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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 resources.
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.
00:00:25A 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?
00:00:48Budget.
00:00:48Right, this is where I get serious.
00:00:51Oh God.
00:00:53And lives.
00:00:54It's our bloody work.
00:00:56It 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.
00:01:05Ha ha.
00:01:06I love to have a walk in order.
00:01:09Oh my goodness.
00:01:11Never been in a 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.
00:01:34Oh my God.
00:01:36It's going to change everything for the better.
00:01:43The village of Hockley in Essex is home to trainee teacher Becky,
00:01:48single mum to nine-year-old Amy.
00:01:50Amy is a very sociable child.
00:01:53She loves singing, dancing, acting.
00:01:56However she can be in the spotlight is her happy place.
00:02:00Woo-hoo!
00:02:01I love spending time with mummy because we always find fun things to do,
00:02:05even if we don't have any money to spend.
00:02:08They live in a small terraced house with a cramped kitchen,
00:02:13tiny lounge diner, two beds and one bathroom.
00:02:17And the garden's in need of some serious TLC.
00:02:21That swing is too old, too broken.
00:02:25Oh God.
00:02:26There's wobbly steps, there's plants everywhere.
00:02:30It's just not safe.
00:02:31I'd like to start planting maybe some apples.
00:02:35Maybe.
00:02:37If we do get a climbing frame, we can have so much fun.
00:02:40That would be really good, wouldn't it?
00:02:42Becky's trainee wages means there's no money for improvements.
00:02:46So they make a daily trek to the local park,
00:02:48joined by Nanny Bev.
00:02:51My mum is absolutely critical to running our lives.
00:02:56She takes Amy to school,
00:02:58so she doesn't have to go to breakfast club every day.
00:03:01She'll babysit when I need help.
00:03:03We're just a team and it's just girl power, isn't it?
00:03:09Whee!
00:03:121,500 miles away in Alicante on Spain's Costa Blanca,
00:03:16another Essex native lives a very different life.
00:03:21Guys, people ask me what keeps me motivated,
00:03:24and the truth is I have something burning inside of me
00:03:27that refuses to settle for anything less
00:03:30than extraordinary lifestyle.
00:03:34Millionaire estate agent Adam left Romford 15 years ago
00:03:38and is living the expat dream with his son, Jamie.
00:03:42Our best friends, really, isn't it?
00:03:43Yeah, we've been best friends since you could walk, really, I think.
00:03:46Yeah.
00:03:47Hey.
00:03:48We're both.
00:03:51Adam's girlfriend, Ebba, runs an online lifestyle channel.
00:03:56So I would describe Adam as very positive,
00:03:59also very ambitious,
00:04:01and super caring about the people around him.
00:04:04Adam is one of 76,000 Brits
00:04:07drawn to the Alicante region
00:04:09by the promise of a luxury Mediterranean lifestyle.
00:04:13So one of the best things about this house
00:04:16is that we have this outdoor area here
00:04:18where we spend the weekends coming out here, relaxing.
00:04:22It's clear from Adam's £2 million home
00:04:25on the exclusive Las Colinas Golf Resort
00:04:28that money isn't a problem.
00:04:30With four luxury bedrooms and three bathrooms,
00:04:34even Jamie has his own ensuite.
00:04:38Are you tidying up?
00:04:40That's not too bad, actually.
00:04:41For a smelly teenage boy room, it's not bad.
00:04:46This is a state-of-the-art smart house
00:04:49with everything from lights to air-cons centrally controlled.
00:04:53And the money-no-object lifestyle doesn't stop there.
00:04:59So the Lamborghini cost me €150,000,
00:05:03but it's good fun,
00:05:05so I think it's worth it.
00:05:10Adam started making big money
00:05:12when he set up his Alicante estate agency in 2017.
00:05:16Today we're at a €1.7 million villa
00:05:20here on Las Colinas Golf and Country Club.
00:05:23Now he's branched out into digital marketing and more.
00:05:27I have three different businesses,
00:05:29estate agency, law firm, and a tech company.
00:05:32My dad's done so well for himself.
00:05:34I do look up to him quite a bit, yeah.
00:05:38In Essex, Becky makes just over the minimum wage
00:05:42working with children unsuited to mainstream education.
00:05:45I genuinely love my job.
00:05:47My work is my true passion in life.
00:05:50I do come back and I've had some proper bruises.
00:05:54Caring doesn't pay the bills
00:05:56and a £950 monthly mortgage
00:05:59leaves only £128 a week for everything
00:06:02from travel to clothes and food.
00:06:05I meal plan very specifically.
00:06:09I also use apps where I can pick up free food
00:06:12or heavily discounted food.
00:06:13It's really mentally draining
00:06:16thinking about money all the time.
00:06:18She's had to get credit cards out
00:06:19to just Treadwater, really.
00:06:24Amy steps in to help Mum run the house
00:06:27for a small fee.
00:06:29Right, so what jobs do you think you've done
00:06:31from your pocket money list this week, Amy?
00:06:34Pitting my clothes away, 50p.
00:06:36Teying up the living room, 50p.
00:06:39And we have hooves, sweet 50p.
00:06:43Amy's had to grow up fast.
00:06:45When she was three years old,
00:06:47Becky was diagnosed with cancer.
00:06:50I had chemotherapy, radiotherapy,
00:06:53a double mastectomy and reconstruction
00:06:56and I've been on hormone treatments ever since.
00:07:00As a parent, you just have to kind of put your big girl knickers on
00:07:04and get on with it.
00:07:08In Alicante, Adam might be living the high life,
00:07:11but as a teenager growing up in Essex,
00:07:14he knew what it was like to be super poor.
00:07:17My girlfriend got pregnant when I was 16,
00:07:19so I had to call my mum and say,
00:07:22Mum, I need your help.
00:07:24I don't know what to do.
00:07:25Jamie was born in the Romford flat
00:07:27Adam shared with his mum, girlfriend and twin sisters.
00:07:32Living in a one-bedroom apartment together was hard.
00:07:35I can remember now, like, condensation,
00:07:36like, down the inside of the windows.
00:07:39It was cold.
00:07:40It was just not a nice place.
00:07:44I used to wash lorries
00:07:46and I would go and deliver leaflets for an estate agency
00:07:48and that's when I got my,
00:07:51the offer to become an estate agent
00:07:53and that's when my career started.
00:07:54So why does a wealthy ex-par
00:07:57want to swap back to the other side of the wealth divide?
00:08:00Now I feel it's time to give back.
00:08:02So somebody that turns up
00:08:03and they want to do well for themselves
00:08:05and they have the get up and go
00:08:06and they're trying to have that positive attitude,
00:08:09that's somebody that I will see that I could help.
00:08:11Adam also wants Jamie to learn the value of money
00:08:14by seeing how tough life can be.
00:08:17Jamie knows where he came from
00:08:19and how we lived when he was born.
00:08:22However, he does not know how that feels
00:08:25and that's something I'm looking forward to showing him.
00:08:31Becky wants the week to give Amy
00:08:33a very different kind of education.
00:08:35I'm hoping that Amy will learn this week
00:08:38that financial stability is possible
00:08:41and very achievable.
00:08:44But that's not something Becky has managed to achieve.
00:08:47She lacks the confidence to earn more
00:08:49and is hoping the swap will show her the way.
00:08:52It would alleviate so much mental stress.
00:08:57Having a bit of extra money every month,
00:08:59I would definitely do more with Amy.
00:09:03Could she even be tempted by a new life in the sun?
00:09:08Oh, my goodness, you've got the letter!
00:09:11How exciting!
00:09:13It's time for both families to find out
00:09:15where they'll be living for the week.
00:09:17You are going to Alicante, Spain!
00:09:23Wow! No way!
00:09:28Happy tears are good, Amy!
00:09:30We're going to Spain!
00:09:34Exciting!
00:09:35Right, drum roll, please.
00:09:41You're heading to Hockley in Essex.
00:09:44That must be close to where I grew up.
00:09:46Let me have a look.
00:09:47Yeah, really?
00:09:48Oh, my God.
00:09:48That's quite close to where I used to live.
00:09:50Looking forward to see that.
00:09:52It's going to be interesting.
00:09:54Interesting is the word.
00:09:59Day one.
00:10:01I've just packed an array of stuff, really,
00:10:03because I've literally got no clue what I'm going to be doing.
00:10:06I don't know.
00:10:07I'm excited to find out, to be honest.
00:10:09I'm just excited.
00:10:14I hope they like it.
00:10:16Everyone has to make a 1,500-mile trip to their new homes.
00:10:20Oh, my goodness! It's so exciting!
00:10:23We're at the airport,
00:10:25getting ready to board our flight to Hockley,
00:10:29to the Swap House.
00:10:32After two and a half hours in the air...
00:10:35Are you excited?
00:10:36Very.
00:10:37Are you excited?
00:10:39I'm excited.
00:10:39I'm excited, yeah.
00:10:40I'll be you excited, too.
00:10:42Oh, 100%.
00:10:44Back on the ground, anticipation is building.
00:10:48But this area doesn't look too bad.
00:10:51It could...
00:10:52I was expecting it to be worse, to be honest, I think.
00:10:56Yeah.
00:10:56Well, I mean, we haven't got there yet, so...
00:10:58These houses are really fancy, aren't they?
00:11:00I didn't think it was going to be this fancy.
00:11:03It looks like a film set.
00:11:05Oh, it's a house.
00:11:08All right.
00:11:09Well, the sun's come out for our arrival, so...
00:11:13Let's see.
00:11:14Oh, look, all the little...
00:11:15This is not bad at all.
00:11:15There's a little girl that lives here, look.
00:11:16Little kitchen.
00:11:18Okay.
00:11:18Yeah?
00:11:20It's...
00:11:20Yeah.
00:11:21Oh, what's this?
00:11:22Pocket money list?
00:11:23Pocket money list.
00:11:25Open...
00:11:25Sesame.
00:11:26Sesame.
00:11:26Oh, it worked!
00:11:28No way!
00:11:30No way, look at that view.
00:11:32Oh, wow!
00:11:34Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
00:11:35I told you, there's a pool!
00:11:36Swimming pool!
00:11:38Wow!
00:11:39Just what you dreamed of.
00:11:42Oh!
00:11:43Look at these views.
00:11:44Yeah, amazing, aren't they?
00:11:47I mean, it's a bit small.
00:11:49It's actually tiny.
00:11:52Oh, that's a bit stiffer.
00:11:54Okay, this is nice.
00:11:56It's quite dangerous, because there's, like, bits falling apart.
00:12:00Before they immerse themselves in each other's lives,
00:12:03the challenge is to find clues about their mystery hosts.
00:12:07Shabbat, baby!
00:12:08Shabbat!
00:12:09Welcome to my home, by Nanny, Mummy and Me.
00:12:13Oh, okay.
00:12:13They're both so cute.
00:12:14Oh, look!
00:12:16They're younger than what I thought they'd be.
00:12:19Look at what these are.
00:12:19Oh, estate.
00:12:20Real estate, yeah.
00:12:22These are, like, luxury stuff, though.
00:12:23This isn't, like...
00:12:24This is an art every day.
00:12:27Right, let's see what we've got upstairs.
00:12:29The families have also got to get used to sleeping in different beds.
00:12:33Hello, Jamie.
00:12:34Do your make-up, Sarah.
00:12:35Make-up.
00:12:37But, God, it's tiny.
00:12:38It's real small, yeah.
00:12:40So, maybe it's just her and her mum?
00:12:43Wow, this is my room.
00:12:46Look how big that shower is.
00:12:49Oh!
00:12:50It's got a night!
00:12:52Oh, change colour!
00:12:55Okay, it's blue.
00:12:57And it's tiny.
00:12:59Yeah, this is really tiny.
00:13:00And I've just realised there's only one bathroom.
00:13:01We've all got to share one bathroom.
00:13:03I think that will be the hardest part, actually.
00:13:07They won't always be able to share.
00:13:10On both sides, the bathrooms are set up with private diary cams.
00:13:15This is so far beyond my wildest imagination.
00:13:21It's massive.
00:13:23It's, like, five of our living rooms.
00:13:25I find it's quite small, I do.
00:13:28Reality started to kick in a bit.
00:13:30This is going to be a lot harder than I thought it was going to be.
00:13:33Coming up, a big double surprise as both sides find out their weekly budgets.
00:13:39That's pretty much what we spent on dinner yesterday.
00:13:44There's bathroom mayhem in Essex.
00:13:46Hurry up, I need the toilet.
00:13:48Oh, you're going to have to wait, Jamie.
00:13:50I'm tired.
00:13:51And in Spain, the smart house is too clever by half.
00:13:55This house is like a robot house.
00:13:58Ooh!
00:14:04In Essex, trainee teacher Becky battles to keep financially afloat.
00:14:09I meal plan very specifically.
00:14:13I also use apps where I can pick up free food or heavily discounted food.
00:14:17But we'll always put daughter Amy first.
00:14:20We always find fun things to do, even if we don't have any money to spend.
00:14:25And is hoping to learn from the swap how to balance her bills.
00:14:30It would alleviate so much mental stress.
00:14:34Millionaire Adam left Essex to live the expat dream in Alicante on Spain's Costa Blanca.
00:14:41So the Lamborghini cost me 150,000 euros.
00:14:44But it's good fun.
00:14:46I think it's worth it.
00:14:47As a serial entrepreneur, he knows what it takes to succeed.
00:14:52Having been super poor and now being more wealthy, now I feel it's time to give back.
00:14:57Now they are swapping homes and lives for the week.
00:15:01I've just realised there's only one bathroom.
00:15:03We've all got to share.
00:15:04And it's the moment everyone's been waiting for.
00:15:07How much cash do they have to spend?
00:15:11All right, this is where I get serious, the budget.
00:15:14Go on, Jamie, do the honours.
00:15:16Let's see what we've got.
00:15:17Let's see.
00:15:18I'm nervous, mate.
00:15:1920, 40, 60, 80.
00:15:25Right.
00:15:25500, 50, 60, 60, 60, 60, 50, 50, 100, 126, 27, 70, 128 pounds and 10 pence.
00:15:43Oh, God.
00:15:44Yeah.
00:15:45That's pretty much what we spent on dinner yesterday.
00:15:48Yeah, true.
00:15:50100, 200, 300, 400, 500.
00:15:54Down to 500!
00:15:56In one week.
00:15:59Oh, my word.
00:16:012,500 euros is nearly 2,200 pounds.
00:16:06Yeah, but that's like my whole wages.
00:16:08More than my wages in a month.
00:16:12They have to spare every week.
00:16:14But that is spare every week.
00:16:15They manage to live on 100 and...
00:16:18What was it?
00:16:1828 pounds.
00:16:20Yeah.
00:16:20A week.
00:16:21Mm.
00:16:21She is doing really well.
00:16:23Yeah, that's true.
00:16:24So, fair play to her.
00:16:26What?
00:16:28I thought she was going to do that.
00:16:30They're not going to be able to do that with our budget, are they?
00:16:33They are not only swapping budgets, but lives as well.
00:16:37And both families have left a schedule for the week.
00:16:40Activities.
00:16:41Activities.
00:16:42Interesting.
00:16:44Okay.
00:16:46What have we got?
00:16:47Food app shop.
00:16:49I assume we need to order the shopping from an app on our phone.
00:16:53Uh-huh.
00:16:54Oh, we've got to go to a board meeting.
00:16:56Oh, God.
00:16:57I haven't got anything to wear to a board meeting.
00:17:00Catch up at the community centre.
00:17:03At the community centre?
00:17:05A luxury family outing.
00:17:08I mean, we know what family outings are, but I don't know what a luxury one would be.
00:17:14Knowing that we only have, like, 128 pounds for the week,
00:17:19that brought back lots of really uncomfortable memories from when I was younger
00:17:23and running out of money before payday.
00:17:25I'm so excited to be able to spoil Amy in the way that she deserves.
00:17:30She never asks for anything.
00:17:32All the expensive stuff they have, it's just astonishing.
00:17:38Dinner time.
00:17:39The beer is quite empty.
00:17:40The fridge is very empty.
00:17:42But no 200-pound food deliveries in Essex.
00:17:45We've got some cans, kidney beans, rice pudding.
00:17:49Oh, look, meeples.
00:17:51That's a Swedish thing, yeah?
00:17:53I don't know how to put this one on.
00:17:55All right, well, we'll have to just make it work.
00:17:58Oh, my God.
00:17:58Oh, my God.
00:18:01Okay, okay, we're good.
00:18:03This reminds me of camping.
00:18:05Did you ever go camping when you were a kid?
00:18:06Eh, not really.
00:18:08So much.
00:18:09I think we all, like, used to a bit of luxury,
00:18:12and that's why it's a bit hard.
00:18:13How do you even do this once that's in a thing like this?
00:18:16Uh, you just pour this.
00:18:19Yeah.
00:18:21Oh, my God.
00:18:23I haven't eaten out of a can for a long time.
00:18:28In Alicante.
00:18:30Oh.
00:18:32That wasn't what I was expecting.
00:18:35Adam's £50 champagne would cover Becky's food for a week.
00:18:42Apparently, they left it for us.
00:18:44Like, how kind is that?
00:18:45Just enjoy you've arrived.
00:18:52Day two.
00:18:54In Essex, Adam's waking up in a house a quarter the size of his own.
00:18:59Oh, it was a long night.
00:19:01This bed is so uncomfortable.
00:19:03Not looking forward to sleeping here again.
00:19:07Yeah.
00:19:08My sleep was awful.
00:19:10I'm used to moving around in a bed more.
00:19:13I couldn't really move.
00:19:14And this thing above my head as well.
00:19:17Kept beating myself in this in the middle of night.
00:19:20Like over 60% of UK houses, Becky's only has one bathroom.
00:19:26All right, I need to clean my teeth, Emma.
00:19:27Yeah, but I'm not really yet.
00:19:29Yeah, but just move over.
00:19:30All right, you stay on this side.
00:19:32I'll stay on this side.
00:19:33Yeah, okay, but you're on my side now.
00:19:35Hurry up.
00:19:36I need the toilet.
00:19:37Oh, you're going to have to wait, Jamie.
00:19:39I'm trying to get ready.
00:19:40I can't.
00:19:41I miss my own suite.
00:19:43So much room in there.
00:19:45All right, five minutes.
00:19:46We're nearly ready.
00:19:49In Spain.
00:19:51I slept really well.
00:19:52This feels quite hotel-like.
00:19:56This feels quite hotel-like.
00:20:09Actually, whereas normally we're all on top of each other.
00:20:13It's a bit chaotic, but this is very calm.
00:20:18I think I'd want this kind of life.
00:20:20You don't have to share so much.
00:20:23It's so much better.
00:20:26In Essex, Becky uses a food rescue app to hunt down bargain bags of food and keep her groceries
00:20:32to £50 a week.
00:20:34Now it's Adam's turn.
00:20:36Okay, so what is normally £9, £10 is down to, like, £2 or £3.
00:20:41Oh, that's cool, yeah.
00:20:43That's handy.
00:20:43That's very good.
00:20:44Oh, we're going to make way more of our budget using this.
00:20:46Oh, look, you can do a full food shop here in the supermarket, but you don't get to choose
00:20:53what you get.
00:20:54That's the only...
00:20:55Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:20:56That's the only problem.
00:20:58Heyman is made through the app to pick up value bags of food from over 30,000 outlets.
00:21:04All right, let's see what this surprise parcel is.
00:21:07Yes.
00:21:09But what's in the bags depends on what hasn't been sold.
00:21:13I think the apps are really important because I don't know how they afford to live on the
00:21:17amount of money they have every month here in the UK.
00:21:21Like, the cost of living crisis has literally taken over.
00:21:25This bag would normally cost £10, but using the app, it's down to £3.30.
00:21:31Oh, what have we got?
00:21:32Cakes.
00:21:33Yes, now.
00:21:34Oh, the diet's gone right out the window.
00:21:36Look at them.
00:21:37What else have we got?
00:21:40Cookies.
00:21:41Oh, no, it's chocolate.
00:21:43What's that?
00:21:45Mash?
00:21:45Yeah, sweet potato mash.
00:21:47Sweet potato mash.
00:21:48Nice.
00:21:48What else?
00:21:49Oh, chicken.
00:21:50Chicken.
00:21:51Oh, now we're talking.
00:21:53I've got to order my food from the supermarket and get deals and that, so it makes me feel privileged.
00:22:01No way.
00:22:03Oh, no, we need to get the water in.
00:22:05Adam has fresh food delivered three times a week.
00:22:08The £600 total would feed Becky for three months.
00:22:13There's a...
00:22:14Asparagus.
00:22:15Asparagus.
00:22:16You used to like that when you were little.
00:22:17Oh, radishes.
00:22:19Radish.
00:22:19You like radishes.
00:22:20Strawberries.
00:22:21You would never buy all that food in one week.
00:22:23Oh.
00:22:24One hundred and seventy-eight and two peas.
00:22:30A hundred and seventy-eight euros for this.
00:22:34But can they use the two grand high-tech hob?
00:22:38Right, you want scrambled eggs.
00:22:41You know, this is great technology, didn't you?
00:22:43Yeah, I found out how to turn it on, I found out how to turn it up, but now it's
00:22:46flashing.
00:22:47This house is like a robot house, but it's flashing again.
00:22:51There's a button and a screen and stuff to work out for everything.
00:22:57Wait, hold on, hold on, hold on.
00:22:58This induction hob only works with iron or stainless steel pans.
00:23:04Ooh, what have you done?
00:23:05And the only thing heating up is Becky.
00:23:08Amy's absolutely starving, so I'm currently oven-cooking an omelette.
00:23:15In Essex, Adam's also checking out the house and finds a troubling document.
00:23:21So this is a credit card debt of £2,032.
00:23:28She's been using this just for Tesco shopping and things.
00:23:31This is high interest as well, and as the months go on,
00:23:34a normal food shop is now costing way more
00:23:37because they've got interest to pay on top of it.
00:23:39She's in a hard position, and I feel like the only way out of this
00:23:43would be to, you know, make more money.
00:23:47Someone who knows all about Becky's struggles
00:23:49is her good friend, Kirstie.
00:23:51Hi! Nice meeting you!
00:23:54Hi, nice to meet you!
00:23:56Have a seat.
00:23:58So how do you know Amy and Becky?
00:24:01So I met Becky 23 years ago.
00:24:03Oh, really?
00:24:04Yeah, we met at a drama group that we used to go to.
00:24:07You were there when Amy was born then?
00:24:09Basically, yeah.
00:24:10She loves drama, dancing, music, she loves all of that.
00:24:13She does musical theatre.
00:24:15I don't know how she fits it all in.
00:24:17Yeah, literally, yeah.
00:24:17Sounds like she has a busy life.
00:24:19So tell us a bit more about what Becky actually does.
00:24:21So she works in a pupil referral unit.
00:24:24Okay.
00:24:24So children that have been suspended or excluded from their school.
00:24:29Oh, I can imagine that is not easy.
00:24:31But she absolutely loves it.
00:24:32She's made for it.
00:24:34So I also see in the kitchen that she's got quite a lot of debt.
00:24:36She works so hard, Becky, but there's just so much that she has to pay for.
00:24:42And she's always juggling things.
00:24:44She doesn't want Amy to miss out.
00:24:46Kirstie was there when Becky faced her toughest challenge as a mum.
00:24:50A few years ago, Becky got diagnosed with breast cancer.
00:24:54Amy was only two, three, maybe.
00:24:58And it was really hard.
00:25:01I mean, she was incredible.
00:25:03She's in remission now and she's doing amazing.
00:25:06But she did all of that with a little girl.
00:25:09Definitely hearing her story, I do have a whole new respect for her.
00:25:14But I know it's just not that easy, especially if you've got into debt.
00:25:19I'm thinking, like, how I could maybe help them with this situation they're in.
00:25:24Coming up, the truth of our Adam is revealed.
00:25:27Adam says to my mum, I'm having a baby.
00:25:30He was 16.
00:25:32It means that nothing, he's, like, unachievable.
00:25:35Adam's inspired by Becky's story.
00:25:38It becomes really apparent that she loves working with children.
00:25:41But she's in a hard position.
00:25:43I feel like there's definitely something that could be done.
00:25:46And Becky is set a daunting challenge.
00:25:49We've got a video book for you to do tomorrow morning.
00:25:55Adam, he's got a lot more self-confidence than self-belief.
00:25:59That is definitely what I need to do.
00:26:06Ex-pat millionaire Adam has gone back to Essex with son Jamie and girlfriend Ebba
00:26:12to live Becky's budget life.
00:26:14Oh, God.
00:26:15Yeah.
00:26:16And they make a big discovery.
00:26:18So this is a credit card debt of £2,032.
00:26:24But I know it's just not that easy, especially if you've got into debt.
00:26:28I'm thinking, like, how I could maybe help them with this situation they're in.
00:26:32But for one week in Spain, Becky has nearly 20 times her normal income.
00:26:37Two down to five hundredths!
00:26:41This is so far beyond my wildest imagination.
00:26:48Day three.
00:26:51Right, let's get ready.
00:26:53And for Becky, the multi-bathroom villa isn't quite living up to expectations.
00:26:59Do you like having separate bathrooms?
00:27:01Yes.
00:27:01You do?
00:27:02Yeah.
00:27:03But I miss you when you're not in my bathroom.
00:27:09I do.
00:27:10Me and Amy got ready in the same bathroom this morning
00:27:12because I just can't deal with, like, being separate.
00:27:15And she keeps calling me anyway, so I might as well just be there.
00:27:18Although it's absolutely amazing for a little breakaway,
00:27:21it's definitely not who I aspire to in my day-to-day life.
00:27:27Right on cue, there's a visitor to explain who does aspire to this life.
00:27:32Me and you, I'm Robin.
00:27:33Oh, Adam's sister.
00:27:35Oh, OK, I'm Becky.
00:27:36Nice to meet you.
00:27:37Oh, lovely to meet you. Hi.
00:27:38Robin knows all about Adam's Essex roots.
00:27:41So, you know, we were in this one-bed apartment.
00:27:44Adam says to my mum, I'm having a baby.
00:27:48He was 16, so she's like, right, OK, so Adam's going to have to have
00:27:56the sofa bed and I'm going to have to be in with the twins.
00:27:59We just made it work.
00:28:00So was Jamie's mum there?
00:28:02Yeah.
00:28:02So when Jamie was born, that made six people in a one-bedroom flat?
00:28:07Yeah.
00:28:08Yeah, so very chaotic time.
00:28:10Although it was stressful, Adam tried to make sure that he did the best
00:28:13that he possibly could to get to where he wanted to be.
00:28:17I remember him getting up early doors, going, washing lorries,
00:28:20and then going out of an evening delivering leaflets for an estate agent.
00:28:24So off the back of that, his boss gave him an apprenticeship.
00:28:28Oh, perfect.
00:28:29Yeah.
00:28:30He then learnt everything he needed to learn and opened up his own.
00:28:33He sounds like he was really working hard back then.
00:28:36How did that go from that to sort of this?
00:28:40It doesn't stop till he's on top, but I think the way that he gives back
00:28:44is he now, where he was an apprentice, he now hires apprentices to come.
00:28:48I know.
00:28:49Brilliant.
00:28:49And where do you start where he did?
00:28:51I hadn't really thought about where they would be from originally,
00:28:58but I guess it was quite reassuring, if that's the right word.
00:29:02To know that, like, it does happen to people like us,
00:29:06like, it means that nothing is, like, unachievable.
00:29:11Dad.
00:29:13Yes, mate?
00:29:14What do you want on your toast?
00:29:15Um, just some butter, please, mate.
00:29:17All right.
00:29:18Jamie normally has everything he could ask for,
00:29:21but this week, he's finding out how tough life can be for the other half.
00:29:26I'm missing my usual life, um, saying the best.
00:29:30Adam's hoping the swap will teach Jamie the value of money
00:29:34and how lucky he is.
00:29:36Oh, thank you, mate.
00:29:38Bit of toast.
00:29:40Plastic.
00:29:43Today, he's taking on Amy's chores.
00:29:46Jamie actually made us breakfast this morning,
00:29:49so that was a first.
00:29:50He doesn't normally do that for us.
00:29:52Lovely.
00:29:52Mm-hmm.
00:29:55All right, so on Amy's list,
00:29:57she has doing the washing up, 50p.
00:30:01Next on there is tidying up the living room,
00:30:04tidying up your bedroom.
00:30:05That is one you need to practice
00:30:07because your bedroom's always a mess.
00:30:09Then hoover, 50p.
00:30:12Nice.
00:30:13Right, mate, that'll do you this morning.
00:30:14You're going to tick off some of them?
00:30:16Yeah, I'll tick off.
00:30:17Right, you've got to do it first.
00:30:20Rub the tick off.
00:30:21Nice.
00:30:21You can do it.
00:30:22I'm not paying you in advance.
00:30:24Jamie normally gets 30 quid a week pocket money.
00:30:27Now he's having to graft hard for 50p a job.
00:30:31He did the washing up, bless him.
00:30:33And he did a good job, actually.
00:30:34No complaining.
00:30:36He just got it done.
00:30:38He will help me at work and he will try and earn some pocket money himself.
00:30:42So he does have a good attitude when it comes to earning money,
00:30:45but he's got a terrible attitude when it comes to keeping it.
00:30:49I feel quite privileged, but when I come over to the other side,
00:30:53it's not very nice.
00:30:55So I'm starting to understand what other people feel like now.
00:31:01What's the properties?
00:31:03Yeah.
00:31:04In Spain, next on the activity list is going to Adam's Alicante estate agency.
00:31:10It's lovely to meet you.
00:31:11I'm Angela.
00:31:12Becky.
00:31:13Nice to meet you.
00:31:14Sales manager Angela knows the secrets of Adam's success.
00:31:18When Adam gets something in his head and says that he's going to achieve it,
00:31:22then nothing he's getting in his way.
00:31:23He's got it.
00:31:24He might as well, if he says that he wants 10 Lamborghinis,
00:31:27I'm like, oh, God, everyone better buckle up because he's getting them.
00:31:30Yeah.
00:31:31He doesn't take any nonsense from anybody,
00:31:33but he's really, really kind and he's really, really giving.
00:31:35One thing that Adam does very well is try to find out what people's strengths are
00:31:39and try to stretch them a little bit further in what they're good at.
00:31:41And that's what Becky wants, guidance to make more money.
00:31:46I just feel like I'm stuck in this loop of financial struggle
00:31:50that I just can't see how I can break out of.
00:31:54Taking a seat at the boardroom,
00:31:56Becky's strengths are going under the microscope.
00:32:00We set our target of 15 sales this month.
00:32:03The more that we sell, the more that everybody here earns.
00:32:05But most importantly, it's a target lunch and we all get to go out.
00:32:08We get targets at home and we get to go somewhere nice.
00:32:11Adam picks it, of course.
00:32:12Becky's in for a surprise.
00:32:15Adam's organised for her to show a house on camera
00:32:17to see how confident she can be.
00:32:19We've got a video book for you to do tomorrow morning.
00:32:23Yeah.
00:32:23In a nice 2.3 million home on Las Colinas.
00:32:28We'll go to the property tomorrow.
00:32:30We'll give you a tour around.
00:32:32You can get yourself familiar with it
00:32:33and, yeah, plan what you want to say.
00:32:35Is it actually going to go on the Instagram?
00:32:38Yeah, why not?
00:32:39Okay.
00:32:42Yeah, we don't take no for an answer here.
00:32:44It's a big challenge.
00:32:46Is there anything Becky can draw on from her own job?
00:32:49The children I work with are quite disadvantaged.
00:32:52So they're children with behavioural issues
00:32:54because they just don't want to come to school.
00:32:57They definitely don't want to be in a classroom
00:32:58and they sure as anything do not want to be learning.
00:33:00Okay.
00:33:01So, yeah.
00:33:02Okay, so you've got quite good skills then
00:33:03at being able to get people to do what you want them to do.
00:33:06Yeah.
00:33:07Without being quite so direct though.
00:33:09The way that Angela found the similarities
00:33:11between the two jobs,
00:33:13I actually found quite interesting
00:33:14and I never really thought of it that way before.
00:33:17So you're really quite thick-skinned.
00:33:18Oh, yeah, because it's all about, yeah, like managing situations.
00:33:23I definitely feel like Adam is more self-assured than me.
00:33:27He's got a lot more self-confidence and self-belief,
00:33:30which I knew I needed to work on,
00:33:33but it's really reinforced the fact
00:33:34that that is definitely what I need to do.
00:33:42In Essex, there's no high-end selling,
00:33:45just a local community centre
00:33:47where Becky and Amy head for budget fun.
00:33:51Slow, slow, slowly.
00:33:53Nice and slow.
00:33:53Bro, shush.
00:33:54All right.
00:33:55It's good bonding time and back in old Essex, isn't it, Jamie boy?
00:33:59Yeah.
00:34:00Yeah.
00:34:00Oh, he's back in the game.
00:34:02He's back in the game.
00:34:04The Hockley Community Centre
00:34:05is one of 20,000 local centres in the UK
00:34:09that many low-income families rely on.
00:34:13Come on.
00:34:14Come on.
00:34:15It's a very different type of pool
00:34:17to the private one Jamie has in Spain.
00:34:20Oh, I'm privileged, so I've got quite a lot of things.
00:34:24These people, unfortunately, don't have as much as me,
00:34:29but hopefully one day they do.
00:34:32Oh, the pressure.
00:34:34And it brought back some memories playing pool,
00:34:36sort of like a pub environment again,
00:34:38and it was really cool to do that with Jamie,
00:34:41so me and him could experience together
00:34:43sort of what I used to do back when I was younger.
00:34:49Another person who relies on the community centre is Beth.
00:34:53Oh, hi.
00:34:54Who's worked with Becky teaching children with behavioural issues.
00:34:59I can imagine it's not an easy job at all.
00:35:01You encounter everything.
00:35:03You encounter trauma from children.
00:35:05You encounter difficult upbringings and medical conditions.
00:35:11Everything you can think of we see day to day, but we love it.
00:35:16So is there a reason for that,
00:35:17or is it just something that she started doing and sort of fell in love?
00:35:20It's a real passion for her.
00:35:21I think it's just the growth you see in the children.
00:35:27You see them come here with not trusting anybody,
00:35:30not feeling safe and not wanting to learn hate in school,
00:35:34and then they come out feeling that they can rely on people.
00:35:40It sounds like you're doing a great job,
00:35:41so well done to you guys.
00:35:43It's become really apparent that she loves working with children.
00:35:46It's a real passion for her, but she's in a hard position,
00:35:50and I feel like the only way out of this
00:35:52would be to, you know, make more money.
00:35:55I feel like there's definitely something that could be done.
00:36:01In Spain...
00:36:05See you in the morning.
00:36:07Lights out means navigating the £10,000 automated system.
00:36:12Oh, now that... Why did that work?
00:36:16Right, so all lights on.
00:36:18So we don't want all lights on.
00:36:19Oh, now we've got...
00:36:20No, look, everything's gone off.
00:36:23I just couldn't justify standing in a room for 20 minutes
00:36:28when you can just go like that.
00:36:30I don't get it.
00:36:32So if I do that...
00:36:35Um...
00:36:36Let's try that.
00:36:45Coming up.
00:36:46Check out.
00:36:46Becky's tested as a millionaire agent.
00:36:49Listed at over two...
00:36:51Just over two...
00:36:52I definitely felt the pressure not to be to Essex.
00:36:56And Adam shows Jamie where it all began.
00:36:59This is where you were born, Jamie, look.
00:37:01In that apartment up there.
00:37:02There were six of us that lived in this, like, one-bedroom apartment.
00:37:11It's day four of the swap.
00:37:13In Spain, Becky's working out the secrets of Adam's success.
00:37:18If he says that he wants ten Lamborghinis, I'm like, oh, God.
00:37:21They want better buckle up because he's getting them.
00:37:23Adam is more self-assured than me.
00:37:27That is definitely what I need to do.
00:37:30While in Essex, Adam's trying to show Ebba and Jamie
00:37:34how hard his life was before becoming a millionaire.
00:37:38We can boil some eggs.
00:37:40Boiled eggs on toast.
00:37:42The reason I want to share it with Jamie and Ebba
00:37:45is I think that they will understand
00:37:48that my ambition comes from somewhere.
00:37:52Becky's house is just 40 minutes
00:37:54from where he grew up in Romford as a teenager.
00:37:58Now Adam's made a big decision.
00:38:00Yeah, so today we're going to go back to the apartment,
00:38:04like, the flat where Jamie was born,
00:38:06show him where he come from, like, humble beginnings.
00:38:10You can rent a one-bed council flat in Romford
00:38:13for £500 a month.
00:38:15Adam's Spanish villa would be 20 times that.
00:38:18This is where you were born, Jamie, look.
00:38:20In that apartment up there.
00:38:22So this is where we came to when I called Nanny
00:38:25to say that your mum was pregnant with you when I was 16.
00:38:29There was six of us that lived in this, like,
00:38:30one-bedroom apartment.
00:38:32Yeah, that's a lot, yeah.
00:38:33Yeah. Yeah, it's heavy, man.
00:38:35Like, thinking back to it now, I don't know how we managed.
00:38:37I mean, we were there for, like, nearly a year.
00:38:40It was so cold that the inside of the windows
00:38:43would get, like, condensation on them and wet.
00:38:45Oh, my God. And you'd wake up and you're like,
00:38:46blankets would be wet.
00:38:48Oh, that's insane.
00:38:49I know.
00:38:51Look how rough it is.
00:38:52Oh, my God.
00:38:54Must bring back a lot of emotions.
00:38:56Look how small the kitchen was.
00:38:58It's tiny.
00:38:59You think five or six of us in there cooking?
00:39:02This is real tiny.
00:39:03Isn't it?
00:39:04Yeah.
00:39:05Even the car park.
00:39:06Look, they haven't fixed anything.
00:39:07So it's funny because, like, there's lots of bad memories of, like,
00:39:11you know, being really cold in the flat.
00:39:14Well, it's a far cry from where we are now, eh?
00:39:17The house that I live in now in Spain
00:39:19and the house I lived in in the UK is so, so much different.
00:39:23It was quite nice to see that my dad's done so well for himself.
00:39:27It really hits home seeing it, seeing it firsthand, doesn't it?
00:39:30Mm-mm.
00:39:31You've done well for yourself, though, ain't you, Dad?
00:39:33Look where you was at the beginning and now look where you are.
00:39:36Yeah, I'm proud of myself.
00:39:37I've managed to get out of that, this situation
00:39:40and get to where I am now
00:39:42and, like, how well you've turned out.
00:39:44So I'm more proud of how you've turned out
00:39:46than I am about, like, material things that I've managed to achieve.
00:39:50Hey, you've raised me, aren't you?
00:39:55In Alicante, it's a huge day for Becky
00:39:58as she's going in front of camera
00:40:00to sell a luxury villa for Adam's agency.
00:40:04So what are you most nervous about, do you think?
00:40:07Looking really common.
00:40:09Looking really common?
00:40:11Mm.
00:40:11The sounding really common.
00:40:13The sounding really common.
00:40:15I'm going to get my words muddled up, don't I?
00:40:17When we're in our own little comfort zone, life's easy, isn't it?
00:40:20And then you go and do something and you think,
00:40:22well, actually...
00:40:23Yeah.
00:40:23..in my head, that was going to be so difficult.
00:40:27Oh, yeah, definitely.
00:40:27And then when you've done it, it's like, yes, I can do that.
00:40:34Adam's pulling the strings.
00:40:35He's set this up as a secret audition
00:40:38to work out Becky's strengths and see how he can help her.
00:40:42Nice and exciting.
00:40:43Yeah, I'm excited and pumped.
00:40:44Good, good.
00:40:46Angela will be feeding back to Adam about Becky's performance.
00:40:50But can she overcome her nerves?
00:40:52The most important thing is that you come with the energy...
00:40:56..and you're confident in what you're saying.
00:40:57Yeah, that's fine.
00:40:58It hasn't got to be Shakespeare.
00:41:00Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's fine.
00:41:01You've got to look at what you're saying.
00:41:03Yeah, as long as I'm covering all the points you want,
00:41:04then I'm happy with that.
00:41:06That's it. Cool.
00:41:07I'd stand over here...
00:41:08Yep.
00:41:09..and we'll have you walking out
00:41:10and telling everybody to check out the villa.
00:41:12Yep, and I could say...
00:41:14Nice six bedrooms, four bathrooms...
00:41:16Six bedroom, four bathroom on...
00:41:18Las Colinas Golf Resort.
00:41:20Las Cosinas...
00:41:21Colinas.
00:41:22Right.
00:41:23Yeah.
00:41:23Exclusive Las Colinas Golf Course.
00:41:26Yeah.
00:41:26I think she's a bit nervous.
00:41:28Check out this beautiful villa
00:41:31on Las Colinas Golf Course.
00:41:34Sorry.
00:41:34Check out these amazing views
00:41:37listed at over two...
00:41:39Just over two...
00:41:41No, definitely not.
00:41:43the pressure not to be too Essex
00:41:46and to speak eloquently.
00:41:49But after a faltering start...
00:41:53Becky hits her stride.
00:41:55This villa features six bedrooms,
00:41:57four bathrooms,
00:41:58and these amazing panoramic views.
00:42:03You have to get on the website,
00:42:05drop us a comment,
00:42:06or send us a DM
00:42:07to get your booking in today.
00:42:102.3 million, drop us a DM.
00:42:13OK, so that's it.
00:42:14Video done.
00:42:15I think that you did an amazing job.
00:42:16Oh, thanks.
00:42:17You got all the words
00:42:17that you wanted to say.
00:42:19You spout, you pronounce them all good.
00:42:20Thank you so much.
00:42:22No problem.
00:42:22Been interested?
00:42:23Oh, yeah, definitely.
00:42:24Is it interesting enough
00:42:26to swap her Essex pupils
00:42:27for selling houses in Spain?
00:42:30I'm not saying
00:42:32it's a horrible job or anything.
00:42:33It's just...
00:42:34It's not my passion.
00:42:36I am glad that I took part
00:42:39in the promotional video
00:42:41and it did push me
00:42:43to my limits
00:42:44of my comfort zone.
00:42:46Doing that video
00:42:47will hopefully
00:42:48give her a wider scope
00:42:50to maybe look into avenues
00:42:53she never thought of
00:42:54because she didn't think
00:42:55she was confident enough.
00:42:57So, how well did Becky do?
00:43:00Hi, Ange, how are you?
00:43:01Back in Essex,
00:43:03Adam checks in with Angela.
00:43:04How did Becky get on today?
00:43:07Oh, she was absolutely amazing, actually.
00:43:09I think she was really nervous
00:43:10to start with
00:43:11with a little bit of
00:43:12encouragement, really.
00:43:14She kind of settled in quite nicely.
00:43:16Okay, well, that's good.
00:43:17She works a lot
00:43:17with disadvantaged children.
00:43:19So, when she sort of started
00:43:21to explain a little bit more
00:43:22in our board meeting,
00:43:24I think everybody was quite
00:43:25amazed at her determination.
00:43:27Yeah, so that's like her passion.
00:43:29Like, she's obviously
00:43:30very passionate about that,
00:43:31but if it doesn't make enough money
00:43:33for her to live the life
00:43:34that she wants to live,
00:43:35do you think she'd be open
00:43:36to me sort of mentoring her
00:43:38to help her going forward?
00:43:41Yeah, I definitely do.
00:43:43She's a great woman.
00:43:44She's obviously got
00:43:44quite a savvy brain.
00:43:46She just needs some direction
00:43:47to know what to do.
00:43:50I was so happy
00:43:51to get the feedback from Angela
00:43:53that Becky really went for it
00:43:55and that really gave me
00:43:57that ambition to try
00:43:58and help her going forward
00:43:59knowing that she would
00:44:01you know, grab it,
00:44:03grab the opportunity
00:44:04with both hands
00:44:05and go for it.
00:44:06While Adam hatches a plan
00:44:08to help Becky make money
00:44:09around her teaching,
00:44:12in Alicante, for once,
00:44:14Becky has a very different
00:44:16type of cash problem.
00:44:18Oh, wow.
00:44:19Yeah, like a...
00:44:21That's really nice.
00:44:22Like a two-piece
00:44:23and then you can always
00:44:24put something underneath.
00:44:27With £1,800
00:44:28still in her pocket,
00:44:29next on the schedule
00:44:31is shopping in Alicante's
00:44:32top boutiques.
00:44:36What about
00:44:37a nice colourful
00:44:39leather paper?
00:44:40Oh, yeah, that's...
00:44:41I will try that on.
00:44:42I feel guilty.
00:44:43Normally, I definitely
00:44:44wouldn't dream
00:44:45of spending any money
00:44:46on myself
00:44:47voluntarily
00:44:48without getting, like,
00:44:50five people's approval.
00:44:51Give it a go.
00:44:54Yes.
00:44:55Becky's normal clothes budget
00:44:57is £40 a month.
00:44:59Today, she can spend
00:45:01nearly 50 times that amount.
00:45:04Very nice.
00:45:05I actually really like this one.
00:45:07Yeah, it's really comfy.
00:45:08I love how it cinches you
00:45:10in at the waist.
00:45:10Yeah.
00:45:11And then it kind of goes out.
00:45:12It's nice and floaty.
00:45:13Nothing too tight.
00:45:15Yeah, definitely.
00:45:15I feel like...
00:45:16And it's got pockets.
00:45:17Oh!
00:45:17Is it actually...
00:45:18Oh, my God.
00:45:19Sold.
00:45:22Becky's gaining in confidence
00:45:23and learning sometimes
00:45:25it's OK to put yourself first.
00:45:27This is nice.
00:45:28I actually like this.
00:45:30That looks a lot better.
00:45:31Doesn't it?
00:45:32Yeah.
00:45:32I like this.
00:45:33I feel really, like,
00:45:34sophisticated in it.
00:45:37And, like, I feel so confident
00:45:38at work.
00:45:40Yeah.
00:45:42That'd be 209 with 90 cents.
00:45:45Perfect.
00:45:46Let me get it bagged up.
00:45:48I'm just out of my comfort zone
00:45:49spending money on myself.
00:45:50So, yeah, just very bizarre.
00:45:54Bye.
00:45:55At the end of a hard day's shopping,
00:45:57including four pairs of shoes for Amy...
00:46:00Oh, I like these shoes.
00:46:01Oh, I like these shoes everywhere.
00:46:05Becky heads home
00:46:06after forking out £1,000.
00:46:11Coming up...
00:46:12Wow.
00:46:13..a life-changing moment.
00:46:15I really do need to do some kind of self-care.
00:46:18I feel like it's definitely
00:46:19the next step in my journey.
00:46:23And Adam and Jamie muck in
00:46:24for a massive surprise.
00:46:27We're going for a full transformation
00:46:29so that Amy has somewhere nice
00:46:30to come and play when she comes back.
00:46:39It's day five of the swap.
00:46:46Yeah, this is our absolute best life.
00:46:49While in Alicante,
00:46:51nine-year-old Amy has all the space
00:46:53and luxury she could dream of.
00:46:57In Essex,
00:46:58Adam and Ebba are trying to adjust
00:47:00to a no-frills life.
00:47:02What do you think of the house so far?
00:47:04I'm struggling, to be honest.
00:47:06Yeah, me too.
00:47:06I'm not a fan, actually.
00:47:08I don't like it.
00:47:09I'm really, actually, really tired after tonight.
00:47:11Haven't slept well in here.
00:47:13No.
00:47:14No.
00:47:16Jamie's also feeling the impact
00:47:19of living life like the other half.
00:47:21Doing chores every day
00:47:22for a fraction of his normal
00:47:24£30 a week pocket money.
00:47:27All right, you've done the washing up.
00:47:30That's 50p.
00:47:31Tied to the living room,
00:47:32we've done that one.
00:47:33Tied to the bedroom,
00:47:34we've done that one.
00:47:34You've done the hoovering.
00:47:36So, that's £2.
00:47:39Yeah, but you've done a really good job,
00:47:40to be honest,
00:47:41so take £5.
00:47:43All right, so you can get some sweets
00:47:44from the shop.
00:47:45All right?
00:47:46Yep.
00:47:46Good boy.
00:47:48Adam's doing well
00:47:49with Becky's £128 budget.
00:47:52You all right?
00:47:54Using Becky's food rescue app
00:47:56throughout the week,
00:47:57he still has £75 left.
00:48:01I had to do chores.
00:48:03Washing up,
00:48:04I had to do hoovering,
00:48:05I had to tidy the living room
00:48:06and the bedroom.
00:48:08It would taste even better
00:48:09knowing how hard you've worked for it.
00:48:11At Jamie's age,
00:48:12Adam had to graft for every penny.
00:48:15Have a good day.
00:48:16But then got his big break
00:48:17with an estate agent.
00:48:20Now, inspired by Becky's work
00:48:22with referred pupils,
00:48:24Adam was researching
00:48:25how to give Essex teens
00:48:26the same kind of chance he had.
00:48:29And has tracked down Hayley,
00:48:31who is the manager
00:48:32of Essex Youth Build,
00:48:34which helps young adults
00:48:35into construction.
00:48:37Hi, Hayley.
00:48:38Really nice to meet you.
00:48:39And you.
00:48:40So how many children
00:48:41do you actually help
00:48:42with your programme?
00:48:45In Essex alone,
00:48:46there are thousands
00:48:47of young children
00:48:48and older children
00:48:50that are not in education
00:48:52or employment
00:48:53or in training.
00:48:54Oh, wow.
00:48:55And alternative provisions
00:48:56are needed
00:48:57to cater for those young people.
00:49:00Becky,
00:49:01who I've swapped houses with,
00:49:04she actually helps
00:49:06children that are going
00:49:08through a hard time.
00:49:09If they stay in school,
00:49:10that's great.
00:49:12If school's not for you,
00:49:13it doesn't mean
00:49:14that when you leave school,
00:49:15there's nothing.
00:49:16It's about coming together
00:49:18almost as a family
00:49:20and offering these young people
00:49:22a future.
00:49:22Yeah,
00:49:23that's something
00:49:23that I'm really passionate
00:49:24about finding.
00:49:25I really want to put
00:49:26a scheme together
00:49:27with Becky
00:49:28so that we can help
00:49:30as many young people
00:49:31as possible
00:49:32get into,
00:49:33you know,
00:49:35further education
00:49:36and start building
00:49:37something that will
00:49:38give them a career
00:49:38in the future.
00:49:39I know that the young people
00:49:40that we interact with,
00:49:44there's thousands more
00:49:45that don't know
00:49:47about these services.
00:49:48What you're doing
00:49:49with Becky
00:49:49is going to open up
00:49:51doors to young people
00:49:52that honestly
00:49:53didn't know
00:49:54they were there.
00:49:55Yeah,
00:49:55that's exactly
00:49:56what we need to do
00:49:57because like I said before,
00:49:59if I didn't have
00:50:00this opportunity
00:50:01when I was younger,
00:50:02I really don't know
00:50:03if I would be
00:50:04where I am today.
00:50:06This looks a bit
00:50:07posh, doesn't it?
00:50:10Becky normally
00:50:10devotes her life
00:50:11to others
00:50:12but this week
00:50:13has a chance
00:50:14to finally
00:50:14put herself first.
00:50:17That's amazing.
00:50:18Wow.
00:50:21It's so beautiful.
00:50:23Next up
00:50:24is a luxury spa
00:50:25and a £100 massage.
00:50:28Oh my God.
00:50:30This is madness.
00:50:32Definitely not real life.
00:50:36With Amy and Bev
00:50:37in the pool next door,
00:50:39the time is all her own.
00:50:44I cannot remember
00:50:46the last time
00:50:47I spent quality time
00:50:48by myself.
00:50:51The things that I find
00:50:53difficult to let go of
00:50:54are the guilt.
00:50:56Like I felt guilty
00:50:58that my mum
00:50:58was looking after Amy.
00:51:01I really do need
00:51:02to work out
00:51:03how I can
00:51:05do some kind
00:51:07of self-care.
00:51:08I feel like
00:51:09it's definitely
00:51:10the next step
00:51:11in my journey
00:51:13because I don't feel
00:51:15like I can
00:51:16move on
00:51:18to the next
00:51:19part of whatever
00:51:20is going to happen
00:51:21without being able
00:51:22to have that.
00:51:25Really tickling.
00:51:27The treatment
00:51:28was amazing
00:51:29and my shoulders
00:51:30are finally
00:51:31put round my ears.
00:51:33So that's
00:51:33a nice feeling.
00:51:35Becky might be
00:51:36learning self-care.
00:51:38That's for the therapist
00:51:39because she was
00:51:39just amazing.
00:51:40But there's nothing
00:51:41selfish about
00:51:42a £100 tip.
00:51:44I feel very relaxed now.
00:51:47Oh, you know
00:51:47what that means,
00:51:48don't you?
00:51:49What happened?
00:51:50Yeah, she'll go to sleep.
00:51:52So, should we say
00:51:53goodnight to her now?
00:51:54See you in the morning?
00:51:57I think so.
00:52:00In Essex,
00:52:01Becky's tiny house
00:52:02has been a tough
00:52:03reminder of Adam's
00:52:04teen years.
00:52:05Right, I need to
00:52:05clean my teeth ever.
00:52:07But there's one area
00:52:08that could be
00:52:08transformed to make
00:52:09a huge difference
00:52:10to Amy.
00:52:12The garden
00:52:13really dawned on me
00:52:14that we need
00:52:15to try and do
00:52:16something to
00:52:17fix that.
00:52:18That's a space
00:52:19that they could be
00:52:20using to enjoy
00:52:20as a family.
00:52:21It's just completely
00:52:22wasted at the moment.
00:52:25Yeah, Jamie,
00:52:26look, if we
00:52:26get somebody
00:52:27to fix all of this,
00:52:29fix the steps,
00:52:30so then it's safe.
00:52:31Yeah.
00:52:32And then up here,
00:52:33it's just clearing it,
00:52:34get rid of all of that.
00:52:35Look, once you
00:52:36clear all of this,
00:52:37the garden's
00:52:38not that small.
00:52:39We're going for
00:52:40a full transformation
00:52:41so that Amy
00:52:42has somewhere nice
00:52:43to come and play
00:52:45when she comes back.
00:52:47The £70
00:52:48remaining
00:52:49from the weekly
00:52:49budget
00:52:50won't go far,
00:52:51so Adam dips
00:52:52into his own
00:52:53pocket
00:52:54and his contacts.
00:52:56I managed to rope
00:52:57in a friend of mine
00:52:59called in a favour,
00:53:00so he's got a garden
00:53:01and property
00:53:02maintenance company,
00:53:03and me and Jamie
00:53:04have made a bit
00:53:05of a plan
00:53:05of how we can
00:53:06make that
00:53:07a lot nicer
00:53:08than it is.
00:53:09They are like
00:53:10insane fast,
00:53:11actually.
00:53:11They just started
00:53:12digging in directly
00:53:13and I can't wait
00:53:15to see Amy's reaction
00:53:16on these.
00:53:18The apartment
00:53:19that Jamie was born in,
00:53:21that didn't have
00:53:22any outdoor space
00:53:23at all,
00:53:25so I definitely
00:53:26understand what
00:53:27it'd be like
00:53:27to not have that space,
00:53:29you know.
00:53:29But I do think
00:53:30it's really important
00:53:30for a little one
00:53:31to be able to play
00:53:31outside and get
00:53:33some fresh air
00:53:33and exercise.
00:53:35Again, done now, guys.
00:53:37Oh, a bit of hard graft.
00:53:38It's good for us, eh?
00:53:40Get going.
00:53:41Well done.
00:53:42Strong lad
00:53:43getting in all the
00:53:44turf rolls.
00:53:48In Spain,
00:53:49spending big
00:53:50hasn't been easy
00:53:51for Becky.
00:53:53Now,
00:53:53on their final evening,
00:53:55there's a last chance
00:53:56to splash the cash.
00:53:57at one of Alicante's
00:53:59best restaurants
00:54:00and there's enough
00:54:01money left
00:54:02to order whatever
00:54:03they want.
00:54:04Right, Amy,
00:54:04what do you fancy?
00:54:06Try a caviar.
00:54:0775 euros.
00:54:09Want to try an oyster?
00:54:10Um, go on then.
00:54:11Not surprised
00:54:12there's lobster.
00:54:13130 pound,
00:54:14I just can't do it.
00:54:16130 euros
00:54:17is insane.
00:54:20It's like two weeks
00:54:21worth of shopping.
00:54:22It's my council tax bill
00:54:25for the month.
00:54:26If you really want it,
00:54:28it's probably the only time
00:54:30you're going to be able
00:54:30to get it.
00:54:31That is true.
00:54:32Go for it.
00:54:34It did take Amy
00:54:37really,
00:54:38really
00:54:40encouraging
00:54:40me to get that.
00:54:42They ordered the works.
00:54:44First up,
00:54:45Amy's 75 euro caviar.
00:54:49It's not horrible.
00:54:51You like it, see?
00:54:53Amy wanting caviar
00:54:54is something she has said
00:54:56all week
00:54:56and to be able to give her
00:54:58the opportunity
00:54:59to try something like that,
00:55:00it's just not real life.
00:55:02It's like fairy tale stuff.
00:55:04Mission complete.
00:55:05Next,
00:55:06three oysters
00:55:07at six euros a pop.
00:55:09Three,
00:55:10two,
00:55:10one.
00:55:11Do it.
00:55:14I did want
00:55:15my pretty woman
00:55:16moment
00:55:16of trying an oyster.
00:55:19Nope.
00:55:20No, I just got the oil.
00:55:22Yeah.
00:55:23I couldn't get it
00:55:23in my mouth,
00:55:24but quite disappointing.
00:55:29Have some of you drink.
00:55:32Finally,
00:55:33the 130 euro lobster.
00:55:36Wow.
00:55:36Ooh, it smells good.
00:55:38Ooh, the oil.
00:55:42Oh, it's delicious.
00:55:43Wow.
00:55:44With drinks and pudding,
00:55:46there's little change
00:55:47from 400 pounds.
00:55:49What an experience.
00:55:51Caviar,
00:55:52lobster,
00:55:54oysters,
00:55:55all in one dinner.
00:55:58LAUGHTER
00:55:59LAUGHTER
00:56:02All right,
00:56:03last day.
00:56:04We're on the last
00:56:05dregs of the food
00:56:06that we've got.
00:56:07It's been a hell of a week.
00:56:08Lots of ups and downs.
00:56:11All right, guys.
00:56:12The last supper.
00:56:14Going back on my own past,
00:56:16bringing up things
00:56:17that I sort of suppressed
00:56:21and never thought
00:56:21I'd really have to think
00:56:22about again.
00:56:23Yeah, and I miss
00:56:24all the little luxuries
00:56:25that we have.
00:56:26Being able to pop down
00:56:26to the clubhouse
00:56:27when we're hungry
00:56:27and have our lunch
00:56:28made for us.
00:56:29Like, I wouldn't say
00:56:30we're lucky.
00:56:30Like, I worked hard
00:56:31to be able to have
00:56:32all of that.
00:56:33But I would say
00:56:34that we take it for granted
00:56:35and we definitely
00:56:35could be more grateful
00:56:36for it.
00:56:37No, I think when we get home
00:56:38we're going to be more
00:56:39grateful for everything.
00:56:41Eating their last
00:56:42food app meal,
00:56:43Adam has a lightbulb moment
00:56:44how to help Becky.
00:56:46The time you spend
00:56:47going on the app,
00:56:48finding it,
00:56:49going to the shop,
00:56:49picking up the bagels
00:56:50and coming back,
00:56:51you could have done
00:56:52half an hour of
00:56:54digital marketing
00:56:55and then made enough money
00:56:56to go out and buy steaks.
00:56:58Adam's idea
00:56:59is to mentor Becky
00:57:01so she can work part-time
00:57:02advertising businesses online.
00:57:05I'm looking forward
00:57:06to changing her mindset
00:57:07of going from
00:57:08trying to save money
00:57:09and being in survival mode
00:57:10and getting into
00:57:11thrive mode
00:57:12so she can actually
00:57:13do well for herself
00:57:14instead of being
00:57:14in that scarcity mindset.
00:57:18and in Spain
00:57:19the electric blinds
00:57:21are coming down
00:57:22one last time.
00:57:23I'm feeling sad
00:57:25about how
00:57:26I have to live
00:57:28this beautiful house
00:57:30and there's anything
00:57:31you can want here.
00:57:32You have like
00:57:33nearly an unlimited budget.
00:57:36I would love to learn
00:57:38from Adam
00:57:40if he has any thoughts
00:57:41or ideas
00:57:42especially spending
00:57:42a week in my life
00:57:45on how to help me.
00:57:47I hope Adam sees
00:57:48that my work is a passion
00:57:50because it's the need
00:57:52that these kids have
00:57:53that actually drives me
00:57:55to do what I do
00:57:56and I'm not intentionally
00:57:58keeping myself
00:58:00in this financial situation.
00:58:05Coming up
00:58:06when the two families meet
00:58:08Hello.
00:58:10You alright?
00:58:10Adam makes Becky
00:58:11the offer of a lifetime.
00:58:13So we feel like
00:58:14that is something
00:58:15that you can do
00:58:16and sort of get out
00:58:17of this like rut
00:58:18and be able to like
00:58:19live the life
00:58:20that you want to live.
00:58:28Day six
00:58:29and a final morning
00:58:31in the swap houses
00:58:32before everyone returns
00:58:34to their normal lives.
00:58:36Cheers, everybody.
00:58:38Cheers.
00:58:39Happy experience.
00:58:42I'm feeling sad
00:58:44about how
00:58:45I have to live
00:58:47this beautiful house
00:58:49where I can finally
00:58:50brush my teeth
00:58:51with mummy
00:58:52without hoping
00:58:53to squeeze in
00:58:54for the sink.
00:58:56Becky's been inspired
00:58:57by the week
00:58:58to think about
00:58:58a better future.
00:59:00I would love
00:59:01to get to a position
00:59:03where my house
00:59:04was all done
00:59:06to my taste,
00:59:08no debt
00:59:09and having enough
00:59:10income just to be
00:59:12at a place like that
00:59:12where I don't have
00:59:13to worry every second
00:59:14and if I ever got
00:59:15to a point where
00:59:16I didn't have to
00:59:16check my banking
00:59:17up every morning
00:59:17when I woke up,
00:59:18that would be delightful.
00:59:23Oh, I'm looking forward
00:59:24to going home now.
00:59:25Me too.
00:59:26I can't wait.
00:59:28I'm looking forward
00:59:29to meeting the family
00:59:30now and having
00:59:31a chat about
00:59:32how they've experienced
00:59:33our life in Spain.
00:59:34Yeah, me too.
00:59:36Let's go.
00:59:38Becky and co.
00:59:40make the journey
00:59:40back to England
00:59:41where they've
00:59:42organised to meet
00:59:43Adam, Jamie
00:59:44and ever
00:59:45at a hotel.
00:59:50Hello.
00:59:52How are you?
00:59:53So nice to meet you.
00:59:55How are you?
00:59:56Nice to meet you.
00:59:57And you?
00:59:59Hello.
01:00:00Oh, my God.
01:00:01Your home
01:00:01is so amazing.
01:00:03Oh, thank you so much.
01:00:05How are you?
01:00:05Honestly.
01:00:07So why do you have
01:00:09saucepans
01:00:10that don't work
01:00:11on your hob?
01:00:12Oh, because half of it
01:00:13isn't induction,
01:00:14half of it is.
01:00:15Well, it wasn't half that.
01:00:17Honestly.
01:00:18Oh, my life.
01:00:20Yeah, yeah.
01:00:21How funny.
01:00:22Well, we had the same problem
01:00:23because we couldn't
01:00:24figure out the gas.
01:00:25What did you think
01:00:25of Amy's bedroom?
01:00:26It was a lot different.
01:00:28It was small.
01:00:29Very, very well put.
01:00:32How did you get through
01:00:34with all of my teddies?
01:00:35Because I have
01:00:36a massive hammer.
01:00:37It wasn't bad.
01:00:39It's just every time
01:00:40I moved my head up,
01:00:41my head would touch it.
01:00:43Did I take that
01:00:43to cuddle at night?
01:00:47Immersing themselves
01:00:48in Becky's life,
01:00:50Adam discovered
01:00:51she's had to borrow
01:00:52over £2,000
01:00:53just to keep on top
01:00:55of the food bills.
01:00:56Yeah, so he met
01:00:57Beth and Kirst.
01:00:59Okay.
01:00:59And they nearly
01:01:02had us in tears
01:01:03telling us about
01:01:04your stories.
01:01:05They were lovely.
01:01:06So we see that
01:01:07you had some debts
01:01:08that are just looking
01:01:09like they're just
01:01:11mounting up.
01:01:13So we're going to
01:01:14clear your credit card
01:01:16bill for you
01:01:17so you can sort of
01:01:18start from scratch
01:01:19and catch your breath
01:01:21and not have to
01:01:22worry about that.
01:01:23Oh, thank you.
01:01:25And then we've
01:01:28spoke about this
01:01:29in depth
01:01:29and we feel
01:01:30it's not a problem
01:01:30that you spend too much
01:01:31because you just
01:01:32struggle to earn enough.
01:01:33Yes, I do.
01:01:34But the problem
01:01:35is that you don't
01:01:35have much time
01:01:36because you're so
01:01:37passionate about
01:01:37working with the
01:01:38children and helping
01:01:39them.
01:01:39So one of the things
01:01:40that we have
01:01:40is a £10,000
01:01:41digital marketing course
01:01:43that we've signed
01:01:44you up for.
01:01:46Yeah, if you're
01:01:46open to it,
01:01:47I'll personally
01:01:47mentor you
01:01:48and I'll teach you
01:01:49how to get
01:01:49big clients
01:01:51and big businesses
01:01:52on board.
01:01:53And then by
01:01:54leveraging AI
01:01:54you'll only really
01:01:56have to work
01:01:56one to maybe
01:01:57two hours a day
01:01:59to work for
01:02:00these big companies
01:02:01to make an extra
01:02:01in between
01:02:02£1,000 and £5,000
01:02:04a month.
01:02:05So we feel like
01:02:06that is something
01:02:07that you can do
01:02:07whilst continuing
01:02:09to work with
01:02:10the children
01:02:11and sort of
01:02:11get out of this
01:02:12like rot
01:02:13and be able to
01:02:14live the life
01:02:15that you want
01:02:15to live.
01:02:16That's amazing.
01:02:17Thank you so much.
01:02:18I'll bite your hand
01:02:19off.
01:02:19I will be your
01:02:20best student.
01:02:21Oh my goodness.
01:02:22Thank you so much.
01:02:23No worries at all.
01:02:25And there's more
01:02:25to come.
01:02:26Adam's so inspired
01:02:27by Becky's work
01:02:29he has a plan
01:02:30to make a real
01:02:31difference to
01:02:32Essex teens.
01:02:33And then also
01:02:34we want to set up
01:02:36like a sponsorship
01:02:37package for
01:02:38children that you
01:02:40help from your
01:02:40school to get
01:02:42apprenticeship.
01:02:43So just like I
01:02:45had like when
01:02:45I was 17
01:02:46so we want to
01:02:47do that for
01:02:47children from
01:02:48your school.
01:02:49Oh wow.
01:02:50But what that
01:02:51means is that
01:02:52they'll be able
01:02:52to earn while
01:02:53they learn so
01:02:54they can earn
01:02:55up to £15,000
01:02:56per year by
01:02:58working whilst
01:02:59they're learning
01:02:59how to be
01:03:00like a trade
01:03:01or in like
01:03:02a profession.
01:03:03That would
01:03:03absolutely
01:03:04change their
01:03:05lives.
01:03:07so last but not
01:03:09least of course
01:03:10we have not
01:03:11forget little
01:03:12Amy.
01:03:13So we have a
01:03:14little surprise
01:03:15for you here.
01:03:16We have
01:03:17managed to
01:03:19get you into
01:03:20a very famous
01:03:21dance school
01:03:22in London.
01:03:24Wow.
01:03:25Where you
01:03:25gonna go to
01:03:26a film-inspired
01:03:29workshop that we
01:03:30definitely hope
01:03:31will help you
01:03:32in your future
01:03:32career.
01:03:35What do you say?
01:03:37Okay.
01:03:39Of course.
01:03:40We heard that
01:03:41you were a little
01:03:42performing star
01:03:43that you love
01:03:43performing and
01:03:44dancing,
01:03:46everything.
01:03:46So we think
01:03:47this is a very
01:03:48good opportunity
01:03:49for you.
01:03:50How amazing
01:03:51is that?
01:03:51It'll be so
01:03:52exciting.
01:03:53You'll be like
01:03:54a professional.
01:03:56Also there's
01:03:56one little
01:03:57there's another
01:03:58surprise but
01:03:58it's not here
01:03:59it's at your
01:04:00house.
01:04:02You are
01:04:03welcome.
01:04:04I hope you
01:04:05enjoy it.
01:04:05Dance your
01:04:06heart out
01:04:06okay?
01:04:08Yeah?
01:04:10After a week
01:04:11that's had a
01:04:12big impact
01:04:12on both
01:04:13families
01:04:13finally
01:04:14it's home
01:04:15time.
01:04:16Oh my god
01:04:17it's so good
01:04:18to be home.
01:04:19The sun's
01:04:20shining.
01:04:21Oh look
01:04:22they've left
01:04:22us.
01:04:23A gift
01:04:24and a note.
01:04:27Oh.
01:04:28It was a
01:04:29real experience
01:04:30a real
01:04:30eye-opener.
01:04:33definitely
01:04:34made me
01:04:34appreciate
01:04:34what we
01:04:35have.
01:04:35Yeah.
01:04:36So I'm
01:04:37yeah.
01:04:38Happy to be
01:04:39home is an
01:04:40understatement.
01:04:41Can't wait to get
01:04:42stuck back into
01:04:42work and
01:04:45yeah and
01:04:46help
01:04:47Becky achieve
01:04:48some of her
01:04:48goals.
01:04:50Let's go.
01:04:52Waiting
01:04:53back in
01:04:54Essex is the
01:04:55result of a
01:04:55£2,000 garden
01:04:57transformation.
01:04:59Oh wow.
01:05:02Well you best
01:05:04give it a test
01:05:05drive.
01:05:06It's a total
01:05:07makeover for
01:05:08Amy.
01:05:09This turned a
01:05:09dangerous backyard
01:05:10into a dream
01:05:12playground.
01:05:15I was not
01:05:16expecting all of
01:05:17this.
01:05:17This is
01:05:19next level
01:05:20like yeah so
01:05:21much.
01:05:22I can't
01:05:22I can't tell you
01:05:24how much is
01:05:24going to change
01:05:25our lives.
01:05:28And the
01:05:29opportunities that
01:05:30they've given
01:05:31us and me
01:05:33I'm going to
01:05:34grab 100%
01:05:35with both
01:05:35hands so
01:05:36I can
01:05:37improve the
01:05:38quality of our
01:05:38lives forever.
01:05:40Next time.
01:05:42Wow this is
01:05:43huge.
01:05:44No carpet on
01:05:45the stairs.
01:05:45I don't think
01:05:46I've ever seen
01:05:47this much money
01:05:47in one place.
01:05:50That's going to
01:05:51be 975.
01:05:52Wow I'm
01:05:53sweating.
01:05:54I think we've
01:05:55really got a
01:05:55problem.
01:05:56This is a massive
01:05:57eye opener to
01:05:58how other people
01:05:59live.
01:05:59I want them
01:06:00now.
01:06:01No don't be
01:06:02rude.
01:06:03You're living
01:06:03the life right
01:06:04now.
01:06:23No don't be
01:06:24you.
01:06:25No don't be
01:06:26a
01:06:27you.
01:06:27No don't be
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