Just watched first episode
Glasgow is a city I know I used to live there. I'd love to live there again.
For starters it looks to me like they live in a 'naice' area, I'm guessing somewhere like west end, bearsden, Newton mearns.
But then to find a house big enough for a family of 8 with 4 teens and they've a front and back garden - they're on good money!
Re the weather -
Laundry - the weather is often wet and windy (As in windy enough to blow the laundry off the line!) and rarely fine for a decent period of time and so unpredictable to the point many flat blocks have indoor drying areas provided as standard.
The brolly test was good for Glasgow weather but lots of weegies get good winter coats with tight fitting hoods.
Wellies are essential and worn possibly a lot more than in rest of uk. Certainly most of the year round. When I first moved there dd and I had hoodless jackets and I got us cheap wellies, I soon learnt (that first Autumn!) that a long hooded coat each and decent but not extravagant wellies were important!
Non bio - not all of us can use bio, dd and I allergic.
"If they bought that fairly big house in Scotland about 20 years ago their mortgage is probably not that high" well not London prices but still not cheap, as an eg there's a very similar house to theirs in Bearsden just now on sale for £1,150,000.
Agree they didn't address possibly selling on stuff, they could certainly sell on the tech. Also if your phone is still working you don't need to upgrade.
'Why do these programmes never help low income families?' Because we already know how to budget we have to!