A Rich House, Poor House family made an emotional decision during a recent episode
*Warning: Contains spoilers for the latest episode of Rich House, Poor House*
A Rich House Poor House couple have broken one significant rule of the programme.
The popular Channel 5 series sees two families from different ends of the financial spectrum exchange homes, budgets and lifestyles for a week.
Both experience a profound change in outlook as they immerse themselves in each other’s circumstances, but one family seemed to breach a rule by leaving the property midway through the exchange.
During Sunday’s (April 19) episode, millionaire hotel owners Gez and Rosy Chetal swapped their lavish lifestyle with the Bloor family.
In Norfolk, John and his wife Ann live with their three children in a three-bedroom rented terraced house. Following essential household expenses, they have merely £79 per week to cover everything else, from groceries and transport to leisure activities.
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Mother Ann is employed as a cook in a mental health care facility, while husband John puts in lengthy shifts as a bus driver, though both share a love of cooking.
Despite working tirelessly, the couple find it difficult to balance the books and have previously declared bankruptcy for £36,000, yet they aspire to operate a music café of their own someday.
Discovering how the wealthiest 1% exist, they swapped homes for a week with hotel proprietors Gez and Rosy Chetal, who resided in their opulent £1.7 million 11-bedroom bespoke hotel with their 19 year old daughter Saanchi.
Given his hectic schedule as an entrepreneur, the couple wished to use the exchange as an opportunity to enjoy some quality time together.
They exchanged their hotel — complete with a wine cellar, a spacious dining room and a private chef — for a week-long stay in the Bloor family’s home.
While Gez and Rosy were required to manage on a weekly budget of £79, John, his wife Ann and their children were given a taste of the high life with £1,800 to spend.
However, it soon became apparent that the Bloor family struggled to adapt to their unfamiliar surroundings in the hotel, as Ann admitted: “My kids are not comfortable.”
Following a restless night, Ann was visibly emotional as she told husband John: “The children are really uncomfortable. They can’t be in their pyjamas because it’s a hotel, they can’t just go and get a drink, they can’t just go and get a sandwich.” John interjected, adding: “It’s not a home is it?”
Turning to John, Ann explained: “It’s nothing about the hotel. If it was just me and you.. I’d absolutely love it but actually to me we can’t really stay in the hotel.”
The couple then took the bold step of abandoning the hotel and using their remaining budget to book a luxury Airbnb, at a considerable cost of £1,200.
When the two families were finally reunited at the conclusion of their swap, Ann went on to say: “We loved the hotel, unfortunately the children didn’t. They felt very separated from us.” Gez added: “It’s just a big house really, with 11 rooms.”
Rich House, Poor House airs Sunday night from 9pm on Channel 5.
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