Find It Fix It Flog It (2016-2022): Season 1, Episode 2 - Episode #1.2 - 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.
Upcycling genius, Simon...
It works! Don't sound so surprised!
...and his restorer
love turning everyday objects
into fantastic furniture.
Gemma, come on! Absolute winner.
DINGING
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.
That's great. Absolutely brilliant.
Today...
Henry reveals a hidden side...
I'm a guinea pig breeder, or I was.
...Simon's restorations
don't go quite as planned...
It looks like a bad
Doctor Who baddie, doesn't it?
...and at the valuations,
even the expert is impressed.
This is my favourite item today.
It's beautiful. I want it myself.
The boys are back on the road
for another glorious day
of barn searching.
Even you would agree
it's a nice day today.
It's a beautiful day, it really is.
I'm up for this.
I think we're going to create
immense wealth today!
Henry and Simon are heading close
to the posh spa town of
Royal Tunbridge Wells
on the East Sussex-Kent border.
Kent actually means border.
Does it? Yeah. I thought
it was the Garden of England.
Yes, it is
The Garden of England, yes.
But the origin of the name is
that it was border land... Yup.
So now we're on the border of
the border land, but we're just
going over the border
of the border land,
across the border into East Sussex.
The area, known as the Weald, lies
between the North and South Downs,
an area of outstanding beauty
and agricultural land.
Today, Simon's chosen to help
new farmers Adrian and Jane Howard
by raising cash from
their discarded clutter.
I have a sneaking suspicion that
she's going to just have barn
after barn after barn
of loveliness.
After years of working as
busy professionals in London,
Jane and Adrian decided to escape
the city to enjoy the good life
at this idyllic farm.
We've about 100 plus sheep, 50
head of cattle or pigs in the woods.
There are bees in the hives,
a couple of horses, dogs -
you name it, it's all here, really.
But running a successful
livestock farm isn't
without its drawbacks.
As we've discovered, when you farm,
you actually have to keep on adding
barns because you get more tractors
and bits like that.
Somehow, they're all full of tat.
Their rare-breed beef
is much sought-after
and they're planning to raise
a greater number of cattle,
so any junk Henry and Simon can
turn into cash will be spent on
much-needed farm equipment.
Hey, mate, I'm excited.
Come on, come on!
Jane, Simon, how are you?
How long have you been here?
1999... We came down.
Yeah, 15...16 years.
Something like that. Yeah.
The sun is shining, so we're
going to make hay, if we may?
HENRY SNORES
We're going to wander around all
of your barns and hopefully we
will pick two items each
and make you some money.
Does that sound fair enough? Yes.
Yes, that sounds good.
We're on it, mate. Let's go.
Very good. You've done well today.
Thanks. See you later.
Do we need to say anything?
I brought Henry to heaven
and the barns were heavenly.
Come on, then, what've we got,
what've we got? Tell me, tell me!
We've got some rosettes.
Can I tell you something
you don't know about me?
Go on. I've won a lot of rosettes.
Have you? What for?
Breeding guinea pigs.
You didn't. I really did.
That changes the image slightly,
doesn't it,
from the big, hairy, macho biker.
It's not very often
I'm lost for words.
I thought you would be. Genuinely,
mate, I'm a guinea pig breeder.
Or I was.
Enough now!
Especially as both boys need
to find two items each to restore.
Yeah, let's look at some stuff.
Oh, I like that.
Tell me you like it.
I do like it. Despite his love
of all things mechanical,
Henry's actually got his eye
on a tall chest of drawers.
It's useful. You see...
It is very yellow, though, isn't it?
Well, it won't be. OK.
I'll surprise you. There in the
corner was a chest of drawers.
Now, to me, the perfect little bit
of wood and that is something that
can be used in a workshop.
That's a thermometer for a horse.
Do you want me to
take your temperature?
Simon, time to move on!
What do you reckon? There is just
nice little pieces lying everywhere.
We are on a real farm, mate.
They're hanging the ham.
Actually, it smells rather nice.
Mm-hm.
I mean, it was just like
an antique shop.
There was a drop-leaf table,
I think you call it,
there was a nice
Edwardian chest of drawers.
But it's a blast from the past
that catches
public schoolboy Henry's eye.
You know what this is called?
What's it called?
It's called an ottoman. Ah.
When you went to school... Yeah?
...people would normally take
a tuck box or a trunk. Yeah.
But we called it an ottoman, so you
could sit on it in your own room,
and then inside you could
have clothes and sweeties.
What world is he from?
He took an ottoman
to school and he...
bred and showed guinea pigs?
Anyway... Moving on.
We're digressing, aren't we?
That one's a bit shot,
though, isn't it? It is.
Won't be taking that to school.
With so much stuff to choose from,
the boys decide to scout further
before committing to more items.
Look at it, man. Yeah. Come on.
Quintessential England.
There is more.
Oh, blimey! Lots more.
Oh, my word.
All these beautiful pieces
we've just seen,
and what do I fall in love with?
Simon's spotted an 18th century
carpenter's workbench.
That is divine.
Years and years of
labour etched in it,
which can now just be repurposed
into a lovely piece
of kitchen furniture.
What? You heard.
You're not going to do that?
I am going to do that.
I am going to do that.
I mean, this would
compliment any workshop
you could possibly think of
and you're going to turn it
into a kitchen table.
Workbenches like this are hugely
popular nowadays.
Cleaned up, it could fetch up
to £500 as a kitchen sideboard.
Once it's cleaned up, and that's
all that's going to happen to it,
it will just be possibly
the most saleable item
I've found in a barn for months.
The lads now have one item
each and one more to find.
Next level, we're taking it
to the next level.
We certainly are.
Listen, never mind what we find in
here, just look at the barn.
There's a manger.
Yet again, more stuff
to choose from.
Is it a manger? What is it?
I don't know, it's a folding table,
isn't it? Folding?
That folding wrought-iron table base
had really nice lines and it
just caught my imagination.
With a new top added
to the table base,
Simon reckons this could make
a great piece of furniture...
I'm taking that.
...becoming his second
and final choice.
But Henry's not far behind...
That's rather a nice bit of shelving.
...after spotting this old
cloakroom shelf and coat rack.
I can just imagine it all just
beautifully painted and that kind
of stuff with some nice
hooks on it.
Can you imagine it?
Can you imagine doing that?
Yeah, I can, actually. Can you?
Yeah, thank you. Come on then.
What, was that a challenge?
Yeah. All right, mate.
All right. I'm on it.
I'm just going to,
you know, fettle them
and make them lovely, basically,
but leave them how they are,
but I'm going to make
some money out of that.
Henry's convinced it will be
an easy job to restore,
repaint and return a tidy profit.
Just hold that for a moment. No!
Henry!
Rummage over, it's time to see
what Adrian and Jane
will make of their spoils.
I can't believe what you've picked.
It looks like absolute junk to me.
We like a challenge.
That there, honestly,
I'm going to clean it up.
The bench? The bench.
And this other piece here, I mean,
it's just, it's just simple.
I like the lines... Yes, nice lines.
...I've got some really nice
potential for a top for it
already in my workshop
at home, so... If it fits.
Very good.
The first item, if I'm allowed to
take it away, is a shelf unit.
What about the tall boy thing?
I promise you,
that chest will change,
the chest of drawers, colour-wise.
I'm just going to make
them both beautiful.
It's been an absolute pleasure
to spend some time
in your gorgeous place.
Very nice to see you.
Thanks, guys. Take care.
Thanks so much.
See you later. Bye-bye.
Simon's restorer, Gemma,
gets less than she bargained for.
There's nothing to this.
There isn't!
There's nothing to work with.
At the second search,
Henry struggles with a bike.
I think the brake's on or something.
I think it's just heavy.
You're just a wimp, Henry.
And Simon's got his work
cut out for him.
How are you getting on?
Yeah, I'm doing fine, thanks!
Restorers and upcyclers,
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are on a mission to turn other
people's trash into cash.
That is divine.
They've picked up two items each
from Adrian and Jane Howard
and are now
back at base to restore them.
In Oxfordshire, Henry is showing off
his finds to his expert restorer.
Don't you think that's rather a
nice, little chest of drawers?
It's OK, yeah.
Looking like that, though, it needs
doing up a bit, doesn't it?
Meet Guy Willison, he's Henry's
restoration expert.
Guy and I have known each other
since we were 15.
I know him probably better than
I know anybody on this planet.
Better known as Skid because
of his love of motorbikes,
he's more than a grease monkey
- he can fix anything.
We should strip it. Yes. Definitely.
Just dunk it and see what the
wood's like underneath.
That could be quite good
when it's done.
A good start, but what about the
cloakroom shelf and hooks?
They're OK. Yes, I think we'll do
the same as with that,
strip it and then take a view on it
because it's whether to change the
hooks and things and go brass, or...
I quite like the rustic effect
of those ones.
I quite like them being
a bit amateur-ish.
It has a certain charm, doesn't it?
Yeah, unlike you.
Charming!
Simon's now back in his home town of
Liverpool and equally eager
to show off his haul
to his restorer.
What do you think of this?
I like this.
That's fantastic. I do.
I do, I really like this.
Fine art graduate, Gemma Longworth,
runs her own arts
and crafts business.
I'm going to get you
to prepare your furniture
and we'll get a top layer
on as well today.
Her recycling and upcycling
workshops sell out as people
bring in their old furniture
and depart with new skills
and tastefully rejuvenated homeware.
This is one of the favourite things
I've dragged out of an old shed.
You always say that.
I think we need to get some sugar
soap on it, mild bleach.
Get it back to just the wood.
We don't even need any paint
on this, do we? No. Just clean.
I see the carpenter's bench
in a kitchen somewhere.
It's like a big chopping board,
really useful.
I think it would be great
in somebody's home.
Let's hope Gemma
is just as enthusiastic
about Simon's next find.
There's nothing to this.
There isn't.
There's nothing to work with.
Maybe use some modern materials.
What about some plastic in a nice
bright colour...
OK, I've seen the stuff
you're talking about.
I know. I think it needs to be a
big, bright statement. Yeah.
Just done very simply.
I think you've just hit the nail on
the head there.
If we just get something colourful,
bring it up to this century,
quite modern, that'll work.
Starting work on this iron table base,
Gemma's cleaning off the loose
rust with wire wool.
Now I'm going to give it
a coat of black paint
and black will go with any
colour what we put on the top.
It's easy, really.
Well, it's remarkable
what a bit of paint can do.
Ten minutes ago it looked
like just a rusty old stand.
Now it looks brand-new.
With the first coat of paint drying,
Gemma turns her attention
to Simon's other find -
the old carpenter's workbench.
First, a clean and then
a dose of insecticide.
It would be nice for once if Simon
could bring back something
that doesn't have woodworm.
Gemma wants to retain the charm
of the aged timber,
but needs to remove as much of the
accumulated dirt as possible.
It's definitely doing something.
A light sandpaper and electric
sander exposes the original wood,
but leaves the aged patina.
I've got what I can off but there's
so many nooks and crannies on this,
I don't think I'll be able
to get rid of all of it.
In Oxfordshire, Henry's chest of
drawers and cloakroom shelves
are back from the chemical dippers,
where all the old paint was removed.
Paint stripping companies are
available around the country
and they'll dip your painted items
in caustic chemicals
to remove all the paint -
a process that's very
reasonably priced.
What do you reckon, bud?
That's pretty good, actually.
Do you think?
A good starting point, yes.
We're back to basics
now to attack it.
I'll put that here.
That doesn't look bad either.
I'm pleased it hasn't fallen apart
in the dipping process.
In the bath, no.
What do you think
if we did it kind of baby bluey,
kind of Cotswoldy, shabby,
light bluey type of thing?
That kind of egg colour,
that eggy blue.
You know. Yeah.
We've done it before.
Cream hooks cream hangers.
I think it'll look rather lovely.
That's all right
as a starting point. Yeah.
I've got a punter for it.
OK. This punter wants it retro,
a '50s vibe.
So he wants cream carcass,
red drawers and cream handles.
Let's get on with it. OK.
With the paint stripped,
the chest could also be finished in
Danish oil and a beeswax polish.
But with a customer asking
for specific colours,
Henry's happy to oblige and
hopefully deliver
the maximum profit.
Gemma's also looking
for a splash of colour,
this time for the top to the
wrought iron table legs.
Hi, Adam. Hello.
How are you doing?
I'm good, thank you.
I've got this table base
and we need to do a tabletop.
Now, we're looking for something
using old things
and we what to upcycle it.
That's the sort of vibe
we're going for.
Maybe you might be able to help us.
Gemma's come to a company who
recycle plastics
to create colourful, new
worktops and general homeware.
Now, we're wanting something quite
bright and colourful.
The stand that we've got is just
plain, black boring.
We want something bright,
just like this, actually.
This might well be the one for you.
This is made out
of recycled plastic bottles.
So many different colours in that,
isn't there?
Could we go for something like this?
Yeah. Would that be OK?
Of course, we can cut it any shape
you want. Brilliant.
OK, that's going to be great.
Perfect. Thank you.
OK. Take care. Bye.
Great news for Gemma,
and with restorations from Jane and
Adrian's place well under way,
it's now Henry's turn to select
a candidate.
He's taken Simon to Hertfordshire
to meet Saul Underwood,
a third-generation head gamekeeper.
I'm very reluctant to get rid of
stuff but I think it just gets
a bit beyond a joke sometimes.
Having lived here
for the last 30 years,
Saul has amassed an impressive
selection of cars,
bikes and machinery.
My sheds are getting too full now.
I need to move some stuff on
and if Simon and Henry
can take some away,
it will be doing me
a massive favour.
Let's hope the lads can turn
Saul's clutter into cash.
Hello, mate. I'm Henry.
How are you?
Hello, Henry, nice to meet you.
This is Simon.
Pleased to meet you, Simon.
What a beautiful spot.
It is nice, yep.
The deal is, Saul, that Simon
and I will select two items each
and then we'll take them away
and make some decent cash for you.
That's the gig. Happy?
That would be great. If you did make
any money, it would be really nice
if you could give it to the
Gamekeepers' Welfare Trust.
OK. Listen, a bit of charity work.
Well, in that case, we'll have
to pull our finger out today,
aren't we?
Well, you will. The more money we
make the better
for your elected charity.
We'll see you later.
Which way are we going?
Straight down the track there.
Come on, then.
Cheers, mate. See you later.
Yes, it's full of automotive stuff,
but, for Simon,
I'm sure there's going to be lots of
lovely things for him
to get little teeth into.
Hey, look, I've always wanted to
know where all the classic Land
Rovers are in the world.
They're in woods.
OK, they're always good, containers.
Look, look, look.
Explain something to me,
is that bike really far away?
Shall we get it out?
It's very small.
Look at that, straight away.
The boys have found a Mini Moto.
These mass produced little bikes
were cheap toys for kids and adults
alike. They can't be used on roads
but can reach 25mph.
You are a dark horse. It's the one
bike that I can get me knee down on.
That looks quite funky, doesn't it?
We could have a giggle on it.
I'd quite like to see Guy on it.
I'm loving it.
I'm going to park her up.
Henry's chosen the Mini Moto
as his first item.
Before being mass produced for kids,
these mini motorbikes were made as
pit bikes in races
during the late 1950s.
It looks like Henry is thinking
a little bigger for his next pick.
Can we go and have a quady, quady?
SIMON GROANS
Come on. What do you
mean, "Come on, then?"
Let's just try and get this out.
A little secret, as Henry was
pushing, I wasn't pulling.
I think the brake's on or something.
I think it's just heavy.
You're a wimp.
Have you been...? Oh, dear.
LAUGHTER
So there was nothing wrong
with it was there, Saul?
Nothing at all, just heavy.
This 300cc Quadzilla quad bike could
be worth £600 to £700,
but the engine isn't running.
So if Henry takes this quad
it may cost a lot to repair,
reducing his profit considerably.
I think it's nice
and I think it's an option.
And, you know, something like that,
it's in good nick,
and may well have a bit
of a value. OK. You know?
Right, OK. Shall we move on?
Yeah, we should move on.
With this pick,
Henry has chosen his two items,
leaving Simon still on the
starting line with nothing.
Look at this. Oh, hey up!
Well, I might have just spotted
something that made me happy.
Are you looking for it to be solid?
Yeah. Well, it is that.
It is that. What would that hold?
I know that's probably a stupid question.
Well, let's find out.
If this barrel had port in it...
Yeah. Then it's incredibly valuable.
Some of them, I'm not sure which way
round they are,
I'll have to look into it, but they
are worth thousands of pounds.
Whisky distilleries favour old port
barrels because they impart the
flavour of the port
into the new whisky.
Sadly, this old barrel
never contained port,
so Simon has other plans for it.
I think maybe it's going to end up
as a nice garden chair of some sort.
Come on.
Simon's finally on a roll, bagging
the barrel as his first item.
Before he spots a secret little
chicken shed, the trouble is,
it's buried between
20 foot of rampant nettles.
How are you getting on?
Yeah, I'm doing fine, thanks.
Are you doing any good?
No thanks to you.
We've got there.
If he thought the
nettles were bad enough,
this old chicken shed
has a rather pungent odour.
I go in and it's full of
old chicken poo, rat poo...
But sitting in the middle of it
is a gorgeous, old cabinet,
which I've never seen
anything like it before.
Oh, you know what it is?
What?
Look.
It's not one of your apple things?
No, it's a really old egg incubator.
What would you do with it?
I don't know.
But it's cool though, isn't it?
It's great.
This Victorian incubator would have
been filled with trays of
pheasant eggs.
A small paraffin heater kept them
at the right temperature
and the gamekeeper would turn the
eggs daily until they hatched.
That's pretty cool. Shall we put it
back? I'm very egg-cited.
Are you? Yeah.
Sorry, that's just a yoke.
Oh! I think you've caught
something there.
So Simon's bagged the incubator
as his second and final item.
The quad bike. Now, normally I don't
like quads, but that's a nice one.
I especially like the winch on it.
Hopefully, seeing as though we
pushed it all the way up here,
that is available to take away.
That is, yes. Oh, good.
Now the Mini Moto, a sort of
Simon-sized bike.
Can I take that away as well?
You can, yes. First of all, it goes
without saying,
isn't that a lovely old barrel?
It's just a nice solid thing.
I found it out the back there.
Is it OK to take that?
By all means. Brilliant. Brilliant,
brilliant, brilliant.
Three down, one to go. Yeah, OK.
Now, I'm also really interested in
that other thing, cabinet.
The incubator. If it's OK, I'd like
to take that away.
By all means. Fantastic.
Hopefully, if we make a few bob we
will hand it to you and then you can
hand it to The Gamekeepers' Trust.
That would be great,
absolutely terrific.
Fantastic, mate.
Great days, happy days.
Coming up...
Simon gets mucky.
Rat poo...
Ugh!
This could be the worst
day of my life.
Henry gets excited
about wood.
Cool, mate,
that is fantastic!
Can I...?
No, I can't touch it.
And, at the valuations,
the boys raise a tidy profit.
I actually have sold
that for 300.
Oh!
Upcycling duo Henry Cole and Simon
O'Brien are turning unwanted objects
into desirable pieces and trying to
make money in the process.
Armed with their final two items,
they've both returned to the
workshop to get restoring.
In Oxfordshire, Henry's haul
will keep mechanic Guy busy.
Do you know what its full name is?
I know it's a quad
but its full name? No.
You got the first bit of it.
It's a Quadzilla 300.
I have been informed that it needs
a water pump.
Right. So, that's probably an easy
fix because Tony,
he'll have one, our mate.
I'm really glad Henry's got a friend
who he can take the quad bike to
to sort out the water pump
or whatever is wrong with it.
I prefer them with two wheels.
Speaking of two wheels...
You see how easy it is?
Yeah, relatively worthless but at
the same time,
a heck of a lot of fun. Yes.
Time to get to work, boys.
First up, a quick hose down of the
Quadzilla will help quad bike expert
Tony get a closer look
at its inner things.
Hello, Tony.
Nice to see you.
We've got you in because
you're the expert on these.
So, it doesn't run?
I haven't had it running, no.
The battery is disconnected.
OK. I suspect that's US anyway.
So there's a few things.
So, battery and...
Yeah, all right,
we can have a look at that.
Well, I think the best thing
I can do is to take it away.
OK, mate, I'll give you a hand.
Thanks a lot.
Let's leave it to Tony.
He's the expert.
He deals in the things.
But Tony's expertise comes at
a price.
Henry and Guy are gambling that
his repair won't dent the profit
too much.
Up in Liverpool,
Simon's hoping restorer Gemma
will buy into his idea of
turning the barrel into a chair.
I'm thinking that this would make
a nice seat for in the garden.
I think if we kind of...
cut it down like this,
so you're going to take away
the front third
but you're going to keep the back
and that becomes
the back of the chair. Yeah.
Good, I'm glad you're willing to
take that on,
that's quite a big project.
It is a big project.
Wait until you see the egg incubator
that Simon wants to turn into
a lovely piece of furniture!
So, from one mess to another.
Look at this! Yeah. You bring me
the finest things, Simon.
I do know how to treat a lady, yes.
The incubator is an interesting one.
I've never seen nothing like that before.
It's absolutely filthy
and covered in poo.
Get all the metal polished up,
not doing anything else,
replace these top beams
and I think we're there.
Luckily, Simon is going to be
working on that one
so if there are any creepy crawlies,
he can deal with those.
Time to get cracking on cleaning
the filthy egg integrator.
Rat and chicken droppings can carry
nasty germs
so Simon is taking no chances.
Oh, this could be
the worst day of my life.
How did it come to this?
You look lovely, Simon.
I'll throw it!
Gemma starts by cleaning
the old whiskey barrel.
And now cleaned, Simon can start
turning it into a bespoke chair.
What I've done now, I've drawn guide
holes to screw all the way around
to hold the timbers in place
because of course
once I cut the barrel in half,
it will just want to collapse,
so hopefully by doing this,
it won't simply collapse.
But the weird thing is, even
drilling tiny holes like that,
I can smell whiskey.
This is amazing.
SLURRING: That is going very,
very well indeed. Marvellous.
Let's go.
First, Simon uses an electric saw to
cut out the shape of the chair.
Then an angle grinder to cut away
the rusty metal braces.
And hey presto,
the new chair reveals itself.
Do you know what?
That's going to work.
In Oxfordshire,
Guy is finishing the first finds,
the chest of drawers that has been
painted to order.
Hello. All right, Leonardo?
Blimey, that's beautiful.
It's quite pleasant, isn't it?
Cor, mate, that is... Can I...?
No, I can't touch it.
No. That is a transformation.
Not only do you build bikes,
you can also paint!
On a limited scale.
Don't get me to do a picture.
'Hello?' Mark, it's Henry.
'That is top quality
and my mate, Mark,'
who gets stuff
for automotive museums,
who's asked for a chest like that
in that colour,
cannot fail to love it.
Shall we call it 300
and call it quits then?
'Yep.' OK, all right,
deal's a deal, Mark.
'Have your man deliver it.'
Oh! Yeah, as ever.
All right, mate.
OK, thank you so much, Mark.
As ever, a joy to do business
with you.
We sold it!
A result on the chest of drawers.
But how is the sick Quadzilla?
Tony has replaced the faulty water
pump and is fitting a new battery.
The moment of truth.
ENGINE FIRES UP
Success! The quad's back up and
running. But back at base,
can Guy make it a hat-trick of
success with the cloakroom shelves?
Here we go.
Oh, that's bang on, mate.
That's quite a nice colour,
isn't it?
So, you're going to do that,
are you?
I'm going to do this,
you're going to do the brackets.
I'm doing them now, mate.
They've got a bit of a challenge
on their hands.
Woodwork is not exactly their forte.
Oh, I've dripped it everywhere.
Wood has normally been a banned
substance in our sheds.
Yeah, metal. It's got to be metal,
wood's just trouble, isn't it?
Yeah, but at the same time, I think
you're getting to quite like it.
I think you might be moving to
the dark side.
Do you think?
The Simon O'Brien side of life.
With just a coat of
pastel blue paint,
the tired shelf has been given
a fresh new look.
That's coming up a treat. Good.
That's great, mate.
Yeah, do you like it?
Happy days, that's beautiful.
Just what we imagined it to be. Yeah.
Back in Liverpool,
Simon and Gemma are also finishing
their first find,
the carpenter's bench.
I'm going to add some Danish oil,
which is going to protect the wood,
waterproof it
and bring out the natural grain.
Danish oil costs around £10
and as well as darkening the wood,
it gives it a durable,
water resistant finish.
Perfect for kitchen worktops
and units.
It instantly looks better.
You could just leave this like this
but I'm probably going to put a wax
over the top as well,
just to finish it off and make it
a little bit more hard-wearing.
And the funky recycled plastic
table top has been delivered.
It just needs attaching to
the iron table base.
There we go.
Nice and secure.
That looks great.
Really good. I'm pleased with that.
To say that all we had was
this little flimsy frame.
Now we've got a really
stylish table.
But will it fetch a good price?
It's time for the first valuation.
Simon took Henry to help Jane Howard
and her husband, Adrian,
who left the stresses of London life
to run a fully working farm
in East Sussex.
The boys rescued and restored
two items each.
With Adrian and Jane busy calving
on the farm,
their best friends,
Siobhan and Adam,
have come to find out
how the boys got on.
Hi, how are you? You OK?
And more importantly,
to learn if the boys have made
Adrian and Jane enough money to buy
much-needed farming equipment.
Well, look, there we go.
Yeah, wow.
Yeah. Take a wander around,
by all means, yeah.
Now, obviously, they've transformed
considerably, all of them,
I think we can safely say,
couldn't we, Simon? Yeah.
That's recycled plastic,
old bottles.
But it's now compressed.
Is it really? That's really clever.
Now, that was not a pretty sight,
the yellow chest of drawers.
I can't believe you've done that
with that.
That, I can tell you,
that was an awful lot of elbow
grease was involved in that.
I was going to say, mate.
It's a beautiful old piece.
That works really well. I think
he's done well there, seriously.
It's a lovely location,
lovely items, we think,
but are they worth anything?
We can't decide that,
but Alyssa who is our independent
valuer will now join us.
An upcycling expert with
her own successful London business,
Alyssa Moore has made her name
accurately valuing reclaimed items
for retail.
Come on then, now be kind to us, please.
I'm always kind! No, you're not.
Where do you want to start?
OK, let's start with
the carpenter's bench, shall we?
This is my favourite item today.
It's beautiful. I want it myself.
Upcycling the battered old workbench
cost just £10 for wax and oil.
A wooden vice, the patina alone
is gorgeous, isn't it?
Very popular with shop fittings,
trendy bars.
For a quick sale, I would sell it at
auction for an estimation of £500.
Simon is off to a flying start
with an impressive £490 profit,
made on the carpenter's workbench.
Shall we move on to the recycled
plastic and old iron table?
Come on, talk to me.
It's funky, isn't it?
That's its selling point.
It's interesting.
It's made of recycled plastic.
The main expenditure on the table
was for the funky plastic table top
which cost £90.
It's foldable which is always handy,
especially in small spaces.
I would happily sell this in my shop
for £200.
The upcycled table
has upped the profits
with another £110
to add to the total.
So, yeah, that's great.
A profit of £110 on that one.
That's good. Not bad. I'm happy.
Excellent. Thank you very much.
You should be happy. Let's get on
with our stuff.
The chest of drawers. Yes.
Henry's chest of drawers
has been painted to
a customer's specification
at a cost of £50 for stripping
and paint.
We sell these all day long in our shop
and it's obviously
a chest of drawers
but oftentimes chest of drawers are
wider than they are taller and
with spaces shrinking,
people want taller pieces.
I would happily sell this in my shop
for £200.
Wow! Can I just pick you up on that,
just slightly?
Sure. Because I actually have
sold that for 300.
Oh!
Henry's bespoke paint job
has netted a profit of £250.
Happy days. Very good. Well done.
Well, the shelving.
Basically, all we did was sand
it down and painted it
what I think is an
aesthetically stunning colour.
Henry spent just 15 quid dipping
and painting the cloakroom shelf.
Yeah, I think it 's been
beautifully restored.
As you said, it is a good colour,
it's neutral and goes with most
people's colour schemes.
I would say reasonably one could
expect to get £80 for that.
Don't look at me.
I'm looking at you because
you're winning, Simon.
Don't look at me for support!
A profit of £65 rounds off
the valuation.
Right, OK, 65, worst-case scenario.
You know, as well as now having
these lovely items,
which are well on the way
to being sold...
Yeah, some of them. We've got some
cash for you to take back to Jane.
£915.
How does that sound? Jane will
be absolutely delighted.
Great. Thank you so much
for coming up and joining in.
Thanks to Henry and Simon's
restorations,
friends Siobhan and Adam can take
£915 back to Jane and Adrian Howard
to spend on farm equipment.
The furniture has been done really
well in terms of how it was before,
and I think Jane will be delighted
with the amount of money
she's going to get out of this.
Coming up, Simon channels
his inner Time Lord.
It looks like a bad Doctor Who,
badly done!
There's more monkeying around
in Oxfordshire.
Guy rocks up on it, rather like
someone out of Planet of the Apes.
"Take me to your leader!"
And at the final valuation,
one item is too good to part with.
Good job my wife doesn't see it!
Yeah!
Recyclers and restorers
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are on a mission to
turn trash into cash.
Simon picked the first location,
the home of city
slickers-turned-farmers
Jane and Adrian Howard,
and together,
the boys made them £915.
Henry's hoping they'll make even
more money for his choice,
helping gamekeeper Saul Underwood
raise money for charity.
His quad bike's back
up and running,
and with just the water pump
and battery replaced,
the repair bill hasn't been as high
as they feared.
With the bike back, the lads can't
resist a little test run.
Oh, mate, it's a runner. It works!
The quad bike,
Guy rocks up on it rather like
someone out of Planet Of The Apes.
What do you reckon? Mate, I love it.
Take me to your leader.
I cannot believe that that is resurrected.
And it flies, even two up.
Oh, man.
Would you believe that as a
transformation-mation?
What a result.
We got ourselves something that we
can really make Saul
and his charity some money.
That's great.
Mini moto, this way, sir.
OK. I'll tell you what, mate...
this could be tricky.
This could be another story.
HENRY LAUGHS
I mean, OK, result with the quads.
Are we actually going to get a
result here? Mm.
OK, so what we're going to do is,
we're going to give the mini moto a
final clean-up,
and then, hopefully,
our valuer will actually believe
it's worth some money.
There you go.
Oh, look at the state
of that, son. Look at that.
HENRY LAUGHS
The air filter is absolutely filthy.
Should I get a dummy...?
Ooh, look. What?
We've got a paintbrush.
When you take that spark plug out...
Yeah? ..all that grit and rubbish
will drop inside the engine.
So it's important to clean that off
before you take the spark plug out.
Oh, look at that.
To add value,
the lads need to completely clean
the bodywork
and get the engine running, while
spending as little as they can.
If we just put enough to fire it.
Time to see if their motoring
knowledge has paid off.
ENGINE STARTS UP
Yes!
INDISTINCT
Don't tell him, right? He
may be grumpy, right? He may be old,
but that guy is a genius.
Well done, mate.
And the key thing about it,
is that we haven't actually spent
anything on it whatsoever,
apart from some time
and some elbow grease.
Well, let's see if it'll ride
like greased lightning.
Oh, my God.
How can you ride it?
It may be working,
but Henry won't be breaking any land
speed records on this.
Ha!
There is a trick to sitting on it,
but I'll never master it.
Why? Because I don't want to.
Oh, that's...
HE LAUGHS
Mate, honestly, I've had enough.
In Liverpool,
Simon has already cut out the old
whisky barrel
to make his bespoke seat.
And now, Gemma's painting it black.
So, I'm staining the barrel...
with just...
a black...
wood stain.
It's got some varnish in it,
as well.
And this instantly makes it look
so much better.
Suitable for interior and exterior
use, this paint costs around £10,
a cheap way to give furniture an
instant face-lift.
And then, once this as all dry,
I can get down to the good bit,
which is getting all the fabric
on it.
So, this is going to be cushion
on the seat for the barrel.
I've got some nice, thick foam
and I'm going to put this
over the top of it,
so it's really comfy.
You can buy old whisky
barrels online,
or from a reclamation yard
for about £100.
I've got to say, this is the first
time I've ever
lined and upholstered a barrel.
And with the barrel seat finished,
Gemma and Simon
just have to complete
turning Saul's egg incubator
into a side table.
It's been cleaned, wormed and waxed
and is ready for the last
step of its face-lift.
So much better now.
Now, I know he wants to keep this.
Right, let's get it off.
Simon wants to keep the old
paraffin-fuelled heater
as part of the new cabinet,
but it's rusty, so it'll need
a good refurb.
I've changed me mind.
Too late.
A chrome effect spray paint
has covered the rust,
but Simon's not convinced.
There you go. First layer on, Simon.
Looks like a bad Doctor Who
baddie, doesn't it?
SIMON LAUGHS
The shiny silver jarred
with the rustic charm of the
restored incubator,
so Simon's resprayed it
with a more muted nickel finish.
Oh, that looks better, doesn't it?
Do you think so, yeah?
Yeah, much better.
I think it was worth it.
Well, how worth it?
We're about to find out, as it's
time for the final valuation.
Henry chose to help gamekeeper Saul
Underwood from Hertfordshire.
As ever, the boys picked
two items each.
Now, Saul has arrived to inspect
Henry and Simon's handiwork
and to find out if they made him
good money
for gamekeepers' welfare trust.
Wow. Feel free to wander.
That's terrific.
Simon, that's magnificent.
And you can also take a seat while
you're over there, mate.
And this is...
Yeah, sit yourself down, son.
There you go, have a hug.
Ah...
A good job my wife doesn't see it.
THEY LAUGH
But have we made your
charity any money? That's the key.
And to find out,
Alysia is coming to say hello.
She's our very independent valuer.
Hi, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Thank you. Alysia. Hi.
What should we start with? Should we
start with the quad bike? Yes.
To get the old quad bike
back in working order,
Henry spent £200 on a new water
pump and battery.
Quadzilla, 300cc,
it's an agricultural spec.
The winch was in good working order.
Yeah, it was, yeah.
Roadworthy. Yeah, except that we
don't have a V5,
so road... it's sort of grouse
moor worthy, you know what I mean?
That kind of stuff.
Even not having a registration
document doesn't devalue it,
in my view, at all for charity,
for charity.
It does a little,
a little, a little. Erm...
but still, I think it would
be reasonable to expect £750.
TILL RINGS
Henry's off the mark, revving up a
profit of £550 with the quad bike.
550 quid to the charity,
hopefully, is a result. That's good.
Fingers crossed.
Yeah, yeah. Absolutely. Happy with
that valuation? Very much so.
OK. Alysia: Good. Moving onto the
mini moto, it's a beautiful thing,
Alysia, obviously, I'm sure you've
ridden them, like me, a lot.
Yes. And know how much fun
they are.
Using their own mechanical know-how
to fettle the mini
moto back to life,
meant that Henry didn't spend a
thing on this restoration.
The mini moto, yeah, good fun,
every little kid wants one,
only problem is,
is they're a dime a dozen,
they're readily available.
You could reasonably expect
to achieve £50.
TILL RINGS
So the small bike has landed an
equally small profit of £50.
If we haven't tested your valuations
enough by now...
Alysia: Yes.
SIMON: Oh, there you go,
how about valuing a 100-year-old
pheasant egg incubator?
Er, you never cease to surprise.
SIMON LAUGHS
Simon's turns the rotten egg
incubator into a stylish cabinet
and side table,
at a cost of just £20 for some
edging, hinges and spray paint.
Egg incubators,
not hugely wanted, needed.
And it's supply-demand sort of
thing, isn't it?
So, I was trying to think of other
things somebody could use it for,
then you could increase the amount
of people who might want to buy it.
I thought maybe you could use it
in a potting shed or something
to that effect.
I think, honestly,
reasonably speaking,
you could maybe get £100 for it. OK.
TILL RINGS
Rescued from ruin,
the egg incubator's cooked
up a profit of £80
to add to Saul's tally.
Profit of 80 quid, mate.
That's good. That's all right,
isn't it? Great. We're doing OK.
Pretty good.
Finally. Oh, come on now, this has
got to be a belter, Alysia.
Even though it's not my item,
that is beautiful.
Repurposing the old barrel
into the stylish chair cost £80
for fabric and paint.
I was thinking it would probably be
appropriate in a commercial setting,
more like a porter's chair.
OK. I do think, though, sold to the
right person,
you could achieve 180 to £200.
SIMON: So basically what you're
trying to tell me is,
I've got to find
a very specific place
to give me £200 for that barrel?
Just find it. No, don't worry,
mate, I've already done it.
It's sold for £200.
Oh, great. To a very swanky hotel
in Liverpool.
Simon's savvy sale of the barrel
means that Saul will
be rolling away
with a further £120 in profit.
So, Saul, I'm slightly slow with my
maths, but I've worked out
that in total, we've raised
for the charity...
£800.
I'm sure they'll
be really happy with that.
Good. How does that sound, mate?
Pleased with that? Amazing.
And I'll tell you what,
Saul, we've had a ball,
but it's thanks to you we've
been able to raise that money,
so big respect to you, mate, for
doing that, thank you.
Thank you all very much.
Yeah, cheers.
So, the hard graft has paid off.
Saul's walking away with £800 for
the Gamekeepers Welfare Trust.
Absolutely amazing.
The valuation today was terrific.
I couldn't, wouldn't have dreamed it
was anything like that much,
considering it was just stuff
that was about to be thrown out,
or left to rot away.
Just speechless about it.
So, Henry's made £800
for his choice,
but it's Simon who has come out
on top today,
making £915 for farmers
Adrian and Jane.
So you see, do the maths, I won.
I don't care how much money
you've made, mate.
£800 - I won, because...
charity.
Mate, it's all for charity.
Why do you do this?
Look, I finally get a chance to
gloat and now I can't gloat
because yours was
for a worthy cause. Yeah.
Oh, we're all winners.
Yeah, we are, mate.
And I tell you what,
I did love your barrel,
and your incubator. Thanks.
Do you want to come for a ride
on me quad?
Yeah, go on. Come on, then.
Vrmmm!
SIMON LAUGHS
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.
Upcycling genius, Simon...
It works! Don't sound so surprised!
...and his restorer
love turning everyday objects
into fantastic furniture.
Gemma, come on! Absolute winner.
DINGING
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.
That's great. Absolutely brilliant.
Today...
Henry reveals a hidden side...
I'm a guinea pig breeder, or I was.
...Simon's restorations
don't go quite as planned...
It looks like a bad
Doctor Who baddie, doesn't it?
...and at the valuations,
even the expert is impressed.
This is my favourite item today.
It's beautiful. I want it myself.
The boys are back on the road
for another glorious day
of barn searching.
Even you would agree
it's a nice day today.
It's a beautiful day, it really is.
I'm up for this.
I think we're going to create
immense wealth today!
Henry and Simon are heading close
to the posh spa town of
Royal Tunbridge Wells
on the East Sussex-Kent border.
Kent actually means border.
Does it? Yeah. I thought
it was the Garden of England.
Yes, it is
The Garden of England, yes.
But the origin of the name is
that it was border land... Yup.
So now we're on the border of
the border land, but we're just
going over the border
of the border land,
across the border into East Sussex.
The area, known as the Weald, lies
between the North and South Downs,
an area of outstanding beauty
and agricultural land.
Today, Simon's chosen to help
new farmers Adrian and Jane Howard
by raising cash from
their discarded clutter.
I have a sneaking suspicion that
she's going to just have barn
after barn after barn
of loveliness.
After years of working as
busy professionals in London,
Jane and Adrian decided to escape
the city to enjoy the good life
at this idyllic farm.
We've about 100 plus sheep, 50
head of cattle or pigs in the woods.
There are bees in the hives,
a couple of horses, dogs -
you name it, it's all here, really.
But running a successful
livestock farm isn't
without its drawbacks.
As we've discovered, when you farm,
you actually have to keep on adding
barns because you get more tractors
and bits like that.
Somehow, they're all full of tat.
Their rare-breed beef
is much sought-after
and they're planning to raise
a greater number of cattle,
so any junk Henry and Simon can
turn into cash will be spent on
much-needed farm equipment.
Hey, mate, I'm excited.
Come on, come on!
Jane, Simon, how are you?
How long have you been here?
1999... We came down.
Yeah, 15...16 years.
Something like that. Yeah.
The sun is shining, so we're
going to make hay, if we may?
HENRY SNORES
We're going to wander around all
of your barns and hopefully we
will pick two items each
and make you some money.
Does that sound fair enough? Yes.
Yes, that sounds good.
We're on it, mate. Let's go.
Very good. You've done well today.
Thanks. See you later.
Do we need to say anything?
I brought Henry to heaven
and the barns were heavenly.
Come on, then, what've we got,
what've we got? Tell me, tell me!
We've got some rosettes.
Can I tell you something
you don't know about me?
Go on. I've won a lot of rosettes.
Have you? What for?
Breeding guinea pigs.
You didn't. I really did.
That changes the image slightly,
doesn't it,
from the big, hairy, macho biker.
It's not very often
I'm lost for words.
I thought you would be. Genuinely,
mate, I'm a guinea pig breeder.
Or I was.
Enough now!
Especially as both boys need
to find two items each to restore.
Yeah, let's look at some stuff.
Oh, I like that.
Tell me you like it.
I do like it. Despite his love
of all things mechanical,
Henry's actually got his eye
on a tall chest of drawers.
It's useful. You see...
It is very yellow, though, isn't it?
Well, it won't be. OK.
I'll surprise you. There in the
corner was a chest of drawers.
Now, to me, the perfect little bit
of wood and that is something that
can be used in a workshop.
That's a thermometer for a horse.
Do you want me to
take your temperature?
Simon, time to move on!
What do you reckon? There is just
nice little pieces lying everywhere.
We are on a real farm, mate.
They're hanging the ham.
Actually, it smells rather nice.
Mm-hm.
I mean, it was just like
an antique shop.
There was a drop-leaf table,
I think you call it,
there was a nice
Edwardian chest of drawers.
But it's a blast from the past
that catches
public schoolboy Henry's eye.
You know what this is called?
What's it called?
It's called an ottoman. Ah.
When you went to school... Yeah?
...people would normally take
a tuck box or a trunk. Yeah.
But we called it an ottoman, so you
could sit on it in your own room,
and then inside you could
have clothes and sweeties.
What world is he from?
He took an ottoman
to school and he...
bred and showed guinea pigs?
Anyway... Moving on.
We're digressing, aren't we?
That one's a bit shot,
though, isn't it? It is.
Won't be taking that to school.
With so much stuff to choose from,
the boys decide to scout further
before committing to more items.
Look at it, man. Yeah. Come on.
Quintessential England.
There is more.
Oh, blimey! Lots more.
Oh, my word.
All these beautiful pieces
we've just seen,
and what do I fall in love with?
Simon's spotted an 18th century
carpenter's workbench.
That is divine.
Years and years of
labour etched in it,
which can now just be repurposed
into a lovely piece
of kitchen furniture.
What? You heard.
You're not going to do that?
I am going to do that.
I am going to do that.
I mean, this would
compliment any workshop
you could possibly think of
and you're going to turn it
into a kitchen table.
Workbenches like this are hugely
popular nowadays.
Cleaned up, it could fetch up
to £500 as a kitchen sideboard.
Once it's cleaned up, and that's
all that's going to happen to it,
it will just be possibly
the most saleable item
I've found in a barn for months.
The lads now have one item
each and one more to find.
Next level, we're taking it
to the next level.
We certainly are.
Listen, never mind what we find in
here, just look at the barn.
There's a manger.
Yet again, more stuff
to choose from.
Is it a manger? What is it?
I don't know, it's a folding table,
isn't it? Folding?
That folding wrought-iron table base
had really nice lines and it
just caught my imagination.
With a new top added
to the table base,
Simon reckons this could make
a great piece of furniture...
I'm taking that.
...becoming his second
and final choice.
But Henry's not far behind...
That's rather a nice bit of shelving.
...after spotting this old
cloakroom shelf and coat rack.
I can just imagine it all just
beautifully painted and that kind
of stuff with some nice
hooks on it.
Can you imagine it?
Can you imagine doing that?
Yeah, I can, actually. Can you?
Yeah, thank you. Come on then.
What, was that a challenge?
Yeah. All right, mate.
All right. I'm on it.
I'm just going to,
you know, fettle them
and make them lovely, basically,
but leave them how they are,
but I'm going to make
some money out of that.
Henry's convinced it will be
an easy job to restore,
repaint and return a tidy profit.
Just hold that for a moment. No!
Henry!
Rummage over, it's time to see
what Adrian and Jane
will make of their spoils.
I can't believe what you've picked.
It looks like absolute junk to me.
We like a challenge.
That there, honestly,
I'm going to clean it up.
The bench? The bench.
And this other piece here, I mean,
it's just, it's just simple.
I like the lines... Yes, nice lines.
...I've got some really nice
potential for a top for it
already in my workshop
at home, so... If it fits.
Very good.
The first item, if I'm allowed to
take it away, is a shelf unit.
What about the tall boy thing?
I promise you,
that chest will change,
the chest of drawers, colour-wise.
I'm just going to make
them both beautiful.
It's been an absolute pleasure
to spend some time
in your gorgeous place.
Very nice to see you.
Thanks, guys. Take care.
Thanks so much.
See you later. Bye-bye.
Simon's restorer, Gemma,
gets less than she bargained for.
There's nothing to this.
There isn't!
There's nothing to work with.
At the second search,
Henry struggles with a bike.
I think the brake's on or something.
I think it's just heavy.
You're just a wimp, Henry.
And Simon's got his work
cut out for him.
How are you getting on?
Yeah, I'm doing fine, thanks!
Restorers and upcyclers,
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are on a mission to turn other
people's trash into cash.
That is divine.
They've picked up two items each
from Adrian and Jane Howard
and are now
back at base to restore them.
In Oxfordshire, Henry is showing off
his finds to his expert restorer.
Don't you think that's rather a
nice, little chest of drawers?
It's OK, yeah.
Looking like that, though, it needs
doing up a bit, doesn't it?
Meet Guy Willison, he's Henry's
restoration expert.
Guy and I have known each other
since we were 15.
I know him probably better than
I know anybody on this planet.
Better known as Skid because
of his love of motorbikes,
he's more than a grease monkey
- he can fix anything.
We should strip it. Yes. Definitely.
Just dunk it and see what the
wood's like underneath.
That could be quite good
when it's done.
A good start, but what about the
cloakroom shelf and hooks?
They're OK. Yes, I think we'll do
the same as with that,
strip it and then take a view on it
because it's whether to change the
hooks and things and go brass, or...
I quite like the rustic effect
of those ones.
I quite like them being
a bit amateur-ish.
It has a certain charm, doesn't it?
Yeah, unlike you.
Charming!
Simon's now back in his home town of
Liverpool and equally eager
to show off his haul
to his restorer.
What do you think of this?
I like this.
That's fantastic. I do.
I do, I really like this.
Fine art graduate, Gemma Longworth,
runs her own arts
and crafts business.
I'm going to get you
to prepare your furniture
and we'll get a top layer
on as well today.
Her recycling and upcycling
workshops sell out as people
bring in their old furniture
and depart with new skills
and tastefully rejuvenated homeware.
This is one of the favourite things
I've dragged out of an old shed.
You always say that.
I think we need to get some sugar
soap on it, mild bleach.
Get it back to just the wood.
We don't even need any paint
on this, do we? No. Just clean.
I see the carpenter's bench
in a kitchen somewhere.
It's like a big chopping board,
really useful.
I think it would be great
in somebody's home.
Let's hope Gemma
is just as enthusiastic
about Simon's next find.
There's nothing to this.
There isn't.
There's nothing to work with.
Maybe use some modern materials.
What about some plastic in a nice
bright colour...
OK, I've seen the stuff
you're talking about.
I know. I think it needs to be a
big, bright statement. Yeah.
Just done very simply.
I think you've just hit the nail on
the head there.
If we just get something colourful,
bring it up to this century,
quite modern, that'll work.
Starting work on this iron table base,
Gemma's cleaning off the loose
rust with wire wool.
Now I'm going to give it
a coat of black paint
and black will go with any
colour what we put on the top.
It's easy, really.
Well, it's remarkable
what a bit of paint can do.
Ten minutes ago it looked
like just a rusty old stand.
Now it looks brand-new.
With the first coat of paint drying,
Gemma turns her attention
to Simon's other find -
the old carpenter's workbench.
First, a clean and then
a dose of insecticide.
It would be nice for once if Simon
could bring back something
that doesn't have woodworm.
Gemma wants to retain the charm
of the aged timber,
but needs to remove as much of the
accumulated dirt as possible.
It's definitely doing something.
A light sandpaper and electric
sander exposes the original wood,
but leaves the aged patina.
I've got what I can off but there's
so many nooks and crannies on this,
I don't think I'll be able
to get rid of all of it.
In Oxfordshire, Henry's chest of
drawers and cloakroom shelves
are back from the chemical dippers,
where all the old paint was removed.
Paint stripping companies are
available around the country
and they'll dip your painted items
in caustic chemicals
to remove all the paint -
a process that's very
reasonably priced.
What do you reckon, bud?
That's pretty good, actually.
Do you think?
A good starting point, yes.
We're back to basics
now to attack it.
I'll put that here.
That doesn't look bad either.
I'm pleased it hasn't fallen apart
in the dipping process.
In the bath, no.
What do you think
if we did it kind of baby bluey,
kind of Cotswoldy, shabby,
light bluey type of thing?
That kind of egg colour,
that eggy blue.
You know. Yeah.
We've done it before.
Cream hooks cream hangers.
I think it'll look rather lovely.
That's all right
as a starting point. Yeah.
I've got a punter for it.
OK. This punter wants it retro,
a '50s vibe.
So he wants cream carcass,
red drawers and cream handles.
Let's get on with it. OK.
With the paint stripped,
the chest could also be finished in
Danish oil and a beeswax polish.
But with a customer asking
for specific colours,
Henry's happy to oblige and
hopefully deliver
the maximum profit.
Gemma's also looking
for a splash of colour,
this time for the top to the
wrought iron table legs.
Hi, Adam. Hello.
How are you doing?
I'm good, thank you.
I've got this table base
and we need to do a tabletop.
Now, we're looking for something
using old things
and we what to upcycle it.
That's the sort of vibe
we're going for.
Maybe you might be able to help us.
Gemma's come to a company who
recycle plastics
to create colourful, new
worktops and general homeware.
Now, we're wanting something quite
bright and colourful.
The stand that we've got is just
plain, black boring.
We want something bright,
just like this, actually.
This might well be the one for you.
This is made out
of recycled plastic bottles.
So many different colours in that,
isn't there?
Could we go for something like this?
Yeah. Would that be OK?
Of course, we can cut it any shape
you want. Brilliant.
OK, that's going to be great.
Perfect. Thank you.
OK. Take care. Bye.
Great news for Gemma,
and with restorations from Jane and
Adrian's place well under way,
it's now Henry's turn to select
a candidate.
He's taken Simon to Hertfordshire
to meet Saul Underwood,
a third-generation head gamekeeper.
I'm very reluctant to get rid of
stuff but I think it just gets
a bit beyond a joke sometimes.
Having lived here
for the last 30 years,
Saul has amassed an impressive
selection of cars,
bikes and machinery.
My sheds are getting too full now.
I need to move some stuff on
and if Simon and Henry
can take some away,
it will be doing me
a massive favour.
Let's hope the lads can turn
Saul's clutter into cash.
Hello, mate. I'm Henry.
How are you?
Hello, Henry, nice to meet you.
This is Simon.
Pleased to meet you, Simon.
What a beautiful spot.
It is nice, yep.
The deal is, Saul, that Simon
and I will select two items each
and then we'll take them away
and make some decent cash for you.
That's the gig. Happy?
That would be great. If you did make
any money, it would be really nice
if you could give it to the
Gamekeepers' Welfare Trust.
OK. Listen, a bit of charity work.
Well, in that case, we'll have
to pull our finger out today,
aren't we?
Well, you will. The more money we
make the better
for your elected charity.
We'll see you later.
Which way are we going?
Straight down the track there.
Come on, then.
Cheers, mate. See you later.
Yes, it's full of automotive stuff,
but, for Simon,
I'm sure there's going to be lots of
lovely things for him
to get little teeth into.
Hey, look, I've always wanted to
know where all the classic Land
Rovers are in the world.
They're in woods.
OK, they're always good, containers.
Look, look, look.
Explain something to me,
is that bike really far away?
Shall we get it out?
It's very small.
Look at that, straight away.
The boys have found a Mini Moto.
These mass produced little bikes
were cheap toys for kids and adults
alike. They can't be used on roads
but can reach 25mph.
You are a dark horse. It's the one
bike that I can get me knee down on.
That looks quite funky, doesn't it?
We could have a giggle on it.
I'd quite like to see Guy on it.
I'm loving it.
I'm going to park her up.
Henry's chosen the Mini Moto
as his first item.
Before being mass produced for kids,
these mini motorbikes were made as
pit bikes in races
during the late 1950s.
It looks like Henry is thinking
a little bigger for his next pick.
Can we go and have a quady, quady?
SIMON GROANS
Come on. What do you
mean, "Come on, then?"
Let's just try and get this out.
A little secret, as Henry was
pushing, I wasn't pulling.
I think the brake's on or something.
I think it's just heavy.
You're a wimp.
Have you been...? Oh, dear.
LAUGHTER
So there was nothing wrong
with it was there, Saul?
Nothing at all, just heavy.
This 300cc Quadzilla quad bike could
be worth £600 to £700,
but the engine isn't running.
So if Henry takes this quad
it may cost a lot to repair,
reducing his profit considerably.
I think it's nice
and I think it's an option.
And, you know, something like that,
it's in good nick,
and may well have a bit
of a value. OK. You know?
Right, OK. Shall we move on?
Yeah, we should move on.
With this pick,
Henry has chosen his two items,
leaving Simon still on the
starting line with nothing.
Look at this. Oh, hey up!
Well, I might have just spotted
something that made me happy.
Are you looking for it to be solid?
Yeah. Well, it is that.
It is that. What would that hold?
I know that's probably a stupid question.
Well, let's find out.
If this barrel had port in it...
Yeah. Then it's incredibly valuable.
Some of them, I'm not sure which way
round they are,
I'll have to look into it, but they
are worth thousands of pounds.
Whisky distilleries favour old port
barrels because they impart the
flavour of the port
into the new whisky.
Sadly, this old barrel
never contained port,
so Simon has other plans for it.
I think maybe it's going to end up
as a nice garden chair of some sort.
Come on.
Simon's finally on a roll, bagging
the barrel as his first item.
Before he spots a secret little
chicken shed, the trouble is,
it's buried between
20 foot of rampant nettles.
How are you getting on?
Yeah, I'm doing fine, thanks.
Are you doing any good?
No thanks to you.
We've got there.
If he thought the
nettles were bad enough,
this old chicken shed
has a rather pungent odour.
I go in and it's full of
old chicken poo, rat poo...
But sitting in the middle of it
is a gorgeous, old cabinet,
which I've never seen
anything like it before.
Oh, you know what it is?
What?
Look.
It's not one of your apple things?
No, it's a really old egg incubator.
What would you do with it?
I don't know.
But it's cool though, isn't it?
It's great.
This Victorian incubator would have
been filled with trays of
pheasant eggs.
A small paraffin heater kept them
at the right temperature
and the gamekeeper would turn the
eggs daily until they hatched.
That's pretty cool. Shall we put it
back? I'm very egg-cited.
Are you? Yeah.
Sorry, that's just a yoke.
Oh! I think you've caught
something there.
So Simon's bagged the incubator
as his second and final item.
The quad bike. Now, normally I don't
like quads, but that's a nice one.
I especially like the winch on it.
Hopefully, seeing as though we
pushed it all the way up here,
that is available to take away.
That is, yes. Oh, good.
Now the Mini Moto, a sort of
Simon-sized bike.
Can I take that away as well?
You can, yes. First of all, it goes
without saying,
isn't that a lovely old barrel?
It's just a nice solid thing.
I found it out the back there.
Is it OK to take that?
By all means. Brilliant. Brilliant,
brilliant, brilliant.
Three down, one to go. Yeah, OK.
Now, I'm also really interested in
that other thing, cabinet.
The incubator. If it's OK, I'd like
to take that away.
By all means. Fantastic.
Hopefully, if we make a few bob we
will hand it to you and then you can
hand it to The Gamekeepers' Trust.
That would be great,
absolutely terrific.
Fantastic, mate.
Great days, happy days.
Coming up...
Simon gets mucky.
Rat poo...
Ugh!
This could be the worst
day of my life.
Henry gets excited
about wood.
Cool, mate,
that is fantastic!
Can I...?
No, I can't touch it.
And, at the valuations,
the boys raise a tidy profit.
I actually have sold
that for 300.
Oh!
Upcycling duo Henry Cole and Simon
O'Brien are turning unwanted objects
into desirable pieces and trying to
make money in the process.
Armed with their final two items,
they've both returned to the
workshop to get restoring.
In Oxfordshire, Henry's haul
will keep mechanic Guy busy.
Do you know what its full name is?
I know it's a quad
but its full name? No.
You got the first bit of it.
It's a Quadzilla 300.
I have been informed that it needs
a water pump.
Right. So, that's probably an easy
fix because Tony,
he'll have one, our mate.
I'm really glad Henry's got a friend
who he can take the quad bike to
to sort out the water pump
or whatever is wrong with it.
I prefer them with two wheels.
Speaking of two wheels...
You see how easy it is?
Yeah, relatively worthless but at
the same time,
a heck of a lot of fun. Yes.
Time to get to work, boys.
First up, a quick hose down of the
Quadzilla will help quad bike expert
Tony get a closer look
at its inner things.
Hello, Tony.
Nice to see you.
We've got you in because
you're the expert on these.
So, it doesn't run?
I haven't had it running, no.
The battery is disconnected.
OK. I suspect that's US anyway.
So there's a few things.
So, battery and...
Yeah, all right,
we can have a look at that.
Well, I think the best thing
I can do is to take it away.
OK, mate, I'll give you a hand.
Thanks a lot.
Let's leave it to Tony.
He's the expert.
He deals in the things.
But Tony's expertise comes at
a price.
Henry and Guy are gambling that
his repair won't dent the profit
too much.
Up in Liverpool,
Simon's hoping restorer Gemma
will buy into his idea of
turning the barrel into a chair.
I'm thinking that this would make
a nice seat for in the garden.
I think if we kind of...
cut it down like this,
so you're going to take away
the front third
but you're going to keep the back
and that becomes
the back of the chair. Yeah.
Good, I'm glad you're willing to
take that on,
that's quite a big project.
It is a big project.
Wait until you see the egg incubator
that Simon wants to turn into
a lovely piece of furniture!
So, from one mess to another.
Look at this! Yeah. You bring me
the finest things, Simon.
I do know how to treat a lady, yes.
The incubator is an interesting one.
I've never seen nothing like that before.
It's absolutely filthy
and covered in poo.
Get all the metal polished up,
not doing anything else,
replace these top beams
and I think we're there.
Luckily, Simon is going to be
working on that one
so if there are any creepy crawlies,
he can deal with those.
Time to get cracking on cleaning
the filthy egg integrator.
Rat and chicken droppings can carry
nasty germs
so Simon is taking no chances.
Oh, this could be
the worst day of my life.
How did it come to this?
You look lovely, Simon.
I'll throw it!
Gemma starts by cleaning
the old whiskey barrel.
And now cleaned, Simon can start
turning it into a bespoke chair.
What I've done now, I've drawn guide
holes to screw all the way around
to hold the timbers in place
because of course
once I cut the barrel in half,
it will just want to collapse,
so hopefully by doing this,
it won't simply collapse.
But the weird thing is, even
drilling tiny holes like that,
I can smell whiskey.
This is amazing.
SLURRING: That is going very,
very well indeed. Marvellous.
Let's go.
First, Simon uses an electric saw to
cut out the shape of the chair.
Then an angle grinder to cut away
the rusty metal braces.
And hey presto,
the new chair reveals itself.
Do you know what?
That's going to work.
In Oxfordshire,
Guy is finishing the first finds,
the chest of drawers that has been
painted to order.
Hello. All right, Leonardo?
Blimey, that's beautiful.
It's quite pleasant, isn't it?
Cor, mate, that is... Can I...?
No, I can't touch it.
No. That is a transformation.
Not only do you build bikes,
you can also paint!
On a limited scale.
Don't get me to do a picture.
'Hello?' Mark, it's Henry.
'That is top quality
and my mate, Mark,'
who gets stuff
for automotive museums,
who's asked for a chest like that
in that colour,
cannot fail to love it.
Shall we call it 300
and call it quits then?
'Yep.' OK, all right,
deal's a deal, Mark.
'Have your man deliver it.'
Oh! Yeah, as ever.
All right, mate.
OK, thank you so much, Mark.
As ever, a joy to do business
with you.
We sold it!
A result on the chest of drawers.
But how is the sick Quadzilla?
Tony has replaced the faulty water
pump and is fitting a new battery.
The moment of truth.
ENGINE FIRES UP
Success! The quad's back up and
running. But back at base,
can Guy make it a hat-trick of
success with the cloakroom shelves?
Here we go.
Oh, that's bang on, mate.
That's quite a nice colour,
isn't it?
So, you're going to do that,
are you?
I'm going to do this,
you're going to do the brackets.
I'm doing them now, mate.
They've got a bit of a challenge
on their hands.
Woodwork is not exactly their forte.
Oh, I've dripped it everywhere.
Wood has normally been a banned
substance in our sheds.
Yeah, metal. It's got to be metal,
wood's just trouble, isn't it?
Yeah, but at the same time, I think
you're getting to quite like it.
I think you might be moving to
the dark side.
Do you think?
The Simon O'Brien side of life.
With just a coat of
pastel blue paint,
the tired shelf has been given
a fresh new look.
That's coming up a treat. Good.
That's great, mate.
Yeah, do you like it?
Happy days, that's beautiful.
Just what we imagined it to be. Yeah.
Back in Liverpool,
Simon and Gemma are also finishing
their first find,
the carpenter's bench.
I'm going to add some Danish oil,
which is going to protect the wood,
waterproof it
and bring out the natural grain.
Danish oil costs around £10
and as well as darkening the wood,
it gives it a durable,
water resistant finish.
Perfect for kitchen worktops
and units.
It instantly looks better.
You could just leave this like this
but I'm probably going to put a wax
over the top as well,
just to finish it off and make it
a little bit more hard-wearing.
And the funky recycled plastic
table top has been delivered.
It just needs attaching to
the iron table base.
There we go.
Nice and secure.
That looks great.
Really good. I'm pleased with that.
To say that all we had was
this little flimsy frame.
Now we've got a really
stylish table.
But will it fetch a good price?
It's time for the first valuation.
Simon took Henry to help Jane Howard
and her husband, Adrian,
who left the stresses of London life
to run a fully working farm
in East Sussex.
The boys rescued and restored
two items each.
With Adrian and Jane busy calving
on the farm,
their best friends,
Siobhan and Adam,
have come to find out
how the boys got on.
Hi, how are you? You OK?
And more importantly,
to learn if the boys have made
Adrian and Jane enough money to buy
much-needed farming equipment.
Well, look, there we go.
Yeah, wow.
Yeah. Take a wander around,
by all means, yeah.
Now, obviously, they've transformed
considerably, all of them,
I think we can safely say,
couldn't we, Simon? Yeah.
That's recycled plastic,
old bottles.
But it's now compressed.
Is it really? That's really clever.
Now, that was not a pretty sight,
the yellow chest of drawers.
I can't believe you've done that
with that.
That, I can tell you,
that was an awful lot of elbow
grease was involved in that.
I was going to say, mate.
It's a beautiful old piece.
That works really well. I think
he's done well there, seriously.
It's a lovely location,
lovely items, we think,
but are they worth anything?
We can't decide that,
but Alyssa who is our independent
valuer will now join us.
An upcycling expert with
her own successful London business,
Alyssa Moore has made her name
accurately valuing reclaimed items
for retail.
Come on then, now be kind to us, please.
I'm always kind! No, you're not.
Where do you want to start?
OK, let's start with
the carpenter's bench, shall we?
This is my favourite item today.
It's beautiful. I want it myself.
Upcycling the battered old workbench
cost just £10 for wax and oil.
A wooden vice, the patina alone
is gorgeous, isn't it?
Very popular with shop fittings,
trendy bars.
For a quick sale, I would sell it at
auction for an estimation of £500.
Simon is off to a flying start
with an impressive £490 profit,
made on the carpenter's workbench.
Shall we move on to the recycled
plastic and old iron table?
Come on, talk to me.
It's funky, isn't it?
That's its selling point.
It's interesting.
It's made of recycled plastic.
The main expenditure on the table
was for the funky plastic table top
which cost £90.
It's foldable which is always handy,
especially in small spaces.
I would happily sell this in my shop
for £200.
The upcycled table
has upped the profits
with another £110
to add to the total.
So, yeah, that's great.
A profit of £110 on that one.
That's good. Not bad. I'm happy.
Excellent. Thank you very much.
You should be happy. Let's get on
with our stuff.
The chest of drawers. Yes.
Henry's chest of drawers
has been painted to
a customer's specification
at a cost of £50 for stripping
and paint.
We sell these all day long in our shop
and it's obviously
a chest of drawers
but oftentimes chest of drawers are
wider than they are taller and
with spaces shrinking,
people want taller pieces.
I would happily sell this in my shop
for £200.
Wow! Can I just pick you up on that,
just slightly?
Sure. Because I actually have
sold that for 300.
Oh!
Henry's bespoke paint job
has netted a profit of £250.
Happy days. Very good. Well done.
Well, the shelving.
Basically, all we did was sand
it down and painted it
what I think is an
aesthetically stunning colour.
Henry spent just 15 quid dipping
and painting the cloakroom shelf.
Yeah, I think it 's been
beautifully restored.
As you said, it is a good colour,
it's neutral and goes with most
people's colour schemes.
I would say reasonably one could
expect to get £80 for that.
Don't look at me.
I'm looking at you because
you're winning, Simon.
Don't look at me for support!
A profit of £65 rounds off
the valuation.
Right, OK, 65, worst-case scenario.
You know, as well as now having
these lovely items,
which are well on the way
to being sold...
Yeah, some of them. We've got some
cash for you to take back to Jane.
£915.
How does that sound? Jane will
be absolutely delighted.
Great. Thank you so much
for coming up and joining in.
Thanks to Henry and Simon's
restorations,
friends Siobhan and Adam can take
£915 back to Jane and Adrian Howard
to spend on farm equipment.
The furniture has been done really
well in terms of how it was before,
and I think Jane will be delighted
with the amount of money
she's going to get out of this.
Coming up, Simon channels
his inner Time Lord.
It looks like a bad Doctor Who,
badly done!
There's more monkeying around
in Oxfordshire.
Guy rocks up on it, rather like
someone out of Planet of the Apes.
"Take me to your leader!"
And at the final valuation,
one item is too good to part with.
Good job my wife doesn't see it!
Yeah!
Recyclers and restorers
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are on a mission to
turn trash into cash.
Simon picked the first location,
the home of city
slickers-turned-farmers
Jane and Adrian Howard,
and together,
the boys made them £915.
Henry's hoping they'll make even
more money for his choice,
helping gamekeeper Saul Underwood
raise money for charity.
His quad bike's back
up and running,
and with just the water pump
and battery replaced,
the repair bill hasn't been as high
as they feared.
With the bike back, the lads can't
resist a little test run.
Oh, mate, it's a runner. It works!
The quad bike,
Guy rocks up on it rather like
someone out of Planet Of The Apes.
What do you reckon? Mate, I love it.
Take me to your leader.
I cannot believe that that is resurrected.
And it flies, even two up.
Oh, man.
Would you believe that as a
transformation-mation?
What a result.
We got ourselves something that we
can really make Saul
and his charity some money.
That's great.
Mini moto, this way, sir.
OK. I'll tell you what, mate...
this could be tricky.
This could be another story.
HENRY LAUGHS
I mean, OK, result with the quads.
Are we actually going to get a
result here? Mm.
OK, so what we're going to do is,
we're going to give the mini moto a
final clean-up,
and then, hopefully,
our valuer will actually believe
it's worth some money.
There you go.
Oh, look at the state
of that, son. Look at that.
HENRY LAUGHS
The air filter is absolutely filthy.
Should I get a dummy...?
Ooh, look. What?
We've got a paintbrush.
When you take that spark plug out...
Yeah? ..all that grit and rubbish
will drop inside the engine.
So it's important to clean that off
before you take the spark plug out.
Oh, look at that.
To add value,
the lads need to completely clean
the bodywork
and get the engine running, while
spending as little as they can.
If we just put enough to fire it.
Time to see if their motoring
knowledge has paid off.
ENGINE STARTS UP
Yes!
INDISTINCT
Don't tell him, right? He
may be grumpy, right? He may be old,
but that guy is a genius.
Well done, mate.
And the key thing about it,
is that we haven't actually spent
anything on it whatsoever,
apart from some time
and some elbow grease.
Well, let's see if it'll ride
like greased lightning.
Oh, my God.
How can you ride it?
It may be working,
but Henry won't be breaking any land
speed records on this.
Ha!
There is a trick to sitting on it,
but I'll never master it.
Why? Because I don't want to.
Oh, that's...
HE LAUGHS
Mate, honestly, I've had enough.
In Liverpool,
Simon has already cut out the old
whisky barrel
to make his bespoke seat.
And now, Gemma's painting it black.
So, I'm staining the barrel...
with just...
a black...
wood stain.
It's got some varnish in it,
as well.
And this instantly makes it look
so much better.
Suitable for interior and exterior
use, this paint costs around £10,
a cheap way to give furniture an
instant face-lift.
And then, once this as all dry,
I can get down to the good bit,
which is getting all the fabric
on it.
So, this is going to be cushion
on the seat for the barrel.
I've got some nice, thick foam
and I'm going to put this
over the top of it,
so it's really comfy.
You can buy old whisky
barrels online,
or from a reclamation yard
for about £100.
I've got to say, this is the first
time I've ever
lined and upholstered a barrel.
And with the barrel seat finished,
Gemma and Simon
just have to complete
turning Saul's egg incubator
into a side table.
It's been cleaned, wormed and waxed
and is ready for the last
step of its face-lift.
So much better now.
Now, I know he wants to keep this.
Right, let's get it off.
Simon wants to keep the old
paraffin-fuelled heater
as part of the new cabinet,
but it's rusty, so it'll need
a good refurb.
I've changed me mind.
Too late.
A chrome effect spray paint
has covered the rust,
but Simon's not convinced.
There you go. First layer on, Simon.
Looks like a bad Doctor Who
baddie, doesn't it?
SIMON LAUGHS
The shiny silver jarred
with the rustic charm of the
restored incubator,
so Simon's resprayed it
with a more muted nickel finish.
Oh, that looks better, doesn't it?
Do you think so, yeah?
Yeah, much better.
I think it was worth it.
Well, how worth it?
We're about to find out, as it's
time for the final valuation.
Henry chose to help gamekeeper Saul
Underwood from Hertfordshire.
As ever, the boys picked
two items each.
Now, Saul has arrived to inspect
Henry and Simon's handiwork
and to find out if they made him
good money
for gamekeepers' welfare trust.
Wow. Feel free to wander.
That's terrific.
Simon, that's magnificent.
And you can also take a seat while
you're over there, mate.
And this is...
Yeah, sit yourself down, son.
There you go, have a hug.
Ah...
A good job my wife doesn't see it.
THEY LAUGH
But have we made your
charity any money? That's the key.
And to find out,
Alysia is coming to say hello.
She's our very independent valuer.
Hi, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Thank you. Alysia. Hi.
What should we start with? Should we
start with the quad bike? Yes.
To get the old quad bike
back in working order,
Henry spent £200 on a new water
pump and battery.
Quadzilla, 300cc,
it's an agricultural spec.
The winch was in good working order.
Yeah, it was, yeah.
Roadworthy. Yeah, except that we
don't have a V5,
so road... it's sort of grouse
moor worthy, you know what I mean?
That kind of stuff.
Even not having a registration
document doesn't devalue it,
in my view, at all for charity,
for charity.
It does a little,
a little, a little. Erm...
but still, I think it would
be reasonable to expect £750.
TILL RINGS
Henry's off the mark, revving up a
profit of £550 with the quad bike.
550 quid to the charity,
hopefully, is a result. That's good.
Fingers crossed.
Yeah, yeah. Absolutely. Happy with
that valuation? Very much so.
OK. Alysia: Good. Moving onto the
mini moto, it's a beautiful thing,
Alysia, obviously, I'm sure you've
ridden them, like me, a lot.
Yes. And know how much fun
they are.
Using their own mechanical know-how
to fettle the mini
moto back to life,
meant that Henry didn't spend a
thing on this restoration.
The mini moto, yeah, good fun,
every little kid wants one,
only problem is,
is they're a dime a dozen,
they're readily available.
You could reasonably expect
to achieve £50.
TILL RINGS
So the small bike has landed an
equally small profit of £50.
If we haven't tested your valuations
enough by now...
Alysia: Yes.
SIMON: Oh, there you go,
how about valuing a 100-year-old
pheasant egg incubator?
Er, you never cease to surprise.
SIMON LAUGHS
Simon's turns the rotten egg
incubator into a stylish cabinet
and side table,
at a cost of just £20 for some
edging, hinges and spray paint.
Egg incubators,
not hugely wanted, needed.
And it's supply-demand sort of
thing, isn't it?
So, I was trying to think of other
things somebody could use it for,
then you could increase the amount
of people who might want to buy it.
I thought maybe you could use it
in a potting shed or something
to that effect.
I think, honestly,
reasonably speaking,
you could maybe get £100 for it. OK.
TILL RINGS
Rescued from ruin,
the egg incubator's cooked
up a profit of £80
to add to Saul's tally.
Profit of 80 quid, mate.
That's good. That's all right,
isn't it? Great. We're doing OK.
Pretty good.
Finally. Oh, come on now, this has
got to be a belter, Alysia.
Even though it's not my item,
that is beautiful.
Repurposing the old barrel
into the stylish chair cost £80
for fabric and paint.
I was thinking it would probably be
appropriate in a commercial setting,
more like a porter's chair.
OK. I do think, though, sold to the
right person,
you could achieve 180 to £200.
SIMON: So basically what you're
trying to tell me is,
I've got to find
a very specific place
to give me £200 for that barrel?
Just find it. No, don't worry,
mate, I've already done it.
It's sold for £200.
Oh, great. To a very swanky hotel
in Liverpool.
Simon's savvy sale of the barrel
means that Saul will
be rolling away
with a further £120 in profit.
So, Saul, I'm slightly slow with my
maths, but I've worked out
that in total, we've raised
for the charity...
£800.
I'm sure they'll
be really happy with that.
Good. How does that sound, mate?
Pleased with that? Amazing.
And I'll tell you what,
Saul, we've had a ball,
but it's thanks to you we've
been able to raise that money,
so big respect to you, mate, for
doing that, thank you.
Thank you all very much.
Yeah, cheers.
So, the hard graft has paid off.
Saul's walking away with £800 for
the Gamekeepers Welfare Trust.
Absolutely amazing.
The valuation today was terrific.
I couldn't, wouldn't have dreamed it
was anything like that much,
considering it was just stuff
that was about to be thrown out,
or left to rot away.
Just speechless about it.
So, Henry's made £800
for his choice,
but it's Simon who has come out
on top today,
making £915 for farmers
Adrian and Jane.
So you see, do the maths, I won.
I don't care how much money
you've made, mate.
£800 - I won, because...
charity.
Mate, it's all for charity.
Why do you do this?
Look, I finally get a chance to
gloat and now I can't gloat
because yours was
for a worthy cause. Yeah.
Oh, we're all winners.
Yeah, we are, mate.
And I tell you what,
I did love your barrel,
and your incubator. Thanks.
Do you want to come for a ride
on me quad?
Yeah, go on. Come on, then.
Vrmmm!
SIMON LAUGHS
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