Find It Fix It Flog It (2016-2022): Season 1, Episode 11 - Episode #1.11 - full transcript
Whoa! Look at this!
The homes of Britain are stacked
with old possessions.
It's an old toilet.
Thanks for telling me.
What looks like junk can actually be
worth a pretty penny.
I've never seen a chair like it.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien are
here to help turn that clutter
into hard cash.
We can get serious money for that.
£100,000? Yeah.
Up-cycling genius Simon...
It works!
Don't sound so surprised.
...and his restorer love turning
everyday objects
into fantastic furniture.
Gemma...
Come on.
Absolute winner.
Whilst for Henry and his mechanic...
That is absolutely stunning, Guy.
It's all about restoring retro
relics and vintage classics.
She's off!
It runs!
Despite their differences, they
always come good -
and they'll turn a tidy profit for
their owners.
You're going to put in your pocket
£10,630.
Absolutely brilliant.
Today...
Simon can't fail to be impressed
with Henry's choice of location.
You said it was just going to be
full of motorbikes.
It's full of beautiful things.
Yeah, exactly, mate.
Henry and Guy give a Victorian
bureau a fairytale makeover.
Beauty and the Beast, I think, and
for once, that's not describing you.
And restorations impress at
the valuations.
I know a lot of hot-rodders that
would love this.
You're too quiet.
I'm not quiet, am I?
Yes, you are quiet, and that usually
means something bad.
Maybe.
In search of hidden gems, the
lads are back on the road,
and today they're in the largest
county in the UK - Yorkshire.
In a small church in
Beverley... Mm-hm.
...there is a carved rabbit and that
church is where Lewis Carroll
used to go and the rabbit is
the inspiration
for Alice In Wonderland.
Do you know what?
That's really interesting.
And it's not just Lewis Carroll.
The county inspired literary greats
from the Brontes to James Herriot.
Yorkshire's outstanding scenery now
supports a tourism industry
worth over £7 billion.
Now, it's Henry's turn to choose a
wonderland of his own.
Come on, where are we going?
We're going to a chap called
Dick Craven.
OK. And?
He has a penchant for motorcycles.
I'm sorry. Stop the car!
Stop the car!
I'm not stopping the car.
No, I've had enough.
I've had enough. I'm not stopping
the car. We're late.
Dick Craven is an ex-motorbike
racing champion and mechanic
whose whole life has revolved around
two wheels.
I've lived here about 32 years and
all my spare time and my hobby
are motorcycles, both racing them
and collecting them.
Such is Dick's enthusiasm for
motorbikes that in 1994,
he opened up the garage next to his
house as a museum to showcase his
amazing collection to the public.
It's a hobby. It's an obsession.
Plus, I like making motorcycles
go faster.
I'm going to say it's better than
watching telly!
Hey, Dick. Henry, how are you, mate?
Now then, pleased to meet you.
Now then. Yes, hello. Very pleased
to meet you. Hello. Yes, very good.
It has been mentioned you have a
few motorbikes. Is this true?
I've got one or two.
Just one or two, OK.
I told him one or two.
Yeah, it's one or two.
OK, fair enough, OK.
If we do make you a few bob from
these items that we find,
what would go towards?
What was you use it for?
I would probably give it
to a charity.
Oh, would you? Yeah. Oh, Dick,
that's fantastic.
Come on, then. What are we waiting
for? Shall we have a look?
Dick, so we'll see you in a bit. All
right? We'll have a shufti about.
Very good, OK. Good to see you.
Cheers. Pleasure to meet you.
It's great to meet you at last.
All right, mate. See you later.
Come on, then. One or two bikes, is
that right? Yeah, just one or two,
mate. Nothing major.
The boys must find two items each
that they can do up and sell on,
with all the profit going back
to Dick.
Hey, look, I told you.
It is only one motorbike.
It is. Yeah. You were winding me up,
weren't you?
And there is this...
That is beautiful. Now, talk to me,
man. OK.
I mean, obviously, it's a fireplace.
Yeah, it's a copper stove.
Right. Right. It looks like it's
more or less all here.
What you've got to check is
the flue.
OK, flue.
If the flue's knackered...
It's all there.
But it's not.
This 1920s Art Deco heater is a rare
find and even in this condition
can sell for over £300.
But careful restoration will be
needed to keep the fragile
copper in good shape.
If you go at that with wire wool or
anything that's abrasive,
you will destroy it very quickly.
Hey, look, am I looking after you
or what?
Simon's fired up by his first item
and suddenly Henry's choice
of location doesn't seem that bad.
You said it was just going to be
full of motor bikes.
It's full of beautiful things.
Yeah, exactly, mate. Step this way.
OK, after you.
Ah, but you haven't seen anything
yet, Simon.
This vast collection is impressive
to say the least.
I'm speechless, mate.
Yeah, so am I.
Spanning decades of
design and engineering,
Dick has spent over 20 years
tracking down and preserving
over 260 rare and classic
motorcycles for posterity.
That doesn't happen to me everyday,
to be confronted by 260 motorcycles,
but that feeling - my heart is
going like that.
Trident.
An Atlas.
Douglas Dragonfly.
And there's an Enfield.
Now Nortons!
So, I wonder if you can guess what
Henry's first find is going to be?
This is just an old, probably '58 or
'59, Triumph Speed Twin.
I had one of those when I was
really, you know...
A lot bit younger than I am now.
Are these that old?
Oh, behave yourself!
Launched at the 1937 National
Motorcycle Show,
the two-cylinder Triumph Speed Twin
was both lighter and more powerful
than many single-cylinder engines of
the time.
It doesn't have the right mudguards
on it and there's a lot to do
to get it going, but I'm going to
make serious money
for Dick's charity out of it.
If there was ever a day
that you might go home with a
motorbike, today is the day, mate.
Hey? Thank you, mate.
Can I hug you?
No, get off!
Henry's off the mark,
banking the non-running Triumph Twin
as his first find.
I'll race you! Do you fancy it?
Oi!
But Simon is determined this is
one race that he's not going to lose
without a fight.
Oh, and Cole's in with a shot.
He won't get past me now.
He's holding the line.
Have it, have it!
He'll never live it down.
Back to business, boys.
It's not long before Henry's found
more motoring memorabilia
to restore.
I reckon this would be really nice.
I'd love to do this.
Are you serious? Oh, hello.
Well, why not?
Well, look at it.
Don't be like that.
Look, just look around. The whole
place is littered with them.
Some of them restored,
some of them not.
This, mate, doesn't take much to
return to how it was.
It's beautiful.
And, most importantly,
it would raise not half as much as
the bike,
but it would raise good money for
our Dick and his charity.
There are times when our minds
completely meet
and there are other times when
we will never agree.
The oil dispenser is one of the
times we will never agree.
I promise you,
you might just like it.
No, I won't.
Come on, then. Let's look for a
little lamp for you.
Before oil was sold in cans, you'd
buy it from a pump dispenser,
much as you still buy fuel today.
Highly collectable among enthusiasts,
these can change hands for thousands
of pounds,
so Henry thinks this is a
simple restoration
with plenty of profit potential.
And on the hunt for his second item,
Simon's spotted something else of interest.
That is lovely.
Oh, what, the digger?
I love that digger.
I mean, it is new. You realise that?
But it's so purposeful...
No, stay there, stay there!
Stay there. Not that?
There you go. There you go, there
you go.
I cannot believe it, mate.
There we go. Go on, then.
I mean, talk to me.
I think it's lovely.
I can't believe...
How many bikes and stuff are
in here?
And you've picked that.
What is it?
It's a side...
It's a bedside table.
It's a little bedside table, yeah.
I mean, so it's wicker, is it?
Yeah, but, most importantly,
all the wickerwork is mint.
Is in good condition.
In your hands, that could become
less Liberace.
Maybe. Or maybe more Liberace.
I haven't decided yet.
Hey, if it is, fantastic!
This tired old bedside cabinet has
clearly seen better days,
but it's structurally sound and a
quick clean and paint job is all
that's needed to make it sellable
once more.
Having found two gems apiece, the
hunt is over.
Dick, we've had such a great time.
The Speed Twin there, mate, I would
love to take her, get her running,
get her out there doing what she was
supposed to do
and, most importantly, make some big
money for the charity, hopefully.
If, you know, if the bike is going
to make you good money on
Henry's side of things, I think
that's beautiful copper burner
is going to make me good money on
my side of things. Good.
My other item, well, I absolutely
love the fact that I found that.
That's a piece of tat!
I will surprise you, Dick, with that
as much as Henry is trying
to surprise me with that.
Remains to be seen.
Good, good! I'll take that challenge.
You're not sceptical at all, are
you, mate? No!
No, neither am I.
Thank you so much. Been a pleasure
to meet you. Do your best.
Brilliant, mate. We'll see you
again. See you again, mate.
You'll change your mind! You'll
change your mind. No, he won't.
But he might do, you never know.
Check them out.
Oh, I like this!
Simon's selections impress.
I love a bit of granny chic, me.
Restorations fail to start in Oxfordshire.
I think the timing's out on it.
Yeah, do you reckon? Yeah, yeah.
And things get competitive at the
second search.
This is for me.
Yeah, I know, but I saw it first and
you know the rules, mate.
Up-cycling champions Henry Cole and
Simon O'Brien are turning trash into
cash. I can't believe...
How many bikes and stuff were in
here?
And you've picked that.
Having picked up two items each from
motorbike enthusiastic Dick Craven,
the boys are ready to begin their
first restorations.
In Oxfordshire, Henry's revealing
his plans for the Triumph motorbike
to his restoration expert Guy Wilson.
Very nice. This, mate, is quality.
You can't go wrong with one of these.
No, you can't. That should be
fettled as it is and just cleaned up.
That's a rather nice machine, I think.
All right, let's clean it up, clean
up the toast rack,
the little rack on here. Yeah?
And clean up the paint.
The paint's actually not bad.
Yes. So it's a beautiful little 500
cc Speed Twin.
That's all we need to know.
Clean it up.
Ride it a bit and knock it out large.
Hopefully, it runs beautifully
when it's fettled.
Of course it will do. I picked it.
I haven't started it, though. No, I
bet you haven't. No.
Henry might be confident, but if the
bike doesn't start,
fixing the problem could wipe out
any profit.
Next, the filthy old oil dispenser.
When they're done, I love them, but
they're gungy,
filthy things in the state we
normally find them,
so cleaning them up is a messy job.
Well, it is. And this one most especially.
This, I tell you, though, we've got
to be so careful.
Look at this. I don't know
what to do with that.
We want as much of that as possible.
Obviously, as it opens...
There you go. Now then.
Horrible! More filth.
Gunk. So the way to add value with
this one, as you know,
is keep it original.
Keep it original, clean it as best
we can add it is what it is.
Henry gets straight down to
business, tackling the filthy oil dispenser.
Now, look, I'm trying to use a
mixture of kind of grease remover
and also brake cleaner.
Now, the brake
cleaner seems to be working here.
Light oil sprays such as the brake
cleaner used by Henry are ideal for
gently removing rust and grime
without damaging the dispenser's
ageing
surface. And can be picked up for a
couple of quid from DIY stores.
There's going to be a strange finish
to this, I have to tell you.
Years and years of repainting green
and then the green colour
discombobulating with the workload
and the weather.
But look, that's not come out too bad.
And by the time we've finished,
I think it's going to look swell!
Next, Henry and Guy head to the
workshop and having replaced the old fuel,
they're trying to start the Triumph
without much success.
Mate, it's not running on both
cylinders here.
It's firing intermittently on the
other cylinder.
We're going to have to burn the
midnight oil, I reckon.
And if there's one man for the job,
it has to be me!
No, obviously, it's got to be Guy.
ENGINE STARTS AND CUTS OUT
Back in Liverpool,
Simon's starting work on the old
bedside cabinet with the help of restorer
Gemma Longworth.
Gemma, come and join me.
Check 'em out. Oh, I like this!
Promise you this, as soon as I saw
it, I thought,
I know someone who will love that.
It's going to be great.
We can paint it up.
Put new handle on it, maybe
decoupage inside, on the top...
We can go mad with this, can't we?
Yes, you can. Because it's not a
particularly precious item,
so we can be as creative as possible.
Good. And I know you're going to
love this just as much.
Check this out.
Ooh, what's this?
Well, it's actually simply a stove.
I've never seen one like this
before, though.
And neither have I and that's
exactly why I got it.
All that needs doing to this is it
needs to be loved.
All shined up.
I can imagine it.
It's going to be lovely. There you go.
The first item to get a bit of TLC
is the bedside cabinet.
I'm just giving this a really good dust.
It's absolutely filthy.
This is definitely the type of item
I'd have in my home.
I love a bit of granny chic, me.
Using a dustpan and brush and
everyday soap and water,
Gemma gets rid of years' worth of
dust and dirt build-up.
This is old gold paint along here.
It looks like dirt, but it's not.
They've tried to give it that aged
look, but it hasn't really worked.
I'll do it properly!
I don't know whether Simon will
approve of the colour,
but I like it and that's all that matters.
There we go. All done. That looks so
much better already.
The cabinet may look brighter,
but getting the copper heater
looking like new will take a little
bit more elbow grease.
Now,
I've used this cream metal polish in
the past and it's done a really good
job. But never on a copper surface, so...
Let's see if this works.
COPPER SCRAPES
Polish over it and see if that's
done anything.
It's made a slight difference, but...
Not too much.
Not satisfied with the cream cleaner,
Gemma goes online in search of
another solution.
Right, looking here, cleaning copper.
It says to use a lemon and some salt.
Sounds easy enough.
Let's give it a go. Gemma adds salt
to the halved lemon,
which acts as a gentle abrasive,
before giving the copper a good rub down.
I can see a bit of a difference.
With restorations under way, it's
time for the boys' second search.
And now it's Simon's turn to choose.
He's dragged Henry to meet Simon
Watkins in Essex, whose profession
is a little on the strange side.
The people we're going to see, Simon...
...runs a scare business.
Simon's work involves designing
spooky props and costumes for
Halloween-themed events.
But he also runs a
house clearance business with his
partner Natalie, using their big
barn for storage.
We use it to store furniture,
household items, things that we
might sell,
keep. We tend to pick stuff up,
put it in front of other stuff that
we've already collected and then other
stuff goes underneath it, on top of
it, around it and before you know it,
you've built up so much stuff that...
It's sort of hard to know what to do
with it all.
Well, you're in luck.
Combating clutter is what Henry and
Simon do best.
This place is going to be full of
stuff, all right?
You should work for him, mate,
because you terrify me!
Get out of it. Idiot.
Simon, how are you? You OK, Natalie?
Hello. I'm Simon, this is Henry.
Natalie, I'll ask you,
is he a re-purposer or would you
have another word to describe him?
He collects a lot of rubbish.
Well, that doesn't bode very well,
does it?
We've heard it from the horse's
mouth now, innit, eh?
Now, look, if we do make you some money,
is there anything you'd like to
spend it on?
Oh, well, wouldn't it be nice to get
married, love?
No!
Hang on, I was going... No, no.
There is no wedding.
Congratulations, mate.
That's amazing!
Come on, the pressure's on. Congratulations.
ALL TALK AT ONCE
Oh, we were the first to hear it. Amazing.
OK, so while Simon and Natalie work
out just what they really want to do with
the money... Here comes the bride!
...Henry and Simon get down to
finding two profitable items each to restore
from this house of horrors.
What do you reckon? Do you reckon
that period?
Do you think he made it or did
he buy it off the web?
HE LAUGHS
Hey, mate, it's the way you tell
them!
Man, there's a lot here.
There is. Hey?
Oh, that's nice. This?
Yeah. Hey? Shall we have a look?
I think that's Victorian.
Isn't that lovely? A little bureau.
Yeah. Huh?
Cor! That would polish up large.
Dark-wood furniture might be out of fashion,
but this Victorian bureau is
complete and with some careful polishing
could easily be brought back to its best.
What happens if I painted it?
This is me.
Yeah, I know, but I saw it first and
you know the rules, mate.
Gutted! Absolutely gutted.
I'm just starting to focus and
Henry's straight in.
Surely that should have been mine.
The world's gone mad.
Rules is rules, Simon.
Henry's bagged the Victorian bureau
as his first item.
But as they delve deeper, Simon
spots what could be HIS first find.
Look. What? Well...
Well, it's a sofa. It's a little
two-seater sofa.
For some reason, people don't want
to sit on sofas that someone else
has sat on. Oh, come on!
What a waste. Well, you know,
our couches these days are made of cardboard.
Oh, don't be absurd! I'm not being absurd.
Really? Yeah. But this...
Has it got a wooden frame? Has got a
solid wooden frame.
OK, so what would you do with that?
Cos that looks pretty nice.
Yeah. I would do what I would call a
Henry Cole on this.
What's that? Run away? Get someone
else to do it!
You know me too well, mate! I think
it's a job for Gemma.
Oh, OK. Simon's snapped up the
two-seater.
That's another item to add to their haul.
So far, so good.
Still not sure Natalie's up for this wedding.
No, no, no. But I tell you what,
when I shoot her with Cupid's
arrow...
Yeah, absolutely. Ah! Ah!
That will do that trick. Do you need
a hand?
Oh, stop it!
THEY LAUGH
You see, you were scared then.
Tell me you were scared. I was.
Yeah, there you go.
Something else that is sure to scare
the lads is
this less than desirable veneer
chipboard 1980s corner unit.
Perhaps I should set you a challenge
of something that we think is
completely useless and horrible.
And you've got to really, really
push the boat out.
OK. Because, you know, we do
obviously cherry-pick stuff.
Perhaps we should just go,
"All right, mate, that's a horror story.
"Do your worst."
Whilst Simon ponders what to do with
the shelves,
the vast collection of books has
also got him thinking.
It's just a pity that they just
languish and probably no-one will
ever read it again. I wonder...
Well, you might. Hmm. I'm thinking,
do you know what?
I'm feeling creative today.
As we kept passing the books, the
old cogs were turning.
I've got this image of floating shelves,
each one a book just sticking out
the wall for putting books on.
So Simon's decided on his second item.
He's taking a selection of hardback
books, which he'll turn into
a book shelf. Yep, that's a shelf
made of books.
That means I have my two items,
which means...
...that this unit...
No, mate. ..which you challenged me
to be creative with is now
superfluous to requirements. So...
Back over the net to you.
I challenge YOU to be creative with that.
Or both.
Look, mate, it was a fair challenge.
No, no, no. When it was yours.
Oh, when it was mine. Because you
work in wood.
No, no, listen.
You have got the most beautiful item
in here, that lovely old bureau.
That is true. Right.
And I am missing an item.
Yes. And now, obviously, I'm not.
OK. You up for it?
No! But I will take the challenge.
So I'm lumbered with these shelves.
I tell you what, Guy's going to go mad.
Henry's challenge,
to restore today's ropiest item, has
come back to haunt him.
The '80s corner unit is now HIS
second and final item.
There you go. Do you want a hand
with those books? Yes.
But will Simon and Natalie think
they've got potentially profitable
picks?
HE LAUGHS
What's wrong with you?
The corner unit!
OK, the shelving.
Erm... I don't quite know what I'm
going to do with them yet,
but I am thinking.
But all I can tell you is they are
going to look very different the
next time you see them. OK.
The bureau. Now, if I can have that,
I think that's absolutely beautiful.
I think it might be Victorian.
I don't know. Is it, Simon?
I don't know. I think possibly, yes.
It came out of a farmhouse and it
was an old farmhouse, so, yes,
I wouldn't be surprised at all.
What I have got is this very simple...
...two-seater sofa.
And we're going to make you some
good money out of that.
Yeah. Thank you so much, mate.
Natalie. Thank you. Thank you so much.
We've had a lovely day today.
Had a lovely day.
And we'll see you, you know, in the church.
THEY LAUGH
We won't! They're not getting
married! I know they're not!
Coming up... Simon puts his foot down.
This is insanity.
Henry gets his hands dirty.
The handles are covered in centuries
of grease.
And the makeovers make a great impression.
It should make 2,200, something
around that mark.
Reclaimers and restorers Henry Cole
and Simon O'Brien are on a mission
to turn rubbish into readies.
What do you reckon? Do you reckon
that's period?
Do you think he made it or did he
buy it off the web?
Armed with their final finds from
Simon and Natalie's
house of horrors, they're back at
their bases and ready for action.
Or should that be inaction?
Simon, this is lovely.
I'm really enjoying this.
Have we got any items today?
No, I just thought we'd have a read.
OK. Have a quiet day. Yeah, lovely.
Actually, that's not true.
You're sitting on one of them.
And you're reading the other.
Good, solid sofa. Yeah.
Really quite comfy. Comfy, yeah.
Comfy one, right?
But what it needs, obviously, is...
Yeah, a little bit of TLC, doesn't
it?
It needs reupholstering. Yes. Mmm.
I know someone with the skills to do that.
That will be me. That's right.
And these are going to be book shelves.
OK, how are you going to do that?
Don't know, I'm just reading up
about it.
Anyway, just enjoy the peace and
quiet for a minute.
So the first job for Gemma is
finding some material
to transform the old sofa.
This is just what I'm looking for -
I love all of these colours.
These are perfect.
I want something quite heavy-duty.
This one. They're perfect together.
It's that lovely, hard-wearing
purple.
With this chintzy, flowery fabric.
It's going to look so comfy.
It'll be perfect on a winter's
night, all snuggled up on the couch.
It's going to be great. With the
perfect fabric to hand,
Gemma sets about stripping the old
covers from the sofa.
I'm going to keep as much of this in
one piece as I can...
...then it can be used as a template
when I'm cutting the fabric.
But it's a trickier job than she
first thought.
There's no structure on the back
here at all.
So it's going to make it quite difficult
if I remove all of this fabric to
then cover it and get it taut again.
I think...
It's probably going to be much
easier if I leave this fabric on
and work over the top of it.
Right.
Yeah, I'm going to do that.
Meanwhile, Simon's getting to work
repurposing the old books
into a shelving unit.
Right. It'll all be different
heights. I don't mind that.
I quite like that. All different widths,
but it's going to be exactly square
at the back.
Simon carefully measures a 19mm gap,
for the wooden supporting shelf
before cutting out the pages
with a sharp knife.
He then slots them onto the shelf
and glues them into place.
Pressing the resin down.
This is insanity. Available for a
few pounds,
epoxy resin glues are quick-setting
and extremely strong.
And for extra reinforcement,
Simon also screws the books to the
wooden shelves.
Back in Oxfordshire, Henry's getting
to grips with the Victorian bureau.
Beauty and the beast, I think.
And for once, that's not describing you.
So, basically, what I'm going to do
here is I'm going to polish this up.
Polish the little brass hinges here. Yeah.
Just give it a clean-up,
bit of boot polish or antique brown
furniture polish.
Yes. Yeah? And make it just lovely.
Also, there's a little bit of
a crack there.
But always check the drawers before
you go, "Oh, my God. It's broken".
So that just drops in there, so
we'll glue that on.
Now then, what are we going to do
with that?
I mean, that is awful, isn't it?
It's one of the worst things I've
seen in a long time.
What if we just get Daz to paint it
a crazy colour?
I think that's your best chance.
It may end up going horribly wrong,
and no-one wants them.
But you've got a chance of just
doing them a shocking colour.
Convinced that painting the dated
shelving unit a bright colour
is the best plan of attack,
Henry heads off to visit his local
re-sprayer, Daz, for some advice.
What we've got to try and achieve, Daz,
is a situation where you might just
have them in your garage.
OK. Now, I'm thinking, electric
blue, metallic spray.
Ooh, that'd be nice. Shall we get
them in, then?
Yeah, let's do it. Come on, then.
But as work gets under way on the shelves,
it seems that Daz has had a flash of inspiration.
I have to put a white base coat
under them first,
after priming and prepping them.
So in my madness, I've actually
taped off the sides,
so when it's metallic blue and
we're peeling it off,
you'll get these nice, white lines
going down it as well,
to give it a bit of a sports car feel.
With the shelving units in Daz's
capable hands, back at his workshop,
Henry's hit a stumbling block with
the Victorian bureau.
So, basically, the handles...
...are covered in...
...I mean, like, centuries of grease.
So they don't polish up very well.
And, basically, I'm having to take
every single handle off.
I'm going to ask Guy very nicely
if he could put them on the mop.
And then we can put them back.
In the meantime, while he's doing that,
we can get on with polishing the
carcass and the drawers
with the wood stuff that I'm much
more at home with.
Electric polishing wheels, or mops,
can be picked up for as little as
£30,
giving metal objects a high-polish
finish
with a fraction of the time and
effort it would take by hand.
In Liverpool, with valuation day
around the corner,
Gemma's finishing off the yellow
bedside cabinet
from Dick Craven's place.
It's now nice and dry.
It's got all its colour on it.
I'm going to add some paper to make
it even more brighter and fabulous.
So this is PvA wood glue.
It's not too strong. I'm going to
put a piece of glass over the top
anyway, so it doesn't need to be
water resistant.
I love doing this sort of thing.
Really simple, but very effective.
The technique of applying decorative
paper to furniture is called decoupage.
It's a cheap and cheerful way to
instantly update this simple
bedside table.
For a final flourish,
Gemma adds a touch of gold paint
around the edge of the table,
and adds a new, gold door handle in
the shape of an owl.
Now look at that.
That is a masterpiece.
That's brilliant.
I'm so pleased with it.
Wait until Simon sees what I've done
with this.
The copper heater is also given
a final buff
with an electric polisher,
ready for the valuation.
I think this is it.
It's done.
In Oxfordshire, Henry's also busy
with the electric polisher.
To retain its value for collectors,
it's important to keep as much of
the original paintwork as possible.
I think the best we can say for this
is that
it's looking a heck of a lot...
...better than it was when we first
got it.
Guy's also buffed up the dispensing
tap on the polishing mop,
and his hard work has paid off.
Check out that little beauty.
Oh, my word! Transformation.
Oh, that is stunning.
And after reattaching the tap, the
work's complete.
There we go. Look at that.
That's lovely. I'm beginning to like
it now. Beautiful.
Having run into some problems earlier,
it's also the moment of truth for
the Triumph Speed Twin.
There was no real spark.
There is one now.
We've cleaned the carburettor.
Mm-mm.
We haven't got any lights yet, but
we think we might have action,
so we're going to give it a try,
all right?
And that normally means me.
Am I going to kick this, then?
Yeah, are you going to tickle it
as well first.
Yeah, yeah.
All right.
Give it a bit of revs.
Ooh. What about a bit more choke?
Come on, baby!
I mean, look, it's running pretty rough,
but as far as Guy and I are concerned,
we've taken a bike like that, and
we've got it going.
And the good news keeps on coming.
With the Speed Twin now a runner,
Henry's meeting with a potential
buyer at his workshop.
We've basically got it running not
very well.
And there is an issue, electronically,
because the only way it starts is
when you go like that,
and that shouldn't happen.
So there is issues, electrically.
But you know, mate, these mint are
4.5, five grand.
Now, look, it is...
...2.5.
Come on.
Go on, then, 2.5. All right.
Deal.
Henry's made a sale.
But will our valuer agree with his
price?
It's time for the first valuation.
Henry's choice of salvage spot was
motorcycle enthusiast Dick Craven's
impressive motorcycle museum in Yorkshire.
Unfortunately, Dick is unable to
attend today's valuation.
But any money the boys raise will go
to his choice of charity.
Casting an eye over their efforts is
Fay Rutter,
who runs a successful antiques
emporium in the Midlands.
Fay! Come on in.
With years of experience,
she's always on the money when it
comes to valuations.
Great to see you, Fay. Nice to see you.
As you know, Dick can't be with us...
I know, what a shame. ..cos he's
doing stuff, and he's very busy man.
So, really, it's left to us to
implore you to be kind
on Dick's behalf on the valuations.
So here's what we've been up to,
here you go, come and have a look.
Have a wander round. Have a wander, Fay.
There you go.
You want to big that up, mate.
Remember, you know, Dick needs the money.
I know. Ooh, that's nice!
That's nice, isn't it? Yeah, lovely.
Took a lot of polishing that, Fay,
I have to tell you.
You know? Yeah, that's fantastic.
Come back and join us. So, shall we
start with the motorbike then, Fay?
OK. Little Triumph. Yeah.
Triumph bike, looks in nice condition.
It would, of course, had the bath
tub fairing on it. Yeah.
But it's a good, starter,
classic bike.
Sure.
To get the Triumph Speed Twin
motorcycle up and running,
Henry spent £75 on parts, including
a new battery.
So, Guy and I have fettled it,
and it's cleaned up really nicely
with a lot of elbow grease.
It should make 2,200, something
around that mark.
Well, that's good news,
mainly because I have sold that.
OK. And I've sold it for 2.5 grand.
Brilliant. I think I've done well
for Dick there, and, hopefully,
he's going to be happy.
A good bit of business from Henry
means that he's off to a flying start,
netting Dick a profit of £2,425.
Our oil dispenser, Fay?
Somebody would love this.
I know a lot of hot rodders that
would love this in their garage
when they're doing up their hotrods
and stuff.
It still dispenses oil, so it has
some function,
not just sitting pretty,
as it were.
Using some spare green paint and
plenty of elbow grease,
Henry's given the oil dispenser a
new lease of life
without spending a thing.
Best place to sell this would be
an auto sale.
Yeah. 90 quid.
Do you know what? I was imagining
between 80 and 100,
so bang on, really.
The restored dispenser has managed
to dispense a further £90
in pure profit for Dick.
OK, let's move onto my stuff.
Let's talk about our Pithers
copper anthracite.
Do you like that? I do, yeah.
I think you've obviously worked
really hard
to get that copper coming up like
that. See that elbow there?
The grease that needs?
I did absolutely nothing.
Using a variety of polishing methods,
using products from the workshop,
Gemma's clean-up of the copper
heater didn't cost a penny.
I think it looks great.
The big problem is, you can only
burn anthracite in it now,
can't you?
I have actually been investigating it.
There is a possibility you could
burn wood pellets in it.
But, you're right, it's
very specialist. Yeah.
125 quid.
125 quid? Mmm. Do you know what?
I think that's fair enough.
The now-shiny copper heater has
netted a hot profit of £125
to add to Dick's total.
I can tell you that the last item,
Gemma loves it very, very much
indeed. OK.
So, she's put a lot of TLC into this.
And it's just a cute, little thing.
And it's been blinged, as you can see.
It's certainly been blinged, yes.
A little 1940s bedside cabinet.
Upcycling the tired bedside cabinet
into a stylish piece of furniture
cost just £5, for floral paper and paint.
There's a lot of these still about.
Every house had them.
Sorry, £20.
The table has added a further £15
to Dick's total,
and rounds off the valuation.
So that gives a grand total back to
Dick of £2,655.
He's got to be happy with that,
surely, mate?
That is a triumph!
And thank you very much indeed,
Fay, for stepping in.
It's a pleasure. Absolutely
brilliant. Fantastic.
Cheers. Thank you so much.
Thanks to the boys' efforts,
Dick's riding away with an
impressive £2,655 profit,
which he plans to give to his
favoured charity.
Coming up, tiring transformations...
That's definitely the best part of
making this sofa.
Mad makeovers...
I've put a little bit of a Daz touch
to it.
A bobby-dazzler!
And satisfied customers.
Very good. I like the sofa.
I'd have it in my living room.
That's exactly what we need to hear.
That's good.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien have
been turning clutter into cash.
Come on, baby!
Henry's choice of location
made classic bike collector
Dick Craven
£2,655 in profit.
I think I've done well for Dick there,
and hopefully
he's going to be happy.
So the pressure is on for Simon
to help his collectors,
Simon Watkins and his partner, Natalie,
and it's the moment of truth
for his bookshelf.
Ha-ha!
That's brilliant! So, there is
our shelf made of books and then...
...to finish off, we don't want
to see these brackets -
small dowel on this book
and he should slot on there
to hide that bracket.
This one, the bracket just sits in
the groove
because I have glued
all this together
and he should slot on there.
There it is.
To give the old sofa
a fresh new look,
Gemma is reupholstering it
with her new purple fabric.
I'm leaving this on
because it's just going to give it
more support
and it makes it much
easier for me.
Now, I need the fabric as taut
as possible.
Once people sit down on this,
it's going to go baggy
and that's what we don't want.
Having gathered the fabric,
Gemma secures it in place
using upholstery tacks,
which are available from
high-street haberdashers.
You just do bit by bit,
take it as it comes.
If you look at it
as a big, massive object,
it may become a bit overwhelming.
If you can wrap your Christmas
presents at home,
then you can do this.
As well as using upholstery tacks,
Gemma is also hand-sewing the
covers to the remaining sections
of the sofa.
The final little bit, plump them up.
Oh, and finally!
This is so comfortable.
This is definitely the best part
of making this sofa.
In the Oxfordshire shop,
Henry has reattached the broken
piece of the bureau with wood glue
and now is giving the whole thing
a thorough beeswax polish.
That's looking good now.
Here's the last piece of the jigsaw.
Oh, mate, you are a legend,
do you know that?
A dusty one, but you are a legend!
Put it in.
Oh, man.
What do you reckon?
Yeah, that's posh.
Don't you think, mate...?
I tell you, as always,
it was a nightmare, because we had
to polish every single handle. Yes.
But actually, I think... Yes.
...that's lovely, and you know what?
It's cost us a lot of blood, sweat
and tears but not a lot of money.
It ain't cost us nothing.
And with the final valuation looming,
Henry heads to see Daz to check on
the newly spray-painted
corner shelves.
Oh, my God, look at that!
Do you like it? I've put a little
bit of a Daz touch to it.
A bobby-dazzler. Yeah.
Mate! I just thought
I'd break it up a bit, otherwise...
Can you imagine that
they'd turn out like that?
I mean, it's worth something now,
you know?
Reusable, definitely.
I can flog that. Great.
All right, I take it all back.
In the hands of a master,
you can create something stunning.
Something that was destined for
the skip
is now destined to have pride
of place in someone's house.
But will the valuer agree?
It's time to find out
at the final valuation.
Simon chose to help prop makers
Simon Watkins and his partner,
Natalie, from Essex,
but will he be able to top
the £2,655 profit
Henry's choice brought in?
Simon and Natalie are here
to inspect their handiwork
and to find out if the lads have
raised enough money
for Simon's marriage plans.
Good to see you, Simon.
What do you think?
Wow. Very good, yeah.
I like the sofa.
It's all right, innit? What do
you think?
I'd have it in my living room.
That is exactly what we need
to hear. That's good.
And finally, I think we all could
just stand here
and admire my bureau.
What do you reckon?
It's amazing. Brand-new.
SIMON: It looks really good.
I think it's really, really good.
I think you did great. Thanks, Si.
Appreciate that, mate.
I think we're all happy
with the transformation,
but is it worth anything?
Have we made you any money?
That's what it's all about, innit?
You know that.
To tell us that, we've got
our independent valuer, Fay.
Fay Rutter is back to price up
the boys' latest restorations.
Come on, then, Fay, put us out
of our misery.
Shall we start with the sofa?
Come on.
Well, to be honest with you,
we all see them, don't we,
left by the side of the road
or left by skips?
So, I'm always... I like to see
things used as opposed to landfill.
And I think it's a great way to save
you a fortune on a new sofa.
Simon spent £100 reupholstering
the old sofa with new fabric
to make it usable again.
£150.
£150?
Yeah, I think that's fair enough,
cos it was just sitting there,
wasn't it, languishing?
Simon is off to a good start,
netting Simon and Natalie
a £50 profit.
OK, Fay, let's challenge you.
Value a bookshelf.
A literal bookshelf, if you dare.
That is challenging.
I like what you've done.
I think it's a great use of books,
cos let's face it,
second-hand books don't cost
anything, do they?
Repurposing the old books into
a shelf
cost Simon just £5 for the wood,
adhesive and screws.
I think it looks really good. Um...
In the right place,
and I mean the right place,
I think you could see them
sort of fetching £45.
The innovative bookshelf has added
another £40
to Simon and Natalie's total.
What it cost is two hours
of my time.
Let's think about how many books
you've got in your place
and lying around
and all that kind of stuff.
You know? Fay, I will take your £40
and I will give it
to these lovely people.
Thank you very much indeed.
Very pleased. And food for thought
for everyone, really.
Absolutely. Something
everybody could do.
Let's move on now we're the up.
Um, blue shelving unit.
Can I just say, Fay,
this was a challenge Simon set me?
To transform the dated
shelving units,
Henry called on the expertise of
his trusty local resprayer,
Daz, at a cost of £20.
Somebody would love a pair of these
for a boy's bedroom,
doing a boy's bedroom makeover.
I'm going to go £70 a pair.
I mean, considering,
I think that's a result.
Not bad for a pair of old shelves.
The updated shelves have made
Simon and Natalie a £50 profit.
Right, now, come on, the piece
de resistance in my view,
which is that gorgeous bureau.
Henry lovingly restored the bureau
by polishing the wood and metal handles
without spending a penny.
I love this sort of furniture.
I think it's a great piece.
Unfortunately, there is no market
for bureaus these days.
I think you've done a nice job of
the polishing
and the handles are nicely polished.
I'm going to give you a value
of £95 on that.
The bureau has bagged another £95
profit for Simon and Natalie,
bringing the valuation to an end.
All in all, we had great fun
with your stuff.
You're going home with A, £235,
and also we made some space for you,
didn't we?
Which is just as important.
Yes. How does that sound, £235?
Very good. Brilliant.
For doing nothing, for letting us
have a laugh.
What will the money go towards?
Little break maybe? Yeah? A place in
the South of France sounds nice.
Sounds romantic, doesn't it?
Sounds romantic to me as well.
Getting Henry and Simon
to transform his trash
means that Simon and Natalie will be
walking away with £235 profit.
The items were just sitting there
gathering dust
and so they've taken them, they've
done something different with 'em.
They can now be reused, sold on, which...
All that was going to end up in the
skip before, so happy days, innit?
Happy days, yes. Happy days!
Simon's choice of location
made a profit of £235
but it's Henry's choice
that's come out on top today
with an impressive £2,655 profit.
I have earned ten times
as much as you.
That hurts. It does hurt.
It really does hurt.
I'll tell you what though. What?
I'll buy you a soft drink.
Come on! Thanks very much indeed.
I still like my bookshelves.
Subtitles by Ericsson
The homes of Britain are stacked
with old possessions.
It's an old toilet.
Thanks for telling me.
What looks like junk can actually be
worth a pretty penny.
I've never seen a chair like it.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien are
here to help turn that clutter
into hard cash.
We can get serious money for that.
£100,000? Yeah.
Up-cycling genius Simon...
It works!
Don't sound so surprised.
...and his restorer love turning
everyday objects
into fantastic furniture.
Gemma...
Come on.
Absolute winner.
Whilst for Henry and his mechanic...
That is absolutely stunning, Guy.
It's all about restoring retro
relics and vintage classics.
She's off!
It runs!
Despite their differences, they
always come good -
and they'll turn a tidy profit for
their owners.
You're going to put in your pocket
£10,630.
Absolutely brilliant.
Today...
Simon can't fail to be impressed
with Henry's choice of location.
You said it was just going to be
full of motorbikes.
It's full of beautiful things.
Yeah, exactly, mate.
Henry and Guy give a Victorian
bureau a fairytale makeover.
Beauty and the Beast, I think, and
for once, that's not describing you.
And restorations impress at
the valuations.
I know a lot of hot-rodders that
would love this.
You're too quiet.
I'm not quiet, am I?
Yes, you are quiet, and that usually
means something bad.
Maybe.
In search of hidden gems, the
lads are back on the road,
and today they're in the largest
county in the UK - Yorkshire.
In a small church in
Beverley... Mm-hm.
...there is a carved rabbit and that
church is where Lewis Carroll
used to go and the rabbit is
the inspiration
for Alice In Wonderland.
Do you know what?
That's really interesting.
And it's not just Lewis Carroll.
The county inspired literary greats
from the Brontes to James Herriot.
Yorkshire's outstanding scenery now
supports a tourism industry
worth over £7 billion.
Now, it's Henry's turn to choose a
wonderland of his own.
Come on, where are we going?
We're going to a chap called
Dick Craven.
OK. And?
He has a penchant for motorcycles.
I'm sorry. Stop the car!
Stop the car!
I'm not stopping the car.
No, I've had enough.
I've had enough. I'm not stopping
the car. We're late.
Dick Craven is an ex-motorbike
racing champion and mechanic
whose whole life has revolved around
two wheels.
I've lived here about 32 years and
all my spare time and my hobby
are motorcycles, both racing them
and collecting them.
Such is Dick's enthusiasm for
motorbikes that in 1994,
he opened up the garage next to his
house as a museum to showcase his
amazing collection to the public.
It's a hobby. It's an obsession.
Plus, I like making motorcycles
go faster.
I'm going to say it's better than
watching telly!
Hey, Dick. Henry, how are you, mate?
Now then, pleased to meet you.
Now then. Yes, hello. Very pleased
to meet you. Hello. Yes, very good.
It has been mentioned you have a
few motorbikes. Is this true?
I've got one or two.
Just one or two, OK.
I told him one or two.
Yeah, it's one or two.
OK, fair enough, OK.
If we do make you a few bob from
these items that we find,
what would go towards?
What was you use it for?
I would probably give it
to a charity.
Oh, would you? Yeah. Oh, Dick,
that's fantastic.
Come on, then. What are we waiting
for? Shall we have a look?
Dick, so we'll see you in a bit. All
right? We'll have a shufti about.
Very good, OK. Good to see you.
Cheers. Pleasure to meet you.
It's great to meet you at last.
All right, mate. See you later.
Come on, then. One or two bikes, is
that right? Yeah, just one or two,
mate. Nothing major.
The boys must find two items each
that they can do up and sell on,
with all the profit going back
to Dick.
Hey, look, I told you.
It is only one motorbike.
It is. Yeah. You were winding me up,
weren't you?
And there is this...
That is beautiful. Now, talk to me,
man. OK.
I mean, obviously, it's a fireplace.
Yeah, it's a copper stove.
Right. Right. It looks like it's
more or less all here.
What you've got to check is
the flue.
OK, flue.
If the flue's knackered...
It's all there.
But it's not.
This 1920s Art Deco heater is a rare
find and even in this condition
can sell for over £300.
But careful restoration will be
needed to keep the fragile
copper in good shape.
If you go at that with wire wool or
anything that's abrasive,
you will destroy it very quickly.
Hey, look, am I looking after you
or what?
Simon's fired up by his first item
and suddenly Henry's choice
of location doesn't seem that bad.
You said it was just going to be
full of motor bikes.
It's full of beautiful things.
Yeah, exactly, mate. Step this way.
OK, after you.
Ah, but you haven't seen anything
yet, Simon.
This vast collection is impressive
to say the least.
I'm speechless, mate.
Yeah, so am I.
Spanning decades of
design and engineering,
Dick has spent over 20 years
tracking down and preserving
over 260 rare and classic
motorcycles for posterity.
That doesn't happen to me everyday,
to be confronted by 260 motorcycles,
but that feeling - my heart is
going like that.
Trident.
An Atlas.
Douglas Dragonfly.
And there's an Enfield.
Now Nortons!
So, I wonder if you can guess what
Henry's first find is going to be?
This is just an old, probably '58 or
'59, Triumph Speed Twin.
I had one of those when I was
really, you know...
A lot bit younger than I am now.
Are these that old?
Oh, behave yourself!
Launched at the 1937 National
Motorcycle Show,
the two-cylinder Triumph Speed Twin
was both lighter and more powerful
than many single-cylinder engines of
the time.
It doesn't have the right mudguards
on it and there's a lot to do
to get it going, but I'm going to
make serious money
for Dick's charity out of it.
If there was ever a day
that you might go home with a
motorbike, today is the day, mate.
Hey? Thank you, mate.
Can I hug you?
No, get off!
Henry's off the mark,
banking the non-running Triumph Twin
as his first find.
I'll race you! Do you fancy it?
Oi!
But Simon is determined this is
one race that he's not going to lose
without a fight.
Oh, and Cole's in with a shot.
He won't get past me now.
He's holding the line.
Have it, have it!
He'll never live it down.
Back to business, boys.
It's not long before Henry's found
more motoring memorabilia
to restore.
I reckon this would be really nice.
I'd love to do this.
Are you serious? Oh, hello.
Well, why not?
Well, look at it.
Don't be like that.
Look, just look around. The whole
place is littered with them.
Some of them restored,
some of them not.
This, mate, doesn't take much to
return to how it was.
It's beautiful.
And, most importantly,
it would raise not half as much as
the bike,
but it would raise good money for
our Dick and his charity.
There are times when our minds
completely meet
and there are other times when
we will never agree.
The oil dispenser is one of the
times we will never agree.
I promise you,
you might just like it.
No, I won't.
Come on, then. Let's look for a
little lamp for you.
Before oil was sold in cans, you'd
buy it from a pump dispenser,
much as you still buy fuel today.
Highly collectable among enthusiasts,
these can change hands for thousands
of pounds,
so Henry thinks this is a
simple restoration
with plenty of profit potential.
And on the hunt for his second item,
Simon's spotted something else of interest.
That is lovely.
Oh, what, the digger?
I love that digger.
I mean, it is new. You realise that?
But it's so purposeful...
No, stay there, stay there!
Stay there. Not that?
There you go. There you go, there
you go.
I cannot believe it, mate.
There we go. Go on, then.
I mean, talk to me.
I think it's lovely.
I can't believe...
How many bikes and stuff are
in here?
And you've picked that.
What is it?
It's a side...
It's a bedside table.
It's a little bedside table, yeah.
I mean, so it's wicker, is it?
Yeah, but, most importantly,
all the wickerwork is mint.
Is in good condition.
In your hands, that could become
less Liberace.
Maybe. Or maybe more Liberace.
I haven't decided yet.
Hey, if it is, fantastic!
This tired old bedside cabinet has
clearly seen better days,
but it's structurally sound and a
quick clean and paint job is all
that's needed to make it sellable
once more.
Having found two gems apiece, the
hunt is over.
Dick, we've had such a great time.
The Speed Twin there, mate, I would
love to take her, get her running,
get her out there doing what she was
supposed to do
and, most importantly, make some big
money for the charity, hopefully.
If, you know, if the bike is going
to make you good money on
Henry's side of things, I think
that's beautiful copper burner
is going to make me good money on
my side of things. Good.
My other item, well, I absolutely
love the fact that I found that.
That's a piece of tat!
I will surprise you, Dick, with that
as much as Henry is trying
to surprise me with that.
Remains to be seen.
Good, good! I'll take that challenge.
You're not sceptical at all, are
you, mate? No!
No, neither am I.
Thank you so much. Been a pleasure
to meet you. Do your best.
Brilliant, mate. We'll see you
again. See you again, mate.
You'll change your mind! You'll
change your mind. No, he won't.
But he might do, you never know.
Check them out.
Oh, I like this!
Simon's selections impress.
I love a bit of granny chic, me.
Restorations fail to start in Oxfordshire.
I think the timing's out on it.
Yeah, do you reckon? Yeah, yeah.
And things get competitive at the
second search.
This is for me.
Yeah, I know, but I saw it first and
you know the rules, mate.
Up-cycling champions Henry Cole and
Simon O'Brien are turning trash into
cash. I can't believe...
How many bikes and stuff were in
here?
And you've picked that.
Having picked up two items each from
motorbike enthusiastic Dick Craven,
the boys are ready to begin their
first restorations.
In Oxfordshire, Henry's revealing
his plans for the Triumph motorbike
to his restoration expert Guy Wilson.
Very nice. This, mate, is quality.
You can't go wrong with one of these.
No, you can't. That should be
fettled as it is and just cleaned up.
That's a rather nice machine, I think.
All right, let's clean it up, clean
up the toast rack,
the little rack on here. Yeah?
And clean up the paint.
The paint's actually not bad.
Yes. So it's a beautiful little 500
cc Speed Twin.
That's all we need to know.
Clean it up.
Ride it a bit and knock it out large.
Hopefully, it runs beautifully
when it's fettled.
Of course it will do. I picked it.
I haven't started it, though. No, I
bet you haven't. No.
Henry might be confident, but if the
bike doesn't start,
fixing the problem could wipe out
any profit.
Next, the filthy old oil dispenser.
When they're done, I love them, but
they're gungy,
filthy things in the state we
normally find them,
so cleaning them up is a messy job.
Well, it is. And this one most especially.
This, I tell you, though, we've got
to be so careful.
Look at this. I don't know
what to do with that.
We want as much of that as possible.
Obviously, as it opens...
There you go. Now then.
Horrible! More filth.
Gunk. So the way to add value with
this one, as you know,
is keep it original.
Keep it original, clean it as best
we can add it is what it is.
Henry gets straight down to
business, tackling the filthy oil dispenser.
Now, look, I'm trying to use a
mixture of kind of grease remover
and also brake cleaner.
Now, the brake
cleaner seems to be working here.
Light oil sprays such as the brake
cleaner used by Henry are ideal for
gently removing rust and grime
without damaging the dispenser's
ageing
surface. And can be picked up for a
couple of quid from DIY stores.
There's going to be a strange finish
to this, I have to tell you.
Years and years of repainting green
and then the green colour
discombobulating with the workload
and the weather.
But look, that's not come out too bad.
And by the time we've finished,
I think it's going to look swell!
Next, Henry and Guy head to the
workshop and having replaced the old fuel,
they're trying to start the Triumph
without much success.
Mate, it's not running on both
cylinders here.
It's firing intermittently on the
other cylinder.
We're going to have to burn the
midnight oil, I reckon.
And if there's one man for the job,
it has to be me!
No, obviously, it's got to be Guy.
ENGINE STARTS AND CUTS OUT
Back in Liverpool,
Simon's starting work on the old
bedside cabinet with the help of restorer
Gemma Longworth.
Gemma, come and join me.
Check 'em out. Oh, I like this!
Promise you this, as soon as I saw
it, I thought,
I know someone who will love that.
It's going to be great.
We can paint it up.
Put new handle on it, maybe
decoupage inside, on the top...
We can go mad with this, can't we?
Yes, you can. Because it's not a
particularly precious item,
so we can be as creative as possible.
Good. And I know you're going to
love this just as much.
Check this out.
Ooh, what's this?
Well, it's actually simply a stove.
I've never seen one like this
before, though.
And neither have I and that's
exactly why I got it.
All that needs doing to this is it
needs to be loved.
All shined up.
I can imagine it.
It's going to be lovely. There you go.
The first item to get a bit of TLC
is the bedside cabinet.
I'm just giving this a really good dust.
It's absolutely filthy.
This is definitely the type of item
I'd have in my home.
I love a bit of granny chic, me.
Using a dustpan and brush and
everyday soap and water,
Gemma gets rid of years' worth of
dust and dirt build-up.
This is old gold paint along here.
It looks like dirt, but it's not.
They've tried to give it that aged
look, but it hasn't really worked.
I'll do it properly!
I don't know whether Simon will
approve of the colour,
but I like it and that's all that matters.
There we go. All done. That looks so
much better already.
The cabinet may look brighter,
but getting the copper heater
looking like new will take a little
bit more elbow grease.
Now,
I've used this cream metal polish in
the past and it's done a really good
job. But never on a copper surface, so...
Let's see if this works.
COPPER SCRAPES
Polish over it and see if that's
done anything.
It's made a slight difference, but...
Not too much.
Not satisfied with the cream cleaner,
Gemma goes online in search of
another solution.
Right, looking here, cleaning copper.
It says to use a lemon and some salt.
Sounds easy enough.
Let's give it a go. Gemma adds salt
to the halved lemon,
which acts as a gentle abrasive,
before giving the copper a good rub down.
I can see a bit of a difference.
With restorations under way, it's
time for the boys' second search.
And now it's Simon's turn to choose.
He's dragged Henry to meet Simon
Watkins in Essex, whose profession
is a little on the strange side.
The people we're going to see, Simon...
...runs a scare business.
Simon's work involves designing
spooky props and costumes for
Halloween-themed events.
But he also runs a
house clearance business with his
partner Natalie, using their big
barn for storage.
We use it to store furniture,
household items, things that we
might sell,
keep. We tend to pick stuff up,
put it in front of other stuff that
we've already collected and then other
stuff goes underneath it, on top of
it, around it and before you know it,
you've built up so much stuff that...
It's sort of hard to know what to do
with it all.
Well, you're in luck.
Combating clutter is what Henry and
Simon do best.
This place is going to be full of
stuff, all right?
You should work for him, mate,
because you terrify me!
Get out of it. Idiot.
Simon, how are you? You OK, Natalie?
Hello. I'm Simon, this is Henry.
Natalie, I'll ask you,
is he a re-purposer or would you
have another word to describe him?
He collects a lot of rubbish.
Well, that doesn't bode very well,
does it?
We've heard it from the horse's
mouth now, innit, eh?
Now, look, if we do make you some money,
is there anything you'd like to
spend it on?
Oh, well, wouldn't it be nice to get
married, love?
No!
Hang on, I was going... No, no.
There is no wedding.
Congratulations, mate.
That's amazing!
Come on, the pressure's on. Congratulations.
ALL TALK AT ONCE
Oh, we were the first to hear it. Amazing.
OK, so while Simon and Natalie work
out just what they really want to do with
the money... Here comes the bride!
...Henry and Simon get down to
finding two profitable items each to restore
from this house of horrors.
What do you reckon? Do you reckon
that period?
Do you think he made it or did
he buy it off the web?
HE LAUGHS
Hey, mate, it's the way you tell
them!
Man, there's a lot here.
There is. Hey?
Oh, that's nice. This?
Yeah. Hey? Shall we have a look?
I think that's Victorian.
Isn't that lovely? A little bureau.
Yeah. Huh?
Cor! That would polish up large.
Dark-wood furniture might be out of fashion,
but this Victorian bureau is
complete and with some careful polishing
could easily be brought back to its best.
What happens if I painted it?
This is me.
Yeah, I know, but I saw it first and
you know the rules, mate.
Gutted! Absolutely gutted.
I'm just starting to focus and
Henry's straight in.
Surely that should have been mine.
The world's gone mad.
Rules is rules, Simon.
Henry's bagged the Victorian bureau
as his first item.
But as they delve deeper, Simon
spots what could be HIS first find.
Look. What? Well...
Well, it's a sofa. It's a little
two-seater sofa.
For some reason, people don't want
to sit on sofas that someone else
has sat on. Oh, come on!
What a waste. Well, you know,
our couches these days are made of cardboard.
Oh, don't be absurd! I'm not being absurd.
Really? Yeah. But this...
Has it got a wooden frame? Has got a
solid wooden frame.
OK, so what would you do with that?
Cos that looks pretty nice.
Yeah. I would do what I would call a
Henry Cole on this.
What's that? Run away? Get someone
else to do it!
You know me too well, mate! I think
it's a job for Gemma.
Oh, OK. Simon's snapped up the
two-seater.
That's another item to add to their haul.
So far, so good.
Still not sure Natalie's up for this wedding.
No, no, no. But I tell you what,
when I shoot her with Cupid's
arrow...
Yeah, absolutely. Ah! Ah!
That will do that trick. Do you need
a hand?
Oh, stop it!
THEY LAUGH
You see, you were scared then.
Tell me you were scared. I was.
Yeah, there you go.
Something else that is sure to scare
the lads is
this less than desirable veneer
chipboard 1980s corner unit.
Perhaps I should set you a challenge
of something that we think is
completely useless and horrible.
And you've got to really, really
push the boat out.
OK. Because, you know, we do
obviously cherry-pick stuff.
Perhaps we should just go,
"All right, mate, that's a horror story.
"Do your worst."
Whilst Simon ponders what to do with
the shelves,
the vast collection of books has
also got him thinking.
It's just a pity that they just
languish and probably no-one will
ever read it again. I wonder...
Well, you might. Hmm. I'm thinking,
do you know what?
I'm feeling creative today.
As we kept passing the books, the
old cogs were turning.
I've got this image of floating shelves,
each one a book just sticking out
the wall for putting books on.
So Simon's decided on his second item.
He's taking a selection of hardback
books, which he'll turn into
a book shelf. Yep, that's a shelf
made of books.
That means I have my two items,
which means...
...that this unit...
No, mate. ..which you challenged me
to be creative with is now
superfluous to requirements. So...
Back over the net to you.
I challenge YOU to be creative with that.
Or both.
Look, mate, it was a fair challenge.
No, no, no. When it was yours.
Oh, when it was mine. Because you
work in wood.
No, no, listen.
You have got the most beautiful item
in here, that lovely old bureau.
That is true. Right.
And I am missing an item.
Yes. And now, obviously, I'm not.
OK. You up for it?
No! But I will take the challenge.
So I'm lumbered with these shelves.
I tell you what, Guy's going to go mad.
Henry's challenge,
to restore today's ropiest item, has
come back to haunt him.
The '80s corner unit is now HIS
second and final item.
There you go. Do you want a hand
with those books? Yes.
But will Simon and Natalie think
they've got potentially profitable
picks?
HE LAUGHS
What's wrong with you?
The corner unit!
OK, the shelving.
Erm... I don't quite know what I'm
going to do with them yet,
but I am thinking.
But all I can tell you is they are
going to look very different the
next time you see them. OK.
The bureau. Now, if I can have that,
I think that's absolutely beautiful.
I think it might be Victorian.
I don't know. Is it, Simon?
I don't know. I think possibly, yes.
It came out of a farmhouse and it
was an old farmhouse, so, yes,
I wouldn't be surprised at all.
What I have got is this very simple...
...two-seater sofa.
And we're going to make you some
good money out of that.
Yeah. Thank you so much, mate.
Natalie. Thank you. Thank you so much.
We've had a lovely day today.
Had a lovely day.
And we'll see you, you know, in the church.
THEY LAUGH
We won't! They're not getting
married! I know they're not!
Coming up... Simon puts his foot down.
This is insanity.
Henry gets his hands dirty.
The handles are covered in centuries
of grease.
And the makeovers make a great impression.
It should make 2,200, something
around that mark.
Reclaimers and restorers Henry Cole
and Simon O'Brien are on a mission
to turn rubbish into readies.
What do you reckon? Do you reckon
that's period?
Do you think he made it or did he
buy it off the web?
Armed with their final finds from
Simon and Natalie's
house of horrors, they're back at
their bases and ready for action.
Or should that be inaction?
Simon, this is lovely.
I'm really enjoying this.
Have we got any items today?
No, I just thought we'd have a read.
OK. Have a quiet day. Yeah, lovely.
Actually, that's not true.
You're sitting on one of them.
And you're reading the other.
Good, solid sofa. Yeah.
Really quite comfy. Comfy, yeah.
Comfy one, right?
But what it needs, obviously, is...
Yeah, a little bit of TLC, doesn't
it?
It needs reupholstering. Yes. Mmm.
I know someone with the skills to do that.
That will be me. That's right.
And these are going to be book shelves.
OK, how are you going to do that?
Don't know, I'm just reading up
about it.
Anyway, just enjoy the peace and
quiet for a minute.
So the first job for Gemma is
finding some material
to transform the old sofa.
This is just what I'm looking for -
I love all of these colours.
These are perfect.
I want something quite heavy-duty.
This one. They're perfect together.
It's that lovely, hard-wearing
purple.
With this chintzy, flowery fabric.
It's going to look so comfy.
It'll be perfect on a winter's
night, all snuggled up on the couch.
It's going to be great. With the
perfect fabric to hand,
Gemma sets about stripping the old
covers from the sofa.
I'm going to keep as much of this in
one piece as I can...
...then it can be used as a template
when I'm cutting the fabric.
But it's a trickier job than she
first thought.
There's no structure on the back
here at all.
So it's going to make it quite difficult
if I remove all of this fabric to
then cover it and get it taut again.
I think...
It's probably going to be much
easier if I leave this fabric on
and work over the top of it.
Right.
Yeah, I'm going to do that.
Meanwhile, Simon's getting to work
repurposing the old books
into a shelving unit.
Right. It'll all be different
heights. I don't mind that.
I quite like that. All different widths,
but it's going to be exactly square
at the back.
Simon carefully measures a 19mm gap,
for the wooden supporting shelf
before cutting out the pages
with a sharp knife.
He then slots them onto the shelf
and glues them into place.
Pressing the resin down.
This is insanity. Available for a
few pounds,
epoxy resin glues are quick-setting
and extremely strong.
And for extra reinforcement,
Simon also screws the books to the
wooden shelves.
Back in Oxfordshire, Henry's getting
to grips with the Victorian bureau.
Beauty and the beast, I think.
And for once, that's not describing you.
So, basically, what I'm going to do
here is I'm going to polish this up.
Polish the little brass hinges here. Yeah.
Just give it a clean-up,
bit of boot polish or antique brown
furniture polish.
Yes. Yeah? And make it just lovely.
Also, there's a little bit of
a crack there.
But always check the drawers before
you go, "Oh, my God. It's broken".
So that just drops in there, so
we'll glue that on.
Now then, what are we going to do
with that?
I mean, that is awful, isn't it?
It's one of the worst things I've
seen in a long time.
What if we just get Daz to paint it
a crazy colour?
I think that's your best chance.
It may end up going horribly wrong,
and no-one wants them.
But you've got a chance of just
doing them a shocking colour.
Convinced that painting the dated
shelving unit a bright colour
is the best plan of attack,
Henry heads off to visit his local
re-sprayer, Daz, for some advice.
What we've got to try and achieve, Daz,
is a situation where you might just
have them in your garage.
OK. Now, I'm thinking, electric
blue, metallic spray.
Ooh, that'd be nice. Shall we get
them in, then?
Yeah, let's do it. Come on, then.
But as work gets under way on the shelves,
it seems that Daz has had a flash of inspiration.
I have to put a white base coat
under them first,
after priming and prepping them.
So in my madness, I've actually
taped off the sides,
so when it's metallic blue and
we're peeling it off,
you'll get these nice, white lines
going down it as well,
to give it a bit of a sports car feel.
With the shelving units in Daz's
capable hands, back at his workshop,
Henry's hit a stumbling block with
the Victorian bureau.
So, basically, the handles...
...are covered in...
...I mean, like, centuries of grease.
So they don't polish up very well.
And, basically, I'm having to take
every single handle off.
I'm going to ask Guy very nicely
if he could put them on the mop.
And then we can put them back.
In the meantime, while he's doing that,
we can get on with polishing the
carcass and the drawers
with the wood stuff that I'm much
more at home with.
Electric polishing wheels, or mops,
can be picked up for as little as
£30,
giving metal objects a high-polish
finish
with a fraction of the time and
effort it would take by hand.
In Liverpool, with valuation day
around the corner,
Gemma's finishing off the yellow
bedside cabinet
from Dick Craven's place.
It's now nice and dry.
It's got all its colour on it.
I'm going to add some paper to make
it even more brighter and fabulous.
So this is PvA wood glue.
It's not too strong. I'm going to
put a piece of glass over the top
anyway, so it doesn't need to be
water resistant.
I love doing this sort of thing.
Really simple, but very effective.
The technique of applying decorative
paper to furniture is called decoupage.
It's a cheap and cheerful way to
instantly update this simple
bedside table.
For a final flourish,
Gemma adds a touch of gold paint
around the edge of the table,
and adds a new, gold door handle in
the shape of an owl.
Now look at that.
That is a masterpiece.
That's brilliant.
I'm so pleased with it.
Wait until Simon sees what I've done
with this.
The copper heater is also given
a final buff
with an electric polisher,
ready for the valuation.
I think this is it.
It's done.
In Oxfordshire, Henry's also busy
with the electric polisher.
To retain its value for collectors,
it's important to keep as much of
the original paintwork as possible.
I think the best we can say for this
is that
it's looking a heck of a lot...
...better than it was when we first
got it.
Guy's also buffed up the dispensing
tap on the polishing mop,
and his hard work has paid off.
Check out that little beauty.
Oh, my word! Transformation.
Oh, that is stunning.
And after reattaching the tap, the
work's complete.
There we go. Look at that.
That's lovely. I'm beginning to like
it now. Beautiful.
Having run into some problems earlier,
it's also the moment of truth for
the Triumph Speed Twin.
There was no real spark.
There is one now.
We've cleaned the carburettor.
Mm-mm.
We haven't got any lights yet, but
we think we might have action,
so we're going to give it a try,
all right?
And that normally means me.
Am I going to kick this, then?
Yeah, are you going to tickle it
as well first.
Yeah, yeah.
All right.
Give it a bit of revs.
Ooh. What about a bit more choke?
Come on, baby!
I mean, look, it's running pretty rough,
but as far as Guy and I are concerned,
we've taken a bike like that, and
we've got it going.
And the good news keeps on coming.
With the Speed Twin now a runner,
Henry's meeting with a potential
buyer at his workshop.
We've basically got it running not
very well.
And there is an issue, electronically,
because the only way it starts is
when you go like that,
and that shouldn't happen.
So there is issues, electrically.
But you know, mate, these mint are
4.5, five grand.
Now, look, it is...
...2.5.
Come on.
Go on, then, 2.5. All right.
Deal.
Henry's made a sale.
But will our valuer agree with his
price?
It's time for the first valuation.
Henry's choice of salvage spot was
motorcycle enthusiast Dick Craven's
impressive motorcycle museum in Yorkshire.
Unfortunately, Dick is unable to
attend today's valuation.
But any money the boys raise will go
to his choice of charity.
Casting an eye over their efforts is
Fay Rutter,
who runs a successful antiques
emporium in the Midlands.
Fay! Come on in.
With years of experience,
she's always on the money when it
comes to valuations.
Great to see you, Fay. Nice to see you.
As you know, Dick can't be with us...
I know, what a shame. ..cos he's
doing stuff, and he's very busy man.
So, really, it's left to us to
implore you to be kind
on Dick's behalf on the valuations.
So here's what we've been up to,
here you go, come and have a look.
Have a wander round. Have a wander, Fay.
There you go.
You want to big that up, mate.
Remember, you know, Dick needs the money.
I know. Ooh, that's nice!
That's nice, isn't it? Yeah, lovely.
Took a lot of polishing that, Fay,
I have to tell you.
You know? Yeah, that's fantastic.
Come back and join us. So, shall we
start with the motorbike then, Fay?
OK. Little Triumph. Yeah.
Triumph bike, looks in nice condition.
It would, of course, had the bath
tub fairing on it. Yeah.
But it's a good, starter,
classic bike.
Sure.
To get the Triumph Speed Twin
motorcycle up and running,
Henry spent £75 on parts, including
a new battery.
So, Guy and I have fettled it,
and it's cleaned up really nicely
with a lot of elbow grease.
It should make 2,200, something
around that mark.
Well, that's good news,
mainly because I have sold that.
OK. And I've sold it for 2.5 grand.
Brilliant. I think I've done well
for Dick there, and, hopefully,
he's going to be happy.
A good bit of business from Henry
means that he's off to a flying start,
netting Dick a profit of £2,425.
Our oil dispenser, Fay?
Somebody would love this.
I know a lot of hot rodders that
would love this in their garage
when they're doing up their hotrods
and stuff.
It still dispenses oil, so it has
some function,
not just sitting pretty,
as it were.
Using some spare green paint and
plenty of elbow grease,
Henry's given the oil dispenser a
new lease of life
without spending a thing.
Best place to sell this would be
an auto sale.
Yeah. 90 quid.
Do you know what? I was imagining
between 80 and 100,
so bang on, really.
The restored dispenser has managed
to dispense a further £90
in pure profit for Dick.
OK, let's move onto my stuff.
Let's talk about our Pithers
copper anthracite.
Do you like that? I do, yeah.
I think you've obviously worked
really hard
to get that copper coming up like
that. See that elbow there?
The grease that needs?
I did absolutely nothing.
Using a variety of polishing methods,
using products from the workshop,
Gemma's clean-up of the copper
heater didn't cost a penny.
I think it looks great.
The big problem is, you can only
burn anthracite in it now,
can't you?
I have actually been investigating it.
There is a possibility you could
burn wood pellets in it.
But, you're right, it's
very specialist. Yeah.
125 quid.
125 quid? Mmm. Do you know what?
I think that's fair enough.
The now-shiny copper heater has
netted a hot profit of £125
to add to Dick's total.
I can tell you that the last item,
Gemma loves it very, very much
indeed. OK.
So, she's put a lot of TLC into this.
And it's just a cute, little thing.
And it's been blinged, as you can see.
It's certainly been blinged, yes.
A little 1940s bedside cabinet.
Upcycling the tired bedside cabinet
into a stylish piece of furniture
cost just £5, for floral paper and paint.
There's a lot of these still about.
Every house had them.
Sorry, £20.
The table has added a further £15
to Dick's total,
and rounds off the valuation.
So that gives a grand total back to
Dick of £2,655.
He's got to be happy with that,
surely, mate?
That is a triumph!
And thank you very much indeed,
Fay, for stepping in.
It's a pleasure. Absolutely
brilliant. Fantastic.
Cheers. Thank you so much.
Thanks to the boys' efforts,
Dick's riding away with an
impressive £2,655 profit,
which he plans to give to his
favoured charity.
Coming up, tiring transformations...
That's definitely the best part of
making this sofa.
Mad makeovers...
I've put a little bit of a Daz touch
to it.
A bobby-dazzler!
And satisfied customers.
Very good. I like the sofa.
I'd have it in my living room.
That's exactly what we need to hear.
That's good.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien have
been turning clutter into cash.
Come on, baby!
Henry's choice of location
made classic bike collector
Dick Craven
£2,655 in profit.
I think I've done well for Dick there,
and hopefully
he's going to be happy.
So the pressure is on for Simon
to help his collectors,
Simon Watkins and his partner, Natalie,
and it's the moment of truth
for his bookshelf.
Ha-ha!
That's brilliant! So, there is
our shelf made of books and then...
...to finish off, we don't want
to see these brackets -
small dowel on this book
and he should slot on there
to hide that bracket.
This one, the bracket just sits in
the groove
because I have glued
all this together
and he should slot on there.
There it is.
To give the old sofa
a fresh new look,
Gemma is reupholstering it
with her new purple fabric.
I'm leaving this on
because it's just going to give it
more support
and it makes it much
easier for me.
Now, I need the fabric as taut
as possible.
Once people sit down on this,
it's going to go baggy
and that's what we don't want.
Having gathered the fabric,
Gemma secures it in place
using upholstery tacks,
which are available from
high-street haberdashers.
You just do bit by bit,
take it as it comes.
If you look at it
as a big, massive object,
it may become a bit overwhelming.
If you can wrap your Christmas
presents at home,
then you can do this.
As well as using upholstery tacks,
Gemma is also hand-sewing the
covers to the remaining sections
of the sofa.
The final little bit, plump them up.
Oh, and finally!
This is so comfortable.
This is definitely the best part
of making this sofa.
In the Oxfordshire shop,
Henry has reattached the broken
piece of the bureau with wood glue
and now is giving the whole thing
a thorough beeswax polish.
That's looking good now.
Here's the last piece of the jigsaw.
Oh, mate, you are a legend,
do you know that?
A dusty one, but you are a legend!
Put it in.
Oh, man.
What do you reckon?
Yeah, that's posh.
Don't you think, mate...?
I tell you, as always,
it was a nightmare, because we had
to polish every single handle. Yes.
But actually, I think... Yes.
...that's lovely, and you know what?
It's cost us a lot of blood, sweat
and tears but not a lot of money.
It ain't cost us nothing.
And with the final valuation looming,
Henry heads to see Daz to check on
the newly spray-painted
corner shelves.
Oh, my God, look at that!
Do you like it? I've put a little
bit of a Daz touch to it.
A bobby-dazzler. Yeah.
Mate! I just thought
I'd break it up a bit, otherwise...
Can you imagine that
they'd turn out like that?
I mean, it's worth something now,
you know?
Reusable, definitely.
I can flog that. Great.
All right, I take it all back.
In the hands of a master,
you can create something stunning.
Something that was destined for
the skip
is now destined to have pride
of place in someone's house.
But will the valuer agree?
It's time to find out
at the final valuation.
Simon chose to help prop makers
Simon Watkins and his partner,
Natalie, from Essex,
but will he be able to top
the £2,655 profit
Henry's choice brought in?
Simon and Natalie are here
to inspect their handiwork
and to find out if the lads have
raised enough money
for Simon's marriage plans.
Good to see you, Simon.
What do you think?
Wow. Very good, yeah.
I like the sofa.
It's all right, innit? What do
you think?
I'd have it in my living room.
That is exactly what we need
to hear. That's good.
And finally, I think we all could
just stand here
and admire my bureau.
What do you reckon?
It's amazing. Brand-new.
SIMON: It looks really good.
I think it's really, really good.
I think you did great. Thanks, Si.
Appreciate that, mate.
I think we're all happy
with the transformation,
but is it worth anything?
Have we made you any money?
That's what it's all about, innit?
You know that.
To tell us that, we've got
our independent valuer, Fay.
Fay Rutter is back to price up
the boys' latest restorations.
Come on, then, Fay, put us out
of our misery.
Shall we start with the sofa?
Come on.
Well, to be honest with you,
we all see them, don't we,
left by the side of the road
or left by skips?
So, I'm always... I like to see
things used as opposed to landfill.
And I think it's a great way to save
you a fortune on a new sofa.
Simon spent £100 reupholstering
the old sofa with new fabric
to make it usable again.
£150.
£150?
Yeah, I think that's fair enough,
cos it was just sitting there,
wasn't it, languishing?
Simon is off to a good start,
netting Simon and Natalie
a £50 profit.
OK, Fay, let's challenge you.
Value a bookshelf.
A literal bookshelf, if you dare.
That is challenging.
I like what you've done.
I think it's a great use of books,
cos let's face it,
second-hand books don't cost
anything, do they?
Repurposing the old books into
a shelf
cost Simon just £5 for the wood,
adhesive and screws.
I think it looks really good. Um...
In the right place,
and I mean the right place,
I think you could see them
sort of fetching £45.
The innovative bookshelf has added
another £40
to Simon and Natalie's total.
What it cost is two hours
of my time.
Let's think about how many books
you've got in your place
and lying around
and all that kind of stuff.
You know? Fay, I will take your £40
and I will give it
to these lovely people.
Thank you very much indeed.
Very pleased. And food for thought
for everyone, really.
Absolutely. Something
everybody could do.
Let's move on now we're the up.
Um, blue shelving unit.
Can I just say, Fay,
this was a challenge Simon set me?
To transform the dated
shelving units,
Henry called on the expertise of
his trusty local resprayer,
Daz, at a cost of £20.
Somebody would love a pair of these
for a boy's bedroom,
doing a boy's bedroom makeover.
I'm going to go £70 a pair.
I mean, considering,
I think that's a result.
Not bad for a pair of old shelves.
The updated shelves have made
Simon and Natalie a £50 profit.
Right, now, come on, the piece
de resistance in my view,
which is that gorgeous bureau.
Henry lovingly restored the bureau
by polishing the wood and metal handles
without spending a penny.
I love this sort of furniture.
I think it's a great piece.
Unfortunately, there is no market
for bureaus these days.
I think you've done a nice job of
the polishing
and the handles are nicely polished.
I'm going to give you a value
of £95 on that.
The bureau has bagged another £95
profit for Simon and Natalie,
bringing the valuation to an end.
All in all, we had great fun
with your stuff.
You're going home with A, £235,
and also we made some space for you,
didn't we?
Which is just as important.
Yes. How does that sound, £235?
Very good. Brilliant.
For doing nothing, for letting us
have a laugh.
What will the money go towards?
Little break maybe? Yeah? A place in
the South of France sounds nice.
Sounds romantic, doesn't it?
Sounds romantic to me as well.
Getting Henry and Simon
to transform his trash
means that Simon and Natalie will be
walking away with £235 profit.
The items were just sitting there
gathering dust
and so they've taken them, they've
done something different with 'em.
They can now be reused, sold on, which...
All that was going to end up in the
skip before, so happy days, innit?
Happy days, yes. Happy days!
Simon's choice of location
made a profit of £235
but it's Henry's choice
that's come out on top today
with an impressive £2,655 profit.
I have earned ten times
as much as you.
That hurts. It does hurt.
It really does hurt.
I'll tell you what though. What?
I'll buy you a soft drink.
Come on! Thanks very much indeed.
I still like my bookshelves.
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