Room to Improve

Eimear Farrell, a single mum and her 8-year-old daughter Hannah have a budget of 20,000 euros; they need the entire downstairs of the two bedroom home in Ballybrack completely re-modelled.

Dermot Bannon revamps a home for mother Lisa O'Shea, whose needs significantly changed at her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis; the installation of her elevator proves far from straightforward.

Irene and Anthony Zambra live with their four children in Castleknock; they bought their semi-detached home 11 years ago, and it came with an extension which the Zambras use as a kitchen and dining area.

Architect Dermot Bannon sets out to transform people's living spaces. With a baby on the way, John and Anna Kinsella need to modernise their tumbledown 1850s cottage.

Jo want to turn their Wexford cottage from a holiday home into their permanent home without sacrificing any of its 1930s charm; their house needs a lot of work; when their grandchildren visit it gets really cramped so they also need another bedroom.

Architect Dermot Bannon helps Martina Mullin and Padraig Whelton, recently married and living in a dark, dreary ex-council house in Donnycarney.