Room to Improve

Dermot Bannon helps Nora Sommerfield, whose property has never felt like home despite living there for 27 years in which time she raised six children. Among the problems he finds is an oversized, cold main room and a set of converted sheds that formerly housed the printing business she managed with her ex-husband, but which now block out the light at the back of her bungalow.

Eimear Farrell and her 8 year old daughter Hannah with a budget of €20,000 (our smallest budget in the series) need the entire downstairs of the 2 bedroomed home in Killiney 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.

Irene and Anthony Zambra live with their four children in Castleknock. They bought their semi-detached home 11 years ago. It came with an extension which the Zambras use as a kitchen and dining area.

Room to Improve starts with Martina Mullin and Padraig Whelton, recently married and are living in a dark, dreary ex-council house in Donnycarney.

In programme two of the brand new series of Room to Improve Dermot is in Timahoe, Portlaoise with Dolores and Donal O'Connell.

This week, Dermot comes to the rescue of Cathy and Michael Keane who bought their house when it was being used as a cowshed.

Room to Improve starts with Jennifer Burke and Quenton McGrath, Dermot knows exactly how to solve their problem but it means destroying a lot of the work the couple have already done.

In programme two of the brand new series of Room to Improve Dermot is in Enniskerry, with Eimear Lynott and Niall Quinn.

Dermot needs to create "a bungalow downstairs" incorporating a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, living and dining room.

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 thousand on their remote cottage at Rossmore in West Cork, they knew that - while the hilltop location was ideal - the house was far from it.

Dermot is in Laytown, co.Meath, with a budget of €60,000, Dermot's worry "is even if you took away the shoddy workmanship you'd spend the 60k, this is a really difficult one..."

The series begins in Cork City with our youngest and most ambitious couple yet, Meadhbh and Niall, both 27-years-old. The couple trying to completely restore a 1920s cottage.

Architect Dermot Bannon visits Legan in Co. Longford to help Elaine and Hughie create their ideal home

After a series of delays and an ongoing failure to see eye-to-eye with the clients Dermot comes close to walking off a project in Wicklow

Dermot Bannon helps a family to transform their 70s bungalow outside Tipperary into a modern family home.

This week Dermot goes to Cork to work with a family spanning three generations - who all have different ideas on how to improve their home.

Architect Dermot Bannon goes to work transforming a dilapidated, woodworm-infested 1930s cottage into a starter home for a Finglas family. Joe and Geraldine Mooney hope to bequeath their former family home to their daughter Lisa and her fiance, Gavin, to help them begin married life. Plans are complicated when builder Ian suggests some snazzy designs.

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.

In the ten years since they first met Avril and Andrew Wilson-Rankin have been dreaming of owning their own home. Now they've bought a property in Dun Laoghaire south county Dublin but it's as far from being a home, or even a house, as you could imagine.

Jean Robinson and Daithi Elliffe have bought themselves what they hope will be an ideal family home in a unique location - a listed 19th century former schoolhouse at Kilternan with spectacular views of the Dublin mountains, but all is not as it appears.

Struggling with a tight schedule, a limited budget and the traditionalist taste of his clients, can Dermot balance their love of classic farmhouse design with his own vision of clean urban functionality?

Architect Dermot Bannon returns with a brand new series of Room To Improve featuring more of his innovative and contemporary design projects. In the first episode Dermot travels to the village of Puckaun in north Tipperary, to meet teachers Darragh Egan, his partner Sarah Lovett and their three month old son Donagh.

In Drogheda, Dermot attempts an architectural flight of fancy at the 1930s home of long-haul airline Pilot Ian and his girlfriend Claire.

Dermot travels to Baldoyle, north Dublin, where he flips the upstairs and downstairs of Mel and Aoife's bayside home to make the most of a spectacular view.

In North Dublin Dermot doubles the size of a 1940's Malahide cottage to create the dream home Robbie and Julie have spent 20 years saving for.

At the seaside village of Rush, Dermot does his best to keep up with sprout farmer Enda and his extraordinary self-build project.

Dermot Bannon helps two teachers to renovate a cottage in Moate, Co Westmeath. Ther property is hemmed in on all sides, but the owners hope to come up with a design that gives them their privacy. The building contractor suggests it may be simpler to tear it down and start from scratch, and Dermot is soon proposing some unusual designs that have never been seen in the village before.

Dermot Bannon returns for a new series, as the urbane architect accepts a challenge from singer Daniel O'Donnell and his wife Majella to reconfigure their beloved Kincasslagh home.

In Fermoy, Dermot Bannon attempts a challenging combination of old and new for his clients Dave and Susie as he merges a high-end, luxurious extension complete with swim spa, gym and sauna with the 170-year-old mansion that Susie fell in love with as a teenager.

Architect Dermot Bannon takes on one of his trickiest builds to date - a client with a wish list 25 pages long but a budget that definitely doesn't match her aspirations.

In the first episode of the twelfth series architect Dermot Bannon and garden designer Diarmuid Gavin combine forces to create a dream home and garden for a couple in Athgarvan in Co. Kildare.

Dermot Bannon heads to Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary. Joe has lived the bachelor life up until now and his house shows it. Dermot sees exactly why bride-to-be Mary wants a redesign.

Dermot Bannon heads to Rathfarnham, Dublin, where Yvonne and Adrian's house is a detached 1950s two-bedroom property, in need of massive transformation.

Room to Improve is back after nearly two years absent from our screens. First stop for Dermot Bannon is Kilmacud in Dublin where the homeowners want to extend their home for them and their three boys.

Architect Dermot Bannon has to work on a tight budget as he helps transforms the drab bungalow of Kenny and Laura Brown from Howth in North Co Dublin.

Architect Dermot Bannon heads to Blessington, Co Wicklow, to help Hilary and Paul Fairbrother with the massive renovation needed on Hilary's old family home.

Architect Dermot Bannon is back and building again! In this series of Room To Improve Dermot and Claire help a young couple in Tullamore renovate an old dwelling with special significance.

First stop for Dermot and Claire is Urlingford, Kilkenny, where Gráinne Murphy and Ivan Williams have been dreaming about renovating Ivan’s forefather’s old farmhouse for many years. With the help of the vacant homes grant and the SEAI grant, Ivan and Gráinne aim to bring the personality and character of this old house back to its former glory. Their total budget is particularly tight for this ambitious project, the grants have really helped them, as well as their mortgage.

In episode 2, Brian Carrigg and Kate Molony attempt to renovate a bungalow with a view of the Rock of Cashel that Kate has dreamed of owning all her life

Sandra and Daniel Davey bought their dream home in Knocklyon, Dublin over four years ago. However, the house is so cold that their main aim is to make their home more liveable.

Architect Dermot Bannon returns with four new designs for four incredible properties. First stop for Dermot and and QS Claire is Charlestown in Co. Mayo.

In this episode Dermot and Claire aim to help a young family in Palmerstown, Dublin to make the most of the space in their cramped home.

Dermot take on a 1970s seaside bungalow in Sligo.

Architect Dermot Bannon and quantity surveyor Claire Irwin help empty nesters Deirdre and Kieran Kelly at Clonsilla in west Dublin, who are hoping to downsize

Dermot Bannon helps Louis and Norita O'Donoghue, who are hoping to future-proof their beloved Raheny family home, which is old, cold and growing mould

Dermot Bannon takes on a 1970s bungalow classic in Kells, County Meath, owned by newly-weds Sarah Clarke and Liam Callan - a hard working couple who know exactly what they want