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PermanentTemporary · 05/11/2021 07:41

Absolutely loved it!

My list of big house jobs includes 'declutter' in every room so I was hoping to put off doing it be inspired. Loved Stacey Solomon though would have liked more from Ivan on the cleaning.

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KeeeeeepDancing · 06/03/2024 22:13

Do you think they get mental health support as well? This dad clearly needed some.

Crochetablanket · 06/03/2024 22:15

I think I might have seen on a previous show that Dilly lived in a similar set up as a child which inspired her career but obviously gives her some understanding too. I do hope that the dad has got some help.

MichaelAndEagle · 07/03/2024 19:15

Rummikub · 05/03/2024 23:00

Enjoyed it as always.

Did not like the green kitchen.

Id like to see an episode or series only on systemise. That’s where I get stuck!

The girls were lovely!

Maybe not exactly, but there is this on Netflix

https://thehomeedit.com/pages/netflix

MichaelAndEagle · 07/03/2024 19:27

I'm just watching now and got to the bit with the hob. I do think this is harder for the dad than I think I've seen before on the programme. He looked distressed.

Juniper68 · 07/03/2024 19:36

You can tell they got to the team so I reckon there's a lot going on.

I'm currently addicted to clean it fix it. Was shocked how minging one oven was 😳 I know they clean for you but I'd be mortified. I don't think they have a team as one job was unfinished.
I had to start series 2 as there wasn't series 1?

ThePoetsWife · 07/03/2024 20:24

The more I think about it, the dynamic between the couple seems off - the woman seemed very anxious and was grinning manically - as if she is treading on eggshells.

WobblyLondoner · 07/03/2024 20:37

MyCousinsNotVinny · 01/03/2024 13:48

@EineReiseDurchDieZeit @PermanentTemporary

Could the repair shop fix your china box? @PermanentTemporary

Ceramics expert Kirsten Ramsay on the repair shop can literally fix anything. She is some kind of magician. Did you see Season 8 Episode 3 when she repaired a broken nightlight that was in pieces - it was on two levels because it was like a bunny house inside. It is just jaw dropping to watch. It was a pile of rubble and she made it whole again. I love watching her bits on that show. It's zero Kintsugi - it all looks like new with invisible joins. Amazing.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_repair_shop/s08/e03/pictures

I just watched this after reading your post. Absolutely amazing. I might have cried...

MyCousinsNotVinny · 07/03/2024 23:13

@Flatleak

Agree that I couldn't believe dilly threw out the CD covers. I would have gone mad if that were me. If you like CDs and have a collection you want to keep, you want the whole thing. It's like ripping off covers of books saying that they are too think and you don't need them. They must have checked that with them before hand because it was so extreme.

She didn't! I've just watched it and she even says that it's a great way to keep cds and covers but get rid of the empty cases.

Yes she did! I was using the word covers here to mean plastic cases (ie. the CD case/ plastic cover not the album booklet) and she did throw them out.

There are normally 4 parts to a CD and its case: 1. the CD itself 2. the cover 'booklet' which slides into the front of the plastic case. 3. the plastic case and 4. the back 'cover' (usually list of tracks) which is sealed into the case.

If you like CDS the whole package (all 4 bits) is part of what you are collecting and just chucking out the plastic cases as others have said, would devalue it for a future purchaser but more importantly it's sacrilege because it is unnecessarily destroying the whole sold object. Like I said, it's like ripping covers off books and just keeping the text or taking a vinyl album, slicing the front cover off the sleeve chucking out the back and the paper album cover and sticking them all in plastic folders. Just why? It's pointless because it's minimal space saving at the expense of the completeness of the vintage object. If CDs are your 'thing' then you want it in its original vingtage 'as sold' packaging.

Like I said, if it had been me (and I'm no CD collector) I'd have gone mad. I think it would be legitimate to really object to that and they must know it so I can't believe they'd do that without checking. Given Mr Clothes and Bags Hoarder couldn't let go of a Tesco bag for life, I expect he had a breakdown at the realisation all the CD plastic cases had been chucked - if they had which I doubt.

SqueakyDinosaur · 07/03/2024 23:31

Yes, but he wasn't a collector. He was an accumulator.

JobMatch3000 · 07/03/2024 23:46

I'm not sure we even saw his CD player though!
At the end, there were about 6 or 7 of the CD "albums" just lined up on the dresser in the adult bedroom. Dilly said she would recycle the original hard plastic cases.

Namechangeywangeyhangey · 08/03/2024 07:02

Hated that the third bedroom was a dressing room, what a waste of the space, no one needs that many clothes. At least the girls got the bigger room. Made me so cross, having grown up in a messy house and been embarrassed to have friends around. I do wish they offered professional help for the adults, it's just going to end up how it was.

catofglory · 08/03/2024 09:05

PaulGalico1 · 05/03/2024 23:29

The girls were lovely but I did wonder what their school friends would think of the programme. I thought it exposed them a bit too much - it was a clean house but the hoarding was worrying. I also think they needed a 3rd bedroom rather than a dressing room as the girls are getting to an age where they need a bit of privacy. Also the dressing room was full of all the ties, suits and belts that dad wasn't prepared to give up. Who genuinely needs 16 ties when you run a gardening business - think it was much harder than it looked for him in the warehouse. I wonder as we now see the 'decorating team' if we also have a 'warehouse team' or at least people on hand to give professional emotional support.

I love this show, but funnily enough for the first time I ever I had exactly the same thought, I wondered if the girls would be bullied at school (kids can be cruel) and I also wondered about the mum's clients as she's a music teacher. It has never occurred to me before so I'm not sure why I thought about it this time.

I also wondered what became of all the towers of paperwork, we only saw it addressed briefly - where did it all go. I agree the dad needs mental health support.

My favourite bits are always Dilly's systemising, I'd love her to do a whole show about that.

Doomscrolling · 08/03/2024 11:14

Dilly is my shero

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 08/03/2024 11:42

Meredusoleil · 21/02/2024 17:28

Not watched it yet, but perhaps new hair colour? Not her usual red, but more blonde maybe?

She didn't have a such long false eyelashes!

SqueakyDinosaur · 08/03/2024 12:11

I find it odd and endearing that her appearance is so fake, but her actual presence is so genuine. Rather like Dolly Parton.

Rummikub · 08/03/2024 13:04

Yes! I love dolly too.

I watched an interview with her where she talks about her childhood and seeing a woman with blonde hair and lipstick and considered her beautiful. And that’s why she copies that look. And doesn’t care what others say.

MichaelAndEagle · 08/03/2024 14:07

SqueakyDinosaur · 08/03/2024 12:11

I find it odd and endearing that her appearance is so fake, but her actual presence is so genuine. Rather like Dolly Parton.

A reminder to not judge on appearance.
That reminder is as much for me by the way!!

HarrietWorries · 11/03/2024 17:54

This was the first episode where I really just feel like they'll be in the same boat a year down the line. Because the dad has ISSUES and they haven't been addressed.

I can't believe they didn't give the girls separate rooms.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 11/03/2024 17:59

HarrietWorries · 11/03/2024 17:54

This was the first episode where I really just feel like they'll be in the same boat a year down the line. Because the dad has ISSUES and they haven't been addressed.

I can't believe they didn't give the girls separate rooms.

They might not have wanted separate rooms, I grew up in a huge house and always shared with my sister, we liked it.

I think the fact the dad grew up in a house that was cluttered doesn't bode well for the future.

He didn't look like he was too familiar with the shower and a bottle of shampoo either tbh, which again doesn't bode well.

TitsInAbsentia · 11/03/2024 19:58

JobMatch3000 · 06/03/2024 22:11

Watched this earlier. Why, when they are boxing up the house, don't they bin as they go? Stacy scraping dust and fluff from the former desk alongside paper and books was just grim. In the warehouse, someone surely has to wipe clean as they unbox and layout.

Losing your job is traumatic -he said he had depression, but sometime, surely, over the past three years one of the adults could have put the old cardboard shoe boxes in the recycling!

Him "rescuing" the Tesco 'Bags for Life' was insightful. He's not going to change, and picking up a point a PP made, where were their Christmas decorations? I bet there's a loft full of crap we didn't see.

@JobMatch3000
" I bet there's a loft full of crap we didn't see."

Nor will we ever see...I mean has anyone gone up in the loft yet?!

ligh · 11/03/2024 20:00

@MrsPelligrinoPetrichor

Have you considered you may have chosen to share with your sister because:

a) you were close
b) the house was so big it felt comforting to sleep in the same room and you still benefited from space the rest of the time
c) neither of you were that annoying to live with

We don't know this is the case for those 2 girls, and there was a decent age gap which means the older child particularly is going to be compromising, might have to go to bed at the same time etc as her younger sister.
When they are older (so many children can't afford to move out until twenties these days) they will likely still be sharing. I can't imagine the hoarding will have improved in time.

This was his best opportunity to provide his children with their own space and he chose his ties (which could have gone into the loft) over their comfort and wellbeing.
It's sad, but I do appreciate we aren't used to seeing dysfunctional families (the other families seem to enjoy the freedom from saying goodbye to their excess belongings).

MoltenLasagne · 11/03/2024 20:38

I felt so sorry for the wife in this episode. I feel like her joy at seeing the new rooms was constantly on the edge of hysteria. I can't imagine living with someone else's clutter like that for so long.

WhataPithy · 11/03/2024 20:41

@ligh I agree. Also, at the start the older girl said she wishes she’d have more privacy. Makes me think who decided the girls absolutely wanted to share.

BigBoysDontCry · 11/03/2024 21:33

I think the 3rd bedroom was the room the parents were originally using as theirs so it wasn't tiny. It should have been set up as another bedroom so the girls then had a choice to share or not. Given the age gap they could have used the bigger room for sleep overs seperately and shared if they wanted to and still had the option to have their own room when they wanted.

My boys are only a year apart and they went through a good few years of wanting to share but in late primary age they wanted their own space but still got on well. They'd happily share on holiday or if we had guests etc but could also have their own friends over to spend time with without their brother.

Despite having enough room to allow this, they took the room to store clothes that they didn't need.

If the girls definitely didn't want their own place to sleep, it could have been set up as a music room for the mother to have pupils in and for the DD to practice in. That would have been more useful.

Rummikub · 11/03/2024 23:16

I thought the third room
was a dressing room for all their clothes. They just showed his ties though.

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