The wife needs to go on a long holiday and let her husband and children clean the house just to let them see how it feels to have to clean up after everyone.
What an absolute waste of space. Both literally and figuratively. "Sometimes an 'accident' can be an unhappy womans best friend..." he had better keep his wits about him. There are a lot of stairs in that house...
This guy is a total male chauvinist. I feel so bad for his wife, she looked like she was so done with him and the marriage. No way one person can keep up with that huge mansion. I would just shut off every room except a living space and call it a day. I wish his wife well.
She is not done with the marriage. They are actually very happily married as the 'guy' is actually a nice man and a lot of his talk is banter not totally serious. Don't judge people quite so harshly!!
same but the trouble is if you do that those rooms would fall apart so fast - especially if you didn't have any heating in those unused rooms - omg the damage would be horrendous and in places like that cos they're listed buildings you can't even fart without sending off an application to the listed building people. I know several people with houses like that and the upkeep you have to do just to stop the place falling apart is insane.
It's tv, they have been on tv many times and they use the same branding of them being poor, having bad manners and using bad language to make for good TV so they can get paid.
Aww that poor woman, how on earth can she do all that work. It’s impossible. She’s his wife not his cleaner. They should bring a cleaning team in twice a year. Also he needs to grow up and not to see everything as a joke. Also kids are able to keep their areas clean. He’s so lucky 🍀 she has stayed with him, I can’t imagine how she feels every day when she wakes up. She’s been treated as a servant. Be interesting to see if anything has changed.
That’s a small price to pay for the absolute luxury she has enjoyed as a result of his ancestral acquisitions. She chose to marry into a traditional family.
@S. Ngannou her life doesn't look very luxurious from where i'm sitting. She's an unpaid cleaner and nanny. Sure she lives in a big house with a lot of land and no noisy neighbours. But I have quite a few friends who live in ancestral homes like this and it's not freedom or luxury I can tell you that for nothing. It's spiders and moths and mice and a never ending battle against damp and woodworm. They require a HUGE amount of upkeep inside and out, and very often people who live in these things are asset rich and cash poor so have to do all the work themselves because they can't afford to hire people to do it for them unless they're fortunate enough to be business savvy and cash rich which many of them aren't. It's a gilded millstone round the neck more than anything else. Maybe she knew what she was marrying into with him as a person, but equally maybe she didn't expect to be saddled with a house like that - we don't know their backstory. Could be that the house was meant to go to someone else in the family but they didn't want it.
Fun fact: this guy was so delusional and self absorbed, he held a community fundraiser to fix up the historic house, but didn’t let anyone on the property for a party or reception, just sent out flyers expecting the whole neighborhood to send him money
Husband does bugger all. Wife does a half hearted clean as shes had enough. Kids are brats and do squat to help Animals should either be out of the hoouse or limited to one area thats easy to keep clean. If the husband wont help, he needs to hire some to help. Back in the day, that hoouse wuld of been immaculate and had a team of cleaners.
They should use the opportunity the cleaners and the inherited house have given them and start doing BnB or sthg. This would get them some money in to pay some help to keep it clean. And if they were very successful they could even have some revenue left to do more structural repairs. It's that or sell up. Because if they don't, their kids will. Who'd want to be lumbered with that burden if it's not paying it's way? Council tax alone must be punitive!
@@corielake828 I agree, it's near impossible to keep up with everything in a house this large, however, living next to an old manor house in Germany, I know there is a way around it. What the family living there does is to live in some of the rooms while everything else was closed up. All the furniture was covered with dust sheets to protect them as were the pictures and chandeliers and all the antique books are also either covered with sheets or are behind glass. They are also very diligent about heating, keeping all the rooms reasonably warm to get rid of any moisture during the cold season and also airing everything regularly - oh and using dehumidifiers where necessary. Not even the old servent's quarters are left out from that. This way, they can hire a cleaning company once a year to help dust out the disused rooms, which with the measures they took doesn't take more than two days and doesn't cost them the world, while the inhabited rooms are easily handled by them. Sorted! Now, they also use firewood for the heating, but they have a decidedly more efficient way to prepare the wood, using machines instead of doing it the old fashioned way. With the help of wheelbarrows and a dumb waiter that has been installed in the 19th century, firing the ovens isn't a full-time job either. Then again, ovens are more efficient than fireplaces and the old-fashioned ones they have (original to the place) radiate heat for a long time so that when it isn't too cold, they only need to fire them twice or thrice a week. That said, the park is fairly overgrown and neglected the further away one gets from the house, but around the house itself, the beds are kept pristine by them. I guess that's fair enough, though. Just the disused outbuildings need some urgent TLC, but as it is, they are currently restored and then will be rented out to a farmer so they won't fall into disrepair again but will be in use, which is always better for a building. They also think about turning the old staff houses into flats. I guess, some things just come down to common sense, pragmatism and finding more efficient ways to do things to keep the upper hand.
It's so saddening. I've literally devoted my whole life to learning to sew and historical clothing. He can hire or even beg people to help him clean, restore/repair and safely pack up his antiques for storage. He is GREATLY devaluing his own estate by not taking care of such valuable items. If he ever tries to sell, he deserves to make crap for money with the way he's treated that house and the stuff.
@@kamilareeder1632 Even if he doesn't sell, he should think of what a mess his children will be stuck with if he doesn't take any action asap. He once inherited a beautiful estate, his children will inherit a ruin that, in turn, if they ever decide to restore it, will likely ruin them. And the longer the place gets neglected, the worse it'll get. Besides, I don't get how this neglect fits in with his family pride. This or the other way, I completely get you. I'm not a historian, but always had an interest in history. I think there is so much to learn from our ancestors. And I really don't get, why someone would want to replace a well-made antique with IKEA or have it go to waste by not caring for it properly. Every time I see a discarded antique on the curb for rubbish collection (which I can't just take with me to save it, because legislation would have it, that it is considered stealing) my heart bleeds. At least those pieces should be given to charity (f.e.) so someone else can enjoy them. Someone who appreciates them. Personally, I am very proud of the things that have been handed down to me: furniture, linens, porcelain, tools, kitchen utensils. And funnily enough, I am also sewing (hand and machine), recreating (or attempting to...) historical clothing that I actually wear in daily life. I'm gradually getting better, but since I, as said, intend to wear what I make, I usually stick to the more unassuming things anyway (not that they are necessarily easy to make...). I was watching this video, while fiddling around with self-stuffed cloth buttons for a late mediaeval kirtle. P.S.: I previously commented under this video as Nicky R. but my scatter-brained self since forgot the password after my computer crashed...
Upper crust? The only thing providing any proof of that would be his family manor. Nothing about him as an individual tells me he’s a lord of an estate, just a bullheaded man with an over inflated ego and sense of self-worth.
He was private school educated, he was a stock broker, his manor and he have been on tv many times. They are playing a role that is purposely to make them unlikable for the money. In person he's quite nice and down to earth he is a highly intelligent historian as well. I would very much like to go to England one day and buy him a few scotch and hear what he has to say.
I think those kids were a bit too old to be defeated by a baby gate... ;-) They'd just turn them into a game where they compete like they're showjumpers riding horses or something, clearing every fence.
@@Kubulek17 No, the whole point of living there is to preserve their ancestral home and family heritage (they’ve lived there for around 1000 years), so downsizing is not an option. It will be passed onto the eldest son after the father’s death, and I think Arthur Fulford is around 30 years old now.
@@Kubulek17 Safety of your children? How are these children not safe? The manor is in a completely different condition today than in this video (which was over 20 years ago, and a lot was put on for the camera). I think “cleaning” is a profoundly poor excuse to give up your family’s 1000 year old ancestral seat! Good job this family are made of MUCH stronger stuff than you.
Now you know that if the dogs lick the dirty dishes in the dishwasher... *yuck*... you know damn well that this was NOT their first time doing this. They most certainly have done this before! And he laughs at the bacteria samples, like this is a joke.
Please keep up with the house or hire in sometimes. You are the keeper of history. If you let it disintegrate, you are not the person to keep they estate. Donate it or sell it. But don’t not care. It’s not fair to let it disappear.
They are so lazy, but all the upper classes rely on 'underlings' to protect the shit they rant about. Not one of them seems to value the heritage or look after the wood/plaster while they pull rank of the age. I grew up in a listed property and it does take time to preserve, but you must do it.
Maybe section the mansion off? Between private living area and public booked functions? Even ghost/paranormal overnight events? Just a suggestion yes???
he has been keeping it going all his life, and obviously does care. It takes a lot of money to tackle the upkeep of such a place and it is still going, when a lot of people have had to sell. So many judgemental people on this thread.
@@axab4333 People are judgmental because the attitude he displays is rude. The upkeep of a mansion is indeed lots of work and is expensive, however, an actually rational man cannot possibly expect from his wife to take care of the cleaning of a 50 room mansion. You can’t say your wife doesn’t need a break from cleaning a massive mansion when it’s impossible to keep up with a mansion of that size as a single person. He is condescending, especially at the beginning, and thinks he’s above cleaning and doing housework as a “man”, however, he’s been living in dirt. It’s a shame because this mansion is gorgeous. He should realise, as the one who has inherited a place like this, that he really needs to employ professionals to tend to the place, if not daily, then definitely a few times a month. Not just one or two people, proper upkeep for this mansion requires a team of professional cleaners. He might have a better attitude and not actually be a bad person in real life. It’s a fact that certain things and some people’s odd traits sometimes get exaggerated for the sake of entertaining television, however, his attitude in the show and the way he speaks shows selfishness and pompousness. I hope he’s not like that in real life, and he’s just messing around, as per the production’s instructions.
Kishanda looks as if she’s bordering on depression. She doesn’t smile and probably the thought of the run down parts of the house doesn’t really help. The husband snd children really need to get their fingers out and help this woman EVERY DAY. It’s very unfair expecting her to clean a 50 room building all by herself. Not to mention all the other tasks like preparing and cooking meals, washing up, laundry, ironing etc.
Shame on the husband for not employing people to help his wife clean this huge home. 😂💚😄Omg! I love how Kim does not tolerate the nonsense with this family. The whole family should help clean.
It annoys me watching this. Knowing that I’m apart of the Fulford clan like them, why let history die like this. Keep up with the house and bloody help your wife clean. She does need to slap some sense into him and her kids too!
@@ThePurpIeLlama I think she has just been overwhelmed for so long that her spirit is broken & it a struggle for her just to try stay strong for herself as she cant control the actions of her husband & children as they wont help her, hopefully the kids will realize/understand the importance of the house to be taking care of for years to come 🤔,
@@kiras4lives I agree that she is overwhelmed for sure! However, it is also the job of (both) parents to teach the kids to clean, and give them chores. Children don't know this by default, and it is not because they don't care about their mother; they simply don't think about it. And it is hard to keep them interested, when the husband is sabotaging it.
But we R not in prehistoric times and he doesn't go out daily and kill meat for food and caves were not giant mansions......He married her so she could be a maid. I'd move out if I was her.
Hopefully they made a fair amount of money all the times Great Fulford and Francis Fulford have been on various tv shows. They have a good schick and don't seem afraid of being made to look unlikable for views. Hopefully it has paid off for them. I am surprised they haven't found some sort of way to use all that land and make some money...alpaca wool brings a fortune, imagine if they had a few hundred of them chewing the grass growing money on their backs.
I've never seen this one and I use to watch this show when it was on TV. Why did they chose such a large task? The owners don't seem grateful for the opportunity to have their humongous house cleaned. I don't see how they are going to maintain it either. Maybe they better hurry up and sell it before it gets dirty again.
If that was mine I’d sell it to someone who would turn it into luxury apartments. They can’t afford to live here or they would hire people to maintain it. That poor woman! And the children must be neglected with all the work their mother has to do. Plus they are going to grow up with no skills.
The thought of turning it into more empty, cookie cutter flats made my soul hurt. No. Open it to the public. Use profits to maintain the manor, and preserve that bit of history. That's how most other estates like that were able to keep going.
ScarletAmazon I so agree, watching from the US and it’s heartbreaking that man has so many beautiful things and thinks nothing of them. Open up most of the home to the history loving public and keep this priceless home in pristine condition. He doesn’t deserve what he has!
it's a grade I listed building, so they wouldn't be allowed to make any structural changes. That isn't an option. It would destroy the building. They'd have to open it to public tours and weddings
Knowing this mans attitude to cleanliness I would never sleep in the same bed. Does he bathe ? Yuk it doesn't bare thinking about. Why give any cudos to this family just because they happened to be born into or own an old estate. They are gross. End of.
I mean...he does all the work outside, he is an author, was a stock broker and he has been on tv quit a few times. He provides everything and all his wife as to do is help him keep it all together.
Why does it seem like the wife has sort of an attitude as well...like I would be damn happy if someone took the time to help clean that huge mess! And idk how she put up with the husband smh
Eh, you gotta consider the kind of woman who would marry and procreate with that man. They're snobs, at the end of the day. They regard cleaners as household help. So why would they act grateful or be polite?
@@scarletamazon3455 maybe she thought because he had that mansion, he therefore had money......or maybe the property chewed all the money up. Originally she may have thought she was in for a life of luxury....
@@scarletamazon3455 she was fine, she was using her English humor, she was lovely with them, you just don't understand English people! I grew up in England.
Everyone who lives in a house is responsible to keep it up. Only those who physically cannot do it should be excused! But even a grandparent confined to a wheelchair can fold laundry!
Him: She loves to clean. She's a woman after all. Her: *Killer look* Inside her head: You piece of cheese. He doesn't clean. He won't even pick up his own friken shoes. Like he could at least try to wipe them off outside. He cuses all day long when really I wish I could bartch slap him, and kick him in the balls. Maybe he would learn that I don't want his children. I'm tired of them because they're all entitled. They don't help clean, some times I wish I left when I had the first one. You know what and I'm tired of him going hunting and bringing it home like why when you could already buy it at the store. I understand it saves money but at the same time it takes even more time cleaning its insides and then having to cook it when I rather just put it inside the fridge and take it out when I'm going to cook. That's it i'm leaving. Her: Well not everyday all day darling.
yeah cause letting a bunch of homeless people who have mental illnesses or drug addiction into your home sounds like a great idea ...have you ever seen how those people live ? why don't you go look up videos of skid row in California and see the trash and needles and camp set ups in front of peoples businesses. I agree that there should be better housing options for the homeless , but to allow them in your own home just sounds like a recipe for disaster. America has a ton of abandoned malls , that would be cool to renovate and make into a homeless shelter , however, you need people t work there and make sure there's order in those places .
Have you ever brought a random homeless person into your home to live? Have you lived with any addicted individuals or untreated mentally ill? Videos are one thing. Dealing and daily living among the people is another. Even people who have homes are not all good people to live with. I have a condition myself for which i am treated. Unfortunately, the system is not helping the truly needy families and children who are homeless with resources, good quality mental health options for those willing to be helped ( good quality is hard for anyone to get) and enough low income housing. But it is more complex to take on a project like this.. The majority of homeless are not just individuals or families who are down right now. Although numbers are growing. Many can't live indoors anymore and refuse to. If a volatile or untreated Seriously mentally ill or drug addicted person has a child, how to be sure the child gets what it needs and is safe if the monies received go to alcohol and drugs? The child would have to be removed. The anger at that! Because people will only hear part of the story in media. Even homed people have sold or pimped their children because of drugs or untreated mental illness. If you choose to open apts for so many people , you have to take on some responsibility for their welfare. Just as a landlord does. Who would be chosen to live there? Who would buy the home, ,manage, and keep all needed insurance on it. Its a very old building which needs repair for safety. Even people who aren't homeless destroy apts. It would have to be refitted with appropriate kitchen and facilities for a large number of people, so fires don't get started in rooms. Updated bath facilities. A dining area. Have to hire staff possibly reliable tenants fo to keep the facilities clean and repaired. Again Security to keep majority and children safe from the strangers. It couldn't keep large families in one room. These are just part of the difficulties. Most think its so easy to do. Well, people and families have needs and are complicated.
@1996freddie yeah or if the family line runs out they leave it in the hands of trusts. it's not the done thing to sell off your family home it's like chucking your grandma on ebay for a fiver
Everyone in the comments talks about how poor & overworked the woman is, but they haven’t seen other documentaries, she is equally responsible for the dilapidation of the estate
My first impression of Mr Spiffy brows was he's every British Villain I've ever seen or heard. And don't think he's going to change and help her clean honestly the way she was looking the whole episode made me think she was so close to divorcing him.
Agree totally! Pure laziness and just a tad too full of himself (well known saying: He who is full of himself is empty inside) psssst referring to the cave man age... oh my god! This man needs a kick in the butt so hard that he will not know what happened to him ! To behave as pompous as he does he needs to be filthy rich and hire people to do the upkeep. That’s obviously not the case!
Oh god now I feel so old! I loved it when it was first on TV too. This and "It's me or the dog." When someone works out how old these series are, I get depressed realising how long ago that was!
People no doubt bow and grovel to these people due to having a big house and a posh accent when the sad fact is he looks one step away from the back woods of Deliverance 😳😳😳
Bats inside? How lovely. They transmit all kinds of nasty diseases. Never mind the filth. He is an insufferable tool, BTW, and she continues to put up with this, she deserves it.
The wife needs to go on a long holiday and let her husband and children clean the house just to let them see how it feels to have to clean up after everyone.
They wouldn't bother.
@@rachelwickart275 I'm sure you are right about that. They would just live in it and wait for her to clean when came home
It would be back to a horrendous mess before she returned
Agreed!
That woman does fuck all..its edited to make it look like she's busy all the time
They can clean, paint, scrub and confine the animals but it will go back to being filthy in a short while because that lady can’t keep up with it all.
Yes. This very large house was meant to be cared for by many servants. One person cannot even put a dent into the labor required.
They could use his eyebrows and his comb-over to dust books
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Well.....they could be unibrows! hahahaha!
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Looks like Michael Aquino.
Oh my gawd 🙊😂
What an absolute waste of space. Both literally and figuratively. "Sometimes an 'accident' can be an unhappy womans best friend..." he had better keep his wits about him. There are a lot of stairs in that house...
Haha 😂
@TheDoubleLibra The upper classes tend to be forcibly married still in this country, hence they put up with this!
@@MH-gc2hr in 1820 maybe LMFAO nudged towards people certainly but forcibly married? no.
Oh man your comment got me lol
So long as their's a life insurance, with her as beneficiary, if he dies the oldest son gets the place and everyone else has to move out.
Would take a broom to HIM!
He doesn't deserve that house. He should go live in the groundskeeper's cottage.
I would fly away on the broom from him. Lol.
I know which end too haha
And to the daughter who walked on the table 🤬 Disgusting 🤢
This guy is a total male chauvinist. I feel so bad for his wife, she looked like she was so done with him and the marriage. No way one person can keep up with that huge mansion. I would just shut off every room except a living space and call it a day. I wish his wife well.
She is not done with the marriage. They are actually very happily married as the 'guy' is actually a nice man and a lot of his talk is banter not totally serious. Don't judge people quite so harshly!!
@@axab4333 I take it you know them then.
same but the trouble is if you do that those rooms would fall apart so fast - especially if you didn't have any heating in those unused rooms - omg the damage would be horrendous and in places like that cos they're listed buildings you can't even fart without sending off an application to the listed building people. I know several people with houses like that and the upkeep you have to do just to stop the place falling apart is insane.
It's tv, they have been on tv many times and they use the same branding of them being poor, having bad manners and using bad language to make for good TV so they can get paid.
@@axab4333 How do you know?
Aww that poor woman, how on earth can she do all that work. It’s impossible. She’s his wife not his cleaner. They should bring a cleaning team in twice a year. Also he needs to grow up and not to see everything as a joke. Also kids are able to keep their areas clean. He’s so lucky 🍀 she has stayed with him, I can’t imagine how she feels every day when she wakes up. She’s been treated as a servant.
Be interesting to see if anything has changed.
That’s a small price to pay for the absolute luxury she has enjoyed as a result of his ancestral acquisitions. She chose to marry into a traditional family.
@S. Ngannou her life doesn't look very luxurious from where i'm sitting. She's an unpaid cleaner and nanny. Sure she lives in a big house with a lot of land and no noisy neighbours. But I have quite a few friends who live in ancestral homes like this and it's not freedom or luxury I can tell you that for nothing. It's spiders and moths and mice and a never ending battle against damp and woodworm. They require a HUGE amount of upkeep inside and out, and very often people who live in these things are asset rich and cash poor so have to do all the work themselves because they can't afford to hire people to do it for them unless they're fortunate enough to be business savvy and cash rich which many of them aren't. It's a gilded millstone round the neck more than anything else. Maybe she knew what she was marrying into with him as a person, but equally maybe she didn't expect to be saddled with a house like that - we don't know their backstory. Could be that the house was meant to go to someone else in the family but they didn't want it.
And everything is inherited through the oldest male, not his wife.... I rest my case.
Fun fact: this guy was so delusional and self absorbed, he held a community fundraiser to fix up the historic house, but didn’t let anyone on the property for a party or reception, just sent out flyers expecting the whole neighborhood to send him money
Hahaha what a joker
Lol
No hope for him.
Husband does bugger all.
Wife does a half hearted clean as shes had enough.
Kids are brats and do squat to help
Animals should either be out of the hoouse or limited to one area thats easy to keep clean.
If the husband wont help, he needs to hire some to help.
Back in the day, that hoouse wuld of been immaculate and had a team of cleaners.
I find it interesting that he is not hiring help given the fact that they are sitting on 50 rooms
That's husbands for you. It's a men thing.
@@Katarina23 He has no money left !
They should use the opportunity the cleaners and the inherited house have given them and start doing BnB or sthg. This would get them some money in to pay some help to keep it clean. And if they were very successful they could even have some revenue left to do more structural repairs. It's that or sell up. Because if they don't, their kids will. Who'd want to be lumbered with that burden if it's not paying it's way? Council tax alone must be punitive!
Looked them up and that is exactly what they are doing. They obviously needed the kick start this programme gave them 😊
find that man quite repulsive
He is repulsive and probably is Jeffrey Dahmer reincarnated, he swears, blasts everything that moves and never cleans.
He has no class at all. He is so dis-respectful.
Wish this show was still on.
They would need new presenters as Kim and Aggie are retired now.
@eleanorhogan8643 no there not lol... Aggie is on a panel show on channel 5 and Kim is banned from TV for having a foul mouth.
@@DementedNun121Oh? I never heard Kim swear, when did she swear?
It should be a crime to own history and let it fall into such disrepair. His ancestors would be ashamed.
Today ,estates are just too expensive to keep up. You have to hire staff if you want to keep it clean, it's far too large to do by yourself.
@@corielake828 I agree, it's near impossible to keep up with everything in a house this large, however, living next to an old manor house in Germany, I know there is a way around it.
What the family living there does is to live in some of the rooms while everything else was closed up. All the furniture was covered with dust sheets to protect them as were the pictures and chandeliers and all the antique books are also either covered with sheets or are behind glass. They are also very diligent about heating, keeping all the rooms reasonably warm to get rid of any moisture during the cold season and also airing everything regularly - oh and using dehumidifiers where necessary. Not even the old servent's quarters are left out from that. This way, they can hire a cleaning company once a year to help dust out the disused rooms, which with the measures they took doesn't take more than two days and doesn't cost them the world, while the inhabited rooms are easily handled by them. Sorted!
Now, they also use firewood for the heating, but they have a decidedly more efficient way to prepare the wood, using machines instead of doing it the old fashioned way. With the help of wheelbarrows and a dumb waiter that has been installed in the 19th century, firing the ovens isn't a full-time job either. Then again, ovens are more efficient than fireplaces and the old-fashioned ones they have (original to the place) radiate heat for a long time so that when it isn't too cold, they only need to fire them twice or thrice a week.
That said, the park is fairly overgrown and neglected the further away one gets from the house, but around the house itself, the beds are kept pristine by them. I guess that's fair enough, though.
Just the disused outbuildings need some urgent TLC, but as it is, they are currently restored and then will be rented out to a farmer so they won't fall into disrepair again but will be in use, which is always better for a building. They also think about turning the old staff houses into flats.
I guess, some things just come down to common sense, pragmatism and finding more efficient ways to do things to keep the upper hand.
@@corielake828 also, people nowadays want a fair wage for their work!
It's so saddening. I've literally devoted my whole life to learning to sew and historical clothing. He can hire or even beg people to help him clean, restore/repair and safely pack up his antiques for storage.
He is GREATLY devaluing his own estate by not taking care of such valuable items. If he ever tries to sell, he deserves to make crap for money with the way he's treated that house and the stuff.
@@kamilareeder1632 Even if he doesn't sell, he should think of what a mess his children will be stuck with if he doesn't take any action asap. He once inherited a beautiful estate, his children will inherit a ruin that, in turn, if they ever decide to restore it, will likely ruin them. And the longer the place gets neglected, the worse it'll get. Besides, I don't get how this neglect fits in with his family pride.
This or the other way, I completely get you. I'm not a historian, but always had an interest in history. I think there is so much to learn from our ancestors. And I really don't get, why someone would want to replace a well-made antique with IKEA or have it go to waste by not caring for it properly. Every time I see a discarded antique on the curb for rubbish collection (which I can't just take with me to save it, because legislation would have it, that it is considered stealing) my heart bleeds. At least those pieces should be given to charity (f.e.) so someone else can enjoy them. Someone who appreciates them. Personally, I am very proud of the things that have been handed down to me: furniture, linens, porcelain, tools, kitchen utensils. And funnily enough, I am also sewing (hand and machine), recreating (or attempting to...) historical clothing that I actually wear in daily life. I'm gradually getting better, but since I, as said, intend to wear what I make, I usually stick to the more unassuming things anyway (not that they are necessarily easy to make...). I was watching this video, while fiddling around with self-stuffed cloth buttons for a late mediaeval kirtle.
P.S.: I previously commented under this video as Nicky R. but my scatter-brained self since forgot the password after my computer crashed...
Upper crust? The only thing providing any proof of that would be his family manor. Nothing about him as an individual tells me he’s a lord of an estate, just a bullheaded man with an over inflated ego and sense of self-worth.
He was private school educated, he was a stock broker, his manor and he have been on tv many times. They are playing a role that is purposely to make them unlikable for the money. In person he's quite nice and down to earth he is a highly intelligent historian as well. I would very much like to go to England one day and buy him a few scotch and hear what he has to say.
Kids, too.
Put baby gates up so the kids and dogs don't go in the rooms you don't use .
Absolutely!!!
I think those kids were a bit too old to be defeated by a baby gate... ;-) They'd just turn them into a game where they compete like they're showjumpers riding horses or something, clearing every fence.
@@scarletamazon3455 even the kids were walking on the table!!!!!
Of course the house is cold and damp - they probably cannot afford the heating bill. It's common in many big houses in the UK.
well then it's time to down size
@@Kubulek17 No, the whole point of living there is to preserve their ancestral home and family heritage (they’ve lived there for around 1000 years), so downsizing is not an option. It will be passed onto the eldest son after the father’s death, and I think Arthur Fulford is around 30 years old now.
@@tamaracarter1836 I’d take the safety of my children and cleanliness of my home over lineage.
@@Kubulek17 Safety of your children? How are these children not safe? The manor is in a completely different condition today than in this video (which was over 20 years ago, and a lot was put on for the camera). I think “cleaning” is a profoundly poor excuse to give up your family’s 1000 year old ancestral seat! Good job this family are made of MUCH stronger stuff than you.
@@tamaracarter1836 they’re made of stronger stuff than me ? They can’t even clean their own damn house 😂 embarrassing
Obviously Frances the 23rd has no money!!!!! Or he is a stingy bugger!!! Hire help or sell it
A lot of these guys end up being rich on paper, mainly due to the property value, but poorer in reality than many would expect.
The wife needs to move out pronto! No-one should stand for this!
It’s not long ago but back then marriage vows had more importance put on them. They are still married today and doing much better apparently.
@@NorthSon I’m glad to hear it.
The man of the house is so disgusting saying his wife cleaning keeps her in shape. He is so obnoxious! Ugh!
Put the animals outside, and maybe the man and perhaps the unruly kids. Thank you very much.
Well said, madonna!
And the guests from the party
Why is there a kid walking on the damn kitchen table while people are eating?
Francis looks like a Harry Enfield character. I can't take him seriously 😅
Yes!! Tim nice but dim
Honestly.....I wish I could say something polite about this man.......!
nah..he's the worst of the upper classes.
He loves his dogs
@@dragicavujanovic His sole redeeming feature
Say i like your paintings sir lol
He sounds pissed to me.
Now you know that if the dogs lick the dirty dishes in the dishwasher... *yuck*... you know damn well that this was NOT their first time doing this. They most certainly have done this before! And he laughs at the bacteria samples, like this is a joke.
So filthy the bat took a header behind the drapes!
Hahaha, you made me laugh aloud. 😄
That poor wife!!
She should go on strike until he agrees to hire a full time housekeeper. No cooking, no sex, no clean laundry for him.
Oh was she his wife? I thought she was the housekeeper and nanny.
@@steamdespair9189 No they said she was his wife.
I have Never Seen Kim and Aggie Clean a Massive House Before
Those stately homes are a nightmare posing as a dream. A delusion if you will. You couldn’t pay me enough money to take one on.
Please keep up with the house or hire in sometimes. You are the keeper of history. If you let it disintegrate, you are not the person to keep they estate. Donate it or sell it. But don’t not care. It’s not fair to let it disappear.
They are so lazy, but all the upper classes rely on 'underlings' to protect the shit they rant about. Not one of them seems to value the heritage or look after the wood/plaster while they pull rank of the age. I grew up in a listed property and it does take time to preserve, but you must do it.
Maybe section the mansion off? Between private living area and public booked functions? Even ghost/paranormal overnight events? Just a suggestion yes???
he has been keeping it going all his life, and obviously does care. It takes a lot of money to tackle the upkeep of such a place and it is still going, when a lot of people have had to sell. So many judgemental people on this thread.
@@axab4333 People are judgmental because the attitude he displays is rude. The upkeep of a mansion is indeed lots of work and is expensive, however, an actually rational man cannot possibly expect from his wife to take care of the cleaning of a 50 room mansion. You can’t say your wife doesn’t need a break from cleaning a massive mansion when it’s impossible to keep up with a mansion of that size as a single person. He is condescending, especially at the beginning, and thinks he’s above cleaning and doing housework as a “man”, however, he’s been living in dirt. It’s a shame because this mansion is gorgeous. He should realise, as the one who has inherited a place like this, that he really needs to employ professionals to tend to the place, if not daily, then definitely a few times a month. Not just one or two people, proper upkeep for this mansion requires a team of professional cleaners.
He might have a better attitude and not actually be a bad person in real life. It’s a fact that certain things and some people’s odd traits sometimes get exaggerated for the sake of entertaining television, however, his attitude in the show and the way he speaks shows selfishness and pompousness. I hope he’s not like that in real life, and he’s just messing around, as per the production’s instructions.
What an awful human being this man is. There is nothing nice to say about his.
Kishanda looks as if she’s bordering on depression. She doesn’t smile and probably the thought of the run down parts of the house doesn’t really help. The husband snd children really need to get their fingers out and help this woman EVERY DAY. It’s very unfair expecting her to clean a 50 room building all by herself. Not to mention all the other tasks like preparing and cooking meals, washing up, laundry, ironing etc.
Please Francis likely isn't even clean about his personal hygiene, ewhh imagine his cracks and crevices🎃
Eeee, don't! Lol 😁
Eeeww gross doesn't bear thinking about 😝¡
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Kim and Aggie need to get into those too!
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Shame on the husband for not employing people to help his wife clean this huge home.
😂💚😄Omg! I love how Kim does not tolerate the nonsense with this family. The whole family should help clean.
Don't think his wife did anything apart from staging the duster in her hand!
He has no moneyn !
Generations of aristocratic inbreeding...
I think so too. Eccentric and pompous. His accent is like he has a plum in his mouth. Very posh, but a slob also.
His eyebrows drive me mental too looking like Bert and Ernie
Downtown Abbey gone bad!
Too much inbreeding!
Absolutely!
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It annoys me watching this. Knowing that I’m apart of the Fulford clan like them, why let history die like this. Keep up with the house and bloody help your wife clean. She does need to slap some sense into him and her kids too!
Shame he doesn't care about his legacy, he's let this library go to ruin
Not true, he’s been overseeing a massive restoration project of the state rooms in the past few years
@@geoffthedonkey2295 oh, so he finally got money from the state?
@@watermelon520b Ermm no... either you don’t understand what a ‘state room’ is, or you’re just jealous.
I can't believe the way he talks, so weird he is a walking parody-like something Family Guy would do!
He's such a twit. He has absolutely no degree of what my mother would call "sex appeal" I can't understand what she ever saw in him.
It's not weird, he has an upper class accent. The only minority it's deemed socially acceptable to mock, as demonstrated by some comments on here.
@@samhardy6319 quite an old fashioned accent though which is interesting. The only upper class people I know who talk like him are well over 70.
They're a minority by choice and by privilege. Mocking homosexuality or race is different than mocking arrogance.
I couldn't listen to him for long. I'd fall asleep.
Jees that house is far too big for one person to clean on her own, he needs to help and get the kids to help out for pocket money
Honestly both the husband and wife seem pompous and have bad attitudes - they're made for eachother
I agree with you because I am a qualified
If I had to clean 50 rooms by myself while also taking care of 4 kids AND animals while my husband sat on his ass I’d have a bad attitude too lmao
@@ThePurpIeLlama I think she has just been overwhelmed for so long that her spirit is broken & it a struggle for her just to try stay strong for herself as she cant control the actions of her husband & children as they wont help her, hopefully the kids will
realize/understand the importance of the house to be taking care of for years to come 🤔,
@@kiras4lives I agree that she is overwhelmed for sure! However, it is also the job of (both) parents to teach the kids to clean, and give them chores. Children don't know this by default, and it is not because they don't care about their mother; they simply don't think about it. And it is hard to keep them interested, when the husband is sabotaging it.
Good Lord. The eyebrows on that man.
Right he can comb them 😂😂😂
@@oreobenavidez5870 lol
And the teeth! But then again, it’s GB.
@@TheHungarianchick yep
Teef
But we R not in prehistoric times and he doesn't go out daily and kill meat for food and caves were not giant mansions......He married her so she could be a maid. I'd move out if I was her.
No way that house was cleaned in a week
they said 3 days, OMG, but the scaffolding was already there, so he must have been making some repairs already
They brought a small army
He looks like Susan Boyle In Drag
To properly maintain that mansion you would need a staff of 5 to 6. The place is deteriorating around them. Land rich cash poor maybe
Hopefully they made a fair amount of money all the times Great Fulford and Francis Fulford have been on various tv shows. They have a good schick and don't seem afraid of being made to look unlikable for views. Hopefully it has paid off for them. I am surprised they haven't found some sort of way to use all that land and make some money...alpaca wool brings a fortune, imagine if they had a few hundred of them chewing the grass growing money on their backs.
The way he talks and his whole attitude makes me want to slap him. Help your wife geezus. What's wrong with you?!?
They missed the biggest piece of trash: the dad
I thought my house was dirty oh my God clean it up you make money rent out party wedding
A 50 room mansion isn’t meant to be cleaned by the owners.
This is the type of home that maids are actually meant for.
And a butler, cook, kitchen staff, chauffeur, nanny, gardener, etc
This is a man who thinks he is very special but really has nothing to offer the world or his family.
Did they say he's Francis Fulford "the 23rd"?!? Omg. No wonder he's 'reluctant to change'. Oh, I see, the kid Arthur is actually Francis the 24th.
I've never seen this one and I use to watch this show when it was on TV. Why did they chose such a large task? The owners don't seem grateful for the opportunity to have their humongous house cleaned. I don't see how they are going to maintain it either. Maybe they better hurry up and sell it before it gets dirty again.
You need at least 10 To 15 on staff to maintain a home that size in decent condition. Plenty of land little dash.
I've been waiting for someone to post this for years!!! Thanks very much ❤️
I am so surprised Kim didn't give him a good punch for him calling her fat.
No class at all.
If that was mine I’d sell it to someone who would turn it into luxury apartments. They can’t afford to live here or they would hire people to maintain it. That poor woman! And the children must be neglected with all the work their mother has to do. Plus they are going to grow up with no skills.
The thought of turning it into more empty, cookie cutter flats made my soul hurt.
No. Open it to the public. Use profits to maintain the manor, and preserve that bit of history. That's how most other estates like that were able to keep going.
ScarletAmazon I so agree, watching from the US and it’s heartbreaking that man has so many beautiful things and thinks nothing of them.
Open up most of the home to the history loving public and keep this priceless home in pristine condition. He doesn’t deserve what he has!
it's a grade I listed building, so they wouldn't be allowed to make any structural changes. That isn't an option. It would destroy the building. They'd have to open it to public tours and weddings
Knowing this mans attitude to cleanliness I would never sleep in the same bed. Does he bathe ? Yuk it doesn't bare thinking about. Why give any cudos to this family just because they happened to be born into or own an old estate. They are gross. End of.
It's a case of fur coat no knickers here.
Having a hard time saying something positive about Fulford XXlll.
LOVE KIM & AGGIE
He thinks, only thinks mind you, that he is too good to clean
Nonsense. He's out in the grubby shed chopping all their firewood, and I'll bet he also looks after the animals, cars, grounds, etc etc.
@@bevcrusher4177 so he doesn’t have to clean where he lives? Does he not live in that mansion too?
I mean...he does all the work outside, he is an author, was a stock broker and he has been on tv quit a few times. He provides everything and all his wife as to do is help him keep it all together.
I don't like him one bit.
Too much in-breeding, and if I had a pair of scissors those eyebrows wouldnt poke people in the face
Why does it seem like the wife has sort of an attitude as well...like I would be damn happy if someone took the time to help clean that huge mess! And idk how she put up with the husband smh
Eh, you gotta consider the kind of woman who would marry and procreate with that man.
They're snobs, at the end of the day. They regard cleaners as household help. So why would they act grateful or be polite?
@@scarletamazon3455 maybe she thought because he had that mansion, he therefore had money......or maybe the property chewed all the money up. Originally she may have thought she was in for a life of luxury....
@@scarletamazon3455 she was fine, she was using her English humor, she was lovely with them, you just don't understand English people! I grew up in England.
I think Kishanda is lovely,very ladylike.
I saw her on the restoration show when they were trying to rent out the rooms and hall she’s childish, insufferable, rude and disrespectful.
This poor lady, the way he talks about cleaning keeping her trim. She looks so miserable and like she wants to cry 😢
Good luck getting that guy to clean.
That's one huge house... I'd go out of my mind trying to keep up with it and children, animals and husband!
He reminds me of Tim Nice But Dim.
Everyone who lives in a house is responsible to keep it up. Only those who physically cannot do it should be excused! But even a grandparent confined to a wheelchair can fold laundry!
Him: She loves to clean. She's a woman after all.
Her: *Killer look*
Inside her head: You piece of cheese. He doesn't clean. He won't even pick up his own friken shoes. Like he could at least try to wipe them off outside. He cuses all day long when really I wish I could bartch slap him, and kick him in the balls. Maybe he would learn that I don't want his children. I'm tired of them because they're all entitled. They don't help clean, some times I wish I left when I had the first one. You know what and I'm tired of him going hunting and bringing it home like why when you could already buy it at the store. I understand it saves money but at the same time it takes even more time cleaning its insides and then having to cook it when I rather just put it inside the fridge and take it out when I'm going to cook. That's it i'm leaving.
Her: Well not everyday all day darling.
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This makes me want to cry. Take a bunch of homeless people, give them each a room, and have them contribute to cleaning on a rotating schedule.
Yeah get some Chicago homeless over there.
This is a good idea.
Yes ,but not the seriously untreated mentally ill and addicts. They don't contribute to the harmony in housing quarters.
yeah cause letting a bunch of homeless people who have mental illnesses or drug addiction into your home sounds like a great idea ...have you ever seen how those people live ? why don't you go look up videos of skid row in California and see the trash and needles and camp set ups in front of peoples businesses. I agree that there should be better housing options for the homeless , but to allow them in your own home just sounds like a recipe for disaster. America has a ton of abandoned malls , that would be cool to renovate and make into a homeless shelter , however, you need people t work there and make sure there's order in those places .
Have you ever brought a random homeless person into your home to live? Have you lived with any addicted individuals or untreated mentally ill? Videos are one thing. Dealing and daily living among the people is another. Even people who have homes are not all good people to live with. I have a condition myself for which i am treated. Unfortunately, the system is not helping the truly needy families and children who are homeless with resources, good quality mental health options for those willing to be helped ( good quality is hard for anyone to get) and enough low income housing. But it is more complex to take on a project like this.. The majority of homeless are not just individuals or families who are down right now. Although numbers are growing. Many can't live indoors anymore and refuse to. If a volatile or untreated Seriously mentally ill or drug addicted person has a child, how to be sure the child gets what it needs and is safe if the monies received go to alcohol and drugs? The child would have to be removed. The anger at that! Because people will only hear part of the story in media.
Even homed people have sold or pimped their children because of drugs or untreated mental illness. If you choose to open apts for so many people , you have to take on some responsibility for their welfare.
Just as a landlord does. Who would be chosen to live there?
Who would buy the home, ,manage, and keep all needed insurance on it. Its a very old building which needs repair for safety. Even people who aren't homeless destroy apts. It would have to be refitted with appropriate kitchen and facilities for a large number of people, so fires don't get started in rooms. Updated bath facilities. A dining area. Have to hire staff possibly reliable tenants fo to keep the facilities clean and repaired. Again Security to keep majority and children safe from the strangers. It couldn't keep large families in one room. These are just part of the difficulties. Most think its so easy to do. Well, people and families have needs and are complicated.
A lost episode, I thought I’d seen them all. The wife needs to wear more comfortable shoes when cleaning.
the wife needs to STOP doing all the damn cleaning!!!!!
I thought Kishanda looked pretty class in her heels doing the cleaning,what a lady.
Question why can't someone who would take care of this wonderful home have it?
@1996freddie yeah or if the family line runs out they leave it in the hands of trusts. it's not the done thing to sell off your family home it's like chucking your grandma on ebay for a fiver
This is why the rich are rich,,get a tv show in to clean that mansion,all for free,nothing to learn eh!
They did this for a lot of working class people as well
He talks posher than the Queen
Poor wife is looks so very sad, unhappy and robotic. Not supprising, husband!!
WTH is that thing, who thinks he is a man. 😂😂😂
An anthropological curiosity I think
Hes a ridiculous excuse for a man if you ask me. Ugh.
I think it would be pure joy to have a drink or two( or three), with Lord Fulford.
Francis reminds me of Tim Nice But Dim from Harry Enfield.
She needs to start with taking her husband to the GROOMERS !! He looks dirty........
People like the husband don’t deserve these estates he’s entitled and arrogant
They have to be actors,who in their right mind would let Francis up on them.
Don't clean your teeth every day if your going to use them every day! gag!
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They just cleaned all those walls and their friends come over and smoke! 😖
Everyone in the comments talks about how poor & overworked the woman is, but they haven’t seen other documentaries, she is equally responsible for the dilapidation of the estate
I could feel sorry for the wife,but she clearly wanted to 'marry up'. She might have been more discerning.
My first impression of Mr Spiffy brows was he's every British Villain I've ever seen or heard. And don't think he's going to change and help her clean honestly the way she was looking the whole episode made me think she was so close to divorcing him.
He's that way because he's bloody lazy he can't do much hunting with his hands in his pockets.
Agree totally! Pure laziness and just a tad too full of himself (well known saying: He who is full of himself is empty inside) psssst referring to the cave man age... oh my god! This man needs a kick in the butt so hard that he will not know what happened to him ! To behave as pompous as he does he needs to be filthy rich and hire people to do the upkeep. That’s obviously not the case!
Loved Kim and Aggie. Remember seeing this on channel 4 18 years ago
@Philipapi Boast
Is this episode that old ? If So I would love to see an update ont this place
Oh god now I feel so old! I loved it when it was first on TV too. This and "It's me or the dog." When someone works out how old these series are, I get depressed realising how long ago that was!
OMG its that old?
@@kiras4livesOnline it says there’s a revisit episode where kim and aggie return 2 years later but sadly can’t find it anywhere yet.
The son was on some reality show n only lasted like a day or so..made an utter arse of himself.
Arthur Fulford was on big brother
His wife looks soooo over the house, her husband and maybe even her kids
I don’t blame her one bit
the wife seems a bit weird, like shes hiding something.
People no doubt bow and grovel to these people due to having a big house and a posh accent when the sad fact is he looks one step away from the back woods of Deliverance 😳😳😳
The guys a real creep, isn't he!
I am a qualified lesbian
Bats inside? How lovely. They transmit all kinds of nasty diseases. Never mind the filth. He is an insufferable tool, BTW, and she continues to put up with this, she deserves it.
No wonder he’s fallen on hard times! Nobody was able to tell him anything...
Exactly right! Who brags about being ignorant?? It takes a special kind of stupid.
I think they breed him to close.