth.
00:22:55He's a normal fella.
00:22:56Done well for himself.
00:22:57Lovely teeth.
00:22:58Lovely teeth.
00:22:59Oh, really?
00:22:59Yeah.
00:23:00They buy you a drink,
00:23:01but expect you to buy him one back.
00:23:03Scott's never forgotten where he came from.
00:23:04They weren't actually born into this money then?
00:23:06No, they weren't.
00:23:07No, no, no.
00:23:08They have grafted.
00:23:09We noticed the cards.
00:23:11So is this We Fix,
00:23:12a big company in London?
00:23:13It is.
00:23:14They had a really successful business before
00:23:16that they sold a couple of years ago.
00:23:19and I think they've got the business bug.
00:23:22The thing is,
00:23:22he's come from the bottom
00:23:24to get to the top
00:23:26and I'm one of them, like,
00:23:28you can never begrudge someone
00:23:29for working hard
00:23:31and getting where they've got, you know?
00:23:33Absolutely.
00:23:33Yeah, I do plastering up,
00:23:34but I've not looked back.
00:23:35I've been doing that for 28, 29 years now.
00:23:38You must be good at it then.
00:23:40Yeah.
00:23:40He's very good.
00:23:40Yeah, not to blow my own trumpet.
00:23:42Yeah, blow it.
00:23:43Go on.
00:23:43Yeah, no, I am really good.
00:23:45Everyone says, I mean, there's...
00:23:45I've taught a lot of people.
00:23:47I've taught a lot of people.
00:23:48Blimey.
00:23:49So, but yeah, unfortunately,
00:23:51I've not really pushed myself
00:23:52to the potential that I should have.
00:23:53No, but he's not got the confidence.
00:23:55What was lovely to find out
00:23:56that Mullins' family
00:23:57did actually come from
00:23:58the same place that me and Lee come from.
00:24:00They came from a working-class family
00:24:03and they worked very, very hard
00:24:06to have what they've got today.
00:24:08I do, I do.
00:24:09Have a good rest of your day.
00:24:10Thank you very much.
00:24:11Coming up,
00:24:12Scott and Sam cry for help in the kitchen.
00:24:15Natalie, listen,
00:24:16you're not going to believe this,
00:24:18but we are doing a roast dinner.
00:24:21Lee and Laura dine like they're super rich.
00:24:24I feel really awkward asking you to do our dinner.
00:24:26Oh, look at that.
00:24:28Oh, wow.
00:24:29Having a housekeeper
00:24:30is on a total different level.
00:24:32and a truly inspirational discovery.
00:24:35Who are you, Tom?
00:24:36What are you to the puzzle?
00:24:37I was homeless.
00:24:38Lee took me in.
00:24:39There ain't many people
00:24:40that you can honestly say
00:24:41you can turn to
00:24:42and would do that for you.
00:24:49Lee and Laura have a week
00:24:51in a £12 million Westminster home.
00:24:53There's no TV?
00:24:54That's a mirror.
00:24:55Is it?
00:24:57While in Northolt,
00:24:58times are tough.
00:24:59How are you feeling?
00:25:00Tired.
00:25:02I'm missing my ass.
00:25:03And the golfing budgets...
00:25:05You think that gets for the week?
00:25:06Yes.
00:25:08...is an eye-opener.
00:25:09We've got to have some battalion, honey.
00:25:11Yeah, get some.
00:25:12Yeah.
00:25:12£18 for honey.
00:25:14These must be some wall TBs.
00:25:17Day three.
00:25:18Scott and Sam are waking up
00:25:20to a bathroom tap
00:25:21that's been broken
00:25:22for five months.
00:25:25I feel for the other family
00:25:26on this one
00:25:27because it's the only bathroom they have.
00:25:28So, uh...
00:25:30Use the toilet,
00:25:31brush your teeth.
00:25:32Look.
00:25:33Nothing.
00:25:33It's that.
00:25:34You can't brush your teeth
00:25:35in the shower.
00:25:36You can't...
00:25:37So you have to go into the kitchens.
00:25:39Still can't get my head
00:25:40around how many people are here.
00:25:41I don't quite know the family yet,
00:25:42so I don't know that.
00:25:44Scott may head up
00:25:45a million-pound plumbing firm
00:25:47but never trained
00:25:48as a plumber himself.
00:25:49What I'm going to do,
00:25:50I'm going to get our guys in
00:25:51and I'll have someone around
00:25:52in Monday morning,
00:25:53nine o'clock,
00:25:54to resolve the tap issue.
00:25:57Meanwhile,
00:25:58Lee and Laura
00:25:58are enjoying
00:25:59their spectacular view.
00:26:01Could wake up to this,
00:26:03though, in the morning.
00:26:03Look at this.
00:26:04How do you reckon
00:26:05they're getting on
00:26:06in our little humble home?
00:26:08Oh, they'll be brushing
00:26:09their teeth right now
00:26:10in the sink.
00:26:11In the sink,
00:26:11the kitchen sink.
00:26:12Looking out into the garden
00:26:13thinking,
00:26:14what is this
00:26:14when we've got
00:26:15two taps in our bathroom
00:26:18and one each,
00:26:19so we're good.
00:26:22The day's not getting
00:26:23any easier
00:26:24for Sam and Scott.
00:26:25I'll start getting
00:26:26the stuff out, yeah?
00:26:27Well, that's the fridge.
00:26:29In two hours,
00:26:31Lee and Laura's friend
00:26:31Tony is coming round
00:26:33for his weekly roast.
00:26:34Imagine the meat's
00:26:35got to go on lively,
00:26:36didn't you?
00:26:36Definitely, ma'am.
00:26:37Where would the beef
00:26:38be in the fridge?
00:26:39Yes.
00:26:40OK.
00:26:40I haven't done the roasting
00:26:41in a very long time.
00:26:43Very stressful day to day.
00:26:44This is the worst one
00:26:46that we was dreading.
00:26:48OK.
00:26:49Top or bottom?
00:26:51Ten minutes in
00:26:52and they break the rules.
00:26:54Natalie!
00:26:55Hiya, listen,
00:26:56you're not going to believe this,
00:26:59but...
00:26:59we are doing a roast dinner.
00:27:02But we need some guidance.
00:27:03Please.
00:27:04Yeah.
00:27:05Can you show me how big...
00:27:07Look, so my hand's bigger.
00:27:09So it's very small.
00:27:11How do we know
00:27:11it's done, Natalie?
00:27:12One hour.
00:27:13Thanks again, Natalie.
00:27:14We miss you!
00:27:19Lee and Laura
00:27:20never normally have
00:27:21any spare cash
00:27:22to treat the twins.
00:27:24But today,
00:27:25they still have
00:27:25£1,800
00:27:26of their
00:27:27two grand allowance
00:27:28to spend.
00:27:30Wow.
00:27:31Yeah?
00:27:32Come on, then.
00:27:32How much can we spend?
00:27:34You're allowed
00:27:35£100 each.
00:27:36£100 each!
00:27:41It's a once-in-a-lifetime budget.
00:27:44You don't want to just
00:27:44spend all your money
00:27:45on dolls.
00:27:46Would you like to have a look
00:27:47at the arts and crafts now?
00:27:49Eh, yes.
00:27:50Yeah?
00:27:51And no-one's really counting.
00:27:54Oh, my gosh.
00:27:55Sorry!
00:27:56OMG.
00:27:56Oh, my gosh.
00:27:58So that's £246.86.
00:28:01Woo-hoo!
00:28:02Awesome!
00:28:03Thank you very much.
00:28:04£250.
00:28:05Yeah, that's a good amount.
00:28:06You happy?
00:28:07Lucky ladies.
00:28:09Are you happy?
00:28:10Yeah!
00:28:11The final bill
00:28:11would cover three whole weeks
00:28:13of their life at home.
00:28:14For the first I'd go,
00:28:15you can have what you like.
00:28:17That makes me feel
00:28:19so happy
00:28:20to see
00:28:21they're so happy.
00:28:23Oh, that's just
00:28:23that's just pure gold.
00:28:25It's just absolutely amazing.
00:28:26I love it.
00:28:27There you go.
00:28:28Tickle along.
00:28:31In Northolt,
00:28:32Tony's arriving
00:28:33for his roast lunch.
00:28:35Hello, Scott.
00:28:35Nice to meet you, mate.
00:28:36You all right?
00:28:37I'm all right, thank you.
00:28:37Good stuff.
00:28:38Come through.
00:28:39Have a seat, mate.
00:28:40My wife's in there, Tony.
00:28:41That's Sam.
00:28:41Hello there.
00:28:42I am, Sam.
00:28:43How are you?
00:28:43I'm all right, thank you.
00:28:45We don't know much
00:28:45about Lee
00:28:46and Laurel,
00:28:47but we've just been
00:28:48putting puzzles together.
00:28:49Yeah.
00:28:49Who are you, Tony?
00:28:50What are you to the puzzle?
00:28:51I'm just a family friend.
00:28:53I've known Lee
00:28:54maybe 20 years.
00:28:56Really?
00:28:56A long time.
00:28:57I was homeless
00:28:58at some stage.
00:28:59Lee took me in.
00:29:00How long was you
00:29:01with Lee and Laurel
00:29:01when things were tough?
00:29:03Two and a half years.
00:29:05Tony,
00:29:05you in a good place now?
00:29:06Yeah,
00:29:07better than I was.
00:29:08That's good to hear,
00:29:08isn't it?
00:29:08Yeah.
00:29:09There ain't many people
00:29:09that you can honestly say
00:29:10you can turn to
00:29:11and would do that for you.
00:29:12So, you know,
00:29:13for me,
00:29:13very caring people.
00:29:14They're struggling
00:29:15in their self,
00:29:16both of them
00:29:16in a tiny flat.
00:29:18You know,
00:29:19wow.
00:29:19We're working it out.
00:29:20We've been given
00:29:21schedules to do
00:29:22and I think Lee
00:29:22does plastering.
00:29:23Have we got the right
00:29:24end of the stick?
00:29:25Yes.
00:29:25Yeah.
00:29:26He's a bit plastered.
00:29:27He's a very good plasterer.
00:29:28He's well sought after
00:29:30when he's plastered.
00:29:31He's got a good name
00:29:31for himself.
00:29:32Has he?
00:29:32Yeah.
00:29:33We're going to put
00:29:34some vegetables on.
00:29:35He doesn't mind
00:29:35giving us a few minutes
00:29:36together to get
00:29:37to like this dinner.
00:29:38All right?
00:29:42It's the big moment.
00:29:44How have some
00:29:45and Scott coped
00:29:46in the kitchen?
00:29:47It looks all right.
00:29:49It actually looks
00:29:50like I would have it,
00:29:52but...
00:29:52It's a game changer.
00:29:55Tony,
00:29:55do you like gravy
00:29:56everywhere?
00:29:57Yeah,
00:29:57that's fine.
00:29:58I'll cut you.
00:30:00Look at that.
00:30:01That is really good.
00:30:03Look at that.
00:30:04Meat's good.
00:30:05I'm just going to go
00:30:05for the potato now.
00:30:08An 8 out of 10?
00:30:09Out of 10?
00:30:11Ooh,
00:30:118, 9.
00:30:12Oh!
00:30:14Tony's the man!
00:30:15Job done,
00:30:16but there are still
00:30:17questions about
00:30:18the rest of the family.
00:30:20We sort of know
00:30:21that Laura does
00:30:21some gardening,
00:30:22looks after the kids.
00:30:24Turns out
00:30:25there are three children
00:30:26in the house,
00:30:27including twins
00:30:28Katie and Sadie.
00:30:29We love the gymnastics,
00:30:31football.
00:30:32Sporting.
00:30:33Yeah.
00:30:33We've been doing
00:30:33some cricket.
00:30:34Very lively.
00:30:35Yeah.
00:30:36What's the reason
00:30:37things are so tough
00:30:38for him,
00:30:38considering they work?
00:30:40Driving's the main
00:30:40thing for Lee,
00:30:42because of not driving,
00:30:43because he does
00:30:43miss out on some jobs.
00:30:45He's never driven?
00:30:46Has he never done a test?
00:30:47They do cost money,
00:30:48don't they?
00:30:48Big financial strain
00:30:49if he don't pass,
00:30:51so I sort of
00:30:51half get that, yeah.
00:30:53Lee's a really hard worker,
00:30:54got his own business.
00:30:56The only thing
00:30:56he doesn't do
00:30:57is drive.
00:30:59Thank you for having me all.
00:31:00Thank you, mate.
00:31:01Take care, Tom.
00:31:02See you later.
00:31:03Bye-bye.
00:31:04Scott and Sam
00:31:05can't cook,
00:31:06but can build a business.
00:31:08Lee and Laura
00:31:09are seeing how it's done.
00:31:10Yeah, this is the
00:31:11heart of the business, really.
00:31:14Scott and Sam's son,
00:31:15Ashley, is the MD.
00:31:17From customers calling in
00:31:19for emergency jobs,
00:31:20general jobs,
00:31:21absolutely anything
00:31:22comes through these from them.
00:31:24Wow.
00:31:24Yeah.
00:31:25Laura and Lee
00:31:26both work in the trades,
00:31:27but can't earn enough money
00:31:29to get by.
00:31:29What does it take
00:31:31to build a business like this?
00:31:33Because I'm a plasterer myself,
00:31:35self-employed.
00:31:36My granddad started
00:31:37the previous company.
00:31:38It was just him in a van.
00:31:40Right.
00:31:40That was how it started.
00:31:42It was a second-hand van.
00:31:42Britain's best plumber.
00:31:44And tools were
00:31:45hand-me-down tools.
00:31:46Yeah.
00:31:47And that's how we started.
00:31:48Standard rate for a plumbing
00:31:49is £150 an hour
00:31:50plus that.
00:31:51So we charge a premium,
00:31:52but we can guarantee
00:31:53that that job
00:31:55is going to be done.
00:31:56Exactly.
00:31:56Laura charges
00:31:57just £15 an hour
00:31:59as a gardener.
00:32:01Out of the blue,
00:32:02there's a chance
00:32:02for a lucrative career change.
00:32:05For women to be
00:32:06in this industry
00:32:07is an absolute...
00:32:08Brilliant.
00:32:09I see the ladies
00:32:10with their hard hats on
00:32:11and I'm like,
00:32:11go on, girl.
00:32:12We are, at the moment,
00:32:13currently looking
00:32:14for more apprentices.
00:32:15It's an industry
00:32:16that's crying out
00:32:16for female plumbers,
00:32:17female engineers.
00:32:18Love to offer you
00:32:19the chance, Laura,
00:32:20to see what it is like...
00:32:22Yes, please.
00:32:23..on the front line.
00:32:24Yeah.
00:32:25Going to a customer's house
00:32:27on a real job.
00:32:28Yeah.
00:32:29I'm wicked.
00:32:30I've never even given it
00:32:31a thought about plumbing,
00:32:32ever,
00:32:33so that is an opportunity
00:32:35that I can't wait for,
00:32:37definitely.
00:32:38Shadowing a plumber,
00:32:40Laura can see
00:32:41if she likes to work
00:32:42and the company
00:32:42can see if they like Laura.
00:32:45And there's also
00:32:46a great opportunity
00:32:47for Lee.
00:32:48We do have plasters as well.
00:32:50They will also come
00:32:51on the hourly rate.
00:32:52I don't seem
00:32:53to get enough work
00:32:55in to fill up
00:32:56a book for, like,
00:32:58three months in advance.
00:33:00One thing that's always
00:33:00let me down
00:33:01is I don't drive as well.
00:33:02I think we're both
00:33:03a bit scared of failure,
00:33:05really.
00:33:05Of failure, yeah.
00:33:06You will do it.
00:33:07You'll make mistakes
00:33:07but you'll go by them.
00:33:08You will fail.
00:33:09You'll get a little win
00:33:10two, three, four years
00:33:12down the line.
00:33:12Yeah.
00:33:13And you'll be like,
00:33:13oh, thank God,
00:33:14we didn't give up.
00:33:15Ashley can offer Lee
00:33:16loads of work,
00:33:17but with customers
00:33:18all over London,
00:33:19he'll still need
00:33:20the confidence
00:33:21to take that
00:33:21driving test.
00:33:23Yeah, I am a grafter
00:33:24and I do want
00:33:25to give it up my all
00:33:26and I was very happy
00:33:28that Ashley recognised
00:33:29that and he gave me
00:33:31a little bit more
00:33:31confidence when I
00:33:32walked out of there.
00:33:34While Lee and Laura
00:33:35want to speed up
00:33:36their careers,
00:33:38Sam's big hope
00:33:39for the week
00:33:40is Scott will slow
00:33:41down following
00:33:42his health scare.
00:33:43It's a tiring day
00:33:44today, wasn't it?
00:33:45Yeah, enjoyable.
00:33:46Good day, though,
00:33:47wasn't it?
00:33:47Yeah, good day.
00:33:48Really struggled last night,
00:33:49I'm not going to lie.
00:33:52Today has been
00:33:53a happier day for me.
00:33:55Seeing Scott
00:33:55not on the phone
00:33:56constantly
00:33:57or in the office,
00:33:59you know,
00:33:59just me and him
00:34:01doing something
00:34:02that we don't do
00:34:03and having a little bit
00:34:05of banter
00:34:05while we're doing it,
00:34:06I, yeah,
00:34:07it was great to see.
00:34:09When you'd done
00:34:09the near-baking sandwich
00:34:12when I first met you,
00:34:12do you remember?
00:34:13Yeah, quite, yeah.
00:34:15Nice bacon sandwich.
00:34:16It was a really nice
00:34:16bacon sandwich.
00:34:17Yeah, but that was
00:34:18about it, wasn't it?
00:34:18That was,
00:34:18that was the limits,
00:34:20wasn't it?
00:34:20Once you done it.
00:34:20And that may have been
00:34:21the last time I've done it.
00:34:22No, no, you've done
00:34:23nuggets and chips.
00:34:24So that's probably
00:34:25as much as I've done
00:34:26in 30 years, isn't it?
00:34:27Yeah.
00:34:27Bacon sandwich,
00:34:28nuggets and chips
00:34:29and have a roast for Tony.
00:34:31A bit edgy this morning
00:34:32and as the day got going
00:34:33again, it was great
00:34:34and, you know,
00:34:35and then to forget
00:34:36about work
00:34:37and spend a bit
00:34:37of time together,
00:34:38it feels like
00:34:39when we first met.
00:34:43Cooking in Westminster
00:34:44is a different kettle of fish.
00:34:46Are you good luck
00:34:47today some dinner?
00:34:48Oh, yes.
00:34:51I would not say no to that.
00:34:52With Natalie on hand,
00:34:54Lee and Laura
00:34:55don't have to lift a finger.
00:34:57Could I have a steak
00:34:58and some chips?
00:34:59Okay.
00:35:00About yours.
00:35:01If you'd like to try
00:35:01and make us
00:35:02a spaghetti bolognese,
00:35:03I feel really awkward
00:35:04asking you to do our dinner.
00:35:06It's a nice feeling,
00:35:06not having to get up
00:35:07when I'm doing anything.
00:35:09Thank you very, very much.
00:35:10You're welcome.
00:35:11Okay.
00:35:13Living like the super-rich
00:35:15takes some getting used to.
00:35:17Oh, I can't wait.
00:35:20Everyone gets exactly
00:35:21what they want.
00:35:23Oh, wow.
00:35:24Look at that.
00:35:25Oh, look at that.
00:35:26Oh, wow.
00:35:27Having a housekeeper
00:35:28is on a total different level,
00:35:30but it's nice, I suppose,
00:35:32because if you've got a family,
00:35:33you'll be able to spend
00:35:35more time with your children.
00:35:37Oh.
00:35:39Oh, wow.
00:35:40That was really nice
00:35:41and probably one of the best
00:35:43spag bowls that I've ever had.
00:35:44I've never actually had
00:35:46pasta this fresh before.
00:35:48Before the week,
00:35:50Lee and Laura's money problems
00:35:51were putting a big strain
00:35:52on their relationship.
00:35:54Me and Lee aren't bickering
00:35:55half as much
00:35:56as we usually do.
00:35:58We're getting on
00:35:59like a household buyer.
00:36:01So maybe, in a way,
00:36:02money does buy happiness.
00:36:06Coming up,
00:36:07the family swap trades.
00:36:10I think I could do plumbing
00:36:11quite easily.
00:36:14Oh, wow.
00:36:15I'm sorry.
00:36:15I'm surprised at that.
00:36:16Scott and Sam
00:36:17begin to hatch a plan.
00:36:19You know,
00:36:19they can definitely get there.
00:36:20They just need a little bit
00:36:21of guidance
00:36:21and I don't think
00:36:22they're a million miles
00:36:23from changing their life,
00:36:24you know.
00:36:24And more relationship therapy
00:36:26for Lee and Laura.
00:36:27There you go, baby.
00:36:28Nothing but the best for you.
00:36:29Thank you very much.
00:36:38Day four.
00:36:40In Northolt,
00:36:41Scott's the changed man
00:36:42in the kitchen.
00:36:44You can do this more often.
00:36:45Yeah.
00:36:46Look, I'm enjoying it.
00:36:48I'm just not worried
00:36:48about the beans
00:36:49are going a bit cold.
00:36:50What?
00:36:51There's any chance
00:36:51you could bring
00:36:52over to this side
00:36:53of the chef's side,
00:36:54this side, please.
00:36:55Chef?
00:36:57Second chef.
00:36:58Hey, a bean's
00:36:58got beans on top.
00:36:59This wasn't happening
00:37:01a few days ago.
00:37:02We'll turn it off.
00:37:03We'll come out
00:37:04to clean afterwards.
00:37:06Mmm.
00:37:08Nice.
00:37:08Really decent.
00:37:11Scott and Sam
00:37:12spent just £60
00:37:13on food
00:37:14to last a week.
00:37:15But that still leaves
00:37:17less than £30
00:37:18for everything else.
00:37:19When you think about it,
00:37:20Sam,
00:37:20you're on an £87.20
00:37:22budget for a week,
00:37:23aren't you?
00:37:23And then you get
00:37:24something like
00:37:24your tap don't work
00:37:25or your boiler goes down
00:37:27or your shower's not working.
00:37:28So there's no room
00:37:30for nothing else,
00:37:30is there?
00:37:31So if something goes
00:37:31wrong in your house,
00:37:32you know,
00:37:32if you get brand new taps,
00:37:33new shower screens,
00:37:34it could be £300,
00:37:35£400.
00:37:36I mean,
00:37:36well,
00:37:37you just see it
00:37:37ain't happening,
00:37:38is it?
00:37:38From three quid beans
00:37:39and toast in Northolt...
00:37:42There's bacon.
00:37:43..to a fridge
00:37:44packed with £200
00:37:45of food
00:37:46in Westminster,
00:37:48breakfast is
00:37:48seriously different.
00:37:51Oh, here we go.
00:37:54As long as they
00:37:55can work the hob.
00:37:58Costing £5,000,
00:37:59it certainly hasn't
00:38:00got all the knobs on.
00:38:02How hard do you reckon
00:38:02this is going to be?
00:38:04Awkward,
00:38:04all of this,
00:38:05just to cook a bit
00:38:06of egg and bacon.
00:38:07It's on.
00:38:08Oh, there we go.
00:38:09Oh, he's done it!
00:38:10Give me some more.
00:38:10Oh, you just put it on there.
00:38:12I've always been told
00:38:13an orange yolk
00:38:14is a very well-fed chicken.
00:38:16I do believe
00:38:17they're a good £4.50
00:38:20just for six eggs
00:38:21and we don't
00:38:23spend £4.50
00:38:25on just six eggs.
00:38:30The families
00:38:31have swapped homes
00:38:32and budgets.
00:38:33Now it's a day
00:38:34of swapping jobs.
00:38:36First up,
00:38:37Scott and Sam
00:38:38are taking on
00:38:39one of Laura's
00:38:40gardening shifts.
00:38:41You do the sweeping up.
00:38:43Yeah.
00:38:43I'll do the chopping up.
00:38:44I'll do the leaves.
00:38:45You do the leaves,
00:38:45I'll take the weeds out.
00:38:46You know what weeds are, yeah?
00:38:48Tasked with a big tidy up.
00:38:51When was the last time
00:38:52you've done
00:38:53any manual labour?
00:38:56Any manual labour?
00:38:59But trades boss
00:39:00Scott's been sitting
00:39:01in an office
00:39:02for 25 years.
00:39:04Long time ago.
00:39:06Long time ago, Sam.
00:39:07A long time.
00:39:08But you're doing good.
00:39:09You're doing good.
00:39:10Well done.
00:39:12Well done.
00:39:13Have we got bags?
00:39:14Yeah.
00:39:14Some garden bags,
00:39:15don't we?
00:39:16Yeah.
00:39:20Good stuff.
00:39:21Well done.
00:39:21Look at that.
00:39:22Looks tidy.
00:39:23Looking good, see?
00:39:24Sam, you need that.
00:39:27I'll fix it.
00:39:28Don't worry.
00:39:30I mean, you think about it, Sam.
00:39:31You know, we're doing things
00:39:31out of our comfort zone, right?
00:39:33Yeah.
00:39:34But we're having quality time,
00:39:35aren't we?
00:39:35When was the last time
00:39:36we had quality time together
00:39:36like this?
00:39:37No, we don't.
00:39:37Oh, you don't do?
00:39:38You sort of get up in your work
00:39:39and you're up in these
00:39:41grandkids and that.
00:39:42But we find ourselves
00:39:43in the same house.
00:39:43It's good quality time,
00:39:44isn't it?
00:39:44It is.
00:39:45It's nice, yeah.
00:39:49In Westminster,
00:39:50there's a big day ahead
00:39:52as Laura is about
00:39:53to get a taste
00:39:54of what could be
00:39:54a completely new career.
00:39:57Yeah, so how do you feel
00:39:59about the offer
00:40:00that Ashley gave us yesterday?
00:40:02I can't wait.
00:40:02It'd be interesting.
00:40:03Could you see yourself
00:40:04doing it?
00:40:05Yeah, I could.
00:40:06And don't forget
00:40:07my dad was a plumber
00:40:08and I said I'd be following
00:40:09in his footsteps as well.
00:40:10It'd be really interesting
00:40:11to learn something new.
00:40:12You know, I like learning.
00:40:14I think you take to it
00:40:15and also he's got a point
00:40:17because you do see
00:40:18more and more people,
00:40:19more and more women
00:40:20getting in the construction.
00:40:22I think I could do
00:40:23plumbing quite easily.
00:40:24I'd like to come along
00:40:26to see like the shadow
00:40:28in the business,
00:40:29like the plumbing,
00:40:30and then just see
00:40:31how they run their business.
00:40:33I want mummy and daddy
00:40:34to be successful.
00:40:36Only if they want
00:40:37to be successful
00:40:39if they do save him.
00:40:45Millionaires Scott and Sam
00:40:46are finding out
00:40:47what it's like
00:40:47to do manual work
00:40:49all day long.
00:40:50A morning of gardening
00:40:52is followed by
00:40:53an afternoon of
00:40:54plastering with Jason,
00:40:55who's worked on and off
00:40:56with Lee for over 10 years.
00:40:59Nice to meet you, Scott.
00:41:00Sorry about my hand.
00:41:02Nice to meet you.
00:41:03I've been asked
00:41:04to come to see
00:41:06a little bit
00:41:06of what Lee does.
00:41:07We'll throw you
00:41:08in the deep end.
00:41:08So basically what we're
00:41:09going to do,
00:41:09we're going to basically
00:41:10plaster this wall.
00:41:10Okay.
00:41:11Yeah.
00:41:11Is this something
00:41:12Lee would do?
00:41:13Oh yeah, yeah.
00:41:13Is this Lee's game?
00:41:14Yeah.
00:41:15With plastering jobs
00:41:16possibly going
00:41:17at Scott's company,
00:41:19first a chance
00:41:19to find out
00:41:20how good Lee really is.
00:41:22I thought I was,
00:41:23you know,
00:41:24I thought I was the man.
00:41:25Ended up meeting Lee
00:41:26and yeah,
00:41:27so I turned out
00:41:28I was a bit rough
00:41:28around the edges.
00:41:29So he whipped me
00:41:30into shape over the years.
00:41:32So he knows all the tricks.
00:41:33I don't believe he drives
00:41:34which is probably
00:41:34a big setback.
00:41:36That's always been
00:41:36a holdback for him.
00:41:37I've never known
00:41:37anyone that actually
00:41:38works as hard as him.
00:41:39He's just had a lot
00:41:40of bad luck.
00:41:41So he just,
00:41:41you know,
00:41:41a guy like him
00:41:42just needs a break.
00:41:43Yeah.
00:41:43Got it.
00:41:44Okay.
00:41:44Yeah.
00:41:45I'll get that.
00:41:46All right.
00:41:46Well look,
00:41:46we're at your mercy,
00:41:47Jason,
00:41:48so you tell us
00:41:49what you want me to do
00:41:50and I'll do my best for you.
00:41:51It's back to the floor
00:41:52again for boss Scott
00:41:53and there's nowhere to hide.
00:41:55I've got to be honest
00:41:56with you today.
00:41:57I thought,
00:41:57this is going to be
00:41:58a little bit of a job.
00:41:59All right.
00:42:00I feel like ghostbusters.
00:42:02And I thought myself,
00:42:03it's a tricky trade.
00:42:04You know,
00:42:04I know that for sure anyway.
00:42:06Up like that.
00:42:07Down like that long ways.
00:42:08Gotcha.
00:42:09There you go.
00:42:09Is that right for you?
00:42:09Come down here.
00:42:10Let's have a look.
00:42:11Yep.
00:42:12Oh, what?
00:42:13I'm sorry.
00:42:14That's a five of that.
00:42:15You know,
00:42:15I mean,
00:42:15Jason makes you look easy
00:42:16but it definitely ain't easy.
00:42:24But I'll tell you what,
00:42:25it's hard work though.
00:42:26Yeah,
00:42:26it does take its toll.
00:42:27And this is what Lee
00:42:28would do every day?
00:42:29Every day.
00:42:30He's always chasing money.
00:42:31That's the thing
00:42:31and he can't say no
00:42:33but he's got three kids,
00:42:34hasn't he?
00:42:35Exactly.
00:42:35He hasn't got a choice.
00:42:36That's right, yeah.
00:42:37I mean,
00:42:38he's got a heart,
00:42:39you know.
00:42:39I was down at that once.
00:42:40My van got broken into.
00:42:41I'm sure,
00:42:42you know,
00:42:43like it happens all the time.
00:42:44My van got broken into
00:42:44and they stole all my tools.
00:42:46The only person
00:42:46who helped me out
00:42:47was Lee.
00:42:48Like luckily Lee's,
00:42:49you know,
00:42:49he's always got spares
00:42:50of everything
00:42:50so he dug around
00:42:51in his shed
00:42:52and he's giving me
00:42:53some like,
00:42:53you know,
00:42:53trowels,
00:42:54you know,
00:42:55bucket trowels,
00:42:55bits and bobs
00:42:56just to keep me going
00:42:57so if it weren't for him,
00:42:57you know,
00:42:58I'd be stuffed.
00:42:59They seem to really
00:43:00help people,
00:43:00don't they?
00:43:01Yeah,
00:43:02I've heard that
00:43:02a couple of times
00:43:03on Lee doing that
00:43:03and it all,
00:43:04yeah.
00:43:05Listen,
00:43:05fantastic for your time,
00:43:06mate.
00:43:06Thanks,
00:43:07I've enjoyed being
00:43:07your apprentice today.
00:43:08Well,
00:43:09I've got to finish it
00:43:09on my own.
00:43:10I'm going to lunch,
00:43:11mate.
00:43:12Liberties.
00:43:13Thanks again,
00:43:14Jason.
00:43:15See you later.
00:43:18Two minutes I've done.
00:43:19Jason's done
00:43:19half hour,
00:43:20he's got nothing on him.
00:43:22Someone's phoned it,
00:43:23someone's phoned it on me.
00:43:24See,
00:43:24another little thing
00:43:25we know about him
00:43:25and working all hours
00:43:27under the sun,
00:43:27we heard that today
00:43:28and he taught Jason,
00:43:29Jason said that he taught me,
00:43:31you know what I mean
00:43:31and he's got time for...
00:43:32He doesn't know anyone
00:43:33better than Lee.
00:43:34Yeah,
00:43:34and he said he's got time
00:43:35for people,
00:43:36which is a decent thing
00:43:37to say,
00:43:37isn't it?
00:43:37Brilliant.
00:43:40Scott and Sam
00:43:41are building a picture of Lee.
00:43:43Now working behind the scenes
00:43:45with Ashley,
00:43:46they've arranged for Laura
00:43:47to shadow one of their plumbers
00:43:49to see if she's right
00:43:50for an apprenticeship.
00:43:51This is Matt,
00:43:52very experienced.
00:43:53We're travelling in the van,
00:43:54knocking on the customer's door,
00:43:55seeing what it's really like.
00:43:57Well, good luck.
00:43:57You're in safe hands.
00:44:00You excited?
00:44:01Yeah.
00:44:02Looking forward to it?
00:44:03Yeah.
00:44:04Off we go.
00:44:05Matt's called out
00:44:06to look at a faulty boiler.
00:44:08Customers asked me
00:44:09to check the times
00:44:10and the programming
00:44:12first.
00:44:12If you was to have
00:44:13to put in a new boiler,
00:44:15do you have everything
00:44:15in your van
00:44:16to do that straight away?
00:44:17Or would you have to go out
00:44:18and get something
00:44:19to come back again?
00:44:20so we can phone up
00:44:21a local merchant
00:44:22so they can deliver
00:44:23the boiler out.
00:44:24Oh, brilliant.
00:44:25When it gets cold,
00:44:26you need your heating
00:44:27and your hot water.
00:44:29How much would you earn
00:44:29during this job?
00:44:31You can earn
00:44:31up to $150,000 a year.
00:44:34Wow.
00:44:34You'd be doing
00:44:35sort of 40, 50 hours,
00:44:3760 hours to get that.
00:44:38I mean,
00:44:39that blew my mind.
00:44:39Never in a million years
00:44:41would I have thought
00:44:41that you could earn
00:44:42that amount
00:44:43being a plumber.
00:44:44We're all done in here.
00:44:45So next is to go down
00:44:46to have a look
00:44:47at the boiler.
00:44:48I really do think
00:44:48I could take to this
00:44:49like a ducts of water.
00:44:51I would definitely
00:44:52get stuck in.
00:44:53I'm a gardener anyway,
00:44:54so my job
00:44:54is very hands-on.
00:44:56I think I'd do quite well.
00:44:57I think I'd pick it up
00:44:58quite quickly,
00:44:58to be fair.
00:44:59Because obviously
00:44:59I have three children
00:45:01and I'm a full-time mum,
00:45:02do they take people
00:45:04on part-time
00:45:04or can I work
00:45:05my sort of hours?
00:45:07How does that work there?
00:45:08Yeah, so obviously
00:45:09working for what he's fixed,
00:45:11they try to be
00:45:11as flexible as they can.
00:45:13Oh, right.
00:45:14So they can accommodate me.
00:45:16That's it, yeah.
00:45:17So I can still be mummy
00:45:18to my children
00:45:18and be a plumber.
00:45:20Yeah.
00:45:21I look forward
00:45:22to getting you on board
00:45:22on the tools.
00:45:23Yeah, definitely.
00:45:25After a debrief
00:45:26from Matt,
00:45:27Ashley's straight on the phone
00:45:28to mum and dad
00:45:29to share what he's learned
00:45:31about Laura and Lee
00:45:32over the week.
00:45:34Have you met the family?
00:45:37Yeah, met them.
00:45:37They came up to the offices.
00:45:39I showed them
00:45:39around the offices.
00:45:40I could see that
00:45:41they had a drive behind them.
00:45:43Obviously Lee is
00:45:43in the trades industry
00:45:45as well as Laura
00:45:46with the gardening.
00:45:47So, yeah,
00:45:48they went out with Matt.
00:45:50Very happy.
00:45:51Matt said that
00:45:51they wanted to get
00:45:52their hands dirty,
00:45:53which was good,
00:45:54asking the right questions.
00:45:56Have a pass from your end then?
00:45:57You thought they'd done
00:45:58quite well?
00:45:59For me,
00:46:00it was a pass.
00:46:01No, so he's got the bases,
00:46:02Lee and Laura,
00:46:03haven't they?
00:46:03You know,
00:46:04they can definitely get there.
00:46:05They just need
00:46:05a little bit of guidance
00:46:06and a little bit of
00:46:07help up that ladder.
00:46:08And I don't think
00:46:09they're a million miles
00:46:10from changing their life,
00:46:10you know.
00:46:15In Westminster,
00:46:16Lee and Laura
00:46:16are off the clock.
00:46:18Look at this.
00:46:18I want to be going.
00:46:20And for the twins,
00:46:21the penthouse playground
00:46:22is the gift
00:46:23that keeps on giving.
00:46:25Mummy!
00:46:26Mummy!
00:46:26Don't get her.
00:46:27Oh, yes!
00:46:29The wraparound balcony
00:46:31comes with a top-of-the-range
00:46:322,000-pound fussball table.
00:46:38First one to score a goal
00:46:39gets the chocolate ball.
00:46:41No!
00:46:42Yes!
00:46:43No!
00:46:44Oh!
00:46:45Kick it in!
00:46:46Careful!
00:46:46Kick it!
00:46:48Yes!
00:46:48Dribble!
00:46:49Dribble!
00:46:50No!
00:46:54We're not very good at this case.
00:46:56The twins have taken
00:46:57to the super-rich life
00:46:59without missing a beat.
00:47:02And after bedtime,
00:47:03the swap is working wonders
00:47:05for Lee and Laura too.
00:47:07Could you bring me a glass of champagne
00:47:08while I'm in the bag, please?
00:47:12There you go, baby.
00:47:13Nothing but the best for you.
00:47:14Thank you very much.
00:47:15Enjoy your champagne and enjoy the view.
00:47:17I will.
00:47:18Me and Laura haven't bickered once
00:47:20over this whole experiment
00:47:22and that is a really great thing.
00:47:24In fact, it's brought us closer
00:47:25together and stronger.
00:47:27I'm really going to miss
00:47:28the intimacy
00:47:29that me and Lee have had
00:47:30on our long chats
00:47:32and I hope it carries on,
00:47:33which I do think we will.
00:47:35See ya.
00:47:36Go see you, kids.
00:47:37Bye.
00:47:40Coming up,
00:47:41can Lee face his nemesis?
00:47:43Get over your fear
00:47:45of failing.
00:47:46Why don't you put that lesson
00:47:47right now?
00:47:48Do it.
00:47:49And will Scott ever listen to Sam
00:47:51about slowing down?
00:47:52And still,
00:47:53you're resisting
00:47:54what I'm saying
00:47:56because you think
00:47:57what I'm nagging.
00:48:07Day five.
00:48:09In Northolt,
00:48:10Scott's continuing
00:48:11his voyage of self-discovery
00:48:13in the kitchen.
00:48:15Sam, how many spoons
00:48:16in your latte?
00:48:18What, the coffee?
00:48:19Yeah.
00:48:20One.
00:48:21Are you joking?
00:48:22No.
00:48:22A lot of milk in a latte normally.
00:48:24There you go.
00:48:25Looking good, Sam.
00:48:27Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch.
00:48:28Flops it up and all that.
00:48:29I mean,
00:48:30I've done the ch-ch-ch.
00:48:31It ain't no Natalie latte.
00:48:33Let's put it that way.
00:48:33Get this down, yeah?
00:48:35Do you the world of good.
00:48:37Don't be put off
00:48:38by the colour of it.
00:48:40It's just like Natalie makes.
00:48:43Scott's, uh,
00:48:44made me a latte this morning.
00:48:47Very nice thing to do,
00:48:49but, uh,
00:48:50absolutely disgusting.
00:48:52Yeah, nice.
00:48:53Is it nice?
00:48:54Yeah, nice.
00:48:55Good.
00:48:56In Westminster,
00:48:58Lee and Laura
00:48:59are approaching
00:49:00the biggest issue
00:49:01of the week,
00:49:02Lee's driving test.
00:49:04Get over your fear
00:49:05of failing
00:49:06because you're
00:49:07past that.
00:49:08I believe in you.
00:49:10I think,
00:49:10while you're here
00:49:11and you're,
00:49:12we're not at work
00:49:13and you've got more time
00:49:14on your hands right now,
00:49:15why don't you put that
00:49:16lesson right now?
00:49:17Do it.
00:49:18I've never actually
00:49:19known that Lee
00:49:21had such a big fear
00:49:22of failure,
00:49:23to be quite honest.
00:49:24And Lee's decided
00:49:25to do it the millionaire way.
00:49:27Right, here we go.
00:49:28I found one here.
00:49:29What, what?
00:49:31Belgravia Driving School.
00:49:32Look at that
00:49:33with a Mercedes!
00:49:35First lesson in that,
00:49:36we're rocking up
00:49:37in a Merck.
00:49:39You're booking it then?
00:49:40You taking the plunge?
00:49:41You doing it?
00:49:42Yes, I'm doing it.
00:49:43I'm doing it.
00:49:44Proud of you, Lee.
00:49:45I'm really proud of you.
00:49:46Now I've booked
00:49:46my first driving lesson,
00:49:48I'm feeling a little bit nervous.
00:49:49But,
00:49:50obviously,
00:49:51nerves,
00:49:52everyone gets them,
00:49:53so I've just got to get over that
00:49:54and just get the thought
00:49:55of failure out of my head.
00:49:57If I do that,
00:49:58then I don't see
00:49:59why I can't be confident.
00:50:01Give us a high prior
00:50:02and a big kiss.
00:50:03I'm really proud of you.
00:50:05No,
00:50:05I'm going to do it.
00:50:06I'm going to get this done.
00:50:09If Lee ever needed
00:50:11a confidence boost,
00:50:12it's now.
00:50:13With over £1,000
00:50:14still in the budget,
00:50:16Laura decides
00:50:17there's no better tonic
00:50:18than a big spending
00:50:19clothes shopping bonanza.
00:50:21How about that one?
00:50:22Oh, yeah.
00:50:23I do like that.
00:50:24Like,
00:50:25something like this.
00:50:26That's nice and fickle.
00:50:27Oh, yeah.
00:50:29Oh, wow.
00:50:30Yeah,
00:50:31I'm down for this outfit.
00:50:31I think you should,
00:50:32100%, yeah.
00:50:33Yeah.
00:50:34One,
00:50:34two,
00:50:35three hundred and fifty.
00:50:37The fact is,
00:50:38we can't always say yes,
00:50:39but over this week,
00:50:41we can afford to say yes,
00:50:43which is a nice feeling.
00:50:45Lee's outfit cost £350,
00:50:47but there's plenty left over
00:50:49for Laura.
00:50:51They're quite nice.
00:50:52Yeah.
00:50:53Okay, babes,
00:50:54you good?
00:50:54It's the new me.
00:50:56Is it the new you?
00:51:02Very well.
00:51:03Thank you very much.
00:51:04You've got some beautiful clothes here,
00:51:05I must say.
00:51:06260.
00:51:07Thank you very much.
00:51:08Have a good day.
00:51:09Bye now.
00:51:09Bye.
00:51:12In Northolt,
00:51:13the bathroom tab's been a big bother.
00:51:16And now,
00:51:17with just 30 quid left,
00:51:19Scott and Sam are dipping into their own pockets to get it fixed.
00:51:22All done.
00:51:23All done, Josh, yeah?
00:51:24Yeah, all done, new tap.
00:51:26Evan, brilliant.
00:51:27Well done, Josh.
00:51:27Well done.
00:51:28Thank you, Josh.
00:51:30It puts a smile on my face to think I can brush my teeth using a tap.
00:51:37Smallest things in life are sometimes the most pleasing.
00:51:43Lee's been putting off his first driving lesson for 40 years,
00:51:47but he's gained confidence over the week,
00:51:49and today is giving it a go.
00:51:52A bit excited.
00:51:53Got butterflies already.
00:51:55Had to get a bit clammy.
00:51:57Yeah, this is where we've got a meeting.
00:51:58This is where we're meeting.
00:51:59Just waiting.
00:52:01Excited?
00:52:02Yeah.
00:52:03Just wondering what car we'd be driving to do.
00:52:05Well, you are in a posh house.
00:52:07It's going to be a posh car.
00:52:09It's an old, yeah.
00:52:10It's a Mercedes, look.
00:52:11Ah.
00:52:12Hi.
00:52:13How you doing?
00:52:13Hi.
00:52:14I'm Laura.
00:52:14Laura, nice to meet you.
00:52:15And I'm Lee.
00:52:16Lee, I'm Gentian.
00:52:18Pleased to meet you.
00:52:18Nice to meet you.
00:52:19All right, so, shall we hop in?
00:52:20Yeah.
00:52:21Nice to meet you.
00:52:22Good luck.
00:52:22Give us a kiss.
00:52:23If you come and sit on the driver's seat immediately,
00:52:26and I'll sit on the passenger seat.
00:52:27Good luck.
00:52:29Okay, Lee.
00:52:31All right, so, before you put on your seatbelt,
00:52:34is this your first driving lesson?
00:52:36Yes.
00:52:36Have you driven a car before?
00:52:38Yeah, little bits here and there.
00:52:40Is that manual or automatic?
00:52:42Manual.
00:52:42Manual.
00:52:43All right, we're going to do automatic.
00:52:45Yeah, that's fine with me.
00:52:46Okay.
00:52:46You'll have easy because we have no clutch.
00:52:48You have no gears to change.
00:52:50Yeah.
00:52:50So, you just have the accelerator and you just have your brakes.
00:52:52So, you won't have to use your left foot.
00:52:54It's only your right foot that's going to be doing the job.
00:52:55It's being relaxed.
00:52:56Okay.
00:52:57So, you can see, yeah, it's easy.
00:52:58Have you driven a go-car?
00:53:00Yeah.
00:53:01Like that, right?
00:53:01Just press on the gas, press on the brakes.
00:53:03It will be as easy as that.
00:53:04All right.
00:53:05Yeah, and just let go of the brakes a little bit
00:53:08and steer to the right.
00:53:11Great.
00:53:11Have your foot on the brakes and steer left.
00:53:15All right.
00:53:15Just keep it for on the brakes.
00:53:18And steer right.
00:53:19I am super, super, super proud of Lee
00:53:22that he's taken that giant step of doing his first lesson.
00:53:28I've been saying for years, just do a lesson, do a lesson.
00:53:32And he's always been moaning about it.
00:53:34And he's finally done it.
00:53:37Do you know what?
00:53:38Driving around in London, I've...
00:53:40I've felt...
00:53:41I've...
00:53:41This has built up a lot of confidence.
00:53:44I've found with the slower space,
00:53:46it's, yeah, it's not as scary as what I thought.
00:53:48So, no.
00:53:49I'm feeling...
00:53:50I'm feeling good.
00:53:51I'm very pleased.
00:53:53Man.
00:53:54Woo-hoo!
00:53:56LAUGHTER
00:53:56LAUGHTER
00:53:58That was fun.
00:53:59Love it, but, yeah.
00:54:00It was good.
00:54:01Good, I'm glad.
00:54:03So...
00:54:03I'm happy for you.
00:54:04Onwards and upwards.
00:54:06All right?
00:54:07Yep.
00:54:07I know he's going to be extremely proud of himself,
00:54:10as well as his whole family's going to be so proud of him.
00:54:13He's done such a great job getting over his fears.
00:54:19LAUGHTER
00:54:21LAUGHTER
00:54:22LAUGHTER
00:54:23In Northolt, it's the final evening of a week
00:54:26that's seen Scott and Sam give up their millions
00:54:29for a completely different way of life.
00:54:32Oh, been a busy week.
00:54:33It has felt like it did 30 years ago.
00:54:35Got no kids round us, no grandkids round us.
00:54:38Just looking a lot older.
00:54:41But still having to watch the pennies ourselves a little bit
00:54:44now all them years ago, weren't it?
00:54:45So now it seems like the clock's come round again to us, hasn't it?
00:54:49It's a teacher something.
00:54:50Yeah, maybe it is, yeah.
00:54:51Maybe it's a little lesson to say stay grounded, eh?
00:54:54Yeah.
00:54:55Never forget your roots.
00:54:56We never will, we never would.
00:54:58But it does put a bit of perspective in stuff, doesn't it, you know?
00:55:02Yeah, it really does.
00:55:03It's hard for us, yeah.
00:55:04No work phone, no kids.
00:55:06Yeah.
00:55:07You know, it's not all about the pound over.
00:55:08Without a doubt, definitely.
00:55:10Yeah, it's really opened my eyes again, so...
00:55:13Yeah.
00:55:14Sam's big wish for the week is Scott would learn to slow down
00:55:18after having a big health scare last year.
00:55:21The morning that it happened, do you remember?
00:55:23Mm-hmm.
00:55:24How bad it was?
00:55:26And how still, then, he was trying to tell me,
00:55:29I'm not going to do a spill.
00:55:31You're sweating, you're pure grey.
00:55:34Mm-hmm.
00:55:34And still, you're resisting what I'm saying
00:55:38because you think, well, I'm nagging.
00:55:41I'll do it for a reason.
00:55:42And that was, if you hadn't have gone,
00:55:45you wouldn't be here today, would you?
00:55:47No, you're right.
00:55:49Yeah, listen, same with Sam.
00:55:50But we are here.
00:55:52We stay strong for each other.
00:55:58Scott really does need to try and slow down,
00:56:01and he has been told by his doctors
00:56:03that he can't have the stress.
00:56:07He has to be very careful.
00:56:09I know it's really hard for you,
00:56:11but you've just got to take time out.
00:56:13Work balance is not the greatest.
00:56:16You know, he doesn't want to lose his life over the business.
00:56:18So, yeah, we've had the chat.
00:56:20Whether it goes in and stays in
00:56:23or whether it comes out of there, we will see.
00:56:26You know, I'll be, first to admit,
00:56:27I've been very money-driven.
00:56:30I've pushed for my family as well as myself.
00:56:32No, I wouldn't say I feel ashamed.
00:56:33I feel a little bit I've missed out on things.
00:56:35That's for sure.
00:56:36I'm realising that now.
00:56:38But spending quality time with Sam that,
00:56:40again, it wasn't costing...
00:56:42It's not costing nothing, either.
00:56:47In their penthouse suite,
00:56:50Lee's a new man.
00:56:51It's like 15 years off you.
00:56:54So, look.
00:56:54Oh, look, there he is.
00:56:56Right, shall we get our outfits on?
00:56:58Yes, let's do that.
00:57:01Yeah, come on then, let's see.
00:57:04Oh, look at you, little posh.
00:57:09Snazzy.
00:57:10Right, you ready to go out, are you?
00:57:13Oh, you look really handsome.
00:57:16And after all the food, clothes, toys and the driving lesson...
00:57:21Anything you want.
00:57:22It's our last night as well, so...
00:57:24Yeah, we're going to go a bit mad.
00:57:26There's £300 left for a last taste of luxury.
00:57:30Can we have this champagne, please?
00:57:34We just ordered a £119 bottle of champagne.
00:57:37Well, when are you ever going to do that?
00:57:38Never!
00:57:39It felt really great tonight,
00:57:41having a dinner with Laura in our nice clothes.
00:57:44And I felt like I was a million dollars.
00:57:47And it was a really nice experience going into a restaurant,
00:57:51which was pricey,
00:57:54but we didn't have to worry about it, which was nice.
00:57:57Wow.
00:58:00So, babes, how do you feel this week,
00:58:02the experience has gone...
00:58:03Oh, I think it's been amazing.
00:58:04Truly amazing, yeah.
00:58:07We're never going to forget this, are we?
00:58:09I think we've got closer.
00:58:11We've not argued once, have we?
00:58:12Do you think that's because we've had no stress with bills?
00:58:16The only stress now we should have is about pushing forward.
00:58:19Pushing forward.
00:58:20And how we're going to push forward.
00:58:21I don't see how that's going to be stressful.
00:58:23It's exciting.
00:58:24When this is done and we get back to our normal life,
00:58:26first thing on my mind is getting that driving licence.
00:58:29It's not going to be a normal life anymore.
00:58:31We're going to go places, I think.
00:58:32Well, yeah.
00:58:33It's about time.
00:58:34This has made my level...
00:58:35I want more now.
00:58:37I want more for the family.
00:58:38No, my own confidence is...
00:58:39This has changed my perspective of everything.
00:58:42Rather than being down, you know, I'm lifted up.
00:58:45Yeah, me too.
00:58:46I'm going to take a lot away from this experience.
00:58:48A hell of a lot.
00:58:49We love each other so much,
00:58:51and we can't obviously live without each other.
00:58:53We've had our differences, we've had our struggles,
00:58:56but that's all in the past.
00:58:57Oh, I'll give you a high five.
00:58:59You'll give me a little cuddle with me.
00:59:01Yeah.
00:59:03Oh, bless you.
00:59:04You know?
00:59:05We've just been literally like honeymoon period again.
00:59:09It's a whole brand new relationship,
00:59:11a whole new chapter of our relationship,
00:59:14and I'm super excited to see where that's going to lead.
00:59:18Cheers.
00:59:22Coming up, when the families finally meet...
00:59:25How are you doing?
00:59:26Scott, you probably know me.
00:59:27You all right, man?
00:59:27How are you doing?
00:59:28You good?
00:59:29There's a big surprise.
00:59:31Your family will want for nothing...
00:59:32Yeah.
00:59:33..if you get it white.
00:59:40Day six.
00:59:42It's the end of the swap.
00:59:43The twins have left for school,
00:59:45and it's time for everyone to return home.
00:59:48How are you feeling about me and Scott and Sam today, babes?
00:59:51Slightly nervous, but more excited.
00:59:54It's been an emotional time, an emotional week.
00:59:57A little bit of me sad, a little bit of me excited
01:00:00to be getting back to our life.
01:00:03Come on in, Sam.
01:00:04Let's go.
01:00:06Bye, house.
01:00:08Bye, house.
01:00:09I'm going to miss you.
01:00:11First, the families meet up halfway between their homes
01:00:15and can finally talk face-to-face.
01:00:17Hello, all right.
01:00:18How are you doing?
01:00:19Scott, you probably know me.
01:00:20You all right, man?
01:00:21How are you doing?
01:00:21You good?
01:00:22Yeah, I've been looking forward to me.
01:00:23And you, mate.
01:00:24How are you doing?
01:00:24You all right?
01:00:24Yeah, I'm good, yeah?
01:00:25We feel like we know you already.
01:00:27Yeah, that's what we said.
01:00:29Girls have a good time?
01:00:30Oh, they loved it.
01:00:31Lovely home.
01:00:31You've never felt so comfy and relaxed.
01:00:34Made our mindset wanting more for our lives.
01:00:39That's good.
01:00:40For us, we've been going up the ladder for the last 30 years.
01:00:43To go back down to reality, this side of the scale, it was tough.
01:00:46That must have been a proper job for you.
01:00:48Well, it was tough for us, but imagine how it must be for you and the girls.
01:00:51We was like, I mean, I've been so money motivated and driven,
01:00:55I just think I've been maybe brought up like that.
01:00:57Get more, get more, give the kids the best.
01:00:59Like, you go more, more, more.
01:01:01And, you know, the same thing, quarter to five out the door,
01:01:03nine, ten at night, and you're just driven, driven.
01:01:05But from your side, unbelievably tough, but there was quality time.
01:01:12Yeah.
01:01:12And I thought to myself, Scott, you've missed this quality time.
01:01:15I spent some time spending no money with Sam,
01:01:18and I had some of the best times.
01:01:19I've not spent that time.
01:01:20You guys are going to know the same.
01:01:22I don't think money makes you happy necessarily,
01:01:25but it definitely gives you options, right?
01:01:26It definitely gives you time.
01:01:29It makes things easier.
01:01:30It takes the stress off your shoulders.
01:01:31Yes, it does.
01:01:32With this week, we've realised we're stronger now as a team.
01:01:36Determined to make a better life for us,
01:01:38giving the kids the best we can do.
01:01:41We're in different parts in the world.
01:01:42We're on a level, we.
01:01:43We're the same.
01:01:44We're doing the best we can do, right?
01:01:46And there's a big surprise coming for Lee,
01:01:49starting with three driving lessons.
01:01:52We're looking for quality plasterers at WeFix London.
01:01:54Yeah.
01:01:55We're going to sort you out with your driving.
01:01:57I believe that'll put you 1-0 up.
01:02:00You pass your driving test,
01:02:01you come and work for WeFix London,
01:02:03constant workly,
01:02:04you haven't got to worry about it.
01:02:06It's constant work.
01:02:06Yeah.
01:02:07It's a match made in heaven.
01:02:11The surprises keep coming.
01:02:13This time, it's for Laura.
01:02:15Now, Laura, me and Sam diced with you a couple of times.
01:02:17Oh, yeah, you've been a difficult one.
01:02:19First of all, we went to the landscaping side of things
01:02:22and we had a look at it
01:02:24and then all of a sudden, Ash calls up and says,
01:02:28might have a female plumber here.
01:02:30Looked at courses for you
01:02:31and you could do courses as a mum,
01:02:33you could do it around things.
01:02:34So it could be done at a weekend,
01:02:36it could be done in the week.
01:02:37Courses are about 10 grand
01:02:39and we would do that for you.
01:02:40Laura then can come and see me,
01:02:43work at WeFix London
01:02:44and you'll be earning as a female plumber
01:02:46100 grand upwards a year.
01:02:49Jesus Christ.
01:02:49A year.
01:02:50Your family will want for nothing
01:02:51if you get it right.
01:02:55And Sam has a final thought
01:02:57about a great way
01:02:57to use their £5 million Spanish villa.
01:03:01Another thing for us
01:03:02is for the girls.
01:03:05Yeah.
01:03:05You can have Spain.
01:03:07What?
01:03:07For a holiday.
01:03:10We'll pay for you to come out there.
01:03:12No way.
01:03:13Yeah.
01:03:14Yeah, we'll pay for your flight.
01:03:15She can stay in our place.
01:03:16Oh my God.
01:03:18So, for the girls.
01:03:20They can have their holiday.
01:03:21Thank you so much.
01:03:24Girl one got me.
01:03:25I've been a wife to the girl one.
01:03:26No, that's so sweet.
01:03:27Two little girls.
01:03:28I'm like, yeah.
01:03:29I believe it.
01:03:29I'm absolutely shaking
01:03:31because I've just been offered
01:03:32the opportunity of a lifetime.
01:03:35I'm not going to let you down.
01:03:36Honestly.
01:03:37Honestly, Lee, I know.
01:03:37I'll be there.
01:03:38I can't wait to get back
01:03:39to our children and tell them
01:03:41that we can give them
01:03:43loads more now.
01:03:45Thank you so much.
01:03:47And just being a week
01:03:48of our life
01:03:49has changed their life,
01:03:51hasn't it?
01:03:51And a week of their life
01:03:52has changed our life as well,
01:03:53hasn't it?
01:03:53Yeah, it totally has.
01:03:54Mission accomplished.
01:03:59Home time for both families.
01:04:01Can't wait to get in our bed.
01:04:04Yeah.
01:04:05With the view.
01:04:07We've been actually.
01:04:09Let's go in.
01:04:11Oh, it's been a while.
01:04:13You all right with that suitcase?
01:04:15Yeah, I'll get it up.
01:04:17Hi, house.
01:04:18You just think even a lift
01:04:19off than going up the stairs,
01:04:20didn't you?
01:04:21It's a luxury, isn't it?
01:04:23Oh, what?
01:04:24What?
01:04:25We've got another bottle of Moe.
01:04:26Look at this.
01:04:27It's got their face on it.
01:04:29That's so funny.
01:04:31Natalie, we are home.
01:04:34Let's just do it.
01:04:35Oh, dear.
01:04:36Oh, what?
01:04:37Oh, my God.
01:04:38Let the taps fit.
01:04:39Hey, you've got a tap there now.
01:04:41Oh, bless them.
01:04:48This is where the hard work starts now.
01:04:51Yeah.
01:04:52I just wonder where we'll be in a year's time.
01:04:55Who knows?
01:04:56Not here, hopefully.
01:04:58Not here.
01:04:58Once I get that license, everything changes.
01:05:00That's where, like Scott said,
01:05:03the kids are going to want for nothing.
01:05:04No.
01:05:05They're going to be...
01:05:06I'm so excited.
01:05:08Money doesn't necessarily make happiness.
01:05:10What's happiness, happiness is
01:05:12having your family around,
01:05:13your Sam around me
01:05:14and enjoying life.
01:05:16That's happiness.
01:05:17I'll be a lot more grateful
01:05:20for what I've got, that's for sure.
01:05:22Next time.
01:05:23The Lamborghini cost me €150,000.
01:05:26I use apps where I can pick up free food
01:05:29or heavily discounted food.
01:05:30What?
01:05:33Hurry up, I need a toilet.
01:05:34You're going to have to wait, Jamie.
01:05:36You're trying to get ready.
01:05:37I'm struggling, to be honest.
01:05:38Yeah, me too.
01:05:39I'm not a fan, actually.
01:05:41I don't like it.
01:05:41Get out of this, like, rot
01:05:43and be able to, like, live
01:05:44the life that you want to live.
01:05:46What?
01:05:50And Rich House, Poor House
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01:05:54from Sunday morning.
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01:05:57are taking down the shoplifting gangs
01:05:58in a brand new special tomorrow
01:06:00at nine
01:06:00and tell the kids
01:06:02before Stranger Things
01:06:03came the X-Files.
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01:06:07Next, Ian Huntley
01:06:08and the Sower Murder Trials.
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01:06:15and the Sower Murder Trials
01:06:15and the Sower Murder Trials
01:06:15and the Sower Murder Trials
01:06:15and the Sower Murder Trials
01:06:16and the Sower Murder Trials
01:06:16and the Sower Murder Trials
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