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Rich House Poor House - Season 12 - Episode 04
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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.
00:00:55It 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.
00:01:09Oh, 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!
00:01:36It'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!
00:02:00I love spending time with mummy because we always find fun things to do,
00:02:06even 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,
00:02:49joined 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.
00:03:42Best friends, really, ain't it?
00:03:43Yeah, we've been best friends since you could walk, really, I think.
00:03:46Yeah.
00:03:47Hey.
00:03:47I'm bold.
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 en-suite.
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 euros,
00:05:03but it's good fun, so 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 euro 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 and a £950 monthly mortgage
00:05:59leaves only £128 a week for everything from 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 or heavily discounted food.
00:06:14It's really mentally draining thinking about money all the time.
00:06:18She's had to get credit cards out to just Treadwater, really.
00:06:24Amy steps in to help Mum run the house for a small fee.
00:06:29Right, so what jobs do you think you've done from your pocket money list this week, Amy?
00:06:34Pitting my clothes away, 50p.
00:06:36Tearing up the living room, 50p.
00:06:38And we have hooves off sweet 50p.
00:06:43Amy's had to grow up fast.
00:06:45When she was three years old, Becky was diagnosed with cancer.
00:06:50I had chemotherapy, radiotherapy, a 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 and get on with it.
00:07:08In Alicante, Adam might be living the high life, but as a teenager growing up in Essex, he knew what
00:07:15it was like to be super poor.
00:07:17My girlfriend got pregnant when I was 16, so I had to call my mum and say,
00:07:22Mum, I need your help, I don't know what to do.
00:07:25Jamie was born in the Romford flat Adam shared with his mum, girlfriend and twin sisters.
00:07:31Living in a one-bedroom apartment together was hard.
00:07:35I can remember now, like, condensation, like, down the inside of the windows.
00:07:39It was cold. It was just not a nice place.
00:07:44I used to wash lorries and I would go and deliver leaflets for an estate agency.
00:07:48And that's when I got the offer to become an estate agent and that's when my career started.
00:07:54So, why does a wealthy ex-par want 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 and they want to do well for themselves and they have the get-up-and
00:08:06-go
00:08:06and they're trying to have that positive attitude, that's somebody that I will see that I could help.
00:08:11Adam also wants Jamie to learn the value of money by seeing how tough life can be.
00:08:17Jamie knows where he came from and how we lived when he was born.
00:08:22However, he does not know how that feels and that's something I'm looking forward to showing him.
00:08:31Becky wants the week to give Amy a very different kind of education.
00:08:35I'm hoping that Amy will learn this week that financial stability is possible and very achievable.
00:08:43But that's not something Becky has managed to achieve.
00:08:47She lacks the confidence to earn more and 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, I 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! How exciting!
00:09:13It's time for both families to find out where 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, we'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.
00:09:46Yeah, really?
00:09:48Oh my God, that'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.
00:10:01I'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, I'm excited to find out, to be honest with you.
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.
00:10:21Oh my goodness, it's so exciting!
00:10:23We're at the airport, getting ready to board our flight to Hockley, to the Swap House.
00:10:32After two and a half hours in the air...
00:10:34Are you being excited?
00:10:36Very.
00:10:37Are you excited?
00:10:39I don't know.
00:10:40I'm being excited.
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.
00:10:55I think.
00:10:56Yeah.
00:10:57Well, 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.
00:11:05Okay.
00:11:06Oh, it's a house.
00:11:08All right.
00:11:09Well, the sun's come out for our arrival, so...
00:11:12Let's see.
00:11:13Oh, look, all the little...
00:11:15There's a little girl that lives here, look.
00:11:16A little kitchen.
00:11:18Okay.
00:11:18Yeah.
00:11:20This...
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.
00:11:26Oh, it worked!
00:11:28No way!
00:11:30No way, look at that view.
00:11:32Wow!
00:11:35I told you, there's a pool!
00:11:36Swimming pool!
00:11:38Wow!
00:11:40Just what you dreamed of.
00:11:42Oh!
00:11:42Look at these views.
00:11:45Yeah, 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, it's 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...
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.
00:12:35Yeah.
00:12:36Make-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.
00:12:59And 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.
00:13:22It's, like, five of our living rooms.
00:13:26I find it 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, what have you done?
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 he's 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 we'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.
00:15:18What a nervous, mate.
00:15:1920, 40, 60, 80.
00:15:25Right.
00:15:27550, 600, 650, 1500.
00:15:36126, 27, 28, 70.
00:15:41128 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?
00:15:49True.
00:15:50100, 200, 300, 400, 500.
00:15:54Taylor, get on 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.
00:16:12But that is fair every week.
00:16:14Yeah.
00:16:15They managed to live on 100 and, what was it, 28 pounds a 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.
00:16:40All activities.
00:16:42Interesting.
00:16:43All right.
00:16:44Oh, OK.
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, I haven't got anything to wear to a board meeting.
00:17:00Catch up at the community centre.
00:17:03At a 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 for the week,
00:17:19that brought back lots of really uncomfortable memories
00:17:22from when I was younger and 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 hero is quite empty.
00:17:40The fridge is very empty.
00:17:41But no £200 food deliveries in Essex.
00:17:45We've got some canned kidney beans, rice pudding.
00:17:50Oh, look, meatballs.
00:17:51That's the Swedish thing, yeah?
00:17:52And pasta.
00:17:53I don't know how to put this one on.
00:17:55All right, well, we'll have to make it work.
00:17:57Oh, 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 was a kid?
00:18:06Eh, not really.
00:18:08So much.
00:18:09I think we all used to have a bit of luxury, and that's why it's a bit hard.
00:18:13How do you even do these ones that's in a thing like this?
00:18:16Er, you just pour this.
00:18:19It's...
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.
00:18:42I can't believe 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.
00:19:17I kept beating myself in this in the middle of the 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, OK, but you're on my side now.
00:19:35Hurry up, I need a toilet.
00:19:37Oh, you're going to have to wait, Jamie.
00:19:39You're trying to get ready.
00:19:40I can't.
00:19:41I miss my own suite.
00:19:43So much room in there.
00:19:44All 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.
00:19:56There's so many bathrooms.
00:19:57We just need to go for a little hunt for where.
00:20:00Where are the two bastards?
00:20:02For the first time in their lives, Becky and Amy have a bathroom each.
00:20:07We haven't even seen each other, really, 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.
00:20:21You 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 to
00:20:33£50 a week.
00:20:34Now it's Adam's turn.
00:20:36Okay, so what's 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-y than this.
00:20:47Mm-hmm.
00:20:47Oh, look, you can do a full food shop here in the supermarket, but you don't get to choose what
00:20:54you get.
00:20:55That'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.
00:21:03All 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 amount of
00:21:18money 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, we got cakes.
00:21:32Yes, now.
00:21:34Oi.
00:21:34Oh, the diet's gone right out the window.
00:21:36Look at them.
00:21:37What else we got?
00:21:40Cookies.
00:21:41Oh, no, it's chocolate.
00:21:43What's that?
00:21:45Mash?
00:21:46Yeah, 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.
00:22:14There's a...
00:22:14Asparagus.
00:22:15Asparagus.
00:22:16You used to like that when you were little.
00:22:17Oh, radishes.
00:22:19Radishes.
00:22:19You like radishes.
00:22:21Strawberries.
00:22:21You would never buy all that food in one week.
00:22:25One hundred and seventy-eight and two pee.
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.
00:22:45I found out how to turn it up, but now it's flashing.
00:22:47This house is like a robot house.
00:22:50Oh, 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.
00:22:59This induction hob only works with iron or stainless steel pans.
00:23:04Ooh, what have we 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.
00:23:33And as the months go on, a 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 is her good friend, Kirsty.
00:23:51Hi!
00:23:52Hello!
00:23:53Nice meeting you!
00:23:54Hi, nice to meet you.
00:23:56Oh, have a seat.
00:23:58So how do you know Amy and Becky?
00:24:00So 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 was there when Amy was born then?
00:24:09Basically, yeah.
00:24:10She loves drama, dancing, music.
00:24:12She loves all of that.
00:24:13She does musical theatre.
00:24:15I don't know how she fits it all in.
00:24:16Yeah, 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.
00:24:24OK.
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.
00:24:46Kirsty was there when Becky faced her toughest challenge as a mum.
00:24:50A few years ago, Becky got diagnosed with breast cancer.
00:24:53Oh, no.
00:24:54Amy was only two, three, maybe.
00:24:58Oh.
00:24:59It 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.
00:25:15But 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 is, 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.
00:25:49You've got a video book for you to do tomorrow morning.
00:25:55Adam, he's got a lot more self-confidence and self-belief.
00:25:58That is definitely what I need to do.
00:26:06Ex-pat millionaire Adam has gone back to Essex with son Jamie and girlfriend Ebba to 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.
00:26:37$2,500!
00:26:41This is so far beyond my wildest imagination.
00:26:49Day three.
00:26:52Right, let's get ready.
00:26:54And 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 because 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, it's definitely not who I aspire to in my day-to-day
00:27:23life.
00:27:27Right on cue, there's a visitor to explain who does aspire to this life.
00:27:31Yeah, I'm Robin.
00:27:33Oh, I'm Adam's sister.
00:27:35Oh, OK, I'm Becky.
00:27:36Nice to meet you.
00:27:37Oh, lovely to meet you.
00:27:37Hi.
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 the sofa bed and I'm
00:27:58going 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 that he possibly could to get
00:28:16to where he wanted to be.
00:28:17I remember him getting up early doors, going, washing lorries, and then going out of an evening delivering leaflets for
00:28:23an estate agent.
00:28:24So off the back of that, his boss gave him an apprenticeship and, yeah, he then learned everything he needed
00:28:31to 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.
00:28:42But I think the way that he gives back is he now, where he was an apprentice, he now hires
00:28:47apprentices to come.
00:28:48I know how brilliant a start where he did.
00:28:51I hadn't really thought about where they would be from originally, but I guess it was quite reassuring, if that's
00:29:01the right word, to 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 in your toast?
00:29:15Um, just some butter, please, mate.
00:29:17All right.
00:29:18Jamie normally has everything he could ask for, but this week, he's finding out how tough life can be for
00:29:25the other half.
00:29:26I'm missing my usual life, um, I'd say the best.
00:29:30Adam's hoping the swap will teach Jamie the value of money and 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, so that was a first.
00:29:50He doesn't normally do that for us.
00:29:52Lovely.
00:29:52Mm-hmm.
00:29:54All right, so on Amy's list, she has doing the washing up, 50p.
00:30:00Yeah.
00:30:01Next on there is tidying up the living room, tidying up your bedroom.
00:30:05That is one you need to practice, because 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.
00:30:18You've got to do it first.
00:30:20Rub the tick off.
00:30:21No, it's easy to do.
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, he 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, so I'm starting to understand
00:30:56what other people feel like now.
00:31:01What's the properties?
00:31:03Yeah.
00:31:04In Spain, next on the activity list
00:31:06is going to Adam's Alicante estate agency.
00:31:10Lovely to meet you.
00:31:11I'm Angela.
00:31:12Becky.
00:31:13Nice to meet you.
00:31:13Sales 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.
00:31:28Everyone better buckle up, because he's getting them 100%.
00:31:31Yeah.
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.
00:31:42And that's what Becky wants, guidance to make more money.
00:31:46Just 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 launch,
00:32:07and we all get to go out.
00:32:08We hit target.
00:32:09We 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.
00:32:36Is it actually going to go on the Instagram?
00:32:38Yeah, why not?
00:32:39Yes.
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 behaviour 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.
00:33:00OK.
00:33:01So, yeah.
00:33:02OK, 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.
00:33:09And the way that Angela found the similarities
00:33:11between the two jobs I actually found quite interesting
00:33:14and I never really thought of it that way before.
00:33:17Yeah.
00:33:17So you're really quite thick-skinned.
00:33:18Oh, yeah, because it's all about, yeah,
00:33:21like 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 a 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.
00:34:12Come 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.
00:34:21Oh, I'm privileged,
00:34:22so I've got quite a lot of things.
00:34:24These people, unfortunately,
00:34:26don'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
00:34:40so 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
00:34:56teaching children with behavioural issues.
00:34:59I can imagine it's not an easy job at all.
00:35:02You encounter everything.
00:35:03You encounter trauma from children,
00:35:05you encounter difficult upbringings
00:35:08and medical conditions,
00:35:11everything you can think of we see day to day,
00:35:14but we love it.
00:35:16So is there a reason for that
00:35:17or is it just something that she started doing
00:35:19and 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
00:35:31and not wanting to learn hate in school,
00:35:34and then they come out
00:35:36feeling 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
00:35:44that she loves working with children.
00:35:46It's a real passion for her,
00:35:48but she's in a hard position,
00:35:49and 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
00:35:57that could be done.
00:36:01In Spain...
00:36:05See you in the morning.
00:36:07Lights out means navigating
00:36:09the £10,000 automated system.
00:36:12Oh, now that...
00:36:14Why 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...
00:36:21Now, look, everything's gone off.
00:36:23I just couldn't justify
00:36:25standing in a room for 20 minutes
00:36:28when you can just go back there.
00:36:31I don't get it.
00:36:32So if I do that...
00:36:35Um...
00:36:36Let's try that.
00:36:44Coming 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
00:36:54not to be to Essex.
00:36:56And Adam shows Jamie
00:36:58where it all began.
00:36:59This is where you were born, Jamie, look.
00:37:01In that apartment up there.
00:37:03Six of us that lived
00:37:04in this, like, one-bedroom apartment.
00:37:11It's day four of the swap.
00:37:13In Spain, Becky's working out
00:37:15the secrets of Adam's success.
00:37:18If he says that he wants
00:37:19ten Lamborghinis, I'm like, oh, God.
00:37:21They want better buckle up
00:37:22because 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,
00:37:32Adam's trying to show
00:37:33Ebba and Jamie
00:37:34how hard his life was
00:37:36before 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
00:37:44with Jamie and Ebba
00:37:45is I think that
00:37:47they will understand
00:37:48that my ambition
00:37:50comes from somewhere.
00:37:52Becky's house is just 40 minutes
00:37:54from where he grew up
00:37:55in Romford as a teenager.
00:37:58Now Adam's made a big decision.
00:38:00Yeah, so today
00:38:01we're going to go back
00:38:02to the apartment,
00:38:04like the flat
00:38:04where Jamie was born,
00:38:06show him
00:38:07where he come from,
00:38:08like, humble beginnings.
00:38:10You can rent a one-bed council flat
00:38:12in Romford
00:38:13for £500 a month.
00:38:15Adam's Spanish villa
00:38:16would 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
00:38:23when I called Nanny
00:38:25to say that
00:38:25your mum was pregnant with you
00:38:27when I was 16.
00:38:29There were six of us
00:38:30that lived in this, like,
00:38:30one-bedroom apartment.
00:38:32Yeah, that's a lot, yeah.
00:38:33Yeah.
00:38:34Yeah, it's heavy, man.
00:38:35Like, thinking back to it now,
00:38:36I don't know how we managed.
00:38:37I mean, we were there
00:38:38for, like, nearly a year.
00:38:40It was so cold
00:38:41that the inside of the windows
00:38:43would get, like,
00:38:43condensation on them
00:38:44and wet.
00:38:45Oh, my God.
00:38:45And you'd wake up
00:38:46and your, like, blankets
00:38:47would be wet.
00:38:48Oh, that's insane.
00:38:49I know.
00:38:51Look how rough it is.
00:38:52Oh, look.
00:38:52Oh, my God.
00:38:54Must bring back
00:38:55a 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
00:39:00in 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,
00:39:09there's lots of bad memories
00:39:10of, like, you know,
00:39:12being really cold in the flat.
00:39:14Well, it's a far cry
00:39:15from where we are now, eh?
00:39:17The house that I live in now
00:39:19in Spain
00:39:19and the house I lived in
00:39:21in the UK
00:39:21is so, so much different.
00:39:23It was quite nice to see
00:39:24that my dad's done
00:39:25so well for himself.
00:39:27It really hits home
00:39:28seeing it first-hand,
00:39:30doesn't it?
00:39:30You've done well
00:39:31for yourself, though,
00:39:32ain't you, Dad?
00:39:33Look where you was
00:39:34at the beginning
00:39:35and now look where you are.
00:39:36Yeah, I'm proud of myself
00:39:37that I've managed
00:39:38to get out of that,
00:39:39this situation
00:39:40and get to where I am now
00:39:42and, like,
00:39:42how well you've turned out.
00:39:44So,
00:39:45I'm more proud
00:39:45of how you've turned out
00:39:46than I am about, like,
00:39:48material things
00:39:49that I've managed to achieve.
00:39:50Hey, you've raised me,
00:39:51weren't you?
00:39:55In Alicante,
00:39:57it's a huge day
00:39:57for Becky
00:39:58as she's going
00:39:59in front of camera
00:40:00to sell a luxury villa
00:40:02for Adam's agency.
00:40:04So,
00:40:05what are you most nervous
00:40:06about, do you think?
00:40:07Looking really common.
00:40:09Looking really common?
00:40:11Mm.
00:40:12Or sounding really common.
00:40:13Or sounding really common.
00:40:15When I get my words
00:40:16muddled up,
00:40:16don't I?
00:40:17When we're in our own
00:40:18little comfort zone,
00:40:19life's easy, isn't it?
00:40:20And then you go
00:40:21and do something
00:40:21and you think,
00:40:22well, actually,
00:40:23in my head,
00:40:24that was going to be
00:40:25so difficult.
00:40:27Oh, yeah, definitely.
00:40:27And then when you've done it,
00:40:29it's like,
00:40:29yes, I can do that.
00:40:34Adam's pulling the strings.
00:40:35He's set this up
00:40:36as a secret audition
00:40:38to work out
00:40:39Becky's strengths
00:40:39and see how he can help her.
00:40:42Nice and exciting.
00:40:43Yeah, I'm excited.
00:40:44I'm pumped.
00:40:44Good, good.
00:40:46Angela will be feeding back
00:40:47to Adam
00:40:48about Becky's performance.
00:40:49But can she overcome
00:40:51her nerves?
00:40:52The most important thing
00:40:53is that you come
00:40:54with the energy
00:40:55and you're confident
00:40:56in what you're saying.
00:40:57Yeah, that's fine.
00:40:58It hasn't got to be
00:40:59Shakespeare.
00:41:00Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:41:00That's fine.
00:41:01You've got the connection
00:41:02of what you're saying.
00:41:03Yeah, as long as I'm
00:41:03covering all the points
00:41:04you want,
00:41:04then I'm happy with that.
00:41:06So, that's it.
00:41:06Cool.
00:41:07I'd stand over here
00:41:08and we'll have you
00:41:09walking out
00:41:10and telling everybody
00:41:11to check out the villa.
00:41:12Yep, and I could say...
00:41:14Six bedrooms,
00:41:15four bathrooms.
00:41:16Six bedroom,
00:41:16four bathroom on...
00:41:18Las Colinas Golf Resort.
00:41:19Las Cosinas.
00:41:21Colinas.
00:41:22Right.
00:41:23Yeah.
00:41:23Exclusive
00:41:24La 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 Cosinas Golf Course,
00:41:33sorry.
00:41:34Check out these amazing views
00:41:37listed at over two...
00:41:39Just over two...
00:41:40I definitely felt the pressure
00:41:43not to be too Essex
00:41:46and to speak eloquently.
00:41:49But after a faltering start,
00:41:52Becky hits her stride.
00:41:55This villa features
00:41:56six bedrooms,
00:41:57four bathrooms,
00:41:59and 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,
00:42:11drop us a DM.
00:42:13OK, so that's it,
00:42:14video done.
00:42:15I think that you did
00:42:15an amazing job.
00:42:16Oh, thanks.
00:42:17You got all the words
00:42:17that you wanted to say.
00:42:19Spout, pronounce them all good.
00:42:20Thank you so much.
00:42:21No problem.
00:42:22Been interested?
00:42:23Oh, yeah, definitely.
00:42:25Is 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
00:42:54she was confident enough.
00:42:57So, how well
00:42:59did Becky do?
00:43:00Hi, Ange.
00:43:01How are you?
00:43:01Back in Essex,
00:43:03Adam checks in with Angela.
00:43:05How did Becky
00:43:06get on today?
00:43:07Oh, she was absolutely
00:43:08amazing, actually.
00:43:09I think she was really
00:43:10nervous to start with
00:43:11with a little bit
00:43:12of encouragement, really.
00:43:14And she kind of
00:43:14settled in quite nicely.
00:43:16OK, well, that's good.
00:43:17She works a lot
00:43:17with disadvantaged children.
00:43:19So, when she sort of
00:43:20started to explain
00:43:21a little bit more
00:43:22in our board meeting,
00:43:24I think everybody
00:43:24was quite amazed
00:43:25at her determination.
00:43:27Yeah.
00:43:27Yeah, so that's
00:43:28like her passion.
00:43:29Like, she's obviously
00:43:30very passionate about that.
00:43:31But if it doesn't
00:43:32make enough money
00:43:33for her to live
00:43:34the life that she
00:43:34wants to live,
00:43:35do you think she'd
00:43:36be open to me
00:43:36sort of mentoring her
00:43:38to help her
00:43:40going forward?
00:43:41Yeah, I definitely do.
00:43:43She's a great woman.
00:43:44She's obviously
00:43:44got quite a savvy brain.
00:43:46She just needs
00:43:46some direction
00:43:47to know what to do.
00:43:50I was so happy
00:43:51to get the feedback
00:43:52from Angela
00:43:53that Becky
00:43:54really went for it.
00:43:55and that really
00:43:57gave me that ambition
00:43:58to try and help her
00:43:59going forward
00:43:59knowing that she would,
00:44:01you know,
00:44:03grab it,
00:44:03grab the opportunity
00:44:04with both hands
00:44:05and go for it.
00:44:06While Adam
00:44:07hatches a plan
00:44:08to help Becky
00:44:09make money
00:44:09around her teaching,
00:44:12in Alicante,
00:44:13for once,
00:44:14Becky has a very
00:44:15different type
00:44:16of 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
00:44:24always put something
00:44:25underneath.
00:44:26Oh, OK.
00:44:27With £1,800
00:44:28still in her pocket,
00:44:30next on the schedule
00:44:31is shopping
00:44:31in Alicante's
00:44:32top boutiques.
00:44:36What about
00:44:37a nice colourful
00:44:39blouse?
00:44:40Oh, yeah,
00:44:41I will try that on.
00:44:42I feel guilty.
00:44:43Normally,
00:44:43I definitely
00:44:44wouldn't dream
00:44:45of spending
00:44:45any money
00:44:46on myself
00:44:47voluntarily
00:44:48without getting
00:44:49like five people's
00:44:50approval.
00:44:51Give it a go?
00:44:54Yes.
00:44:55Becky's normal
00:44:56clothes budget
00:44:57is £40 a month.
00:44:59Today,
00:45:00she can spend
00:45:01nearly 50 times
00:45:02that amount.
00:45:04Very nice.
00:45:05I actually
00:45:06really like this one.
00:45:07Yeah, it's really
00:45:07comfy.
00:45:08I love how it
00:45:09seems to you
00:45:10in at the waist.
00:45:10Yeah.
00:45:11And then it kind
00:45:11of goes out.
00:45:12It's nice and
00:45:13bloating,
00:45:13nothing too tight.
00:45:15Yeah, definitely,
00:45:15I feel like.
00:45:16And it's got pockets.
00:45:17Is it actually?
00:45:18Oh, my God,
00:45:19sold.
00:45:22Becky's gaining
00:45:23in confidence
00:45:23and learning
00:45:24sometimes it's
00:45:25OK to put
00:45:26yourself first.
00:45:27This is nice.
00:45:28I actually like this.
00:45:29That looks a lot
00:45:30better.
00:45:31Doesn't it?
00:45:32Yeah.
00:45:32I like this.
00:45:33I feel really
00:45:34like sophisticated
00:45:35in this.
00:45:37And I feel
00:45:38so confident
00:45:38at work.
00:45:40Yeah.
00:45:41That would be
00:45:43209
00:45:43with 90 cents.
00:45:45Perfect.
00:45:46Let me get it
00:45:47bagged up.
00:45:48I'm just out
00:45:48of my comfort zone
00:45:49spending money
00:45:50on myself.
00:45:51So, yeah,
00:45:52just very bizarre.
00:45:54Bye.
00:45:55At the end
00:45:55of a hard day's
00:45:56shopping,
00:45:57including four
00:45:58pairs of shoes
00:45:59for Amy.
00:46:00Oh, I like these
00:46:01shoes.
00:46:01Oh, I like these
00:46:02shoes.
00:46:03Everywhere.
00:46:05Becky heads home
00:46:06after forking out
00:46:071,000 pounds.
00:46:11Coming up.
00:46:12Wow.
00:46:13A life-changing
00:46:14moment.
00:46:15I really do need
00:46:16to do some
00:46:17kind of self-care.
00:46:18I feel like
00:46:19it's definitely
00:46:19the next step
00:46:21in my journey.
00:46:22And Adam
00:46:23and Jamie
00:46:24muck in
00:46:24for a massive
00:46:25surprise.
00:46:27We're going
00:46:27for a full
00:46:28transformation
00:46:29so that Amy
00:46:30has somewhere
00:46:30nice to come
00:46:31and play
00:46:32when she comes
00:46:32back.
00:46:39It's day
00:46:39five of the
00:46:40swap.
00:46:46Yeah, this
00:46:46is our
00:46:47absolute
00:46:47best life.
00:46:49While in
00:46:50Alicante,
00:46:51nine-year-old
00:46:52Amy has all
00:46:53the space
00:46:53and luxury
00:46:54she could
00:46:54dream of.
00:46:56Oh.
00:46:57In Essex,
00:46:58Adam and
00:46:58Ebba are
00:46:59trying to
00:46:59adjust to
00:47:00a no-frills
00:47:01life.
00:47:02What do you
00:47:03think of the
00:47:03house so far?
00:47:04I'm struggling
00:47:05to be honest.
00:47:06Yeah, me too.
00:47:07I'm not a fan
00:47:08actually.
00:47:08I don't like it.
00:47:09I'm really
00:47:10actually really
00:47:10tired after
00:47:11tonight.
00:47:11Haven't slept
00:47:12well in here.
00:47:13No, no.
00:47:16Jamie's also
00:47:17feeling the
00:47:18impact of
00:47:19living life
00:47:19like the
00:47:20other half.
00:47:21Doing chores
00:47:22every day for
00:47:22a fraction of
00:47:23his normal
00:47:24£30 a week
00:47:25pocket money.
00:47:27Alright, you've
00:47:27done the
00:47:28washing up.
00:47:30That's 50p.
00:47:31Tied to the
00:47:31living room,
00:47:31we've done that
00:47:32one.
00:47:33Tied to the
00:47:33bedroom,
00:47:34we've done
00:47:34that one.
00:47:34You've done
00:47:35the hoovering.
00:47:36So, that's
00:47:37£2.
00:47:39Yeah, but you've
00:47:40done a really
00:47:40good job
00:47:40to be honest.
00:47:41So, take
00:47:41£5.
00:47:43Alright, so you
00:47:44can get some
00:47:44sweets from the
00:47:44shop.
00:47:45Alright?
00:47:46Good boy.
00:47:48Adam's doing
00:47:49well with
00:47:49Becky's
00:47:51£128 budget.
00:47:52You alright?
00:47:54using Becky's
00:47:55food rescue app
00:47:56throughout the
00:47:56week, he still
00:47:57has £75 left.
00:48:01I had to do
00:48:02chores.
00:48:03Washing up,
00:48:04I had to do
00:48:04hoovering, I had to
00:48:05tidy the living room
00:48:06and the bedroom.
00:48:08It would taste even
00:48:08better, knowing how
00:48:09hard you've worked
00:48:10for it.
00:48:11At Jamie's age,
00:48:12Adam had to
00:48:13graft for every
00:48:14penny.
00:48:15Have a good day.
00:48:16But then got his
00:48:17big break with an
00:48:18estate agent.
00:48:20Now, inspired by
00:48:22Becky's work with
00:48:23referred pupils,
00:48:24Adam's researching
00:48:25how to give
00:48:26Essex teens the
00:48:27same kind of
00:48:28chance he had.
00:48:29And has tracked
00:48:30down Hayley, who
00:48:31is the manager of
00:48:32Essex Youth
00:48:33Build, which helps
00:48:34young adults into
00:48:35construction.
00:48:37Hi Hayley, really
00:48:38nice to meet you.
00:48:39And you.
00:48:40So, how many
00:48:41children do you
00:48:42actually help with
00:48:43your programme?
00:48:44In Essex alone,
00:48:46there are thousands
00:48:47of young children
00:48:48and older children
00:48:50that are not in
00:48:51education or
00:48:52employment or in
00:48:53training.
00:48:54And alternative
00:48:55provisions are
00:48:57needed to cater for
00:48:59those young people.
00:49:00Becky, who I've
00:49:02swapped houses with,
00:49:04she actually helps
00:49:07children that are
00:49:08going through a
00:49:08hard time.
00:49:09If they stay in
00:49:10school, that's
00:49:10great.
00:49:12If school's not
00:49:12for you, it
00:49:14doesn't mean that
00:49:14when you leave
00:49:15school, there's
00:49:16nothing.
00:49:16It's about coming
00:49:18together almost as
00:49:19a family and
00:49:20offering these young
00:49:21people a future.
00:49:22Yeah, that's
00:49:23something that I'm
00:49:24really passionate
00:49:24about finding.
00:49:25I really want to put
00:49:26a scheme together
00:49:28with Becky so that
00:49:29we can help as
00:49:30many young people
00:49:31as possible get
00:49:32into, you 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
00:49:40young people that
00:49:41we interact with,
00:49:44there's thousands
00:49:45more that don't
00:49:46know about these
00:49:47services.
00:49:48What you're doing
00:49:49with Becky is going
00:49:50to open up doors to
00:49:52young people that
00:49:52honestly didn't know
00:49:54they were there.
00:49:55Yeah, that's exactly
00:49:56what we need to do
00:49:57because, like I said
00:49:58before, if I didn't
00:50:00have this opportunity
00:50:01when I was younger,
00:50:02I really don't know
00:50:03if I would be where
00:50:04I am today.
00:50:07This feels a bit
00:50:07posh, doesn't it?
00:50:09Becky normally
00:50:10devotes her life
00:50:11to others, but this
00:50:13week has a chance
00:50:14to finally put
00:50:15herself first.
00:50:17It's amazing.
00:50:18Wow.
00:50:21It's so beautiful.
00:50:23Next up is a luxury
00:50:25spa and a 100-pound
00:50:27massage.
00:50:28Oh, my God.
00:50:30This is madness.
00:50:32It's definitely
00:50:33not real life.
00:50:35With Amy and Bev
00:50:37in the pool next door,
00:50:39the time is all
00:50:41her own.
00:50:44I cannot remember
00:50:46the last time I spent
00:50:47quality time by 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 was
00:50:59looking after Amy.
00:51:01I really do need to work
00:51:03out how I can do some
00:51:07kind of self-care.
00:51:08I feel like it's definitely
00:51:10the next step in my
00:51:12journey because I don't
00:51:15feel like I can move on
00:51:18to the next part of
00:51:19whatever's going to happen
00:51:21without being able to have
00:51:22that.
00:51:25really tickling.
00:51:27The treatment was amazing
00:51:29and my shoulders are
00:51:30finally up around my ears.
00:51:32So that's a nice feeling.
00:51:35Becky might be learning
00:51:37self-care.
00:51:38That's for the therapist
00:51:39because she was just
00:51:40amazing.
00:51:40But there's nothing selfish
00:51:41about a 100-pound tip.
00:51:44I feel very relaxed now.
00:51:46Oh, you know what that
00:51:47means, don'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.
00:51:59In Essex, Becky's tiny
00:52:01house has been a tough
00:52:03reminder of Adam's teen
00:52:04years.
00:52:05Right, I need to clean
00:52:06my teeth ever.
00:52:07But there's one area
00:52:08that could be transformed
00:52:09to make a huge difference
00:52:10to Amy.
00:52:12The garden really
00:52:14dawned on me that we
00:52:15need to try and do
00:52:16something to fix that.
00:52:18That's a space that they
00:52:19could be using to enjoy
00:52:20as a family.
00:52:21It's just completely
00:52:22wasted at the moment.
00:52:25Yeah, Jamie, look.
00:52:26If we get somebody to
00:52:27fix all of this, fix the
00:52:29steps, so then it's safe.
00:52:31Yeah.
00:52:32And then up here, it's
00:52:33just clearing it, get rid
00:52:34of all of that.
00:52:36Look, once you clear all
00:52:37of this, the garden's
00:52:38not that small.
00:52:40We're going for a full
00:52:41transformation so that
00:52:42Amy has somewhere nice
00:52:43to come and play when
00:52:45she comes back.
00:52:47The £70 remaining from
00:52:49the weekly budget won't
00:52:50go far, so Adam dips
00:52:52into his own pocket and
00:52:54his contacts.
00:52:56I managed to rope in a
00:52:58friend of mine, called
00:52:59in a favour, so he's got
00:53:01a garden and property
00:53:02maintenance company, and
00:53:04me and Jamie have made a
00:53:05bit of a plan of how we
00:53:06can make that a lot nicer
00:53:07than it is.
00:53:09They are, like, insane
00:53:10fast, actually.
00:53:11They just started digging
00:53:12in directly, and I can't
00:53:15wait to see Amy's reaction
00:53:16on this.
00:53:18The apartment that Jamie
00:53:19was born in, that didn't
00:53:21have any outdoor space at
00:53:23all.
00:53:25So I definitely understand
00:53:27what it'd be like to not
00:53:28have that space, you know?
00:53:29But I do think it's really
00:53:30important for a little one to
00:53:31be able to play outside and
00:53:32get some fresh air and
00:53:34exercise.
00:53:34Again, done now, guys.
00:53:37Oh, a bit of hard graph.
00:53:38It's good for us, eh?
00:53:40Get going.
00:53:41Well done.
00:53:42Strong lad getting in all
00:53:43the turf rolls.
00:53:48In Spain, spending big
00:53:50hasn't been easy for Becky.
00:53:53Now, on their final evening,
00:53:55there's a last chance to
00:53:56splash the cash at one of
00:53:58Alicante's best restaurants.
00:54:00And there's enough money left
00:54:02to order whatever they want.
00:54:04Right, Amy, what do you
00:54:05fancy?
00:54:06Trick caviar.
00:54:0775 euros.
00:54:09Want to try an oyster?
00:54:10Um, go on then.
00:54:11Not surprised there's lobster.
00:54:13130 pound, I just can't do it.
00:54:16130 euros is insane.
00:54:20It's like two weeks worth of
00:54:21shopping.
00:54:22It's my council tax bill for
00:54:26the month.
00:54:26If you really want it, it's
00:54:28probably the only time you're
00:54:30going to be able to get it.
00:54:31That is true.
00:54:32Go for it.
00:54:34It did take Amy really,
00:54:38really encouraging me to get
00:54:41that.
00:54:42They ordered the works.
00:54:44First up, Amy's 75 euro
00:54:47caviar.
00:54:49It's not horrible.
00:54:51You like it, see?
00:54:53Amy wanting caviar is
00:54:54something she has said all
00:54:56week.
00:54:56And to be able to give her
00:54:58the opportunity to try
00:54:59something like that, it's
00:55:01just not real life.
00:55:02It's like fairytale stuff.
00:55:04Mission complete.
00:55:05Next, three oysters at six
00:55:07euros a pop.
00:55:09Three, two, one.
00:55:11Do it.
00:55:14I did want my pretty woman
00:55:16moment of trying an oyster.
00:55:19Nope.
00:55:20No, I just got the oil.
00:55:22Yeah.
00:55:23I couldn't get it in my
00:55:23mouth, but quite
00:55:25disappointing.
00:55:29Have some of your
00:55:30drink.
00:55:32Finally, the 130 euro
00:55:34lobster.
00:55:36Wow.
00:55:37Ooh, it smells.
00:55:38Ooh, the ice.
00:55:42Oh, it's delicious.
00:55:43Wow.
00:55:44With drinks and pudding,
00:55:46there's little change from
00:55:47400 pounds.
00:55:49What an experience.
00:55:51Caviar, lobster, oysters,
00:55:55all in one dinner.
00:56:02Right, last day.
00:56:04We're on the last dregs of
00:56:05the food that 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 that I
00:56:18sort of suppressed and never
00:56:21thought I'd really have to
00:56:22think about again.
00:56:23Yeah, and I miss all the
00:56:24little luxuries that we have.
00:56:26Being able to pop down to
00:56:26the clubhouse when we're
00:56:27hungry and have our lunch
00:56:28made for us.
00:56:29Like, I wouldn't say we're
00:56:30lucky.
00:56:30Like, I worked hard to be
00:56:31able to have all of that.
00:56:33But I would say that we take
00:56:34it for granted and we
00:56:35definitely could be more
00:56:36grateful for it.
00:56:37Now, I think when we get
00:56:38home, we're going to be more
00:56:39grateful for everything.
00:56:40Eating their last food app
00:56:42meal, Adam has a lightbulb
00:56:44moment how to help Becky.
00:56:46The time you spend going on
00:56:48the app, finding it, going
00:56:49to the shop, picking up the
00:56:50bagels and coming back, you
00:56:52could have done half an hour
00:56:53of digital marketing.
00:56:55Yeah.
00:56:55And have made enough money
00:56:56to go and buy steaks.
00:56:58Adam's idea is to mentor
00:57:00Becky so she can work part-time
00:57:02advertising businesses online.
00:57:05I'm looking forward to, like,
00:57:06changing her mindset of going
00:57:07from trying to save money,
00:57:09being in survival mode and
00:57:11getting into, like, strive mode
00:57:12so she can actually do well
00:57:13for herself instead of being,
00:57:15like, in that scarcity mindset.
00:57:18And in Spain, the electric
00:57:21blinds are coming down one last
00:57:23time.
00:57:23I'm feeling sad about how I have to live
00:57:28this beautiful house.
00:57:30If there's anything you can want
00:57:32here, you have, like, nearly an
00:57:34unlimited budget.
00:57:36I would love to learn from Adam if he
00:57:40has any thoughts or ideas, especially
00:57:42spending a week in my life, on how to
00:57:46help me.
00:57:47I hope Adam sees that my work is a
00:57:49passion because it's the need that
00:57:53these kids have that actually drives me
00:57:55to do what I do and it's, I'm not
00:57:57intentionally keeping myself in this
00:58:01financial situation.
00:58:05Coming up, when the two families
00:58:08meet...
00:58:08Hello.
00:58:10You all right?
00:58:10Adam makes Becky the offer of a
00:58:13lifetime.
00:58:13So we feel like that is something that
00:58:15you can do and sort of get out of this,
00:58:17like, rut and be able to, like, live the
00:58:20life that you want to live.
00:58:28Day six and a final morning in the
00:58:31swap houses before 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 about how I have to
00:58:46live this beautiful house where I can
00:58:50finally brush my teeth with mummy without
00:58:52hoping to squeeze in for the sink.
00:58:56Becky's been inspired by the week to
00:58:58think about a better future.
00:59:00I would love to get to a position where
00:59:03my house was all done to my taste, no
00:59:08debt and having enough income just to
00:59:11be at a place like that where I don't
00:59:13have to worry every second and if I ever
00:59:15got to a point where I didn't have to
00:59:16check my banking up every morning when I
00:59:17woke up, that would be delightful.
00:59:23Oh, I'm looking forward to going home
00:59:24now.
00:59:25Me too.
00:59:26I can't wait.
00:59:28I'm looking forward to meeting the
00:59:30family now and having a, like, chat about
00:59:32how they've experienced our life in
00:59:34Spain.
00:59:34Yeah, me too.
00:59:36Let's go.
00:59:38Becky and co.
00:59:40make the journey back to England where
00:59:42they've organised to meet Adam, Jamie and
00:59:44Ebba, at 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.
00:59:57Andrew.
00:59:58Hey, Emma.
00:59:59Hello.
01:00:00Oh, my God.
01:00:01Your home is so amazing.
01:00:03Oh, thank you so much.
01:00:05How are you?
01:00:05Oh, honestly.
01:00:07Um, so why do you have saucepans that don't
01:00:10work on your hob?
01:00:12Oh, because half of it isn't induction,
01:00:14half of it is.
01:00:15Well, it wasn't half that.
01:00:17Honestly, all my life.
01:00:20Yeah, yeah.
01:00:21How funny.
01:00:22Well, we had the same problem, because we
01:00:23couldn't figure out the gas.
01:00:25What did you think of Amy's bedroom?
01:00:26It was a little different.
01:00:28It was smaller.
01:00:30Very, very well put.
01:00:32How did you get through with all of my
01:00:35teddies, because I have a massive
01:00:37hammock?
01:00:37It wasn't bad.
01:00:39It's just every time I moved my head up,
01:00:41my head would touch it.
01:00:43You didn't take that to cuddle at night?
01:00:47Immersing themselves in Becky's life,
01:00:49Adam discovered she's had to borrow
01:00:52over £2,000 just to keep on top of
01:00:55the food bills.
01:00:56Yeah, so we met Beth and Kirsty.
01:00:59OK.
01:00:59And, oh, they nearly had us in tears
01:01:03telling us about your stories.
01:01:05They were lovely.
01:01:06So we see that you had some debts that
01:01:08are just looking like they're just...
01:01:10Mounting.
01:01:11Mounting up.
01:01:13So we're going to clear your credit card
01:01:16bill for you, so you can sort of start
01:01:18from scratch and catch your breath
01:01:21and not have to worry about that.
01:01:23Oh, thank you.
01:01:25And then we've spoke about this in depth
01:01:29and we feel it's not a problem that you
01:01:31spend too much, you just struggle to earn
01:01:33enough.
01:01:33Yes, I do.
01:01:34But the problem is that you don't have
01:01:36much time because you're so passionate
01:01:37about working with the children and
01:01:38helping them.
01:01:39So one of the things that we have is a
01:01:41£10,000 digital marketing course
01:01:43that we've signed you up for.
01:01:46Yeah, if you're open to it, I'll
01:01:47personally mentor you and I'll teach you
01:01:49how to get, like, big clients and big
01:01:51businesses on board.
01:01:53And then by leveraging AI, you'll only
01:01:55really have to work one to maybe two
01:01:57hours a day to work for these big
01:02:00companies to make an extra, like, in
01:02:02between £1,000 and £5,000 a month.
01:02:05And so we feel like that is something
01:02:07that you can do whilst continuing to
01:02:09work with the children and sort of get
01:02:12out of this, like, rut and be able to,
01:02:14like, live the life that you want to
01:02:15live.
01:02:16That's amazing.
01:02:17Thank you so much.
01:02:18I'll bite your hand off.
01:02:19I will be your best student.
01:02:20Oh, my goodness.
01:02:22Thank you so much.
01:02:23No worries at all.
01:02:25And there's more to come.
01:02:26Adam's so inspired by Becky's work.
01:02:29He has a plan to make a real difference
01:02:31to Essex teens.
01:02:33And then also we want to set up, like,
01:02:36a sponsorship package for children that
01:02:39you help from your school to get
01:02:42apprenticeships.
01:02:43So just like I had, like, when I was
01:02:4517, so we want to do that for children
01:02:48from your school.
01:02:49Oh, wow.
01:02:50But what that means is that they'll be
01:02:52able to earn while they learn.
01:02:54So they can earn up to £15,000 per
01:02:57year by working whilst they're learning
01:02:59how to be, like, a trade or in, like,
01:03:02a profession.
01:03:03That would absolutely change their lives.
01:03:07So last but not least, of course, we
01:03:10have not forgotten little Amy.
01:03:13So we have a little surprise for you
01:03:15here.
01:03:16We have managed to get you into a very
01:03:21famous dance school in London.
01:03:24We're going to go to a film-inspired workshop
01:03:29that we definitely hope will help you
01:03:32in your future career.
01:03:35What do you say?
01:03:37Okay.
01:03:39Of course.
01:03:41We heard that you were a little
01:03:42performing star, that you love
01:03:43performing and dancing, everything.
01:03:46So we think this is a very good
01:03:49opportunity for you.
01:03:50How amazing is that?
01:03:51It'll be so exciting.
01:03:53You'll be like a professional.
01:03:56Also, there's one little, there's another
01:03:58surprise, but it's not here.
01:03:59It's at your house.
01:04:00Ooh.
01:04:02You are welcome.
01:04:04I hope you enjoy it.
01:04:06You dance your heart out, okay?
01:04:07Yeah?
01:04:10After a week that's had a big impact
01:04:12on both families, finally, it's home
01:04:15time.
01:04:16Oh, my God.
01:04:17It's so good to be home.
01:04:19The sun's shining.
01:04:21Oh, look, they've left us a gift and a note.
01:04:28Oh, it was a real experience, a real eye-opener.
01:04:32It definitely made me appreciate what we have.
01:04:35Yeah.
01:04:36So, I'm, yeah.
01:04:38Happy to be home is an understatement.
01:04:41Can't wait to get stuck back into work
01:04:43and, yeah, and help Becky achieve some of her goals.
01:04:49Let's go.
01:04:52Waiting back in Essex
01:04:54is the result of a 2,000-pound garden transformation.
01:05:00Oh, wow!
01:05:02Well, you best give it a test drive.
01:05:06It's a total makeover for Amy.
01:05:09This turned a dangerous backyard
01:05:10into a dream playground.
01:05:14I was not expecting all of this.
01:05:17This is next level, like, yeah, so much.
01:05:21I can't, I can't tell you how much it's going to change our lives.
01:05:28And the opportunities that they've given us and me,
01:05:33I'm going to grab 100% with both hands
01:05:35so I can improve the quality of our lives forever.
01:05:40Next time.
01:05:42Wow, this is huge.
01:05:44No carpet on the stairs.
01:05:45I don't think I've ever seen this much money in one place.
01:05:50That's going to be 975.
01:05:52Wow, I'm sweating.
01:05:54I think we've really got a problem.
01:05:56This is a massive eye-opener to how other people live.
01:05:59I want them now.
01:06:01No, don't be rude.
01:06:03You're living the life right now.
01:06:33You're living the life right now.
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