Sort your life out BBC1

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I used to love ' how clean is your house ' at least you would see a glimpse of other cleaning people doing the cleaning and they didn't try to hide them.

I suppose that a lot of it is just edited out tbh.
You don't see the four people carrying the boxes in and out or the actual cleaners there.

There was an American programme I forget the name of where they build a house in 7 days. And I mean a mansion of a house. It was a fun watch but it had to be bullshit. The teams of people were huge though and you saw it all on camera.

There's stuff coming out now about how the families couldn't afford to maintain these massive properties. They were always altruistic type projects for poor and vulnerable families and at the end they'd say we'll pay your bills for 5 years or whatever, but actually beyond that the house would be extortionate to heat and maintain.

I remember that ' big build' programme and watched a few in awe.
Trust the Americans to do it bigger and better than just a warehouse or a team of cleaners !
DIY SOS show a big team of people , but it was small fry in comparison to that show

@Yourethebeerthief

You're talking about Extreme Makeover : Home Edition and yes, they stopped making it because families were losing the homes that they couldn't afford anymore, taxes and such.

They've recently restarted it as a series with a slightly different set up that has an Edit section similar to SYLO, but it's not on anywhere here to watch.

That's scandalous. I hope the families were able to sell these mansions and downsize. What possessed the people to think they could afford them though?

@Yourethebeerthief

It wasn't well thought out it was about the spectacle. Lots of the poorer families mortgaged to free up cash and then couldn't afford to repay. Hang on I think there's a YouTube video about it

Ruining People's Lives By Giving Them A House!

Oh god that's awful. I had heard their taxes obviously went up too. I'll watch this later thank you

That’s terrible. And these families are then worse off as they’ve had a taste of security and a home, only to lose it all again?

Used to love that extreme home makeover show when I was younger 😔

What was the show years ago with an American? woman and she had a massive garbage crusher thing in the garden and people threw the stuff they didn't want in there?

I remember an episode where someone e was storing all their dead parents' stuff and she encouraged them to keep maybe 2 or 3 then displayed them so they could be seen every day.

I've always remembered that one and tried to think that way when dealing with clearing family members' houses. We seem to have had a run of house clearing recently.

And a plant. One small suitcase/cardboard box and a plant. Though this seems to be mainly adverts. It gives me the rage!

Really interesting to see that insta video, 70 people! That's exactly what I imagined it was like behind the scenes.

I definitely DO think they do it in 7 days now I see the set up and all those people

This week they said it was 6 vans of stuff!

The Life Laundry with Dawna Walter(s)?

@CocoPlum I'm surprised it was only 6! 😁

Anyone watching?
a lot of stuff in this house

Only half way through and I’ve had tears I my eyes a few times

Her poor daughter :( it must have been such a difficult time for everyone.
What an amazing family though !

Forgot it was on tonight. Will catch up later!

Josh so grown up and polite

Did I mishear that the younger boy is her grandson? So who is the mum? There must be an older kid who isn’t there?

Love this family! They’ve really gone at it with gusto. I cried whenever they cried though

I was confused by this as she also said the 17 year old DD made her a mum.