Anyone watching Rich House Poor House Ch 5?

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Looks good

This episode was more what I expected from channel 5.

I've just read that the bentleys daughter has got into an argument about the dog poo her reply to the other mum that she hasn't got time for this as she is by their pool at their villa in Spain.

I do hate the "work hard and it pays off" thing too. You need a bit of luck as well as hard work. But I do know people who truly believe they have what they have from hard work solely and that others aren't working hard enough.

agree ThatsNotMyMummy the rich father reminded me of my uncle who lives a similar lifestyle he is a multimillionaire owns a large detached house with land in the northwest and one in cyprus hes self made, and came from a terrace house in a poor part of manchester after his parent emigrated from Ireland he did have the advantage of attending one of the best Grammar schools in Manchester[through his own hard work of course] but i think hes also had a bit of luck in his work life as well [not so much personal life though]The daughter comes across as spoilt though her parents worked hard and maybe had some luck but she doesnt appear to.

I don't think the budgets are particularly realistic - especially the higher one. They are taking all spends over the year above mortgage and utilities and dividing by 52. So last week they included the money they would spend on school fees, this week it was holidays and cars. In the real world we don't spend like that.

Agree that this week;s "rich daughter" didn't come over terribly well.

Last week both families were lovely.

This week the daughter is a total brat have seen she was taunting the other family on twitter saying she was at her Spanish villa.

So the budget for the money is after the mortgage / rent and utilities and doesn't include cars / food / mobile contracts?.

I found the scene where the rich daughter was trying to claim she was the "real boss" of the family very uncomfortable viewing. It was almost like she was trying to fit a stereotype of "spoiled rich kid ruling the roost" but her parents hadn't read her memo and weren't playing ball with that one. All her embarrassed eyelash fluttering and lip pouting was very cringey. It was very hard to believe she was 26 years old! She came across as if she was 8 or 9!

So the budget for the money is after the mortgage / rent and utilities and doesn't include cars / food / mobile contracts?

That's the impression I got - they talked about "disposable income" after mortgage and household bills. So definitely food, socialising, mobiles but also things like gym memberships, birthdays and holidays which aren't paid for on a weekly basis. They've taken the total amount and divided it over the 52 weeks - which I suppose fits with the mechanics of a week long swap.

Personally i think the rich parents should be ashamed of themselves to have raised such an entitled, self-absorbed brat. Clearly not passed on their work ethic to her.

Not one mention of how hard it must be for the poor family

They didn't point out either that that amount was for 4 kids too not just her.

Don't understand why each swap isn't between families with exactly the same dynamic and number/age of kids?
Single parent and 3 older teens/ a 21yr old = totally different to that of 2 parents and 1 working, mid-20s DD.

Far from a taste of each other's true lives there, re the basics:
e.g. RichGirl (feels very odd calling a 26 yr-old woman that!) doesn't get to experience the reality of 5 people sharing a (to her) small living space/ reduced privacy in shared bedroom with sibling/ the daily joys of queuing for single bathroom etc.
Another family of 5 would have done. Much more interesting.

Really liked NotRichMum...nice personality
Working 3 jobs, whilst raising 4 kids... or for you!

Doubt the programme makers will, but would be so useful if a later episode mentions how death of a spouse/ illness/ disability etc. has impacted on a family's choices, employment and thus current financial situation.

Would offset the myth that lack of wealth = simply down to lack of hard work and ambition, or living over budget...

(Am sure the dog poo was simply down to last-minute run in the garden before car trip to RichHouse, and accidentally went unnoticed?).

I wasn't keen on rich mum I thought she was holding back. Maybe just shy.

Yeah 26yr old spoilt girl was like "oh it's not THAT small it's fine"...she didn't mention that there was normally extra kids around

zuzu I wondered that. I think they have tried to match on other things. Like the Dad's in 1st prog had a shared thought process. The women in the 2nd had both been cleaners.

Good programme, I honestly expected something like Wife Swap and it's clear the families have all made an effort. I wonder who it was, in each family, who applied to go on?
This series has provoked some very thoughtful discussions in our house with my older DC who are 19 / 21 about their own upbringing and what we spend money on compared with other families.

I loved 'poor' mum, I thought she was very smart, likable and had ambitions for her children, she seemed a great mum and a very hard worker. She fitted in well with the 'rich mums' friends at dinner and I wondered if she had known better times just as the rich mum had known worse times, I mean, perhaps her partner had died leaving them badly off.
It's a watchable programme but there seems to be little point to it, there's no conclusions drawn and of course the difference in the amount of children is big, for the poor family the money had to stretch between 5 rather than 3, hungry teens too (and really the most charming teens)

I am glad that C5 haven't gone down the sneery route with this programme, choosing pleasant families who simply have differing incomes. I thought it would be more like 'How the other half lives' quite an old programme now where families were linked up with the wealthy helping the badly off family, that was a heartwarming programme and had a point to it.

When the programme was being planned and families agreed to go on, it was just mooted as a house swap, they didn't know what the title was going to be. But I do think it's been interesting to see how much people have in common; first week rich dad had v poor start in life, as did second week rich dad. Same work ethic/love of family/importance of education regardless of wealth. That's been very lovely to see. What nice people, generally.

glad the rich mum told her daughter she wasn't going to be doing her cleaning when she got her own house.

Whats rich and whats poor, there is always someone better off than you and someone worse off.

To a family with billions of pounds the rich families would be poor by their standards. Pointless channel 5 rubbish.

I watched this last night.
Wow the Mother from the poorer family. Working so hard, physical job and up very early. Yet still has to rely on some Housing benefit to get all the bills paid and left with only a small amount to live off each week. I found it sad, she's working and very hard yet can't afford to rent somewhere big enough for them all and in a nicer area.
Then she's stuck there. Which showed when she spoke to the EA in Essex.
They all seemed like a lovely family though.
As did the richer family, very nice and wow to their disposable income amount each week.
They both seemed to learn something from the experience.

Wee boy in the bathroom with his message made me sniff

I have just watched Episode 3 of Rich House Poor House and I've set up a justgiving page to help the Webbs get out of Walthamstow. This is the link. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/joel-malach-2
Unfortunately, I don't use Facebook so if you could help me spread the word I'd be grateful. Thanks

I shant watch the next series its a pointless programme to the people in Africa with no money the poor people in this programme are rich. They have money they have food they have shelter its pathetic.

just read the above message why should the public give money to get the family out of Walthamstow what about all the other families who might want to move its stupid.

As I said to people in Africa with no food at the moment the family in Walthamstow ARE RICH.

All families have seemed lovely....
I still don't get how nearly £180 left each week for food makes you poor!!
I don't think of myself , hubbie n 4 kids as in the poorest percentage of population but we have no where near that .
Surely that can't just be for food???!!

I don't get this. The "poor" families have so much more spare cash than we do. I mean quadruple!!! What does that make us lol??