Woman raked in over 100K with Facebook market and automobile boot gross sales life hack

A First-time house buyer, Becky Chorlton, 27, says she saved £25k furnishing her Cheshire home entirely with second-hand finds from Facebook Marketplace and car boot sales – without spending a penny

A first-time buyer has revealed how her side hustle, which has managed to bag her more than 100K over the years, helped her save £25k by furnishing her home using one simple life hack.

Becky Chorlton, 27, and her partner, Steffan Roberts, 28, spent their “life savings” on their 1900s “cottage-style” Cheshire home in March 2025. Becky, an adept bargain hunter, was able to finance her “dream” home by selling clothes she’d found at charity shops and car boot sales on Depop and Vinted.

She initially began selling her old clothes in July 2019 as a side hustle to “get me through university and make a bit of extra money on the side”. After uni the side job took off and she transitioned straight into selling full-time immediately after graduating.

Six years later she now runs an online vintage shop named “Becky’s Bazaar.” And earns up to £3,000-a-month, claiming she’s made over £100k in total by reselling second-hand clothes.

Over the past year Becky has been outfitting her home entirely with second-hand items, from large pieces such as sofas and tables to small trinkets like candle holders and artificial flowers. Becky has revealed all her penny pinching finds have been made by scouring Facebook Marketplace and rummaging through local car boot sales.

Becky, from Lymm, Cheshire, said: “It’s been a slow process collecting a lot and thrifting to save such a large amount of money, but it’s pretty cool when you think about it.

“We are very proud that we’ve managed to create such a nice and lovely home on quite a strict budget.”

Becky’s recent steals include grabbing a sideboard for her and her partner’s bedroom at £350 when its typical retail price hovers around £2,000, securing their sofas for nothing when they would have set her back £2,500 and acquiring her living room armchairs for £60 for the pair when just one would have fetched £400.

Savvy Becky has always despised throwing things away and began getting into thrifting while at Exeter University in 2019.

She began listing some of her clothing on Depop to earn some additional money – and five years on has racked up a staggering £100k in profits.

Becky said: “Thrifting is now my full-time job, and I’ve grown to love reselling and reusing.” She added: “Thrifting has allowed us to do so much – and has saved us thousands. I wouldn’t have thought it would get me where I am today.”

In March 2025, Becky and her partner moved into their first purchased property, a three-bedroom detached cottage, partly thanks to the cash she’s earned from Vinted and Depop.

The pair have managed to furnish the lounge, kitchen, garden, bathrooms and three bedrooms – but with the minor condition that they “wanted to get nearly everything from Facebook Marketplace.”

Becky said: “I’m passionate about prolonging the life of things and not sending things to landfill prematurely.

“It felt natural to me that all my furniture would come from second-hand places.

“Some people say that when you buy it cheap, you buy it twice, but often when you buy older furniture, it’s usually better quality than when you buy it today.

“You can find stuff that will last, for cheap. We live in such a throwaway society… we’re overproducing massively in today’s world and need to start using what already exists and all the life it has left in it.”

Apart from a spare room currently dubbed “the cat room” to house their foster kittens, the house is completely furnished. But it has been a gradual journey.

Becky added: “It’s been a slow process; it doesn’t just happen overnight. It actually takes way more time than expected, but it’s been a lot of fun.

“One of the things about thrifting your furniture is that you do have to be more patient and wait longer. You can’t just Google ‘xyz’ and press buy. You have to be willing to look every single day and have your house not fully furnished immediately.”

The work on the property isn’t finished yet as Becky and Steffan plan to landscape the garden this summer and are currently saving up for an extension for the top of the house.

Becky said: “There are certain things we’ve bought for the house that we got from Facebook marketplace for £50 that we might have fallen out of love with, but then we can resell them for more.”

She plans to flog a coffee table they purchased for £30 at £40 and a TV unit that they acquired for £60 can sell for £650.

The woman said: “They’ve served us well but now they have potential to make us a profit. In a girl math kind of way, you are renting the furniture and can switch it up constantly.”

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