Rich House, Poor House Season 12 Episode 5 - Episode 5

Airdate: 2026-Mar-08

Episode summary:

A single mum from Essex and her daughter swap homes with a millionaire entrepreneur who has made a fortune on Spain's Costa. Becky lives in the village of Hockley with her nine-year-old daughter Aimee, earning just above the minimum wage working as a trainee teacher, while home is a cramped terraced house. For one week Becky, Aimee and Nanny Bev travel to Spain to swap lives with Adam, his girlfriend Ebbe and his teenage son Jamie. Thirty-three-year-old entrepreneur Adam is another Essex native, but left Romford 15 years ago to set up as an estate agent in Alicante. His Spanish villa is on an exclusive golf course with a swimming pool and amazing views. Will Becky be tempted by a new life in the Spanish sun? Meanwhile, Adam teaches Jamie the real value of money by a week living on the breadline in budget Britain.

About Rich House, Poor House series:

Rich House, Poor House is a documentary series in which couples with very different lifestyles swap homes to see how the other half live.