About this season
Following six homeowners who have taken on the task of a lifetime: to reclaim and transform their derelict properties on the verge of ruin into comfortable modern homes, fit for the 21st century.
Episodes (8)
1. Post House
Aired 9 February 2025 • 50 min
Hugh Wallace is back to chart the highs and lows of home restorations in Ireland. In episode 1 Hugh is at the restoration of a former Post Office, in Butlerstown, Co. Cork
2. Burren
Aired 16 February 2025 • 50 min
Restaurateur Aoibheann MacNamara is embarking on an ambitious but sensitive restoration of an old Land Commission cottage in the middle of the protected environment of the Burren.
3. Lough Key
Aired 23 February 2025
Lough Key, Co. Roscommon: A derelict cowshed on a grand estate finds new life as a contemporary family home.
4. Douglas/Cora
Aired 2 March 2025
In episode 4, Hugh Wallace meets artist Cora Murphy who has taken on the challenge of restoring a city townhouse and shop front, on Douglas Street, Cork.
5. Rockhouse
Aired 9 March 2025
Hugh Wallace is in Rockhouse, Co. Cork where school teacher Grace Cotter and her landscape gardener husband John are restoring what they think is a modest Georgian farmhouse.
6. Rathmullan
Aired 16 March 2025
Hugh Wallace visits returned Asset Manager Eoghan O'Riain who is restoring a former seaside guesthouse in his native Rathmullan, Co Donegal.
7. St Mullins
Aired 23 March 2025
1800s Farm House & Sheds, St. Mullins, Co. Carlow: Carlow man Tommy McDonald and his Welsh partner Emily Lewis decide to transform the ruinous property into their first home.
8. Episode 8
Aired 30 March 2025
26-year-old Kieran is determined to buck the trend of leaving rural Kerry to find work and a home by taking on the ambitious challenge of renovating his Grandmother's old cottage.