Room to Improve is a new design series about changing how we live through design and adaptation, in simple ways without spending vast amounts of money and without moving house! Each the programme will look at the reconfiguration of an existing home to better suit the needs of the family living there.
David and Nessa Conlon have just bought this 1990s split level detached bungalow and plan to move in with their three children (twin boys aged 11 and a 7 year old girl) once the renovations have been completed.
In the third episode of Room To Improve, Dermot Bannon heads to Rathfarnham, where Yvonne and Adrian Saunders live with their daughter Lauren. Yvonne and Adrian's house is a detached 1950s two-bedroom property, in need of massive transformation.
In Ashford Co. Wicklow stands the house of Nigel and Frances Coffey. Frances's parents live next door. Several years ago her father built a private road and gave seven plots of land to his seven children.
Claudia and Tom bought this 1920s bungalow with panoramic views of Tramore Bay in 2012 for €305K. Just back from living abroad (Spain, Dubai and Germany) they have been living in the house for the past year.
Glenn Keating and Gustav van der Westhuizen live in Grace Park, Drumcondra, with their 5-year-old son Noah and two pet Weimaraner dogs. They live in an Edwardian terraced three story house. The terrace was originally built for officers of the British Army.
