Room to Improve

Room to Improve starts with Margaret and Jodie Burke who plan to renovate the family home in Foxrock.

Pádraig Whooley and Lorraine Dufficey spent 265,000 euros on their remote cottage at Rossmore in West Cork. They knew that while the location was ideal, the house was far from it.

Dermot is in Laytown, co.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.

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

Yvonne and John live in a housing estate in Dundalk with their two children. Four years ago, they decided to buy their next-door neighbours house.

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.