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How to Clean Up for Cash Season 1 Episode 1
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00:06that's 200 pounds wow thank you very much vintage cash cow sponsors how to clean up for cash
00:16crammed into cupboards filling up our lofts and stuffed under beds
00:20clutter lord have mercy as a nation our homes are storing 32 billion pounds worth of unused
00:28and unloved items there's got to be situations amongst this oh wow you could be sitting on a
00:35fortune oh my god without even knowing it i don't think you realize how much money is on this bed
00:41being a car boot fanatic and passionate collector wow this is incredible what do you think about
00:47that then i love stuff but over 60 of us are fed up with other people's clutter what in the
00:56world
00:56is that so i'm giving some long-suffering loved ones the chance to have it cleared
01:01flog it and cash it in 50 000 in secret you beckoned we came we have just 48 hours my
01:11calves are hurting for me and my team to infiltrate the homes of clutter culprits are the cameras all
01:17off we're not going to get rumbled without them knowing you look like you're doing something really
01:20bad yeah i am while they're distracted shopping for bargains on a fake show he obviously thinks
01:26he's on hidden treasure challenge you could have it for a fiver champion we will be boxing up their
01:31belongings behind their back get rid of it and finding out just how much it's worth oh
01:38ready to sell the log these can go these can go roofless roofless man when they return home
01:45what is going on all will be revealed oh will they keep the clutter with my things or take the
01:54cash
01:58this time we're meeting a woman who's clearing out her husband's lifetime of collectibles
02:05the main reason we don't live together is the clutter behind his back that's fine i'll be ruthless now
02:19guys i am so happy that we are starting off in my neck of the woods
02:23best cider best car boots down got the cheddar cheddar i had a victorian ice before so i filled it
02:29all up with treasures from the cheddar car boot it was amazing yeah such a good car boot
02:34so i'm a self-declared clutter culprit and i know how hard it is to get rid of treasures
02:40so i've had to bring in the professionals i've got dan who's an expert valuer he can sniff out the
02:46treasure from a mile off he's like a bloodhound so dan what's the weirdest thing that you've ever
02:52valued i once valued the bust of justin bieber's private parts you are you really can value anything
03:01to get to the treasure we need to clean up the clutter so i've bought in professional organizer
03:06jackie the weirdest thing that i've organized is somebody's interesting toy collection oh yeah
03:13i love a toy collection yeah yeah oh toy collection yes yes i thought you meant like
03:20trains and stuff no did you organize that in size or color
03:29so jose what are the couple like that we're meeting today well mel has nominated her husband paul
03:35they've never had the opportunity to move in together because paul is a clutter bug oh my gosh
03:41so this they need this but he's a private investigator so we need to keep our wits about us what
03:49here we are how bad can it be
04:06hello hello you all right yeah i'm all right we have come to help you out is it bad enough
04:13yeah
04:14really yes it is if the garden's anything to go by i'm going to be gobsmacked i think of what's
04:20in the
04:20house come on in mel's desperate for husband paul to move in with her and rent his house out for
04:27their retirement fund but to do this his clutter has to go this is the back room
04:37oh my god
04:41we got all this all these clothes this is way worse than i thought it would be and i've noticed
04:48he keeps
04:48the labels on everything i know i don't know why but there's got to be some cash in this clutter
04:56and i suppose if he wants to rent this out and move in with you no one's going to put
05:00up with this
05:01are they it all needs to go don't it yeah they can't move in with all this paul and i
05:07got married in
05:082023 but the main reason we don't live together is the clutter paul can't go into a charity shop
05:15without leaving with something bronze statues china statues jewelry there's cds vinyl if he moves in
05:23with me he's going to need to rent this house out so where's it all going to go because it
05:28is not
05:29coming to mind there you go it's always hitting the way downstairs in the living room paul's
05:37collections of books magazines and cds are bursting at the seams that to me is a dream i bet that's
05:45a
05:45nightmare for you yeah but i love it i always find hundreds of unused cds when i'm decluttering homes
05:51in fact over a third of us don't even listen to physical media anymore i'm just scanning for
05:56trash down i'm looking for treasure rare cds can make good money coldplay's safety or bruce springsteen's
06:05the future of rock and roll can fetch over a grand wow look at that and the bruce springsteen
06:12and it just so happens that paul is a lifelong bruce springsteen superfan and his most prized possession
06:18is a shrine dedicated to the boss himself now this yeah he's a serious collector yeah but you know
06:27he's a proper collector because he's got the cupboards for it paul could be sitting on some
06:32real treasure here bruce springsteen memorabilia holds real value a superfan in the us recently sold
06:40his collection for five and a half million pounds this is where the magic happens is it mel yeah
06:48surrounded by all the oh
06:53go and have a close-up it's a bit saucy oh my god
07:05i never knew they had ornaments like this in my life filth isn't it
07:09it's it's proper film
07:17it's taken us over three hours to assess the clutter instead of going to landfill we're going
07:23to box it up and value it ready to sell before paul returns so how militant have we got to
07:30be we're
07:31getting rid of stuff here very militant apart from springsteen we're not allowed to sell the bruce
07:36springsteen would end in divorce he would go mad he's been collecting that since 1980 so hands off
07:43springsteen yeah how are you going to feel if he keeps the clutter well i'll be absolutely gutted
07:50because you won't get to move in together yeah and that's all i want well we can make that happen
07:55but we've only got two days to do it in the name of celine dion this is getting serious
08:03okay guys this is the method i use we're going to split the room into four dan if you start
08:07over
08:07there josie over here over 30 of us don't declutter simply because we can't decide what to get rid of
08:15and mel start looking at that cupboard over there so i always say start small start with a corner
08:20because it's far less overwhelming trash in the middle keep over there and treasure over there if we
08:26spot any potential valuables we're putting them to one side for dan to value heads down today guys
08:32i like the bossiness guessing that cds there's thousands dan is it worth getting the cds valued
08:38the vast majority of them just aren't worth money i think it's probably a case that we would sell them
08:43job lot okay when you've got a load of low value items sometimes the best way to sell them is
08:49in bulk
08:50so typically for a cd you might get a quid for each one but that does rack up and you
08:55can easily
08:56sell them on online marketplaces and auction houses how did you meet paul and mel on a dating site
09:07all the swipes we met on an online dating thing is tinder the right one i don't want to be
09:14saying
09:14something like grinder i've been on my own for eight years and people at work kept saying mel you
09:21need to meet someone we met and straight away we just got on and he had that vibe that he
09:25was such
09:26a nice person and did you know he was the one yeah he loved you and you loved him yeah
09:34gonna set the timer guys gonna have a 30 minute sprint just to clear as much as we can starting
09:39now
09:44i think we should put this beauty in the sale box as well it's gorgeous i'm quite prudish it's
09:49nice to have a bit of passion in your life dan has paul got big arms not like that i'm
09:56gonna put
09:56these on charge just in case he wants to keep them what are they walkie-talkies you've got to be
10:01firm
10:01jose oh god i knew this would be a nightmare for me i can see the potential in most things
10:07and i'm a
10:08really random collector i found some real treasure now guys 50 pence pieces this one is the battle of
10:16britain and having collected 50 pence pieces for quite a while now i can tell you that these are
10:21two pound 50 each now there are 18 in there and i'm no carol vorderman so it's a good job
10:27i collect
10:28calculators as well 18 times two pound 50 45 pounds in that little bag of 50 pence pieces wow that's
10:37great who knew my random collecting skills would come in handy one day guys 30 minute sprint done
10:44well done guys this cupboard was full of stuff and it's empty now so mel i am going to need
10:50to call paul
10:50in a minute he obviously thinks he's on hidden treasure challenge yeah p.i paul is in london doing
10:56what he loves shopping for vintage bargains on my fake show hidden treasure challenge where he thinks
11:03he's in competition against mel looks very interesting i'm also the host of the fake show so i need to
11:11check in and make sure my ruse is going to plan you can't make me laugh now right this is
11:17it guys
11:24hello hello paul it's josie gibson on hidden treasure challenge i'm just wondering how many
11:29items you've collected i'm just buying for me now i'm like a kid in a sweet shop and have you
11:34found
11:35anything you collect well music oh you love a bit of music do you oh yeah very much so my
11:41favorite
11:41artist is bruce springsteen well i haven't had the pleasure of talking to mel yet what can
11:47i expect i mean it's good job you rung me first because she just chats for england so i'd go
11:52and
11:52eat now if i was you well thank you so much for the warning and and good luck on your
11:58treasure hunting
11:59bye-bye okay bye bye bye he's lost interest in the challenge and he's buying stuff for himself now
12:06i know all right that's fine i'll be ruthless now
12:15it's a new day and we still need to declutter half of the house and value everything before
12:21we box it up good morning so this morning i've got a plan to test just how ruthless mel is
12:28willing to be
12:29i don't want to alarm everyone but we've literally got four and a half hours obviously the end game is
12:35for him to rent this out and come and live with you it is so there's a big ask and
12:40i know you've
12:41said we cannot touch it but how do you feel about us boxing up the bruce springsteen no no we'll
12:53wear
12:53gloves it will be i mean no everyone's got a price mel now that makes me nervous do you
13:01gotta remember mel if he's moving in with you you're gonna need a space for this yeah i know and
13:05have you got one you're not getting rid of it i'm not getting rid of it i think this has
13:12got to go
13:19watches gold in the bagging area that's 200 pounds wow thank you very much vintage cash cow
13:26sponsors how to clean up for cash offer accepted watches gold in the bagging area that's 200 pounds
13:32wow thank you very much vintage cash cow sponsors how to clean up for cash
13:42we're in somerset to help mel who's been married to private investigator paul for three years
13:48but they can't move in together because of all of his stuff who does he love more bruce springsteen or
13:55you but i've broken mel's number one rule i'm asking her to box up and value paul's prize bruce
14:02springsteen collection take this advice from a single person marriage is all about compromise it is
14:09about compromise yeah is it worth considering i'll consider it i'll consider it
14:21yeah just value it value it oh my god you're doing it you're doing it you're doing it bye bye
14:27brucey
14:28so mel you're expecting paul to give up a lot for you is there anything that you wouldn't give up
14:34for paul
14:36no i'd give up anything for him oh you really love him don't you and he really loves you yeah
14:53and that's why
14:55my eyes my eyeliner's running now no you look beautiful you're beautiful now come on let's get
15:03okay mel let's do it let's put our gloves on we need gloves i've never been in that cabinet ever
15:08okay so let's go we've managed to get mel to allow us to value paul's prize springsteen collection
15:15but there's another treasure trove that could blow brucey straight out of the water oh my god paul's stash
15:22of gold and silver i don't think you realize how much money's on this bed the value of silver has
15:28tripled in a year and gold has gone up by 65 percent so if you want to get your gold
15:35and silver
15:35valued it's important that you go to a reputable dealer my mate anthony from vintage cash cow
15:41specializes in precious metals so i've called him in to take a look hello anthony all right so this can
15:51tell you the purity of any metal so if you've got a piece of gold piece of silver we put
15:55it on the end
15:55of here we pull the trigger and then it'll give us a breakdown of exactly what's in the piece so
16:00how
16:01much is this whole box worth come on let's get these on the scales there's so much bling on this
16:07bed
16:07there's jewelry silver cigarette cases from the early 1900s gold and silver american dollars napkin rings
16:15decades where for paul's trinket collecting just sitting under his bed we're doing good here yeah
16:21write this down 755 yeah times it by two six oh four yeah plus 182 yeah equals
16:32whoa yes for that will you be paying by cash card or bank transfer bank transfers fine by us
16:43yeah there's no doubt about it paul has been sitting on a gold mine but there's no time to
16:50celebrate yet paul has no idea his wife is boxing up his things ready to sell and we've only got
16:56two
16:56hours until he returns get back okay i feel like an iron maiden like a viking it's more grace mail
17:06would
17:07you have that in your house or do you think we'd be best to have flogging it no flog it
17:14keep it going talk and work talk and work
17:21last cupboard let's go
17:28let's get our muscles out of this
17:33after two days we have successfully decluttered the entire house sorted out the trash from the
17:39treasure and filled 33 boxes totaling over 600 kilos of paul's items all of which have been catalogued
17:48and valued how do you think he's going to react watch his eyes when he comes in because i think
17:53they'll be straight at the springsteen cabinet i've got to go get him oh you'll be fine i'll see
17:58you in a minute you've got some explaining to do i know i know completely unaware of what's been
18:03going on in his house pi paul's down the road at the local pub thank you very much waiting to
18:09be
18:09filmed for the final reveal of my fake tv show tv they don't make it like this anymore and he's
18:16expecting to meet up with mel to see who's won the stuff really interested just went straight out of
18:23my head paul josey gibson hidden treasure challenge hello lovely to finally meet you we're going to
18:32take you back to your house and all is going to be revealed back to my house yes lovely house
18:40that's mel's car oh she is back okay right paul let's get inside do you want to go on in
19:05i know i know
19:10i'm a little stunned for several reasons here where's my brew stuff gone we need to tell you
19:20the truth today there is no such thing as hidden treasure challenge right you've actually been on
19:27how to clean up for cash right and you've been nominated secretly by your wife mel
19:40paul we are here because you've been with mel for six years and you've never actually moved in
19:45together because of all your stuff so in the last two days we've boxed up all of your collections we
19:54have valued it for you and you've got to choose today right whether you are going to take the cash
20:00or keep the clutter it's crunch time and if paul takes the cash him and mel can move in together
20:08and hopefully live happily ever after paul would you like to know how much your collectibles are worth
20:14yes please so the grand total is sixteen thousand seven hundred and seventy eight pounds
20:24is that a shock to you it is yes paul's collection of cds and vinyls came to seven hundred and
20:35thirty
20:35pounds his brass and bronze ornaments came to a whopping nine hundred pounds and by far the most
20:42valuable items in paul's clutter was the gold and silver haul totaling eleven thousand eight hundred
20:48and sixty eight pounds his other miscellaneous items came to three thousand two hundred and eighty
20:55pounds making the total auction value sixteen thousand seven hundred and seventy eight pounds
21:03the bruce collection if he chooses to sell it is worth an extra one thousand three hundred and fifty
21:09pounds i'm aware that i spent a fortune over the years but i didn't have a clue how much so
21:18paul the
21:19big question is sixteen thousand seven hundred and seventy eight pounds do you want to take the cash or keep
21:26the
21:27clutter as long as i can keep the bruce springs doing the music
21:53and mel have you got somewhere to put paul's bruce springsteen collection
21:59we'll find somewhere with a get a cabinet love is all about compromise
22:05you two are the cutest thing ever there's one more thing left to do guys we gotta have a selfie
22:10in
22:10front of these boxes yeah let's do it everybody say cash
22:24next time oh dear god we deal with a compulsive buyer is that a didgeridoo i love it and a
22:32daughter driven mad by her clutter who wants it gone get rid of it you're rude plus but has she
22:39gone
22:39too far i don't know how i feel somebody going through all me things
23:07watchers gold in the bagging area vintage cash cow sponsors how to clean up for cash
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