Room to Improve

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.

Dermot is in Clontarf, with Denise and Ben who desperately want a second bathroom for their family home. However, their budget is limited.

Cathal and Siobhan, with two children and another on the way, want to turn a 1970s bungalow two miles outside Tipperary town into a modern family home.

Dermot goes to Cork to work with a family spanning three generations-who all have different ideas on how to improve their home.

Dermot Bannon tries to turn a dilapidated, woodworm infested 1930s cottage into a starter home for a Finglas family.

This week Dermot tackles a large Victorian terraced house in the highly sought-after Dublin suburb of Donnybrook.