Nick Knowles Big House Clear Out (Series 2)

[WorriedAuntie43]

Is anyone watching the new series of this show? I enjoyed the last one, didn’t realise it had returned.

[Meredusoleil]

@CatrinVennastin

I’ve just caught up on the last two episodes and weirdly I have met the houseboat lady a couple of times through work!

The man from this week’s episode seemed like a proper hoarder though and I really didn’t think he would like the end result. It was lovely when he did though and his niece and his best friend were so lovely.

The children from the house boat family go/went to my dd's school and they live on the Thames near us. I recognised the school uniform in the bedroom 🤣

[ClaudiusTheGod]

@RandomMess

He is looking very very old all of a sudden, lifestyle catching up with him?

Yes, teeth and skin age him. Very obviously a smoker and drinker.

[TrashyPanda]

In the latest one, we thought NK was so empathetic with the man.

he wasn’t condescending or patronising - he really knew what to say in a positive way

we were very impressed with him.

[CatrinVennastin]

I’ve just caught up on the last two episodes and weirdly I have met the houseboat lady a couple of times through work!

The man from this week’s episode seemed like a proper hoarder though and I really didn’t think he would like the end result. It was lovely when he did though and his niece and his best friend were so lovely.

[DuchessOfSausage]

He looks his age. 59.

[RandomMess]

He is looking very very old all of a sudden, lifestyle catching up with him?

[balalake]

I avoid anything with Nick Knowles on. I have to admit to laughing when Suzi Perry dumped him years ago.

Hope the show other than him is enjoyable.

[RandomMess]

I just watched episode 4.

I just want to scream "through some of your shit out".

Makes me look super ruthless and tidy!

[CatrinVennastin]

I’m finding I’m not warming to the families in this series as much as I did in the last series. I did like the mother and daughter in the first episode though.

I think it’s been the men and their hobbies taking over the houses that have annoyed me.

The houses look like show homes at the end and they don’t feel very personal to the owners. I’m not convinced the process will actually help.

[NoToLandfill]

If you need to do a big declutter I'd get yourself to the podcast 'a slob comes clean '

[LadyAddle]

I'm chewing over the idea of reducing my possessions by 50%, as they have to in the programme - I know I'll have to move to a retirement flat sooner or later, and halving my stuff would both be a declutter, and make it easier to spruce up my own flat for selling. At the moment, I'd have to drag everything to the middle of the rooms to let a painter get at the walls. I can see it's a really painful, hard thing to do, though - real emotional work, and then there's the disposing of things responsibly. I hate the chuck it in the skip bit in the programme, even though they say it's going to be sorted for recycling - it just feels so sad. And horrific, the piles of STUFF!

[Meredusoleil]

Yes that poor mum. She was an emotional wreck. Didn't see the dad helping much at all.

[the80sweregreat]

I think that he poor woman was depressed, having a child and then twins had taken its toll on her and he was also wfh too ( I think ?) , so it must have been hard for them.
NK wasn't that supportive and once or twice I think the ones doing the actual work looked like they wanted him and his weird jumpers to just go away to be honest , he can be very condescending at times.
The rooms looked a bit cluttered to me as well and not very child friendly, but they did well to declutter and they seemed happier with the results.

[Winniewonka]

I love this show. Agree with everyone else that this week's Mum looked at the end of her tether.
I didn't think her partner was an awful guy but he seems to be yet another man child, oblivious to his partner's situation.

[Lurleene]

The husband really annoyed me too. When he cashed in an old console and chose to take the money to spend on a family treat instead of store credit he was talking as though he had made a great sacrifice. Hopefully he was just edited badly but he really didn't come across well.

[Lurleene]

The husband really annoyed me too. When he cashed in an old console and chose to take the money to spend on a family treat instead of store credit he was talking as though he had made a great sacrifice. Hopefully he was just edited badly but he really didn't come across well.

[LoveSpringDaffs]

I do enjoy watching it (& I'd LOVE to have have a huge place to unpack the house to & sort it all out) BUT at the same time it stresses me out & upsets me watching them get rid of stuff they really don't want want to, I think there's a LOT of pressure on them.

IF they are genuine hoarders, it will not stop just because they've done this, without a LOT of therapy.

I'd like to see them 12 months on.

the last one I watched was a lovely family, really arty/crafty... she was a Riki Therapist. They're removed all of their stuff & created a show home, it looked lovely, but it didn't look like 'home'. I wonder how they're getting on??

I haven't seen last nights yet, I'll check Tivo has recorded it & look forward to it with my morning coffee.

[WorriedAuntie43]

She was lovely, I hope she has her time for reading, she definitely needs it. I was confused about the two tables they put in separate rooms.
One had 4 chairs, one had 2 (I think).
But it was a family of 5, wondered if the twins were expected to share a chair.

[ThePoetsWife]

I watched it too and thought the husband was a selfish twat - really made me cross to see how he and his hobbies took over the whole house and she had nothing for herself. She looked so beaten and worn down, poor thing.

[rosegoldwatcher]

@CatrinVennastin

I am!

I felt really sorry for the wife on last night’s episode. Her DH and his “hobbies”. He came across as really uncaring and self obsessed,

Nick Knowles and his turtle neck jumpers! What is that all about?

I thought the same about the husband - selfish. She seemed so beaten down by her workload - I don't hold out much hope that he will facilitate a daily 30 minutes reading time!

I love Nick Knowles - very fanciable to my age group!

[User7493268965]

Thanks, didn't realise this was back, just downloading the first 3 episodes on catch up.

[CatrinVennastin]

I am!

I felt really sorry for the wife on last night’s episode. Her DH and his “hobbies”. He came across as really uncaring and self obsessed,

Nick Knowles and his turtle neck jumpers! What is that all about?