In these times of financial uncertainty, more and more people are starting to feel the squeeze as they try to absorb the cost of living increases while dealing with downward pressure on salaries and other incomes.

Like most of the population, I found myself in a position of needing more cash to help pay for some essential home repairs, but not wanting to strain my finances further by adding a new loan to the list.

While sitting at home one day, watching ‘Cash In The Attic’, it suddenly occurred to me that I had a house full of stuff that I hadn’t used or taken out of the garage for years. I started to ask myself if the whole ‘Cash In The Attic’ idea was just trashy day time TV entertainment or if there really was cold hard cash to be made out of my unwanted items.

Now at this point, I would like to point out that I am an unrepentant hoarder. From old breezeblocks to giant pencils, in my eyes, it all has the potential to one-day serve an essential purpose. For that reason, I generally keep everything safe and sound at all cost.

For me, the hardest thing was to change my mindset from one of caution and ‘what if’ to one a little more ruthless and logical; namely that the needs of today are real and more important than what may or may not be needed at some point in the future.

Starting from the loft and working from room to room, I soon gathered a large amount of items that, on reflection, served no purpose other than to make my living space look cluttered and collect dust. With a minimum of research online, it soon became obvious that some of these items were better sold online, while what was left was bundled up and taken to a couple of local car boot sales.

For my efforts, I’ve not only got a less cluttered living space, but a whopping £367.25 in my pocket! Maybe all that trashy daytime TV isn’t so bad after all.

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