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How to Clean Up for Cash (2026) Season 1 Episode 1
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00:03watchers gold in the packing area that's 200 pounds wow thank you very much vintage cash
00:11cow sponsors how to clean up for cash offer accepted crammed into cupboards filling up our
00:18lofts and stuffed under beds clutter lord have mercy as a nation our homes are storing 32
00:26billion pounds worth of unused and unloved items there's got to be situations amongst this oh
00:32wow you could be sitting on a fortune oh my god without even knowing it i don't think you realize
00:40how much money is on this bed being a car boot fanatic and passionate collector wow this is
00:46incredible what do you think about that then i love stuff but over 60 of us are fed up with
00:54other
00:54people's clutter what in the world is that so i'm giving some long-suffering loved ones the chance
01:00to have it cleared flog it and cash it in 50 000 in secret you beckoned we came we have
01:10just 48 hours
01:11my calves 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 do 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 lot these can go these can go ruthless ruthless man when they return home
01:45what is going on all will be revealed oh will they keep the clutter where's 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 best cider best car
02:24boots dan
02:25got the cheddar car boot i had a victorian house before so i filled it all up with treasures from
02:30the cheddar car boot it was amazing yeah such a good car boot so i'm a self-declared a clutter
02:37culprit and i know how hard it is to get rid of treasures so i've had to bring in the
02:42professionals
02:42i've got dan who's an expert valuer he can sniff out the treasure from a mile off he's like a
02:48bloodhound
02:49so dan what's the weirdest thing that you've ever valued i once valued the bust of justin bieber's
02:56private parts you are you really can't value anything then to get to the treasure we need to
03:03clean up the clutter so i've bought in professional organizer jackie the weirdest thing that i've
03:09organized is somebody's interesting toy collection oh yeah i love a toy collection yeah yeah
03:16i thought you meant like trains 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 really yes it is if the garden's anything to go by i'm going to be gobsmacked i think of
04:20what's in the house come on in mel's desperate for husband paul to move in with her and rent his
04:27house out for their retirement fund but to do this his clutter has to go this is the back room
04:37oh my god we got all this all these clothes this is way worse than i thought it would be
04:47and i've
04:47noticed he keeps the labels on everything i know i don't know why but there's got to be some cash
04:55in
04:55this clutter and i suppose if he wants to rent this out and move in with you no one's going
05:00to put up
05:00with this are they it all needs to go done it yeah they can't move in with all this paul
05:06and i got
05:07married in 2023 but the main reason we don't live together is the clutter paul can't go into a charity
05:15shop like leaving with something bronze statues china statues jewelry there's cds vinyl if he moves
05:23in with me he's going to need to rent this house out so where's it all going to go because
05:28it is not
05:29coming to mind there you go it's always hidden away downstairs in the living room paul's collections
05:38of books magazines and cds are bursting at the seams that to me is a dream i bet that's a
05:45nightmare
05:46for you yeah but i love it i always find hundreds of unused cds when i'm decluttering homes in fact
05:52over a third of us don't even listen to physical media anymore i'm just scanning for trash dan i'm
05:57looking for treasure rare cds can make good money coldplay's safety or bruce springsteen's the future
06:05of rock and roll can fetch over a grand wow look at that and the bruce springsteen
06:11and it just so happens that paul is a lifelong bruce springsteen super fan and his most prized
06:18possession is a shrine dedicated to the boss himself now this yeah he's a serious collector
06:25yeah but you know he's a proper collector because he's got the cupboards for it paul could be sitting
06:32on some real treasure here bruce springsteen memorabilia holds real value a super fan in the
06:39u.s recently sold his collection for five and a half million pounds this is where the magic happens
06:47is it mel yeah surrounded by all the
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
07:08filth isn't it it's proper filth
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
07:42so hands off springsteen yeah how are you going to feel if he keeps the clutter
07:48well i'll be absolutely gutted because you won't get to move in together yeah
07:53and that's all i want well we can make that happen but we've only got two days to do it
07:58in 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 that cupboard over there so i always say start small start with the corner
08:20because it's far less overwhelming trash in the middle keep over there and treasure over there
08:25if we spot any potential valuables we're putting them to one side for dan to value heads down today
08:31guys i like the bossiness guessing that cds there's thousands dan is it worth getting the cds valued
08:39the 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 so
08:50typically for a cd you might get a quid for each one but that does rack up and you can
08:55easily sell
08:56them on online marketplaces and auction houses
09:03how did you meet all them mel on a dating site all the swipes we met on an online dating
09:11thing is tinder
09:12the right one i don't want to be saying something like grinder i've been on my own for eight years
09:18and
09:18people at work kept saying mel you need to meet someone we met and straight away we just got on
09:24he had that vibe that he was such a nice person and did you know he was the one yeah
09:30he loved you
09:31and you loved him yeah i'm gonna set the timer guys gonna have a 30 minute sprint just to clear
09:37as
09:37much as we can starting now i think we should put this beauty in the sale box as well it's
09:46gorgeous
09:47i'm quite prudish it's nice to have a bit of passion in your life dan
09:52has paul got big arms not like that i'm gonna put these on charge just in case he wants to
09:58keep
09:58them what are they walkie talkies you've got to be firm jose oh god i knew this would be a
10:04nightmare
10:04for me i can see the potential in most things and i'm a really random collector i found some real
10:11treasure now guys 50 pence pieces this one is the battle of britain and having collected 50 pence
10:18pieces for quite a while now i can tell you that these are two pound 50 each now there are
10:2318 in
10:25there and i'm no carol vorderman so it's a good job i collect calculators as well 18 times two pound
10:31fifty 45 pounds in that little bag of 50 pence pieces wow that's great who knew my random collecting
10:40skills would come in handy one day guys 30 minute sprint done well done guys this cupboard was full
10:46of stuff and it's empty now so mel i am going to need to call paul in a minute he
10:51obviously
10:51thinks he's on hidden treasure challenge yeah p.i paul is in london doing what he loves shopping for
10:58vintage bargains on my fake show hidden treasure challenge where he thinks he's in competition
11:04against mel looks very interesting i'm also the host of the fake show so i need to check in
11:12and make sure my ruse is going to plan you can't make me laugh now right this is it 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 i expect
11:48i mean it's good job you run me first because she just chats for england so i'd go and eat
11:52now if
11:53i was you well thank you so much for the warning and and good luck on your treasure hunting bye
12:00-bye okay
12:00bye bye bye it's lost interest in the challenge and he's buying stuff for himself now i know all right
12:08that's fine i'll be ruthless now it's a new day and we still need to declutter half of the house
12:19and value everything before we box it up good morning so this morning i've got a plan to test just
12:27how ruthless mel is willing to be i don't want to alarm everyone but we've literally got four and a
12:33half
12:33hours obviously the end game is for him to rent this out and come and live with you it is
12:38so there's
12:40a big ask and i know you've said we cannot touch it but how do you feel about us boxing
12:45up the bruce
12:47springsteen no no we'll wear gloves it will be i mean no everyone's got a price mel now that makes
13:00me
13:00nervous do you gotta remember mel if he's moving in with you you're gonna need a space for this
13:05yeah i know and have you got one you're not getting rid of it i'm not getting rid of it
13:11i think this has got to go
13:19watchers gold in the bagging area that's 200 pounds wow thank you very much vintage cash cow sponsors how
13:36to clean up for cash we're in somerset to help mel who's been married to private investigator paul for
13:47three years but they can't move in together because of all of his stuff who does he love
13:53more bruce springsteen or you but i've broken mel's number one rule i'm asking her to box up and value
14:00paul's prize bruce springsteen collection take this advice from a single person marriage is all about
14:08compromise it is about 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 bye bye brucey
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
14:54and that's why my eyes my eyeliner's running now no you look beautiful 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
15:22stash of gold and silver i don't think you realize how much money's on this bed
15:27the value of silver has tripled in a year and gold has gone up by 65 percent so if you
15:34want to get
15:34your gold and silver valued it's important that you go to a reputable dealer my mate anthony from vintage
15:40cash cow specializes in precious metals so i've called him in to take a look hello
15:47all right so this can tell you the purity of any metal so if you've got a piece of gold
15:54piece of silver
15:54we put it on the end of here we pull the trigger and then it'll give us a breakdown of
15:58exactly
15:59what's in the piece so how much is this whole box worth come on let's get these on the scales
16:05there's so much bling on this bed there's jewelry silver cigarette cases from the early 1900s
16:11gold and silver american dollars napkin rings decades worth of paul's trinket collecting just sitting
16:19under his bed we're doing good here yeah write this down 755 yeah times it by two
16:25six oh four yeah plus 182 yeah equals
16:32whoa yes
16:34for 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 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 i do think he's going to react watch his eyes when he comes in because i think they'll
17:53be
17:54straight at the springsteen cabinet got to go get him oh you'll be fine i'll see you in a minute
17:59you've got some explaining to do i know i know completely unaware of what's been going on in his
18:04house pi paul's down the road at the local pub thank you very much waiting to be filmed for the
18:10final
18:10reveal of my fake tv show tv they don't make it like this anymore and he's expecting to meet up
18:17with
18:18mel to see who's one the stuff really interested just went straight out of my head
18:25paul josie gibson hidden treasure challenge hello lovely to finally meet you thank you
18:31we're going to take you back to your house and all is going to be revealed back to my house
18:37yes
18:38lovely house that's mel's car oh she is back okay all right let's get inside
18:47do you want to go on in
18:50hello
18:55what
19:05i know i know
19:10i'm a little stunned for several reasons here where's my brew stuff gone
19:18we need to tell you the truth today there is no such thing as hidden treasure challenge right you've
19:26actually been on how to clean up for cash right and you've been nominated secretly by your wife mel
19:43and you've never actually moved in together because of all your stuff
19:49so in the last two days we've boxed up all of your collections we have valued it for you and
19:55you've got
19:56to choose today right whether you are going to take the cash or keep the clutter
20:03it's crunch time and if paul takes the cash him and mel can move in together and hopefully live happily
20:09ever after paul would you like to know how much your collectibles are worth yes please
20:16so the grand total
20:19is sixteen thousand seven hundred and seventy eight pounds
20:24is that a shock to you it is yes
20:31paul's collection of cds and vinyls came to seven hundred and thirty pounds his brass and bronze
20:37ornaments came to a whopping nine hundred pounds and by far the most valuable items in paul's clutter
20:44was the gold and silver haul totaling eleven thousand eight hundred and sixty eight pounds
20:51his other miscellaneous items came to three thousand two hundred and eighty pounds
20:56making 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 pounds
21:11i'm aware that i spent a fortune over the years but i didn't have a clue how much so paul
21:18the big
21:19question is sixteen thousand seven hundred and seventy eight pounds do you want to take the cash or keep the
21:27clutter
21:33as long as i can keep the bruce springs doing the music
21:41let's go with the cash right sixteen thousand seven hundred and seven hundred and seventy eight pounds
21:50this is
21:51mel have you got somewhere to put paul's bruce springsteen collection we'll find somewhere with a
22:01get a cabinet love is all about compromise you two are the cutest thing ever there's one more thing left
22:08to do guys we gotta have a selfie in front 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
22:31and a daughter driven mad by her clutter who wants it gone get rid of it you're rude plus but
22:38has she gone
22:39too far i don't know how i feel somebody going through all my things
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