Room to Improve

The first in the season will see Catherine Bennett and her youngest daughter Sarah Jane keen to downsize from their huge 13-bedroomed house in Mullingar. They're planning to move down the road, where they also own a 3-bed bungalow that's been uninhabited for the last nine years.

Architect Dermot Bannon helps Senator Katherine Zappone and Dr Ann Louise Gilligan renovate a dilapidated hunting lodge in Brittas, Dublin.

Desperate for more space, a couple with two young daughters, who have long since outgrown their tiny cottage in Killawalla outside Westport, engage Dermot to help.

New Yorker Ursula and accountant Jimmy from Ennis enlist Dermot's help with their colossal house in Firhouse, Dublin

Clare Heenan and Rory Kelly live in a compact 1950's bungalow in the south Dublin suburb of Stillorgan. Long time renters, the couple struggled for years to afford this house. It's their first home but with a series of small, disjointed rooms and a damp, grotty extension - it's far from ideal...