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How to Clean Up for Cash (2026) Season 1 Episode 2
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00:04Binoculars, costume jewelry in the biking area.
00:06That's $100.
00:08Wow, thank you very much.
00:11Vintage Cash Cow sponsors how to clean up for cash.
00:13Offer accepted.
00:16Crammed into cupboards, filling up our lofts and stuffed under beds.
00:21Clutter.
00:22Lord have mercy.
00:23As a nation, our homes are storing £32 billion worth of unused and unloved items.
00:30There's got to be situations amongst this.
00:32Oh wow.
00:33You could be sitting on a fortune.
00:35Oh my God.
00:37Without even knowing it.
00:39I don't think you realise how much money is on this bed.
00:41Being a car boot fanatic and passionate collector.
00:44Wow, this is incredible.
00:46What do you think about that then?
00:48I love stuff.
00:51But over 60% of us are fed up with other people's clutter.
00:55What in the world is that?
00:57So I'm giving some long-suffering loved ones the chance to have it cleared.
01:02Flog it.
01:03And cash it in.
01:0450,000.
01:06In secret.
01:07You beckoned, we came.
01:09We have just 48 hours.
01:11My calves are hurting.
01:12For me and my team to infiltrate the homes of clutter culprits.
01:16Are the cameras all off?
01:17We're not going to get rumbled.
01:18Without them knowing.
01:19You look like you're doing something really bad.
01:21Yeah, I am.
01:22While they're distracted shopping for bargains on a fake show.
01:25He obviously thinks he's on Hidden Treasure Challenge.
01:28You could have it for a fiver.
01:29Champion.
01:30We will be boxing up their belongings behind their back.
01:33Get rid of it.
01:34And finding out just how much it's worth.
01:36Whoa.
01:37Yes.
01:38Ready to sell the lot.
01:40These can go.
01:41These can go.
01:41Roofless, ruthless man.
01:43When they return home.
01:45What is going on?
01:47All will be revealed.
01:49What?
01:50Will they keep the clutter?
01:52Where's my things?
01:53Or take the cash?
01:59This time I'm in the north east of England.
02:01Helping a mum who loves to collect.
02:04Is that a didgeridoo?
02:05I love it.
02:05And a daughter who wishes it was gone.
02:08What do you need them for?
02:09Get rid of it.
02:10Oh, my God.
02:17Oh, my God.
02:18This is beautiful.
02:20Beautiful.
02:21Welcome to North.
02:22I'm in the driver's seat because we're in my backyard.
02:24Oh, I love a northerner.
02:26Yeah.
02:26Love up north.
02:28So, guys, we're on our way to meet Ashley.
02:30Now, Ashley has secretly nominated her mum, Mandy.
02:33And they run a successful business together making flags.
02:36Oh, that's so different.
02:37Interesting.
02:38But the only thing that Ashley's flagging up at the moment is her mum's buying habits.
02:43She is an auction enthusiast.
02:45She goes to auction.
02:46She buys these job lots of things.
02:48But she only wants one thing in that job lot.
02:50So, she's left with all the other stuff.
02:52And she doesn't know what to do with it.
02:53Classic auction mistake.
02:54Yeah, the fast way to building that clutter.
02:57Well, she's got a room that used to be her arts and crafts room.
03:00And she's filled it right up to the top with what she can only describe as treasure.
03:05Oh, yeah.
03:06Okay.
03:07She's also a dedicated carer for her dad with Alzheimer's.
03:10Oh.
03:10So, this can be a space for her to really, like, relax, unwind, and get back into her arts and
03:16crafts again.
03:21This is it.
03:22Oh, my God.
03:22I love it.
03:24Wow.
03:25Ready, guys?
03:30Ashley!
03:32Josie Gibson.
03:33Hello.
03:33How to clean up for cash.
03:34Brilliant.
03:35Dan.
03:36Hi.
03:36Jackie.
03:37Welcome.
03:37Well, you beckoned.
03:38We came.
03:39And there's a room here which has got a bit out of control, is it?
03:42Yes.
03:43Come on in.
03:46You just go and have a look in.
03:48I'll pop the kettle on.
03:50Oh, dear God.
03:51Oh.
03:52This is amazing.
03:54Wow.
04:00Look at it.
04:02Guys, look.
04:03I'm loving this.
04:04Bits and bobs.
04:05Get organised.
04:06Keeps hiding.
04:07But I think the mantra has not quite worked.
04:11I would describe my mum as just a little bit crazy.
04:16She's up for anything.
04:17She's an adventurer.
04:18She's caring.
04:19She's spent her whole life looking after me and her family.
04:23She loves crafting, mainly pottery, and auctions.
04:30The only thing we do buttheads on is all the stuff that she buys.
04:34It's, like, endless clutter now.
04:37It's taken over a whole room.
04:40She used to have it as a craft room, so I'd love to make that room nice forever again.
04:47Is this not the swankiest ashtray you've ever seen?
04:49Wow.
04:50I've never seen one like that.
04:51Yeah.
04:52And there's your lighter.
04:52That's great.
04:53I think Mandy's got a taste for the weird and wonderful, and I am here for it.
04:58This is Japanese.
04:59That's beautiful.
05:01This is gorgeous.
05:03Have you said that before?
05:04I'm impressed, actually.
05:06Been a while.
05:07Love the mirror.
05:08Oh, that's a beautiful mirror.
05:1019th century.
05:11Bit of a status symbol, this, in Victorian England.
05:13If you had a mirror, it was like owning a Rolls Royce.
05:16The average value for an authentic Victorian mantelpiece mirror ranges from £500 to over £2,000.
05:25The mirror's wonderful.
05:27There's furniture, ceramics, pictures, loads of stuff.
05:31Oh, I'm loving it.
05:33Eclectic is an understatement.
05:35Is that meant to be Elvis?
05:38What in the world is that?
05:40The leather jacket, everything, that's definitely meant to be Elvis.
05:42Okay.
05:43It's so random.
05:45It's a little bit daunting, isn't it?
05:46It's even overwhelming for me, this one.
05:48Okay, I think we're going to have to have a little bit of a debrief with Ashley.
05:53Ashley, this place is absolutely stunning.
05:56Yeah.
05:56Do you know what?
05:57Going in that room, you can tell your mum's got a lot of personality.
06:00Oh, yeah.
06:01Works all the time.
06:02Does karaoke at the pub on a Sunday.
06:04She's always doing something.
06:06She's got a lot going on.
06:07She's a busy woman.
06:08And, you know, caring for her dad for the last year.
06:10No wonder it's all got a bit overwhelming in there for her.
06:13Because she wouldn't have had any time to go and sort her out anyway.
06:14No, exactly.
06:15Yeah.
06:16What would you like us to achieve at the end of this for you?
06:19Just a space where she can have some downtime.
06:22Even just a little bit more space in there would make room to get her pottery wheel back out.
06:28I think she'd really like to buy a kiln so she can fire her pottery here.
06:33This is going to be a proper pottery hub for her then.
06:35I hope so.
06:36It depends if she takes the cash or not.
06:38I can tell straight away that there's some interesting items.
06:42If she's ready to let go, I think we could be on to a winner here.
06:44Yeah.
06:45Brilliant.
06:46So, Dan, you're with me.
06:48Ashley and Josie, you're together.
06:50The great thing about this job is that Mandy has two big rooms.
06:54So, I want to use all the space to lay things out.
06:57You've got ornaments and trinkets.
06:58Right.
06:59Furniture.
07:00Household items.
07:02Oh!
07:02You're very strong.
07:03I know.
07:04I intimidate men.
07:06There's no mirror category.
07:08Well, it's on to furniture.
07:09Thanks, Jack.
07:10See, I told you we need Jackie to tell us what to do.
07:12Most people underestimate their belongings by 30%.
07:17Seeing multiple items in one category makes it a lot easier to decide what's going to
07:22stay and what's going to go.
07:24Ornaments.
07:25Stunning.
07:26Oh, Dan.
07:27Costume jewelry.
07:29How are you getting on, guys?
07:30Well, you know, you call it clutter.
07:33I love the bits of treasure.
07:34Nice.
07:35Dan.
07:36I think I'm finding bits of treasure.
07:38Yeah, 50p.
07:40It is the most eclectic mix of things I've ever seen.
07:43She's unusual.
07:44She's very, very quirky.
07:46What are these things?
07:48But I keep looking at it and thinking, it's got to be worth some money.
07:52Oh, my dad would have loved that.
07:53My dad was an antiques dealer, see?
07:55I know he was.
07:56So, I think that's where I get it from.
07:58Look at how ornate that face is as well.
08:00That's beautiful.
08:0119th century.
08:02Faux marble.
08:03That's a nice find.
08:04Yeah, thank you.
08:05Faux marble was bought by people who wanted to appear wealthy,
08:09so they bought the reproductions.
08:12Real marble ones can fetch thousands.
08:15Oh.
08:15Oh, God.
08:17Ash, it just keeps coming and coming and coming.
08:19I know.
08:19It's never-ending.
08:20Oh, here's some power tools.
08:22I'll tell you what that is, a hedge trimmer.
08:23Oh, we don't have any hedges, so get rid of it.
08:27Excuse me.
08:28Sorry, Dan, but you're in the way there, mate.
08:30Watch the trombone.
08:32Oh, that is lovely, isn't it?
08:34Hmm.
08:36Do you see any of this as treasure?
08:39No.
08:39But your mum does.
08:40Yeah.
08:42Do you don't think she want to keep that?
08:44No.
08:44You are quite militant about getting rid of all this stuff.
08:48No sort of non-negotiables?
08:50Not for me, anyway.
08:51Get rid of this bag because it's just old candles.
08:54Okay.
08:55Are you sure you don't want to go through the jury?
08:57No.
08:58Ashley is on fire,
09:00and I just hope she knows what she's doing
09:02because we could be on a collision course with Mandy.
09:05How long have you wanted to do this for?
09:08I've always wanted to do it every time I come here.
09:10I can't be sentimental about that stuff.
09:13What do you need them for?
09:14Get rid of it.
09:16120 miles away in Manchester,
09:19none the wiser,
09:20Mandy's been hunting for vintage treasure.
09:23Woo-hoo!
09:24My God, your shop looks like my house.
09:27For my fake show, Hidden Treasure Challenge.
09:29I like this plate here.
09:31I like the colours.
09:33Oh, Miner's lamps.
09:34Where she thinks she's competing with her daughter, Ashley,
09:37to find bargains.
09:38Oh, yeah.
09:39Look at that kaleidoscope.
09:41I like anything different.
09:44Oh, Bruce Lee.
09:45Antiques.
09:47Curious objects.
09:49My house is full of them.
09:51Ashley hates it.
09:52It's very easy to get distracted in places like this.
09:56Oh, look at Elvis.
09:59Oh, my.
10:00He won't be cheap, will he?
10:01You can have it for a fiver.
10:02Champion.
10:03Is that a didgeridoo?
10:04Yeah.
10:05I love it.
10:05Right, I might need another bag then.
10:08I've had a fantastic day in Manchester.
10:10I'm going to guess Ashley's still out shopping in the rain.
10:14Wherever she is, I'm going home with stuff.
10:17I'm going to win this challenge.
10:19As the fake host of the fake show,
10:21I need to check in with Mandy.
10:25Hello?
10:26Mandy, Josie Gibson, Hidden Treasure Challenge.
10:29How are you getting on?
10:31Hey, we've had so much fun today.
10:33It's been absolutely brilliant.
10:34I've bought all sorts of treasure.
10:36I've got a didgeridoo.
10:38It's beautiful.
10:39Have you ever played the didgeridoo before?
10:41No, it's the first.
10:43So now we're having a gin.
10:45Oh, I am.
10:46Do you know what?
10:48You're the perfect person for Hidden Treasure Challenge.
10:51I can't wait to meet you and see the treasure.
10:53Lovely.
10:53See ya.
10:54Bye.
10:55I just hope she's going to be all right that we've been in her house behind her back.
10:59Do you reckon I hope so?
11:02We could have a problem.
11:04It sounds like Mandy likes stuff more than she likes space and might not take the cash.
11:10No way.
11:12I found the pottery wheel.
11:14There it is.
11:15Yeah.
11:16I knew it was here somewhere.
11:17We've got the makings here of a workshop.
11:21Right.
11:22I don't want to alarm anyone.
11:24However, we filled up two huge rooms there full of stuff.
11:30I'm really proud of you guys.
11:32That was a lot.
11:33It's good.
11:33I like to see it clear.
11:34It's weird seeing it in the other rooms though.
11:36Spread out.
11:37It looks very much like a lot more.
11:39It's going to be boxed up tomorrow.
11:41And evaluation.
11:42And then she's got a decision to make.
11:44I just hope that she can part with this stuff.
11:48This is years of buying that we're asking Mandy to let go of.
11:52I don't think this is going to be an easy decision.
12:26I want you to be honest with me now, Dan.
12:28Yeah.
12:28Am I your style inspiration?
12:30Because you keep wearing the same as me.
12:32Is that a woman's top?
12:33She's got a point, Dan.
12:35You're wearing a coat that Pat Butcher would wear.
12:38Excuse me?
12:39Who told you to wear suede loafers to declutter a house?
12:43Remember we all love each other.
12:45Rude.
12:46We're in Northumbria helping Ashley flog decades of her mum's auction bundle buys.
12:51Saving it from landfill.
12:53She wants to free up a space for her mum to have an arts and crafts room.
12:57Ashley, let's start in here.
12:59You two in that room.
13:00OK.
13:01We've only got four hours before Mandy comes back to value all the items.
13:06Got a new calculator for you, Dan?
13:07Let's have a look.
13:08That's a very nice green calculator, isn't it?
13:11Merci beaucoup.
13:13Decor.
13:14We're not going to be short of items.
13:16As Ashley has been absolutely ruthless.
13:20Clearing most of it out.
13:21All of these books, you want to get a value.
13:24There's apps that you can take pictures of them and prices come up straight away.
13:27Amazing.
13:28What's that?
13:30Erotic confessions.
13:33Right, we need more boxes.
13:35We cannot get rid of this.
13:36What is that?
13:37It's a Bible from her granddad.
13:39Oh, that's lovely.
13:40Ashley, there's something in here that I'm going to take an executive decision on.
13:45It's a holy Bible.
13:47Mm-hmm.
13:48But inside, to Mandy from Granddad.
13:52X-mas 1976.
13:54Oh.
13:56See, I want to chuck that out.
13:57Oh, my God.
13:59You're ruthless.
14:01Yeah, but she's not religious.
14:03Yeah, but still.
14:04Ah, yeah.
14:04Yeah, it's a good job I'm here.
14:06She'd have no family and me, don't you?
14:08Keep that then, shall we?
14:09Yeah.
14:09Thank you, Father.
14:12Have a look at this.
14:14Look, it's brand new.
14:15That's the map of Durham in 1695.
14:17That makes this 331 years old.
14:21The thing about maps is that value depends on rarity, age, condition, and area.
14:29A rare map of Durham sold for almost £3,000 a couple of years ago.
14:35Any idea what this could be?
14:37I wouldn't say it was a coffee table, because you can't really put your drink on it.
14:41You wouldn't want to put your drink on it.
14:44You'd do a number two or a number one, is it?
14:46That is absolutely disgusting.
14:49The Victorians had to go to the toilet as well, Josie.
14:52Is this real?
14:53This is the original en suite.
14:54Do you know what people use these for now?
14:56Champagne buckets.
14:58They can fetch big bucks.
15:01Got some great stuff here.
15:03This just looks like a table, doesn't it?
15:05Yeah.
15:06But if we open up...
15:09Silver-plated cutlery.
15:11Absolutely beautiful.
15:13Isn't it just?
15:15Yeah.
15:16Sheffield, England.
15:17Good old Sheffield.
15:18It's Arthur Price.
15:20Great make.
15:21Started out in 1902.
15:23By the mid-1950s, they were the biggest cutlery manufacturer in the UK.
15:28What a piece.
15:30I'm going to call my mate Anthony from Vintage Cash Cow.
15:33Lighting's good.
15:35So make me an offer.
15:37Oh, God, I hate making calls where I can see myself.
15:40Hello.
15:40Hello, Anthony.
15:41How are you?
15:42Do you know where I am?
15:43I'm actually in Vienna this morning.
15:45Oh, God.
15:47You're making loads of money for your people today.
15:50Hopefully loads of money after this conversation.
15:52Oh, you're going to get it off me, are you?
15:54Yeah.
15:55Well, I've got a beautiful silver-plated cutlery.
15:59There you go.
16:00You've got spoons, knives, corkscrews.
16:04How amazing is this?
16:0650s or 60s at Arthur Price.
16:08It's not that old.
16:09It's still nice.
16:10It's still got a value.
16:11And because you're looking after your people,
16:13trying to have a declutter.
16:14Yeah.
16:15I'll pay £100 for it to help you.
16:17All right, well, if you did want to take it off my hands...
16:20I'll buy it.
16:20All right, OK.
16:22Now, from my experience of a car boot,
16:24when you win a buyer over with one item,
16:26you always try and sell them another.
16:28Have a look at this.
16:29Mr. Albus Presley, ladies and gentlemen.
16:32Oh, mummy.
16:32Yeah, I've just put a battery in it.
16:34Do you think Anthony has offered us enough money?
16:38He's going.
16:40I'm going to give you £100.
16:43Oh, my goodness!
16:45Now, that's what you call a sell.
16:49All right, come on.
16:50We're up against it now.
16:52We've got to value and box up the last of Mandy's clutter.
16:56I said to Ashley yesterday, don't you want to keep this?
16:59This is Royal Worcester.
17:00Look at the extremities.
17:01Look at the hands.
17:02Look at the squirrel.
17:03Very easy to break when people were cleaning them,
17:05so there's not a lot of these in existence.
17:07This is worth good money.
17:09Three, two, one.
17:10Go on, Dan.
17:11That's full now.
17:13Every time.
17:1415 minutes, guys.
17:15That's it, Jax.
17:18Two days ago, Mandy's arts and crafts room was full of clutter.
17:22Now it's a space she can enjoy again.
17:25And we've sorted out the trash from the treasure,
17:28filling 32 boxes,
17:30all of which have been catalogued and valued.
17:33What do you think of the pyramid?
17:35It's crazy that it's come out of that room.
17:37Well, it's going to be crazier if she says no.
17:39Well, she's putting it back if she says no.
17:41I'm going to bring her back, and you hope she reacts well.
17:46Completely unaware we've boxed things up ready to sell,
17:49Mandy is on her way home,
17:51filming for the final reveal of my fake TV show.
17:54This is the village green.
17:55This is where I live down here.
17:57And she's expecting to see Ashley to see who's won.
18:01You know what?
18:01I cannot wait to surprise Mandy.
18:04I fell in love with the little Aladdin's cave.
18:07I just hope this goes to plan,
18:09and Ashley knows what she's doing.
18:11Mandy, Josie gives...
18:13It's the treasure challenge.
18:14How are you?
18:15How are you?
18:16Have you enjoyed yourself?
18:18Oh, I've had a ball.
18:19Well, Ashley has been very, very busy.
18:23So, should we go back to yours,
18:24see what she's found?
18:26Oh, yeah.
18:26And all will be revealed.
18:28Come on, let's go.
18:29It's beautiful.
18:31Do you mind if I go on in?
18:32Go on.
18:32Okay.
18:33Be my guest.
18:34Ashley!
18:36Oh, right, she's in this room.
18:37We're going to just go on in here.
18:48What's going on?
18:50Surprise!
18:53Come on in.
18:55What is going on?
18:57Come on in, Mandy.
18:58I think we all come clean now.
19:00There is no such thing as hidden treasure challenge.
19:04Hidden treasure challenge is fake.
19:07It does not exist.
19:09So, what's going on?
19:10You've been nominated secretly
19:12by your daughter, Ashley.
19:14We've been very busy over the last two days.
19:17You've actually been on
19:18How to Clean Up for Cash.
19:20So, in these boxes
19:23are all your belongings
19:24from that room there.
19:26We've been here the last two days
19:28and no corner has been left unturned.
19:31In the craft room?
19:32Yes.
19:33Now, we wouldn't be here
19:35without Ashley secretly nominating you.
19:38Mm-hmm.
19:39Thanks for that.
19:40You needed that room back.
19:42You can use it.
19:44Wait until you see it.
19:45Dan's put a value on every single item.
19:47We can offer you a cash price
19:50for all of this stuff
19:53and it can be taken away today.
19:56But before you make any decisions,
19:58why don't you go into your brand new room
20:00and have a look and see how it feels.
20:05Oh, my goodness.
20:06It's like...
20:07It's a different room.
20:12I went to her and I went,
20:13are you all right?
20:14And she went...
20:15At the moment,
20:17because of how shocked she was,
20:19I'm unsure.
20:20You're on the fence.
20:21Ashley looked very quiet.
20:23She wasn't really saying much.
20:25She looked nervous.
20:26Let's have a proper look, eh?
20:28Got the whole table.
20:29My pottery wheel.
20:30Hello.
20:31Can you believe I found it?
20:32I haven't seen it for a year.
20:34I know.
20:35I just don't think
20:37the room seemed as big
20:39when all the junk was in it.
20:41Shall we go and see
20:42what they're going to offer you?
20:43Yeah.
20:45How are you feeling?
20:48Um,
20:50I don't know how I feel
20:51somebody going through all my things.
20:55Would you like to know
20:56how much it's worth?
20:57I would love to know
20:58how much it's worth.
20:59OK.
21:00It's worth a grand total
21:02of £2,540.
21:07The price for the commode
21:09is a bog-standard 30 quid.
21:11Sorry, I couldn't resist that.
21:13The Victorian mirror, £100.
21:15The silver-plated set was £100.
21:18The maps and artwork, £850.
21:22And the miscellaneous items
21:23came in at £1,460,
21:27bringing the auction value
21:29to £2,540.
21:31Do you want to take the cash
21:33or keep the clutter?
21:39I'm taking the cash.
21:41Yeah!
21:46I think moving forward,
21:48what you've got to think about is
21:49don't just buy a load of stuff.
21:53Pick things that you really like.
21:55Yeah.
21:55It's all about quality,
21:56not quantity.
21:57Do you not think there's enough
21:58in the house now, though?
21:59I think I should...
22:00Take a picture of that room.
22:02Let that motivate you now.
22:04I'm so happy for you.
22:06Everybody say, cash!
22:08Cash!
22:09Cash!
22:19I think that really suits me.
22:22We meet a new mum and vintage fanatic.
22:25Have you got any vintage ones?
22:27Whose couture clutter
22:28is driving her fiancé mad.
22:31She has to take the cash.
22:32I think she'd be silly not to.
22:33But what will she decide?
22:36What's in the boxes?
23:02What is gold in the bagging area?
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