I left school at 16 but now I earn £10,000 a month laying bricks and drive an Audi S8 – anyone can do the same if they put the hours in

• Kurt Malpass, 26, from Staffs. left school with no GCSEs but now earns a LOT
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A bricklayer who left school at 16 with no GCSEs says he’s earning £10,000 a month and drives a £30,000 sportscar.

Kurt Malpass, 26, from Tean, Staffordshire, was put on a course ‘for kids who don’t listen’ at school aged 16 but fell in love with bricklaying.

He got qualified and honed his trade working for a company before becoming self-employed at 19, and now earns up to £800 a day.

The savvy brickie was able to buy his first £110,000 three-bed home aged 19, drives a £30,000 Audi S8 and earns up to £10,000 a month.

He has shared videos about his journey on his TikTok, where he boasts that he can earn £1 per brick laid.

Kurt Malpass, 26, from Tean, Staffordshire, left school at 16 with no GCSEs but now earns up to £10,000 a month as a bricklayer 

Kurt loves his job and proves that the academic route is not the only way to earn a good living 

In actual fact, it’s more like 62p a brick – but it still enables him to live an affluent lifestyle he never thought possible as a youngster without conventional qualifications.

Kurt said he still loves it years on – and has no plans to stop. He said: ‘I’m quite clever but subjects like French, Spanish and geography never interested me.

‘When I went to do bricklaying, I fell in love with it and I was naturally good at it too.

‘I bought my first house at 19 – if you’re willing to work hard and put in the hours you can earn ridiculous money.

‘Being a bricklayer, people don’t look at you like you’re a clever person.

‘People think it’s easy and we’re overpaid for what we do – but it’s a skill and not everyone can do it.’  

At 16 Kurt struggled at school and was even once excluded for his behaviour in class.

He was put on a vocational pathway and got his level one qualification, but was such a dab-hand he bypassed other levels and went straight to a site.

Kurt can make £500 a day on a ‘lazy’ day, but up to £800 if he grafts longer

Kurt left school with no GCSEs but now drives a high-end Audi

Three years later he was experienced enough to fly solo and has worked on everything from new builds to million-pound mansions.

Charging 62p per brick, he makes £500 for a full day – but can make up to £800 if he works a long shift.

He earns between £8,000 and £10,000 per month – and people reckon he’s lying when they find out how much he makes.

Kurt said: ‘When people see me doing it on TikTok they think it’s easy, and that they could do it, but it’s not.

‘I also get a lot of comments saying ‘My family member is a bricklayer, they don’t earn this money’.

‘But if you’re willing to work hard and put the hours in, you can earn ridiculous money.’

He bought his first house aged 19, although he has moved since then, and at 26 drives a £30k Audi sports car which he bought outright.

He said he’s working his way up to being able to buy a Lamborghini and hopes to start investing in property as a second income too.

He said: ‘I love it, I find it therapeutic.

‘I couldn’t imagine where I’d be without bricklaying’.

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