A bricklayer who left school at 16 with no GCSEs says he's earning £10k a month and drives a £30k sportscar - 'by earning £1 a brick'.<br /><br />Kurt Malpass, 26, was put on a course "for kids who don't listen" at school aged 16 but fell in love with bricklaying.<br /><br />He got qualified and honed his trade working for a company before going self-employed at 19, and now earns up to £800 a day.<br /><br />Savvy Kurt was able to buy his first £110k three-bed home aged 19, drives a £30k Audi S8 and earns up to £10k a month.<br /><br />He shared videos about his work on TikTok and Instagram, where he boasts he earns '£1 a brick'.<br /><br />In actual fact, it's 62p a brick - but it still enables him to live an affluent lifestyle he never thought possible as a youngster without conventional qualifications.<br /><br />Kurt, from Tean, Staffordshire, said he still loves it years on - and has no plans to stop.<br /><br />He said: "I'm quite clever but subjects like French, Spanish and geography never interested me.<br /><br />"When I went to do bricklaying, I fell in love with it and I was naturally good at it too.<br /><br />"I bought my first house at 19 - if you're willing to work hard and put in the hours you can earn ridiculous money.<br /><br />"Being a bricklayer, people don't look at you like you're a clever person.<br /><br />"People think it's easy and we're overpaid for what we do - but it's a skill and not everyone can do it."<br /><br />At 16 Kurt struggled at school and was even once excluded for his behaviour in class.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Three years later he was experienced enough to fly solo and has worked on everything from new builds to million-pound mansions.<br /><br />Charging 62p per brick, he makes £500 for a full day - but can make up to £800 if he works a long shift.<br /><br />He earns between £8k and £10k per month - and people reckon he's lying when they find out how much he makes.<br /><br />Kurt said: "When people see me doing it on Tiktok they think it's easy, and that they could do it, but its not.<br /><br />"I also get a lot of comments saying 'my family member is a bricklayer, they don’t earn this money'.<br /><br />"But if you're willing to work hard and put the hours in, you can earn ridiculous money."<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />He said: "I love it, I find it therapeutic.<br /><br />"I couldn’t imagine where I'd be without bricklaying."
