Room to Improve

Eimear Farrell, a single mum and her 8-year-old daughter Hannah with a budget of 20,000 euros (our smallest budget in the series) need the entire downstairs of the 2 bedroomed home in Ballybrack completely re-modelled.

This week Dermot is in Glasnevin with Terry and Peadar Clarke and their two children Marie Bernadette and Luke. The entire downstairs of their home needs to be made accessible for Peadar who will soon end up in a wheelchair.

Architect Dermot Bannon faces a tough challenge in meeting the design brief and budgetary restraints for the Zambra family who are building an extension in Castleknock.

This week, Dermot Bannon helps a couple in Enniscorthy renovate an old cottage and prepare their home for a new baby. For John and Anna Kinsella it is important to get their home in order.

This week, Podge and Jo Ussher 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. They don't have a proper kitchen or dining room. When their grandchildren visit it gets really cramped so they also need another bedroom.

Room to Improve starts with Martina Mullin and Padraig Whelton, recently married and are living in a dark, dreary ex-council house in Donnycarney. They bought their home at the end of the property boom and now it's worth less than they paid for it. So the improvements they need have to be made while keeping within a strict budget of 30,000 euros.