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.
Pádraig Whooley and Lorraine Dufficey spent 265 thousand euros on their remote cottage at Rossmore in West Cork, they knew that - while the hilltop location was ideal - the house was far from it.
Meath, with a budget of 60,000 euros, Dermot's worry "is even if you took away the shoddy workmanship you'd spend the 60k, this is a really difficult one..."
Dermot is in Dalkey, with a budget of 180,000 euros, he must come up with an innovative design to match their exacting requirements within the confines of an incredibly tight site.
Jim and Siobhan Doyle live in a beautiful old house over looking Dublin Bay in Sutton. See Dermot Bannon transform the rambling old house into a beautiful new space.